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| 3650 | Pictured in private owner blue livery | 27 | March 2020 |
| Iron Duke | 3 | April 2020 | |
| Interchangeability of loco parts | 9 | April 2020 | |
| 1014 | The County Conundrum - There's Lots in a Name | 17 | April 2020 |
| 1363 | The Big Thirteen - Lucky for some? | 24 | April 2020 |
| 1466 | #MuseumFromHome - 1466, Didcot's Pioneer | 30 | April 2020 |
| 3822 | No. 3822 Built to Serve | 7 | May 2020 |
| Taking the Water (Locomotive water troughs) | 15 | May 2020 | |
| A Valve by Any Other Name Could be a Gear | 22 | May 2020 | |
| We're NOT Going on a Summer Holiday (Locomotive names) | 29 | May 2020 | |
| Under Pressure (Locomotive boilers) | 5 | June 2020 | |
| 1363 | 1363 - Survivor Extraordinaire | 12 | June 2020 |
| Is Everyone All Whyte? (Wheel arrangements - pt 1) | 19 | June 2020 | |
| Is Everyone Still All Whyte? (Wheel arrangements - pt 2) | 26 | June 2020 | |
| 2999 | Award Nomination for the Saint | 3 | July 2020 |
| Are You Single? (Single wheelers) | 10 | July 2020 | |
| Decoding an Engine (Shed codes and route availability) | 17 | July 2020 | |
| Auto Working Wonders | 24 | July 2020 | |
| 6023 | All Hail the King | 31 | July 2020 |
| 4144 | Prairie Pondering, Part One - Primary Prairies | 7 | August 2020 |
| 6106 | Prairie Pondering, Part Two - The Prairie GTI | 14 | August 2020 |
| 5572 | Prairie Pondering, Part Three - Prairies in the Wild | 21 | August 2020 |
| A King-size education for trainspotters (Locomotive names) | 28 | August 2020 | |
| Lubrication? We Are at a Total Loss... | 4 | September 2020 | |
| The 'Ten Year Ticket' (Boiler certification) | 11 | September 2020 | |
| 1014 | 1014 ‘County of Glamorgan’ - The TRUE Story | 18 | September 2020 |
| 93 | Railmotor Requiem | 25 | September 2020 |
| 4079 | The Return of the Champion - Chapter 1 | 2 | October 2020 |
| Hydrostatic Hyperbole ? (Hydrostatic displacement lubrication) | 9 | October 2020 | |
| A Tender Behind! (Locomotive Tenders - Part 1) | 16 | October 2020 | |
| Another Tender Behind (Locomotive Tenders - Part 2) | 23 | October 2020 | |
| 08604 | Spooky Shunting Spectacular (08 Shunters) | 30 | October 2020 |
| 5322 | The Iron Warhorse | 6 | November 2020 |
| 4079 | The Return of the Champion - Chapter 2 | 13 | November 2020 |
| An Injection of Pure Genius (Steam Injectors) | 20 | November 2020 | |
| A Long Term Round Up (4709, 1014, 7202) | 27 | November 2020 | |
| 4079 | The Return of the Champion - Chapter 3 | 4 | December 2020 |
| Chiming with Chimneys | 11 | December 2020 | |
| A Guest for Christmas (Recollections of Ted Abear) | 18 | December 2020 | |
| Wonderful Winter Wagons Part 1: Into the Swamp... (Crocodiles) | 15 | January 2021 | |
| Wonderful Winter Wagons Part 2: A Case of Hay Fever? (Pollens) | 22 | January 2021 | |
| Wonderful Winter Wagons Part 3: More Ribbit than Rivet? (Toads) | 29 | January 2021 | |
| Wonderful Winter Wagons Part 4: It’s Go Go on the MOGO but No Go on the ASMO (Car carrying wagons) | 5 | February 2021 | |
| Working This Out Was A Real (Tractive) Effort! (Calculating Tractive Effort) | 12 | February 2021 | |
| Actually, Totally Cool! (GWR Automatic Train Control) | 19 | February 2021 | |
| Going Underground, Going Underground... Part 1 (The GWR and the Metropolitan Railway) | 26 | February 2021 | |
| Deeper Underground - Part 2 (The GWR, Smithfield Meat Market and Mica Vans) | 5 | March 2021 | |
| The 10 Things Treasure Trail (Some curious facts about some of our locomotives) | 12 | March 2021 | |
| Fire Fly | Broad Gauge Banter Part 1: Broadening Your Horizons? (Gauges and gauge conversion) | 19 | March 2021 |
| Broad Gauge Banter Part 2 - This Train Sucks! (The South Devon Railway and the atmospheric system) | 26 | March 2021 | |
| This is Just Purrfect (A significantly dated review of the GWR's Feline Services Division) | 1 | April 2021 | |
| The Ten More Things Treasure Hunt (Some curious facts about some of our locomotives) | 9 | April 2021 | |
| 1340 | The Return of the Little Warrior | 16 | April 2021 |
| 4079 | The Return of the Champion - Chapter 4 | 23 | April 2021 |
| 22 | Busman's Holiday? (The GWR's Diesel Railcars) | 23 | April 2021 |
| 1466 | No. 1466 - The Pioneer's Progress | 7 | May 2021 |
| 1338 | The Cardiff Connection | 14 | May 2021 |
| 5 | Ancient Artefact - Part 1 | 21 | May 2021 |
| 5 | Ancient Artefact - Part 2 | 28 | May 2021 |
| (All about locomotive wheels) | 4 | June 2021 | |
| Luxurious Saloons? Super! (The GWR Super Saloon carriages) | 11 | June 2021 | |
| Yorkshire Gold in a Didcot Mirror (Comparisons with visiting Lambton Tank locomotive) | 18 | June 2021 | |
| Fire Fly | The Lampyridae Legend | 25 | June 2021 |
| 1466 | The Pioneer's Progress - Part 2 | 2 | July 2021 |
| Oh, six two? Part 1 (A survey of 0-6-2 Tank Engines on the GWR, and elsewhere) | 9 | July 2021 | |
| Oh, six two? Part 2 (A survey of 0-6-2 Tank Engines on the GWR, and elsewhere) | 16 | July 2021 | |
| The Yanks are coming (The USA S160 class) | 23 | July 2021 | |
| 6697 | Oh, six two? Part 3 (A survey of 0-6-2 Tank Engines on the GWR, and elsewhere) | 30 | July 2021 |
| They Also Served (Locomotives that served the UK in time of war) | 6 | August 2021 | |
| 18000 | The Turbine Twins (The gas turbine locomotives ordered by the GWR) | 13 | August 2021 |
| 2999 | Very Virtuous Vehicles? Part 1 (The Saint Class) | 20 | August 2021 |
| 2999 | Very Virtuous Vehicles? Part 2 (The Saint Class) | 27 | August 2021 |
| 2999 | Very Virtuous Vehicles? Part 3 (The Saint Class) | 3 | September 2021 |
| The ‘Glamorous World’ of Steam Locomotives? (The boiler washout) | 10 | September 2021 | |
| 1466 | The Pioneer's Progress - Part 3 | 17 | September 2021 |
| 4079 | The Return of the Champion - Chapter 5 | 24 | September 2021 |
| Trials and Tribulations - Part 1 (Locomotive exchange trials) | 1 | October 2021 | |
| Trials and Tribulations - Part 2 (Locomotive exchange trials) | 8 | October 2021 | |
| Why is That Engine, That Shape? | 15 | October 2021 | |
| Oh the horror! ... (Some particularly unattractive locomotives!) | 22 | October 2021 | |
| Oh the horror! Part 2 ... (Some more particularly unattractive locomotives!) | 22 | October 2021 | |
| Wye were the Kings at Chepstow? (Load testing and the final days of the Kings) | 5 | November 2021 | |
| Hidden Treasures (The Centenary Carriages and No. 9635) | 12 | November 2021 | |
| 1466 | The Pioneer's Progress - Part 4 | 19 | November 2021 |
| A Priceless Pooch (The Southern Railway Terriers) | 26 | November 2021 | |
| 14:48 Time for a Design Classic (Genesis of the 14xx Class) | 3 | December 2021 | |
| Hidden Treasures Part 2 (The Dreadnought Coaches) | 10 | December 2021 | |
| Hot Stuff? (Carriage Steam Heating) | 17 | December 2021 | |
| A Guest for Christmas 2 - T'was the Night Before Christmas (Further recollections of Ted Abear) | 24 | December 2021 | |
| Wonderful Winter Wagons: Let's Face The Moosic And Dance! (Milk Tanks and ROTANK) | 14 | January 2022 | |
| Wonderful Winter Wagons: Old King Coal (Loco Coal wagons and Coal Stage) | 21 | January 2022 | |
| Wonderful Winter Wagons: Brewing Up Some Smashing Undersea Oddballs? (TEVANs and CORALs) | 28 | January 2022 | |
| Ready for Inspection? - Part 1 (Inspection Trollies) | 4 | February 2022 | |
| 4079 | The Return of The Champion - Chapter 6 | 11 | February 2022 |
| The Mechanisms of Non-Explosion! (Pressure relief valves and cylinder drain cocks) | 18 | February 2022 | |
| Ready for Inspection? - Part 2 (Inspection Trollies) | 25 | February 2022 | |
| 4079 | The Return of the Champion - Chapter 7: Is this a Record? | 4 | March 2022 |
| 1466 | The Pioneer's Progress - Part 5 | 11 | March 2022 |
| Sleepers and Sleepers (Sleeper Coaches, Sleeper Wagons and Sleepers!) | 18 | March 2022 | |
| 4079 | The Return of the Champion - Chapter 8: A Champion Award? | 25 | March 2022 |
| 4079 | The Return of the Champion - Chapter 9: From Defeat to Victory | 1 | April 2022 |
| 4079 | The Return of the Champion - Chapter 10: Go for Launch! | 8 | April 2022 |
| The Halls of the Mighty - Part 1: Evolution | 15 | April 2022 | |
| 5900 | The Halls of the Mighty - Part 2: The Classic | 22 | April 2022 |
| 6698 | The Halls of the Mighty - Part 3: The Next Generation | 29 | April 2022 |
| Oil be All Right (The GWR experiment with oil firing locomotives) | 6 | May 2022 | |
| Blast Sharpeners, Jumper Tops and Illegal Jimmies (Draughting) | 13 | May 2022 | |
| GWR Steam on the Road? (GWR Lorries) | 20 | May 2022 | |
| A Right Royal Round Up (Royal references in the Didcot rolling stock collection) | 27 | May 2022 | |
| The Great Western Royal Family - No Kings Allowed, Part 1 | 3 | June 2022 | |
| 1466 | The Pioneer's Progress - Part 6 | 10 | June 2022 |
| The Great Western Royal Family - No Kings Allowed, Part 2 | 17 | June 2022 | |
| Control Freak?! - Part 1 (GWR locomotive controls - the fireman's side) | 24 | June 2022 | |
| Control Freak?! - Part 2 (GWR locomotive controls - the driver's side) | 1 | July 2022 | |
| Cosmetic Wagon Restoration (A programme of work to improve apearances) | 8 | July 2022 | |
| Brown - Part 1 (Hydras and Lowmacs) | 15 | July 2022 | |
| Brown - Part 2 - A Nest of Vipers (Pythons) | 22 | July 2022 | |
| Brown - Part 3 - The GWR's Monstrous Regimant (Monsters) | 29 | July 2022 |
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