Postmodern Pre-Grouping Railways

[LNWR18901910]

This is a fun project I have been doing based on the West Midlands Railway which is what I have been working on and this was the start of something special - taking a handful of modern-day railway companies and giving them the Pre-Grouping steam era treatment.

 

 

*The West Midlands Railway (based on the modern-day train service company) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Midlands_Trains

*The Great North Eastern Railway (based on the former modern railway company) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_North_Eastern_Railway

*The London and South Eastern Railway (based on the modern-day train company of the same name) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeastern_(train_operating_company)

*The East Midlands Railway (based on the modern train company of the same name) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Midlands_Railway

*The Midland and Grand Central Joint Railway (based on two companies merged together) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Midland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_(train_operating_company)

*The Wrexham and Shropshire Railway (based on the original yet short-lived company) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrexham_%26_Shropshire

*The English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (based on the original railway company but given a steam-era treatment) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB_Cargo_UK

*The West Coast and Mersey Railway (based entirely on the West Coast Railway Company with Merseyrail) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merseyrail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Railways

 

As well as designing locomotives and coaches, I will be working on freight rolling-stock, too. Well, that's my Pandemic Lockdown project sorted!

Edited November 1, 2020 by LNWR18901910

[Caley Jim]

You fail to mention Scotrail.

 

In November 1871 merger talks between the Caledonian and North British boards had reached an advanced stage, even to the extent of proposing 'The United Caledonian Railway' as the name of the new company.   One clause of the agreement invited the Glasgow and South Western Railway to join the amalgamated company.  The special meeting of Caledonian shareholders agreed the proposals, with two dissenters, however the NB shareholders did not like the terms and rejected the proposal.

 

One of the proposals for the grouping after WW1 was to group all the Scottish companies into one.

 

This is all detailed in 'The Caledonian, Scotland's Imperial Railway, A History' by David Ross.

 

Jim

[LNWR18901910]

Ah, yes! I was thinking very carefully about that. Perhaps the United Caledonian Railway would be a good company, thanks for the suggestion! The United Caledonian Railway it is, then.

[LNWR18901910]

Well, it;s time to get the ball rolling again on this series as not one but two locomotives would be on the workbench simultaneously!

 

My West Midlands Railway 3F 0-6-0 Saddle Tank will be made using the SECR S Class (a rebuild from one member of the SECR C Class during WW1) or the Triang Clockwork Saddle Tank from the early Triang Days. The chassis would have a modern up-to-date one from most likely the GWR 57XX Class or 8750 Class though the body would most likely be adapted to fit it on along with some modifications and not just on the outside...

 

Moving onto the next model, I settled on another Pre-Grouping Style company:

The Devonshire and Cornwall Railway (much like the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway as well as the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway but more of a Western Region flavour).

 

I shall be making a roster of locomotives soon as this is another fictional railway company in the making.