{"id":931,"date":"2025-03-22T12:45:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T12:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/?page_id=931"},"modified":"2025-05-26T10:36:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T10:36:24","slug":"railwayana-great-northern-railway","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/railwayana-great-northern-railway\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Northern Railway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Formed in 1846 with the intention of linking London with &#8216;the North&#8217;, it quickly became famous for linking London with a ploughed field just north of Doncaster. It quickly became a truly great railway, known for its fast engines (Stirling singles, Ivatt Atlantics, and of course Gresley&#8217;s Pacifics).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GNR5.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"714\" src=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GNR5-1024x714.jpg\" alt=\"Great Northern Railway arch plate\" class=\"wp-image-924\" srcset=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GNR5-1024x714.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GNR5-300x209.jpg 300w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GNR5-768x536.jpg 768w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GNR5.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Great Northern Railway arch plate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formed in 1846 with the intention of linking London with &#8216;the North&#8217;, it quickly became famous for linking London with a ploughed field just north of Doncaster. It quickly became a truly great railway, known for its fast engines (Stirling singles, Ivatt Atlantics, and of course Gresley&#8217;s Pacifics).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-931","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":932,"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/931\/revisions\/932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}