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LNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection

LNER began operating on 1st January 1923 amalgamating seven major railways: Great Eastern Railway, Great Central Railway, Great Northern Railway, Great North of Scotland Railway, Hull and Barnsley Railway, North British Railway, & North Eastern Railway (NER)

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Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Handing Over Beer

Handing Over Beer
May 1926: Volunteer enginemen exchange greetings and beer on changing over duties at Kings Cross LNER railway station in London, during the General Strike of 1926. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Silver Link

Silver Link, the new LNER streamlined engine, at Kings Cross Station in London, September 1935. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Marylebone Station

Marylebone Station
June 1921: The interior of Marylebone station in London which belongs to the Great Central Railway. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Silver Link Locomotive

Silver Link Locomotive
The new LNER Class A4 2509 Silver Link steam locomotive, 16th September 1935. The streamlined locomotive will pull the Silver Jubilee express between London and Newcastle

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Express train engine London and North-Western Railway - Illustrated News

Express train engine London and North-Western Railway - Illustrated News
" Scanned directly from The Illustrated London News, Saturday December 18, 1852.The magnificent new engines now worked on the London

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Sorting van of the London and North Western Railway, 1892

Sorting van of the London and North Western Railway, 1892
Vintage engraving of workers of a sorting van of the London and North Western Railway, 1892

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: North Easten Railway Factory

North Easten Railway Factory
Carriage building shop of the North Easten Railway Factory, 1892

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Engine In Station

Engine In Station
June 1929: A steam engine on the LNER (London and North-Eastern Railway). (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Spit And Polish

Spit And Polish
Workmen giving the LNER Pacific engine Pretty Polly a good polish. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: LNER Buffet

LNER Buffet
June 1929: A worker filtering water on the London North Eastern Railways. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: LNER Works

LNER Works
A London and North-East Railway bridge under construction at Northallerton in Yorkshire

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Train Spotted

Train Spotted
August 1923: A mirror helps the signalman looking down the old Great Eastern line from Stratford Central station. The view from the signalbox was obscured by the waiting room roof and chimney stacks

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Volunteer Guards

Volunteer Guards
May 1926: Booking out volunteer guards to trains at Kings Cross LNER railway station in London, during the General Strike of 1926. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Testing Buffers

Testing Buffers
17th October 1928: One of the new Lincolnshire Type steam engines bought by the London North-Eastern Railway (LNER) being used to test buffers at Kings Cross Station, London

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: LNER Locomotive

LNER Locomotive
June 1929: The London North Eastern Railways Gresley A1 locomotive Sansovino at Kings Cross Station, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Giant Locomotives

Giant Locomotives
A row of LNER streamlined locomotives belch out smoke at a London railway station, where they are to be tested out. From the left, they are Dominion of New Zealand, Golden Shuttle, Empire of India

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Compound goods side tank engine, 1892

Compound goods side tank engine, 1892
Vintage engraving of a Compound goods side tank engine of the North eastern railway, 1892

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Scarborough

Scarborough
Day trippers travelling to Falling Foss head the queue of cars waiting in charabancs at the North Eastern Railway station in Scarborough, north Yorkshire. (Photo by Alfred Hind Robinson/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Tank Train

Tank Train
Cruiser Tank MK IV tanks being transported by rail somewhere on the LNER network. Such trains had right of way and passenger services were often disrupted to make way for them

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Signal Office

Signal Office
6th May 1927: German students on a tour of the LNER in Manchester are shown where the lines electrical signalling is controlled from. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: NER Railcar

NER Railcar
July 1925: The No 2105 petrol-driven North Eastern Railway autocar, built in 1923 and designed to carry 40 passengers. The railcar is fitted with a Westinghouse brake

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Water Main

Water Main
25th February 1928: The LNER marshalling yard at March, Cambridgeshire, with men laying a water main for the water crane. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Starting Up

Starting Up
21st April 1926: A fireman on a locomotive watches as a miniature petrol driven locomotive is started by means of a force pump into the engine

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Farm Train

Farm Train
21st April 1926: Loading wagons at an LNER siding from a miniature petrol driven locomotive on a light gauge railway. This has brought farm produce direct from the fields

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Aquitania Rudder By Rail

Aquitania Rudder By Rail
A 54-ton rudder for the Cunard liner Aquitania, carried from Darlington by a special LNER (London and North Eastern Railway) train, joins the main line at Eaglescliffe railway station

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Ingot Mould On Wagon

Ingot Mould On Wagon
An ingot mould about to leave Sheffield on a London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) goods train, bound for Openshaw in Manchester, 2nd November 1928

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Ingot Mould Between Wagons

Ingot Mould Between Wagons
A 91-ton ingot mould loaded on a specially constructed sling between two wagons, outside the Armstrong Whitworth works in Openshaw, Manchester, 24th May 1927

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Garratt Locomotive

Garratt Locomotive
A London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Garratt steam locomotive is shown to members of the press and public, July 1925. (Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: LNER Ticket Office

LNER Ticket Office
31st December 1935: Clerks selling tickets at the new London and North-Eastern Railway booking office at York Station. (Photo by Martin/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Harwich Track

Harwich Track
A new LNER track at Parkeston Quay, near Harwich, Essex

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Big Boiler

Big Boiler
Four men moving a 30 ton boiler which was delivered to the LNER railway laundry at Colchester

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Steam Locomotives

Steam Locomotives
30th November 1937: London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) streamlined locomotives during a performance test at London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Steam Locomotive

Steam Locomotive
One of the locomotives used on the East Coast Main Line on display at the Old and New unique meeting on LNER track at Stevenage

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Technology, Transportation, Railways, Trains, Locomotives, Steam, LNER Mallard, British

Technology, Transportation, Railways, Trains, Locomotives, Steam, LNER Mallard, British, 1930s, Blue, English, Gresley Class A4, Old Fashioned, Railroad History, Wheels, White Background, Nobody

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Steam Train

Steam Train
June 1929: A steam express train on the LNER (London and North-Eastern Railway) travelling in the country. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: First Class Travel

First Class Travel
27th January 1930: Passengers listen to a radio gramophone on a LNER train carraige. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Race To Scotland; Imperial Airways Bi-plane, the City of Glasgow, flying over

Race To Scotland; Imperial Airways Bi-plane, the City of Glasgow, flying over
16th June 1928: Imperial Airways bi-plane, the City of Glasgow, flying over the River Tweed at Berwick during a race to Scotland against the LNER Pacific class steam locomotive The Flying Scotsman

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Steam Train In Snow

Steam Train In Snow
A London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) steam locomotive hauling a passenger train 1938. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Tennant express steam train

Tennant express steam train
Vintage engraving of a Tennant express steam train of the North Eastern Railway. 1892

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: LNER Mallard, blue locomotive, side view

LNER Mallard, blue locomotive, side view

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Full Time Footplate

Full Time Footplate
3rd January 1927: A LNER driver and fireman at work in the cab of their locomotive at Stratford Repair Shop after a period of staff working short time. (Photo by H. F)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Railway Cleaner

Railway Cleaner
26th October 1907: A man sweeping a Great Central Railway carriage, at Marylebone. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Locomotive

Locomotive
1914: An electric locomotive from the London and North Eastern Railway. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Goods Guard

Goods Guard
26th October 1907: A guard standing at the end of a goods train in the Great Central Railway goods yard. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Ticket Office

Ticket Office
1909: The Great Northern Railway General Receiving Office on Oxford Street, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Quay Station

Quay Station
6th October 1938: A new soundproofed and air-conditioned London and North Eastern Railway train at a quayside station in Harwich, Essex. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: LNER Express

LNER Express
May 1925: An London and North Eastern Railway express locomotve passing a signal point. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection: Silver Link

Silver Link
14th September 1935: Silver Link, the new LNER streamlined express train. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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