London and North Western Railway

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century the LNWR was the largest joint stock company in the world. The LNWR was formed in 1846 by a merger of the Grand Junction Railway, the London & Birmingham Railway and the Manchester & Birmingham Railway. The London terminus was at Euston railway station

In 1923, the LNWR became a part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) under the Railways Act 1921. In 1948, it became the London Midland Region of British Railways. The LNWR may be seen as an ancestor of today's West Coast Main Line.

London And North Western Railway Media

• LNWR & Caledonian Railway map.jpg

  Early 1900s map of the LNWR system and that of their Scottish partners, the Caledonian Railway (north of Carlisle) The thick black lines denote the lines of the two companies

• LNWR lodge Euston left detail.jpg

  LNWR's initials carved in Portland stone on one of Euston Station's entrance lodges

• Crewe-lnwr-works-c1890.jpg

  The erecting shop at the Crewe Locomotive Works c. 1890

• London and North Western passenger locomotive - circa 1852 illustration.jpg

  Illustration of a LNWR passenger locomotive, c. 1852

• LNWR No1881.JPG

  LNWR No. 1881, a Webb 0-8-0 four cylinder compound – frontispiece from The Railway Magazine June 1903