Great Northern Railway - Great Northern Railway A separate article treats the Great Northern Railroad in the USA. The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company, founded by the London & York Railway Act of 1846. The main line ran from London via Hitchin, Peterborough, and Grantham, to York, a loop line from Peterborough to Bawtry south of Doncaster via Boston and Lincoln, and branch lines to Sheffield and Wakefield. The first section of line to be opened in 1848 was between Louth and Grimsby. This was followed in 1849 by Peterborough to Doncaster via Lincoln. In 1850 the line was opened to Peterborough from a temporary station at Maiden Lane in London and Doncaster to York via Askern. By 1852 the main line from London to Doncaster.
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Great Northern Railroad - Great Northern Railroad A separate article treats the Great Northern Railway in Britain. The Great Northern Railroad, running from St. Paul, Minnesota to Seattle, Washington --- more than 1700 miles --- was the creation of the 19th century railroad tycoon James J. Hill. In 1970 it became part of the Burlington Northern Railroad in a merger. (At this time, most of the information on this topic that can be found on Wikipedia is in the article titled James J. Hill.) This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
Great Central Railway - Great Central Railway The Great Central Railway (GCR) was a former main railway line in the United Kingdom which linked London to Sheffield via the East Midlands. It is also the name of a heritage railway line in Leicestershire which preserved part of the former main line and is still operating today, under the name Great Central Railway. The line was formerly part of the British railway system and run by British Rail until most of it was closed in the 1960s, in the Beeching axe. The Route When it was operating, the line began at Marylebone railway station in London, ran through northwest London including Wembley, and then diverged into a direct route towards Aylesbury and less direct route through High Wycombe. The part of.
Great Central Steam Railway - Great Central Steam Railway The Great Central Railway is a section of the much longer Great Central Railway, between Loughborough and the northern outskirts of Leicester, operated it as a heritage railway line for tourists. It is the only heritage railway in Britain to have double track. External Links Homepage of preserved Great Central Railway in Leicestershire.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway - Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (AAR reporting mark BNSF), the product of a 1995 merger between the Burlington Northern Railroad and the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway, is possibly the largest railroad network in the United States (the Union Pacific Railroad is almost exactly the same length) at over 33,000 miles of track. The BNSF paints its locomotives in schemes derived from its predecessor railroads. Many locomotives are painted in "Heritage I" or "Heritage II" schemes, which are based on the Great Northern Railroad's colors of green and orange. Others are painted in "Heritage III" which is the Santa Fe's famous silver-and-red "Warbonnet" scheme, but with BNSF on the sides instead of Santa Fe. These make the BNSF one of.
History of the British railway system - History of the British railway system The British railway system is the oldest in the world. The Development of the Railways, 1825 to 1948 On September 15, 1830, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened from Liverpool Road, Manchester, to Edge Hill (later Crown Street), Liverpool. For the first time you could buy a ticket, expect a purpose-built passenger train to turn up at a given time and take you to your destination on track of four feet eight-and-a-half inches (1.435 m) gauge designed for steam locomotives to haul passengers and operated as one system. This was the start of railways as we know them today. Of course, there had been railways in Britain for centuries, mostly primitive wooden tracks with single trucks pulled by hand or by horse..
Greater Sudbury, Ontario - census population 155,219) is a city in Northern Ontario. Greater Sudbury was created in 2001 by amalgamating the cities and towns of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury. It is the largest city in Northern Ontario in population, and the 20th largest metropolitan area in Canada. In land area, it is now the largest city in the country. It is also the only city in Ontario which has two official names -- its name in French is Grand-Sudbury. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Government 3 Communities 4 Geography 5 Transportation 6 Education and Culture 7 Media 8 Demographics 9 Website History Sudbury was incorporated as a town in 1883, and as a city in 1930. Originally named Ste-Anne-des-Pins (Saint-Anne-of-the-Pines), it was a lumber camp. During construction of the Canadian Pacific.
British railway system - British railway system The British railway system is the oldest in the world. It consists of almost 17,000 km of track. Since 2002, the tracks and other infrastructure are the responsibility of Network Rail, a non-profit organisation. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Train Operating Companies 2 National Framework 3 Channel Tunnel 4 Underground Railways 5 Heritage and Private Railways 6 Major stations 7 History In Brief 7.1 List of historic British railway companies 7.1.1 Early railway companies (1820s-1840s) 7.1.2 Pre-Grouping (1923) 7.1.3 Grouping (1923 - 1947) 7.1.4 Nationalisation (1947 - 1996) 7.1.5 Privatisation (1996-) 8 See also Train Operating Companies The trains are operated by 26 companies mainly on a regional franchise basis. See List of UK Train Operating Companies National Framework The Strategic Rail Authority is,.
Burlington Northern Railroad - Burlington Northern Railroad The Burlington Northern Railroad ((AAR reporting mark BN) was a United States-based railroad operating between 1970 and 1995. The Burlington Northern was the product of a 1970 merger comprising the Great Northern Railroad; the Northern Pacific Railway; the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad; and the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway. The Burlington Northern's locomotive livery painted the top quarter or so of the locomotive black and the rest green, with a white 'BN' logo. Often, the front of the locomotive was striped with white and green for visibility. In 1995, the Burlington Northern merged with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to form the new Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, possibly the largest railroad in the United States by track mileage..
North Norfolk Railway - North Norfolk Railway The North Norfolk Railway is a Heritage railway in Norfolk, England running between the coastal town of Sheringham and the town of Holt which is further inland. It is also known as the "Poppy Line"". The length of the line is just over 5 miles and once formed part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway. The line is divided from the national rail network at Sheringham by the width of a road, and there are plans to reinstate the connection. The NNR operates a service partly with steam and partly diesel haulage, and has a programme of seasonal special events. A museum coach has many artefacts from the Midlands and Great Northern Railway. Work started on the rebuilding of the line in 1965,.
Northern City Line - Northern City Line The Northern City Line is an underground railway in London, England. It was formerly part of London Underground, but is now part of the National Rail network and is owned by Network Rail. It should not be confused with the City branch of the Northern Line. The line was originally named the Great Northern & City Railway, and was intended to allow mainline trains of the Great Northern Railway to run from Finsbury Park directly into the City of London at Moorgate. Accordingly, the tubes were made large enough to take a mainline train, unlike those of the other tube railways being built in London at the time. However, the Great Northern was lukewarm about the scheme, and the GN&CR had to settle.
List of railway companies - List of railway companies This is a list of the world's railway operating companies listed alphabetically by continent and country. This list includes companies operating both now and in the past. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Africa 2 Asia 3 Australasia 4 Europe 5 North America 5.1 Canada 5.2 Mexico 5.3 United States 6 South America & Central America 7 See also Africa Railway unions: Union of African Railways (UAR) Southern African Railway Association (SARA), which represents: CFB (Benguela Railway in Angola) Botswana Railway CFM (Mozambique Railway) Malawi Railway TransNamib Swaziland Railway Tazara (Tanzania/Zambia Railway Authority) Zambia Railway NRZ (National Railways of Zimbabwe) Tanzania Railways Corporation Central East African Railway in Malawi Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway Metrorail of South Africa Spoornet (South-Africa) Railway companies: Algeria Algerian Railways (SNFT).
List of British heritage and private railways - is intended as a list of railways (railroads) in Britain. For rail museums see List of British railway museums. More links at foot of page. Many of these railways were originally lines closed by British Railways under the Beeching cuts in the 1960s, and reopened as private and / or heritage lines. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 England 2 Scotland 3 Wales 4 See also England Appleby Frodingham Railway Avon Valley Railway The Battlefield Line Railway, Shackerstone, Leicestershire Bluebell Railway - 9 miles crossing between East Sussex and West Sussex, Standard Gauge Bodmin & Wenford Railway - 6.5 miles in Cornwall, Standard Gauge Bowes Railway Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway Bure Valley Railway - 9 miles in Norfolk, Narrow Gauge Chasewater Railway Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway Cholsey & Wallingford Railway.
List of British railway museums - List of British railway museums This list is intended as a list of museums in Britain. For heritage railways see List of British heritage and private railways. Other links at foot of page. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 England 2 Scotland 3 Wales 3.1 Also See England National Railway Museum - York Amberley Working Museum, Arundel, West Sussex Astley Green Colliery Museum, Tyldesley, Lancashire Bahamas Locomotive Society Barrow Hill Railway Centre Beamish Museum Bideford Railway Museum, Devon Birmingham Railway Museum Bishop's Castle Railway Museum Bressingham Steam Museum, Norfolk Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Buckinghamshire Coventry Railway Centre Darlington Railway Centre & Museum Devon Railway Centre, Devon Didcot Railway Centre East Anglian Railway Museum Great Western Railway Museum Hollycombe Steam Collection Kew Bridge Steam Museum Kidderminster Railway Museum London Transport Museum.
London, Midland and Scottish Railway - London, Midland and Scottish Railway The London, Midland and Scottish Railway ("LMS" or "LMSR") was formed in 1923 in the Grouping of large numbers of separate railway companies, into just four. It was an unwieldy construction, claiming to be the world's largest transport organization, and the largest commercial undertaking in Europe (although they did not say on what basis), including the largest chain of hotels. In 1938, the LMS operated 6,870 route miles of railway (excluding lines in Northern Ireland), but it was not very profitable with a rate of return of only 2.7%. The LMS was formed from the following major companies: London and North Western Railway Midland Railway Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway North Staffordshire Railway Furness Railway Caledonian Railway Highland Railway Glasgow and South Western Railway Stratford-Upon-Avon.
London and North Eastern Railway - London and North Eastern Railway The London and North Eastern Railway or LNER was the second-largest of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the 1923 Grouping Act in Britain. It existed until nationalisation in 1948, and largely formed the new British Railways' Eastern Region. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Formation 2 Geographic Area 3 Paint and livery 4 Chief Mechanical Engineers 4.1 Sir Nigel Gresley 4.2 Edward Thompson 4.3 Arthur H. Peppercorn Formation The LNER was formed out of a number of constituent railway companies: Great Eastern Railway Great Central Railway Great Northern Railway Great North of Scotland Railway Hull and Barnsley Railway North British Railway North Eastern Railway These were of varying size and fortune, the North Eastern Railway being probably the wealthiest. Geographic Area The LNER,.
Kings Cross station - Cross station Kings Cross station is a railway station in Kings Cross in north central London, United Kingdom. It serves routes to the North East of the country, including Cambridge, York, Durham and up to Edinburgh and Aberdeen, Scotland, via the East Coast Mainline. It is served by the London Underground station Kings Cross St. Pancras, which also serves the adjacent St. Pancras station. Euston and Kings Cross Thameslink stations are a few minutes walk away. The new London terminus of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link is due to be built in the area behind Kings Cross and St. Pancras stations. Eurostar trains are due to arrive there in 2007, in the second phase of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link project. The new British Library building is a short walk from.
Kopacki Rit - Europe. It comprises many backwaters and ponds along the Danube. The vicinity of the big city of Osijek and its surroundings, as well as excellent communications (by road, railway, plane and ship) enable a high visiting rate. The beauty of "intact" nature, the multitude of waters, flora and fauna attract not only excursionists and visitors but also many experts and scientists from the whole of Europe. A part of Kopački Rit has been designated as a special zoological reserve. Around 260 various bird species nest here (wild geese and ducks, Great White Egret, White Stork, Black Stork, White-tailed Eagle, crows, coots, gulls, terns, kingfishers, Green Woodpecker, etc.), and there are many other species using this area as a temporary shelter on migration from the northern, cooler regions to the southern, warmer.
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