page_title: Stowmarket railway station
section_title: London & North Eastern Railway (1923-1947)
hierarchical_section_title: Stowmarket railway station / History / London & North Eastern Railway (1923-1947)
caption_attribution_description: English: B17/5 No. 2870 entering Stowmarket, 1940 - Wartime.View southwards, towards Ipswich and London, of the 15.40 Liverpool Street - Norwich, headed by No. 2870 'City of London', one of just two Gresley 'Sandringham' 4-6-0s ('Footballer' series) which he selected in September 1937 for streamlining like his A4 Pacific's. The two B17s were No. 2859 'Norwich City' (built 6/36) and became 'East Anglian' and No. 2870 'Manchester City' (built 5/37) became 'City of London' as B17/5s, in 1946 Nos. 1659 and 1670, then BR 61659 and 61670. Their streamlining was removed in 4/51 and they were converted to B17/6 in 7/49 and 4/51 respectively, being withdrawn 2/59 and 4/60. The photograph was taken in May 1940 by my late cousin Walter Dendy, braving the strict forbiddance of railway photography in wartime.
context_page_description: Stowmarket railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the town of Stowmarket, Suffolk. It is 80 miles 9 chains down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Needham Market to the south and Diss to the north. It is also the junction where the Ipswich to Ely Line joins the GEML. Its three-letter station code is SMK.
  The station is currently operated by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also runs all trains that serve the station.
context_section_description: Following the Railways Act 1921 Stowmarket station was operated by the London and North Eastern Railway from 1 January 1923.
  During the mid-1920s the LNER rebuilt the two track timber goods shed and a number of industrial concerns were built south of the station on the up side all of which were rail served.
  A third signal box – Stowmarket Works – was opened to serve these facilities in 1941.
caption: Streamlined LNER Class B17 2870 City of London at Stowmarket in 1940
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