Great Western Railway Collection

180 years ago in 1833, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was appointed engineer of the newly founded Great Western Railway. Using archive footage and photographs this series of programmes follows it’s development: the London to the West Country lines that are remembered with such affection as journeys to holiday destinations;  the Steam Locomotives designed by Gooch, Churchward and Collett; the grand terminals of Paddington and Temple Meads and the countless country halts.