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List of Liverpool and Manchester Railway locomotives

List of Liverpool and Manchester Railway locomotives is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of Liverpool and Manchester Railway locomotives rather than just read about it. In short: This is a list of locomotives that were used or trialled on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) during its construction, at the Rainhill Trials, and until absorption by the Grand Junction Railway in 1845. The rate of progress led to quite a rapid turnover in the operating roster.

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Reference excerpt

This is a list of locomotives that were used or trialled on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) during its construction, at the Rainhill Trials, and until absorption by the Grand Junction Railway in 1845. The rate of progress led to quite a rapid turnover in the operating roster. Writing in 1835, Count de Pambour found that of the L&MR's then thirty engines, ten were seen as obsolete and day-to-day work was concentrated on only ten or eleven of the remainder, the remaining third being under repair or kept as backup. By 1840 only ten remained of the first 32 engines; and of a list of engines in use in 1844, fewer than half were even five years old. Locomotives were often also substantially rebuilt. According to de Pambour again, observing the railway in 1834,

"... what is meant by repairs to the engines is nothing less than their complete re-construction; that is to say that when an engine requires any repair, unless it is for some trifling accident, it is taken to pieces and a new one is constructed, which receives the same name as the first, and in the construction of which are made to serve all such parts of the old engine as are still capable of being used with advantage. The consequence of this is that a reconstructed or repaired engine is literally a new one. The repairs amount thus to considerable sums, but they include also the renewal of the engines."

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References

Further reading Dawson, Anthony (2021). Locomotives of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Transport. ISBN 9781526763983. Dendy Marshall, C. F (1930). Centenary history of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. London: Locomotive Publishing Company. Thomas, R. H. G. (1980). The Liverpool & Manchester Railway. London: Batsford. p. 264. ISBN 0-7134-0537-6. Williams, Frederick S. (1852/1888). Our Iron Roads.

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of List of Liverpool and Manchester Railway locomotives

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In the classroom: List of Liverpool and Manchester Railway locomotives is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Grand Junction Railway, Liverpool-related lists, Liverpool and Manchester Railway locomotives, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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