STEAM - The museum of the Great Western Railway (Swindon)

Visited : August 2000, September 2001

Their Website :- STEAM

Summary

A great new museum - lots of things to play with.

Site

The museum is build inside one of the old Swindon works sheds where trains, carriages and trucks used to be made and repaired.  The first part shows you what they did there and how they built trains.  The second part is all about the Great Western Railway.

Ride

None

Caerphilly Castle

Engines

Only a few complete engines, but they include the Caerphilly Castle and the broad gauge North Star

Rolling Stock

Lots

Engine Shed

The museum had a number of complete engines.

A goods yard scene

Museum

The whole things a museum !

Shop

Quite good.

Catering

Very nice - waiter service !

Toilets

Very Good - they were just like old fashioned toilets built into their replica station.  They were so convincing Mummy had to check twice to see if I could use them !

Other Facilities

• Right next to the Great Western shopping outlet
• Right next to the main line - you can see trains pass by.

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This page was last updated on December 23, 2002