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Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870
Locomotive tender no. 1002, Great Northern Railway

Locomotive tender no. 1002, Great Northern Railway

1893
Great Northern Railway brake van

Great Northern Railway brake van

1887
East Coast Joint Stock passenger brake van

East Coast Joint Stock passenger brake van

1908
Skegness Refreshment Trolley, Great Northern Railway

Skegness Refreshment Trolley, Great Northern Railway

1873-1922
Doncaster Works Collection

Doncaster Works Collection

1896-1967
Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870
Great Northern Railway Carriage Diagram Book

Great Northern Railway Carriage Diagram Book

circa 1905
Cap badge, Great Northern Railway

Cap badge, Great Northern Railway

Cap badge, Great Northern Railway

Cap badge, Great Northern Railway

GNR Doncaster Carriage and Wagon Works, 1916

GNR Doncaster Carriage and Wagon Works, 1916

1916
Cap badge, Great Northern Railway

Cap badge, Great Northern Railway

Copper amalgam

Copper amalgam

before 1889
L/H Driving Break Hanger Pin

L/H Driving Break Hanger Pin

1870
Locomotive tender, Great Northern Railway, associated with GNR No.1 Class Stirling Single, designed by Patrick Stirling

Great Northern Railway locomotive tender

1870
England and Scotland - East Coast Route

England and Scotland - East Coast Route

circa 1895
Skegness is SO Bracing

Skegness is SO Bracing

circa 1908
Booth Line Royal Mail Steamers Para & Manaos

Booth Line Royal Mail Steamers Para & Manaos

1908
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
GNR Holiday Excursions - Every dog has his day

GNR Holiday Excursions - Every dog has his day

1913
Scarborough

Scarborough

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

Cast iron fender, Great Northern Railway

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

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

1907
Harrogate

Harrogate

Skegness Lincolnshire

Skegness Lincolnshire

circa 1900
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
The Great Northern Railway Sick and Funeral Allowance Fund Statement of Receipts and Payments for the Year 1893

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

1894
The Famed Loch Eck Coaching Route

The Famed Loch Eck Coaching Route

Showcard, Great Northern Railway

Showcard, Great Northern Railway

1846-1922
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
The Yorkshire Coast

The Yorkshire Coast

1910
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
Headboard, Great Northern Railway Royal Train. Reputed to have been carried by Great Northern Loco No.1. Wood.

Great Northern Railway Royal Train Headboard

1846-1922
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
Instructions... Journey of Their Majesties The King and Queen and Suite from King's Cross to Leeds (Central) Tuesday, 7th July, 1908

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
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
Booking office notice. Sign reads: 'Great Northern Railway. The Booking Offices at the stations of the Great Northern Railway will be open for the issue of tickets fifteen minutes before the departure of each train. Kings Cross, February 1887, Henry Oakley, General Manager'. White text on blue metal background. From Woodhall Junction.

Great Northern Railway booking office notice

1887
Notice, Great Northern Railway, cast iron, 'The public must not cross the line'.

Public notice, Great Northern Railway

Letter spike, Great Northern Railway. Wooden base with GNR burnt in on the base (unused).

Letter spike, Great Northern Railway

1846-1922
Harrogate Britain's 100% Spa

Harrogate Britain's 100% Spa

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. 1173, makers 1907 Doncaster Works", cast brass, oval, London & North Eastern Railway No. 4434 May 1925, withdrawn in April 1945.

Locomotive worksplate

1907
Station lamp, Great Northern Railway, ex Langrick Station.

Station lamp

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
Ullswater

Ullswater

1901
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
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
File of correspondence and papers relating to track recording and curve measuring apparatus designed by the French engineer Emile Hallade. The file contains correspondence between the Great Northern Railway (GNR) and the Chemins de Fer de Paris a Lyon et a la Mediterranee in 1922 about the use and introduction of the machines, and there is also a letter from W. Silversteen & Co., engineers, of London, giving the details and price of the curve-measuring apparatus. The LNER carried on the correspondence in 1923, including a report on the GNR's experiences of the Hallade apparatus submitted to "Modern Transport" in February 1923. The file also includes various printed papers and offprints of articles by Hallade from journals, from 1909, 1910 and 1921.

Hallade Curve Adjustment Diagrams - Instructions for Preparing etc., also original French Instruction Books

1922-1923
Roll of drawings of Great Northern Railway cranes, as follows: Underframe for Halifax Crane, Doncaster, 15 December 1880, drawing no. TT/21; One Ton Crane for Halifax, Doncaster, 21 December 1880, drawing no. TT/22; Steam Travelling Crane, Docnaster, 28 December 1886, drawing no. TT/59; 30 cwt Road Travelling Crane, Doncaster, August 1890, drawing no. TT/91. Coloured drawings mounted on linen.

Great Northern Railway crane drawings

1880-1890
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

1900-1939