Object of the month

Every month we feature a GWR object, providing an opportunity to explore it in more detail.

April

Discover April 2024's Object of the Month, a German Bomb Tail Fin that was dropped on Swindon Works in 1942.

March

These cine films are from the collection of Frederick Hawksworth, and were donated to STEAM in 2023.

February

Celebrate National Apprentice Week with us! Explore the incredible work crafted by GWR apprentices in February 2024's Object of the Month.

January

January’s Object of the Month features this stylised drawing of Gas Turbine locomotive No. 18000. 

December

December's object of the month is a fantastic new donation, a set of original drawings from the construction of St Philip’s Marsh Engine Shed in Bristol.

November

GWR Network Map

October

Signalman’s Coffin

September

Works Hooter Sign

August

Caerphilly Castle locomotive

July

Photographs of women working on the railways

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