The Great Northern Railway was a British railway company incorporated in 1846 with the object of building a line from London to York. It quickly saw that seizing control of territory was key to develo
Great Northern Railway express locomotive (type GNR Stirling 4-2-2).
The Bennerley Viaduct on the Awsworth Junction to Derby Branch in 2006
The line at Boston from the Illustrated London News 28 October 1848
Timetable from the Railway Times Saturday 10 August 1850
The London and North Eastern Railway was the second largest of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It operated from 1 January 1923 until nationalisation on 1
Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)
…Britain were "grouped" following the Railways Act 1921 into one or other of four new larger concerns. The Great Northern Railway was a constituent of the London and North Eastern Railway, which took control at the beginning of 1923. Although many local lines have been closed, much of the network is active today. In 1836, a railway to…
LNER Class A1 No. 2547 Doncaster with The Flying Scotsman train in 1928.
Timetable for Autumn 1926 detailing the resumption of services after the General Strike
Detail of LNER teak panelled coaches, preserved on the Severn Valley Railway
The most famous of the A1/A3 Class locomotives, A3 4472 Flying Scotsman