Great Western Railway
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The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling act of
The interior of Brunel's train-shed at Temple Meads, the first Bristol terminus of the GWR, from an engraving by J. C. Bourne
The Sonning Cutting in 1846
A broad-gauge train on mixed-gauge track
New corridor coaches on the Cornish Riviera Express
Broad-gauge railway
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A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge broader than the 1,435 mm used by standard-gauge railways.
Great Western Railway
…its first trains in 1838 with the initial route completed between London and Bristol in 1841. It was engineered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who chose a broad gauge of 7 ft (2,134 mm)—later slightly widened to 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm)—but, from 1854, a series of amalgamations saw it also operate 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435…
Great Western Railway broad-gauge steam locomotives awaiting scrapping in 1892 after the conversion of the tracks to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
A replica GWR Firefly Class broad-gauge steam locomotive, with a preserved, standard-gauge GWR railcar, Didcot Railway Centre, 2009
Irish 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) broad gauge tracks
Broad gauge track for CSIRO Australia Telescope in Narrabri