{"id":1104,"date":"2026-09-16T20:37:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2026-09-16T20:37:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:37:45","slug":"brunella-the-dragon-joins-great-western-railway-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/?p=1104","title":{"rendered":"Brunella the dragon joins Great Western Railway family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/resources\/images\/21430353\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n  The limited-edition plush toy, named Brunella, was inspired by GWR\u2019s Famous Five and the Dragon Quest campaign and named through a social media competition that attracted thousands of entries.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The winning name was selected by railway historian and broadcaster Tim Dunn.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Dunn said: &#8220;Choosing just one winner was incredibly difficult.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;There were so many inventive and imaginative entries.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Brunella stood out as a name perfectly suited to this dragon.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Referencing Brunel, one of the legendary figures of GWR\u2019s past, perhaps it\u2019ll introduce curious young minds to the extraordinary stories of Brunella\u2019s namesake too.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It\u2019s an absolutely ace name for a little dragon who\u2019s destined for many great adventures.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The dragon is now on sale through the GWR Souvenir Shop for \u00a332.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Helen da Costa, head of marketing at GWR, said: &#8220;We were blown away by the response to our competition.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The creativity, imagination and enthusiasm shown was fantastic and it was wonderful to see so many people getting involved.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;There were lots of brilliant suggestions and we&#8217;re delighted to officially welcome Brunella into the GWR family.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  GWR hopes Brunella will become a travel companion for young passengers exploring the rail network.\n<\/p>\n<p>#Brunella #dragon #joins #Great #Western #Railway #family<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The limited-edition plush toy, named Brunella, was inspired by GWR\u2019s Famous Five and the Dragon Quest campaign and named through a social media competition that attracted thousands of entries. The&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finance-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock789.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}