Eastern and Midlands Railway
The Eastern and Midlands Railway was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of several small railways in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk, England, including the Yarmouth and North Norfolk Railway, the Lynn and Fakenham Railway and the Yarmouth Union Railway. Many of these lines were built by contractors Wilkinson and Jarvis. In 1893 the Eastern and Midlands Railway became part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway.
Constituents
The constituents of the Eastern and Midlands Railway were:- Peterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Bridge Railway, opened 1866
- Midland & Eastern Railway
- Lynn & Fakenham Railway
- Yarmouth & North Norfolk Railway
- Yarmouth Union Railway
The spellings of some place names have changed since the 19th century.
Routes
;Westbound from Kings Lynn;Eastbound from Kings Lynn
Locomotives
In 1884, William Marriott became the locomotive superintendent at the company's Melton Constable Railway Works. The railway's stock included:- Two Fox, Walker 0-6-0ST locomotives which had been built for the Great Yarmouth and Stalham Light Railway in 1877.
- Seven 4-4-0T locomotives built by Hudswell Clarke for the Lynn and Fakenham Railway between 1878 and 1881.
- Fifteen Beyer Peacock 4-4-0 locomotives built 1882-1888
- * Four built for the Lynn & Fakenham Railway
- * Eleven built for the Eastern and Midlands Railway
- Eight Sharp Stewart 0-6-0T locomotives