THE Great Eastern is our greatest passenger line, for over 103 millions travel on it in a year, and it is the sixth in order of our great lines, the length being over 1200 miles, thus exceeding both the South Western and the Great Northern. Three examples built by Cowans, Sheldon & Company were purchased between 1892 and 1899. In 1859 Sinclair (Chief mechanical engineer (CME) of the Eastern Counties Railway and later first CME of the Great Eastern) started some form of standardisation with the Y Class 2-4-0 locomotives, of which 110 were built by various engineering firms (including one French firm). The Y14 locomotives were designed under the supervision of Thomas William Worsdell (T.W. The portions were detached at North Walsham. Three more cranes (numbers 4a, 5a and unnumbered) were also built at Stratford c1907. When the war started several jobs fell to the railway reserve troops and naval personnel had to be returned to their units and this saw an upsurge in usage of normal services. Under the LNER, brown again became the standard colour for the wooden bodies, the smaller LNER numberplate being mounted centrally, as before. Matters were hardly helped when deputy chairman Samuel Laing resigned to become the chairman of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway on 1 July. Maunsell Green U-Class 1638 at the Bluebell Railway. All services had connections to London Liverpool Street. Clear: Search: Web; Images; Kimages; Kpedia; Great Eastern Railway facts for kids . The GER's famous blue livery was introduced on all locomotives in 1882. This was the biggest hotel on the system. By 1878 the Cambridge route was ascendant, with times of 3 hours 12 minutes for the fastest trains compared to a time of 4 hours 10 minutes via Ipswich. Generally Great Eastern locomotives carried a pea-green livery with black lining at this time. With lifting capacity of 1012 long tons (1012t) they were employed on permanent way work. Although most closely associated with these crowded, low-cost commuter train serving the suburbs of eastern London, the GER also provided luxurious first class compartments in many of its commuter trains for businessmen and wealthier customers travelling to and from The City with its numerous banks and other financial offices. Documents include minutes of board, shareholders' and committee meetings, stock and share records, specifications, contracts and plans of construction works, locomotive and rolling stock records, staff records and accountant's records. Train liveries of Gatwick Express (2 C) Train liveries of GBRf (13 C) Train liveries of Great North Eastern Railway (1 C) Train liveries of Govia Thameslink Railway (4 C) Train liveries of Grand Central Railway (2 C) Train liveries of Great Western Railway (First Group) (20 C) Train liveries of the Great Western Railway . The GER refurbished the hotel and re-opened it in 1912 but when the First World War started in 1914 it became a naval hospital. [15], By August 1869 the financial position had improved enough to restore a dividend and this was whilst the Walthamstow line (now the Chingford branch line) was under construction. The suburban trains used 4-wheel coaches for much longer than most other contemporary companies. Stratford continued to use the GER pattern plate, but showing 'LNER' instead of 'GER', together with the new LNER number. The last two were withdrawn in 1913. Gender: Male. The GER had a reputation for doing things on the cheap and this certainly was cheaper than building new stock. [25] Requires the Classic European Assets pack available from Steam, this is also included with many other products, so you may already have it installed. The Talyllyn Railway has announced that their locomotive, No. Since late 1999, the railroad is currently owned and operated by American Heritage Railways, Inc., which also owns and operates the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) in Colorado. Grey dominated after 1918. This was a world record for a steam-hauled railway system. All black bordering and lining was omitted, although the boiler bands were painted plain black. 125 photos. In total, Thornton and Russell's new optimised service provided an increase in capacity of between 50 and 75 per cent without any major changes to infrastructure, no new rolling stock and a total cost of only 80,000 (3.6 million in 2020 - only a fortieth of the projected cost of electrification). The wartime economy livery was adopted from the middle of 1915. [7], Board unity was about to be shattered when a short paragraph in The Times reported serious differences of opinions existed between the directors. GNER (Great North Eastern Railway) Introduced 1996, succeeded 2007. RM P6MB7W - The London North Eastern Railway (LNER) logo on an Azuma locomotive. The Royal Navy was using coal as its primary source of propulsion and additional coal trains would have been operated through the area as well. By March the board was meeting most days in an effort to keep the railway running. The building was demolished in 1967.[107][b]. In 1922 the GER locomotive allocation across its sheds was: Cambridge - 178; Colchester - 47; Doncaster - 5; Ipswich - 131; King's Lynn - 37; Lincoln (Pyewipe Junction) - 12; Lowestoft - 22; March - 97; Norwich - 119; Parkeston - 20; Peterborough East - 86; Stratford - 555; Wisbech - 7; and Yarmouth - 20. <>>> The GER employed significant numbers of women during this period as many men had joined the army. Generally the wheel arrangements were 2-2-0 and 2-2-2 for most classes of locomotives. On 8 June the board approached Parliament for the right to borrow more money and raise additional money through new shares to fund the expansion programme outlined above. It lasted 40 years and ran a total of 1,127,750 miles (205,594km). However the appearance was thought of as 'jazzy' in the slang of the period and a local newspaper called the service The Jazz, which quickly became widely used. Built by Hawthorns of Leith as a cargo steamer. Replica of: Saint. #o`f .U*)\Y1 tBvrTPttX*A-h"3_-e4OcESy %VIO The latest issue from Railway Modeller. The boat is in great condition I've only used it a few times it has launch wheels fitted and comes with the bags to pack it way. Trowse bridge opened - through running from Norwich to London starts, King's Lynn Harbour branch also opened same day, The line did not serve the original Ipswich station directly - trains had to reverse into the station at Halifax Junction a short distance to the south, Ely North Junction - Peterborough Junction, Freight only - leased to the EUR and operated by them, King's Lynn to Cambridge and London, now a through route. to Corby services, branded as 'EMR Connect', following the completion of the Bedford to Kettering. From 1890, goods locomotives were painted in unlined black, although some shunting engines also received However the high capital costs required of electrifying the GER's much more extensive and wider-reaching suburban network - estimated at 3 million (140 million in 2021) - were beyond the perennially cash-strapped GER's resources. More information about the collections can be found here. The original London terminus was opened at Shoreditch in east London by the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) on 1 July 1840 when the railway was extended westwards from an earlier temporary terminus in Devonshire Street, near Mile End. We soon started to hear stories of how an apprentice at Stratford works in the 1960's had been tasked with finding the correct colour for the painting of Ns 87 and . At one point it employed 70 people. [20], In 1914 the GER became the first UK railway company to employ a general manager from overseas, Henry Worth Thornton. There were also then the units that were being moved to the front line. The GER always allowed contractors a certain amount of freedom within their specified design, and three early types evolved built by Saxby & Farmer, Stevens or McKenzie & Holland. Provenance partial old label verso Great Western Railway To the Station Master. The clashing bright colours of the painted doors and the identification boards were seen as a distinctive feature of the new services from the start and early GER publicity referred to 'The Rainbow Service'. Another more powerful 0-6-0 design followed in 1872/3 and was known as the 477 class. Cab roofs appeared white in official photographs, but were probably grey in regular William Adams introduced a black livery which lasted until 1882. Great Western Railway livery. This meant that passengers no longer had to find a compartment with vacant seats before boarding which reduced the dwell time - Thornton and Russell aimed to get the time spent at intermediate stops down from minutes to seconds. Adams was succeeded by Massey Bromley who made the decision that henceforth more locomotives would be built at Stratford Works. A freight vessel which served until 1934. In 1900 an updated version had a corridor and third-class access to the lavatories but no corridor connections to other carriages. Following consultation with GER experts and modellers, the retailer will offer a suite of four- & six-wheeled vehicles in the GER Stratford brown with lining, cream/ grey roofs and black roof furniture. The photos are of Stephen Middleton's six wheel GER coaches, with a "painted teak" finish. This pack contains: NER Black Nos. Horatio Love 18621863 - a stockbroker and former chairman of the Eastern Counties Railway. In March 1864, a joint committee of the House of Commons and House of Lords approved the East London Line which would link the North London, Great Eastern and London and Blackwall railways. 48 - Booklaw. Corporate Livery: GWR. More bogied suburban trains followed in 1911 and were deployed on the Ilford, Gidea Park and Loughton services. Great Eastern Railway mahogany cased combined Signal Box 'Flap' Block Instrument and Block Gong. This was one of only a handful of light railways that were constructed true to the spirit of the 1870 Tramways and Light Railways Act, which intended to facilitate the building of new railways in rural areas. Overview; PECO News . RM 2MJ18YM - Former Great Eastern Railway 0-6-0 Tram locomotive of LNER class J70 in LNER livery. [18] Plans to extend the western end of this line via a proposed 'London Main Trunk Railway', underneath Hampstead Road, the Metropolitan Railway (modern Circle line) and Tottenham Court Road, to Charing Cross, were rejected by Parliament in 1864. The growth of London suburban traffic saw a requirement for additional tank engines. In 1902 the Northern and Eastern Railway was finally absorbed by the GER, although it had been worked by the Eastern Counties Railway under a 999-year lease taken on 1 January 1844 whereby the Eastern Counties Railway would work the Northern and Eastern Railway in return for an annual rent and division of the profits. Locomotives Illustrated 116 - The Great Eastern Railway 'Jazz' engines. "London & North Eastern Railway". R350 Class L1 4-4-0 31785 and 6 wheel Tender in B.R. These 'jazz trains' as they were commonly known carried more passengers in the rush hour than any other railway in the country. 1285 and 2238 . These were tried across the network and required payment of a supplementary fare. The remainder of the engines was black, with red lining on the side plates. Liverpool Street received its first electric lines in 1946 and electric suburban services - finally replacing The Jazz - began in 1960. Date: 1853-1958. 4a and 5a worked from Ipswich (until 1967) and March (until 1962). 7999 at the East Anglia Railway Museum in late BR livery. Strict Board of Trade regulations decreed that the locomotives had to have their working parts enclosed, must not let off steam, have speed governors fitted and so on. Yeadon's Register Vol. R40370, LNER, Flying Scotsman, Mk4 DVT, 82205 - Era 11, Hornby, Coaches & Coach Packs, 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge It was later used as council offices. The market also had an extensive goods depot and a nearby railway station. By 1916 unnecessary travel was being discouraged to conserve coal supplies. Why are a lot if not most trains still carrying First Great Western livery? The Great Eastern did not see the maintenance of engine sheds as one of its top priorities. Some wagon shunting work was carried out by horses but they would have found widespread work hauling delivery carts. As the train departed, the now-available engine would follow it down the platform before being sent either to one of the refuge bays in the platform ends or to a siding at the approaches to follow another arriving service into another platform in its turn. He did advise that the board that it needed to reconstitute itself in order to rebuild confidence in order to acquire new capital. Lining was black with vermilion edging. The last one, GER no. However, I have chosen that a handful of B12s will survive in my AU, but only a slight few. Scale: 1:76. However, thought also had to be given to renumbering the locomotive stock, and in the interim, in September it was decided that ex-GER locomotives should be given an 'E' suffix to the GER number. To facilitate this, the GER initials on tank and tender sides were replaced by large yellow serif numerals. [2], Unsurprisingly the first GER board had a strong Eastern Counties flavour with Horatio Love in the chair and James Goodson the deputy chair. Had there been an invasion then the railways had evacuation plans for the civilian populations. Formed in 1862 after the amalgamation of the Eastern Counties Railway and several other smaller railway companies the GER served Cambridge, Chelmsford, Colchester, Great Yarmouth, Ipswich, King's Lynn, Lowestoft, Norwich, Southend-on-Sea (opened by the GER in 1889), and East Anglian seaside resorts such as Hunstanton (whose prosperity was largely a result of the GER's line being built) and Cromer. In many cases the operation of the railway that built the line was taken over (usually by the Eastern Counties Railway before 1862 and the Great Eastern Railway after that date) although the original railway company often existed in legal form after that date. The next Adams locomotive was the first UK 2-6-0 locomotive built in 1877. These locomotives were responsible for running express services on the Great Eastern and in later life worked the Cathedrals Express to Lincoln and York. Small refuge tracks were added at the platform ends to stable locomotives between duties without blocking running lines, signalling was expanded to allow more than one train to occupy a platform road at a time and on the station concourse the passenger barriers were moved back to both direct outward-going passengers more effectively to their trains and to encourage outward-going passengers to leave the station without getting in the way of other streams of people leaving or joining other trains. [100][101], The May 1911 issue of the Great Eastern Railway Magazine (the in-house magazine of the GER) stated the company had 1,750 horses the majority of which worked in the London area. Download this stock image: London North Eastern railway Hitachi AT300 class 801 bi mode train the 4 track east coast mainline railway making a silhouette at sunset - 2NEMHCP from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY The GER used a very pale stone color for the bulk of the woodwork, with a reddish mid-brown, (Brown Oxide . This leaflet also describes the livery treatment of the GER tram engines which - because of their highly-individual outline - was always slightly different to the livery treatment of the more conventional locomotives. Between 1880 and 1922 the Great Eastern produced some distinctive locomotives, and several of these have been preserved. . Finally mention must be made of the Decapod which was the first 0-10-0T built in Britain, and possibly the only locomotive built for purely political purposes in order to block the passage through Parliament of a new rival scheme for an electric railway. 415: Great Central Railway large mahogany framed Over-Mantel Mirror engraved "GCR . Elsie is generally shedded overnight at Knapford Sheds with Toby and Henrietta. This was confirmed on 4 July. One of the more obscure services the GER offered was the delivery of sea water. The GER expanded the premises in the early 1900s with rooms numbering over 100. During LNER days SB4 was frequently used at publicity events to give people an aerial ride in an old wagon body. Although proceedings were initiated no prosecution resulted.[16]. There was a symbiotic relationship between the railway and property development - the existence of the railway made it possible for even industrial workers to move into new housing developments in the suburbs which then provided extra custom for the GER. Following the grouping of the GER into the new London & North Eastern Railway at the beginning of 1923, the new company wasted no time in establishing its livery for locomotives, and this was decided upon as early as March the same year. Coach roofs were white or various shades of grey, throughout the GER's existence. It was not until 1897 that the first bogie stock appeared, and these were a comparatively short 48feet 3inches (14.71m) long. In a few instances, it would appear that the numerals were outlined in a darker colour - black or perhaps vermilion. The side skirts and cow-catchers were plain blue and black respectively. The crisis continued into 1867 and by March it was apparent that the preference share payments due in April could not be paid. "Jersey Lily" in 4mm scale. Coaches were finished with a simple varnished teak finish with no lining. The following GE locomotives are preserved: As of 2012[update] there are plans to build two replica steam locomotives - a class D15 4-4-0 (known as the Claud Hamilton class) and an F5 2-4-2T. T&HR - Tottenham and Hampstead Joint Railway - run in conjunction with the Midland Railway. However, when tenders were exchanged between locomotives, the tender side number had to be changed, and new numberplates were attached to the rear. 110 were built Neilson & Co: first 20 R. Stephenson & Co.: 15 R. & W. Hawthorn 15 . All three cranes had a lifting capacity of 20 long tons (20t) and were used as breakdown cranes. Worsdell), the engines were all built in Stratford in batches of 27, except for one batch, that was built . Derived from the larger T19 2-4-0, 100 of these locomotives were built between 1891 and 1902 and worked a variety of trains across East Anglia. Whilst Parliament favoured competition it was also aware that the ECR was constantly at war with its neighbours and whilst these working arrangements were approved there was a condition that a bill for full amalgamation was presented by 1861. In a meeting in January the following year many of the directors were duly replaced (by members of the investigating committee) and at the following board meeting in February, Charles Turner was elected as the new chairman. Thenceforth, the locomotives were left in French grey undercoat, with only those parts of the engine that were normally black (in the blue livery) thus painted. The GER had always intended to introduce more powerful engines and more modern and higher-capacity carriages to The Jazz to maximise the improvements. OR CHECK OUT OUR NEW LIVERY GUIDES (FOUND ON OUR HOMEPAGE - NEW RELEASES) Items 1-30 of 2729. At this time the locomotives were generally allocated to the major shed in the area and the smaller sheds had no actual allocation.[36]. However whether all (or indeed any) of these trains carried nameboards in Great Eastern days is doubtful. The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was a pregrouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia. This pack contains: - Original 1838 smokebox . endobj [64] Some of the T19s, incidentally, were rebuilt as 4-4-0s (class T19R) between 1905 and 1908, having been taken off express work by the "Claud Hamiltons". The GER encouraged passenger numbers with low-price 'workman fares' services which ran in the early morning and late evening. 3 0 obj Only one remains in preservation, no. Material: Brass, Cast Iron, Diecast. The most notable was the Eastern Counties Railway, which had taken over most of the main companies by this time. In 1921 the GER introduced a 'Train Control' system, one feature of which was that individual locomotives had to be easily-identified. The opening of the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint railway in 1882 gave the GER access to the coal fields in South Yorkshire and East Nottinghamshire and this became an important source of traffic for the railway. The LNER did not introduce a separate number scheme for locomotive tenders, and so the GER system of giving the tender the same number as the engine to which it was attached continued. [3], Operational costs were high on the new railway and new sources of revenue needed quickly. 26 Oct 2017 #1 H. highspeed990 Member. The chairman of the parliamentary committee suggested to the board that the next bill should include a direct Spalding to Lincoln link. Some existing members of the board were not pleased with this and it was not until 3 January 1868 that a reduced board of eleven members met with six new members including Watkin and Viscount Cranbourne MP who was elected as the new chairman. The large function room known as the Hamilton Hall was restored in the 1990s and re-opened as a pub. No. The final details of the renumbering system were announced in February 1924, under which ex-GER locomotives would have their numbers increased by the addition of 7000. Original station at Loughton abandoned, Junction with independent Colne Valley Line, Sutton Bridge Junction (Ely) - Sutton Bridge, Tottenham North and South junction - Highgate Road, Completion of through Witham to Bishops Stortford line, Lea Bridge - Shern Hall Street (Walthamstow), First section of modern-day Chingford branch. [44] The detached engine would be topped up with water from a newly-installed water column at the concourse end of each platform road. The board also received a letter from the drivers seeking improved working conditions. Some details of other directors can be found here. THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY EXPRESS PASSENGER LOCOMOTIVE, No. Solebars were painted teak with th metalwork painted brown. [108], Dodnash Priory also served as a rest home for GER horses. Therefore, if a tender had remained with the same engine in the period 1923-8, it continued to carry a GER plate with GER number. The true Jazz services only lasted until 1926 when the service frequency and intensity was cut down due to the General Strike and rising competition from trams, trolley buses, motorbuses and private cars meant that the service on the former GER suburban lines was never brought back up to its planned level. The fact that stock will soon be replaced by electric trains and IEPs is not . [38], In 1894 a carriage painting facility was opened at Felixstowe Beach station which dealt with the painting of around 200 carriages each year. This suggests that despite the fact that some of these railway companies had been taken over by the Eastern Counties Railway prior to the 1862 Act, they still legally existed. The station, situated 14 miles 3 chains (14.0 miles; 22.6 kilometres) south of Newcastle, serves the cathedral city of Durham in County Durham, The GER made every effort to maximise the capacity of its suburban carriages to deal with the rise in usage. The society holds over 300,000 drawings in its collection held at its Museum & Study Centre. Still in service in 1985. Ten engines were later built for the London and North Eastern Railway by Beyer Peacock, and it is one of these locomotives that is preserved today. On 1011 December 1891, the Great Eastern Railway's Stratford Works built one of these locomotives and had it in steam with a coat of grey primer in just 9 hours 47 minutes; this remains a world record. [1] It also served a suburban area, including Enfield, Chingford, Loughton and Ilford. This set, which also included such modern features as slam lock doors and gas tail lamps became the model for future suburban carriage design. . Free delivery for many products! More ships were being ordered for Antwerp and Rotterdam traffic and proposals for 28 miles of new metropolitan lines and a new city terminus. After World War I (during which a decline in passenger numbers provided something of a reprieve) the GER began to consider ways of alleviating the problem. Work at improving suburban services was put in hand and trains from London to Norwich speeded up to give businessmen and merchants more time to conduct their business. The only other classes of locomotive that Sinclair designed were a 2-4-0T class of five engines built for the North Woolwich line and a class of 2-4-2T engines known as Scotchmen because they were built by Neilson,Reid & Co of Glasgow. The GER also suffered from a number of Zeppelin attacks with, amongst others, the dormitory at Stratford engine shed and the royal shelter at King's Lynn both being hit.[24]. BR green lined livery, two crimson and cream coaches, and drver figures # 30-020, appears ex or better in . Locomotives of the LNER Pt. Class Y: 1859-66. They were delivered in grey - albeit a more khaki shade than that used by the GER - but they were fully bordered and lined in black and white. However Bromley's first class of 4-2-2 locomotives were built by Dubs and Kitson with 12 allocated to Stratford and four each to Norwich and Yarmouth sheds. The service was initially operated by the GER's existing stud of 2-4-2T engines such as the M15 and G69 while carriages were adapted versions of either existing four-wheelers or new-builds to these older designs. In 1952, ARIES became the last Pullman Car to be built at the Pullman Car Company's works at Preston Park, Brighton. In 1922, a large marble memorial was installed at Liverpool Street station commemorating GER staff who had answered the call of duty to fight but died in action in the First World War. GR. Originally seating 20 & having a coup, toilet & pantry, ARIES regularly . These included continual conflict over working of other lines, suspicion and distrust of the joint committee, inadequate services to and from London, on-going litigation and law costs and a lack of progress on amalgamation. The effect was similar to the 'photographic grey' finish that was used on locomotives that were officially photographed. Minories used as a temporary terminus - initially a rope worked line. opened in three stages. Staff pointers for livery and paint research For useful websites on livery colours including paint codes have a look here: . By 1915 they were organised onto four districts (primary sheds in parenthesis): Southern (Stratford); Eastern (Ipswich); Northern (Norwich); and Western (Cambridge/Peterborough). 407: . [31], The GER ran a number of trains from Ely and Cambridge to St Pancras after the Midland Railway completed the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway in 1880. in 1914 there were three express services from St Pancras to Cambridge (12:22pm 2:40pm and 5:05pm) with the 12:22pm reaching Cambridge in a creditable 71 minutes. As built, the initial engines were steam-braked only. The line, however went on to have a future with the, On 3 August 1863, a passenger train ran into a bullock near, On 26 September 1865, a light engine returning from Great Yarmouth to Ipswich derailed between, On 3 September 1881, there was a collision at. Stratford Engine Shed, for instance, had 163 2-4-2T engines of four classes. 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