Commemoration of Original Companies at Railway Stations

[Trackman]

The "S" and "R" on the end of the station canopy at Charing Cross facing Hungerford Bridge were preserved when the station was rebuilt the 1980s. These letters commemorate ownership by the Southern Railway, but were themselves salvaged at the Grouping, when the "E" and "C" (Eastern and Chatham) of the original "SECR" were removed.

Beat me to that one!

 

[The exile]

On a similar vein, Cardiff Central has such cast-iron bench ends with "GWR" in them, and also "BR (W)". I don't know of many similar BR region braidings in existence.

Not sure I’ve ever seen any with the other regions’ initials. Seem to remember the BR (W) ones being present at most large WR stations - along with the two (at least) GWR variants. GWR ones have more “ heritage appeal” and have I think been reproduced for stations in GWR land in recent years. The BR (W) ones are almost certainly the real McCoy

 

[Rescars]

At Blackfriars there is, carved in stone, the collection of destinations in the South East and Europe which could be reached by the London Chatham and Dover.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

At Blackfriars there is, carved in stone, the collection of destinations in the South East and Europe which could be reached by the London Chatham and Dover.

It's a very impressive list, covering a wide variety of places.

The display was originally in the previous Blackfriars station, and was moved to it's current location when the station was redeveloped.

 

[weepingwillowb]

Both Moor Street and Taunton have WW1 rolls of honour for the GWR.

Dumbarton station has a plaque in memory of the railway employees of the Dumbarton & Balloch Joint Line.

Barrow-in-Furness station has a WW1 memorial plaque for the Furness Railway Company, which was damaged as a result of enemy action in WW2.



Crewe station has a memorial plaque to the London & North Western Railway's Crewe North and South Steam Sheds staff for WW1.



Derby station has a memorial to the Midland Railway Company's Staff who died in South Africa during the Boer War.


GWR platform seat at Tyseley. The photo is something like 15 years old, so I don't know if the seat is still there. A reproduction?



Crewe again.

 

[david_g]

Huddersfield station has (or had last time I looked) the crests of the Huddersfield & Manchester Railway & Canal Company and the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway above the entrances to what were originally the respective booking offices of the two owning companies, now the two pubs.