Author: R. J. Adderson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780904062595
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Norfolk's Railways 1927-1966
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!
Niccum V. Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Cumulative Title Index to United States Public Documents, 1789-1976
Author: Sandra K. Faull
Publisher: Arlington, Va. : United States Historical Documents Institute
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Publisher: Arlington, Va. : United States Historical Documents Institute
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Railway Age
Railroads of Pennsylvania
Author: Lorett Treese
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811748871
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Regional histories of the great railroads and relics of rail culture.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811748871
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Regional histories of the great railroads and relics of rail culture.
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Norfolk and Western Railway Company V. Lafayette Cooperative Elevator Company
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Author: Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Fitch Bond Book
Author: Fitch Investors Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bonds
Languages : en
Pages : 2678
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bonds
Languages : en
Pages : 2678
Book Description