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	Didcot Railway Centre - Latest News
		It was one of the first vehicles to move to the fledgling Didcot Railway Centre in 1968 when it was acquired for preservation by the late John Mynors.
		Children in Didcot and the surrounding area join many across the country with the opportunity to experience hands-on science thanks to grants of £7.3 million in the final round of funding from ReDiscover, the renewal fund for science centres and museums across the UK funded by the Millennium Commission and major charities.
		Some 4 years ago Didcot Railway Centre was registered as a museum: this generous grant for the exhibition and learning centre provides the opportunity to both develop its working museum and to expand and refresh the presentation of science and engineering.
	www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk /latest_news/latest_news.shtml (2845 words)

	BBC - Oxford - Oxfordshire in 360 degrees
		Didcot is the largest town in South Oxfordshire with a population of 24,500.
		The centre is home to Great Western Society which has a large collection of steam engines and buildings from the golden age of steam.
		Didcot town centre is schedule for a major redevelopment and is due to be complete in 2005.
	www.bbc.co.uk /oxford/features/360/didcot.shtml (138 words)

	Didcot Parkway railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Didcot Parkway railway station is a railway station serving the town of Didcot in Oxfordshire in England.
		The station was opened as Didcot in 1844, and renamed to Didcot Parkway in the 1980s to reflect a new role as a park and ride railhead.
		Didcot is a major junction, where the former Great Western Railway line to Oxford, Birmingham and points north leaves the Great Western Main Line to Bristol and South Wales.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Didcot_Parkway_railway_station (331 words)

	Didcot Railway Centre - Great Western Trust Collection
		The Trust collection is housed at Didcot Railway Centre in a purpose built museum that was opened in August 1982 as part of the Great Western Society's 21st Anniversary Year Celebrations.
		The drive behind this project came from a belief that merely to preserve the rolling stock of the Great Western Railway was to miss the vast amount of equipment, materials and procedures that characterised the company as much as its copper capped locomotives.
		The presentation of the box, and indeed the approach generally taken at Didcot, is not for restoration to glistening museum standard, but rather to gleaming workaday.
	www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk /centre_information/great_western_trust_collection.shtml (1246 words)

	Oxford Phab Club on day trips to preserved railways
		In July 1994 we went to Didcot Railway Centre, which is locally about 10 to 15 miles south from Oxford to their special disabled steaming.
		Didcot is a problem once you get there, as there is a fight of steps from the end of the station subway up to the disused railway yard.
		In August 1996 we went again to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway, we used the same coach as in 1992, but with a slightly improved ramp, which was built by the railway.
	www.paladin.demon.co.uk /oxphab/preserved-railways.html (1231 words)

	Great Western Railway - UK Railways - A Wikia wiki
		Various other railways were built in the area to connect with the GWR: The Bristol and Exeter Railway reached Exeter by 1844, The Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway linked Swindon to Gloucester and Cheltenham in 1845, and the Bristol and Gloucester Railway brought the broad gauge to Gloucester in 1844.
		By the 1860s the gauge war was lost; with the merger of the standard-gauge West Midlands Railway into the GWR in 1861 mixed gauge came to Paddington, and by 1869 there was no broad gauge track north of Oxford.
		The South Wales Railway opened in 1850 and was connected to the GWR via Brunel's ungainly Wye bridge in 1852.
	ukrailways.wikia.com /wiki/GWR (1117 words)

	Didcot travel guide - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Didcot grew up because it lies at the point where the Great Western Railway's line north to Oxford and Birmingham branches off from the main line from London to Bristol and Cardiff.
		Didcot has a rail station on the main lines from London and Reading to Bristol, Cardiff, Oxford and Birmingham.
		Didcot Railway Centre is located in an old rail depot adjacent to the rail station.
	wikitravel.org /en/Didcot (629 words)

	History
		Didcot in Saxon was derived from 'Dydda's or Dudda's cot' or cottage, The village, until recent times, up to the end of the 19th century, was known as Dudcot or Dudcote.
		Didcot with its railway links South, East and West was ideal for the army.
		Didcot in 2005 is now the largest town in South Oxfordshire with a population of almost 25,000, and the town centre is currently being redevelopment.
	www.didcotgirls.oxon.sch.uk /pupils/didcot/history.htm (580 words)

	Didcot Railway Centre - Saint Project
		The bogie centre pin from No.4942’s cylinder block has been fitted to the new cylinder block and the latter is now ready to be attached to the new extension frames.
		New spring hanger bolts are being made as the ones from No.4942 were past their ‘sell-by date’ and we have also sent from Didcot the new rubber pads and steel discs fitted to the spring hanger bolts which form part of the locomotive’s suspension, to put it in automotive terms.
		The Didcot group was planning a visit to Bury in early November to needle gun and paint the outer faces of the mainframes before rewheeling commences.
	www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk /great_western_society/saint_project.shtml (4023 words)

	Local attractions
		College quadrangles and gardens provide a tranquil foil to a compact and beautiful city centre which is lively all the year round.
		The Great Western Railway was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, recently voted the second greatest Briton by television viewers, to link London with Bristol.
		Didcot lies about halfway; the engine shed is home to Great Western steam engines and there is a recreation of Brunel's original broad gauge railway.
	www.lockingekiln.co.uk /local_attractions.htm (929 words)

	etyres mobile tyres fitting service in Didcot Oxfordshire
		The growth of Didcot in the 19th Century can be attributed to the building of the Great Western Railway from London to the West Country.
		Didcot was once the home to the highly successful Williams formula one racing team but the team have since moved to Wantage.
		Didcot Railway Centre, home of the Great Western Society and its unique collection of Great Western Railway steam engines and coaches attracts many rail enthusiasts and visitors alike with its recreation of Brunei’s broad gauge railway, set around the original engine shed.
	www.etyres.co.uk /town-descriptions/tyres-didcot-oxfordshire.htm (562 words)

	Didcot
		The Didcot Railway Centre is located about 50 miles West of London at Didcot Junction, where the British Rail main line splits into lines to Oxford and north and the West Country.
		It has preserved considerable vintage Great Western Railway equipment and on the day I was there, Sunday, August 31, 2002, it was running two steam excursions.
		The Centre has collections of artifacts, an extensive bookstore, a refreshment room, and many places to sit and watch the action -- whether at the Centre or on the main railway lines.
	www.trainweb.org /theattic/Didcot.html (160 words)

	Didcot Railway Centre Gears Up For Brunel Bicentenary - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, ...
		Didcot Railway Centre in Oxfordshire is gearing up for an exciting Easter 2006 to celebrate the 200th birthday celebrations of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the launch of a new Science, Learning and Railways project.
		It is an old railway coach with lots of hands-on exhibits for children and families, with models to build and pretend trains to drive.
		Didcot Railway Centre is open every day during the school holidays from April 1 to 17 2006.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /nwh_gfx_en/ART35880.html (696 words)

	Didcot Hotels \| accommodation - hotels in Didcot Oxfordshire Cotswolds
		Didcot is in the Vale of White Horse.
		Didcot was originally a railway town and has excellent transport links, which now include the M4 and M40 motorways.
		Didcot is 5 miles south of Abingdon, 10 miles south of Oxford and 5 miles west of Wallingford.
	www.kayukay.co.uk /didcothotels.html (533 words)

	TS166 Didcot Parkway - Trainspots (Ver 1.70 )
		The Didcot Railway Centre is also close to the Station.
		The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry.
		Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
	www.trainspots.co.uk /locpage.php?ts_number=166 (750 words)

	Visit to Didcot
		The party met at Clevedon, and went directly to Didcot, arriving at about 10:15.
		There were insufficient numbers in the party for a group discount, so each member paid the Â£9.00 admission fee separately.
		It was agreed by all to have been a very worthwhile visit, and another visit will surely be arranged.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /ashenti/nailseamrc.org.uk/activities/didcot.html (303 words)

	Things to do with the Kids - The Cotswolds to The Chilterns
		Didcot Railway Centre boasts one of the finest collections of Great Western Railway steam locomotives, carriages, wagons and buildings in the country.
		The North Gloucestershire Railway is a two foot gauge, predominantly steam hauled, railway which shares the site at Toddington with the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway (GWR???) (an impressive standard gauge preserved railway).
		The leisure centre operates on a 'pay and play' basis and is open throughout the year.
	www.kayukay.co.uk /kidscotswoldsandchilterns.html (655 words)

	Didcot Railway Centre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Didcot Railway Centre, located in the town of Didcot in the English county of Oxfordshire, is based around the site of an old engine shed which became redundant due to the nationalisation of the UK railways, as well as the gradual switch from steam to diesel power.
		The centre regularly holds events such as steam and diesel railcar days.
		The railway centre is accessed through Didcot Parkway railway station, which links the centre by rail to London and much of the south and central England.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Didcot_Railway_Centre (375 words)

	Didcot Railway Centre - Oxfordshire's Great Western Steam Rail history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		An eccentric engineer with the unlikely name of Isambard Kingdom Brunel conceived of a railway which would carry first class Victorian era steamship passengers from Plymouth and Bristol to London in speed and style, and one of England’s grand unique rail lines was built, the Great Western Railway.
		The standard gauge won out, but the broadgage and the Firefly live on at the Didcot Railway Centre in southern Oxfordshire.
		But for those in love with the beauty of an earlier technology and the glorious grand days of steam rail, the Didcot Railway Centre is will worth your adventure in trainspotting.
	www.bargaintraveleurope.com /UK_Didcot_Railway_Centre.htm (345 words)

	Hotels near Didcot Railway Centre on AboutBritain.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Situated on one of the loveliest reaches of the River Thames, 11 miles from Oxford and Henley-on-Thames the Shillingford Bridge Hotel is the ideal place to wind down.
		This luxury hotel is situated in 30 acres of parkland with direct river frontage onto the Thames, just 3 miles from the centre of Oxford.
		Only a short walk from the city centre, the hotel boasts 1.5 acres of landscaped gardens, an excellent restaurant and plenty of free parking.
	www.aboutbritain.com /AccommodationNearDidcotRailwayCentre.asp (479 words)

	didcot.attractions.railway-centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Didcot Railway Centre can be found adjacent to Didcot Parkway Station.
		The centre is run by members of the Great Western Society and contains an impressive collection of engines, rolling stock and associated paraphernalia.
		There are currently no events in the Didcot area during the next 1 years that we know about.
	www.didcot.com /attract/gwrcentre.cgi (242 words)

	Didcot Railway Centre - Centre Information
		The engineer of the original Great Western Railway from Bristol through Didcot to London was Isambard Kingdom Brunel who designed it to be 'the finest in the land'.
		To achieve high speeds he used his broad gauge of 7 feet between the rails but as the railway network expanded there were problems where the broad gauge met the standard gauge of 4 feet 8½ inches used elsewhere.
		The Transfer Shed at Didcot was built to tranship traffic from one system to the other but gradually mixed gauge tracks were laid which produced some very complicated pointwork.
	www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk /centre_information/centre_information.shtml (295 words)

	Live Steam, our very own folk group!
		The band regularly plays live gigs around Cumbria, and at heritage railways the length and breadth of the country.
		As well as "Silver Jubilee", the band has produced a number of cassettes, featuring railway songs, and including one that tells the story of the old Furness Railway.
		Railway songs have become a speciality, with the group writing some of its own material, but the CD is a railway- song-free zone, with members recording some of their favourite out-and-out folk songs.
	www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk /folk.htm (369 words)

	UK & Ireland Railway Webring
		It is not intended to be the definitive history of the county's railway nor hopefully will it be just the work of the current contributors.
		A personal collection of railway photographs, some of the E.Lincolnshire area (around Louth)in the mid 1960`s to 1980`s, Narrow and Standard gauge railways in Lincolnshire, and the Humber Ferry rail-link.
		Railways of the Portland and Weymouth area of Dorset,
	a.webring.com /hub?ring=ukrail (1822 words)

	Friends of M30272M TPO Group - Down North East TPO Trip
		Details of the event in 2004 including pictures from lineside exchanges, around Wansford, TPO and NVR staff at work and Marie Saville's Collection.
		The Colne Valley Railway held a TPO day to commemorate the last running of the East Anglian TPO service the previous Friday.
		Didcot's weekend of celebrating twenty one years of TPO operations on their demonstration line.
	www.tpo.org.uk /articles (284 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Oxfordshire \| Fake owls to frighten off pigeons
		Artificial owls are to be used by a railway museum in an attempt to frighten away the hordes of pigeons which are plaguing the area.
		Jeanette Howse, from the centre, told the BBC News website that as well as being unsightly the pigeons' droppings corroded the paint on the old trains.
		She said the idea of using the plastic owls had come from one of the directors of centre who had seen it work successfully elsewhere.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/oxfordshire/4470327.stm (195 words)

	4079.co.uk - Home Page
		The Didcot Railway Centre, heart of the Great Western Society has created an open-air living museum of all things "Great Western".
		The centre covers the life of the GWR through it's entire 112 year life span plus some relics from the early days of the British Rail Western Region.
		The Centre features the complete 1932 steam locomotive depot, other GWR stations, outbuildings and signal boxes relocated from all areas which were encompassed within the "kingdom of the GWR".
	freespace.virgin.net /paul.rolf/4079/links.htm (379 words)

	Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 CT 880 \| Glenfield No. 1 880 \| Oxford Poytechnic Transport Society
		Whilst Pendennis Castle and Glenfield No. 1 were housed at the Great Western Railway Centre, Didcot, the members spent most weekends on behalf of the then owner, Bill McAlpine (now Lord McAlpine), overhauling and working 0-4-0 CT Glenfield No. 1.
		Its fixed jib and protruding hoisting cable guides at the end of the jib meant that it was permanently 'out of gauge' at Didcot and its operational locations were heavily restricted.
		Picture (formerly the workshops of the Cambrian Railway) until 2006 when it was acquired by the LH Group, heirs in title to the Andrew Barclay Engineering company (1892-1989: Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland) and also to the Hunslet Engineering Company in Leeds.
	mcs.open.ac.uk /dac3/personal/glenfield.htm (707 words)

	Map Didcot at Local.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		DIDCOT street maps, Easy to use street maps of DIDCOT.
		Didcot is situated in the Oxfordshire Countryside close to the Thames Valley, the Berkshire Downs, the Vale of White Horse, Reading and Oxford.
		This Didcot Railway Centre map is ideal for those wanting directions to Didcot Railway Centre, as well...
	www.local.co.uk /Didcot/Map (188 words)

	Friends TPO M30272M - Preserved TPOs & Lineside Apparatus Equipment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The lineside apparatus at the Nene Valley Railway
		The lineside apparatus at the Didcot Railway Centre
		The Midland Railway Centre may also have a set of apparatus equipment in store for use with their LMS TPO.
	www.tpo.org.uk /preserved (736 words)

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