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:
The spellings of some place names have changed since the 19th century (e.g. Wisbeach/Wisbech and Bourn/Bourne).
Locomotives.
In 1884, William Marriott became the locomotive superintendent at the company's Melton Constable Railway Works. The railway's stock included:
To the M&GN.
The Eastern and Midlands Railway became a part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway in 1893.