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Stephenson's Rocket of 1829 This is a list of locomotives that were used or trialled on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) during its construction, at the Rainhill Trials, and until absorption by the Grand Junction Railway in 1845. The rate of progress led to quite a rapid turnover in the operating roster. Writing in 1835, Count de Pambour found that of the L&MR's then thirty engines ...
Liverpool, as built for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 with 6-foot wheels. Bury's second locomotive Liverpool was on four wheels, and was tried on the LMR but the objection this time was to the size of the wheels, 6 ft (1.8 m) in diameter, described as "dangerous" by George Stephenson. The wheels were reduced to 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m ...
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Coronation Class [a] is a class of express passenger steam locomotives designed by William Stanier.They were an enlarged and improved version of his previous design, the LMS Princess Royal Class, and on test were some of the most powerful steam locomotives ever used in Britain at 2,511 dbhp.
Before Rocket: The Steam Locomotive Up to 1829. Mortons Media Group. pp. 80– 83. ISBN 978-1911658252. Dendy Marshall, C.F. (1953). A History of Railway Locomotives Down To The Year 1831. Locomotive Publishing Company. Donaghy, Thomas J. (1972). Liverpool & Manchester Railway operations, 1831-1845. David and Charles. p. 20. ISBN 0715357050.
Bury, Curtis and Kennedy was a steam locomotive manufacturer in Liverpool, England. L&YR locomotive Victoria c.1878-80, designed by Bury and built by the Clarence Foundry in 1847, converted later to 0-4-2. Edward Bury established the works in 1826, under the name Edward Bury and Company
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway [1] [2] [3] (L&MR) was the first inter-city railway in the world. [ 4 ] [ i ] It opened on 15 September 1830 between the Lancashire towns of Liverpool and Manchester in England. [ 4 ]
The works produced a new design, either by Buddicom, or his foreman, Alexander Allan, with outside cylinders. The first three were probably rebuilds, "Aeolus", "Tartarus" and "Sunbeam". They became known as the "Old Crewe" type. In 1841, Francis Trevithick, son of Richard Trevithick took over as Locomotive Superintendent. The space at Edge Hill ...
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR) 57 Lion is an early 0-4-2 steam locomotive, which had a top speed of 40 mph (64 km/h) and could pull up to 200 tons (203 tonnes). [2] One of a pair designed for hauling freight (the other, number 58, was called Tiger ), Lion was built by Todd, Kitson & Laird of Leeds in 1838.