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. Grey dominated after 1918. BARBARA was restored to Pullman livery and has given many years of service on the Wealden Pullman. The Great Eastern did not see the maintenance of engine sheds as one of its top priorities. Early April saw daily negotiations with the Union Bank although agreement was reached with the drivers by the middle of that month. [39], Many engine sheds carried out heavier repairs. By 1997 there were still 90 of these in service, but with recent (2012) changes, and more changes expected. London North Eastern Railway vans, including from Great Central Railway (GCR), Great Eastern Railway (GER), North Eastern Railway (NER) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) and fruit and fish vans. 1285 and 2238 . Call us now on +44 (0)1242 523 117 or 234 644. It was not until 1897 that the first bogie stock appeared, and these were a comparatively short 48feet 3inches (14.71m) long. All black bordering and lining was omitted, although the boiler bands were painted plain black. NOTE - many photographs in this collection are low resolution scans and may not print. Another establishment at Chigwell has been doing this for some years previously. Yeadon's Register Vol. If it had been moved to a new engine during this time, it would carry an LNER plate with the LNER number of the last engine to which it was attached. Parkeston Quay is named after C. H. Parkes and the famous Great Eastern 4-4-0 class was named after Claud Hamilton. 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. 48 - Booklaw. With the introduction of the corridor restaurant cars in 1904, the time was eased to 87 minutes, but the introduction of the Class 1500 4-6-0 express engines in 1912 saw a running time of 82 minutes.[43]. None the less the services remained widely known as The Jazz and even in the 1940s was still running 18 trains per hour and between 160,000 and 180,000 passengers used Liverpool Street each day. 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. A more ornate style of construction replaced this type in 1882, but this did not last long - the GER was never a rich railway. Now in Stock The Rolling Stock of Britain's Main Line Railway Operators in 2023 The definitive guide to all locomotives, coaching stock and multiple units that run on Britain's main line railways with full owner, operator, livery and depot allocation information for every vehicle. 197. . You're currently reading page 1; Page 2 . The 0-4-4T 61 class was the first Adams engine, and these 50 engines were built for suburban traffic. To facilitate this, the GER initials on tank and tender sides were replaced by large yellow serif numerals. From this date the original terminus at Bishopsgate closed to passengers, although it reopened as a goods station in 1881.[a]. R350 Class L1 4-4-0 31785 and 6 wheel Tender in B.R. Before the war the GER had recruited the American executive Henry Worth Thornton - former superintendent of the Long Island Rail Road (in many ways an American counterpart to the GER, operating an intensive commuter service in and out of New York City) - as its general manager. Through route Cambridge to Newmarket now complete. Class Y: 1859-66. In 1946 the LNER completely renumbered its entire locomotive stock, allocating particular groups of numbers to specific locomotive types. The Great Eastern name has survived, being used both for the Great Eastern Main Line route between London and Norwich, and also for the First Great Eastern train operating company which served much of the old GER route between 1997 and 2004. the equivalent of the blue used previously. The GER did, however, manage to agree running rights via the Great Northern Railway as far as Wakefield and with the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway to interchange traffic at Lincoln and Retford.[12]. Note that the numbering is not necessarily contiguous:[37]. [1] It also served a suburban area, including Enfield, Chingford, Loughton and Ilford. Nevertheless, all were painted the same way, as were also the later C53 class six-wheeled engines of 1903. These were non-corridor compartment-type coaches, but in for third class the compartment dividing walls were cut down to the level of the tops of the seats, allowing more nimble passengers to climb over the seat backs between seating bays to find empty seats. The GER had to transport greater numbers of passengers commuting in and out of the urban centre and at lower fares. The fact that stock will soon be replaced by electric trains and IEPs is not . The last two cranes (number 6a and SB4) were built by Ransomes & Rapier of Ipswich in 1913 and 1919. Great Northern Railway Ivatt B1 Class 2-2-2. In 1904 Stratford produced a complete corridor train (this means a person can walk from the first to the last carriage whilst the train is moving). Wheel Configuration: 4-6-0. Thread starter highspeed990; Start date 26 Oct 2017; Status Not open for further replies. [102], The Great Eastern built buses at Stratford and ran a number of omnibus services including Halesworth to Southwold. [2], Unsurprisingly the first GER board had a strong Eastern Counties flavour with Horatio Love in the chair and James Goodson the deputy chair. [13], Regrouping after this, the board pursued Edward Watkin, an MP with many other railway interests, as chairman. 490, was preserved as part of the National Collection when withdrawn in 1959. These locomotives were built to succeed the three classes of 4-4-0 employed by the GER on express services which were becoming heavier as the railways prospered. 4 0 obj 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. Improvements to the rolling stock were made on services running to Chingford. Great Eastern Railway. Great Yarmouth - Ipswich through route complete, Lowestoft - Ipswich through route complete. All trains called at the two stations on the branch, taking 18 minutes to get to the junction station at Wickham Market. In the 1880s both routes had similar times, but by 1887 the Ipswich route offered a time of 2 hours 40 minutes which improved to 2 hours 31 minutes in 1897 and by a further five minutes in 1906. A siding about three-quarters of a mile south of Bentley railway station on the down side served the farm. William Adams introduced a black livery which As built, the initial engines were steam-braked only. The portions were detached at North Walsham. It was not acquired by the GER until 1 July 1890 when an act of parliament incorporated the Hunstanton and West Norfolk Railway. 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. Wheel tyres and axle ends were black with vermilion edges. 2{cyWN[Gu"ydFYD ?("p$a^#,2W@$O*O "XAdOr$':;2oE`d)nshorY\kjy-zF]=U76ZL,b&AM;t gFQx82)Uq% X~[e`)UI$2#d3[-0H^-~^? 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. There were also then the units that were being moved to the front line. 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. The GER expanded the premises in the early 1900s with rooms numbering over 100. Almost all of the Great Eastern's locomotives were, after 1880, built at Stratford Works and many lasted until the end of steam on the Great Eastern.[62]. [74] He also designed the E10 class 0-4-4T some of which were fitted with condensing gear and operated over the East London Line to New Cross and East Croydon. Because the route via Colchester had been built by a number of different companies, mostly in dubious states of financial stability, it was some years before the Colchester route rose to prominence. The new suburban services were popular with passengers and the press (which had frequently criticised the GER in the pre-WW1 years for overcrowding and slow journey times, even to the extent of running long-term campaigns against the company). Vermilion continued to be used for buffer beams, numberplate backgrounds and coupling rods. The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia.The company was grouped into the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.. The side skirts and cow-catchers were plain blue and black respectively. 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). 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 large function room known as the Hamilton Hall was restored in the 1990s and re-opened as a pub. Although proceedings were initiated no prosecution resulted.[16]. 567 GCR Class 2 4-4-0: N/A N/A Under Construction. Unfortunately these were not very successful on passenger traffic and were soon deployed on freight workings. 6qQ8#( Scrapping began in 1883 with the last two locomotives being withdrawn in 1894. Alfred John Hill became an apprentice at the Great Eastern Railways (GER) Stratford Works in 1877, and rose through the ranks to become GER Chief Mechanical Engineer in 1912. . The livery of the stock was teak (effectively varnished wood) but in 1919 the decision was taken to paint all stock dark red. October's issue of Railway Modeller available to buy on backorder. The Great Eastern attempted to obtain a West End terminus, alongside the one in east London, via the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway, formed by an Act of Parliament of 28 July 1862. The Great Eastern Railway was made up of a number of constituent companies when it was formed in 1862. The Railway Executive Committee was set up in 1912 after an incident between France and Germany in the Moroccan Port of Agadir and would take directions from the military and liaise with the railway companies. Arrived on Sodor: 1921. Buy the recent February 2023 Issue. The dignified Royal blue of the Great Eastern livery, with its scarlet lining out, was embellished with a copper chimney cap, and brass beadings round the rim of the safety-valve . The cast crests on the Claud Hamilton 4-4-0s remained in situ, but the transfer crests on other locomotives ceased to be used. However, thought also had to be given to renumbering the locomotive stock, and in the interim, in September . R40370, LNER, Flying Scotsman, Mk4 DVT, 82205 - Era 11, Hornby, Coaches & Coach Packs, 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge In the early days of the GER the 5 p.m. departure from Shoreditch (the terminus before Liverpool Street) took 52 minutes to reach Bishop's Stortford (average speed 38.5 miles per hour (62.0km/h)) and 92 to get to Cambridge. It was not until 1850 that the Eastern Counties Railway under Gooch built a locomotive at the then newly opened Stratford Works. Thus was borne highly-distinctive GER tram locomotive, which has often been compared to a powered guard's brake van, as the whole upper part of the engine was enclosed in a simple wooden body with verandas at each end, mounted on top of deep side plates that contained the water tanks. stream The GER lettering was simplified, being in yellow, shaded vermilion, whilst the buffer beam lettering was yellow (later white), shaded in chocolate. This prompted an internal investigation and in a board meeting at the end of the month, an absent Jervis-White-Jervis was replaced by William Shaw as deputy chairman. Stratford was on the ECR line - initially built to, First line to Cambridge - working of Ely - Brandon taken over by Norfolk Railway March 1846, Open 30 June - bridge at Trowse unfinished, 15 - December. Built in 1879 for the Woolwich Ferry and used in 1908. The purpose of this train was to encourage self-sufficiency during the food shortages of the First World War. The growth of London suburban traffic saw a requirement for additional tank engines. Formed in 1862 after the amalgamation of the Eastern Counties Railway and several other smaller railway companies the GER served Cambridge . The memorial was unveiled by Sir Henry Wilson, who was assassinated by two Irish Republican Army gunmen on his way home from the unveiling ceremony. Encouraged by the reception this train got, the GER purchased Dodnash Priory Farm in Bentley, Suffolk as a poultry demonstration farm. 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. Why this should be is unknown: perhaps the company was supplied with an official GER photograph of one of the Stratford-built engines with the drawings, whilst the painting instructions were not specific, other than stating that the main colour to be used was grey? However, by 25 June the House of Lords had rejected the bill and the board took steps to protect the company's property from its creditors. 3mm Index. Some wagon shunting work was carried out by horses but they would have found widespread work hauling delivery carts. By this time there was little money available for dividends and the company looked very carefully at their expansion programme and unprofitable branch lines. By December 1866 little interest was being shown in the new shares, so the board went unsuccessfully to the Bank of England and Union Bank for further loans. endobj The GER had a reputation for doing things on the cheap and this certainly was cheaper than building new stock. The only concession to the new ownership was that the smaller LNER numberplates replaced the GER type, and the new number was shown in the old 'Train Control' figures. 11531198 numbered in same series as J16. The GER made every effort to maximise the capacity of its suburban carriages to deal with the rise in usage. Various directors were allocated specific responsibilities (generally running these through committees) leaving Goodson free to develop new schemes and represent the GER on lines where they had a financial interest.[5]. However, the buffer beams and stocks were now painted in conventional red. Before the GER was formed its predecessor the Eastern Counties Railway had a reputation for speed second only to the Great Western and Great Northern Railways. opened in three stages. . x[[oF~0 However, the narrow gauge railway in Wales has announced that the locomotive will now return in a Great Eastern Railway blue livery. As LNER class D13, the last worked until 1944. William Adams introduced a black livery which lasted until 1882. 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 . A freight vessel which served until 1934. This was the biggest hotel on the system. 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. [14], The new directors were all allocated specific roles and a number of changes were made to reduce costs and improve profitability. The Talyllyn Railway has announced that their locomotive, No. Ives - Cambridge line). Accurate matches Currently, 184 is in black. Category: Transportation . ma Indz(h KR~enDIMQs93W(8}}#>^{S}Kyl6o/.J!}BP"0W/_AD>t%!^.~~w7[P2?_PE@eHYFA.|X96rGM6ON{j YDjb Another more powerful 0-6-0 design followed in 1872/3 and was known as the 477 class. Generally the wheel arrangements were 2-2-0 and 2-2-2 for most classes of locomotives. . Early locomotives were painted in green with black and vermilion lining, although some were painted in a RAILWAYS OF BRITAIN-45. On 7 August 1862 the bill passed and the Great Eastern Railway was formed by the amalgamation of the Eastern Counties Railway and a number of smaller railways. Material: Brass, Cast Iron, Diecast. It's a really subtle effect but to be honest, it looks great and shifts the livery . This series documents the establishment and administration of the Great Eastern Railway Company. The Cathedrals Express operated from Liverpool Street via Cambridge, Ely, Lincoln and Doncaster to York. By 1915 they were organised onto four districts (primary sheds in parenthesis): Southern (Stratford); Eastern (Ipswich); Northern (Norwich); and Western (Cambridge/Peterborough). The Great Eastern 0-6-0Ts - Railway Observer 1954 & RCTS. . At a busy engine shed such as Stratford, each individual coaler employed on the coaling stage was expected to empty the contents of a 10-long-ton (10t) coal truck during his shift. The GER supplied separate luggage compartments for most of its main line stock. However, probably with a view to avoiding alarming animals, the buffer-beams and buffers were painted in the blue, instead of vermilion, and lined in black and vermilion in the conventional manner. Only one remains in preservation, no. Most of the "Clauds" were later rebuilt by the LNER; the final one was withdrawn in 1960 and scrapped.[63]. 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