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On 15 August 1895, locomotive No. 275 Vulcan was one of two locomotives hauling an express passenger train that derailed at Preston, Lancashire due to excessive speed on a curve. One person was killed. [1] On 27 October 1895, locomotive No. 790 Hardwicke was hauling an express passenger train that collided with a freight train at Preston.
No. 790 Hardwicke preserved, remainder scrapped The London and North Western Railway Precedent Class was a class of seventy 2-4-0 steam locomotives originally designed for express passenger work. History
The Hardwick and Woodbury Railroad (H&WRR, or H&W) was a short-line railroad serving the towns of Hardwick and Woodbury, Vermont.Built to serve the local granite industry by bringing rough stone from the quarries to the cutting-houses, the railroad was about 7 miles (11 km) long, plus leased track, extended to about 11 miles (18 km) at its greatest extent.
Purchased new by Squire Hardwicke for his Tytherington Stone Company. Worked at Church Quarry, Tytherington which was connected to the Thornbury branch line of the Midland Railway. The locomotive was named after the Squire's eldest daughter. In 1923 the locomotive was sold to Pilkington Brothers and used at their Ravenhead works, St Helens.
A miniature one-sixth scale locomotive 'Orion' was built by G R S Darroch during his time at Crewe Works. It is based on the LNWR Alfred the Great Class and is the only surviving Crewe built Webb Compound. (Completed circa 1910-12) The locomotive is in the ownership of the Stephenson Locomotive Society and currently based at Shildon Locomotion ...
Tyseley Locomotive Works [275] [Note 98] BR: 1100 Prototype Griddle Car Eastleigh, BR Dia No. 30, Lot No. 30637 1960 Great Central [276] BR: 13252 Prototype Mk2 FK: Swindon (BR) Dia No. 120, Lot No. 30550 1962 Mid-Norfolk [277] [Note 99] BR: 81025 Gangwayed Full Brake Sheffield, Cravens: Dia No. 711, Lot No. 30224 1956 Bluebell Railway [278]
It also began to build up a collection of historic locomotives, which included Caledonian 123, Columbine, Cornwall, Hardwicke, Highland 103, Midland 118 and Pet. Three others, set aside for preservation at Crewe Works, were scrapped in a change of policy in 1932. The LMS set aside one further locomotive (Midland 158A) before it was overtaken by ...
The LNWR Steel Works (authorised 20 October 1864) The LNWR Deviation Works (built in the late 1860s) The Spider Bridge extension to Crewe railway station (built in 1878). Of the above, the first section dating from 1862 was within the original locomotive works first built in 1843 and expanded many times as the railway system grew.