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The Great Northern Railway consistently resisted this in Parliament, but finally decided that it was only a matter of time before the GER got what it wanted. The outcome was a joint parliamentary bill, which obtained royal assent on 3 July as the Great Northern and Great Eastern Railway Companies Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. cx). Existing GNR ...
The Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway. London: Locomotive Publishing Co. Groves, Norman (1986). Great Northern Locomotive History, Volume 1: 1847–66. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN 0-901115-61-4. Groves, Norman (1991) [1987]. Great Northern Locomotive History, Volume 2: 1867–95 The Stirling Era. Railway ...
Below is a table of information for the Great Northern Railway's steam roster with a symbol, Whyte notation, common name and notes. Included is a breakdown of the Great Northern classes, along with the date of their first construction (when known), builder, and road numbers.
Great Northern Railway (GNR) the GNR began as an amalgamation in 1846 of two rival schemes: the London and York Railway and the Direct Northern Railway (both started in 1844). The GNR main line ran northwards from King's Cross to a joint station with the NER at Doncaster. Other lines served Lincolnshire and Derby Friargate.
The first Northern Division Locomotive Superintendent (at Crewe Works) was Francis Trevithick, son of Richard Trevithick, who continued to build the basic 2-2-2 and 2-4-0 designs. Alexander Allan was Works Manager at Crewe from 1843 to 1853.
Under the Great North of England Railway Company's Purchase Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. ccxlii) ... 1836--Bought by GNER from Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1839 [3]
The Ulster Railway was authorised by the Ulster Railway Act 1836 (6 & 7 Will. 4.c. xxxiii), an act of the UK Parliament, [1] and construction began in March 1837. [2]The first 7 miles 60 chains (12.5 km) of line, between Belfast Great Victoria Street and Lisburn, were completed in August 1839 at a cost of £107,602 11s. 5d.
Great Northern Railway (U.S.), a defunct American transcontinental railroad and major predecessor of the BNSF Railway. Great Northern Railway (Great Britain), a defunct British railway company formed in 1846, namesake of: Great Northern Route, a group of railway services in the South-East and East of England, UK; Thameslink, Southern and Great ...