North British Railway
of 23 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh.
1844 The North British Railway Company was established in 1844 and opened its first line, from Edinburgh to Berwick-upon-Tweed, with a branch to Haddington, in 1846.
1865 Took over the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway, the oldest in Scotland. Also amalgamated with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company.
1868 Resident Engineers are William Barrie, Burntisland; James Bell, Portebello; Robert Bell, Carlisle; Charles Boyd, Silloth; James Deas, Glasgow. [1]
Other amalgamations followed, altogether over 50 small lines being made part of the North British system, which ultimately totalled 2,739 miles.
1886 Mr J. P. Grassick joined the company as Locomotive Superintendent.[2]
1888 See Locomotive Stock June 1888.
1889 Loco Supt is M. Holmes. Resident Engineer-in-Chief is James Carswell. District Resident Engineer is Charles Boyd.[3]
The "North British" was responsible for the construction of the Forth Bridge and the Tay Bridge on the Route to the North in the nineteenth century.
1902 Article on the Cowlairs Incline Engine [4]
1908 The North British Railway Company is the result of the amalgamation of numerous undertakings. The company owns 1,095.75 miles of line, and partly with others, another 28.5 miles. [5]
1909 Charles John Brown was appointed chief engineer
1923 The North British Railway was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping in 1923. [6]
Component companies
During its existence the NBR absorbed the following companies:
- Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway - first public railway in Scotland
- Slamannan Railway
- Ballochney Railway
- Dundee and Arbroath Railway
- Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
- Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
- Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway
- Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway
- Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway
- Newburgh and North Fife Railway
- West Highland Railway
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1868 Bradshaw's Railway Manual
- ↑ The Engineer 1926/04/16
- ↑ 1889 Bradshaw's Railway Manual
- ↑ Fielden’s Magazine Vol 7
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ [1] Wikipedia