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Locomotive and tender, Great Western Railway, Canada

Locomotive and tender, Great Western Railway, Canada

Photograph shows the locomotive "Spitfire" and tender. Attributed to London Stereoscopic Co., based on label on the back of the stereo. No. 211.

Atlantic & Great Western Railway

Atlantic & Great Western Railway

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Atlantic & Great Western Railway

Atlantic & Great Western Railway

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Great Western Railway, G.W.R. "Bulkeley".

Great Western Railway, G.W.R. "Bulkeley".

Great Western Railway, G.W.R. "Bulkeley". Public domain image of steam locomotive, train, railways, railroad, Sweden, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ånglok Great Western Railway, GWR 3031 3075 "Princess Louise" med personvagn.

Ånglok Great Western Railway, GWR 3031 3075 "Princess Louise" med pers...

Ånglok Great Western Railway, GWR 3031 3075 "Princess Louise" med personvagn.

Great Western Railway, G.W.R. 28xx 2803.

Great Western Railway, G.W.R. 28xx 2803.

Great Western Railway, G.W.R. 28xx 2803. Public domain image of steam locomotive, train, railways, railroad, Sweden, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Great Western Railway, G.W.R. Star 4003 "Lode Star"

Great Western Railway, G.W.R. Star 4003 "Lode Star"

Great Western Railway, G.W.R. Star 4003 "Lode Star" Public domain image of steam locomotive, train, railways, railroad, Sweden, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arthur Henri Poole - Soldiers Going Away II

Arthur Henri Poole - Soldiers Going Away II

Thanks to Niall McAuley ( gnmcauley/ ) for confirmation that this photo was taken at Adelphi Quay in Waterford, and that sign at top right is for Soldiers' Home. And we're indebted to whoever packed the luggag... More

Great Western Railway, G.W.R. King 6000 "King George V"

Great Western Railway, G.W.R. King 6000 "King George V"

Great Western Railway, G.W.R. King 6000 "King George V" Public domain scan of vintage postcard, locomotive, United Kingdom, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Great Western Railway, GWR 6000 6028 "King George VI".

Great Western Railway, GWR 6000 6028 "King George VI".

Great Western Railway, GWR 6000 6028 "King George VI". Public domain image of steam locomotive, train, railways, railroad, Sweden, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Great Western Railway, G.W.R. VI 477.

Great Western Railway, G.W.R. VI 477.

Great Western Railway, G.W.R. VI 477. Public domain image of steam locomotive, train, railways, railroad, Sweden, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Thomas Reynolds to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, January 29, 1861 (Invites Lincoln to ride the Great Western Railway; endorsed by Lincoln on cover)

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: T...

Invites Lincoln to ride the Great Western Railway; endorsed by Lincoln on cover

Map of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, with its connections, 1866.

Map of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, with its connections, 1...

Outline map of eastern United States from the Great Lakes to Charleston, S.C., showing drainage, cities and towns, county boundaries, and the railroad network, main lines indicated in heavy red and black; chart... More

Chicago & Great Western Railway - Samuel J. Tilden papers

Chicago & Great Western Railway - Samuel J. Tilden papers

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Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Thomas Reynolds to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, January 29, 1861 (Invites Lincoln to ride the Great Western Railway; endorsed by Lincoln on cover)

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: T...

Invites Lincoln to ride the Great Western Railway; endorsed by Lincoln on cover

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Thomas Reynolds to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, January 29, 1861 (Invites Lincoln to ride the Great Western Railway; endorsed by Lincoln on cover)

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: T...

Invites Lincoln to ride the Great Western Railway; endorsed by Lincoln on cover

Great Western Railway - Restaurant menu
Chicago & Great Western Railway - Samuel J. Tilden papers

Chicago & Great Western Railway - Samuel J. Tilden papers

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Great Western Railway - Restaurant menu
Great Western Railway - Restaurant menu
Great Western Railway - Restaurant menu
A sharp bowed paddle steamer with raked masts and smoke stack!

A sharp bowed paddle steamer with raked masts and smoke stack!

This Great Western paddle steamer moored close to Waterford makes a fine Poole image to begin the week...With thanks today to AndyBrii ( /photos/angeljim46/ ) , sharon.corbet ( /photos/129555378@N07/ ) , O Mac ... More

Robert French - O'Connell Monument under Construction

Robert French - O'Connell Monument under Construction

You can see from the hoardings, complete with people peeping through them, that construction seems to have started on the O'Connell Monument...We did some work on dating this photo ( nlireland/7919928868 ) tha... More

Robert French - George's Street, Limerick

Robert French - George's Street, Limerick

Hope you don't mind, but think I'll recycle one or two photos that have been hiding away in the bowels of our stream since we started on Flickr and before we hit the Commons, as they're pretty good but haven't ... More

Arthur Henri Poole - Soldiers Going Away I

Arthur Henri Poole - Soldiers Going Away I

Know that we've had a lot about ships this week, but fell across these two photos while looking for S.S. Coningbeg photos, and Soldiers Going Away (title from Poole Collection) I and II are far more about the p... More

Arthur Henri Poole - Soldiers Going Away II

Arthur Henri Poole - Soldiers Going Away II

Thanks to Niall McAuley ( gnmcauley/ ) for confirmation that this photo was taken at Adelphi Quay in Waterford, and that sign at top right is for Soldiers' Home. And we're indebted to whoever packed the luggag... More

Ward Car, Continental Ambulance Train - circa 1915

Ward Car, Continental Ambulance Train - circa 1915

Built at G.W.R. Works, Swindon 1915 Public domain photograph of train car, engine, locomotive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Great Western Railway travel savings card

Great Western Railway travel savings card

Great Western Railway travel savings card.

Great Western Railway from London to Bristol (William Strickland Sketchbook, 1838) TEVA

Great Western Railway from London to Bristol (William Strickland Sketc...

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

GWR series 1 postcard back postcard

GWR series 1 postcard back postcard

The back of a Great Western railway "series 1" postcard published in 1904.

GWR series 7 postcard back postcard

GWR series 7 postcard back postcard

The back of a Great Western railway "Series 7" postcard published in 1908.

GWR series 9 postcard back postcard

GWR series 9 postcard back postcard

The back of a Great Western Railway Series 9 postcard published in 1910.

Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash (from Saltash)

Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash (from Saltash)

A Great Western Railway postcard published in 1908 in its Series 7 which depicted scenes on the "Cornish Riviera". This is Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge across the River Tamar as seen from Saltash.

A charming Great Western hotel, Tregenna Castle, St Ives

A charming Great Western hotel, Tregenna Castle, St Ives

A Great Western Railway promoting their Tregenna Castle Hotel at St Ives in Cornwall.

An early Great Western broad gauge engine Vulcan

An early Great Western broad gauge engine Vulcan

A Great Western Railway postcard of the Vulcan, a broad gauge steam locomotive. One of the first locomotives delivered to the company in 1837, it was originally a conventional locomotive with a separate tender ... More

Broad gauge engine (GWR) Lord of the Isles

Broad gauge engine (GWR) Lord of the Isles

A Great Western Railway postcard of the Lord of the Isles, a broad gauge steam locomotive. It was built in 1851 and withdrawn in 1884 but not cut up until 1906. It was entered in the Great Exhibiiton of 1851 ca... More

Great Western viaduct Ivybridge near Plymouth

Great Western viaduct Ivybridge near Plymouth

A Great Western Railway postcard showing the viaduct at Ivybridge in Devon. the original station can be seen at the left (west) end of the viaduct but today's station, which opened in 1994, is further east.

How our forefathers travelled in the forties

How our forefathers travelled in the forties

A Great Western Railway postcard showing 'how our forefathers travelled in the (18)40s'. It depicts a six-wheeled open third class carriage that was built in 1851 for the Vale of Neath railway. At that time it ... More

Paignton, Great Western Railway

Paignton, Great Western Railway

A picture postcard of Paignton published by the Great Western Railway, one of many that it issued promoting holiday destinations that it served.

Penzance (GWR) station and harbour

Penzance (GWR) station and harbour

A Great western Railway publicity postcard showing a view across the harbour at Penzance. The roofs of the railway station can be seen across the middle of the picture, the curved train shed of the passenger st... More

Slough (GWR) 1845 postcard, United Kingdom, United Kingdom

Slough (GWR) 1845 postcard, United Kingdom, United Kingdom

A Great Western Railway postcard depicting Slough station as it was in 1845.

St Austell viaduct postcard

St Austell viaduct postcard

The original timber St Austell viaduct, Cornwall. Built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the broad gauge Cornwall Railway which opened in 1859.

Teignmouth Great Western Railway

Teignmouth Great Western Railway

A Great Western Railway postcard showing the beach at Teignmouth and Shaldon Ness. the railway line passes beneath the bridge in the foreground.

The Cornish Riviera Express, near Dawlish, Great Western Railway

The Cornish Riviera Express, near Dawlish, Great Western Railway

A Great Western Railway postcard depicting the westbound 'Cornish Riviera Express' emerging from parson's Tunnel at Dawlish. The postcard was one of their Series 4 cards issued in 1905, the year after the expre... More

Truro Cathedral and River Fal, Great Western Railway

Truro Cathedral and River Fal, Great Western Railway

A Great Western Railway publicity postcard showing the view from the railway line as it crosses Truro Viaduct with the River Fal peaking out from behind the city's cathedral.

Detail Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway

Detail Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway

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Rain Steam and Speed the Great Western Railway

Rain Steam and Speed the Great Western Railway

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Turner - Rain, Steam and Speed - National Gallery file

Turner - Rain, Steam and Speed - National Gallery file

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Badminton station

Badminton station

Badminton railway station in Gloucestershire, England, looking west, about 1905.

Great Western train 1842

Great Western train 1842

Picture of a train

Great Western Railway 1840

Great Western Railway 1840

Deutsch: Aktie der Great Western Railway Company vom 30. November 1840

Great Western Railway dividend share certificate - December 1899

Great Western Railway dividend share certificate - December 1899

Great Western Railway dividend share certificate - December 1899

Great Western Railway dividend share certificate 1926

Great Western Railway dividend share certificate 1926

Great Western Railway dividend share certificate 1926 Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Great Western Railway dividend share certificate - December 1899 (cropped)

Great Western Railway dividend share certificate - December 1899 (crop...

Great Western Railway dividend share certificate - December 1899 Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Great Western Railway schedule for the Henley Regatta

Great Western Railway schedule for the Henley Regatta

Great Western Railway schedule for the Henley Regatta, July 5, 1893

Great Western Railway prepaid newspaper parcel stamps

Great Western Railway prepaid newspaper parcel stamps

Prepaid newspaper parcel stamps of the Great Western Railway, 1 penny and 2 pence.

The Leamington Station, 1852

The Leamington Station, 1852

The original Leamington station of the Great Western Railway, opened in 1852. The station was designed by T.H. Bertram. Engraving from The Illustrated London News, 16 October 1852. This station was renamed Lea... More

Monmouth-Railway 1811

Monmouth-Railway 1811

Founder's stock certificate of the Monmouth Railway Company, issued 29 August 1811. Incorporated 1810 with a capital of £22,000 in £50 shares, and opened in 1812. First railway company authorised by Parliament... More

Chicago & Great Western Railway - Samuel J. Tilden papers

Chicago & Great Western Railway - Samuel J. Tilden papers

The Samuel J. Tilden Papers is a collection of documents, correspondence, and other materials relating to Samuel J. Tilden (1814-1886), an American politician and lawyer. The Tilden Papers cover a wide range of... More

Great Western Railway - Restaurant menu
Chicago & Great Western Railway - Samuel J. Tilden papers

Chicago & Great Western Railway - Samuel J. Tilden papers

The Samuel J. Tilden Papers is a collection of documents, correspondence, and other materials relating to Samuel J. Tilden (1814-1886), an American politician and lawyer. The Tilden Papers cover a wide range of... More

Great Western Railway - Restaurant menu
Great Western Railway - Restaurant menu
Great Western Railway - Restaurant menu
... From Suspension bridge & Niagara Falls to Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Burlington, Rock Island, Galena, Cairo; and all points in the west and south-west ... Rochester. Steam press of Lee, Mann & Co. Daily American 1855.

... From Suspension bridge & Niagara Falls to Detroit, Chicago, St. Lo...

Transportation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 121, Folder 23.

... From Suspension bridge & Niagara Falls to Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Burlington, Rock Island, Galena, Cairo; and all points in the west and south-west ... Rochester. Steam press of Lee, Mann & Co. Daily American 1855.

... From Suspension bridge & Niagara Falls to Detroit, Chicago, St. Lo...

Transportation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 121, Folder 23.