Stratford Works

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The nameplate of the newly-named British Rail Class 31 diesel locomotive 31271 Stratford 1840-2001 at the National Railway Museum in York during the Rail200 railfest in 2004. The name was chosen to commemorate the former Stratford locomotive depot that closed to make way for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
The nameplate of the newly-named British Rail Class 31 diesel locomotive 31271 Stratford 1840-2001 at the National Railway Museum in York during the Rail200 railfest in 2004. The name was chosen to commemorate the former Stratford locomotive depot that closed to make way for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.

Stratford Works was the locomotive-building works of the Great Eastern Railway situated at Stratford, London, England. It was opened in 1847-1848 by the GER's predecessor, the Eastern Counties Railway.

At the grouping in 1923, the works passed to the London and North Eastern Railway. Locomotive-building ceased soon afterwards but the works continued to do repairs and maintenance.

The works passed to British Railways in 1948 and became a Diesel Repair Shop about 1963. It finally closed on 31st March 1991.

[edit] People

The Chief Mechanical Engineers of the Great Eastern Railway were:

[edit] Sources

  • Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, Summer 1961 edition, page 58
  • Rail UK database (see below)

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