Links
The Great Western Society
Home of the Great Western Society - the Official Site
Heyford Station BuildingReconstruction of the dismantled building
0-4-2T No 1466Restoring the locomotive the Great Western Society was set up to save (Facebook)
Non-Operational Locomotive GroupA group ensuring our static display locos are cared for (Facebook)
Carriage and Wagon - Progress reportsLatest progress by the C&W department (Facebook)
Didcot's Victorian CarriagesRestoring and conserving our earliest carriages (Facebook)
Locomotives 3822 and 7202The Didcot Heavy Freight locomotives
Locomotive 3650One of Didcot's two Pannier tank locomotives (Facebook)
1014 County of GlamorganRecreating the Extinct County Class
47XX ProjectRecreating Churchward's final masterpiece
2999 Lady of LegendThe story of the now completed project to create the first new GWR ‘Saint’ Class 4-6-0 since 1913
The Steam Railmotor ProjectThe story of the now completed project to restore Steam Railmotor No. 93 and Autotrailer No.92
Traditional Railway Signalling
Preserving the 1960s panel at Didcot Railway Centre
The SignalboxInformation about British signalling practice
Signalling Record SocietySources of British Signalling Information
Institution of Railway Signalling EngineersThe professional institution for those engaged in railway signalling & telecommunications
Great Western Railway History
Extensive information on some GWR topics
West Country Railway ArchivesChris Osment's site for historical information on the railways of South-West England.
Standard Gauge Preserved GWR Lines
Bodmin Road - Boscarne Junction
Gloucester/WarwickshireToddington - Cheltenham Racecourse
Llangollen RailwayLlangollen - Carrog
Severn Valley RailwayBridgnorth - Kidderminster
South Devon RailwayBuckfastleigh - Totnes (Littlehempston)
West Somerset RailwayMinehead - Bishops Lydeard
The Heritage Railway AssociationThe voice of the railway heritage movement
UK and Ireland Heritage RailwaysAn independent guide to the entire heritage railway scene
Great Western Railway Museums
Museum of the Great Western Railway - Swindon
Pendon MuseumA cavalcade of model Great Western trains in a beautifully modelled landscape
Sources of Archives and Old Photographs
The National Archive at Kew
Network Rail - Virtual ArchiveCelebrating the heritage of today's railway infrastructure
Grace's GuideThe engineering industry in Britain from the Industrial Revolution to the present