Swindon. The legacy of a railway train – Cattell, John & Keith Falconer Merkproduct

In the pioneering days of early Victorian railway engineering the decision of Gooch and Brunel to locate an engine house and works just to the north of Swindon led to the creation of a sizeable engineering enterprise and a new settlement.
The Great Western Railway became by far the largest employer in the region and for more than a century the fortunes of the town were inseparably linked with the development of the railway.
In 1984, however, many of the works buildings were under threat due to rationalisation…