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The North British Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1844, with the intention of linking with English railways at Berwick. The line opened in 1846, and from the outset the company followed a policy of expanding its geographical area, and competing with the Caledonian Railway in particular.
Centred on Edinburgh, the North British Railway included the northern section of the East Coast main line as well as lines that reached as far afield as Mallaig in north-west Scotland, Aberdeen in the north-east, Silloth in Cumberland and Berwick on Tweed in Northumberland. A notable legacy of the NBR is the iconic Forth Bridge. Brief History.
The history of the North British Railway until 1855 traces the founding and construction of the railway company. It built and opened its line between Edinburgh and Berwick (later Berwick on Tweed) and formed part of the first rail link between Edinburgh and London (although with two water breaks). The line opened in 1846.
The North British Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1844, with the intention of linking with English railways at Berwick. The line opened in 1846, and from the outset the company followed a policy of expanding its geographical area, and competing with the Caledonian Railway in particular. In doing so it committed huge sums of money, and incurred shareholder disapproval that resulted in two chairmen leaving the company.
Our website is dedicated to the largest of the five major railway companies operating in Scotland during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the North British Railway. If you are interested in finding out more about the company and its constituents and successors, you will find information on this site.
4-4-0 saturated tender engines for express services on the Edinburgh - Carlisle, Aberdeen, Perth & Glasgow main lines. 16 engines in total, of which 6 engines were built by North British Loco Co. in 1909 and the remaining 10 built at Cowlairs in 1911. NBR nos 895-900 (NB Loco) and 243-245, 338-340 & 359-362 (Cowlairs).
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A Brief History of the NBR. The railway was initially proposed as "The Great North British Railway", but "Great" was soon dropped. The proposed line was to link Edinburgh with Berwick on Tweed. George Hudson became quite deeply involved because it fitted in with his plans for a main line between London and Edinburgh.
