Unique documents from the Great Western Railway kept at Didcot Railway Centre will be used in a BBC Radio 4 programme next week.
The GWR Trust’s collection at Didcot includes all the GWR annual reports and a copy of the letter from Benjamin Disraeli, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, refusing the company's request for a loan from the Government in 1867.
Makers of The Long View wanted to pair GWR’s financial problems in 1867 with a discussion about the London to Edinburgh East Coast Main Line franchise.
It will be broadcast at 9am on Tuesday, August 4, and repeated at 9.30pm.
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