Grace's Guide
British Industrial History
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 146,059 pages of information and 231,597 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
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- 16:34, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+809) N London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (New page: The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) (commonly known as "the Brighton line") was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1923. Its territory formed a rough tr...)
- 16:32, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+48) William Stroudley
- 16:32, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+1,964) N William Stroudley (New page: William Stroudley (March 6, 1833 - December 20, 1889) was one of Britain's most famous steam locomotive engineers of the nineteenth century, working principally for the [[London, Brighton ...)
- 16:29, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+1,305) N David Jones (New page: David Jones (25 October 1834 - 2 December 1906) was locomotive superintendent for the Highland Railway in Scotland. He was credited with the design of the first British 4-6-0 which was...)
- 16:28, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (0) Highland Railway
- 16:27, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+41) Highland Railway
- 16:25, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+1,234) Highland Railway
- 16:22, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+260) N Highland Railway (New page: The Highland Railway (HR) was one of the smaller railways before the grouping; it operated north of Perth railway station in Scotland and served the farthest north and south of Britain. It...)
- 16:21, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+591) N Peter Drummond (New page: Peter Drummond (1850-1918) was a Scottish Locomotive Superintendent with the Highland Railway from 1896 to 1911 and with the Glasgow and South Western Railway from 1912 to 1918. He...)
- 16:19, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+16) Robert Wallace Urie
- 16:19, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+909) N Robert Wallace Urie (New page: Robert Wallace Urie (22 October 1854 - 6 January 1937) was a Scottish locomotive engineer who was the last chief mechanical engineer of the London and South Western Railway following the r...)
- 16:17, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+462) N Dugald Drummond (New page: Dugald Drummond (1 January 1840-8 November 1912) was a Scottish locomotive engineer. He had a career with the North British Railway, LB&SCR, Caledonian Railway and [[London and Sou...)
- 16:15, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+717) N William Adams (New page: William Adams (1823–1904) was the * Locomotive Superintendent of the North London Railway from 1858 to 1873 * Locomotive Superintendent of the Great Eastern Railway from 1873 un...)
- 16:12, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (-4) Joseph Hamilton Beattie
- 16:12, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+1,468) N Joseph Hamilton Beattie (New page: Joseph Hamilton Beattie (1808-1871), locomotve engineer London and South Western Railway. Beattie was a highly innovative engineer, introducing the country's first successful 2-4-0 lo...)
- 16:10, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (-2) John Viret Gooch
- 16:09, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+1,321) N John Viret Gooch (New page: John Viret Gooch (1812-?) was the locomotive superintendent of the London and South Western Railway from 1841 to 1850. He was the brother of Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet (August 2...)
- 16:06, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+70) London and South Western Railway
- 16:05, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+1,803) N London and South Western Railway (New page: The London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1840 to 1923. Its ultimate network extended from London to Plymouth via Yeovil, Exeter and Okehampton wit...)
- 15:58, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+1,354) N James Pearson (New page: James Pearson was the engineer responsible for the daily operations of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's ill-fated atmospheric equipment on the South Devon Railway. Trains only ran in serv...)
- 15:54, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (0) m London and North Eastern Railway (London North Eastern Railway moved to London and North Eastern Railway)
- 15:52, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+1,010) N Great Eastern Railway (New page: The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London to Norwich and had various other lines through East Anglia. The company was groupe...)
- 15:43, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+29) London and North Eastern Railway
- 15:43, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+24) London and North Eastern Railway
- 15:41, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+1,447) London and North Eastern Railway
- 15:38, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+425) N London and North Eastern Railway (New page: The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second-largest of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It existed from 1 January 1923 until nat...)
- 15:37, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (0) Herbert Nigel Gresley
- 15:36, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+721) N Thomas Brassey (New page: Thomas Brassey (7 November 1805 - 8 December 1870) was an English civil engineering contractor and manufacturer of building materials who was responsible for building a large portion of th...)
- 15:34, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+131) Great Northern Railway
- 15:33, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+932) N Great Northern Railway (New page: The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company, founded by the London & York Railway Act of 1846. The main line ran from London via Hitchin, Peterborough, and Grantham, to...)
- 15:31, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+620) N Herbert Nigel Gresley (New page: 1876-1941. Born at Edinburgh. Locomotive and carriage Engineer Best-known for - * Chief Mechanical Engineer of GNR and LNER fr...)
- 15:24, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+92) Daniel Gooch
- 15:22, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+449) N Daniel Gooch (New page: 1816-1889. Born at Bedlington. Locomotive Engineer and Manager Best-known works - * Locomotive Assistant to Isambard Kingdom Brunel at GWR from 1837-64 * Lai...)
- 15:17, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+6) James Joseph Allport
- 15:16, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+21) James Joseph Allport
- 15:15, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+1) James Joseph Allport
- 15:15, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+13) James Joseph Allport
- 15:14, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+19) James Joseph Allport
- 15:13, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (-2) James Joseph Allport
- 15:13, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+12) James Joseph Allport
- 15:13, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+305) N James Joseph Allport (New page: 1811 - 1892. Railway Manager Midland Railway's London Extension St. Pancras Station Settle and Carlisle line Introduction of 3rd Calss to all trains Abolition of 2nd Class and upgrading of...)
- 15:08, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+1) Railway Men
- 15:07, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+921) Railway Men
- 15:00, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+511) Railway Men
- 14:54, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+414) Railway Men
- 14:49, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+379) N Railway Men (New page: Author ad reference source. ==50 Famous Railwaymen== Published 2005 by Silver Link Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1 85794 248 5 Contains biographies on the following people - #[[]] #[[]] #[[]] #[...)
- 13:37, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+2,488) N Bristol and Exeter Railway (New page: The 1835 Act of Parliament which gave permission to build the Great Western Railway, was quickly followed by another Act in 1836 for a separate railway company, when Bristol merchants pres...)
- 13:17, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+10) Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway
- 13:12, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+24) Main Page
- 13:12, 3 March 2007 (diff | hist) (+601) N Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway (New page: The Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway opened on 12 November 1849. It merged with the Great Western Railway in January 1 September 1854. The company formed originally as the Shrewsbury & W...)
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