London and North Western Railway
Read the series of articles about The London and North Western Railway from One Hundred Years of British Railways in 'The Engineer' here:
- No I London and North Western Railway - The Engineer 1924/09/12
- No II London and North Western Railway- The Engineer 1924/09/19
- No III London and North Western Railway - The Engineer/1924/09/26
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was a railway company that existed between 1846 and 1922 and is an ancestor of today's West Coast Main Line. It was created by the merger of three railway companies: -
1846 July 16th. The London and North Western Railway was incorporated under its present title. Headquarters were at Euston Railway Station.
1862 The Southern Division was amalgamated with the Northern Division; the decision was taken to concentrate locomotive work at Crewe.
1868 Engineer is William Baker. [1]
1875 See 1875 Number of Locomotives where they are listed first with 2,019 locomotives
1888 See Locomotive Stock June 1888 where they are listed first with 2,323 locomotives.
1889 General Manager is George Findlay; Mechanical Engineer is Francis W. Webb. Civil Engineer is Francis Stevenson.[2]
1907 Gained permission to widen the line between Euston and Watford
1908 The line is 1,719 miles in length, while 114 miles are partly owned. [3]
c.1909 New lines built from Euston to Watford which would eventually be worked by electric trains[4]
1912 The main line was widened between the western portal of Kensal Green tunnel and the northern end of Harrow Station
1913 Widening of the main line from north of Harrow to Bushey.
1920 Sir Thomas Williams retires from his position as General Manager. Arthur Watson succeeded him.[5]
1920 Captain Hewitt Beames and Mr F. W. Dingley divide duties to replace C. J. Bowen Cooke as joint directors of the company.[6]
1920 Won the contract for shipping the Irish Mails between Holyhead and Kingstown[7]
1922 January 1st. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was amalgamated with the LNWR.[8]
1923 Total route mileage was 2,667.5 miles
1923 The LNWR became a constituent of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) when the railways of Great Britain were merged in the grouping of 1923.
The LNWR's main engineering works were at Crewe Works (locomotives) and the Wolverton Works (which concentrated on carriages and wagons from 1877). The locomotive livery is described as 'blackberry black'.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1868 Bradshaw's Railway Manual
- ↑ 1889 Bradshaw's Railway Manual
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ The Engineer 1909/08/13
- ↑ The Engineer 1920/12/17.
- ↑ The Engineer 1920/11/26
- ↑ The Engineer 1920/12/03
- ↑ The Engineer 1921/04/01
- [1] Wikipedia