Great North of England Railway
The Great North of England Railway (GNER) was an early British railway company. Its main line, opened in 1841 was between York and Darlington, and originally it was planned to extend to Newcastle.
Mergers
[edit]| Great North of England Railway Company's Purchase Act 1846 | |
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| Long title | An Act for enabling the Great North of England Railway Company to lease and also to sell their Railway to the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Company; and to authorize the raising of additional Money by the said last-mentioned Company for those and other Purposes. |
| Citation | 9 & 10 Vict. c. ccxlii |
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| Royal assent | 27 July 1846 |
Under the Great North of England Railway Company's Purchase Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. ccxlii) it was absorbed by the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway. Soon afterwards, the combined company was renamed the York and Newcastle Railway. In 1847, this amalgamated with the Newcastle and Berwick Railway to form the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway[1] and this amalgamated with other railways in 1854 to form the North Eastern Railway (NER).[2]
Locomotives
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- Locomotive list
| Name | Wheels | Builder | Date introduced | GNER no. | NER no. | Comments |
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| Swift | 0-4-0 | R & W Hawthorn | 1836 | - | - | Bought by GNER from Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1839[3] |
| Planet | 2-2-0 | Robert Stephenson and Company | 1830 | - | - | Bought by GNER, 1839[4] |
| Tees | 2-4-0 | R & W Hawthorn | 1839 | - | - | [5] |
| Newcastle | 2-4-0 | Charles Tayleur and Company | 1839 | - | 59 | [6] |
| Auckland | 2-4-0 | Charles Tayleur and Company | 1839 | - | 60 | [7] |
| Bedale | 2-4-0 | Charles Tayleur and Company | 1839 | - | 14 | [8] |
| Edinburgh | 2-4-0 | Charles Tayleur and Company | 1839 | - | 62 | [9] |
| Carlisle | 2-4-0 | Charles Tayleur and Company | 1839 | - | 63 | [10] |
| Manchester | 2-4-0 | Charles Tayleur and Company | 1839 | - | 64 | [11] |
| Victoria | 2-2-2 | R & W Hawthorn | 1839 | - | 67 | [12] |
| Leeds | 2-2-2 | R & W Hawthorn | 1839 | - | 68 | [13] |
| Wensleydale | 2-2-2 | R & W Hawthorn | 1839 | - | 40 | [14] |
| Ouse | 2-2-2 | R & W Hawthorn | 1839 | - | 69 | [15] |
- Notes
- GNER = Great North of England Railway
- NER = North Eastern Railway
- Names and NER numbers may not be in correct order (source is vague)
References
[edit]- ^ Allen, Cecil J. (1974) [1964]. The North Eastern Railway. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 90. ISBN 0-7110-0495-1.
- ^ Allen 1974, p. 107
- ^ "North Eastern Railway & is constituents locomotives".
- ^ "North Eastern Railway & is constituents locomotives".
- ^ "North Eastern Railway & is constituents locomotives".
- ^ "North Eastern Railway & is constituents locomotives".
- ^ "North Eastern Railway & is constituents locomotives".
- ^ "North Eastern Railway & is constituents locomotives".
- ^ "North Eastern Railway & is constituents locomotives".
- ^ "North Eastern Railway & is constituents locomotives".
- ^ "North Eastern Railway & is constituents locomotives".
- ^ "North Eastern Railway & is constituents locomotives".
- ^ "North Eastern Railway & is constituents locomotives".
- ^ "North Eastern Railway & is constituents locomotives".
- ^ "North Eastern Railway & is constituents locomotives".
Further reading
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- Whishaw, Francis (1842). The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland Practically Described and Illustrated (2nd ed.). London: John Weale. pp. 137–141. OCLC 833076248.
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