Eastern and Midlands Railway
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The Eastern and Midlands Railway was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Eastern_and_Midlands_Railway|title=Eastern and Midlands Railway - Graces Guide|website=www.gracesguide.co.uk}}
Constituents
The constituents of the Eastern and Midlands Railway were:{{cite web|url=http://www.wycherail.co.uk/mgnEM.php|title=MGN E&M|website=www.wycherail.co.uk}}
- Peterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Bridge Railway, opened 1866{{cite web|url=http://www.eyepeterborough.co.uk/heritage/railway/|title=Eye Green Railway Station and the M&GN – EyePeterborough|website=www.eyepeterborough.co.uk}}
- Midland & Eastern Railway (incorporating Lynn and Sutton Bridge Railway,{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C12633|title=The Discovery Service|first=The National|last=Archives|website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk}} Norwich & Spalding Railway and Spalding & Bourne Railway){{cite web|url=http://www.wycherail.co.uk/mgnME.php#end|title=Midland & Eastern|website=www.wycherail.co.uk}}
- Lynn & Fakenham Railway{{cite web|url=http://www.wycherail.co.uk/mgnLF.php|title=Lynn & Fakenham|website=www.wycherail.co.uk}}
- Yarmouth & North Norfolk (Light) Railway (incorporating Great Yarmouth & Stalham Light Railway){{cite web|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/y/yarmouth_beach/|title=Disused Stations: Yarmouth Beach Station|website=www.disused-stations.org.uk}}
- Yarmouth Union Railway{{cite web|url=http://www.berneyarms.co.uk/html/yarmouth/rail/railway.htm|title=Great Yarmouth's Rail Connections|website=www.berneyarms.co.uk}}
;Spelling variations
The spellings of some place names have changed since the 19th century (e.g. Wisbeach/Wisbech and Bourn/Bourne).{{cite web|url=http://www.mandgn.co.uk/news.php?year=2016&month=Jun|title=M&GN Joint Railway Society|website=www.mandgn.co.uk}}
Routes
;Westbound from Kings Lynn
;Eastbound from Kings Lynn
Locomotives
In 1884, William Marriott became the locomotive superintendent{{cite web |url=https://steamindex.com/people/marriott.htm |title=William Marriott |website=steamindex.com }} 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.{{cite web|url=https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/LNERSteam/1893-MGNR-Midland-Great-Northern-Railway/EMR-Eastern-Midlands-Railway-Hudswell-Clarke-4-4-0T/i-v4ZHNHZ|title=E&MR Eastern & Midlands Railway Hudswell Clarke 4-4-0T - Railway-Photography|publisher=}}
- Fifteen Beyer Peacock 4-4-0 locomotives built 1882-1888{{cite web|url=https://www.lner.info/locos/D/mgn_arebuild.php|title=LNER Encyclopedia: The M&GN Class 'A Rebuild' Locomotives|website=www.lner.info}}
- 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){{cite web |url=https://steamindex.com/locotype/jointrly.htm#mgnjr |title=Joint Railways: locomotives |website=steamindex.com |at=Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway }}
Three Black, Hawthorn 0-6-0ST locomotives named 'Ida', 'Holt' (number 6) & 'Aylsham' built for the GY&SLR.Book - Scenes from the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway by Ronald H. Clark, page 8.
To the M&GN
The Eastern and Midlands Railway became a part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway in 1893.
References
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External links
- [https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/File:Im1890EnV70-p356.jpg A 2-4-0 locomotive of the Eastern and Midlands Railway]
- [https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/LNERSteam/1893-MGNR-Midland-Great-Northern-Railway/EMR-Eastern-Midlands-Railway-Hudswell-Clarke-4-4-0T/i-v4ZHNHZ A 4-4-0T locomotive of the Eastern and Midlands Railway]
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Category:Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway