The NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY from the Stockton & Darlington Rly to the East Coast Main Line
Ray Schofield
- Region:
- London
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Hobby
- Fee:
- Unknown
- Category:
- Travel
- Updated:
- 31st December 2025
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This is a 2-part talk, each part lastin c.1 hour. Each part can be delivered seperately. It was planned to be for Railway200 in 2025 but is still relevent, particularly as 2027 approaches, the 180th anniversay of the first London to Scotland rail sevice which went through the territory on a makeshift route.
The history of the NER was made-up of several early and small individual railways, each of which transported coal to staithes on one of the region's rivers. The first half shows those of most significance from the Tanfield Railway, dating from as early as 1725, the iconic Stockton and Darlington Railway, the Clarence Railway, the Leeds & Selby and more which were connected together in various ways to form the NER and the first East Coast Main Line.
The second part shows this somewhat circuitious ECML and all of the various changes that have occured to make it the fast ECML we know today.
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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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