The London and North Eastern Railway Exhibition
1939 , Norwich (Norfolk)
Cat no. 906
A record by local amateur film maker, E.C Le Grice of the railway exhibition held at Norwich Thorpe station on May 6th and 7th 1939.
A variety of steam engines and carriages are seen around the yard at Thorpe Station, as well as dignitaries making speeches at the exhibition's opening. Locomotives include: a Claud Hamilton 4-4-0 used to pull royal trains to Sandringham; a tram engine used on dock lines; the steam locomotive 4489 Dominion of Canada; a Gresley A4 Pacific. Coaching stock includes a camping coach, a GER clerestory coach and a very old four-wheel coach. A steam breakdown crane lifts a wheeless truck filled with sightseers over the exhibition site and a diver from Lowestoft climbs into a tank of water. Other exhibits show a model engine on a short track, a demonstration of cutting rails, and a woman working a pneumatic drill. Finally, the East Anglian express, hauled by the steam locomotive 2859, leaves Norwich station bound for London, Liverpool Street.
Featured Buildings
Norwich Thorpe Station
Featured Events
LNER Exhibition
Keywords
Exhibitions; LNER; Models; Railway engines; Rolling stock; Steam engines
Background Information
The LNER travelling exhibition attracted around 14,000 people to the station at Norwich.
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Maker : E. C. Le Grice
Manifestations
The London and North Eastern Railway Exhibition
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Genre: Amateur / Archive Alive
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Locations: Norwich (Norfolk)
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Description Type: monographic
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Subject: railway engines / shows / rail transport / London & North Eastern Railway (LNER)
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