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The Didcot Railway Centre is a living museum set around the original 1932 Engine Shed showing a collection of Great Western Railway steam locomotives, carriages, artefacts and more.
IT STARTED life as a disused engine shed – but 50 years later Didcot Railway Centre is still delighting visitors and bringing history to life.
Paddington Bear will make a special appearance at Didcot Railway Centre this summer. On Friday, August 16, the beloved ...
A team from a nature group called Wild Oxfordshire visited Didcot Railway Centre to carry out a botanical survey. The steam ...
The next generation of inventors, explorers, and engineers will be welcomed to Didcot Railway Centre this weekend. The centre will look to inspire children aged five and older as it hosts its Young ...
In the late 80s, Queen filmed the music video for 'Breakthru' at the Nene Valley Railway near Peterborough. At the time, one of Didcot Railway Centre's locomotives was on hire to them.
The Great Western Railway Coat of Arms was a logo that appeared on GWR rolling stock from 1927 to 1933, and then reappeared in 1942 until nationalisation in 1947.
A volunteer has been seriously injured while working at a rail museum. Thames Valley Police said emergency services were called to a "work-related incident" at Didcot Railway Centre in Oxfordshire ...