GWR Iron Duke 4–2–2 designed by Daniel Gooch.

Great Western Railway’s Iron Duke Broad Gauge locomotive. Fulfills Brunel’s dream.

Dr John Frederick Rose
ILLUMINATION-Curated

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Great Western Railway (GWR) broad gauge 4–2–2 locomotive built as an Iron Duke class in 1855 and renewed as a Rover class in 1880; withdrawn in 1892. By Unknown author — This file was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the Bulgarian Archives State Agency as part of a cooperation project. Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54831590. This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired and its author is anonymous.
Portrait of Daniel Gooch (1816–1889). By Thomas Dewell Scott — The Illustrated London News, Vol. XLIX, №1402, p. 545: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c0000090738;view=1up;seq=531, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70850522. This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain as the author died in 1911, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author’s life plus 100 years or fewer.

Inspiration.

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Dr John Frederick Rose
ILLUMINATION-Curated

Love poetry, forests and my garden. Managing health by diet and exercise. Interested in ideation, social and technology interactions.