In 1928 the Great Western Railway boasted that Paddington was 'one of the finest railway stations in London - the aristocrat amongst the railway termini of the metropolis'. Using 150 illustrations, many rare and previously unpublished, Tim Bryan, Curator of Swindon's Great Western Railway Museum, distills the essence of the GWR's largest and most famous station from the end of the last century to the present day.Paddington has undergone almost continuous improvement and development since its construction in 1854, from the expansion of the Edwardian era through the Blitz and nationalisation, from steam to diesel and electric traction, and now the fresh opportunities of privatisation as the 'new' Great Western company and its partners take the station into the new Century..