Three famous steam trains chug through Swindon station
Three steam trains passed through Wiltshire over the weekend and stopped at Swindon's railway station.
Adver readers Colin Pidgeon and Ken Mumford stood on the platform to capture the locomotives in action.
The three photos show a Black Five' type locomotive heading for Bristol from Southall (West London) to take up its duty the following day in Bristol.
It passed through Swindon some 40 minutes early.
Another image, taken from the west end of platform 4, is of a 'Merchant Navy' type locomotive no. 35028 'Clan Line' coming back from Bristol after a steam duty and heading for Stewarts' Lane in London.
The third pic photographs a 35028 'Clan Line' on the same train but taken from the east end of platform 3., and was about an hour late because of an incident between Bristol and Bath.
Have you seen any spectacular steam trains or other interesting locomotives stop off in Swindon?
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