Completed in 1906, this is the former North Eastern Railway Head Office in York, up the road from the station just inside the city walls. It's a very impressive building, and is now the Grand Court Hotel
North Eastern Railway Head Office, 1906
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North Eastern Railway Head Office, 1906
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Re: North Eastern Railway Head Office, 1906
Picked this postcard up via ebay a couple of months ago but only just got around to scanning it;
Author of 'The North Eastern Railway in the First World War' - now available in paperback!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/North-Eastern-R ... 781554552/
Happy to help with anything relating to the railways in the First World War, just ask
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Re: North Eastern Railway Head Office, 1906
A fine building, been in there enough times. It must have been declared open on 20th September 1906, if my calculations are correct, as one of the fatalities in the Grantham derailment of the night before - "Scotch express down the bank" - was a director of the NER on his way from London for the opening ceremony. As an aside, pleasing to see that the General Offices at Waterloo are currently being refurbished for continued railway use. Another fine building (and station)
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