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Steam locomotive, number 1217, Great Eastern Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1905

the official guide to the great eastern railway

Library Collections

1910

To the Continent by the Harwich Steamer

Library Collections

1914

Semaphore signal arm with integral spectacle, green glass missing, crossing gate signal, lower quadrant, Great Eastern Railway, made by Saxby & Farmer, London.

Semaphore signal arm with integral spectacle

Signalling & Telecommunications

Semaphore signal arm with integral spectacle and secondary spectacle, two glasses cracked, crossing gate signal, lower quadrant, Great Eastern Railway, made by EC & JK Ltd.

Semaphore signal arm with integral spectacle and secondary spectacle, two glasses cracked

Signalling & Telecommunications

St Pauls Cathedral divine service

Documents

1919

Model steam locomotive, scale 1:8, Great Eastern Railway 4-4-0 passenger express No. 1900 "Claud Hamilton", prototype built 1900, model built 1900 by George Perry, Erecting Shop foreman at Stratford Works, awarded Gold Medal at Paris exhibition in 1900.

Model of steam locomotive "Claud Hamilton"

Railway Models

1900

Map of Great Eastern Railway main lines and connections, on reverse suburban lines and connections, scale 1 mile - 1 ".

Map of Great Eastern Railway

Railway Maps & Plans

1900-1923

Tickets, card tickets in buckram-covered guard books, photograph album and box, GER, GNR and LNER Specimen Ticket Collection, 1900s to 1930s. The collection comprises specimen Edmondson-type tickets of every class and type from the GNR and the LNER. Tickets are numbered 0000 and many are stamped 'Specimen.' Many of the tickets are grouped by the LNER operating sections, and there are unusual and rare items such as perambulator tickets, tickets for agricultural shows, exhibition tickets etc. etc. The GER tickets include WC, sailor on duty and music hall artist tickets. Housed in 9 guard books and 1 modern photo album, plus 2 small boxes of loose tickets. Several thousand tickets in total. Collection originated at the Railway Printing Office, Stratford, East London, which was established by the GER and continued by the LNER. The specimens were saved by the last Master Printer, a Mr. Townley, on the closure of the office in the 1950s. He passed the collection to his son, who bequeathed it to The National Archives.

GNR and LNER Specimen Ticket Collection [supplied title]

Tickets, Passes & Labels

1900-1939

Great Eastern Railway Ponders End Diagram of Signals - Great Eastern Railway water-coloured diagram of signals at Ponders End station. On linen-backed cartridge paper. Dated 16 May 1916.

Ponders End Diagram of Signals, Great Eastern Railway

Railway Maps & Plans

1916-05-16

Map, system map, Great Eastern Railway, 1919, published/printed by GER, drawn by L Dix, paper-backed linen.

Map, system map, Great Eastern Railway, 1919, published/prin

Railway Maps & Plans

1919

Collection of wagon labels, luggage labels, tickets and various goods invoices and forms. Companies include: British Railways; Great Eastern Railway; Great Northern Railway; Great Western Railway; London Midland & Scottish Railway; London & North Eastern Railway (selection of wagon labels from Tadcaster to various locations); North Eastern Railway; Great Orme Railway etc.

Collection of wagon labels, luggage labels, tickets, invoices and other forms (supplied title)

Tickets, Passes & Labels

Map, Great Eastern Railway, 'Felixstowe (part of)', 1902, 25.3 inches to 1 mile, published/printed by Ordnance Survey, paper-backed linen.

Map, Great Eastern Railway, Felixstowe (part of)

Railway Maps & Plans

1902

Travel guide, Great Eastern Railway, In London's Woodland, by Percy Lindley, 1914, 20 pages.

In London's Woodland

Library Collections

1914

Plan of Cambridge Station and surrounding area, Hills Road to Mill Road, scale 1 chain - 1" Great Eastern Railway land agent's office, revised 1909.

Plan of Cambridge Station

Railway Maps & Plans

1909

Map, Great Eastern Railway, 'East London', undated early 1900's, hand tinted for detail, published/printed by Ordnance Survey, paper-backed linen.

Map, Great Eastern Railway, East London

Railway Maps & Plans

1900

Guidebook, Great Eastern Railway, "On The East Coast", 1912, by Percy Lindley, places to visit, 78 pages, hard cover.

on the east coast

Library Collections

1912

GER Diagram of Gradients - booklet consisting of 9 gradients sheets. Issued by the Engineer, Liverpool Street Station, February 1911.

GER Diagram of Gradients

Railway Maps & Plans

1911-02

Map, Great Eastern Railway, 'Felixstowe', 1903, 25.3 inches to 1 mile, published/printed by Ordnance Survey, paper-backed linen.

Map from Great Eastern Railway entitled 'Felixstowe',

Railway Maps & Plans

1903

Travel guide, Great Eastern Railway, Company's Restaurant Service, c1914, 8 pages.

Gt Eastern Railway Company's Restaurant Car Service

Library Collections

1914

Guidebook, Great Eastern Railway, "Farmhouse and Country Lodgings in Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk", 1901, places to visit and timetables, 103 pages, soft cover.

farmhouse and country lodgings

Library Collections

1901

Cap Badge, Great Eastern Railway, GER scroll script initials, Dimensions: 2 1/4"x1".

Cap badge, Great Eastern Railway

Railway Uniform & Costume

Guidebook, Great Eastern Railway, "Farmhouse and Country Lodgings", 1915, places to stay, 72 pages, soft cover.

farmhouse and country lodgings

Library Collections

1915

Guidebook, Great Eastern Railway, "Railway Illustrated Tourist Guide", 1879, places to visit, cost new 1d, 31 pages, soft cover.

Guidebook, Great Eastern Railway, "Railway Illustrated Touri

Library Collections

1879

Guidebook, Great Eastern Railway, "Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads", by Payne Jennings, 1897, 103 pages, hard cover.

sun pictures of the norfolk broads

Library Collections

1897

Great Eastern Railway card, bearing the company crest and marked "1904-5". Mounted on the reverse is a photograph of a Great Eastern Railway steam Rail Motor of 1849. Christmas card or possibly one of a series of commemorative cards? Collected by Percy L. Witty of the LMS.

Great Eastern Railway Christmas Card (?) (supplied title)

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1904

Ticket, for staff, Great Eastern Railway, Barnwell Junction and Bottisham, February 5th 1891. No.151.

Train staff ticket, Great Eastern Railway

Tickets, Passes & Labels

Letter from W Yardley, The Great Eastern Railway, Goods Managers Office, Liverpool Street, London, to Arthur Ladell, the Stores, Harold Wood, Romford, Essex inviting him to call tomorrow for assessment of his suitablility for Railway work, 26 June 1895

Letter from W Yardley

Archive Collections

1895

Telegraph Block Instrument, Great Eastern Railway, 2-position absolute block type, sending and receiving with tapper and combined gong.

Telegraph Block Instrument, Great Eastern Railway, 2-positio

Signalling & Telecommunications

Platform bench, Great Eastern Railway, monogram on bench ends, cast by Warner, London, 1900-1910.

Platform bench, Great Eastern Railway

Railway Furniture

1900-1910

Map, Great Eastern Railway, 'Tottenham, Wood Green, Enfield', undated early 1900's, hand tinted to highlight detail, published/printed by Ordnance Survey, paper-backed linen.

Map, Great Eastern Railway, 'Tottenham, Wood Green, Enfield'

Railway Maps & Plans

1900

Travel guide, Great Eastern Railway, East Coast Pictures, by Percy Lindley, illustrations by Oscar Wilson, describing resorts around the East coast of Britain, 48 pages, with card cover.

East Coast Pictures

Library Collections

1915

Travel guide, Great Eastern Railway, Seaside and Countryside in East Anglia, by Percy Lindley, illustrations by Oscar Wilson, describing resorts around the East coast of Britain, 64 pages, with card cover.

Seaside and Countryside in East Anglia

Library Collections

1915

Poster, Great Eastern Railway, Harlow Garden Village. With overview of the village. It promotes the village as good for commuters and having good leisure facilities.

Harlow Garden Village

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

Order of Service. Great Eastern Railway Company Order of Service for the unveiling and dedication of the memorial to the men in service of the company who died in the Great War. Service held on Thursday June 22nd 1922 at Liverpool Street Station. White folded paper programme printed in black

great eastern railway company order of service

Documents

1922

Waybill, four copies, Great Eastern Railway , 1884

Great eastern railway waybill

Documents

Handbill, Great Eastern Railway, 'Excursions to Harwich and Ipswich', with fares, times and handwritten note on the reverse.

excursions to Harwich and Ipswich

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

Card showing Lord Claud J Hamilton, Chairman and John Foster Esq, Deputy Chairman of Great Eastern Railway

card

Documents

Telegraph, Great Eastern railway, from the Electric and International Telegraph Company, 1867.

Great Eastern railway telegraph

Documents

1867

Wine list, leather bound, Great Eastern Railway 'Refreshment Rooms Wine List'.

Refreshment Rooms Wine List'

Documents

Handbill, Great Eastern Railway, 'Rail and Boat Excursions to Harwich and Ipswich Thursday 4th October 1866', With fares and times and handwritten note on the reverse, 23rd September 1866

rail and boat excursions to Harwich and Ipswich Thursday 4th October 1866

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1866

Certificate, Great Eastern Railway Pension Supplemental Fund Membership, designed by W. Lucas at the Carriage Department, printed at the company's works, Stratford, issued to Mrs Florence Pavitt on 1st October 1896.

Great Eastern Railway Pension Supplemental Fund Membership

Documents

1896

Great Northern & Great Eastern Railway handbill, advertising cheap excursion tickets to Lincoln, dated March 1892. Black ink on green paper. Mounted.

GN &GER handbill

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1892

Notice. Great Eastern Railway. Cheap Excursion from Liverpool Street to Sudbury, Bury St Edmund's, Walton-on-the-Naze, Clacton-on-Sea, and to Colchester, Harwich, Ipswich, Felixstowe, Woodbridge, Bungay, Beccles, Aldebrugh, Lowestoft, Yarmouth, on 29 March 1888. Red and blue text on white background with decorative border. Printed at the Company's Works, Stratford. Conserved and backed.

Great Eastern Railway cheap excursions

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1888

Notice, Great Eastern Railway, "Comrade Roger Smith' informing workmen of his passing, issued by James Allthorpe and William Curtis, September 17th September 1897.

comrade roger smith

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1897

Oil Painting, Portrait of Charles Hubbard, Station Master, Great Eastern Railway, (retired as Station Master and was presented with a testimonial by the Directors of the Great Eastern Railway, retired at the age of 75 after 50 years service).

portrait of charles hubbard

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Poster, Great Eastern Railway, Parkeston Quay, Harwich, The Continent via Hook of Holland, Antwerp, Esjberg, Hamburg, Gothenburg, by Norman Wilkinson, 1912. Coloured lithograph depicting a line of passenger steamers berthed at Parkeston Quay, with some vessels underway. Printed by David Allen & Sons Ltd., Harrow [Original artwork 1975-8506]. Format: quad royal. Dimensions: 40 x 50 inches, 1016 x 1270mm.

Parkeston Quay Harwich

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1912

Timetable No. 1 Supplementary Working Timetables of special passenger trains & other arrangements for week ending 17 June 1893, for Bass & Co.'s excursion to Yarmouth & back, issued by Great Eastern Railway.

no 1supplementary working timetables of special passenger trains

Documents

1893

Certificate, Diploma for Gold Medal awarded to Great Eastern Railway Co. at the Naval, Shipping & Fisheries Exhibition, Earl's Court, London, 1905.

diploma for gold medal awarded to great eastern railway

Documents

1905

Great Eastern Railway carriage advertisement. Harwich Hotel. (Damaged - in two parts).

Great Eastern Railway - Harwich Hotel

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills