Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

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Data from George L Fowler, Illustrated Locomotive Dictionary, 1st Ed (New York: The Railroad Gazette, 1906), p. 504. See also"Eight-wheeled Coupled Goods Engines: Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway", Railway Engineer, Volume XXI, No. 9 (September 1900), p. 257. Both our operational steam locomotives saw extensive use in the East Lancashire Railway Autumn Steam Gala 13th to 15th October 2023. Bulleid in his book "The Aspinall Era" notes Horwich had fully mastered superheating by 1911. The final twenty examples of the 2-4-2T tanks built between 1911 and 1914 added superheating, long smokeboxes on Belpaire boilers, larger big-end bearings and an increased cylinder bore of 20 + 1⁄ 2in (520mm) to the modifications that had accrued since 1899. The resulting superheated locomotives had an increased tractive effort of 24,585lbf (109.4kN) and weighed 66long tons10cwt (149,000lb or 67.6t). [12] Our locomotives are located at preserved railways in Lancashire and Yorkshire, Pug 51218 at the Worth Valley, Pug 19 and Saddletank 752 at East Lancashire Railway at Bury. Most ex-L&YR routes are now operated by Northern. Manchester Victoria station has been rebuilt in a more modest form and retains the former terminal building. The Caldervale Line, as named by West Yorkshire Metro, is also operated by Northern and uses a large part of the former L&YR.

positions at each end, so different formations could be put together. Extensions to the electrification were never put in place. Our carriages are normally on public display in the Exhibition Shed on the Worth Valley at Oxenhope when they are not in use, but this is not always possible due to operational requirements – in fact they were used on public service for a number of weekends during the Summer each year. It amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922. One year later, the merged company became the largest constituent of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.Whereas there were various lines split between the Central and Western Divisions there was only one route connecting the Eastern and Central Divisions. This line cut through the Pennines between Lancashire and Yorkshire using a number of long tunnels, the longest of which was Summit Tunnel (2,885 yards (2,638m) in length) near Rochdale. There were six other tunnels each more than 1,000 yards (900m) long. Baxter, Bertram (1982). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 3B: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and its constituent companies. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. ISBN 0-903485-85-0. One locomotive, 1895-built L&YR number 1300 (later LMS 12322 and BR 52322) has survived and is preserved at the East Lancashire Railway. It is owned by Andy Booth and its most recent overhaul was completed in 2021. Littleworth, Chris (2014). Signal Boxes on Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Lines - North and West of Manchester: Part Two. Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society. ISBN 978-0-9559467-6-9. British Locomotive Catalogue 1825-1923 Volume 3B Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and its Constituentsby Bertram Baxter.

This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)On 25 March 1921, the L&YR and LNWR agreed terms under which the two railways would amalgamate. Before this could occur, the Railways Act 1921 became law on 19 August 1921, under which the L&YR and LNWR would be forced to amalgamate on 1 January 1923 with each other and with other railways, such as the Midland Railway and the Caledonian Railway. The Act included provisions for two or more railways to amalgamate voluntarily before 1923; and the L&YR and LNWR took the opportunity to implement their March 1921 agreement, and on 1 January 1922 both railways were dissolved and a new company was formed, which was also named the London and North Western Railway; its board of twenty directors included six from the former L&YR. [4] The 1923 Grouping duly occurred one years later, which involved the expanded LNWR forming part of the new London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). The general manager, secretary and chief mechanical engineer positions of the expanded company were taken by L&YR employees. Ex-L&YR lines formed the core of the LMS's Central Division.

Not on public display is the body of an L&YR family saloon which was threatened with destruction and we helped to rescue in 2019, in March 2022 this was moved from secure private storage by its private owner to storage away from public display onto a former wagon chassis at the East Lancashire Railway whilst options for its restoration are evaluated. Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway, 7 August 1846 – 2 August 1858 (acquired northern half of line) Haws, Duncan (1993). Merchant Fleets – Britain's Railway Steamers – Eastern & North Western + Zeeland and Stena. Hereford: TCL Publications. ISBN 978-0-946378-22-7. Experience would suggest that the complication and variation wasn't worth the candle after all. Although 21 were built with the vessel, Rendell's notation to a table he submitted not 4 years later, "It is not in contemplation to build any more at present". 14 would be rebuilt with a larger boiler in 1911.Hughes designed a further class of railmotors that were then built at Horwich and Newton Heath, in four batches over five years. They were of the " 0-4-0T locomotive + semi-trailer type", with conventional locomotive boilers. [1] [3] of these engines ( Locobase 10231) were originally delivered with circular, corrugated fireboxes. Others were delivered with Belpaire fireboxes.

Salary registers seldom provide personal details other than date of birth, but they can record career changes.Earnshaw, Alan (1991). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 7. Penryn: Atlantic Books. p.17. ISBN 978-0-906899-50-2. Theses online records also include records from series RAIL 1156 of senior officials who served on the railways at the end of the 19th century and at the start of the 20th century, which include small biographies and photographs of senior officials. You can use RAIL 1156 if you are looking for: 5. Online record summaries