Eastern and Midlands Railway
| Eastern and Midlands Railway | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Locale | East of England |
| Service | |
| Depot | Melton Constable Railway Works |
| History | |
| Opened | 1883 |
| Closed | 1893, became part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Eastern and Midlands Railway (Amalgamation) Act 1882 | |
|---|---|
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to amalgamate the Lynn and Fakenham the Yarmouth and North Norfolk (Light) the Yarmouth Union the Midland and Eastern and the Peterborough Wisbeach and Sutton Railway Companies. |
| Citation | 45 & 46 Vict. c. ccxxvii |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 18 August 1882 |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Eastern and Midlands Railway Act 1883 | |
|---|---|
| Act of Parliament | |
| |
| Long title | An Act to authorise the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company to construct new Works and for other purposes. |
| Citation | 46 & 47 Vict. c. cxcix |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 20 August 1883 |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Eastern and Midlands Railway was formed by the amalgamation under the Eastern and Midlands Railway (Amalgamation) Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. ccxxvii) of several small railways in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk, England, including the Yarmouth and North Norfolk Railway, the Lynn and Fakenham Railway and the Yarmouth Union Railway. Many of these lines were built by contractors Wilkinson and Jarvis. In 1893 the Eastern and Midlands Railway became part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway.[1]
Constituents
The constituents of the Eastern and Midlands Railway were:[2]
- Peterborough, Wisbeach and Sutton Railway, opened 1866[3]
- Midland and Eastern Railway (incorporating the Lynn and Sutton Bridge Railway,[4] the Norwich and Spalding Railway, and the Spalding and Bourn Railway)[5]
- Lynn and Fakenham Railway[6]
- Yarmouth and North Norfolk Light Railway (incorporating the Great Yarmouth and Stalham Light Railway)[7]
- Yarmouth Union Railway[8]
- Spelling variations
The spellings of some place names have changed since the 19th century (e.g. Wisbeach/Wisbech and Bourn/Bourne).[9]
Routes
- Westbound from Kings Lynn
- Eastbound from Kings Lynn
Locomotives
In 1884, William Marriott became the locomotive superintendent[10] at the company's Melton Constable Railway Works. The railway's stock included:
- Two Fox, Walker 0-6-0ST locomotives (works numbers 338 and 339) which had been built for the Great Yarmouth and Stalham Light Railway in 1877.
- Seven 4-4-0T locomotives built by Hudswell Clarke for the Lynn and Fakenham Railway between 1878 and 1881.[11]
- Fifteen Beyer Peacock 4-4-0 locomotives built 1882-1888[12]
- Four built for the Lynn & Fakenham Railway
- Eleven built for the Eastern and Midlands Railway
- Eight Sharp Stewart 0-6-0T (Later 0-6-0T+T and 0-6-0) locomotives (ex-Cornwall Minerals Railway)[13]
Three Black, Hawthorn 0-6-0ST locomotives named 'Ida', 'Holt' (number 6) & 'Aylsham' built for the GY&SLR.[14]
To the M&GN
The Eastern and Midlands Railway became a part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway in 1893.
References
- ↑ "Eastern and Midlands Railway - Graces Guide". www.gracesguide.co.uk.
- ↑ "MGN E&M". www.wycherail.co.uk.
- ↑ "Eye Green Railway Station and the M&GN – EyePeterborough". www.eyepeterborough.co.uk.
- ↑ Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk.
- ↑ "Midland & Eastern". www.wycherail.co.uk.
- ↑ "Lynn & Fakenham". www.wycherail.co.uk.
- ↑ "Disused Stations: Yarmouth Beach Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk.
- ↑ "Great Yarmouth's Rail Connections". www.berneyarms.co.uk.
- ↑ "M&GN Joint Railway Society". www.mandgn.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ "William Marriott". steamindex.com.
- ↑ "E&MR Eastern & Midlands Railway Hudswell Clarke 4-4-0T - Railway-Photography".
- ↑ "LNER Encyclopedia: The M&GN Class 'A Rebuild' Locomotives". www.lner.info.
- ↑ "Joint Railways: locomotives". steamindex.com. Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway.
- ↑ Book - Scenes from the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway by Ronald H. Clark, page 8.
