Paddington to the West Country railway, Swindon
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Paddington to the West Country railway, Swindon by Brian Robert Marshall as part of the Geograph project.
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Paddington to the West Country railway, Swindon
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 10 Jan 2009
The route of the line is as conceived by I K Brunel at the inception of the Great Western Railway in the early years of Queen Victoria's reign. Originally it was broad gauge but was converted to standard gauge before the end of the 19th century. Somewhere along this section the famous GWR Chief Mechanical Engineer, G J Churchward, met his death on 19th December 1933, 76 years before this photograph was taken. More information can be found here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1113212
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Image Location
Latitude
51.55948
Longitude
-1.799445