While not being one of the major main lines in the country & never gaining a foothold in the capital, the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway led the way with many developments in the design & construction of locomotives. This book catalogues the classes of all steam locomotives built at the railway's own works a Horwich.

While not being one of the major main lines in the country & never gaining a foothold in the capital, the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway led the way with many developments in the design & construction of locomotives. This book catalogues the classes of all steam locomotives built at the railway's own works a Horwich.

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 137. Chapters: Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway locomotives, Ships of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, East Lancashire Railway 1844-1859, Manchester Victoria station, Bradford Interchange, Wigan Wallgate railway station, Wakefield Kirkgate railway station, Preston and Longridge Railway, Bolton Interchange, Halifax railway station, Horwich Works, Daisy Hill railway station, Locomotives of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Southport railway station, Huddersfield railway station, Rochdale railway station, Barnsley Interchange, L&YR Class 5, Blackburn railway station, Brighouse railway station, Castleford railway station, Salford Central railway station, Accrington railway station, Liverpool Exchange railway station, Lostock railway station, John Aspinall, Mirfield railway station, Sandhills railway station, Todmorden railway station, Atherton railway station, Manchester and Leeds Railway, Manchester Oldham Road railway station, Bury Bolton Street railway station, LYR electric units, TSS Duke of Clarence, Burnley Manchester Road railway station, Hebden Bridge railway station, Hindley railway station, Westhoughton railway station, L&YR Class 8, Pontefract Monkhill railway station, Knottingley railway station, Shaw and Crompton railway station, Ashton-under-Lyne railway station, Chorley railway station, Helmshore railway station, Ormskirk railway station, Penistone railway station, Swinton railway station, Oldham Mumps railway station, West Lancashire Railway, Ramsbottom railway station, Britannia railway station, Clifton railway station, Greater Manchester, Woodlands Road Metrolink station, Kirkby railway station, Rawtenstall railway station, Burscough Junction railway station, Kirkdale railway station, Radcliffe Metrolink station, Burnley Central railway station, Pendlebury...

The first steam locomotives used on any British railway, worked in industry. The use of new and second hand former main line locomotives, was once a widespread aspect of the railways of Britain. This volume covers many of the once numerous manufacturers who constructed steam locomotives for industry and contractors from the 19th to the mid 20th centuries. David Mather has spent many years researching and collecting photographs across Britain, of most of the different locomotive types that once worked in industry. This book is designed to be both a record of these various manufacturers and a useful guide to those researching and modelling industrial steam.

Turbomotive was unique in Britain's railway history, and an experimental engine that proved successful but came too late to effect the direction of steam development or deflect the onset of diesel and electric locomotives. It was the brainchild of two of the most influential engineers of the twentieth century William Stanier of the LMS and Henry Guy of Metropolitan Vickers. They hoped that turbine power, which had already revolutionized ships propulsion and power stations, would do the same for the railways.When Turbomotive appeared in 1935, she became a PR phenomenon at a time when commercial rivalry between the LMS and the LNER was reaching its height. Its launch at Euston in June was accompanied by a great fanfare and much publicity. Such was the interest in this 'revolutionary' idea that the engine would attract attention all her life.Although producing good but not remarkable performances, she remained in service, plying her trade between London and Liverpool for longer than anyone predicted. Most expected a quick rebuild to conventional form, but the coming of war and lack of resources meant that she carried on until 1950 in turbine form.Inevitably, change came when maintenance costs seemed likely to escalate and rebuilding seemed unavoidable. She reappeared in August 1952, part Princess and part Coronation, but her new life was cut short by the disaster at Harrow in October. Although many thought her repairable, she was scrapped to make way for another 'experimental' steam engine.This book presents the compulsive and fascinating story of this remarkable locomotive, drawn from a wide variety of sources, many previously untapped and unpublished, including memories of the designers, the crew who drove her, accountants and hardheaded business men, PR teams, the press, the passengers and many more.