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The North Eastern Railway from Stockton and Darlington to the ECML
Mon 19th May @ 19:30 - 22:30
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Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall which will also be available on Zoom as a Hybrid Meeting.
The history of the NER was made-up of several earlier and smaller individual railways. The Tanfield Railway, originally a wagonway dating from as early as 1725, the iconic Stockton and Darlington Railway, the Clarence Railway, Stanhope & Tyne Railway, Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, the Leeds & Selby and more, made the ultimate NER and the first East Coast Main Line.
The contribution of the latterly-discredited George Hudson, The Railway King, with was his foresight and ambition led to the establishment of that first route. All of the many changes from the first to the current East Coast main line via Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle to connect with the North British Railway at Berwick-on-Tweed are illustrated.
The NER also set the standard for early electrification, a standard initially adopted by BR, this too is illustrated.