Difference between revisions of "London and North Eastern Railway"
From Graces Guide
| Line 47: | Line 47: | ||
[[Image:Im19350515Sk-Railway.jpg|thumb| May 1935. LNER & LMS. ]] | [[Image:Im19350515Sk-Railway.jpg|thumb| May 1935. LNER & LMS. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im19350515Sk-Railway2.jpg|thumb| May 1935. GWR, LNER, LMS & SR. ]] | [[Image:Im19350515Sk-Railway2.jpg|thumb| May 1935. GWR, LNER, LMS & SR. ]] | ||
[[image:Im1935v159-p17.jpg|thumb| 1935.]] | |||
[[Image:Im090619SR-LNER-171.jpg|thumb| 1937. Green Arrow built at Lancaster. Exhibit at the [[Shildon Locomotion Museum]]. ]] | [[Image:Im090619SR-LNER-171.jpg|thumb| 1937. Green Arrow built at Lancaster. Exhibit at the [[Shildon Locomotion Museum]]. ]] | ||
Revision as of 14:15, 27 September 2013
1902. Electric Signalling by the Railway Signal Co on the LNER.
September 1925. A converted Fordson.
Hull timber bogie to carry 7 tons of timber. Exhibit at the Hull Street Life Museum.
1937. Green Arrow built at Lancaster. Exhibit at the Shildon Locomotion Museum.
Exhibit at the Shildon Locomotion Museum.
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was created by the Railways Act 1921 from a number of Constituent Companies and came in to force on the 1st January 1923.
The LNER was the second-largest of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Grouping Act. It formed the new British Railways' Eastern Region, North Eastern Region and partially the Scottish Region.
Constituent Companies
The following made up the London and North Eastern Railway as a result of the Railways Act 1921 and came into force on the 1st January 1923:
- Great Eastern Railway (GER) 1191.25 miles
- Great Central Railway (GCR) 852.5
- Great Northern Railway (GNR) 1051.25 miles
- Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) 334.5 miles
- Hull and Barnsley Railway (H&BR) 106.5 miles (amalgamated with the NER on 1 April 1922)
- North British Railway (NBR) 1,378 miles
- North Eastern Railway (NER) 1,757.75 miles
Total Mileage of the constituent companies was 6,671.75 miles
The LNER also owned:
- 7,700 locomotives; 20,000 coaching vehicles; 29,700 freight vehicles; 140 pieces of electric rolling stock and six electric locomotives; and 10 rail motor cars
- six turbine and 36 other steamers; a number of river boats and lake steamers, etc
- docks and harbours in 20 locations, including the North East coast ports, some eastern Scottish ports, Harwich and London
- wharves, staithes, piers in similar places
- 23 hotels
- In partnership with the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), the LNER was co-owner of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, the UK's biggest joint railway system, much of which competed with the LNER's own lines. The M&GNJR was wholly incorporated into the LNER system in 1936.
Chief Mechanical Engineers
- Nigel Gresley 1923-41
- Edward Thompson 1941-46
- Arthur H. Peppercorn 1946-48
- Ralph Wedgwood was the Chief Officer of the LNER for 16 years from its inauguration in 1923.
See Also
Loading...
- Railways: An Outline
- London and North Eastern Railway Constituent Companies
- Railway Companies not Grouped in 1923
Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia