In 1982, Best acquired catalog competitors: Basco, a chain with 19 catalog showrooms in the Northeast and Ohio; and Modern Merchandising, headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota with 76 showroom under the names LaBelle's, Dolgin's, Jafco, Miller Sales, Rogers and Great Western.
The Midland wanted a route to Swansea that was independent of its two main competitors, the Great Western and London and North Western Railway.
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It was a key junction in the networks operated by the Midland, Neath and Brecon, and Great Western railway companies.
In 1838, the SS Great Western, owned by the British Great Western Steamship Company, crossed the Atlantic in 15 days and heralded a new age in the transatlantic trade.
Llanfaredd Halt railway station was an unstaffed railway station on the Mid Wales and Cambrian railway line (later the Great Western), between Builth Wells Station and Erwood railway station.
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8–23 April — Isambard Kingdom Brunel's paddle steamer SS Great Western (completed on 31 March) makes the Transatlantic Crossing to New York from Avonmouth in fifteen days, inaugurating a regular steamship service.
The first was from the Great Western Road terminus to Bieldside church.
Albert Edward was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915.
This tunnel benefited the Michigan Central and Great Western railroads, but the Canada Southern Railway and other lines still preferred a bridge over the river.
The local newspaper later said, "Shortly before this robbery, he and his companion met four Chinese miners coming down from the Great Western Mine (near Middletown), and robbed them of their watches and money."
Capel Celyn Halt railway station, on the Great Western Railway's Bala Ffestiniog Line in Wales
The Great Western Railway's successor, British Rail, continued to use the "Cheltenham Spa Express" brand until the 1960s, when it fell out of use.
This station was also the terminus of the Great Western line—beyond the station the railroad was the Golden Valley Railway.
Devonia was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915
Ealing Broadway station on the National Rail Great Western main line and the London Underground Central and District lines
Earl of Warwick was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915.
In 1954, Wilson founded the Great Western Arms Company with financial backing from a doctor and 2 NFL Football players: Dan Reeves and Dan Fortmann to produce an almost-exact clone of the old Colt SAA for television and movie westerns.
There are Great Western Hotels in several places, deriving their name from the Great Western Railway.
Grierson was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915; formerly named Ulysses before 1895.
The engine operates in its Great Western Railway green livery, and performs regularly on the Shakespeare Express, operated by Vintage Trains, between Birmingham and Stratford-upon-Avon, as well as various excursions.
:This locomotive was the first to run on the Great Western Railway when it was tested on 28 December 1837 from its shed at West Drayton.
:Between 1846 and 1851 it carried a different name, Teign, while working on the South Devon Railway, after the River Teign; it reverted to Viper when it returned to the Great Western Railway.
:This locomotive was named after Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, MP, the owner of Wynnstay near Ruabon and a director of the Great Western Railway.
The Golden Valley Railway, which had its northern junction at Hay and ran through the Golden Valley to Pontrilas, was built between 1876 and 1889, was closed down in 1898, and then rescued by the Great Western Railway in 1901.
It should also be noted that GWR's oldies service was originally called Brunel Classic Gold, after the Great Western Railway's founding father Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
The Heber Valley Historic Railroad has two 1907 Baldwin 2-8-0 Consolidation-type steam locomotives: former Union Pacific No. 618 and ex-Great Western No. 75, although they are both out of service pending completion of their 1,472 day inspections and service.
Iron Duke was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915.
In the early 19th century, the Great Western Bridge provided a crossing point across the boundary of the city and into the neighbouring town of Hillhead, which was incorporated into the city later.
The suburb boasts a golf course (Keperra Country Club), football (soccer) club Westside FC, shopping centres (Great Western and two smaller ones at Dallas Parade near the Keperra station and on Dawson Parade near Grovely station), churches, a hospital, dog off-leash area, two railway stations (Keperra and Grovely) and bus services (to Mitchelton, The Gap and Ferny Grove).
In 1058 Magnus Haraldsson is called "the son of the king of Lochlann", and his nephew Magnus Barefoot is the "king of Lochlann" in the Irish πreports of the great western expedition four decades later.
The Roads and Maritime Services is at present researching a major upgrade to the Great Western Highway with the view to bypass the township and the steep Victoria Pass down to Little Hartley to the west.
Coming from a noble family, daughter of Kirill Poluektovich Naryshkin (1623–1691) and wife Anna Leontyevna Leontyeva (d. 1706, daughter of Leonty Dimitriyevich Leontyev and spouse Praskovya Ivanovna Rayevskaya who died in 1641), she was brought up in the house of the great Western-leaning boyar Artamon Matveyev.
These new events were the Great Western Convention in Fresno, California; the Canadian Quartet Convention in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada; and the Central Canada Gospel Quartet Convention in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
It is served by local First Great Western services, and used by Cross-Country and Intercity trains headed towards Plymouth.
Marcy’s 1859 book, The Prairie Traveler: A Handbook for Overland Expeditions, with Maps, Illustrations, and Itineraries of the Principal Routes between the Mississippi and the Pacific, written at the direction of the Department of State and published by the U.S. government, has been called one of the most important works in making possible the great Western overland migration of United States settlers in the last half of the 19th century.
Royal Sovereign was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915.
The South Dennis Train Station was located on the Great Western Road in South Dennis, Massachusetts.
British Rail Class 166, a faster air conditioned variant of the 165 in service with First Great Western
British Rail Class 165, in service with both Chiltern Railways and First Great Western
In July the South Devon based Herald Express reported that The Hunt for Tony Blair was being produced by Peter Richardson's Great Western Features, based in Totnes, and that several actors, including Robbie Coltrane, Jennifer Saunders and Nigel Planer were in the area filming for the episode.
As well as supporting the trust's operating wing Vintage Trains the museum is home to an extensive collection of steam engines, ranging from small industrial builds to Great Western Railway 'Castles' and 'Halls', and large ex-main line diesel engines.
William Barrington, 6th Viscount Barrington (1793–1867), British MP for Berkshire, chairman of Great Western Railway
Wilton North railway station, on the Salisbury branch line of the Great Western Railway
When the Chicago Great Western was federalized during World War I, a contingent of Illinois National Guardsmen were assigned to protect the tunnel.