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A wagonway, essentially a railway powered by animals drawing the cars or wagons, was used by German miners at Caldbeck, Cumbria, England, perhaps from the 1560s. [1] A wagonway was built at Prescot, near Liverpool, sometime around 1600, possibly as early as 1594. Owned by Philip Layton, the line carried coal from a pit near Prescot Hall to a ...
As a result, they needed an act of Parliament to build, to enforce the sale of way-leave by landowners. The acts also protected investors from unrealistic, or downright fraudulent, schemes. The first line to obtain such an act, the Middleton Railway Act 1757 (31 Geo. 2 c. 22 Pr.), was a private coal-owner's wagonway, the Middleton Railway in ...
Many of these preserved railways are mentioned in national and international tour guides, and visits may form part of a school curriculum or feature in other studies, including civil engineering, mechanics, social, economic and political history, visual arts and drama. [citation needed] This list also includes tramways.
The key index used to assess passenger train performance is the Public Performance Measure, which combines figures for punctuality and reliability. From a base of 90% of trains arriving on time in 1998, the measure dipped to 75% in mid-2001 due to stringent safety restrictions put in place after the Hatfield crash in October 2000. However, in ...
A History of the Great North of Scotland Railway ((reprint of 1950 edition published by Locomotive Publishing) ed.). Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-2592-4. H.A.Vallance (June 1996). History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: Highland Railway. House of Lochar. ISBN 1-899863-07-9. Thomas, John (November 1969). The North British Railway Vol 1 ...
The Surrey Iron Railway, one of the earliest public railways. The earliest narrow-gauge railways were crude wooden trackways used in coal mines to guide wooden tubs.Because of the restricted loading gauge of the tunnels and the need for the tubs to be small enough to be pushed by one man, these railways were almost all narrow gauge.
VSOE UK Pullman Awaiting Restoration, Originally with 5-BEL Unit 2053 [65] SR: 284 Vera: Kitchen First Stewarts Lane: VSOE UK Pullman Operational, Originally with 5-BEL Unit 2052 [66] SR: 285 Car 85: Parlour Third Barrow Hill Engine Shed: 5-BEL Trust Awaiting Restoration, Originally with 5-BEL Unit 2053 [67] SR: 286 Car 86: Parlour Third ...
Vintage Trains Community Benefit Society: a publicly owned Community Benefit Society established to raise funds, controlled by VTCT through its ability to control the Board Vintage Trains Ltd : a wholly owned subsidiary of the CBS, the TOC responsible for the operation of express steam and heritage diesel trains