The GWR Story

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Dr Rosa Matheson is Swindon's best-known railway author and a long-time enthusiast of GWR history. Her previous titles for The History Press include TRIP: The Annual Holiday for GWR's Swindon Works, Railway Voices 'Inside' Swindon Works and The Fair Sex: Women and the Great Western Railway.

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The Great Western Railway - quickly coming to be known as 'God's Wonderful Railway' - was once regarded as the most advanced in the world. This book traces its history covering topics such as the company, its engines and carriages, its engineers - including Gooch, Dean, Armstrong, Collett, Churchward and Brunel - and the battle of the gauges.