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M&GNJR MISCELLANY

Included here are pictures of the old Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway that are not really about locomotives - coaches, wagons, stations, engine sheds, bridges, etc. These pictures are published for pleasure/information/research purposes only and are not for sale or copy under any circumstances. Information in captions has been researched as thoroughly as possible but its accuracy cannot be guaranteed.
A few thoughts on the tickets - at the bottom centre of some is a four digit number, 2554 in the case of Hillington. This an LNER station identification code, denoting the point of origin but not the destination. On the M&GN, the stations were numbered alphabetically, starting with Attlebridge, 2530, and ending with Yarmouth Beach, 2594. This would suggest that tickets with these number are post-1923 whereas those without would predate that. The destination is printed under this number or left blank to be handwritten. I presume that these outward portions were returned to the station of origin or to regional headquarters for accounting purposes and the code numbers enabled staff to sort them more quickly and accurately. I might add that this is all purely guesswork as I have been unable to find any evidence to support this idea.
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NORTH DROVE - Opened in August 1866 by the Spalding & Bourne Railway, North Drove Station really was in the middle of nowhere, the nearest, very small village being Pode Hole, about half a mile away. The station closed to all traffic in September 1958 and this shot a an Ivatt Class 4MT 2-6-0 on a Bourne train is probably from about that time. Although provision has been made for a passing loop, none was ever built and the small wooden shelter was the only passenger accommodation provided.
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NORTH DROVE - Opened in August 1866 by the Spalding & Bourne Railway, North Drove Station really was in the middle of nowhere, the nearest, very small village being Pode Hole, about half a mile away. The station closed to all traffic in September 1958 and this shot a an Ivatt Class 4MT 2-6-0 on a Bourne train is probably from about that time. Although provision has been made for a passing loop, none was ever built and the small wooden shelter was the only passenger accommodation provided.

  • MUNDESLEY ON SEA - Opened in July 1898 on the North Walsham - Cromer branch, it became a terminus in April 1953 when the line to Cromer closed. It was a quite a grand station, reflecting the M&GN's hopes that Mundesley could be developed as major seaside resort, dreams sadly not to recognised. The line from North Walsham outlived much of the rest of the system, closing to passengers in October 1964 and completely by the year's end. Here we see the station in it's heyday, with barely a soul in sight, and probably 4-4-0T No.9A in the platform with a couple of coaches for North Walsham.
  • MUNDESLEY ON SEA - Opened in July 1898 on the North Walsham - Cromer branch, it became a terminus in April 1953 when the line to Cromer closed. It was a quite a grand station, reflecting the M&GN's hopes that Mundesley could be developed as major seaside resort, dreams sadly not to recognised. The line from North Walsham outlived much of the rest of the system, closing to passengers in October 1964 and completely by the year's end. Seen here in March 1963 looking south with closure imminent.
  • MUNDESLEY ON SEA - Opened in July 1898 on the North Walsham - Cromer branch, it became a terminus in April 1953 when the line to Cromer closed. It was a quite a grand station, reflecting the M&GN's hopes that Mundesley could be developed as major seaside resort, dreams sadly not to recognised. The line from North Walsham outlived much of the rest of the system, closing to passengers in October 1964 and completely by the year's end. Seen here in March 1963 with closure imminent.
  • MURROW - Just west of Murrow West signalbox, on the trackbed of the M&GN line to Peterborough, sits Patrick's salvage yard. I can confirm that this is the signalbox from Horsemoor, just east of March, and that these are the original signals erected to signal the new curve built to link to the GN/GE line to March in 1960. Seen here on 05/07/17.
  • MURROW - Murrow M&GN signalbox and the level crossing, looking south towards Guyhirn. The M&GN station is just out of view to the right. Note that none of the roads are metalled.
  • MURROW - Opened in August 1866 by the Peterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Bridge Railway, Murrow is seen here on the last day of operations in February 1959. Murrow had the distinction of having two stations, unconnected, on different lines and a flat crossing, a real rarity in Britain.
  • NORFOLK & SUFFOLK JOINT COMMITTEE - LUGGAGE LABEL - DERBY MIDLAND - via Bourne & Saxby - print date March 1913.
  • NORFOLK & SUFFOLK JOINT COMMITTEE - LUGGAGE LABEL - NOTTINGHAM MIDLAND - via Bourne & Saxby - print date March 1913.
  • NORFOLK & SUFFOLK JOINT COMMITTEE LUGGAGE/PARCEL LABEL - NORWICH THORPE - I presume this would have been forwarded from Yarmouth Vauxhall - print date 05/22.
  • NORFOLK & SUFFOLK JOINT COMMITTEE TICKET - GORLESTON-ON-SEA - Platform Ticket, price 1d.
  • NORFOLK & SUFFOLK JOINT COMMITTEE TICKET - GORLESTON-ON-SEA - Third Class Privilege Return to Corton - dated July 1st, 1964. Third class had disappeared from British Railways in 1956!
  • NORFOLK & SUFFOLK JOINT COMMITTEE TICKET - LOWESTOFT NORTH - Third Class Military Service Single to Blank Destination.
  • NORFOLK & SUFFOLK JOINT COMMITTEE TICKET - MUNDESLEY-ON-SEA - Third Class Furlough Single to Norwich Thorpe, via North Walsham - issued on January 12th, 1942, by which time both railways had ceased to exist for 6 years!
  • NORTH DROVE - Opened in August 1866 by the Spalding & Bourne Railway, North Drove Station really was in the middle of nowhere, the nearest, very small village being Pode Hole, about half a mile away. The station closed to all traffic in September 1958 and this shot a an Ivatt Class 4MT 2-6-0 on a Bourne train is probably from about that time. Although provision has been made for a passing loop, none was ever built and the small wooden shelter was the only passenger accommodation provided.
  • NORTH DROVE - What remains of North Drove Station. The goods shed and the weighbridge hut, looking west. Note the original edging stones for the loading docks and the telegraph pole is the same one as in the 1950's picture. Seen here on 29/06/17.
  • NORTH DROVE - What remains of North Drove Station. The station building and the platforms have disappeared but the wooden goods shed and the weighbridge hut remain. Seen here looking north on 29/06/17.
  • NORTH WALSHAM - LNER-pattern pressed steel upper quadrant signal with calling on arm for the crossover.
  • NORTH WALSHAM - The platform is crowded with supporters of North Walsham Town FC as they wait for the arrival of their special train to an important away match. The loco is a Class A engine, possibly No.28, posing I think for it's picture to be taken - note crew on the engine.
  • NORTH WALSHAM TOWN - Opened in June 1881 by the Yarmouth & North Norfolk Railway on the line from Yarmouth Beach to Melton Constable, it was also the terminus of the branch to Mundesley and Cromer. It closed in February 1959 but stayed open for freight until January 1966. Note the footbridge, a style typical to M&GN stations.
  • NORTH WALSHAM TOWN - Opened in June 1881 by the Yarmouth & North Norfolk Railway on the line from Yarmouth Beach to Melton Constable, it was also the terminus of the branch to Mundesley and Cromer. It closed in February 1959 but stayed open for freight until January 1966. Note the footbridge, a style typical to M&GN stations.
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