Welcome to the GWR Online Footplate Guide

Anyone who has ever taken at look at the footplate of a steam locomotive will realise that it is a complicated piece of precision engineering. Our “Virtual Footplate” allows you to explore the footplate from the comfort of your own home.

Click on the link below to open the guide in a popup window.

Click here to open the Online Footplate Guide

Please note: the online footplate guide requires a screen resolution of 1024x768 or higher, and may take approximately 30 seconds to load over a dial-up modem.