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Sacre-designed 2-4-0 No. 169BLinks to other websites with content primarily relating to the Great Central Railway (1897-1923) and the present G.C.R. in operation on the preserved mainline in the midlands may be found listed below. If you know of further links that would form a suitable addition to these listings then please submit these via the contact page, or via the e-mail link at the bottom of this page.

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All links to other websites are arranged in descending alphabetical order.


"Ferny Bridge", Leicester viaduct

"[Ferns] are as much a part of steam railway history as their viaducts, bridges and walls". Ecology of the Leicester viaduct...

Chiltern Railways

Train operating company using the truncated G.C.R. route out of Marylebone.

Chris Ward's Annesley Motive Power Site

Packed full of photographs from the 50s & 60s of this ex GCr depot in its last years with B.R. Some great sound recordings as well.

Dukinfield Wagon Works

Dukinfield (G.C.R.) Carriage and Wagon Works.

Gladstone: Opening speech - Hawarden Bridge

Gladstone's speech addressing Edward Watkin and others on the opening of the Hawarden swing-bridge (River Dee), 3rd August 1889.

Going Loco!

The Great Central Railway in Leicestershire, by John Neave.

Gorton Tank

Gorton (G.C.R.) Locomotive Works Openshaw, Manchester.

Great Central Railway

Great Central Railway based at Loughborough.

Great Central Railway (Link) Ltd.

Company formed specifically to deal with bridging 'the Gap' re-opening part of the London Extension in Loughborough, required to join the southern and northern preserved sections.

Great Central Railway Society

Historical society of the G.C.R.

Great Central Today

Extensive survey of the current state of the G.C.R. London Extension.

Great Central Yahoo Group

Group for discussion and news of the G.C.R.


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G.C. Innovations

Safety-first:  anti-telescoping buffers and interlocking devices, introduced in 1915 by the G.C.R. were a pioneering safety feature on British trains.

Anti-telescoping device (1915)

Although adding 2 tons to the tare weight of each coach, and becoming standard on the company's passenger stock, these innovative devices were never tested in a real collision.

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