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	Grand Junction Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Grand Junction Railway (GJR) was an early railway company in the United Kingdom which existed between 1833 and 1846.
		In 1845 the GJR merged with the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, and consolidated its position by buying the North Union Railway in association with the Manchester and Leeds Railway.
		The GJR was very profitable, paying dividends of at least 10% from its opening and having a final capital value of over £5.75 million when it merged with the London and Birmingham Railway and Manchester and Birmingham Railway companies to became part of the London and North Western Railway in 1846.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Junction_Railway (315 words)

	Open Directory - Reference: Encyclopedias: Subject Encyclopedias: Spartacus Educational: Railways in the 19th Century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		L and M Railway Company - Was 31 miles long and consisted of a double line of rails of the fish-bellied type and laid on stone or timber sleepers.
		Midland Railway - Formed by George Hudson with amalgamation of the York and North Midland, Midland Counties, North Midland Railway, and the Birmingham and Derby.
		Was a branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
	dmoz.org /Reference/Encyclopedias/Subject_Encyclopedias/Spartacus_Educational/Railways_in_the_19th_Century (2643 words)

	London and Birmingham Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The London and Birmingham Railway (LandBR) was an early railway company in the United Kingdom from 1833 until 1846, at which date it became a constituent part of the London and North Western Railway.
		The railway line that the company built and owned between London and Birmingham was, when it opened in 1838, one of the first intercity railway lines in the world and the first railway line to be built into London.
		The idea of building a railway line from London to Birmingham had been mooted as early as 1823 when a company was formed by John Rennie to build such a line.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/London_and_Birmingham_Railway (623 words)

	Grand Junction Railway -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Grand Junction Railway (GJR) was an early railway company in the (A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland) United Kingdom which existed between 1833 and 1846.
		The line built by the company was one of the first (Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system) railway lines to be built in (A division of the United Kingdom) England, and arguably the world's first long-distance railway.
		In 1845 the GJR merged with the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, and consolidated its position by buying the (Click link for more info and facts about North Union Railway) North Union Railway in association with the (Click link for more info and facts about Manchester and Leeds Railway) Manchester and Leeds Railway.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/grand_junction_railway.htm (202 words)

	Railway
		The Glasgow to Ayrshire Railway, extending to 40 miles, was opened in 1840, Dalry to Kilmarnock, 11 miles, in 1843, Kilmarnock to Auchinleck, 14 miles, in 1848; Auchinleck to Closeburn, 32 miles, in 1850, Closeburn to Dumfries, 12 miles, in 1849, and Dumfries to Gretna, 24 miles, in 1848.
		The railway from Dumfries to Castle-Douglas traverses one of the most picturesque parts of Kirkcudbrightshire, and one of the most notable structures in the nineteen miles is the Goldielea Viaduct, which, in respect of height, workmanship, and picturesque surroundings, compares favourably with either the Carronbridge Viaduct or the noted bridge at Ballochmyle in Ayrshire.
		The Cairn Valley Railway was opened in 1905, and the traffic still continuing to expand, even the present large accommodation has become cramped, and for some time excavations have been proceeding at the north end of the Station with a view to the shunting lines being extended in the near future.
	www.buittle.org.uk /railway.htm (3470 words)

	London and North Western Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was formed in 1846 by the merger of three railway companies - the Grand Junction Railway, London and Birmingham and Manchester and Birmingham.
		It was known as the 'Premier Line' - though disputed by many it may be thought that it deserved this title as the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the first passenger railway in the world, was one of its ancestors (through its merger with the Grand Junction Railway).
		The LNWR formed a major constituent of the London, Midland and Scottish (LMS) railway when the railways of Great Britain were merged in the grouping of 1923.
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/London_and_North_Western_Railway (341 words)

	Historical overview
		Railways were gradually becoming more formalized: the Surrey Ironway was a typical example, of such increasing organization, but a seminal development was the instigation of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825.
		Simmons tends to overplay the importance of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
		The Great Western Railway (see MacDermott's history) could have been considered with the London and Birmingham and the Great North of England Railway, but it cannot as it was eccentric in the extreme, and was constructed in such a way that interface with these others was greatly inhibited.
	www.steamindex.com /histover.htm (4172 words)

	Canada - Transport And Communication
		The prospectus estimated the cost of the construction of the consolidated railways, including the Victoria Bridge, at £9,500,000, of which it was proposed to raise practically one-half, £4,635,200 by debentures, and the remainder, £4,864,800, by share capital, on which it was estimated a dividend of 11 f- per cent.
		The railway was originally constructed as a single-track line, and continued as such, with the exception of a few small sections, until the year 1888, when the increase of traffic rendered it necessary that the main line between Montreal and Toronto should be doubled.
		The foregoing is a brief history of this first great railway undertaking in Canada from its inception as a line of railway 964 miles in length with an estimated capital required of £8,500,000, to a line of railway, including controlled lines, of 5,230 miles, with a capital of over £92,000,000.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles32n/canada-1.shtml (1154 words)

	Grand Junction Railway
		Newton Junction at the centre of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to
		Railway to use as a basis for a route to Ireland via Holyhead.
		the London and Birmingham Railway and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
	www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk /articles/railways/GJR.htm (898 words)

	Grand Junction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Eventually the Memphis and Charleston became Southern Railroad and the Mississippi Central became the Illinois Central.
		As the railways prospered, the need arose for accommodations to shelter passengers stopping over in town as well as those changing trains.
		Besides Norfolk Southern's railway, both Highways 57 and 18 cross at Grand Junction and Highway 72 is within ten minutes providing easy accessibility to travelers as well as businesses.
	www.hardemancotn.org /grand.html (278 words)

	Curzon Street Station
		The Grand Junction Railway was technically the first to reach Birmingham with a temporary terminus at Duddeston.
		A year later the Grand Junction Railway also completed their line into the city centre with the construction of a terminus on Curzon Street too.
		We have now moved back onto Curzon Street and are looking along it towards the Grand Junction Railway's station site the remains of which are evident in the surviving wall running alongside the parked cars on the opposite side of the road beyond the gateway and billboard.
	www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk /Stations/curzon_street.php (726 words)

	West Coast Postal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		When the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was opened, in September, 1830, it was realised that the new mode of transport could be used with advantage for carrying mails, and on November 11 of that year the first dispatch of mails by train was made between these two northern cities.
		The basis of payment by the Post Office to the railways is a census of the actual number of bags carried in one test week, when every bag is specially weighed, and a total weight for the week, with the total mileage covered, is thus obtained.
		And so, in the carrying of His Majesty's mails by the railways, as in all other railway operations, speed is the factor that counts, and it will be agreed that no stone has been left unturned to expedite mail-handling to the utmost possible degree.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r049.html (3054 words)

	Victorian Railways
		In 1833 the Grand Junction Railway was established.
		The Grand Junction Railway was over eighty-two miles long and linked Birmingham with the Liverpool and Manchester line.
		The Liverpool and Manchester railway was opened on 15th September 1830, and it was 31 miles long.
	www.ourwardfamily.com /victorian_railways.htm (1369 words)

	Grand Junction Railway
		The Grand Junction gained its Act on the same day in 1833 as its southern neighbour, the London and Birmingham Railway, but because of a comparative lack of heavy engineering works, it attracted far less attention, even though it was opened first, in 1837, thus becoming Europe's first trunk line.
		Seeing itself as part of a grand design for a railway from London to Scotland, the GJR supported the North Union Railway, which took the line onto Preston, and invested in the Lancaster and Carlisle and Caledonian Railways.
		After the Grand Junction reneged on an agreement by which it had persuaded the MBR to take its line to Crewe instead, the MBR found a ready supporter in the LBR.
	www.trackbed.com /companies/g/company_gjr.htm (512 words)

	The Railways in the West Midlands
		The London and Birmingham Railway, the Grand Junction Railway and the Derby Junction Railway all had their own agenda and interests at heart.
		The London and Birmingham Railway company and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway were followed by the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway making a total of four railway companies now operating into central Birmingham.
		The terminus at Euston which was equally as grand as that of Birmingham was demolished by British Rail in 1962.
	www.birminghamuk.com /railways.htm (551 words)

	Grand Junction Railway: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Grand Junction Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Grand Junction Railway was one of the first railway lines to be built in England.
		Authorised by Parliament in 1833, it opened for business on July 4, 1837, running for 82 miles from Birmingham through Wolverhampton, Stafford, Crewe, and Warrington before joining the Liverpool and Manchester Railway at Newton Junction.
		The GJR was very profitable, paying dividends of at least 10% from its opening and having a final capital value of over £5.75 million when it became part of the London and North Western Railway in 1846.
	www.encyclopedian.com /gr/Grand-Junction-Railway.html (212 words)

	A Walk around Warrington and the Manchester Ship Canal
		Since the railways had previously crossed the river only slightly above water level they had to be diverted over considerable distances in order to reach the desired height without resorting to excessive gradients.
		This stone built bridge carried the Grand Junction (subsequently London and North Western) Railway from Warrington to Birmingham across the river Mersey and the Runcorn and Latchford Canal.
		Railway Deviation No.3 carries the former L.N.W.R. Stockport to Warrington and Liverpool line which was authorised as the Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway by an act of 3 July 1851.
	www.frankshackleton.supanet.com /~frankshackleton/warringtonwalk/warringtonwalk.htm (2061 words)

	The Ultimate Earlestown station - American History Information Guide and Reference
		The first steam railway, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, was opened in 1830, and in 1831 the Warrington and Newton Railway was opened.
		The junction had very tight curvature and this caused problems - instructions were issued on the maximum speed at which trains could go from one line to another.
		When the Grand Junction Railway joined the Liverpool and Manchester line via the Warrington and Newton line in 1837, the "Curve" was built at Newton Junction so that trains could run towards Manchester; this gave the station 6 platforms.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Earlestown_station (198 words)

	Thomas Brassey (1805-1870) - Pioneers of Steam Locomotion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A railway contractor, was born and educated in Cheshire and articled to a land surveyor at the age of 16.
		Other works were the Grand Trunk Railway in Canada, the Crimean Railway, with Peto and Betts, Australian railways, Argentine railways, several Indian railways, and Moldavian railways.
		Brassey was remarkable for his punctuality and thoroughness in his contracts, his power of mental calculation, skill in organisation, ability to delegate responsibility to his subordinates, and for humane treatment of navvies working under him.
	www.geocities.com /steampioneer/frame/TBrassey.html (162 words)

	Grand Trunk Constituents
		Under the subsidiary Grand Trunk Pacific, the GTR was the chosen instrument of this expansion.
		Madoc Jct on GJR to Madoc and Eldorado
		Hamilton and Northwestern Railway as Northern and Northwestern Railway
	www.railwaybob.com /Constituents/GTRConstituents.htm (631 words)

	the story of stafford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The railway arrived at the county town of Staffordshire with the opening of the Grand Junction Railway (GJR) main line from Birmingham, northwards to Newton near Warrington, on 4 July 1837.
		The GJR (which had absorbed the LandM) and the LandB, together with the Manchester and Birmingham Railway (which incidentally, despite its title only built the line from Manchester to Crewe, and this opened in August 1842) amalgamated to form the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) by Act of 16 July 1846.
		The GJR and later the LNWR had been quite indifferent to providing goods facilities at Norton Bridge, pointing out to the inhabitants of nearby Eccleshall that, as the station was in a cutting, it would be difficult and expensive.
	www.hobbynews.co.uk /pages/article1.htm (1555 words)

	The Grand Canyon Of Arizona: How To See It: CHAPTER II. On The Grand Canyon Railway To El Tovar
		The promoter of the mines and railway was "Bucky" O'Neill, a prominent Arizona citizen, at one time mayor of Prescott, who became world-famous by his tragic death during the charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill.
		Crossing it, four miles from Williams, the railway enters a belt of cedars and junipers, passes Red Lake,--a volcanic sink-hole, which, at rare intervals, is filled with water.
		A few miles further on, the railway enters a country of pine and juniper, a stately prelude to the majesties and grandeurs of the Kohonino (Coconino) Forest.
	www.public-domain-content.com /books/grand_canyon/2.shtml (1594 words)

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