Great Central Railway

The Great Central Railway (GCR) of England was created in 1897 when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name. In 1899, the GCR opened its London Extension to a new terminus at Marylebone station.

On 1 January 1923, the company became part of the London and North Eastern Railway under the Railways Act 1921.

Great Central Railway Media

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  Marylebone station frontage

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  The last train at Rugby Central on 3 May 1969

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  No. 506 Butler-Henderson, the sole surviving GCR Class 11F locomotive

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  No. 63601, the sole surviving GCR Class 8K locomotive

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  GCR O4 63601 at Doncaster Works

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  Butler-Henderson

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  MSLR 3rd No. 1076 (26515835710)

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  The oldest surviving GCR coach, clerestory 1663 awaits a future as an operational one at Ruddington in early July 2011.

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  GCR 1663 Brake Composite Lavatory

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  Built in 1905, this coach formed the end of many GCR and LNER suburban trains (of which three other suburban coaches of GCR origin survive). It was preserved in 2004 by the Great Central Railway and placed on a stronger underframe of an LMS brake coach. It is now awaiting a major restoration. The numbers are theorized to be No.575, 580, 585, 590 or 592.