Steam Footplate
20th February 2020
Cleaner The first rung on the footplate department ladder. As a cleaner you will learn how to clean the locomotives. Cleaning above and below the
- Alan Johnson
Travelling Ticket Inspector
20th February 2020
The job of a Travelling Ticket Inspector – TTI for short – is an important and rewarding role on the railway; you will be providing a valuable service on all of our train services.
1369 – GWR – 0-6-0PT
8th October 2019
The 1366 class of GWR locomotives was designed by C. B. Collett. They were built to replace ageing Cornwall Mineral Railway locomotives used for shunting around dock yards.
1369 Returns
2nd October 2019
After just over two years out of traffic, 1369 has returned to steam this week. Her stone-cold boiler was warmed slowly and tested on Tuesday
3205 – GWR – 0-6-0
9th August 2019
About 3205 was built by the Great Western Railway at Swindon Works in 1946 and is the sole surviving member of the 120-strong 2251 class
3803 – GWR – 2-8-0
3rd August 2019
About A member of the 2884 class, 2-8-0 no 3803 was completed at the Great Western Railway’s Swindon factory in January 1939 at a cost
4920 – GWR – 4-6-0 – Dumbleton Hall
2nd July 2019
About Dumbleton Hall is one of the earliest examples of C. B. Collett’s hugely successful and numerous mixed traffic ‘Hall’ class of locomotives. In all, 259
5526 – GWR – 2-6-2T
6th June 2019
The 45xx and 4575 classes were favourites for branch line work over most of the Great Western Railway territory. Devon and Cornwall were no exceptions and virtually all the branch lines in the two counties saw engines of one or other of the two types right up until the end of steam on British Railways (Western Region), or in many cases, until the closure of the lines in question.
5542 – GWR – 2-6-2T
6th June 2019
The 45xx and 4575 classes were favourites for branch line work over most of the Great Western Railway territory. Devon and Cornwall were no exceptions and virtually all the branch lines in the two counties saw engines of one or other of the two types right up until the end of steam on British Railways (Western Region), or in many cases, until the closure of the lines in question.
5786 – GWR – 0-6-0PT
4th June 2019
About The Great Western Railway made much use of its pannier tank designs for shunting, light freight and passenger work. By far the most numerous
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