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. A smaller memorial to Wilson was later placed adjacent to the GER memorial, alongside one to Charles Fryatt, a British mariner who was executed by the Germans for attempting to ram a U-boat in 1915. The GER also operated services from Liverpool Street via the East London Line to New Cross and New Cross Gate with some services being extended to East Croydon. Material: . . The buffer-beams and buffer-stocks meanwhile were painted grey, i.e. First Great Eastern - Light Grey,Green,Blue,Light Grey,White with Angled Stripes on Cab End, GE Branding. Generally Great Eastern locomotives carried a pea-green livery with black lining at this time. . The Felix Hotel located in Felixstowe was purchased by the GER in the 1920s. The siding had been removed in May 1925.[110]. A peculiar speciality of the GER were the tram engines, built initially for the Wisbech and Upwell tramway. The NER used an attractive livery of creamy buff and a bright reddish-brown, using more of the brown than was usual on other lines and also using the buff on window frames & glazing bars. The last one, GER no. No. These were tried across the network and required payment of a supplementary fare. Learn Great Eastern Railway facts for kids. As it adjoined the North Sea the GER undertook a significant role in the war. 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. 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. [108], Dodnash Priory also served as a rest home for GER horses. 564 is preserved on the North Norfolk Railway;[67] and G58 no. Great Eastern Railway Society Information Sheet L105 page 18. The first bogie stock was introduced in 1897 and in 1904 the first complete corridor train set was produced but even this had some 6-wheelers in its formation. Below the solebars were entirely black, although the wooden centres on the Mansell wheels were varnished. [25] 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. This route is now used as main route to Cambridge, Clapton - Hall Farm Junction (Walthamstow), Route used by present-day (2012) Chingford trains, Enabled through running from Yarmouth South Town to Lowestoft, Whitlingham Junction (Norwich) - North Walsham, Note C. Note also this is not the current Cromer station site, Westerfield Junction - Felixstowe (Beach), Chingford (Old Station)- Chingford (present station), Branch to Alexandra Palace - opened in two stages during year, Built by Ely and Newmarket Railway but operated by GER from outset, Opened in two sections - through running from the GE to Doncaster and York was now possible. Built by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1937 at Doncaster Works and originally numbered 4488, it was named after the then newly formed Union of South Africa.It had previously been allocated the name Osprey and painted in LNER Apple Green livery on 17 April 1937, but was renamed and repainted into LNER Garter Blue to operate The Coronation. Although proceedings were initiated no prosecution resulted.[16]. Some details of other directors can be found here. 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. The GER's famous blue livery was introduced on all locomotives in 1882. 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). 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. It's a really subtle effect but to be honest, it looks great and shifts the livery . [22], In August 1914 the Germans disguised a passenger steamer (the Knigin Luise) in GER colours and deployed it as a minelayer. The Talyllyn Railway has announced that their locomotive, No. [39], Many engine sheds carried out heavier repairs. The financial environment was still proving difficult with losses on the London and Blackwell line and a cattle plague seriously affecting that traffic. Then followed various corridor composite brakes followed each detached from the rear of the northbound train en route. The enquiry was unable to determine the exact cause of the accident due to conflicting witness statements. 007 Skyfall - White with Black 007 Logos - Loco/DVT have Daniel Craig/Judy Dench images on Each Side . Date: 1853-1958. Wagons were initially built here as well but as the railway grew a new wagon works was built at Temple Mills in 1896. 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. Waddington departed under a cloud in 1856 and was replaced by Horatio Love. 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]. 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. On September 24, 2022, it was revealed that Talyllyn will return in a Great Eastern Railway blue livery once its overhaul is complete. 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. When the grey wartime livery of 1915 was introduced, the bodies of the tram engines continued to be painted brown, as before. Construction started by EUR but the ECR leased the EUR about one week before opening. The finish consisted of a 'French' grey undercoat, four coats of ultramarine blue, and several coats of blue. Suspended during the First World War, these were briefly revived but stopped running in 1922.[42]. Models of the L77/N7 Locomotive. Parkeston Quay is named after C. H. Parkes and the famous Great Eastern 4-4-0 class was named after Claud Hamilton. "London & North Eastern Railway". 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. No attempt was made to renumber the tenders, and they continued to carry GER or LNER plates until scrapped. Additionally The Times suggested the GER may be about to appoint a receiver. More information about the collections can be found here. Overview; PECO News . [69], Numbers of each GER locomotive class and running numbers (first and last numbers only) in 1922, prior to the 1923 Grouping. The wartime economy livery was adopted from the middle of 1915. endobj Livery Description. 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. 415: Great Central Railway large mahogany framed Over-Mantel Mirror engraved "GCR . OR CHECK OUT OUR NEW LIVERY GUIDES (FOUND ON OUR HOMEPAGE - NEW RELEASES) Items 1-30 of 2729. 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. [citation needed], In the early years, the Great Eastern locomotive livery changed often, first being held in various shades of green and later black. The remainder of the engines was black, with red lining on the side plates. Consideration was given to electrification, following the model of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway which had electrified its inner suburban routes between 1909 and 1912 and so been able to run both more and faster services on existing infrastructure. By this period, there were a few locomotives still in the blue or black livery, but these also had the large numerals applied. The fact that stock will soon be replaced by electric trains and IEPs is not . Then, as line speeds on this or the Cambridge line improved, the focus of the Norwich services would shift from one to another. Various units were moved to the coast for defensive purposes and at the same time the government had started buying horses throughout the area leading to additional trains. Staff pointers for livery and paint research For useful websites on livery colours including paint codes have a look here: . 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). By 1916 unnecessary travel was being discouraged to conserve coal supplies. Withdrawn from ferry service in 1925, converted to work boat. [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. The suburban trains used 4-wheel coaches for much longer than most other contemporary companies. 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. Whilst every care is taken by the volunteer team cataloguing, errors will creep in and so if . Known locally as "the Stratford Jack", B - an attempt by the GER to gain a terminus in the West End - Parliament terminated the line at Highgate Road, thus thwarting GE ambitions. Passenger numbers continued to rise in the early 20th century and a survey in 1913 showed that some of the GER's suburban trains were carrying up to 1400 people each and the station itself was beginning to suffer from overcrowding at peak times that was not only preventing the easy movement of people in and out and delaying the departure of trains but presenting a danger to the public. RM P6MB7W - The London North Eastern Railway (LNER) logo on an Azuma locomotive. Fish traffic from Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth was growing and money was being spent on stations, replacing wooden bridges and upgrading the track. Visitors included Kaiser Wilhelm in 1891 and in later post GER days, Wallis Simpson and Fred Perry. They were numbered in two series, D5500-D5699 and D5800-D5862. 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. 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. 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. Stratford Engine Shed, for instance, had 163 2-4-2T engines of four classes. Another failure, this class of 15 locomotives were withdrawn after a working life of eight years, mostly working coal traffic between Peterborough and London. . The company was grouped into the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923. 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). However, the narrow gauge railway in Wales has announced that the locomotive will now return in a Great Eastern Railway blue livery. [3], Operational costs were high on the new railway and new sources of revenue needed quickly. Minories used as a temporary terminus - initially a rope worked line. Ives - Cambridge line). All services except the 09:35 departure had a connection from London Liverpool Street. 1853. 07. Buy the recent February 2023 Issue. Thread starter highspeed990; Start date 26 Oct 2017; Status Not open for further replies. The EUR had running powers over the ECR route between Marks Tey and Colchester, Link between Ipswich and Norwich completed, End on working with GNR allowing through trains between Cambridge and Kings Cross (London), Trowse Upper Junction - Trowse Lower Junction. By 1932, with the advent of bigger locomotives and the working of other companies' locomotives onto GE territory, turntables had grown, with the major sheds generally having 60-or-65ft (18-or-20m) turntables. The company operates trains on the United Kingdom's InterCity East Coast line between London and Edinburgh. Elsie is generally shedded overnight at Knapford Sheds with Toby and Henrietta. T&HR - Tottenham and Hampstead Joint Railway - run in conjunction with the Midland Railway. The unnumbered example was lost at sea during the First World War whilst in War Department use. Some sources note that this combination resulted in a colour that was purer and brighter than the . Gave shorter route to Enfield Town. Free delivery for many products! Some wagon shunting work was carried out by horses but they would have found widespread work hauling delivery carts. In 1882 the well-known Ultramarine Blue livery was introduced. In 1923, all of the smaller railway companies were consolidated into the 'Big-Four', namely Southern Railway, London North Eastern Railway, London Midland and Scottish Railway, and Great Western Railway. See below - possibly first passenger route to close in the UK? Livery. [74] 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. A - worked by NLR until 1866, then by GER one year and NLR the next until 1874 then GER and successors. 110 were built Neilson & Co: first 20 R. Stephenson & Co.: 15 R. & W. Hawthorn 15 . 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. At time of writing (February 2017), . lasted until 1882. NEW VIDEO - Hawkinge - N Gauge - Railway Modeller - January 2023 Issue. Moreover, whereas the 'E' suffix was diligently applied to locomotives repainted at Stratford in the new LNER livery during the period between September 1923 and February 1924, not a single case has ever come to light of an engine in GE grey with the 'E' suffix. 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