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Swindon Works

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Swindon Works was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1843 at Swindon in Wiltshire, England. It served as the principal maintenance centre for the west of England until it closed in 1986, which means it worked for roughly 143 years. The works is recorded here as the builder named for the British Railways Standard Class 9F locomotive 92220 Evening Star, whose infobox lists Swindon Works as builder, so that the atlas can place that vehicle with the works that built it.

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Company Type
Company Type (category)
Railway Company 1
Chronology
Dissolved Year
1986 1
Founded Year
1843 1
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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: BR Standard Class 9FSummary, builder
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Crewe Works (the larger contributor) and Swindon Works.

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Source British Rail Class 03 (Wikipedia)Lead
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230 were built at Doncaster and Swindon works between 1957 and 1962

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Source British Rail Class 120 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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built at the British Rail Swindon Works

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Source British Rail Class 123 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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They were the last first-generation DMUs built for British Railways and were built at Swindon Works.

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Source British Rail Class 124 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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were built by BR Swindon Works in 1960

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Source British Rail Class 126 (Wikipedia)Lead
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was built by BR Swindon Works in 1959/60

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Source British Rail Class 14 (Wikipedia)Technical details
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In July 1964, the first of a class of 56 locomotives appeared from Swindon Works.

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Source British Rail Class 42 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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those built at Swindon Works were numbered in the series D800-D832 and D866-D870

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Source British Rail Class 52 (Wikipedia)History, order, manufacturer
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when the first locomotive was outshopped from Swindon Works in December 1961

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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: BR Standard Class 9FSummary, builder
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The very last engine 92220 Evening Star completed Swindon March 1960

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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: GWR 1000 ClassSummary, builder
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Thirty engines were built at Swindon Works between 1945 and 1947

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Source GWR 1361 Class (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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built by the Great Western Railway at their Swindon Works

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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: GWR 1366 ClassSummary, builder
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Six engines were built at Swindon Works in 1934, with the same general arrangement as the 1361 but with pannier tanks rather than a saddle.

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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: GWR 1400 ClassSummary, builder
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Seventy-five engines were built at Swindon Works between 1932 and 1936.

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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: GWR 1500 ClassSummary, builder
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every one of the ten emerged from Swindon Works in BR black, lettered for their new operator.

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Source GWR 2251 Class (Wikipedia)Production
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the first locomotives built at Swindon for British Railways

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Source GWR 2301 Class (Wikipedia)Lead
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Swindon Works built 260 of these goods locomotives between 1883 and 1899

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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: GWR 2800 ClassSummary, builder
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built at Swindon Works between 1903 and 1919

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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: GWR 2900 ClassSummary, builder
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77 engines were built at Swindon Works between 1902 and 1913.

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Source GWR 3700 Class 3440 City of Truro (Wikipedia)Lead sentence, builder
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at Swindon Works to a design by George Jackson Churchward

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Source GWR 3800 Class (Wikipedia)History
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3473 County of Middlesex, was built at Swindon Works in May 1904

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Source GWR 4200 Class (Wikipedia)Production
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4201 was out shipped from Swindon Works in 1910

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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: GWR 4300 ClassSummary, builder
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Built at Swindon Works between 1911 and 1932

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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: GWR 4575 ClassSummary, builder
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One hundred engines were built at Swindon Works between 1927 and 1929

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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: GWR 4700 ClassSummary, builder
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built at Swindon Works between 1919 and 1923

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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: GWR 4900 ClassSummary, builder
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Two hundred and fifty-nine were built at Swindon Works between 1928 and 1943

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Source GWR 4900 Class 5972 Olton Hall (Wikipedia)History, service
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Built in April 1937 at Swindon Works for the Great Western Railway (GWR)

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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: GWR 5205 ClassSummary, builder
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built at Swindon Works from 1923 as Charles Collett's development of Churchward's 4200 Class

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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: GWR 5400 ClassSummary, builder
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built at Swindon Works from 1931 under Charles Collett's superintendency

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Source GWR 5600 Class (Wikipedia)Lead
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One hundred of the class were built at the GWR workshops in Swindon from 1924 to 1927.

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Source GWR 5700 Class (Wikipedia)Production
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All the later locomotives, totalling 563, were built at Swindon

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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: GWR 6100 ClassSummary, builder
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designed by Charles Collett and built at Swindon Works from 1931

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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: GWR 6800 ClassSummary, builder
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Eighty engines were built at Swindon Works between 1936 and 1939.

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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: GWR 6959 ClassSummary, builder
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Construction at Swindon Works ran from March 1944

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Source GWR 7200 Class (Wikipedia)Rebuild and operation, manufacturer
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Rebuilt at Swindon Works, the first to be converted was 5275

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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: GWR 7800 ClassSummary, builder
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Twenty engines were built at Swindon Works in 1938

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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: GWR Castle ClassSummary, builder
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One hundred and seventy-one engines were built or rebuilt at Swindon Works between 1923 and 1950

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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: GWR Iron Duke ClassSummary, builder
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The prototype Great Western was completed at Swindon in April 1846, the first locomotive built at Swindon

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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: GWR King ClassSummary, builder
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Thirty engines were built at Swindon Works between 1927 and 1936.

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Source Britain's Steam Railway Encyclopedia: GWR Star ClassSummary, builder
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73 Stars were built at Swindon between 1907 and 1923

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1. Swindon Works (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section, dissolved year
    It served as the principal west England maintenance centre until closed in 1986.
  • Article lead
    It served as the principal west England maintenance centre until closed in 1986.
  • Lead section
    Swindon Works was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1843 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.
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