Collection
The museum is home to several GWR pre-nationalization-era locomotives, two of which are the first members of their respective classes. The majority of these are part of the UK National Collection.
- GWR Star Class North Star – a replica of an early broad gauge locomotive. Part of the National Collection
- GWR 2301 Class 2516 - part of the National Collection
- GWR 4073 Class 4073 Caerphilly Castle – on static display, part of the National Collection
- GWR 9400 Class 9400 – part of the National Collection
- GWR 4200 Class 4248 – on static display, largely dismantled to look like a locomotive in the works
- GWR 4000 Class 4003 Lode Star - Arrived in November 2010 from the National Railway Museum as a replacement for Evening Star
- GWR 7800 Class 7821 Ditcheat Manor - on static display, on loan from the West Somerset Railway
- Agecroft No 3 - 0-4-0ST locomotive built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns in 1951 (works number 7681) - located outside the Old Swindon Works 20 Shop
The museum also displays a small collection of Great Western rolling stock and equipment, including:
- GWR Railcar W4W – Static, Part of National Collection
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