Despite being one of the best-known and admired rail companies in
the country, by 1947 the GWR was at the lowest ebb of its entire
history. Worn out by war, there had been no maintenance for six
years and the government couldn't supply the steel it needed for
repair. The latter half of the 1940s presented a multitude of
challenges to overcome, some due to the recent war and others
individual to the GWR: the staff coped with rationing, a
desperately cold winter and a blazing hot summer, and dealt with
floods, collisions, broken rails and failing locomotives. The
incredible strength of character and can-do attitude of GWR workers
kept the railway running through it all. This history, taken from
GWR papers and illustrated from them throughout, reveals the
details of every day, as well as the problems and difficulties the
staff faced. Above all, it shows how well they overcame their
problems with only muscle power and a steam crane to help - and, of
course, no health and safety regulations and arguments to slow them
down. Adrian Vaughan's unique history of this famous rail company
shows just how special the GWR was right through to the end of its
very last year.
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