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	Great Western Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Great Western Railway originated from the desire of Bristol merchants to maintain the position of their port as the second port in the country and the chief one for American trade.
		The Bristol and Exeter Railway reached Exeter by 1844, and the Bristol and Gloucester Railway brought the broad gauge to Gloucester in the same year.
		The South Wales Railway, terminating at Neyland, opened in 1850 and was connected to the GWR via Brunel's ungainly Wye bridge in 1852.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Western_Railway (1440 words)

	London and North Western Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was formed in 1846 by the merger of three railway companies - the Grand Junction Railway, London and Birmingham and Manchester and Birmingham.
		The LNWR became a constituent of the London, Midland and Scottish (LMS) railway when the railways of Great Britain were merged in the grouping of 1923.
		The name of the London and North Western Railway Company was revived in 1988 by the pop music impresario Pete Waterman for his rail vehicle maintenance company.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/London_and_North_Western_Railway (323 words)

	Encyclopedia: Great Western Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Bristol and Exeter Railway reached Exeter by 1844, and the Bristol and Gloucester Railway brought the broad gauge to Gloucester in 1844.
		The Rhymney Railway (Rhymney) was virtually a single stretch of main line, some twenty-five miles in length, by which the Rhymney Valley was connected to the docks at Cardiff in the county of Glamorgan, South Wales.
		The Taff Vale Railway (TVR) is a railway in Glamorgan, South Wales, and is one of the oldest in Wales.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Great-Western-Railway (4318 words)

	Chicago Great Western Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Chicago Great Western Railway (AAR reporting mark CGW) was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City.
		Nicknamed the Corn Belt Route because of its operating area in the midwestern United States, the railroad was sometimes called the Lucky Strike Road, due to the similarity in design between the herald of the CGW and the logo used for Lucky Strike cigarettes.
		The Great Western bought its steam locomotives locomotives primarily from Baldwin, but also modified many of the locomotives it had purchased at its extensive facilities in Oelwein, IA. The mammoth facilities at Oelwein were to inspire Walter Chrysler.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chicago_Great_Western_Railway (598 words)

	Western Bay: Railway Station
		The Western Bay Railway Station was built around 1914 in anticipation of the opening of the Carbonear to Port de Grave railway line.
		Between the railway station and the post office, it became an economic centre for the area.
		The Western Bay Railway Station was recognised as a Registered Heritage Structure in June 1994 by the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador.
	www.heritage.nf.ca /society/rhs/tz_listing/161.html (352 words)

	Great Western Railway Main Index
		However the GWR was taken to court by the buffet leasee, with the company losing their case and in the process learning a valuable lesson.
		However, problems were encountered at towns such as Gloucester where the Great Western provided its broad gauge track from the south of the town met the Gloucester and Birmingham standard gauge track from the north.
		Eventually in 1846 an Act was passed initially preventing the GWR from building new broad gauge lines but a compromise was reached which provided for mixed gauge, with three rails instead of two enabling trains of different gauge to travel the same route.
	www.greatwestern.org.uk /m_in_gwr.htm (1020 words)

	Great Western Railway -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		By the (The decade from 1860 to 1869) 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 (Click link for more info and facts about Paddington) Paddington, and by 1869 there was no broad-gauge track north of Oxford.
		The South Wales Railway, terminating at (Click link for more info and facts about Neyland) Neyland, opened in 1850 and was connected to the GWR via Brunel's ungainly Wye bridge in 1852.
		The details of all railways within the new Great Western Railway are given in the (Click link for more info and facts about List of constituents of the Great Western Railway) List of constituents of the Great Western Railway.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/great_western_railway.htm (1454 words)

	Introduction to the Norfolk & Western Railway
		An Introduction to The Norfolk and Western Railway
		The Norfolk and Western Railway was a unique operation of modest proportions that achieved recognition beyond contemporary railroads of similar size.
		[NandW/Coal] "Coal and the Norfolk and Western", NWHS, 1996
	www.nwhs.org /about_nw.html (1835 words)

	Western Maryland Railroad Station
		Hoping to claim a portion of the lucrative Cumberland to Baltimore route, the Western Maryland ran north and west from Baltimore along the Pennsylvania border.
		In 1902, the Western Maryland fell into the hands of the Gould railroad family, and the railroad finally reached Cumberland in 1906.
		Ironically, the Western Maryland Railway eventually fell into the hands of the B&O Railroad in the 20th century, and was closed in the 1970s.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/cumberland/wmd.htm (410 words)

	Western Australian Railway History
		Western Australias rail history began when a few private operators built timber lines to the coast for export of the tough western australian Jarrah hard wood.
		From the outset Western Australia was governed by an executive committee of three appointees.
		This is an odd name for one of Western Austrailias most western lines, but the point is that it headed east from the center of population, Perth.
	www.arach.net.au /~ckam/trains.html (922 words)

	Brunel and The Great Western Railway
		Isambard Brunel's railway was among his greatest engineering successes and established him as one of Victorian Britain's brightest lights--one that continue to shine and inspire today.
		The Surrey Iron Railway (1803) and the Stockton and Darlington (1825) might vie for this title, but the Liverpool and Manchester was the first to carry passengers and freight solely by the of steam power.
		Some were landowners who either objected to railways for the simple reason that they were new or because it was alleged that they would terrify their livestock; others hoped to bid up the price of the land the railway would need.
	www.thehistorynet.com /bh/blbrunelwesternrailway (1006 words)

	A brief History of the Chicago Great Western
		The Wisconsin Minnesota and Pacific Railway was also active at other points, for in 1883 and 1884 it constructed a line 121.7 miles long from Morton, Minnesota to Watertown, junction, Dakota, which was operated under a joint traffic agreement with the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway until January 20, 1899.
		The Winona and Southwestern Railway Company being in receivers hands, the Winona and Western Railway Company was incorporated on October 27, 1894, and they purchased the 114 miles of main line and the seven mile branch to Rochester.
		The Chicago Great Western Railroad Company was organized August 11, 1909 for the sole purpose of acquiring the properties of the Chicago Great Western Railway Company (The name was later changed back to the Chicago Great Western Railway Company).
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Acres/6306/hsfcgw10.htm (4077 words)

	New York, Lake Erie & Western Railway - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about New York, Lake Erie & Western ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Erie was the first railway in the country to be conceived from the outset as a trunk line (a long-distance main line, rather than a collection of short lines).
		In 1960 it merged with the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad Company to become the Erie Lackawanna, but in 1975 went bankrupt and was taken over by the government-owned Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail).
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /New+York,+Lake+Erie+&+Western+Railway (424 words)

	Industrial Hamilton -- A Trail to the Future - The Great Western Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This railway was to run from London, Ontario, to Burlington Bay in the District of Gore.
		The name of the fledgeling freight and passenger railway was changed to The Great Western Railway (G.W.R.), and its mileage was expanded to cover the area between Windsor in the west and the Niagara River in the east.
		It is difficult to overestimate the influence that the Great Western Railway had on the development of Hamilton.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /industrial/greatwestern.htm (932 words)

	NEW YORK, ONTARIO & WESTERN RAILWAY
		The New York, Ontario and Western Railway was incorporated in 1882 to succeed the bankrupt New York and Oswego Midland Railroad.
		The railroad ran from Cornwall on the Hudson River to Oswego on Lake Ontario, with branches to Kingston, Port Jervis, Monticello, Delhi, Utica, Rome, Scranton, and an ill-fated branch toward Auburn.
		With the creation of the Ontario & Western and the opening of the coal fields around Scranton, the O&W decided anthracite burning camelback locomotives were the way to go.
	kodtrak.railfan.net /nyow.htm (520 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: BARTLETT WESTERN RAILWAY
		The Bartlett Western Railway was chartered on June 17, 1911, by J. Jackson and others as a successor to the Bartlett-Florence Railway Company, which had been sold under foreclosure on May 29, 1911.
		By 1931 the Bartlett Western was listed as a Class III railroad, and its earnings for that year were down to $6,908.
		The Bartlett Western and its twenty-three miles of track were abandoned on October 11, 1935.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/BB/eqb2.html (386 words)

	Western Maryland Railway
		The Western Maryland traveled into the heart of the Alleghenies, at Spruce, WV the Western Maryland was at 4,066 feet above sea level, the highest main line elevation of any railroad east of the Mississippi.The above photo by Marvin H. Cohen came from Western Maryland in Color by James R. Sweetland.
		The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad daily rounds Helmstetter Curve between Cumberland and Frostburg, this photo was taken at the end of their season in 1993.
		Today, except for the scenic railroad section, the Connellsville sub is abandoned and is being converted into a bike trail which some think will eventually be the end of the scenic railroad.
	www.geocities.com /Yosemite/9954/photo25.html (330 words)

	Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Hiles, 516 U.S. 400 (1996). (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hiles sued in Illinois state court, alleging that Norfolk and Western had violated the SAA, which requires that cars be equipped with "couplers coupling automatically by impact, and capable of being uncoupled, without the necessity of individuals going between the ends of the vehicles." 49 U. §20302(a)(1)(A) (Supp.
		Congress plainly instructed the railroads to install compatible and automatic couplers on all cars, at a time when this basic technology had been in existence for two decades and had received widespread testing and recognition as a feasible technology superior to what was then in primary use.
		Hiles neither pleaded nor attempted to prove at trial that Norfolk and Western acted negligently or that the drawbar was defective.
	straylight.law.cornell.edu /supct/html/95-6.ZO.html (3872 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: GALVESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY
		The Galveston and Western Railway Company, also known as the Little Susie after its first locomotive, was chartered on December 9, 1887, as part of a project to construct a railroad from Galveston to Collins, sixty miles from Laredo.
		On February 29, 1888, the Galveston and Western acquired from the Mexican National Construction Company fifteen miles of narrow gauge railroad on Galveston Island that had been constructed in 1876 and 1877 by the Galveston, Brazos and Colorado Narrow Gauge Railway Company.
		The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company began operating this track in June 1910 and purchased the assets of the Galveston and Western in 1923.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/GG/eqg3.html (409 words)

	THE RAILWAY WORKS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The physical size of the factory dominated the town itself, and the power of this employer in an almost totally one-factory town cannot be overstated.
		Before 1948, the railway system in the UK consisted of four big companies, each controlling its own geographical area, and a main line from there into London.
		Even neutral railway enthusiasts would find it difficult to argue with the fact that Swindon was the home of the finest railway workshops in the world - the main workshops of the world's finest railway - The Great Western Railway.
	home.san.rr.com /roundabout/railway.htm (434 words)

	STEAM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway is housed in a beautifully restored Grade II railway building in the heart of the former Swindon railway works.
		The Museum tells the story of the men and women who built, operated and travelled on the Great Western Railway - 'God’s Wonderful Railway' - a railway network that, through the pioneering vision and genius of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was regarded as the most advanced in the world.
		Stepping into the Museum, visitors are taken into the world of the railway worker at Swindon, passing through a series of reconstructions, carefully assembled using original equipment, supported by video and interactive displays.
	www.steam-museum.org.uk (312 words)

	Great Western
		The Great Western Railway was the first to install electric telegraph alongside its line.
		By 1844 the Great Western Railway had opened a new line from Bristol to Exeter and from Bristol to Gloucester where it met the standard gauge of the Birmingham and Gloucester line.
		One of the consequences of using the broad gauge was that Great Western locomotives could not use Euston Station and Brunel had to build its own station at Paddington.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /RAgreat.htm (356 words)

	Norfolk and Western Railway Company -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		More results on "Norfolk and Western Railway Company" when you join.
		In the typical street railway, electrically powered cars run on tracks laid in the street and share the roadway with other traffic.
		labor organizations among U.S. railway employees; the “Big Four,” with dates of organization, were the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (1863), the Order of Railroad Conductors and Brakemen (1868), the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (1873), the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen (1883); United Transportation Union formed 1969 by merger of last three plus...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9056124?tocId=9056124 (838 words)

	President's Report
		Great Western Railway Ltd. hooked up its first boxcars September 17 and began running on 330 miles of its own track in the southwestern part of Saskatchewan, entering the field as western Canada’s newest shortline railroad.
		Employees of Western Canada Rail Contractors oversaw contract rehabilitation work on that line during the late 1980s so they knew its condition intimately and could apply that knowledge to this new venture.
		Western Canada Rail Contractors had also gathered experience from Central Western Railway — western Canada’s first shortline railroad which operates out of Stettler, Alberta — as the maintenance contractor for that fledgling operation.
	www.pwgroup.ca /pwgroup/ezine/professional/jan2001-02.html (1482 words)

	Western Railway Museum - Solano County - California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Western Railway Museum - Solano County - California
		As a living history museum, the Western Railway Museum gives visitors the opportunity to ride authentic historic streetcars and interurban electric trains from all over California and the western United States.
		The Western Railway Museum is a project of the Bay Area Electric Railroad Association, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, tax-exempt, educational institution.
	www.wrm.org (112 words)

	ipedia.com: Great Western Railway Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Great Western Railway was a British railway company, linking South West England and South Wales with London.
		The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England and South Wales with London.
		A notable locomotive (not of the Star class), was 111 The Great Bear, the first 4-6-2 locomotive in the United Kingdom.
	www.ipedia.com /great_western_railway.html (965 words)

	Western Maryland Railway Historical Society History
		The Western Maryland Railway Historical Society was founded in 1967 for the purpose of preserving a portion of Maryland's rich history.
		With the cooperation of the Western Maryland, the Society established a museum in Union Bridge in the building that once served as the company's main offices.
		The Western Maryland Railway Historical Society is one of the few organizations of its kind to own and operate its own museum.
	www.moosevalley.org /wmrhs/wmrhshistory.htm (370 words)

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