The age of steam is past, the heyday of Swindon Works is long gone – but the legend lives on. What made the Great Western Railway’s Swindon Works iconic? Wa

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Swindon Works have changed and developed since the 1940s.

GRW's Swindon Works had a proud reputation. The boast was "if you had worked in Swindon Works, you could get a job anywhere!," and that meant anywhere in the wo