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	Great Central Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Great Central Railway (GCR) was the latter day name of a railway company of the United Kingdom which earlier was known as the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MSandLR).
		The Great Central Railway was most famous for the former main line from London to Sheffield via the East Midlands often known as the London Extension which was closed down as part of the Beeching Axe in the 1960s (see below).
		In the 1923 Grouping the Great Central Railway was merged into the London and North Eastern Railway, which in 1948 was nationalised along with the rest of Britain's railway network.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Central_Railway (1699 words)

	Great Central Railway (preserved) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Great Central Railway (GCR) is a heritage railway in Leicestershire.
		In 1976 a shortage of funds saw a public limited company, the Great Central Railway (1976) plc formed with the intention of selling shares in the line, which would be bought by enthusiasts and former railwaymen, and thus generating revenue.
		- Great Central - Isle of Wight - Keighley - Kent and East Sussex - Kirklees - Lakeside and Haverthwaite - Lappa Valley - Launceston - Lavender - Leighton Buzzard - Lincolnshire Wolds - Lynton and Barnstaple - Mangapps Rly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Central_Steam_Railway (1282 words)

	Great Central Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This is about the historic company; see also about the present day preserved Great Central Steam Railway.
		This grouping gave the Railway an East-West main line linking Manchester through the giving it access to Lincolnshire and the North Sea.
		The new line, 92 miles (147km) in length, was built from in Nottinghamshire to join the existing Metropolitan Railway (MetR) Extension at where the line became joint MetR/GCR owned and returned to GCR metals at Harrow for the final section to Marylebone.
	www.butte-silverbow.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Manchester,_Sheffield_and_Lincolnshire_Railway (1568 words)

	Great Central Railway Rolling Stock Trust :: Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The intention is to restore vehicles in the Trust's posession for public use, and in the restoration process train and educate the next generations in their design, construction, maintenance and restoration as important components of our transport heritage.
		There is a crucial need for G.C.R. enthusiasts to come and help in the running of the Trust, to assist in the fund raising, to lead the restoration of the carriage stock with wood, steel and electrical working skills.
		There is an enormous amount to be achieved and great satisfaction to be had by being at the start of this exhilarating project.
	www.gcr-rollingstocktrust.co.uk (929 words)

	A railway walk
		When the Great Central was discarded, with it went a high quality route for freight and passenger trains between these places, that avoided the complexities and delays of Birmingham.
		To the north we were drawing close to a second meeting place for railways - Woodford Halse, where the company established extensive workshops and marshalling yards in a remote country location where land was cheap, the result being a small railway town of red brick terraces put down among the ironstone villages of Northamptonshire's uplands.
		In 1991 the Central Railway Group proposed a supergauge lorry on train freight link using the line, and this proposal, modified, is still being progressed after a defeat in parliament in 1996.
	www.users.zetnet.co.uk /leopold/mark/gcr (4038 words)

	VINTAGE BIKE THE GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This railway is one of the better railways and is well worth a vist.There are also stations on the line at Rothey and at Quorn and Woodhouse.
		The part of the railway which the present Great Central runs on was mainly double track with island platforms for the stations, a road bridge placed over the platforms gave access to the stations.
		The present railway station at Loughborough is a perfict example of Great Central statations at a small town and Quorn and Woodhouse and Rothey are examples of a small village station.
	homepages.tesco.net /~D.A.Y/greatcentral.html (430 words)

	Great Central Railway through Leicester
		As part of the, by then, nationalised British Railways (BR), the fortunes of the former Great Central Railway took a nose dive in the late 1950s when it was split between two regions of BR, the Midland and the Eastern regions.
		The Great Central Railway (Nottingham) Ltd. between the northern outskirts of Loughborough and Nottingham Heritage Centre (at Ruddington, to the south of Nottingham).
		These two railways are seperated only by a gap across the Midland Main Line of Britain’s main railway network, to the north of Loughborough Central station, where a bridge and embankment were demolished in the late 1970s.
	www.vintagecalculators.com /gcrleicester (1167 words)

	BBC Inside Out - The Great Central Railway
		The Great Central Railway began life as the Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&L), in itself an amalgamation of three smaller companies.
		Watkin was a man of great ambition and proposed the building of a Channel Tunnel in order to expand Manchester and Sheffield’s industries to European markets.
		In 1923 it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway and with Nationalisation in 1948, it became part of British Railways.
	bbc.co.uk /insideout/eastmidlands/series1/great-central-railway.shtml (350 words)

	Great Central Railway: Waterscape.com
		Railway travel offers countless pleasures, but best of all must be dining aboard a steam train.
		The Great Central Railway is a popular East Midlands tourist attraction, creating a lasting impression with over 100,000 visitors a year, both young and old.
		On The Great Central Railway we are happy to cater for vegetarians or other special dietary needs if prior notice is given.
	www.waterscape.com /servicesdirectory/Great_Central_Railway (746 words)

	Bridging The Gap (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		So, for the railway enthusiast the historian and anyone interested in an aspect of our past that was commonplace 40 years ago but has now almost vanished, this project offers the prospect of a truly unique experience.
		GCR plc and GCR(N) Ltd. feel that conditions are now right to press forward with a full and detailed assessment of the viability, design and costs of the physical link between the two presently separated lines.
		Great Central Railway (Link) Ltd. was formed for the specific role of Bridging the Gap, and it has been authorised by both railways to move ahead.
	www.bridgingthegap.org.uk (1835 words)

	The Helmdon Trail
		Until the opening, the nearest railway station would have been Brackley on the Buckingham Railway, opened in May 1850, with trains to Banbury and Bletchley with onward connections to London Euston from the latter.
		Work commenced in 1894 and involved several viaducts and much in the way of earthworks to keep a reasonable maximum gradient for the locomotives, enabling the climb to be no greater than '1 in 176' south of Nottingham except for a short stretch of half a mile at '1 in 140' at Leicester.
		There was great feasting at Brackley and a holiday was pronounced and although no records of any celebration can be found for Helmdon, no doubt many people would have gathered at the "Top" station to watch the first passenger trains pass.
	www.helmdon.com /trail/tier1/greatcentral.html (766 words)

	~: Great Central Hotel :~ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Great Central Railway, which is situated next to the Hotel, was one of the major rail networks connecting London and Scotland with Famous Steam trains such as the Flying Scotsman, Boscastle and the Sir Nigel Gresley.
		The Great Central is now the only Main Line Steam Trust in the UK and is a major tourist attraction adding to Englands Heritage.
		In the last 5 years the Great Central has had an injection of funds in excess of £400,000 to sympathetically restore it to its Victorian majesty whilst introducing important modern improvements.
	www.greatcentralhotel.co.uk (186 words)

	Great Central Railway on Almondnet
		Photographs along the route of the old Great Central Railway through Leicester showing its present state and the considerable remains.
		The Transport Archive is a superb site with lots more photographs of the Great Central Railway, including pictures from the world-famous Newton collection of its contruction, taken by S.W. Newton.
		Centre is the home of the preserved Great Central Railway in Nottinghamshire and is based in Ruddington...
	www.custom-built-stands.co.uk /stands/great_central_railway.html (479 words)

	The Great Central Hotel, Loughborough, Leicestershire
		As a result we are one of the busiest pubs in the area, which will appeal to customers who want a home from home rather than drinking in a typical hotel bar.
		The Hotel is adjacent to the Great Central Railway (winner of The Independent Railway of the Year, 1993), and from here the steam enthusiast can travel to Leicester behind such famous names as Sir Nigel Gresley, Boscastle, The Flying Scotsman and many more.
		The Great Central is situated off the A6 opposite the Loughborough Grammar School, approximately 10 minutes walk from the town centre, and the British Rail Station.
	www.smoothhound.co.uk /hotels/greatcen.html (452 words)

	Great Central Railway
		In 1893, the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway received the Royal Assent for the construction of the new mainline from Annesley, 12 miles north of Nottingham, to London Marylebone.
		However, the motor car began to have a serious effect on the railways in the 1950's and long stretches of the line were closed in 1966.
		What's more, the Great Central Railway was the first preserved railway to offer a regular dining service and has gained a superb reputation for the excellence of its culinary standards and service.
	www.gcrailway.co.uk /more/more.htm (512 words)

	Great Central Railway around Braunstone Gate, Leicester
		It was straightened out as a flood prevention scheme just before the Great Central was built at the end of the 19th centure, and was crossed by the Great Central at West Bridge.
		The preserved Great Central Railway would not like to see it destroyed and said that they could provide a home for at least the sides for possible future use if some one were to provide funding to move it to them.
		The diverted Great Central Way re-joins the trackbed just behind the photographer, but the path soon deviates to follow the bank of the Old River Soar before rejoining the trackbed.
	www.gcrleicester.info /Braunstone_Gate/braunstone_gate.html (892 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Leicestershire \| Railway worry over housing plan
		Mr Crew says the steam railway is a popular tourist attraction and has often been used as a film backdrop.
		The general manager says the noise and smoke from the railway might "create friction" between the new neighbours and the railway enthusiasts.
		The railway, located on the edge of the town of Loughborough, was recently awarded Grade II listed building status.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/england/leicestershire/4565927.stm (221 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Will the Channel Tunnel Rail Link restore our faith in the railways?
		The remarkable thing about the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Britain's first new mainline railway since the Great Central steamed into Marylebone in 1899, is that even now, as its engineering legions gird themselves to drive the final London leg home into St Pancras station, this immense project is very nearly a secret.
		For the last main line to arrive in London before the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, the Great Central Railway in 1899, the 91 miles of new track needed between Annesley in Nottinghamshire and Quainton Road in Buckinghamshire was budgeted to cost £3.1m [approximately £1.8bn today]; the final figure was not far off four times that.
		The great advantage with CTRL", argues Ian Jack, author of The Crash that Stopped Britain, an anatomy of the errors of rail privatisation that culminated in the fatal derailing of a London to Leeds express on October 17 2000, "is that it's an entirely new railway.
	www.guardian.co.uk /g2/story/0,3604,1493370,00.html (2929 words)

	NTHC :: Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		GCR mainline in Nottinghamshire, the Centre is host to a road and rail transport heritage vehicle collection, the Nottingham Society of Model and Experimental Engineers, a large model railway and the GCR Rolling Stock Trust.
		Ambitious plans are afoot to eventually reconnect the Centre and its section of main-line railway to the existing GCR based at Loughborough.
		GCR (Nottingham) Ltd is the main railway operating company responsible for all railway affairs at the Centre
	www.nthc.co.uk (494 words)

	71000 Duke Of Gloucester - The Real Life Fairytale
		After flawless performances on The Great Central Railway, 'The Duke' was brought up to main line running standards at Crewe and Didcot.
		In March 1990 a British Railways test run from Derby to Sheffield proved that the engine had been transformed into a Supersteamer, but this still had to be proved to the rest of the world.
		Ray Hatton, a former Crewe fireman stated quite bluntly that, in the old days, if he was rostered for 'The Duke' he would go sick rather than endure the ordeal of trying to raise steam.
	www.dukeofgloucester.co.uk (425 words)

	Daylesford Spa Country Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The DSCR is a railway museum specalising in railmotors and trolleys of the Victorian Railways.
		The DSCR is operated and maintained by The Central Highlands Tourist Railway.
		The Central Highlands Tourist Railway is registered in the Museum Accreditation Program.
	www.chtr.org.au (198 words)

	Railways Steam On! Great Central Railway
		The special attribute of this railway is that it is the only preserved steam line in the UK that is double tracked.
		The line boasts of over 20 steam and diesel locomotives and a very large selection of carriages, wagons and dining cars.
		Famous guest locomotives are also regular visitors to the railway.
	www.1-room.freeserve.co.uk /GreatCentral/gcr.htm (108 words)

	Great Central Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The name changed to Great Central in the 1890's as the company built its last great London Extension to its new terminus at Marylebone.
		The GCR handled the largest single flow of freight into London and as with most lines most money came from the freight operations.
		In the case of the GCR the disparity was marked with less than a quarter of its revenue coming from passengers and over a third from freight trains.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /gansg/00-app2/lner/gcr.htm (791 words)

	Railway and Station Clocks / Railway Watches restored by Ian P Lyman
		The time pieces illustrated are a small representative selection of those I have restored and sold that are now in museums, public and private collections, or preserved railways in the UK and overseas.
		Author of Railway Clocks (published in 2004 by Mayfield Books) dealing with the mechanical clocks used by the railway companies of England, Scotland & Wales - now available direct from the author.
		Railway and station clocks and watches purchased for cash and I will collect wherever possible.
	www.railwayclocks.co.uk (136 words)

	Demolition of the Great Central Railway around Leicester
		During the demolition of the part of the north viaduct between Northgate Street and the canal in 1982 the preserved Great Central Railway was given the opportunity of rescuing anything of use before it was crushed.
		The Great Central Hotel, on the right, had become the Van Damme Bar, but was now closed and boarded up and was later demolished too.
		To the left of centre is the abutment of the bridge over the river and to the left of it is the well known Pex building with the tower crane.
	www.vintagecalculators.com /gcrleicester/Old_Photographs/Demolition/demolition.html (662 words)

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