Great Western Railway (RWS)

The Railway Series

"There are two ways of doing things: the Great Western way, or the wrong way."

― Duck^[src]

The Great Western Railway (abbreviated as GWR) was a railway company on the Mainland. It was later nationalised as the Western Region of British Railways in 1948.

History with Sodor[]

In 1894, a young Topham Hatt was apprenticed at Swindon Works on the Great Western Railway, at the age of 14.^[1] It was because of this experience that he came to admire all things Great Western, and allowed Duck to revert from BR to GWR livery when he arrived on Sodor.^[2]

Following Oliver, Isabel and Toad's escape to Sodor from BR in 1967, the trio were also repainted into Great Western colours. A further three Great Western autocoaches - Alice, Mirabel and Dulcie - were also acquired for the recently-reopened branch line to Arlesburgh, run by Duck. Due to its collection of primarily Great Western rolling stock, it was given the nickname "The Little Western", which quickly stuck.^[3]

Rolling Stock[]

Locomotives[]

Coaches and Trucks[]

Appearances[]

Railway Series

The Railway Series

Percy the Small Engine - Duck Takes Charge (mentioned)
Duck and the Diesel Engine - Domeless Engines (mentioned), Pop Goes the Diesel (mentioned) and A Close Shave (mentioned)
The Twin Engines - "Hullo Twins!" (mentioned)
Small Railway Engines - Ballast (mentioned)
Enterprising Engines - Escape (mentioned) and Little Western (mentioned)
Oliver the Western Engine - Donald's Duck (mentioned), Resource and Sagacity (mentioned) and Toad Stands By (mentioned)
Thomas and the Great Railway Show - Trouble on the Line (mentioned)

Companion Volumes

1976 - Famous Engines (mentioned)
1987 - The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways (mentioned)

Trivia[]

Though not an original example owned by the GWR, a replica of one of the railway's early broad gauge locomotives - Iron Duke - appears at the National Railway Museum in Thomas and the Great Railway Show.

References[]

↑ RWS "The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways" p. 105
↑ RWS "The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways" p. 126
↑ RWS #23 Enterprising Engines - "Little Western"

United Kingdom

Locomotives	Steam	87546 and 98462 \| Workshop Engines \| Big City Engine \| Jinty and Pug \| City of Truro \| Stepney \| Bluebell and Primrose \| Adams \| Cromford \| Captain Baxter \| Flying Scotsman \| Toby's Brothers \| 8783 \| 1020 \| Stephenson's Rocket \| Green Arrow \| Boxhill \| Iron Duke \| Mallard \| Duchess of Hamilton \| Wilbert \| Sixteen \| Albert \| King James I \| Bahamas
Locomotives	Diesel	Diesel \| Diesel 4711 \| Diesel 199 \| Diesel 40125 \| Diesel 31120 \| 10751
Rolling Stock		Helena
People		Elizabeth II \| The Thin Clergyman \| The Fat Clergyman
Stations		Barrow-in-Furness \| Brighton \| Carnforth \| Crewe \| Euston \| Horsted Keynes \| King's Cross \| Lakeside \| Norchard \| Paddington \| St. Pancras \| York
Railways		Bluebell Railway \| British Railways \| Corris Railway \| Dean Forest Railway \| Ffestiniog Railway \| Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway \| Snowdon Mountain Railway \| Talyllyn Railway \| Toby's Old Tramway

[1] RWS "The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways" p. 105

[2] RWS "The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways" p. 126

[3] RWS #23 Enterprising Engines - "Little Western"

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