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Didcot Railway Centre

Description: Address: Station Rd / Didcot / Oxfordshire / OX11 7NJ / England / A collection of Great Western steam locomotives and ... more

Didcot Railway Centre ... exhibits based around the old Great Western engine shed

Newest Review: ... I have been on both steam and non-steam days, the non-steam days you will be able to take in the architecture and the engines and stock that is kept there. There is a wonderful building called a coaling stage, you can either follow the railway track to this or go up a steep set of stairs - carefully - they are steep and the handrail looks as if it is about to give up. This is a great building ... more

... with a big arch for the train to get in to unload coal, which I believe is then tipped out into waiting engines below (remember the building is up above on an incline). Come back down from there and walk up further and you will come to an area w...more

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Didcot Railway Centre: Britain's Steam Heritage comes to life here (963 words)
by - written on 29/05/09 (Very useful, 40 readings)
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This is a fantastic day out for most people, not just the rail enthusiast. So what is the Didcot Railway Centre? Well yes it is bit of a Mecca for railway enthusiasts, though not being a rail enthusiasts shouldn't put you off coming here for a day out. Didcot Railway Centre was originally a depot for steam locomotives. this became redundant and the site was offered to the Great Western society in 1967. What you have now is a wonderfully preserved part of rail history which includes the architecture of a bygone age, the local rail infrstructure and a collection of steam engines. You enter the rail centre via Didcot Parkway station, via an underpass. ... Read the complete review