2-889-417 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Entrance of the Queen into the Great Central Railway Station, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 1850. 'The entrance to the station was handsomely decorated with evergreens; and above each archway were erected three emblematical bas-reliefs, in imitation of stone - the centre containing the Royal arms, that on the right being a full-length representation of her Majesty [Queen Victoria], surrounded by figures symbolical of the different portions of the empire, while on the left was a likeness of his Royal Highness Prince Albert...As the hour approached for the arrival of the train, the excitement rose to fever heat. At last it came in sight, and slowly glided in amidst deafening cheers, and the waving of a perfect sea of handkerchiefs and hats. Her Majesty and the Prince repeatedly and most graciously acknowledged the enthusiastic demonstrations of attachment which greeted them'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.