From the
Swindon Advertiser:
The great, great, grandson of Isambard Kingdom Brunel performed a naming ceremony on a locomotive to mark 175 years of the Great Western Railway on Wednesday.
The ceremony took place at Paddington station in London when power car 43175 was officially named
GWR▸ 175 Anniversary by Lord Miles Gladwyn. The ceremony was organised by First Great Western Trains, the Friends of Swindon Railway Museum, Network Rail and the Steam museum.
Hellen Barnes, from Steam, said: ^Lord Gladwyn is traced back to Brunel through the Florence Brunel line.^ With its new name plaque attached the engine pulled into Swindon station and the Friends of Swindon Railway Museum accompanied the mayor Councillor Rex Barnett to a celebration tea party at the Steam.
Also joining the mayor were former employees of GWR and British Rail, Steam volunteers and the staff at the museum.
Councillor Bartlett was then presented with a replica nameplate.
