Slate grey body and solebars + white lettering. The Great Eastern was clearly in an expansionist phase with further locomotives (forming the basis of standardisation over its disparate inherited fleet), carriages and wagons under construction. [14], The new directors were all allocated specific roles and a number of changes were made to reduce costs and improve profitability. 37 (in the foreground in the top photograph) may have been the private saloon of Princess Alice. [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. In 1914 this was reduced to five with King's Lynn and Doncaster being abolished. Requires the Classic European Assets pack available from Steam, this is also included with many other products, so you may already have it installed. However with the new method there was very little room for error and drivers had to learn exactly when to apply the brake (and by exactly what amount) and when to release it in order to bring the train to a stop without under- or over-shooting the stopping point and without jolting the train and its passengers. The cast crests on the Claud Hamilton 4-4-0s remained in situ, but the transfer crests on other locomotives ceased to be used. Both classes entered service in 1864/65. [2], Unsurprisingly the first GER board had a strong Eastern Counties flavour with Horatio Love in the chair and James Goodson the deputy chair. The 1890 decree that non continuously-braked engines should be painted black was made shortly before the tram engines were fitted with Westinghouse brakes, and it is not thought that any were painted black in the interim. The purpose of this train was to encourage self-sufficiency during the food shortages of the First World War. The latest issue from Railway Modeller. The finish consisted of a 'French' grey undercoat, four coats of ultramarine blue, and several coats of blue. The following month the House of Commons rejected the joint GER/L&YR bill forcing the GER to restart negotiations with the Great Northern Railway. Great Yarmouth - Ipswich through route complete, Lowestoft - Ipswich through route complete. R40370, LNER, Flying Scotsman, Mk4 DVT, 82205 - Era 11, Hornby, Coaches & Coach Packs, 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge It had 26 rooms. The main workshops were located at Stratford Works and was responsible for the building of locomotives and carriages. Currently No.184 is stored under cover. 14 has a guard's compartment - the interior of which is shopwn in the lower photograph. */tLq@-%9t0c96Wm nO W 9%5C6]0s0C8R K6IqCMBv49dz578)qI=v}^. %PDF-1.5 Note ESR taken over by ECR on opening day, Worked by GER in return for share of gross receipts, Branch off the Hertford East line - operated by the GER from opening and taken over in 1868, Now part of London Underground Central line as far as Epping. These were tried across the network and required payment of a supplementary fare. Fish traffic emanated from Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth. It is also notoriously difficult to reproduce In 1900 the majority of GER suburban trains were composed of four-wheeler carriages. The next Johnson class was an 0-6-0 goods engine (Class 417) introduced in 1867 and 1868 and numbering 60 engines. Numbers 1a, 2a and 3a were built at Stratford Works in 1885 initially as hand cranes. We hope visitors will find plenty of interest about the former Great Eastern Railway (GER), its predecessors and its successors, such as the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER), British Railways (BR), Network Rail and the current privatised Train Operating Companies (TOCs) operating in the East Anglia area. By August 1863 receipts were increasing and many of the pre-amalgamation disputes were being settled.[4]. Through route Cambridge to Newmarket now complete. At the other end of the scale, small engine sheds at the end of country branch lines had perhaps one or two locomotives in their charge. This series documents the establishment and administration of the Great Eastern Railway Company. Scrapping began in 1888 with the final locomotive withdrawn in 1899. In the 1980s the building - then named Harvest House was converted to apartments.[106]. 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. Scale Current Listings and Future Releases All Products; OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) View 20 products: View 40 products: O Gauge (1:43 Scale) View 4 products: No. "Jersey Lily" in 4mm scale. The side frames were blue, with a thick black border and vermilion lining, and carried the GER initials. One of these locomotives was later equipped with oil-burning capabilities, but the increasing demands of railway traffic saw these engines withdrawn by 1893 after a relatively short life. At Liverpool street tracks were rearranged and new junctions between running lines added to improve capacity and flexibility. They were numbered in two series, D5500-D5699 and D5800-D5862. 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. The first part of the link joining the Ipswich to Bury St Edmunds line to Norwich, Leased to the EUR and operated by them. The hen houses were built at Stratford Works and had individual works numbers. The last two were withdrawn in 1913. [44] The detached engine would be topped up with water from a newly-installed water column at the concourse end of each platform road. Originally seating 20 & having a coup, toilet & pantry, ARIES regularly . [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. #o`f .U*)\Y1 tBvrTPttX*A-h"3_-e4OcESy %VIO Wagons were initially built here as well but as the railway grew a new wagon works was built at Temple Mills in 1896. Number & Name Type Builder Photograph Livery History Owner Notes No. The history and exact status of many of these railways is quite complex. The first locomotive turned out with any indication of its new ownership was the WR 4-6-0 No.4946 Moseley Hall repainted in full GWR livery, but with the tender lettered BRITISH RAILWAYS using the old GWR style letters. The GER had done a deal with the Midland Railway to route their coal traffic via their lines and a new coal depot at Whitechapel opened in December further improving profitability. Talyllyn in real-life. Cranbourne also approached the London & North Western Railway to report on the state of the permanent way and rolling stock. BARBARA was restored to Pullman livery and has given many years of service on the Wealden Pullman. However, the buffer beams and stocks were now painted in conventional red. yellow ochre colour and hence acquired the nickname of 'canaries'. Another failure, this class of 15 locomotives were withdrawn after a working life of eight years, mostly working coal traffic between Peterborough and London. Wheel Configuration: 4-6-0. Joined 30 Sep 2017 Messages 279. Improvements to the rolling stock were made on services running to Chingford. This set, which also included such modern features as slam lock doors and gas tail lamps became the model for future suburban carriage design. [19], A new London terminus at Liverpool Street was opened to traffic on 2 February 1874, and was completely operational from 1 November 1875. Bury 1838 Bar-Frame 2-2-0 in London & Birmingham Railway livery. Great Northern Railway Ivatt B1 Class 2-2-2. [37] Each main shed had a number of sub-sheds and locomotives would work from these sheds for significant periods. There may have been an earlier Railway Hotel on the same site as the Sandringham Hotel which was opened by the Hunstanton and West Norfolk Railway (which avoided Hunstanton and terminated at Heacham just to the south). The Wissington Light Railway (an agricultural railway) had a junction with the Stoke Ferry branch from 1905. 07. <>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/Annots[ 13 0 R] /MediaBox[ 0 0 595.32 841.92] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> Great Eastern Railway mahogany cased combined Signal Box 'Flap' Block Instrument and Block Gong. Built by Hawthorns of Leith as a cargo steamer. Great Western Railway GWR OO Gauge Model Railway . vermilion lining. At the time of the sale the LT&SR was one of the most prosperous railways in the UK but too small to fund the changes it needed to make. 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. 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. 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]. Livery Code. Body of GER 1380 4 Wheel Carriage, built 1892 at Stratford works for London suburban traffic (2019) The company set up a section dedicated to the movement of military traffic and between 1914 and 1918 nearly 10.5 million men were moved on GER services as well as significant numbers of horses and supplies. . The GER had a reputation for doing things on the cheap and this certainly was cheaper than building new stock. A peculiar speciality of the GER were the tram engines, built initially for the Wisbech and Upwell tramway. 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. FOR SALE! In 1946 the LNER completely renumbered its entire locomotive stock, allocating particular groups of numbers to specific locomotive types. [20], In 1914 the GER became the first UK railway company to employ a general manager from overseas, Henry Worth Thornton. ma Indz(h KR~enDIMQs93W(8}}#>^{S}Kyl6o/.J!}BP"0W/_AD>t%!^.~~w7[P2?_PE@eHYFA.|X96rGM6ON{j YDjb These notes were intended to allow modelling of a few goods vehicles from 'foreign' companies to pre-grouping and early Big Four layouts. 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. Great North Eastern Railway, often referred to as GNER, was a train operating company in the United Kingdom, owned by Sea Containers, that operated the InterCity East Coast franchise on the East Coast Main Line between London, Yorkshire, North East England and Scotland from April 1996 until December 2007.. During March 1996, Sea Containers was awarded the franchise to operate the East Coast . Plans to electrify the former GER system had been developed in the 1930s and were put into action under British Railways. GNER (Great North Eastern Railway) Introduced 1996, succeeded 2007. 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. x[[oF~0 Scrapping began in 1883 with the last two locomotives being withdrawn in 1894. The wooden bodies of the tram engines were built and maintained by the Carriage & Wagon Department, and from this time, two or three tram engines were repainted with crimson lake bodies. [108], Dodnash Priory also served as a rest home for GER horses. Learn Great Eastern Railway facts for kids. Material: Brass, Cast Iron, Diecast. The side skirts and cow-catchers were plain blue and black respectively. These were for LIVERPOOL (detached Doncaster on the outward journey)+ LIVERPOOL + MANCHESTER(detached at Lincoln and routed via the Great Central routes) + BIRMINGHAM (via Midland Railway routes) + BIRMINGHAM (via London and North Western routes)(both of which were detached at March).[47]. Fish traffic from Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth was growing and money was being spent on stations, replacing wooden bridges and upgrading the track. 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 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'. However, a number of shareholders voiced concern. A redundant steam locomotive was employed in the task at Lowestoft and a number of fish and open carriage wagons were converted to saltwater tanks. GER - Great Eastern Railway Products. This was to be accomplished by relaxing some of the regulations as regards fencing, signalling and so on that applied to 'main line' railways, enabling them to be built more cheaply. After the tramway closed, Elsie was brought with Toby and Henrietta to the North Western Railway. Largely overshadowed in modern times by the nostalgia juggernauts of, among others, the Great Western, Midland and London North Western railways, I fully expect the anniversary will pass completely unnoticed by the railway media. Accurate matches Similarly, a system of coloured boards representing the destination and/or route of each train was introduced, with the boards being fitted to the rear and sides of the guard's van which would be nearest the concourse at Liverpool Street and enable passengers to quickly find and board their train. Due to personal reasons, my model railway has been had minimal use 144962924117 1853. The GER owned 1,200 miles (1,931km) of line and had a near-monopoly in East Anglia until the opening of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway in 1893 although there were a number of minor lines, such as the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway that stayed resolutely independent until after the grouping in 1923. Lima Consolidation in BCLC RR livery. Generally Great Eastern locomotives carried a pea-green livery with black lining at this time. 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 common with some of the other LNER workshops, Stratford was slow to apply the new livery and numbering schemes. 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. The Sandringham Hotel at Hunstanton was opened on 1 May 1876 and built by the Lynn and Hunstanton Railway. Express services on the GER were latterly in the hands of the Class S69 (LNER class B12) 4-6-0 locomotives. By August 1868 the tide was turning with increased receipts and some debts being paid off. [74] The GER was formed in 1862 by amalgamation of the Eastern Counties Railway with a number . Another more powerful 0-6-0 design followed in 1872/3 and was known as the 477 class. Another member of this class carried a cream livery "encircled by garlands of roses" when it was used to haul a special train in 1863 for the Prince and Princess of Wales (Edward VII and Queen Alexandria) after their marriage at Westminster Abbey. 212 Great Eastern Railway Magazines a full set of bound copies issues 1-15 1911-1925. 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. By March the board was meeting most days in an effort to keep the railway running. The competition from the trams, and concerns over . With lifting capacity of 1012 long tons (1012t) they were employed on permanent way work. Following the First World War, timber shortages resulted in the GER resorting to steel sheeting for carriage body panels, and this prompted the company to change to crimson lake for carriages, also in 1921. This pack contains: NER Black Nos. Built on the Thames she was employed on summer excursions from Harwich to Felixstowe and Ipswich. Each measure 10in x 7.5in and are in excellent condition except for two volumes where light has faded the spine. Turntables were generally small in 1900 the longest was 50 feet (15m) enough to turn the later B12 Class 4-6-0 locomotive. [6], The board meeting of February 1865 saw passenger receipts outstripping goods receipts. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838. endobj By 1877 the GER were consolidating their own design, which featured a gabled roof, with large overhang, and weatherboarding. 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