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{{Short description|British pre-grouping railway company (1897–1922)}}
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The '''Great Central Railway''' in [[England]] was formed when the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]] changed its name in 1897, anticipating the opening in 1899 of its [[Great Central Main Line|London Extension]].<ref name="Simpson">{{cite book |last=Simpson |first=Bill |date=2007 |title=The Great Central Railway: London Extension Between Marylebone and Rugby |publisher=Lamplight Publications |isbn=9781899246175}}</ref> On 1 January 1923, the company was [[Railways Act 1921|grouped]] into the [[London and North Eastern Railway]].

==History==
===New name===
On assuming its new title, the Great Central Railway had a main line from [[Manchester London Road Station]] via {{stnlnk|Penistone}}, [[Sheffield Victoria railway station|Sheffield Victoria]], {{stnlnk|Brigg}} and [[Grimsby Town railway station|Grimsby]] to {{stnlnk|Cleethorpes}}. A second line left the line at Penistone and served {{stnlnk|Barnsley}}, {{stnlnk|Doncaster}} and [[Scunthorpe railway station|Scunthorpe]], before rejoining the Grimsby line at {{stnlnk|Barnetby}}. Other lines linked Sheffield to Barnsley (via {{stnlnk|Chapeltown}}) and Doncaster (via [[Rotherham Central railway station|Rotherham]]) and also {{stnlnk|Lincoln}} and Wrawby Junction. Branch lines in north Lincolnshire ran to [[Barton-upon-Humber]] and [[New Holland, North Lincolnshire|New Holland]] and served ironstone quarries in the Scunthorpe area. In the Manchester area, lines ran to [[Stalybridge]] and [[Glossop]].

In the 1890s, the MS&LR began constructing its Derbyshire lines,<ref name="Leleux">{{cite book |last=Leleux |first=Robin |date=1976 |title=A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Volume 9 The East Midlands |publisher=David & Charles. Newton Abbot |isbn=0715371657}}</ref>{{rp|128}} the first part of its push southwards. Leaving its east–west main line at Woodhouse Junction, some 5½ miles south-east of Sheffield, the line headed towards Nottingham, a golden opportunity to tap into colliery traffic in the north of the county before reaching the city. A loop line was built to serve its station in [[Chesterfield Central railway station|Chesterfield]].<ref name="Leleux"/>{{rp|152}}

====Coat of arms====
The Great Central Railway was the first railway granted a [[coat of arms]]. It was granted on 25 February 1898 by the [[Garter King of Arms|Garter]], [[Clarenceux King of Arms|Clarenceux]] and [[Norroy King of Arms|Norroy]] Kings of Arms as:
<blockquote>[[Argent]] on a [[Cross (heraldry)|cross]] [[gules]] voided of the field between two wings in chief [[Sable (heraldry)|sable]] and as many daggers erect, in base of the second, in the [[Fess Point|fesse point]] a [[Morion (helmet)|morion]] winged of the third, on a [[Chief (heraldry)|chief]] also of the second a [[Pale (heraldry)|pale]] of the first thereon eight arrows [[saltire]]wise banded also of the third, between on the [[Dexter (heraldry)|dexter]] side three [[bendlet]]s enhanced and on the sinister a fleur de lis or. And for the Crest on a Wreath of the Colours A representation of the front of a locomotive engine between two wings Or as the same are in the margin hereof more plainly depicted to be borne and used for ever hereafter by the said Corporation of the Great Central Railway Company on seals, shields, banners or otherwise according to the Laws of Arms.</blockquote>
The design included elements representing [[Manchester]] (''gules ... three bendlets enhanced ... or''); [[Sheffield]] (''eight arrows saltirewise banded''); [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]] (''gules ... a fleur de lis or''); [[Leicester]] (''two wings''); and [[City of London|London]] (''Argent ... a cross gules ... daggers erect''). Also represented was [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]] (''a morion winged [sable]''). It was used on locomotives and coaches.<ref name=Dow297>{{Dow-GC2 |pages=297–8, frontispiece }}</ref>

The [[London and North Eastern Railway]] and the [[British Transport Commission]], successors of the GCR, were granted arms of their own incorporating the GCR motto ''Forward''.<ref name=Dow297 />

[[Great Central Railway (heritage railway)|The Great Central Railway (1976) Company Limited]] applied to the College of Arms as the successors to British Transport Commission (Loughborough to Birstall Light Railway) for permission to utilise the coat of arms of the GCR. A new design incorporating the same armorial components, updated in the modern style was proposed, but was rejected in favour of the original.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}

===The "London extension"===
{{main|Great Central Main Line}}
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| short_title           = Great Central Railway Act 1897
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| long_title            = An Act to enable the Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company to make new Railways to confer further powers upon that Company the Cheshire Lines Committee and the North Wales and Liverpool Railway Committee to make further provision with reference to a Joint Station at Nottingham with the Great Northern Railway Company to alter the name of the Company to provide for the conversion of the Company's Ordinary Stock and for other purposes.
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The MS&LR obtained an [[act of Parliament (UK)|act of Parliament]], the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Act 1893]] ([[56 & 57 Vict.]] c. lxxix), giving approval for its [[Great Central Main Line|extension to London]].<ref name="Leleux"/>{{rp|32}} On 1 August 1897, the railway's name was changed to  '''Great Central Railway''' by the '''{{visible anchor|Great Central Railway Act 1897}}''' ([[60 & 61 Vict.]] c. liv). Building work started in 1895, and the new line, 92 miles (147&nbsp;km) in length, opened for coal traffic on 25 July 1898, for passenger traffic on 15 March 1899,<ref name="Leleux"/>{{rp|132}} and for goods traffic on 11 April 1899.<ref name="Simpson"/> It was designed for high-speed running throughout.

It is a commonly held myth that the nomenclature for the direction of travel on the new line was the opposite of standard UK railway practice, in that trains travelling to London were referred to as "down" trains, and those travelling away from the capital as "up" trains. It is supposed that it was a result of the GCR's headquarters at the time being in Manchester. The [[Milestone#Railway mileposts|mileposts]] on the Great Central did start at zero at [[Manchester Piccadilly station|Manchester London Road]] and increase down the main line via [[Woodhead line|Woodhead]], [[Sheffield Victoria railway station|Sheffield Victoria]], [[Woodhouse railway station|Woodhouse]], and then down the London Extension to [[Marylebone station|Marylebone]], 205 route miles from Manchester.

However, official documents dated 21 July 1898, detailing the method of working of mineral trains on the London Extension (used to help consolidate the new earthworks before passenger traffic began in March 1899), clearly show that the direction of travel on the new line was conventional – up to London, down to Annesley.  Furthermore, contemporary descriptions in newspapers of the trains running on the new line are explicit that up trains ran to London and down trains away from it. That made the Great Central unusual amongst British railways in that its down trains went towards its "milepost zero" and up trains went away from it, but the convention of up and down trains in relation to London was retained.

[[File:Marylebone station 01.jpg|thumb|Marylebone station frontage]]

The new line was built from [[Annesley]] in [[Nottinghamshire]] to join the [[Metropolitan Railway]] (MetR) extension to [[Quainton Road railway station|Quainton Road]], where the line became joint MetR/GCR owned (after 1903), and returned to GCR tracks at Canfield Place, near [[Finchley Road tube station|Finchley Road]], for the final section to {{stnlnk|Marylebone}}. In 1903, new rails were laid parallel to the Metropolitan Railway from Harrow to the junction north of Finchley Road, enabling more traffic to use Marylebone.

===Later history===
In 1902, the company introduced an express service from Bournemouth and Southampton to York and Newcastle upon Tyne.<ref name="FHSCH"/> A year later, it began a through running express from Dover and Folkestone to Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Huddersfield, Halifax, Bradford and Manchester, avoiding London and opening up the South Coast to the Midlands and the North. The route from Banbury to Reading was over [[Great Western Railway|Great Western]] track and from there it traversed South Eastern Railway track via Aldershot and Guildford to Redhill and on to Folkestone and Dover.<ref name="FHSCH"/>
 
At the same time, the Great Central was gaining a reputation for fast services to and from London. In May 1903, the company promoted its services as ''Rapid Travel in Luxury'',<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Great Central Railway Rapid Travel in Luxury |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000335/19030522/112/0004 |newspaper=Surrey Mirror |location=British Newspaper Archive |date=22 May 1903 |access-date=23 July 2016 |via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref> and ''Sheffield without a stop'', adopted on 1 July 1903,<ref name="SDT">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Great Central Railway Summer Express Train Service. Vestibuled Breakfast Car Train Sheffield to London without a Stop. Commencing 1 July 1903. |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/19030625/126/0004 |newspaper=Sheffield Daily Telegraph |location=British Newspaper Archive |date=25 June 1903 |access-date=23 July 2016 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref> became a trademark for the company, with {{convert|163.75|mi|km}} run in three hours, an average of nearly {{convert|55|mph|km/h}}.<ref name="FHSCH">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Railway Enterprise. Important move by the Great Central Railway. |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000776/19031107/066/0004 |newspaper=Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald |location=British Newspaper Archive |date=7 November 1903 |access-date=23 July 2016 |via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref> [[Slip coach]]es were provided for passengers for Leicester and Nottingham.<ref name="SDT"/>

On 2 April 1906, an "[[Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway|alternative main line]]" route from [[Grendon Underwood]] Junction near Aylesbury to Neasden in north-west London opened.<ref name="Leleux"/>{{rp|33}} The line was joint GCR/[[Great Western Railway|GWR]] between [[Ashendon Junction]] and [[South Ruislip railway station|Northolt Junction]]. It was built to increase traffic on the GCR by overcoming capacity constraints on the Metropolitan extension and as a result of disagreements between the MetR and GCR after the resignation of [[Edward Watkin|Sir Edward Watkin]] due to poor health. By the time the line was built, the companies had settled their differences.

On 1 January 1923, under the terms of the [[Railways Act 1921]],<ref name="act">{{citation| url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/11-12/55/enacted |publisher=HMSO |date=19 August 1921 |title=Railways Act 1921}}</ref> the GCR amalgamated with several other railways to create the [[London and North Eastern Railway]].

The GCR line was the last complete mainline railway to be built in Britain until section one of [[High Speed 1]] opened in 2003 and was also one of the shortest-lived [[Inter-city rail|intercity]] railway lines. Yet in its early years, its steam-hauled Sheffield expresses were the fastest in the country.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ellis |first=Cuthbert Hamilton |date=1947 |title=The Trains We Loved |publisher=Allen }}</ref>
[[File:Last train at Rugby Central-2304622.jpg|thumb|The last train at Rugby Central on 3 May 1969]]

==Closure==
The express services from London to destinations beyond Nottingham were withdrawn in 1960.<ref name="Leleux"/>{{rp|34}} The line was closed to passenger trains between Aylesbury and Rugby on 3 September 1966.<ref name="Leleux"/>{{rp|34}} A diesel multiple-unit service ran between {{rws|Rugby Central}} and {{rws|Nottingham Arkwright Street}} until withdrawal on 3 May 1969.

=== Line retention ===
Since 1996, [[Chiltern Railways]] has used the Great Central lines south of Aylesbury for local services into London, including the alternative route south of Haddenham and widened lines south of Neasden for its intercity main line from Birmingham to London. In 2008, in a scheme partly funded by the [[Department for Transport]], about three miles of line north of Aylesbury as far as {{rws|Aylesbury Vale Parkway}} was brought back into passenger use. None of these lines are currently electrified.

Work started in 2019 on developing [[East West Rail]], which will extend passenger services north of Aylesbury Vale Parkway through {{rws|Quainton Road}} to meet a renewed {{rws|Bicester Village}} to {{rws|Bletchley}} section of the old '[[Varsity Line]]' just beyond the site of the [[Calvert railway station|former Great Central station]] at [[Calvert, Buckinghamshire|Calvert]]. Services are expected to start in the mid-2020s.

==Acquisitions==
*The [[Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway]] (LD&ECR) opened in 1897, to link the coalfields with deep-water ports, and was intended to run from [[Sutton-on-Sea]] in [[Lincolnshire]] to [[Warrington]] in [[Lancashire]]. In the event only the section between Pyewipe Junction, near [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]] and [[Chesterfield Market Place railway station|Chesterfield Market Place station]] and some branch lines were built. It was purchased by the GCR on 1 January 1907,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kingscott |first1=Geoffrey |title=Lost Railways of Derbyshire |year=2007 |publisher=Countryside Books |location=Newbury |page=132|isbn=978-1-84674-042-8 }}</ref> to provide a better link between the London main line and the east coast.
*[[Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway]] was purchased 1 January 1905.
*[[North Wales and Liverpool Railway]] was acquired at the same time.
*[[Wigan Junction Railways|''Wigan Junction Railway'']] was bought on 1 January 1906, as was the [[Liverpool, St Helens & South Lancashire Railway|Liverpool, St Helens and South Lancashire Railway]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Sweeney |first=Dennis J |title=The St. Helens and Wigan Junction Railway |year=2014 |publisher=Triangle Publishing |location=Leigh |isbn=978-0-85361-292-6 }}</ref>
*[[North Lindsey Light Railway]] [[Scunthorpe]] to [[Whitton, North Lincolnshire|Whitton]] opened throughout on 1 December 1910 and was worked by the GCR. It carried passengers, although its main freight was ironstone.

==Joint working==
Apart from the three branches in the Liverpool area, the GCR lines in the north of England were all east of Manchester but GCR trains could run from coast to coast by means of joint working with other railways. The largest of those utilized in this way were those under the [[Cheshire Lines Committee]]: the other participants were the [[Midland Railway]] and the [[Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)|Great Northern Railway]], taking in both Liverpool and [[Southport]]. Other joint undertakings were (west to east):
*[[Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway]] (GCR/LNWR)
*[[Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway]] (GCR/LNWR)
*''[[Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway]]'' (GCR/NSR); including its [[Hayfield, Derbyshire|Hayfield]] branch
*[[South Yorkshire Joint Railway]] (GCR, GNR, [[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]], MR and [[North Eastern Railway (UK)|North Eastern Railway]])
*[[Sheffield District Railway]](GCR and MidR)
*''[[West Riding and Grimsby Railway|West Riding and Grimsby Joint Railway]]'' (GCR/GNR) - giving access to [[Wakefield]] and thence to [[Leeds]]
*[[Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint Railway]] - opened 1916 for freight traffic only.

There were also joint lines in the south:
*[[Aylesbury railway station|Aylesbury Station Joint Committee]]
*[[Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway]]<ref name="Dow">{{cite book |last=Dow |first=George |year=1965 |title=Great Central, Volume Three: Fay Sets the Pace, 1900–1922 |location=Shepperton |publisher=[[Ian Allan Publishing|Ian Allan]] |isbn=0-7110-0263-0 |authorlink=George Dow }}</ref>
**Banbury Junction Railway
*[[Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Reed |first=Albin J. |title=The Met & GC Line An Observer's Notes, 1948–1968 |publisher=Avon Books |year=1997 }}</ref>
**Watford Joint Railway

==Key officers==
For those in position before 1899, dates are as served for the MS&LR.

===General Managers===
*1886–1902 [[Sir William Pollitt]] (knighted 1899)
*1902–1922 [[Sam Fay|Sir Samuel Fay]]<ref name="Dow"/>{{rp|348}} (knighted 1912)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28632 |date=2 August 1912 |page=5722 }}</ref>

===Locomotive Engineer===
*1894–1900 [[Harry Pollitt (engineer)|Harry Pollitt]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Marshall |first=John |author-link=John Marshall (railway historian) |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers |year=1978 |publisher=[[David & Charles]] |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-7153-7489-3 }}</ref>{{rp|173}}
*1900–1902 [[John G. Robinson|John George Robinson]]<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The directors of the Great Central Railway have decided to combine the offices of locomotive and carriage and waggon superintendent, and have, from the 1st inst., placed both departments under the control of Mr. John G. Robinson, who has hitherto held the position of locomotive engineer to the company |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000206/19020505/100/0010
 |newspaper=Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser |location=British Newspaper Archive |date=5 May 1902 |access-date=23 July 2016 |via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref>

===Chief Mechanical Engineer===
*1902–1922 [[John G. Robinson|John George Robinson]], for whom the post was created

==GCR locomotives==
[[File:Hugh llewelyn 506 (6961065414).jpg|thumb|No. 506 ''Butler-Henderson'', the sole surviving [[GCR Class 11F]] locomotive]]
[[File:63601 at Leicester North (1).jpg|thumb|No. 63601, the sole surviving [[GCR Class 8K]] locomotive]]
These could generally be divided into those intended for passenger work, especially those used on the London Extension and those for the heavy freight work.<ref name="Baxter">{{cite book |last=Baxter |first=Bertram |year=1988 |title=British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, volume 5B: Great Northern Railway and Great Central Railway |location=Ashbourne, Derbyshire |publisher=Moorland Publishing |isbn=0-903485-86-9 |editor-last=Baxter |editor-first=David }}</ref>

*See [[Locomotives of the Great Central Railway]]

===Pollitt's locomotives===
Taken over from the MS&LR, mainly of class F2, 2-4-2 tank locomotives, and also classes D5 and D6 4-4-0 locomotives.<ref name="Baxter"/>

===Robinson locomotives===
During Robinson's tenure, many of the larger express passenger engines came into being:<ref name="Baxter"/>
*Classes B1-B9: 4-6-0 tender locomotives
*Classes C4/5: 4-4-2 tender locomotives
*Classes [[GCR Class 11F|D9-11]]: 4-4-0 tender locomotives
*Class J13: 0-6-0T
*Classes L1/L3: 2-6-4T
*Classes [[GCR Class 8K|O4/5]]: 2-8-0, heavy freight locos, including [[Railway Operating Division|ROD]] engines
*[[GCR Class 8A]] (LNER Class Q4) 0-8-0 heavy freight locomotive
*[[GCR Class 8H]] (LNER Class S1) [[0-8-4T]] used at [[Wath marshalling yard]]

====Preserved locomotives====
Only two GCR locomotives are preserved:
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
! Image !! GCR No. !! GCR Class !! Type !! Manufacturer !! Serial No. !! Date !! Notes
|-
| [[File:GCR O4 63601 at Doncaster Works.JPG|center|100px]] || 102 || [[GCR Class 8K|8K Class]] || [[2-8-0]] || [[Gorton locomotive works|GCR Gorton]] || || January<br>1912 || align=left | At the [[Great Central Railway (preserved)|Great Central Railway]]
|-
| [[File:Butler-Henderson_(7074605287).jpg|center|100px]] || 506 || [[GCR Class 11F|11F Class]] || [[4-4-0]] || [[Gorton locomotive works|GCR Gorton]] || || January<br>1920 || align=left | On static display at [[Barrow Hill Roundhouse]]
|-
|}

In 2019 there were plans to build a replica steam locomotive - a [[GCR Class 2]] {{whyte|4-4-0}} (known as the LNER D7 Class) Numbered 567 at [[Nottingham Heritage Railway|Ruddington]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gcr567loco.co.uk/|title=gcr567|website=The GCR 567 Locomotive Group|access-date=November 10, 2019}}</ref>

==Rolling stock==
===Coaching stock===
The following GCR coaches are preserved.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Number & Name
! Description
! History & Current Status
! Livery
! Owner(s)
! Date
! Photograph
|-
|No. 946<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3496|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415132328/http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3496|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 April 2022|title=MSLR 946 Six-wheel 5-compartment Third (for MSJAR) built 1888|website=www.cs.rhrp.org.uk}}</ref>
|[[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway|MSLR]] six-wheel 5 compartment Third
|Fully restored after a very long restoration. Usually on display in the Mountsorrel Museum.
|GCR Chocolate and Cream 
|GCR Rolling Stock Trust
|1888
|~
|-
|No. 373<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=878|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415132328/http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=878|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 April 2022|title=MSLR 373 Six-wheel Third built 1889|website=www.cs.rhrp.org.uk}}</ref>
|[[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway|MSLR]] six-wheel Third
|Awaiting extensive restoration, the body has been dismantled and flatpacked.
|N/A
|GCR Rolling Stock Trust
|1889
|~
|-
|No. 1076
|6-wheel third
|Built by [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway|MSLR]] for MSJAR. Operational, restored as an open saloon. 
|GCR chocolate & cream.
|[[Buckinghamshire Railway Centre]]
|1890
|[[File:MSLR 3rd No. 1076 (26515835710).jpg|180px]]
|-
|No. 1663<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=824|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415132019/http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=824|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 April 2022|title=GCR 1663 Clerestory Composite Brake Lavatory (Body only) built 1903}}</ref>
|Robinson Clerestory lavatory brake composite
|Only the body survives though being the oldest surviving Great Central carriage this is unsurprising. The body is mounted on the underframe of an ex. LMS BG, which has now become its permanent rolling chassis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gcr-rollingstocktrust.co.uk/news_output.asp?id=239&checkSource=stock |title=Clerestory GCR 1663 successfully moved to its chassis |accessdate=2011-04-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003140534/http://www.gcr-rollingstocktrust.co.uk/news_output.asp?id=239&checkSource=stock |archivedate=3 October 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|N/A.
|GCR Rolling Stock Trust.
|1903
|[[File:NottinghamTransportHeritageCentre1663.JPG|150px]] 
[[File:GCR 1663 Brake Composite Lavatory.png|150px]]
|-

|No. 5~~<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=4838|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415132329/http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=4838|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 April 2022|title=GCR five-compartment Suburban Brake Third (body only) built 1905|website=www.cs.rhrp.org.uk}}</ref>
|Robinson Suburban brake third
|Body survives in good hands but it will require a new underframe and serious restoration work to return to service.
|N/A.
|GCR Rolling Stock Trust.
|1905
|[[File:GCR Suburban Brake body.png|150px]]
|-
|No. 793<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=822|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415132021/http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=822|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 April 2022|title=GCR 793 eight-compartment Suburban Third built 1905|website=www.cs.rhrp.org.uk}}</ref>
|Robinson Suburban third
|At present the only Great Central coach on the south section. In store at [[Swithland Sidings]] with a cosmetically restored body, which should prevent further deterioration.
|GCR chocolate & cream.
|[[Great Central Railway (heritage railway)#Great Central Railway PLC|Great Central Railway Plc]].
|1905
|~
|-
|No. 799<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=821|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415132022/http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=821|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 April 2022|title=GCR 799 eight-compartment Suburban Third built 1905|website=www.cs.rhrp.org.uk}}</ref>
|Robinson Suburban third
|Awaiting major restoration which will require a lot of new bodywork to be manufactured.
|N/A.
|GCR Rolling Stock Trust.
|1905
|~
|-
|No. 228<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=816|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130120730/http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=816|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 January 2023|title=GCR 228 'Barnum' Third Open built 1910|website=www.cs.rhrp.org.uk}}</ref>
|'Barnum' open third
|Undergoing restoration at Ruddington. It will be converted into a first class [[bar car]] in due course.
|N/A.
|GCR Rolling Stock Trust.
|1910
|[[File:NottinghamTransportHeritageCentre228.JPG|150px]]
|-
|No. 664<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=818|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127034552/http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=818|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 January 2021|title=GCR 664 'Barnum' Third Open built 1910|website=www.cs.rhrp.org.uk}}</ref>
|'Barnum' open third
|Will be restored when more accommodation has been built. It is intended to convert it into a [[dining car]].
|Varnished teak.
|GCR Rolling Stock Trust.
|1910
|[[File:GCR Barnum Open Third TO No.664 (9396550796).jpg|150px]]
|-
|No. 666<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=819|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415132021/http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=819|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 April 2022|title=GCR 666 'Barnum' Third Open built 1910|website=www.cs.rhrp.org.uk}}</ref>
|'Barnum' open third
|Sheeted up as protection from the elements. It will be restored when more accommodation has been built and 664 has been completed. It is intended to convert it into a [[dining car]].
|N/A.
|[[National Railway Museum]].
|1910
|[[File:NottinghamTransportHeritageCentre666.JPG|150px]]
|-
|No. 695<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=820|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415132327/http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=820|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 April 2022|title=GCR 695 'Barnum' Brake Third Open built 1911|website=www.cs.rhrp.org.uk}}</ref>
|'Barnum' open brake third
|Awaiting restoration, which is planned to incorporate a kitchen where the brake end used to be, so it will complement the rest of the Barnum set.
|N/A.
|GCR Rolling Stock Trust.
|1911
|[[File:GCR 695 Brake Third Open.png|x150px|center]]
|-
|No. 652 
|Suburban Brake Third 
|Built in 1916. Arrived at Quainton in 1997. Restoration started while on display inside museum, doors are inside the carriage with GCR numbering and lettering.
|N/A.
|[[Buckinghamshire Railway Centre]]
|1916
|[[File:GCR 652 brake third.jpg|180px]]
|}

===Goods wagons and freight stock===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Number
!Type
!Builder
!Diagram and lot no. 
!Built
!Location
|-
| 
| Single bolster 
| Birmingham, [[Metro-Cammell]] 
| 
| 1920 
| [[Shildon Locomotion Museum|Shildon]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co207724/great-central-railway-single-bolster-railway-wagon|title=Great Central Railway single bolster &#124; Science Museum Group Collection|access-date=14 September 2022|archive-date=24 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624115350/https://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co207724/great-central-railway-single-bolster-railway-wagon|url-status=dead}}</ref> (available for transfer out of the collection 2020)<ref name=Transfer20>{{cite web|title=Objects Available for Transfer (June–August 2020)|publisher=Science Museum Group|url=https://www.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/SMG-transfers-advert-June-August-2020.pdf|accessdate=12 June 2021|archive-date=4 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304195002/https://www.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/SMG-transfers-advert-June-August-2020.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|}

===Cranes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Original company 
! Number 
! Type 
! Status/Notes
! Location
|-
|[[Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway|M&GCJR]]
|1 
|4-wheel Hand Crane 
|Built in 1914. Only M&GCJR-owned rail vehicle. Being restored.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/m&gcjc.htm|title=Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Stockbook}}</ref> The original match wagon is not usable right now{{When|date=October 2019}}, so an LMS wagon underframe is in its place. 
|[[Buckinghamshire Railway Centre]]
|}

==Major stations==
*[[Marylebone station|London Marylebone]]
*[[Manchester Piccadilly station|Manchester London Road]]
*{{stnlnk|Nottingham Victoria}}
*{{stnlnk|Sheffield Victoria}}
*{{stnlnk|Leicester Central}}
*{{stnlnk|Rugby Central}}

==Wath marshalling yard==

{{main|Wath marshalling yard}}

The marshalling yard at [[Wath-upon-Dearne]] opened in November 1907.<ref name="GCR Trust">{{cite web | title = Wath concentration yard & the "Wath Daisies" | publisher = GCR Rolling Stock Trust | url = http://www.gcr-rollingstocktrust.co.uk/articles_output.asp?id=8&checkSource=sitemap | access-date = 2008-03-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071025055143/http://www.gcr-rollingstocktrust.co.uk/articles_output.asp?id=8&checkSource=sitemap | archive-date = 25 October 2007 | url-status = dead }}</ref> It was designed to cope with coal trains, full and empty; it was worked with electro-pneumatic signalling.

==Accidents and incidents==
:{{main|Penistone rail accidents}}
*On 30 March 1889, an excursion train was derailed at [[Penistone]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]] due to a failure of an axle on the locomotive hauling it. A mail train ran into the wreckage at low speed. One person was killed and 61 were injured.<ref name=Earnshaw7>{{cite book |last=Earnshaw |first=Alan |title=Trains in Trouble: Vol. 7 |year=1991 |publisher=Atlantic Books |location=Penryn |isbn=0-906899-50-8 |page=7 }}</ref>
*On 17 November 1899, GCR goods guard, Charles Harry Bennion was stationed at [[Staveley Town railway station|Staveley Town Railway station, Derbyshire]]. At approximately 08.30 am his goods train from [[Staveley, Derbyshire|Staveley]] to [[Frodingham, Lincolnshire|Frodingham]] was working through the thick fog when it hit two [[Light engine|‘light engines’]] due to a 'signalling error'. Charles’ injuries were fatal and he died instantly.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sistig |first=Bekah |date=2024-04-15 |title=Goods guards – the dangers of signallers’ errors |url=https://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/goods-guards-the-dangers-of-signallers-errors/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=Railway Work, Life & Death |language=en-US}}</ref>
*On 23 December 1904, an express passenger train was derailed at {{rws|Aylesbury}}, [[Buckinghamshire]] due to excessive speed on a curve. Another express passenger train ran into the wreckage at low speed. Four people were killed.<ref name=Trevena2>{{cite book |last=Trevena |first=Arthur |title=Trains in Trouble: Vol. 2. |year=1981 |publisher=Atlantic Books |location=Redruth |isbn=0-906899-03-6 |page=22 }}</ref>
*On 2 February 1908, the driver of a freight train sneezed, his head collided with that of his fireman, knocking both of them out. Due to excessive speed, a van in the train derailed approaching {{rws|Notton and Royston}} station, [[West Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]] and the train overran signals there. It derailed completely at {{rws|Ryhill}}.<ref name=Earnshaw8>{{cite book |last=Earnshaw |first=Alan |title=Trains in Trouble: Vol. 8 |year=1993 |publisher=Atlantic Books |location=Penryn |isbn=0-906899-52-4 |pages=5–6 }}</ref> 
*On 13 December 1911, a freight train ran away and was derailed at {{rws|Wombwell Central}} station, [[West Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]]. Both locomotive crew were killed.<ref name=Earnshaw8/>
*About 1913, a coal train was derailed at Torside, [[Derbyshire]]. The crew of the locomotive may have been overcome by fumes in the [[Woodhead Tunnel]].<ref name=Trevenna>{{cite book |last=Trevena |first=Arthur |title=Trains in Trouble: Vol. 1 |year=1980 |publisher=Atlantic Books |location=Redruth |isbn=0-906899-01-X |page=25 }}</ref>

==Docks==
===Grimsby docks===
[[Grimsby]], dubbed the "largest fishing port in the world" in the early 20th century, owed its prosperity to the ownership by the GCR and its forebear, the MS&LR. Coal and timber were among its biggest cargoes. The port had two main docks: the ''Alexandra Dock'' (named for [[Queen Alexandra]]) and the ''Royal Dock'' which was completed in 1852, linked by the Union Dock. The total area of docks was 104.25 acres (42 ha).

===Immingham Dock===
{{main|Immingham Dock}}

Completed in 1912, this dock covered {{convert|71|acre}} and was mainly concerned with the movement of coal. On 22 July 2012, the docks held an open day to celebrate 100 years of operation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-18944067|title=Immingham port's first public open day marks 100 years|date=22 July 2012|work=BBC News|accessdate=11 December 2022}}</ref>

===Ships===
The Great Central Railway operated a number of ships.

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!scope="col" |Ship
!scope="col" |Launched
!scope="col" |Tonnage<br>(GRT)
!scope="col" |Notes and references
|-
|{{SS|Accrington|1910|6}}
|1910
|1,629
|Built in 1910 by [[Earle's Shipbuilding]] in Hull. Sold to Clayton and Davie Limited.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{SS|Ashton|1884|6}}
|1884
|1,007
|Built in 1884 by E. Withy and Company, Hartlepool for the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]]. Sold to Cadeby Steam Ship Company in 1916.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{SS|Barton|1891|6}}
|1891
|123
|A tug built in 1891 by Hepple and Company for the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]]. Based at Grimsby Docks. Scrapped in 1936.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{SS|Blackburn|1910|6}}
|1910
|1,634
|Built in 1910 by [[Earle's Shipbuilding]] in Hull. Sank in a collision with ''Rook'' off the Norfolk coast in December 1910.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{PS|Brocklesby|1912|6}}
|1912
|508
|Built by [[Earle's Shipbuilding]] in Hull for the New Holland to Hull ferry service. Sold in 1935 to the Redcliffe Shipping Company and renamed ''Highland Queen''. Scrapped in 1936.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{SS|Bury|1911|6}}
|1911
|1,634
|Built in 1910 by [[Earle's Shipbuilding]] in Hull. Scrapped in 1958.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{SS|Chester|1884|6}}
|1884
|1,010
|Built in 1884 by E. Withy and Company, Hartlepool for the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]]. Sunk in the River Elbe in September 1910.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{SS|Chesterfield|1913|6}}
|1913
|1,013
|Built in 1913 by [[Swan Hunter]]. Lost in 1918.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{PS|Cleethorpes|1903|6}}
|1903
|302
|Built by Gourlay Brothers of Dundee for the New Holland to Hull ferry service. Sold around 1934 to the Redcliffe Shipping Company and renamed ''Cruising Queen''. Scrapped shortly afterwards.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{SS|City of Bradford|1903|6}}
|1903
|1,341
| With City of Leeds, these were the first new ships ordered by the Great Central Railway. Built by [[Earle's Shipbuilding]] in Hull. Passed to the LNER in 1923 and [[Associated Humber Lines]] in 1935.<ref name=Duckworth>{{cite book |last1=Duckworth |first1=Christian Leslie Dyce |last2=Langmuir |first2=Graham Easton |date=1968 |title=Railway and other Steamers |language=en |location=Prescot, Lancashire |publisher= T. Stephenson and Sons }}</ref> but found to be surplus to requirements. Sold in 1936 to the Near East Shipping Co, London and renamed ''Hanne''. The vessel was bombed and sunk off Malta in February 1942.<ref>{{cite book|last=Haws|first=Duncan |title=Merchant Fleets - Britain's Railway Steamers - Eastern & North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena |year=1993|publisher=TCL Publications|location=Hereford|isbn=0-946378-22-3}}</ref>
|-
|{{SS|City of Leeds|1903|6}}
|1903
|1,341
|With City of Bradford, these were the first new ships ordered by the Great Central Railway. Built by [[Earle's Shipbuilding]] in Hull. Passed to the LNER in 1923 and [[Associated Humber Lines]] in 1935. Scrapped in 1937<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{SS|Dewsbury|1910|6}}
|1910
|1,631
|Built in 1910 by [[Earle's Shipbuilding]] in Hull. Scrapped in 1959.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{PS|Grimsby|1888|6}}
|1888
|351
|Built in 1888 by [[Earle's Shipbuilding]] in Hull for the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]]. Commissioned for the New Holland to Hull ferry service. Scrapped in 1923.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{SS|Huddersfield|1872|6}}
|1872
|221
|Built in 1872 by J Elder of Fairfield. Wrecked in 1903.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{SS|Immingham|1906|6}}
|1906
|2,009
|Built in 1906 by Swan Hunter in Newcastle. Sunk on war service in 1916.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{PS|Killingholme|1912|6}}
|1912
|508
|Built by [[Earle's Shipbuilding]] in Hull for the New Holland to Hull ferry service. Withdrawn in 1934.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{SS|Leicester|1891|6}}
|1891
|1,002
|Built by [[Earle's Shipbuilding]] in Hull. A war loss in 1916.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{SS|Lincoln|1883|6}}
|1883
|1,075
|Built in 1883 by [[Earle's Shipbuilding]] in Hull for the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]]. Sold in 1914 to Greek owners and renamed ''Elikon''.<ref name=Duckworth/> Sunk on 2 February 1917.
|-
|{{SS|Lutterworth|1891|6}}
|1891
|1,002
|Built by [[Earle's Shipbuilding]] of Hull for the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]]. Entered service from [[Grimsby]] to [[Hamburg]]. Acquired by LNER in 1923. Served until 1932 when she sold to [[British and Irish Steam Packet Company]] and was scrapped the following year.<ref name=Haws>{{cite book |last=Haws |first=Duncan |year=1993 |title=Britain's Railway Steamers – Eastern and North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena |series=Merchant Fleets |volume=25 |location=Hereford |publisher=TCL Publications |isbn=0-946378-22-3 }}</ref>
|-
|{{SS|Macclesfield|1914|6}}
|1914
|1,018
| Built in 1914 by [[Swan Hunter]]. Transferred into [[Associated Humber Lines]]. Scrapped in 1958.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{PS|Manchester|1876|6}}
|1876
|221
|Built in 1876 by the Goole Engineering and Shipbuilding Company for the Humber Ferry Service. Scrapped in 1914.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{SS|Marple|1888|6}}
|1888
|104
|Built in 1888 by [[Earle's Shipbuilding]] in Hull for the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]]. Used as a tug and tender in Grimsby and Immingham. Transferred to the LNER in 1923. Sold to the Tees Towing Company in 1947.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{SS|Marylebone|1906|6}}
|1906
|2,074
|Built in 1906 by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. Sold in 1932 to the Tramp Shipping Development Company. Renamed ''Velos'', ''Arafat'', and ''Velos''. Scrapped in Italy in 1938.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{SS|Northenden|1886|6}}
|1886
|843
|Built in 1886 by [[Swan Hunter]] in Newcastle for the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]]. Sold to Progress Company of West Hartlepool in 1909.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{SS|Nottingham|1891|6}}
|1891
|1,033
|Built by [[Swan Hunter]] for the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]]. Entered service when delivered with her sisters ''Lutterworth'' and ''Staveley'' on the [[Grimsby]] - [[Hamburg]] route, but transferred to Grimsby - [[Rotterdam]] in 1897. The vessel served as a naval supply vessel between 1915 and 1918 and changed her name to ''HMS Notts''. Following refurbishment in 1919 she re-entered commercial service returning to her original name of ''Nottingham''. Acquired by LNER in 1923 and served until scrapped in 1935.<ref name=Haws/>
|-
|{{SS|Oldham|1888|6}}
|1888
|846
|Launched in 1888 and delivered in 1889 by [[Earle's Shipbuilding]] of Hull for the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]]. Used for the Grimsby to Esbjerg service. Sold to Greek owners in 1913 and renamed ''Eleftheria''.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{SS|Retford|1883|6}}
|1883
|951
|Built in 1883 by [[Earle's Shipbuilding]] in Hull for the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]]. Sold in 1910.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{SS|Sheffield|1877|6}}
|1877
|644
|Built in 1877 by J. Elder for the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]]. Sold in 1910 to Turkish owners and renamed ''Seyyar''.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{SS|Staveley|1891|6}}
|1891
|1,034
|Built by [[Swan Hunter]] at [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] for the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]]. Entered service with her sisters ''Nottingham'' and ''Lutterworth'' on the [[Grimsby]] - [[Hamburg]] route. Acquired by LNER in 1923 and continued in service until sold to the [[British and Irish Steam Packet Company]] in 1932. She was scrapped a year later by Thos.W.Ward at Preston.<ref name=Haws/>
|-
|{{SS|Stockport|1911|6}}
|1911
|1,637
|Built in 1910 by [[Earle's Shipbuilding]] in Hull. Sunk in February 1943.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{SS|Warrington|1886|6}}
|1886
|840
|Built in 1886 by [[Swan Hunter]] in Newcastle for the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]]. Ran aground on South Hasborough Sands in December 1903 and lost.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|-
|{{SS|Wrexham|1902|6}}
|1902
|1,414
|Built in 1902 as ''Nord II'', she was acquired by the Great Central Railway in 1905. Sunk on war service in 1919.<ref name=Duckworth/>
|}

== Immingham museum ==
Immingham museum, which portrays the role of the Great Central Railway in the building of the docks and construction of the local rail network is home to the Great Central Railway Society archive. The museum is located in the Civic Centre, Pelham Road, Immingham and is open from 1pm to 4pm, Wednesday to Saturday from March through to November.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vintagecoach.com/railway/roadim.htm|title=Immingham Museum|website=www.vintagecoach.com|access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gcrsociety.co.uk/Immmuseum.html|title=Immingham Museum|website=www.gcrsociety.co.uk|access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Edward Chapman (politician)|Edward Chapman]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Great Central Railway}}
*[http://www.lner.info/locos/ Lists of LNER locomotives, including those of the GCR taken over at grouping]
*[http://www.gcrsociety.co.uk Homepage of the Great Central Railway Society]
*[http://www.gcrailway.co.uk Homepage of the Great Central Railway (Leicestershire)]
*[https://archive.today/20121205134522/http://217.158.157.207/railways/GCRN/index.htm Homepage of the Great Central Railway (Nottingham)]
*[http://www.imminghammuseum.org/Homepage Homepage of Immingham Museum & Heritage Centre]{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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