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Locomotive tender no. 1002, Great Northern Railway

1893

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

East Coast Joint Stock passenger brake van

1908

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Great Northern Railway Carriage Diagram Book

circa 1905

Showcard, Great Northern Railway

1846-1922

Copper amalgam

before 1889

Instructions... Journey of Their Majesties The King and Queen and Suite from King's Cross to Leeds (Central) Tuesday, 7th July, 1908

1908-07-01

England and Scotland - East Coast Route

circa 1895

Harrogate Britain's 100% Spa

Cap badge, Great Northern Railway

Cap badge, Great Northern Railway

Skegness Refreshment Trolley, Great Northern Railway

1846-1922

Great Northern Railway brake van

1887

Doncaster Works Collection

1896-1967

Scarborough

The Yorkshire Coast

1910

Skegness is SO Bracing

circa 1908

Harrogate

Ullswater

1901

Non-Stop Excursions to Skegness, Happy as a Sand-Boy

1907

The Famed Loch Eck Coaching Route

Skegness Lincolnshire

circa 1900

Doncaster Works Album

1914-1918

Booth Line Royal Mail Steamers Para & Manaos

1908

GNR Holiday Excursions - Every dog has his day

1913

Cap badge, Great Northern Railway

L/H Driving Break Hanger Pin

1870
Locomotive Worksplate, GNR, "Great Northern Railway Co. Doncaster, makers No.1 1867", brass, oval, Stirling 0-4-2, reboilered May 1881, became GNR Class F2 June 1900, scrapped January 1903.

Locomotive worksplate

1867
Station lamp, Great Northern Railway, ex Langrick Station.

Station lamp

Notice, Great Northern Railway, cast iron, 'The public must not cross the line'.

Public notice, Great Northern Railway

Washstand, Great Northern Railway, with mirror and marble top, believed to be from a Prince of Wales Royal Saloon, acquired by Mr Charles Whitworth when he was principal foreman of the GNR Carriage Shop, Doncaster, c. 1890.

Washstand, Great Northern Railway

1890
Locomotive tender, Great Northern Railway, associated with GNR No.1 Class Stirling Single, designed by Patrick Stirling

Great Northern Railway locomotive tender

1870
Boundary marker, Great Northern Railway and Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, cast iron, "GNR/LYR", traces of paint, black lettering on a white ground. From Ingrow, West Yorkshire.

Cast iron boundary marker, Great Northern Railway / Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from Ingrow

circa 1847-1922
Boundary marker, Great Northern Railway and Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, cast iron, "GNR/LYR", black lettering on what appears to have been a white ground.

Cast iron boundary marker Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway/Great Northern Railway

circa 1847-1922
Fender, Great Northern Railway, cast iron, embossed 'GNR' in interlocking intials, no provenance.

Cast iron fender, Great Northern Railway

Locomotive Worksplate, "Great Northern Railway Co. No. 1070 makers 1905 Doncaster Works", cast brass, oval, GNR 4-4-2 C1 No. 294, renumbered London & North Eastern Railway 3294 May 1924, 2822 in November 1946, British Railways 62822, pulled the "Ivatt Atlantic Special" form King's Cross to Doncaster 26 November 1950 & then withdrawn.

Locomotive worksplate

1905
Locomotive Worksplate, GNR, "Great Northern Railway Co. No. 1173, makers 1907 Doncaster Works", cast brass, oval, London & North Eastern Railway No. 4434 May 1925, withdrawn in April 1945.

Locomotive worksplate

1907
Locomotive Worksplate, "Great Northern Railway No. 1434 makers 1914 Doncaster", cast brass, oval, GNR 2-6-0 Class H3 1648, London & North Eastern Railway 4648 Class K2 from August 1925, renumbered 1738 from March 1946, British Railways 61738 from May 1948, withdrawn July 1959.

Locomotive worksplate

1914
Locomotive Worksplate, GNR, "Great Northern Railway Co. No.1276 makers 1910 Doncaster Works", brass, oval, GNR 4-4-2 C1 Atlantic No. 1452, London & North Eastern Railway 4452 from December 1924 (2882 allocated 1946 but not carried), withdrawn February 1946.

Locomotive worksplate

1910
Locomotive Worksplate, GNR, "Great Northern Railway Co. No. 1359 makers 1912 Doncaster", cast brass, oval, GNR 0-6-0 Class J21 78, London & North Eastern Railway Class J2 3078 from November 1925, renumbered LNER 5022 from October 1946, British Railways 65022 from June 1961, withdrawn December 1953.

Locomotive worksplate

1912
Locomotive Worksplate, Great Northern Railway, "Great Northern Railway Co. No. 1455, makers 1914, Doncaster", brass, oval, GNR 0-6-0 Class J22 No. 595, London & North Eastern Railway Class J6 3595 from August 1926, 4244 from December 1946, British Railways 64244 from December 1948, withdrawn May 1958.

Worksplate, Great Northern Railway

1914
Steam locomotive and tender, Great Northern Railway, No 990 "Henry Oakley" 4-4-2, designed by H.A. Ivatt, built at Doncaster 1898, withdrawn 1937.

Great Northern Railway 'Henry Oakley'

1898
"Rules and Regulations for the guidance of the Officers and Men", The Great Northern Railway Company, Kings Cross Station, London

Rule book from Great Northern Railway

1856
Map, showing distances, Great Northern Railway, March 1897 (2nd issue), paper-backed linen, leather cover.

Map, showing distances

1897
Great Northern Railway parcel envelope, used for despatches from the Season Ticket office at King's Cross. Used to send items to the Station Master at Shipley & Windhill, 13 June 1895.

Great Northern Railway parcel envelope

1895
Memorandum, Great Northern Railway, relating to Robin Hood Station, East and West Yorkshire Union Railway. Advice of undercharging, Requesting balancing invoice, 18 February 1903, (Other Associations 80/25/45; 1317/21/61).

Memorandum, Great Northern Railway, advice of undercharging,

1903
Chart, paper, Great Northern Railway Ready Reckoner for Calculation of Passenger Fares from 1st April 1944. For use as instructed by circular. Chart shows base fare with percent increases. Printed by R. Carswell & son Ltd, Belfast. Sticker from the Railway Station has been pulled off.

GNR Ready Reckoner for Calculation of Passenger Fares, 1944

1944
The Great Northern Railway Sick and Funeral Allowance Fund Statement of Receipts and Payments for the Year 1893, issued 22 May 1894.

The Great Northern Railway Sick and Funeral Allowance Fund Statement of Receipts and Payments for the Year 1893

1894
Map, showing system, Great Northern Railway, 1898, 8 miles to 1 inch, published/printed by Thos. Kell & Son, paper-backed linen, leather cover.

Map, showing system

1898