Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

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Panel showing early tan gartered crest and later blue gartered version along with an example of passenger engine lining and blue shaded lettering. Marshall, John (1970). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4906-6. Forty of the class were fitted with superheaters to join the 115 newly built class 31 locomotives described in Locobase 20156.

Ernest Mangnall managed to sign star defender Herbert Burgess, Alec "Sandy" Turnbull, and Jimmy Bannister after a scandal hit Manchester City and forced them to sell off most of their team. It paid off, and Manchester United won their first League Championship in 1908. They even attempted to sign Australian rugby footballer, Dally Messenger, a man recognised by some to be the top footballer of any code in his day. The next year, FA Cup success would follow as they beat Bristol City in the final 1–0. Sandy Turnbull scored the only goal and Billy Meredith was named man of the match. Major E Druitt, Report of inquiry into the causes of the accident which occurred on the 15th July to an express passenger train which was derailed at Waterloo on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Railway Department, Board of Trade, 10 August 1903Works Manager, Miles Platting works 1839-1867. Indoor Superintendent, Miles Platting Works 1867-1878

Bulleid claims the radial tanks made at excellent start to service life, with No. 1008 going from the works and into service with no teething troubles in February 1889. By the summer of 1891, they had gained a reputation for handling some of the more difficult L&YR routes including the 7 miles (11km) adverse gradient of the Oldham Branch with 0.75 miles (1.21km) at 1 in 52 then a further half mile at 1 in 44. Their duties also included the steepest passenger line in England, 1 27 for 0.5 miles (0.80km) the Werneth spur. [19] A ready-to-run OO model was produced initially by Dapol and then Hornby where the Pug was produced until 2000. The Pug was reintroduced to Hornby's range in 2010 (R2927) in early British Railways Livery. It was also made in 2019 in the LMS livery. All 155 were taken into the LMS when the railroads grouped in 1923. Retirements left only 11 for British Rail to place in class 52 in 1948.coach Oerlikon EMU originally built by the LNWR for the North London line and the Watford to London suburban services. The Manchester United FC team of 1908–09 posing with their trophies won that season: FA Charity Shield, the Football League (First Division) and the FA Cup

London, Chatham and Dover Railway Company (formerly the East Kent Railway) (the original records are in RAIL 415) Many aspects of the history of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway can be found in the following books: RAIL 667/261-262, RAIL 667/432, RAIL 667/484, RAIL 667/504, RAIL 667/523, RAIL 667/555, RAIL 667/594, RAIL 667/603, RAIL 667/616, RAIL 667/676, RAIL 667/956, RAIL 667/1077, RAIL 667/1117, RAIL 667/1283-1291, RAIL 667/1301-1311, RAIL 667/1326, RAIL 667/1426-1427, RAIL 667/1450-1455, RAIL 667/1497-1529, RAIL 667/1530-1532, RAIL 1057/2885 Baxter, Bertram (1982). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 3B: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and its constituent companies. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. ISBN 0-903485-85-0. Occasional references to individuals may, however, be found amongst the records of the Colonial, Dominions or Foreign Offices (The National Archives’ department codes CO, DO or FO).The Manchester to Bury line was electrified in 1916. The trains were state of the art, in fact ahead of their time, using As there is no central name index for employees who worked on the railways, to find most records (besides those covered in sections 4 and 5) you will usually need to know: