We currently have over 600 items in our archive!
We are really pleased that you have found us and we hope that you will like what you see.
As one of the principal players in the seismic changes to industrial Victorian Britain in the mid-19th- century, the Great Northern Railway has an incredible history to discover that involves everything from the evolution and innovation of all aspects of mechanical and civil engineering (from class-leading locomotive and rolling-stock designs or track-layouts and buildings) to the development of the large corporation, its role in a changing society, nationally renowned business leaders and engineers and the legacy it left to subsequent generations of railways and society as a whole. Along the way, there was innovation, intrigue, and dastardly dealings as well as national records, first appearances, heroes, and villains.
The Great Northern Railway Society (GNRS) is a diverse group of enthusiasts who all have a passion for the GNR in some way. Although a huge amount is already known about the GNR, there is still an untapped gold mine for the budding or established historian, the railway modeler, the steam enthusiast, and anyone else interested in 19th-century industrial history.
While some parts of this website will be open to all inquirers, we would also like to welcome and encourage you to consider joining the GNRS to get the full benefit of membership. We are anticipating some continuing developments and improvements to this website over the coming months, and we hope that you will bear with us while improvements and enhancements are made to it. Our members’ only magazine comes out bi-monthly with articles from members on a wide range of GNR-related topics. Our archive continues to develop and build with a vast amount of data still being loaded onto our online archive and we are continuing to develop other social media strategies to meet everyone’s needs
We welcome any constructive comments and please let me know your thoughts.
Tim Leffler
GNRS Chairman
chairman@gnrsociety.com
July 2024
The Society has a policy at all times of adding Great Northern Railway paper or photograph material to its extensive archive. This is in the process of being transferred to the City of Doncaster Archives – an apt location given the strong connection the railway company has with the city. Our archive is available to view by members of the public free of charge.
If you feel that you would like to assist out efforts to add relevant material to our archive you can do so here.
At the same time, Society members frequently assist members of the public to further their research into the Grear Northern Railway, whatever their area of research. Society members are all volunteers and freely give their time and efforts.
If you have taken advantage of this service and would like to express your gratitude for such work, please take the opportunity to make a donation here.
Thank you!
The Gresley Society, founded in 1963 to honour the life and works of Sir Nigel Gresley, is delighted to announce the return to traffic of Gresley class N2 No. 1744, Sir Nigel Gresley’s oldest surviving locomotive, on the North Norfolk Railway. The official launch and rededication ceremony took place today at Sheringham Station, marking the successful completion of an extensive eight year overhaul.
For more information, see the news article on the Gresley Society website
