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.
[1] The constituents of the Eastern and Midlands Railway were:[2] The spellings of some place names have changed since the 19th century (e.g. Wisbeach/Wisbech and Bourn/Bourne).
[9] In 1884, William Marriott became the locomotive superintendent[10] at the company's Melton Constable Railway Works.
The railway's stock included: Three Black, Hawthorn 0-6-0ST locomotives named 'Ida', 'Holt' (number 6) & 'Aylsham' built for the GY&SLR.