The Great Central Railway - Rapid Travel in Luxury
Ray Schofield
- Region:
- London
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Hobby
- Fee:
- Unknown
- Category:
- Travel
- Updated:
- 30th December 2025
- Tagged:
- Trains | Steam Engines | Midlands | Chilterns
This talk can be split into two. The London Extension and the remainder. The UK's rail network, with its tracks radiating from London like the spokes from a wheel, was all but constructed well before the 20th century dawned. There was though, one late arrival, a provincial east to west line in the north, which pushed south, crossing other radial routes on its quest to the Capital. With this southward expansion and new ideas, it changed its provincial name to become the Great Central Railway. The Railway's route from Marylebone to Sheffield (the London Extension) is well-known but the company's extremities from Wrexham in Wales to York in the north and Cleethorpes in the east may not be so. The story is told with steam locomotive pictures.
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Retired Chartered Engineer who has undertaken tour management for UK worldwide rail travel company. Widely travelled, much of which is independent, around the 5 continents of the world plus Aus and NZ. Visited parts that most others haven’t e.g., North Korea, Pakistan, Eritrea, Paraguay, Syria .......
Talks are generally associated with trains (mostly nostalgic steam) the railways themselves and associated historical aspects. Most talks were planned for railway interest groups but can be tailored to audience, whether knowledgeable on rail subjects or not and using both Ray's own photo material and other sourced images.
Presentations will be in digital format and in Power Point format.
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- From Carlisle to Kittybrewster (that's in Aberdeen)
- North of the Border: From Canal to Craigellachie
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- From Welllington to Wakatipu and north to Aukland too
- Ray's book - Locomotive Sheds of the Great Central Railway and the CLC
- The NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY from the Stockton & Darlington Rly to the East Coast Main Line
- 1847 and the first railway route to Scotland
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