Great Western Way (second edition)

The original Great Western Way (published in 1978) soon gained a reputation as the standard reference work on the way the Great Western and its constituent companies created their impression on the travel market through their house livery style. In light of new research the opportunity has been taken to completely revise the original and so the whole book has been rewritten, expanded and comprehensively illustrated. The new edition, whilst based on the framework of the original, is a complete re-write including much new analysis and information that has come to light in the intervening years. It also includes a comprehensive set of source references which was missing from the earlier version. It also contains many new photographs, appendices and a colour chart. In addition, the relevant livery changes up to the end of the BR 'steam' period in 1968 have been added. The authors are the society's GWR group company stewards including Glyn Williams under the co-ordination of respected railway author John Lewis. Each one brings his unique area of expertise to the text. Please note that this is a heavy book and that a parcel with just one copy will weigh around 2.2kg. For international orders you are advised to check postal prices and options on the Royal Mail web site. Since publication some additional facts have been discovered and an addendum containing corrections and additions can be downloaded by going to the HMRS Downloads page. Contents Editor's Note Introduction The Great Western Railway Heraldic Devices and Painting Considerations Locomotives Passenger Carriages The 'Brown' Vehicles Freight Vehicles Permanent Way and Signals Buildings and Structures Road Vehicles Uniforms The Absorbed Companies - Pre-Grouping Broad Gauge Vale of Neath Railway Bristol and Exeter Railway South Devon Railway Cornwall Railway Narrow Gauge Shrewsbury Railways West Midlands Railway The Absorbed Companies - Absorbed at the Grouping Alexandra (N&SW) Docks and Railway Barry Railway Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway Cambrian Railways Mid Wales Railway The Van Railway Welshpool and Llanfair Railway The Mawddwy Railway Vale of Rheidol Railway Cardiff Railway Midland and South Western Junction Railway Neath & Brecon Railway Port Talbot Railway Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway Rhymney Railway South Wales Mineral Railway Swansea Harbour Trust Taff Vale Railway Appendices Painting Specifications Carriage Interiors Standard Notice Boards Passenger Carriage Numbering Train Description Numbers Locomotive Classifications Locomotive Livery Changes Telegraphic Code Names Locomotive Headcodes Taff Vale Railway Company Uniforms Taff Vale Railway Locomotive Headcodes GWR Cast Letters & Numerals Wagon Sheets and Ropes GWR Rolling Stock under British Railways Shed Codes and Markings on Locomotives Sea & Air Liveries and a Final Miscellany Colour Samples References Acknowledgements, Photograph Credits & Bibliography Index