Title
Queen Victoria Changing Trains at Gloucester
Caption
Queen Victoria changing trains at Gloucester, 1849. Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) favoured the 7ft 1/4inch (2.2m) broad gauge and designed the Great Westerrn Railway accordingly. However, in the Gauge Act of 1846 Parliament declared that all future railway track should be of the standard 4ft 8 1/2inch (1.44m) gauge introduced by George Stephenson (1781-1848) on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. It was not until 1892 that the last broad gauge track was lifted. On her journey back to London from Balmoral the Queen changed from the standard gauge Midland Railway to the broad gauge Great Western Railway. From "The Illustrated London News". (London, 6 October 1849).
Date
1849
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP07111_009304P
License type
Rights managed
Available size
22,2Mb (2,0Mb) / 11,8in x 7,3in / 3543 x 2195 (300dpi)