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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.
Hardwick&WoodburyLocoNo.1.jpg (600 × 200 pixels, file size: 34 KB, ... Summary. Hardwick & Woodbury Railroad Locomotive No. 1 Photo taken ca. 1900 Licensing
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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.
Between 1893 and 1901, sixty-two of the locomotives were "renewed" (i.e. replaced with new locomotives carrying the same number and name) as Improved Precedent class locomotives. The remaining eight were rebuilt as Improved Precedents in the 1890s; they retained their 7 ⁄ 8 inch (22.2 mm) thick frames – the renewals had 1-inch (25.4 mm) frames.
Wolverton had been set up in 1838 for repair work only, the locomotives being purchased from outside firms, whereas Crewe, from its foundation in 1843, was a locomotive-building works. Only a dozen locomotives were built at Wolverton from 1845 to the end of 1854, but in the following year construction started in earnest, and another 154 were ...
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.
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]