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Director class "Butler Henderson", Great Central Railway

Director class "Butler Henderson", Great Central Railway

1920
Great Central Railway locomotive, number 102

Great Central Railway locomotive, number 102

1911
Letter regarding a memorial in Sheffield, Great Central Railway

Letter regarding a memorial in Sheffield, Great Central Railway

1921
Letter regarding the unveiling of a war memorial

Letter regarding the unveiling of a war memorial

1922
Step on at Grimsby for the Continent

Step on at Grimsby for the Continent

1911
Great Central Railway and Other Railways in Connection

Great Central Railway and Other Railways in Connection

1910
Sea to Sea Expresses, Liverpool, Grimsby, York and Hull

Sea to Sea Expresses, Liverpool, Grimsby, York and Hull

1914
England's Greatest Poet

England's Greatest Poet

A string of Pearls, The Gems of the Chiltern Hills

A string of Pearls, The Gems of the Chiltern Hills

circa 1910
England's Latest Port

England's Latest Port

1912
Blackpool; For gorgeous sights

Blackpool; For gorgeous sights

1920
Scarborough

Scarborough

GCR Victoria Station Sheffield

GCR Victoria Station Sheffield

1919
Carriage window glass, framed, etched, Great Central Railway.

Carriage window glass, Great Central Railway

Bell, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway and Great Central Railway, no markings, with bracket, ex Dunford Bridge Halt Signal Box.

Bell, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway and Great Central Railway

Boundary post, Cheshire Lines Committee, cast iron, Great Central Railway pattern, lettered "C.L.Comee", about 1900 to 1948.

Cheshire Lines Committee boundary post

circa 1900-1947
rules of the pension fund of the great central ralway company

rules of the pension fund of the great central ralway company

1905
Booklet, Memorial Roll of the staff of the Great Central Railway 1914-1918, names given by department and station. Endorsed: Mrs R White, Tams Valley, Dukinfield; Circular letter, March 1921, Sam Fay, Great Central Railway, General Managers Office Marylebone Station, London, to Mrs R White to check that details in accompanying Memorial Roll are correct; Circular letter, 1 August 1922, Sam Fay, Great Central Railway Company, General Managers Office Marylebone Station, London NW1, to Mrs R White, Dukinfield, sending tickets and instructions for unveiling of war memorial ar Sheffield on 9 August 1922; Programme, unveiling of Great Central Railway War Memorial at Sheffield on 9 August 1922; Programme, unveiling of Dukinfield War Memorial on 30 July 1922.

Memorial roll of the staff of the Great Central Railway 1914-1918

1921-1922
Commemorative medallion, Great Central Railway, alloy, commemorating the opening of Nottingham Central Station on Queen Victoria's birthday, 24 May 1900, Dimensions: 45mm dia.

Medallion commemorating Nottingham Central Station opening, Great Central Railway

Great Central Railway and British Railways Eastern Region drawings and photographs of Keadby Lift Bridge and Trowse swing bridge, c1912-1970. 1. Plan and elevation of Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge over River Trent at Keadby for Great Central Railway, 25 April 1912; 2&3. Site survey and general arrangement of Trowse Swing Bridge and environs over River Wensum by Rendel, Palmer & Tritton, consulting engineers, no date; 4&5. Photographs of Trowse Swing Bridge, 12 items mounted on two sheets.

Drawings and photographs of Keadby Lift Bridge

1912-1970
Album, Great Central Railway, illustrated official album.

Great Central Railway, illustrated official album

Map, alternative routes, Great Central Railway, 1846, 1 inch to 7.5 mile, monochrome, published/printed by British Rail Planning Office, Euston, paper.

Map, alternative routes

1964
Drawings and correspondence relating to engines of Wirral Railway Company; 3 drawings of Wirral Railway locomotives; correspondence between Eric G Barker Esq, C.E., Locomotive Superintendent, The Wirral Railway Company, Docks Station, Birkenhead, and Sam Rider, Secretary, Beyer Peacock & Co Ltd, Gorton Foundry, Manchester, re repairs to engines 1900-1903 [ 8 items]; correspondence between Eric G Barker Esq, C.E., Locomotive Superintendent, The Wirral Railway company, Docks Station, Birkenhead, and R Haig Brown, Great Central Railway, Office of Superintendent of the Line, Manchester re costs of re-railing an engine, 1899-1901, 4 items.

Drawings and correspondence relating to the Wirral Railway

1892-1903
Papers, Records of the Sir Edward Watkin Special Award Fund, administered by the North Eastern Railway, the London & North Eastern Railway, and British Railways (Eastern Region), 1907-1986. The Fund was established with money gifted by Sir Edward Watkin. It gave grants to employees who had carried out services above and beyond the call of duty, or 'meritorious acts.' It later also gave grants to deserving families of employees. The records consist of two Registers of Rewards, one Agenda Book, one file of agendas and accounts (from the BR period), and one file of blank certificates.

Records of the Sir Edward Watkin Special Award Fund

1907-1986
Locomotive Worksplate, GCR, "Great Central Railway, builders 1911 Gorton Works", brass, oval, unpainted.

Locomotive worksplate

1911
Connecting rod, iron. Long, thin rectangular strips of metal with squared looped ends. Rod is bowed slightly in the middle. Attaches to steam locomotive, Great Central Railway, 04 class 2-8-0 No 102.

Connecting Rod to Great Central Railway Loco 102

1911
Steam locomotive, Great Central Railway, 04 class 2-8-0 No 102, designed by J.G. Robinson, built at Gorton in 1911, withdrawn 1963 (as BR 63601).

Great Central Railway locomotive, number 102

1911
Connecting rod, iron. Long, thin rectangular strips of metal with squared looped ends. Rod is bowed slightly in the middle. Attaches to steam locomotive, Great Central Railway, 04 class 2-8-0 No 102.

Connecting Rod to Great Central Railway Loco 102

1911
Hydraulic Coal Hoist New Holland - GCR coloured drawing on cartridge paper of the original Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway hydraulic coal hoist at New Holland. Drawing made 23 August 1897.

Hydraulic Coal Hoist New Holland

1897-08-23
Great Central Railway handbill advertising Sunday excursions to Checker House, Retford, Leverton, Cottam & Torksey. Dated July 1903 and signed by Sam Fay, general manager.

Great Central Railway handbill advertising Sunday excursions to Checker House

1903
Diagram of gradients and details of arrangements of opening of line, Gowdall to Braithwell, on Hull & Barnsley and Great Central Railways Joint Committee, 1 May [1916].

Line diagram, Hull & Barnsley and Great Central Railway

1916
Great Central Railway souvenir brochure of the Official Opening of Immingham Dock by His Majesty the King on 22 July 1912. Includes highly decorative cover, illustrationsof the dock, equipment etc., fold-out plan of the dock.

Official Opening of Immingham Dock by His Majesty the King

1912
Book of timetables, Great Central Railway, printed by Love and Malcolmson Ltd., Holborn, 1911.

Great Central Railway timetables

1911
Guidebook, Great Central Railway, 'Historical and Antiquarian Notes from Annesley to East Leake', by R A Wilde, 23 pages, soft cover, inscribed with signature of May Wilde. 8.4646 x 5.5118 in.

GCR - Historial and Antiquarian Notes from Annesley to East Leake

Rule book, Great Central Railway, Rules and Regulations, 1912, 388 pages, blue hard cover, includes loose supplements dated 1913 and 1916.

Great Central Railway Rule Book 1912

Specification, Great Central Railway, Atlantic Type Locomotive 4-4-2, April 1905, 30 pages.

GCR 4-4-2 Specification

1905
Appendix to working timetable, Great Central Railway, Issue 6, 1 October 1914, 235 pages, paper covers, original colour buff, black binding.

Appendix to working timetable, Great Central Railway

1914
Paper notice, Great Central Railway, Rotherham Weekly Zone tickets, September 1920(Other IDs 83/44/31).

Great Central Railway

1920
Booklet, Great Central Railway, timetable 'Tourist Arrangements May 1st 1913 and until Further Notice', with illustration of a train and containing advertisements.

Tourist Arrangements May 1st 1913 and until Further Notice

Booklet of instructions, re signals on the Gowdall to Braithwaite Line, Hull & Barnsley & Great Central Railway, due to open on the 1st May 1916.

Hull & Barnsley & Great Central Railway

1916
Programme, Great Central Railway, 'Opening of the Extension to London Railway at Marylebone Station March 9th 1899', Printed by Henry Blacklock & Co Ltd, Manchester, 1899.

Opening of the Extension to London Railway at Marylebone Station

1899
Fare table, three copies, Great Central Railway, from Healing Station.

Great Central Railway fare table

Handbill, Great Central Railway, 'Storeton, Heswall Hills, Neston and Oarkgate, Burton Point and Saughall', made at Stockport, 1906.

storeton, heswall hills, neston and oarkgate, Burton Point and Saughall

1906
Ticket, card, Great Central Railway, "Turn on Another Companies Line".

Turn on Another Companies Line

Notice. Great Central Railway. Notice! Immingham Dock Bye-Laws. Notice is hereby given that the Great Central Railway Company intend to apply to the Boark of Trade for the confirmation of certain Bye-Laws.....relating to the Loading of Coal and the Use of the Coal Hoists. 5 September 1911. Black text on white background. With note added by the Port Master, Grimsby Docks, concerning the posting of this notice in the neighbourhood of Immingham Dock. Printed by Carr & Forman, Printers, 88 Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby.

Notice! Immingham Dock bye-laws

1911/09/05
Travel guide, Great Central Railway, describing features of interest along the new extension of the line from Annesley Junction, Nottingham to London.

Great Central Railway

1900-1923
Rule book, Great Central Railway, general, 1920, 416 pages, black hard cover.

Great Central Railway Rule Book 1920

1920
Rule book, Great Central Railway, Rules and Regulations, 1904, 372 pages, olive green hard cover.

Great Central Railway Rule Book 1904

1904
Circular, Great Central Railway, Payment to platelayers & Permenant way labourers, 13 October 1898, (Other IDs 76/25/611).

Great Central Railway

1898
Notice, Great Central Railway, Wath Yard, Special working to be put into operation in the event of Wath Yard becoming congested owing to foggy weather or any other cause, 15 January 1909, (Other Association 82/25/27).

Wath Yard

1909