Locomotives of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway

by Anthony Dawson

Overview

The Liverpool & Manchester Railway was Britain’s first mainline, intercity railway; opened in 1830 it was at the cutting edge of railway technology. Engineered by George Stephenson and his team – John Dixon, William Allcard, Joseph Locke – the project faced many obstacles both before and after opening, including local opposition and the choice of motive power, resulting in the Rainhill Trials of 1829. Much of the success of the line can be attributed to the excellence of its engineering but also its fleet of pioneering locomotives built by Robert Stephenson & Co. of Newcastle. This is the story of those locomotives, and the men who worked on them, at a time when the locomotive was still in its infancy. Using extensive archival research, coupled with lessons learned from operating early replica locomotives such as Rocket and Planet, Anthony Dawson explores how the locomotive rapidly developed in response to the demands of the first intercity railway, and some of the technological dead ends along the way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526763990
Publisher:	Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date:	10/04/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	23 MB
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About the Author

Anthony Dawson is an archaeologist and historian who has made a special study of the history of the British army in the nineteenth century. He spent two years as a post-graduate research student at the University of Leeds where he gained an MRes. As well as writing articles on the subject in magazines and journals, he has published Napoleonic Artillery, French Infantry of the Crimean War and Letters from the Light Brigade: The British Cavalry in the Crimean War.

Table of Contents

Foreword 7

Acknowledgements 8

Introduction 9

Part 1 The Stephenson Locomotive

Chapter 1 From Rocket to Northumbrian 22

Chapter 2 The Planet class 31

Chapter 3 Engine Building 41

Chapter 4 Luggage Engines -58

Chapter 5 The Patentee Type 67

Chapter 6 Melling's Patent Locomotives 85

Chapter 7 Edge Hill Comes of Age 102

Part 2 Breaking the Mould

Chapter 8 Braithwaite and Ericsson 125

Chapter 9 Sans Pareil 132

Chapter 10 Edward Bury 135

Chapter 11 Built in Manchester 143

Chapter 12 Outside Cylinders 150

Part 3 Enginemen and Firemen

Chapter 13 Locomotive Foremen 154

Chapter 14 The First Enginemen 159

Part 4 Maintenance and Repair

Chapter 15 Engine Sheds and Workshops 192

Chapter 16 Workshop Costs 201

Chapter 17 Locomotive Working 205

Part 5 Rolling Stock

Chapter 18 Passenger Carriages 212

Chapter 19 Goods Stock 229

Conclusion 237

Select Bibliography 240

Endnotes 247

Index 285