Author: Midland and Great Northern Circle
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Midland and Great Northern Circle
Author: Midland and Great Northern Circle
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Locomotives of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Author: Alan M. Wells
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway to Poppyland
Author: Rob Shorland-Ball
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1526790106
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
M&GNJR was a Midlands to East Anglia railway linking towns and villages like a patchwork knitted together by clever business entrepreneurs. It started in the 1850s when there was intense rivalry between railway companies and two rich and powerful companies – MR and GNR – were behind the project. ‘Joint,’ added by a Special Act of Parliament in 1893, confirms this patchwork was the amalgamation of several small independent railway companies plus the MR and GNR. The company was especially interested in stealing a march on the Great Eastern Railway (GER) which believed it was the principal railway serving East Anglia. Poppyland was the nickname created for the Cromer area of the Norfolk coast by Clement Scott, an influential poet, author and drama critic of The Daily Telegraph who first visited in 1883. He claimed that ‘...clean air laced with perfume of wild flowers was opiate to his tired mind.’ Scott publicized his delight and many rich families, and their servants, visited too; the railway business entrepreneurs saw a growing market for their patchwork. The M&GNJR grew eastwards to Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and attracted passengers from the Midlands and London. The M&GNJR grew – then withered as cars, buses, overseas travel offered new holiday options. Closure came on 28 February 1959 but North Norfolk Railway – the Poppy Line – has survived as a heritage line so the Joint is not forgotten!
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1526790106
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
M&GNJR was a Midlands to East Anglia railway linking towns and villages like a patchwork knitted together by clever business entrepreneurs. It started in the 1850s when there was intense rivalry between railway companies and two rich and powerful companies – MR and GNR – were behind the project. ‘Joint,’ added by a Special Act of Parliament in 1893, confirms this patchwork was the amalgamation of several small independent railway companies plus the MR and GNR. The company was especially interested in stealing a march on the Great Eastern Railway (GER) which believed it was the principal railway serving East Anglia. Poppyland was the nickname created for the Cromer area of the Norfolk coast by Clement Scott, an influential poet, author and drama critic of The Daily Telegraph who first visited in 1883. He claimed that ‘...clean air laced with perfume of wild flowers was opiate to his tired mind.’ Scott publicized his delight and many rich families, and their servants, visited too; the railway business entrepreneurs saw a growing market for their patchwork. The M&GNJR grew eastwards to Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and attracted passengers from the Midlands and London. The M&GNJR grew – then withered as cars, buses, overseas travel offered new holiday options. Closure came on 28 February 1959 but North Norfolk Railway – the Poppy Line – has survived as a heritage line so the Joint is not forgotten!
Liveries of the Midland & Great Northern Railways Joint Committee & Its Constituents
Author: Nigel J. L. Digby
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Midland Railway
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Midland Railway
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Midland and Great Northern Railway References
Author: Locomotive News and Railway Notes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Locomotives of the M & GN
Author: Alan M. Wells
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Locomotives, Tank
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Locomotives, Tank
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Evidence Before Lords Committees for Privileges and Before the House &c
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The Railway Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Reports from Committees
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description