Great Northern Railway Supplement 1913

On 28th November 1913 "The Engineer" published a supplement devoted to the Great Northern Railway.

Great Northern Railway Supplement 1913

It gives a  history of the line together with photographs and illustrations of the line, locomotives and locations.

Great Northern Railway works, 1892

On December 6th 1892 "The Enginner" published a review of the Great Northern Railway (GNR) works at Doncaster.


The Engineer 1892 - Great Northern Railway Works, Doncaster

Fascinating stuff, complete with a portrait of P. Stirling.

From The Engineer, 1868 

 A six coupled goods engine designed by 

Patrick Stirling for the GNR. 

Note the early style of cab and the absence of brakes.

From the Engineer 1871, Stirling Single Number 8, Great Northrrn Railway

GNR - Great Northern Railway (UK)

This links to the Great Northern Railway (UK) information on Wikipedia


Great_Northern_Railway


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_%28Great_Britain%29

The Yellow Brick Road - GNR ballast and bricks - Kings Cross - Deeping Lakes

The Great Northern Railway excavated the gravel used to ballast its tracks from around 1870 until 1897 at what is now known as Deeping Lakes. In addition a brick works on site produced an estimated two million bricks for the railway. These yellow bricks are prominent at Kings Cross station but were used for most of the companies buildings.

The cessation of activity at the site corresponds with the death of Patrick Stirling and the subsequent appointment of a new Chief Mechanical Engineer, Henry Ivatt, who upgraded the permanent way to accommodate heavier traffic.

A current link to the

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust page for Deeping Lakes:

http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/reserves/Deeping-Lakes


I always wondered why The colour of the "ballast" printed on tinplate track bases by Hornby Dublo was sand coloured.