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Steam returns to Ashburton…. almost!
The Friends of Ashburton Station are keeping up their relentless campaign to not only save the Brunel era terminus but to bring trains back to it. The latest genius move has been to get agreement in principle with the South Devon Railway to bring an engine and carriage back to the station once again. It […]
‘Out on the 55: a little slice of heaven!’
Small prairie No 5542 is one of my very favourite engines and on Saturday I was out with her on the GWSR’s Santa trains. I still haven’t passed out as a fireman (bit of a slow learner on this stuff…) but I had a good go ‘on the shovel’ on the last trip and enjoyed […]
‘Become a Great Westerner’
That phrase is used by FGW in its current marketing campaigns but, despite that, it’s pretty good! And we believe you should become a Great Westerner by joining Everything GWR! Let me give just one reason why: We have just uploaded our latest members’ video – depicting the launch of superb Ivatt Class 2 No […]
‘Mission Ashburton’ – Act now to Save it!
I took this phrase from the Steam railway article this month about the fight to save Ashburton station from the developers. I hope we have played some small part in helping the campaign to ‘step up a gear’, as SR mag describes what is happening but it is all excellent news. It seems that not […]
Everything GWR ‘Engine of the Year’ Poll
Please vote for your choice of GWR Engine of the Year below. but you can only vote once! There is a section for you to propose alternatives but they must be accompanied by a good justification. The Pollmeister’s word is final and probably a power trip…
GWR Engine of the Year 2014
It’s that time again! (And it does seem to have come round fast) Last year, the award was won, unexpectedly, by D1015 Western Champion and Corris Railway No 3, Sir Haydn so who will it be this year (you can’t win it twice running!)? As usual, we are in your hands as to which GWR/WR […]
Save Ashburton Station!: sample letter to National Park Authority
Email: forwardplanning@dartmoor.gov.uk, Dear Dan Janota I write as a member of the EverythingGWR web community, an on-line group committed to conserving for future generations as much of the heritage of the Great Western Railway as possible. There has been considerable concern expressed on our very active Facebook page regarding reports that the station site at Ashburton may be lost to […]
A Crime against our History?
It’s clear to me that the love of steam in general, and the GWR in particular, is not entirely rational. In fact, it definitely comes from the heart not the head and this was amply demonstrated this morning as I opened my copy of Steam Railway magazine. The subject of the article jumped out at […]
46447 Returns at Cranmore
Just returned from the launch of Ivatt Class 2 No 46447 at the East Somerset Railway – what a fabulous job Steve Masters and his team have made of it! Steve is too modest to blow his own trumpet but the achievement of transforming 46447 from Barry wreck to steaming in stunning lined out late […]
Join the Everything GWR Community!
I am quite amazed by the success of Everything GWR. When I set it up, I was just indulging my own almost obsessive love of the Great Western Railway. I was just having fun with it but it seems to have just grown… I am daily astonished to find that we have hundreds of visitors […]
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