The North Eastern Railway underwent extreme change after the
outbreak of war in August 1914. Within months, the company raised
its own battalion of men and was the only railway company to do so.
The NER also set to work adapting to the changes and requirements
the war would bring. Not only would there be a drop in regular
passenger traffic levels and increase in freight, transporting both
war material and troops, but the workshops formerly used to build
locomotives were turned over to making weapons of war. In December
1914, the railway came under attack from the Imperial German Navy,
causing damage to the NER's infrastructure and killing several of
its men. As the war went on, locomotives and rolling stock were
sent to France to help with the enormous logistics required for
operations on the Western Front. The planned opening of an
electrified railway line for freight went ahead with a brand new
fleet of powerful electric locomotives, adding to the company's
portfolio of electrification with the electrified Tyneside
passenger line and Newcastle Quayside.N ER land was used to build
an enormous munitions factory at Darlington and the unprecedented
use of women in the work place meant traditionally male-only roles
were increasingly seeing women take over and freeing men for
military service.Overseas, men of the NER that joined the forces
served with honour, but many were not to come home. The North
Eastern Railway in the First World War tells the story of one
railway's war, of how it continued to operate and adapt, and the
men and women who served with the company or left to fight for the
country's freedom.
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