The Great Eastern Railway Society Journal Special no.3 - All Stations to Liverpool Street (articles by Lyn Brooks and Geoff . More information about the collections can be found here. black, although the 'Claud Hamiltons' and a few other express Replica of: Saint. 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. The first part of the link joining the Ipswich to Bury St Edmunds line to Norwich, Leased to the EUR and operated by them. Express services on the GER were latterly in the hands of the Class S69 (LNER class B12) 4-6-0 locomotives. 1-10 6170 789 790 Note F4/F5/F6 numbered in same series. 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was later equipped with oil-burning capabilities, but the increasing demands of railway traffic saw these engines withdrawn by 1893 after a relatively short life. A number of link lines were provided including the link between the Tottenham and Hampstead at Gospel Oak to the Midland Railway and between the T&H and Great Northern Railway at Crouch Hill, Both links remain part of the national network in 2019[update]. 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. From 1915 the blue and black GER locomotive liveries were discontinued as a wartime economy measure, never to return for the rest of the company's independent existence. 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. A siding about three-quarters of a mile south of Bentley railway station on the down side served the farm. 8A - RCTS. 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. 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. Material: Brass, Cast Iron, Diecast. Had there been an invasion then the railways had evacuation plans for the civilian populations. However, the vast majority of the lines built under the Act were street tramways in towns and cities. [25], The exterior of Liverpool Street station (1896), Former GER Class S69 at Liverpool Street Station locomotive yard (1948), County School, a GER-built junction station (2008), The Great Eastern had one of the largest engine sheds in the country at Stratford which in January 1923 had an allocation of 555 locomotives. In 1899 James Holden produced the first six passengers sat abreast carriages in a 13-carriage, third-class only train (each carriage was 27 feet (8.2m) long and 9 feet (2.7m) wide and had five compartments). The GER expanded the premises in the early 1900s with rooms numbering over 100. Between 1880 and 1922 the Great Eastern produced some distinctive locomotives, and several of these have been preserved. [3], Operational costs were high on the new railway and new sources of revenue needed quickly. See below - possibly first passenger route to close in the UK? The hen houses were built at Stratford Works and had individual works numbers. It had 26 rooms. Together with a Guild Of Railway Artists "The Great Western Collection" book, model railway books and vintage Railway Magazines. In 1899 Holden built the first GER all-bogied suburban train and although a success, the next one did not follow until 1911. The table below shows the building dates of the railways that made up the Great Eastern and the companies that built them. Scrapping began in 1883 with the last two locomotives being withdrawn in 1894. Corporate Livery: GWR. They were converted to steam cranes at Stratford c 1905/06 and lasted into LNER days. Generally many branch services would be timed to connect to services to the main line thus providing through journeys. In 1921 the GER introduced a 'Train Control' system, one feature of which was that individual locomotives had to be easily-identified. Great North Eastern Railway: Loco & Coach: GW Green (9) First Great Western: Locomotive: GW Purple (6) First Great Western: Locomotive: GW Purple & Yellow (11) First Great Western: Coach: The GER made every effort to maximise the capacity of its suburban carriages to deal with the rise in usage. 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. The Great Eastern locomotive livery was dark blue with red lining. These were applied to all locomotives over a short period of time - probably only a few weeks - and on most locomotives this was done at the running sheds. 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. 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.. Worsdell), the engines were all built in Stratford in batches of 27, except for one batch, that was built . Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for South Eastern Finecast 4mm/OO GWR 4-6-0 Saint Loco Kit - For Spares or Repairs at the best online prices at eBay! Bury 1838 Bar-Frame 2-2-0 in London & Birmingham Railway livery. [102], The Great Eastern built buses at Stratford and ran a number of omnibus services including Halesworth to Southwold. The latter was notable for being the first all corridor set built by Stratford Works. 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. Vermilion continued to be used for buffer beams, numberplate backgrounds and coupling rods. The Great Eastern Railway was made up of a number of constituent companies when it was formed in 1862. 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. Provided a more direct route than the Haddiscoe spur. Classes S46, D56 and H88 (LNER D14, D15, and D16) were collectively nicknamed "Claud Hamiltons" because the first S46 (built at Stratford in 1900, numbered 1900) was named after the then-current chairman of the GER, Lord Claud Hamilton. , then it is unlikely that many will remain in service for much longer. 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, Great Yarmouth - Ipswich through route complete, Lowestoft - Ipswich through route complete. This ruse was spotted on 5 August 1914 and the ship sunk by the British light cruiser HMSAmphion and destroyers HMSLandrail and HMSLance.[23]. Built in 1879 for the Woolwich Ferry and used in 1908. 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. The Great Eastern did not see the maintenance of engine sheds as one of its top priorities. 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. [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. [70][71], Whilst not being at the forefront of carriage development, there were a number of interesting developments on the GER worth noting.[72]. No. Before 1914 the engine sheds were organised into districts, with sheds at: Stratford; Ipswich; Norwich; Cambridge; Peterborough; King's Lynn; and Doncaster. Thread starter highspeed990; Start date 26 Oct 2017; Status Not open for further replies. As LNER class D13, the last worked until 1944. Plans to electrify the former GER system had been developed in the 1930s and were put into action under British Railways. GWR 1934-1942 coach livery GWR 1942-1947 coach livery BR(W) loco-hauled coach livery 1948-1964: See also coach illustrations and livery graphics on the Great Western Railway Coaches site: A note on coach livery repainting intervals: In general, a coach livery pre-WWI was expected to last approximately 10-12 years before repainting was . Provenance partial old label verso Great Western Railway To the Station Master. The North Country Continental operated between Harwich and Manchester Piccadilly usually being routed via March and the GNGEJR route. By this period, there were a few locomotives still in the blue or black livery, but these also had the large numerals applied. Set Descending Direction. These were employed on services from Cromer and Yarmouth to Liverpool Street. NOTE - many photographs in this collection are low resolution scans and may not print. Both coaches carry names for 'Thomas' events. 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). [103], The GER owned five hotels at the end of their existence in 1922.[104][105]. Under the LNER, brown again became the standard colour for the wooden bodies, the smaller LNER numberplate being mounted centrally, as before. 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). [73] However, with the restaurant sets built in 1900 being corridor coaches, more corridor coaches were being added to main line sets. . 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. [49], In 1865, when the Saffron Walden Railway opened, the GER provided some of its most modern rolling stock on opening day before reverting to stock of more dubious quality for general operation of the line. use. 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. These notes were intended to allow modelling of a few goods vehicles from 'foreign' companies to pre-grouping and early Big Four layouts. Hugely popular when Felixstowe was a resort by the 1930s it was in decline and sold to Fisons in 1952. 110 were built Neilson & Co: first 20 R. Stephenson & Co.: 15 R. & W. Hawthorn 15 . 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. Free delivery for many products! 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. A peculiar speciality of the GER were the tram engines, built initially for the Wisbech and Upwell tramway. [9] The internal investigation concluded that many of Jervis-White-Jervis's concerns were relevant including borrowing more money than authorised and the poor deal the GER got on leasing the London and Blackwell Railway. 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. Stratford Market was founded by the GER in 1879 as a wholesale fruit and vegetable market as a competitor to the City of London's Spitalfields Market. Cab roofs appeared white in official photographs, but were probably grey in regular Yeadon's Register Vol. Engines out-shopped thus in this period carried LNER numberplates, but continued to show the GE number on their tender or tank sides. On 17 October 1891, a passenger train was derailed at, On 24 December 1891, an accident occurred at Barnby Box (between, On 5 April 1905, two trains collided on the junction directly north of, On 1 September 1905, an express passenger train, On 12 July 1913, an express passenger train collided with a light engine at, On 1 January 1915, an express passenger train. 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. 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. The buffer-beams and buffer-stocks meanwhile were painted grey, i.e. [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. [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. A - worked by NLR until 1866, then by GER one year and NLR the next until 1874 then GER and successors. The rest is run as preserved line. However whether all (or indeed any) of these trains carried nameboards in Great Eastern days is doubtful. [44] The detached engine would be topped up with water from a newly-installed water column at the concourse end of each platform road. accurate colours on a computer screen, so this has not been attempted. Charles Turner 1866-1868 (continued as vice chairman after 1868), This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 07:08. Because of attacks on east coast shipping, traffic previously moved by sea was also carried on the GER (and more specifically the Great Eastern and Great Northern Joint Railway). Royal trains were also worked from St Pancras to Sandringham in Norfolk, and race day trains to Newmarket also operated into St Pancras. It consisted of Ultramarine Blue over an undercoat of French Grey, with black smokebox and vermillion buffer beams and lining. The GER itself invested in property development near its routes and in some cases even built its own housing on land purchased as part of railway construction. Below the solebars were entirely black, although the wooden centres on the Mansell wheels were varnished. This essential reference book is fully Built by the local Tollemache family (of brewing fame) in 1902, the hotel was lavishly equipped with tennis courts, winter gardens, a putting course, croquet lawns and a squash court. The GER switched to a 'French grey' colour for all locomotives. This service started in the 1870s and by 1880 it was reported that 4,500 imperial gallons (20,000l; 5,400USgal) had been delivered on a single day. "Jersey Lily" in 4mm scale. Learn Great Eastern Railway facts for kids. However, by the afternoon of Thursday 16 th February they were gone and the tram was back in full standard fleet livery with no advertising present anymore. When Johnson took over as CME, the GER was so short of locomotives that he persuaded the North British Railway to let the GER have five locomotives of a 2-4-0 class being built by the Neilson, Reid & Co for them on loan. All services had connections to London Liverpool Street. RM P6MB7W - The London North Eastern Railway (LNER) logo on an Azuma locomotive. 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 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. 289 examples were produced between 1883 and 1913 with most being built at Stratford Works, although a small number were built by Sharp Stewart. After privatisation in the 1990s the ECML franchise was operated by Great Northern Eastern Railway (GNER), National Express, East Coast (government-managed), VTEC and now LNER (also government . By this time there was little money available for dividends and the company looked very carefully at their expansion programme and unprofitable branch lines. For instance in the July 1922 Bradshaws Timetable Guide, Table 316 showed five departures from Framlingham at 07:20, 08:30, 12:40, 16:25 and 18:30. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Hornby Dublo/Wrenn N2 Locomotive Repaint GER Blue Livery OO Gauge 2 Rail at the best online prices at eBay! Joined 30 Sep 2017 Messages 279. New 0-6-2 L77 Class tank engines were introduced from 1921, along with new eight-wheel 57ft-long (17.3 metres) compartment coaches (with the added refinement of steam heating for winter use), which had their class identification colours painted in a strip between the windows and the roof rather than on the doors. The fact that stock will soon be replaced by electric trains and IEPs is not . The suburban trains used 4-wheel coaches for much longer than most other contemporary companies. 7999 at the East Anglia Railway Museum in late BR livery. The GER lettering was simplified, being in yellow, shaded vermilion, whilst the buffer beam lettering was yellow (later white), shaded in chocolate. The last two cranes (number 6a and SB4) were built by Ransomes & Rapier of Ipswich in 1913 and 1919. It was bought by Hunstanton Urban District Council in 1950 and used as offices and a library until 1959 when the property was converted into flats. The GER was formed in 1862 by amalgamation o Served dedicated station adjacent to GE main line station at Tollesbury, Roughton Road Junction - Runton West Junction, Extension of 1904 line - passenger services withdrawn from this section in 1921, 17901899 Note D14/15 numbered in same series, 9196 100110 141147 170 179 188 589/90 780788. Numbers 1a, 2a and 3a were built at Stratford Works in 1885 initially as hand cranes. endobj The GER built a laundry in 1888 in Colchester that supplied the hotels with bed linen, tablecloths etc. During LNER days SB4 was frequently used at publicity events to give people an aerial ride in an old wagon body. News. 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. Ipswich engine shed for instance had a tube shop and a smithy containing eight forges and a steamhammer.[40]. The GER had already adopted the Westinghouse air brake due to its greater effectiveness and quicker response when making frequent stops in suburban services. R2000 HORNBY OO Gauge Great North Eastern Railway 125 High Speed Pack Boxed - $138.47. The 2-4-2Ts, of which none survive, were mostly cascaded out of suburban traffic by the 1940s and worked until the late 1950s on branch lines. Replica of: GER N7. 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). Both Summers, Formerly Lord Cranborne and later the Marquess of Salisbury, Great Eastern Railway Society Journal Issue 111 Pages 1220, Great Eastern Railway Society Journal 111-page 24 S Jenkins, Great Eastern Railway Society Journal 127-page 12 J Watling, Last edited on 25 February 2023, at 07:08, Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway, Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, RAILWAY SCHEMES (METROPOLIS). Small launch used between Harwich and Shotley. Local suburban traffic was dealt with by numerous 2-4-2T and 0-6-0T locomotives belonging to several different classes. It is also notoriously difficult to reproduce It would appear that a mixture of hand-painted and transfer numerals were used. Why are a lot if not most trains still carrying First Great Western livery? 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. The Cathedrals Express operated from Liverpool Street via Cambridge, Ely, Lincoln and Doncaster to York. 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 introduction of Pullman cars to the GER was the idea of American General Manager Henry Worth Thornton. By 1920 the farm was producing 40,000 eggs per month for the GER as well as chickens, turkeys, fruit and vegetables for the GER hotels, restaurants, dining cars and buffets. 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. 6qQ8#( These used older rolling stock with high-density seating (often using wooden benches for ease of cleaning after being used by passengers from docks, factories and markets in dirty work clothes). Some wagon shunting work was carried out by horses but they would have found widespread work hauling delivery carts. This class of locomotive was later the inspiration of the Reverend Awdry's Toby the tram engine. 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. Generally Great Eastern locomotives carried a pea-green livery with black lining at this time. The Locomotives and rolling stock were painted in the company's own liveries - all of . 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