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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.
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.
Locomotives from the National Collection in the Great Hall of the UK National Railway Museum. The UK National Collection is a collection of around 280 historic rail vehicles (predominantly of British origin). The majority of the collection is kept at four national museums: National Railway Museum, York; Locomotion, Shildon
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 ...
The LNWR Newton Class was a class of ninety-six 2-4-0 steam locomotives [1] built by the London and North Western Railway at their Crewe Works between 1866 and 1873.. They were officially designated Curved Link 6-ft 6-in Passenger due to the use of a curved link between the fore and back eccentric rods of their Stephenson valve gear and the use of 6-foot-6-inch (1.981 m) diameter wheel centres ...
A motive power depot (MPD) or locomotive depot, or traction maintenance depot (TMD), is where locomotives are usually housed, repaired and maintained. They were originally known as "running sheds", "engine sheds" or just "sheds".
Hardwick: East Hardwick 34.73 Hardwick 98-foot covered bridge built 1909 over the Lamoille River burned 1959. [8] 35.7 Granite Junction Junction with Hardwick and Woodbury Railroad. 39.0 Wolcott: Fisher Covered Railroad Bridge: Preserved 90-foot bridge built in 1908 over the Lamoille River. It was strengthened in 1968 to be the last covered ...