1.Create vacuum to release the train's vacuum brakes
2.Lord Nigel Jones, fomer Lib-Dem MP for Cheltenham
3.Rail Ale and Track Cider
4.He was a Dutch engineer working for the US New York Central Railroad and he devised the Whyte System for wheel arrangement on steam locomotives
5.June 1955
6.Castle class 7029 Clun Castle
7.102.3 mph. The speed was recorded by Charles Rouse-Martin
8.Dean 4-2-2 no. 3065 Duke of Connaught
9.It can draw its power either from a 750v. third rail electricity supply or from its diesel engine
10.'Taffy Tank'
11.Monmouth Troy
12.F W (Frederick William) Hawksworth (1882-1976) was CME of the GWR from 1941 to nationalisation in 1948.
13.A type of bracket signal. It has a single post on which is mounted a cross member, on which are three separate, smaller signal posts
14.A type of ballast wagon capable of carrying 24 tons of ballast and discharging it onto the track while in motion
15.Restaurant Buffet (Refurbished).  It is a restaurant coach such as the chocolate and cream example, no. 1675. The second 'R' indicates that the coach, originally an RB, was modified and re-equipped to extend its life.
16.251
17.The Cornishman
18.Wolverhampton and Penzance
19.They were equipped to operate push-pull services, initially in Scotland
20.An express passenger train, with two lamps on either side of the buffer beam
21.Four of the 15 arches collapsed in on Friday 13th November 1903 and it was believed that the timber arch formers were removed before the mortar had properly set.
22.The service was colloquially known as the 'Coffee Pot' and it usually comprised an 0-4-2 'auto-tank' and a single 'auto trailer' which incorporated a driving compartment which allowed the locomotive to haul or propel the coach.
23.Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Society held its inaugural meeting in Willersey village hall on 18 August 1976
24.He was tragically run over by one of his own locomotives at Swindon in December 1933
25.A freight train derailment at Winchcombe in August 1976.  No service trains ran over the line from that date and it was officially closed in November 1976.  Track was lifted from July 1979.