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In 1933, the Great Western Railway introduced the first of what was to become a very successful series of railcars, which survived in regular use into the 1960s, when they were replaced with the new British Rail First Generation type Diesel multiple units.

Below is a full list of GWR railcars:

Number Range	Builder	Introduced	No. Built	Type	Withdrawn
1-4	Park Royal	1933-34	4	Single-car	1955-58
5-18	Gloucester RCW	1935-37	14	Single-car	1956-60
19-33	GWR Swindon	1940-41	15	Single-car	1960-62
34	GWR Swindon	1941	1	Single-car (Parcels)	1960
35-38	GWR Swindon	1941-42	2	Power-twin units	1962

Preservation

Three of the GWR Railcars have survived into preservation, as follows:

Vehicle No.	Builder	Year Built	Location	Comments
W4W	Park Royal	1934	Steam Museum, Swindon	-
W20W	GWR Swindon	1940	Kent & East Sussex Railway	-
W22W	GWR Swindon	1940	Didcot Railway Centre	-

Multiple Units

Diesel Locomotives - Electric Locomotives - DMU - AC EMU - DC EMU
	1st Generation Units
Classes:	100 - 101 - 102 - 103 - 104 - 105 - 106 - 107 - 108 - 109 - 110 - 111 - 112 - 113 - 114 - 115 - 116 - 117 - 118 - 119 - 120 - 121 - 122 - 123 - 124 - 125 - 126 - 127 - 128 - 129 - 130 - 131
Pre-TOPS Classes:	BEMU - British United Traction - Derby Lightweight - GWR Railcars - Metro-Cammell - Railbus
	2nd Generation Units
Classes:	140 - 141 - 142 - 143 - 144 - 150 - 151 - 153 - 154 - 155 - 156 - 157 - 158 - 159 - 165 - 166 - 168 - 170 - 171 - 175 - 180 - 185
	Diesel-Electric Units
Classes:	201 - 202 - 203 - 204 - 205 - 206 - 207 - 210 - 220 - 221 - 222 - 251 - 252 - 253 - 254 - 255
SR Designation:	3D - 3H - 3R - 3T - 6B - 6L - 6S
	Departmental Units
Classes:	901 - 930 - 950 - 951 - 960 - MPV

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