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Rail Centres
Rail Centres, Swindon
Hardcover and jacket with a few minor marks on exterior. Content is clear throughout. TS
128 pages, Unknown Binding
First published January 1, 1983
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April 16, 2013
The book I read to research this post was Rail Centres: Swindon by Colin G Maggs which is a very good book which I bought from a local secondhand bookstore. This book is part of the same series as Doncaster & Shrewsbury. The book has a lot of photos of the locality & lots of interesting information. Swindon is in Wiltshire, England & is famous for its train factory. At one time it had a factory that made rails but when they started making steel ones they found it cheaper to get them from private manufacturers. When the railway line was built it was beset with problems & the company decided to just open the line to the public as far as they had built it. At that time it didn't reach Swindon. Later the line from Bristol to London was built and open to the public. Bristol was the second biggest city in the British Empire in those days. The GWR was often called the Good Way Round by the welsh because of the long detour the line made between Cardiff & Bristol & when the Severn Tunnel was finally opened it made the journey 10 miles shorter. Brunel always insisted on a broad gauge for the Great Western Railway which later had to conform with the rest of the country. The train factory attracted many train enthusiasts eager to see new trains.
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