Broad Gauge Steamdays
On Broad Gauge Steamdays, you will be able to:
- Experience Brunel's grand vision of how rail travel should be as you journey, 1840s style, behind replica broad gauge locomotive - 'Fire Fly'.
- Ride in coaches from the 1930s behind some of our Great Western steam locomotives. We have two running lines, 'The Main Line' and 'The Branch Line' with trains normally running on either or both of them. You may ride as many times as you like as there is no extra charge.
- Inspect our collection of over twenty Great
Western Railway steam locomotives and a diesel railcar dating
from 1940. You can see them in and around the original 1932 engine shed, or under repair
in the locomotive works.
- Discover our Great Western coaches collection which, with over forty vehicles covering
the period from the 1880s through to the 1950s, is probably the most comprehensive
of any of the pre-nationalisation railways. We also have great
variety of goods wagons on display.
- Look around our displays including a re-creation of Brunel's broad gauge railway, branch line with restored buildings and signalling, turntable and more.
- Visit our shop and refreshment room.
- Relax in our picnic area.
- Visit our 'Science, Learning and Railways' exhibition to find out all about the science behind the steam railway.
- See the wide variety of smaller items once used by the Great Western Railway in our Relics Display (normally closed between Christmas and Easter).
- Browse in Antiquary for railwayana, and in our second hand book shops.