Date: 21/07/2011

IT WAS a sad day 25 years ago as the railway works hooter sounded for the last time and 1,100 people walked through the gates of the railway works, bringing nearly 150 years of proud engineering tradition to an end.

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Swindon Advertiser

IT WAS a sad day 25 years ago as the railway works hooter sounded for the last time and 1,100 people walked through the gates of the railway works,

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The works yard at Swindon on 21 October 1982. From the left are 08696, 08839, 08791, 08677, 08450 and 08793, all ready to head for their respective homes following a works overhaul.
Location: Swindon Works
Company: Great Western Railway
21/10/1982 Peter Todd

Warship D818 Glory at her birthplace in Swindon Works on 6 June 1981. Despite her immaculate appearance (following a restoration exercise by works apprentices) she was subsequently scrapped.
Location: Swindon Works
Company: Great Western Railway
06/06/1981 Colin Alexander

North British Class 22 D6330, with nose doors open, stands at the head of a line of sister NBL locos at Swindon. A handful of the class had just made it into 1972 but all the survivors had been withdrawn by the time this picture was taken and D6330 was cut up three months later in June 1972. [See image 19448] for a picture of D6319, the last survivor just before it was also cut up.
Location: Swindon Works
Company: Great Western Railway
18/03/1972 Mark Bartlett