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Swindon Works: The Legend
Language: en
Pages: 142
Authors: Rosa Matheson
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-05-02 - Publisher: The History Press

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The age of steam is past, the heyday of Swindon Works is long gone – but the legend lives on. What made the Great Western Railway's Swindon Works iconic? Was
Swindon Steam
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: L. A. Summers
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-15 - Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

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This book investigates the facts behind the myths and mysteries of the Swindon Steam.
Lifescapes
Language: en
Pages: 523
Authors: Jeremy Burchardt
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-04-30 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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A compelling study of the influences that shape our responses to landscape, through eight modern British lives.
GWR Story
Language: en
Pages: 43
Authors: Rosa Matheson
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-29 - Publisher: The History Press

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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. Engineered
The End of the Line
Language: en
Pages: 274
Authors: Ron Bateman
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04-07 - Publisher: The History Press

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In 1977, the iconic Swindon Works was building locomotives. By 1986, it was shut down. In The End of the Line, Ron Bateman recounts the fight to save Swindon Wo