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Two hooters - dubbed Swindon's alarm clock - have been heard across the town for the first time in 30 years. The Great Western Railway (GWR) hooters at the town's railway works were last heard at ...
All change as Swindon's 1960s signal box departs for museum A signal box, which has kept trains in the West of England on track for the past 50 years, is to be preserved as a piece of railway history.
The City of Truro and King George the Fifth steam engines are to be loaned to Swindon's STEAM museum by York's National Railway Museum.
The Swindon Borough Council-owned museum, which is running its ‘Kids for a Quid’ offer throughout the holidays, is celebrating the original GWR’s emergency services, in particular the ...
A major regeneration scheme in Swindon will create thousands of jobs in knowledge industries and include a long-delayed additional entrance to town’s railway station, it has been revealed ...
A new exhibition at Swindon's STEAM Museum showcases the lives of railway apprentices over the years.
Science Museum Group (SMG) is seeking an architect for a £2 million revamp of its National Collections Centre near Swindon [Deadline: 17 March 2022] The winner of the estimated £120,000 contract will ...
Tiverton Museum is holding a special Railway Day this month to celebrate the railways and the 90th anniversary of the Tivvy Bumper Steam Engine.
Science Museum Group (SMG) is recruiting a design team for two new storage buildings at its Science and Innovation Park near Swindon [Deadline: 9 August 2024] The winner of the estimated £90,000 ...