- 13:49, 6 March 2007 diff hist +1 Henry Maudslay
- 13:49, 6 March 2007 diff hist +2,346 N Henry Maudslay New page: Henry Maudslay (August 22, 1771 – February 14, 1831) was a British machine tool innovator, tool and die maker, and inventor. He is considered a founding father of machine tool technology...
- 13:46, 6 March 2007 diff hist +8 Joseph Whitworth
- 13:46, 6 March 2007 diff hist +4,793 N Joseph Whitworth New page: Sir Joseph Whitworth, Baronet (December 21, 1803 – January 22, 1887) was an English engineer and entrepreneur. Whitworth was born in Stockport and at a young age developed an interest i...
- 13:43, 6 March 2007 diff hist +132 Cambridge Street Mill
- 13:43, 6 March 2007 diff hist +132 Sedgewick Mill, Manchester
- 13:43, 6 March 2007 diff hist +132 Old Mill, Manchester
- 13:42, 6 March 2007 diff hist +132 Redhill Street Mill
- 13:42, 6 March 2007 diff hist +4 Brunswick Mill, Manchester
- 13:42, 6 March 2007 diff hist +485 N Brunswick Mill, Manchester New page: Built in Bradford Road alongside the Ashton Canal, this 1840 building was designed by David Bellhouse. Its seven storeys had 35 loading bays facing directly onto the canal as well as front...
- 13:41, 6 March 2007 diff hist +756 N Soho Factory New page: It was not only textile manufacture that thrived in Manchester, but, by the mid-nineteenth century, thanks largely to engineers like William Fairbairn and industrialists like [[Joseph ...
- 13:40, 6 March 2007 diff hist +438 N Brownsfield Mill, Manchester New page: Built on Great Ancoats Street, it had seven storeys and was in an L-shaped formation. Initially used in the cotton trade, it later had several different occupancies and was used for smalle...
- 13:39, 6 March 2007 diff hist +12 Beehive Mill, Manchester
- 13:39, 6 March 2007 diff hist +469 N Beehive Mill, Manchester New page: This mill was built in the early 1820s on Bengal Street in Ancoats in three sections to facilitate 3 different owner/occupants. A further wing, the Jersey Wing, was added later in 1824. It...
- 13:38, 6 March 2007 diff hist +1,309 N Victoria Mill, Manchester New page: The Victoria Mills in Varley Street, Miles Platting, Manchester, were constructed in 1867 and 1873 for William Holland, by the Architect George Woodhouse of Bolton. The earlier Georgia...
- 13:37, 6 March 2007 diff hist +1,216 N Cambridge Street Mill New page: In 1814, Hugh Birley began the building of a mill complex on Cambridge Street in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester. Birley was a local magistrate and one of the commanders of the Manches...
- 13:36, 6 March 2007 diff hist +399 N Sedgewick Mill, Manchester New page: In 1815 James McConnel and John Kennedy purchased land on Union Street in Ancoats to construct the new Sedgewick Mill, which was not commissioned till 1819, when it was designed by...
- 13:35, 6 March 2007 diff hist +690 N Old Mill, Manchester New page: The so-called Old Mill was built on Henry Street, Manchester in 1799 for James McConnel and John Kennedy who were textile machinery manufacturers with interests in weaving. This mi...
- 13:33, 6 March 2007 diff hist +34 Cotton Mills
- 13:32, 6 March 2007 diff hist 0 m Redhill Street Mill Redhill Street Mills moved to Redhill Street Mill
- 13:32, 6 March 2007 diff hist +8 Redhill Street Mill
- 13:32, 6 March 2007 diff hist +891 N Redhill Street Mill New page: This mill was commissioned by two Scottish businessmen, James McConnel and John Kennedy in 1790, and was constructed in 1818 as a spinning mill. One writer, Alexis de Tocqueville, describe...
- 13:09, 6 March 2007 diff hist +2 Sharp, Roberts and Co
- 13:08, 6 March 2007 diff hist +27 Richard Peacock
- 13:07, 6 March 2007 diff hist −2 Richard Peacock
- 13:06, 6 March 2007 diff hist −3 Richard Peacock
- 13:06, 6 March 2007 diff hist 0 Richard Peacock
- 13:05, 6 March 2007 diff hist +1,108 N Richard Peacock New page: Richard Peacock (April 9, 1820 - March 3, 1889) was an English engineer, one of the founders of locomotive manufacturer Beyer-Peacock. Born in Swaledale, he was educated at Leeds Gram...
- 13:03, 6 March 2007 diff hist +2,774 N Charles Beyer New page: Charles Frederick Beyer (an anglicised form of his original German name Carl Friedrich Beyer) (14 May 1814 — 16 June 1876) was a German-British locomotive engineer, co-founder of the fir...
- 13:02, 6 March 2007 diff hist 0 Beyer, Peacock and Co
- 13:01, 6 March 2007 diff hist +682 N Beyer, Peacock and Co New page: Beyer-Peacock was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966. Im...
- 12:58, 6 March 2007 diff hist +1,966 N Horwich Works New page: Horwich railway works was built in 1886 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in Horwich, near Bolton in Greater Manchester when it moved from its original works at Miles Platting. The ...
- 12:56, 6 March 2007 diff hist +3,638 N Edward Thompson New page: Edward Thompson (1881-1949) was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway between 1941 and 1946. Edward Thompson came from an academic background having taken ...
- 12:54, 6 March 2007 diff hist +705 N Great North of Scotland Railway New page: The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) was formed in 1845 and received its Parliamentary approval on June 26, 1846, following over two years’ of local meetings. Its eventual area enc...
- 12:46, 6 March 2007 diff hist 0 John Ramsbottom (of Leeds)
- 12:46, 6 March 2007 diff hist +1,093 N Foster, Rastrick and Co New page: Foster, Rastrick and Company was one of the pioneering steam locomotive manufacturing companies of England. It was based in Stourbridge, Worcestershire. James Foster, an ironmaster, a...
- 12:44, 6 March 2007 diff hist +6 John Urpeth Rastrick
- 12:43, 6 March 2007 diff hist +3,401 N John Urpeth Rastrick New page: John Urpeth Rastrick (January 26, 1780 – November 1, 1856) was one of the first English steam locomotive builders. Partnering with James Foster, he formed [[Foster, Rastrick and Comp...
- 12:38, 6 March 2007 diff hist +1,458 N St. Rollox Works New page: St. Rollox Locomotive Works and St Rollox Carriage and Wagon Works were built in 1856 in Springburn, an area in the north-east of Glasgow, for the Caledonian Railway, moving away from ...
- 12:37, 6 March 2007 diff hist +179 N Thomas Telford New page: Thomas Telford (August 9, 1757 - September 2, 1834) was born in Westerkirk, Scotland. He was a stonemason, architect and civil engineer and a noted road, bridge and canal builder.
- 12:35, 6 March 2007 diff hist +1,274 N North Staffordshire Railway New page: The North Staffordshire Railway was a British railway company which had its roots in an early scheme to build a small plateway from the base of the Cauldon Canal up to Cauldon Quarries. Bo...
- 12:30, 6 March 2007 diff hist +1,916 N Samuel Crompton New page: Samuel Crompton (December 3, 1753 – June 26, 1827), English inventor, was born at Firwood, in Bolton, Lancashire. While yet a boy he lost his father, and had to contribute to the family...
- 12:29, 6 March 2007 diff hist +2,685 N Edmund Cartwright New page: Edward (Edmund) Cartwright (April 24, 1743 in Marham, Nottinghamshire – October 30, 1823 in Hastings, Sussex) was an English clergyman and inventor of the power loom. He was a clergyman ...
- 12:28, 6 March 2007 diff hist +538 N Platt Brothers New page: Platt Brothers & Co Ltd, (also known as Platt Bros. of Oldham) was a British company. They were ironfounders, textile machinery manufacturers and colliery proprietors, and by the end of th...
- 12:26, 6 March 2007 diff hist +2,207 N Cotton Mills New page: Cottons manufacture (like that of other textiles) started as a home business. This changed with the advent of the Industrial Revolution. There were many inventions leading up to the Indus...
- 12:25, 6 March 2007 diff hist +4 Cotton Spinning Machinery
- 12:25, 6 March 2007 diff hist +2,985 N Cotton Spinning Machinery New page: Cotton Spinning Machinery relates to machines which process (or spin) raw cotton into workable yarn or thread. Such machinery can be dated back centuries. During the 18th and 19th century,...
- 11:40, 6 March 2007 diff hist +2,167 N Horsa Gliders New page: The Airspeed AS.51 or Horsa Mk I was a World War II troop-carrying glider built by the British company Airspeed Ltd and subcontractors and used for air assault by British and Allied ar...
- 11:37, 6 March 2007 diff hist 0 Wolverton Works
- 11:37, 6 March 2007 diff hist +4,737 N Wolverton Works New page: Wolverton railway works was established in Wolverton by the London and Birmingham Railway Company in the 1830's at the midpoint of the 112 mile-long route from London to Birmingham. T...
- 11:34, 6 March 2007 diff hist +164 N George Hughes New page: George Hughes (9 October 1865 — 27 October 1945) was a locomotive engineer, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
- 11:33, 6 March 2007 diff hist +1 Josiah Charles Stamp
- 11:33, 6 March 2007 diff hist +278 N Josiah Charles Stamp New page: Josiah Charles Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, Bt, GCB, GBE, FBA, (June 21, 1880-April 16, 1941) was a British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician and banker. He was the first di...
- 11:32, 6 March 2007 diff hist +1,663 N William Arthur Stanier New page: Sir William Arthur Stanier F.R.S. (27 May 1876 - 27 September 1965) was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. He was born in Swindon where his father ...
- 11:25, 6 March 2007 diff hist +1,132 N Metropolitan Railway New page: The MetR was incorporated in 1853 as the North Metropolitan Railway and was re-incorporated on 7 August 1854 as a mixed-gauge line: it opened on 10 January 1863 from a junction with the [[...
- 11:22, 6 March 2007 diff hist +819 N Josiah Spode New page: Josiah Spode (23 March 1733 – 1797) was an English potter born in a village that is now part of Stoke-on-Trent. He earned renown in the pottery business for perfecting the blue underglaz...
- 11:21, 6 March 2007 diff hist +932 N Thomas Whieldon New page: Thomas Whieldon (1719-1795) was one of the most respected and well known potters of his time. By 1740, he was the master of pottery at Fenton Low. His talent and renown picked up gradually...
- 11:20, 6 March 2007 diff hist +4,599 N Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) New page: Josiah Wedgwood (July 12, 1730 – January 3, 1795, born Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent) was an English potter, credited with the industrialization of the manufacture of pottery. He was a member ...
- 11:17, 6 March 2007 diff hist −4 Lunar Society
- 11:17, 6 March 2007 diff hist −4 Lunar Society
- 11:16, 6 March 2007 diff hist +1,771 N Lunar Society New page: The Lunar Society was a discussion club of prominent industrialists, natural philosophers and intellectuals who met regularly between 1765 and 1813 in Birmingham. At first called the Lunar...
- 11:14, 6 March 2007 diff hist +4,590 N John Smeaton New page: John Smeaton (June 8, 1724 – October 28, 1792) was a civil engineer – indeed, he is often regarded as the "father of civil engineering" – responsible for the design of bridges, canal...
- 11:10, 6 March 2007 diff hist −3,549 Thomas Savery
- 11:06, 6 March 2007 diff hist +11,208 N Thomas Savery New page: Thomas Savery was a member of a well known family of Devonshire, England, and was born at Shilston, about 1650. He was well educated, and became a military engineer. He exhibited great fon...
- 11:03, 6 March 2007 diff hist +4,332 N Thomas Newcomen New page: Thomas Newcomen (baptised 24 February 1664; died 5 August 1729) was an ironmonger by trade and a Baptist lay preacher by calling. He was born in Dartmouth, Devon, England, near a part of t...
- 11:00, 6 March 2007 diff hist +10,183 N Newcomen Engine New page: The atmospheric engine invented by Thomas Newcomen, today referred to as a Newcomen steam engine (or simply Newcomen engine), was the first practical device to harness the power of ste...
- 10:54, 6 March 2007 diff hist −312 James Watt
- 09:10, 6 March 2007 diff hist −363 James Watt
- 09:08, 6 March 2007 diff hist +14,723 N James Watt New page: James Watt (19 January 1736 – 19 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor and engineer whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolu...
- 09:07, 6 March 2007 diff hist +916 N Sarehole Mill New page: Sarehole Mill (grid reference SP099818) is a Grade II listed water mill (in an area once called Sarehole) on the River Cole in Hall Green, Birmingham, England. It is now run as a museum by...
- 09:05, 6 March 2007 diff hist +4,733 N Matthew Boulton New page: Matthew Boulton (September 3, 1728 – 18 August 1809) was an English manufacturer and engineer. Boulton was born in Birmingham, England where his father, Matthew Boulton the elder, w...
- 09:01, 6 March 2007 diff hist +798 N Boulton and Watt New page: The firm of Boulton & Watt was initially a partnership between Matthew Boulton and James Watt, formed in 1775 to make steam engines at their Soho Foundry in Smethwick, near Bir...
- 08:59, 6 March 2007 diff hist +5,225 N Matthew Murray New page: Matthew Murray was a steam engine and machine tool manufacturer, who designed and built the first commercially viable steam locomotive, The Salamanca. Matthew Murray was born in Newca...
- 08:56, 6 March 2007 diff hist +2,289 N John Blenkinsop New page: John Blenkinsop (1783-1831) was a British mining engineer and an inventor in the area of steam locomotives, who designed the first practical railway locomotive. He was born near Leeds, an...
- 08:53, 6 March 2007 diff hist +2 Fenton, Murray and Wood: Salamanca
- 08:53, 6 March 2007 diff hist +39 Fenton, Murray and Wood: Salamanca
- 08:52, 6 March 2007 diff hist 0 N File:Salamanca.jpg
- 08:50, 6 March 2007 diff hist +547 N Fenton, Murray and Wood: Salamanca New page: The Salamanca' was the first commercially successful steam locomotive built in 1812 by Matthew Murray for the Middleton Railway in Leeds. The Salamanca was a rack and pinion locom...
- 08:46, 6 March 2007 diff hist +3,487 N Leeds and Selby Railway New page: The Leeds and Selby Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom which opened in 1834, between Leeds and Selby. For a number of years the manufacturers in Leeds had been becoming i...
- 08:43, 6 March 2007 diff hist +3,499 N York and North Midland Railway New page: The York and North Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom which opened in 1839, connecting York, with the Leeds and Selby Railway and in 1840 with the [[North Midl...
- 08:41, 6 March 2007 diff hist +2,465 N George Hudson New page: George Hudson (probably March 10, 1800 - December 14, 1871), English railway financier, known as the "Railway King", was born in Howsham, in the parish of Scrayingham in the East Riding of...
- 08:38, 6 March 2007 diff hist +156 Thomas Clayton
- 08:34, 6 March 2007 diff hist +426 N Thomas Clayton New page: 1831-1916. Born at Madeley, Shropshire. Railway carriage designer. * Building of Derbt Carriage and Wagon Works 1873-77 * Redesign and refurbishment of 3rd class to 2nd class. 1875 * ...
- 08:28, 6 March 2007 diff hist +2,439 N Charles Benjamin Collett New page: Charles Benjamin Collett (September 10, 1871 - April 5, 1952) was chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway from 1922 to 1941. He designed (amongst others) the GWR's 4-6-0...
- 08:26, 6 March 2007 diff hist −9 George Jackson Churchward
- 08:25, 6 March 2007 diff hist +2,340 N George Jackson Churchward New page: George Jackson Churchward (31 January 1857 - 19 December 1933) was chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway (GWR) from 1902 to 1922. In the 19th and early 20th century r...
- 08:18, 6 March 2007 diff hist −214 London Underground
- 08:17, 6 March 2007 diff hist −620 London Underground
- 08:15, 6 March 2007 diff hist −1,697 London Underground
- 08:13, 6 March 2007 diff hist +7,556 N London Underground New page: The London Underground is an all-electric railway system that covers much of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. It is the world's oldest underground system, and is one of the larg...
- 08:10, 6 March 2007 diff hist +3,022 N British Rail New page: British Railways (BR), which later traded as British Rail, ran most of the British railway system from the nationalisation of the 'Big Four' British railway companies in 1948 until the...
- 07:30, 6 March 2007 diff hist +4 Richard Trevithick
- 20:08, 5 March 2007 diff hist −8 Robert Stephenson and Co: Rocket
- 18:05, 5 March 2007 diff hist +14 Robert Stephenson and Co: Rocket
- 17:56, 5 March 2007 diff hist +46 Robert Stephenson and Co: Rocket
- 17:55, 5 March 2007 diff hist +50 N File:Stephensons Rocket drawing.jpg Stephenson's Rocket, Winner of the Rainhill Trials current
- 17:46, 5 March 2007 diff hist +4 Timothy Hackworth: Sans Pareil
- 17:45, 5 March 2007 diff hist 0 Timothy Hackworth: Sans Pareil
- 17:44, 5 March 2007 diff hist 0 Timothy Hackworth: Sans Pareil
- 17:44, 5 March 2007 diff hist +41 Timothy Hackworth: Sans Pareil
- 17:42, 5 March 2007 diff hist +49 N File:Sans Pareil.jpg Timothy Hackworth's entry for the Rainhill Trials current
- 17:41, 5 March 2007 diff hist −4 Timothy Hackworth: Sans Pareil
- 17:40, 5 March 2007 diff hist +1,690 N Timothy Hackworth: Sans Pareil New page: Sans Pareil was a steam locomotive built by Timothy Hackworth which took part in the 1829 Rainhill Trials on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, held to select a builder of l...
- 17:37, 5 March 2007 diff hist +2,311 N Shildon Locomotion Museum New page: Shildon Locomotion Museum is a railway museum in Shildon, County Durham, England. The museum is a division of the National Railway Museum (NRM) which is in turn part of the [[National ...
- 17:35, 5 March 2007 diff hist +1,775 N Shildon Works New page: Shildon railway works began in 1826 in the town of Shildon in County Durham, in England Shildon was the terminus of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, when it opened in 1825. Its fi...
- 17:25, 5 March 2007 diff hist 0 Gilbert Savil Szlumper
- 17:24, 5 March 2007 diff hist 0 Gilbert Savil Szlumper
- 17:24, 5 March 2007 diff hist +143 Gilbert Savil Szlumper
- 17:23, 5 March 2007 diff hist +324 N Gilbert Savil Szlumper New page: (1884-1968) Railway Manager. Born at Kew. Best known for: * Planning and initiation of major Southampton Docks extension * Compeltion of Southern Railway electrification scheme. For ...
- 17:18, 5 March 2007 diff hist +1,563 N Fenton, Murray and Wood New page: Fenton, Murray and Jackson was an engineering company at the Round Foundry in Leeds, England. The firm began as Fenton, Murray and Wood, founded by Matthew Murray and David Wood i...
- 17:16, 5 March 2007 diff hist +4 Portsmouth Block Mills
- 17:15, 5 March 2007 diff hist +7,549 N Portsmouth Block Mills New page: The Portsmouth Block Mills form part of the Portsmouth Dockyard at Portsmouth, and were built during the Napoleonic Wars to supply the British Royal Navy with pulley blocks. They started t...
- 17:09, 5 March 2007 diff hist +3,113 N Eaton Hodgkinson New page: Eaton A. Hodgkinson (February 26, 1789 - June 18, 1861) was an English engineer, a pioneer of the application of mathematics to problems of structural design. Hodgkinson was born in the v...
- 17:07, 5 March 2007 diff hist +4 William Fairbairn
- 17:07, 5 March 2007 diff hist +3,006 N William Fairbairn New page: Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Baronet (February 19, 1789 - August 18, 1874) was a Scottish engineer. Born in Kelso to a local farmer, Fairbairn showed an early mechanical aptitude and served...
- 17:03, 5 March 2007 diff hist 0 John Farquharson McIntosh
- 17:01, 5 March 2007 diff hist −8 Institution of Mechanical Engineers →Presidents
- 17:01, 5 March 2007 diff hist −160 Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- 16:56, 5 March 2007 diff hist −381 Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- 16:54, 5 March 2007 diff hist +18,173 N Institution of Mechanical Engineers New page: The '''Institution of Mechanical Engineers''' (IMechE) is the British engineering society concerned with mechanical engineering. == Overview == '''Vision state...
- 16:53, 5 March 2007 diff hist +2,425 N Marc Isambard Brunel New page: Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, FRS (25 April 1769 – 12 December 1849) was a French-born engineer who settled in the United Kingdom. He preferred the name Isambard, but is generally known to h...
- 16:46, 5 March 2007 diff hist 0 m Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway - SBR moved to Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway
- 16:45, 5 March 2007 diff hist +1,080 N Northern and Eastern Railway New page: The Northern & Eastern Railway (N&ER) operated one of the two main lines which eventually became the Great Eastern Railway; the other being the Eastern Counties Railway. The N&ER ...
- 16:43, 5 March 2007 diff hist +748 N Eastern Counties Railway New page: The Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) began operating on June 20, 1839 with a train service from a temporary terminus at Mile End to Romford, and working to a gauge of five feet. The line was...
- 16:41, 5 March 2007 diff hist +314 N Bury, Curtis and Kennedy New page: Formerly Edward Bury and Company, in 1842, he took Kennedy as a partner, and the company changed its name to Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy. By 1846, much larger engines were being requeste...
- 16:40, 5 March 2007 diff hist +1,803 N Edward Bury and Co New page: Edward Bury set up his works some time around 1823, under the name of Edward Bury and Company. He employed James Kennedy, who had gained experience of locomotive production under [...
- 16:37, 5 March 2007 diff hist +2,792 N Sharp, Roberts and Co New page: Sharp, Roberts and Company was a Locomotive manufacturer in Manchester, England. Thomas Sharp and Richard Roberts opened the Atlas Works in 1828 to manufacture textile machine...
- 16:34, 5 March 2007 diff hist +1,128 N North Union Railway New page: The North Union Railway was an early British railway company, formed in 1834. The line was fully opened in 1838, and ran from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway at Parkside, near War...
- 16:32, 5 March 2007 diff hist +1,388 N Hull and Barnsley Railway New page: The Hull and Barnsley Railway (HBR) was opened on 20th July 1885. It was incorporated as the Hull, Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway, having a total projected length of 66 miles; t...
- 16:29, 5 March 2007 diff hist +5,058 N Vulcan Foundry New page: Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire (now part of Merseyside). It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to pro...
- 15:59, 5 March 2007 diff hist −11 Robert Stirling
- 15:58, 5 March 2007 diff hist +4 Robert Stirling
- 15:58, 5 March 2007 diff hist +54 Robert Stirling
- 15:58, 5 March 2007 diff hist 0 Matthew Stirling
- 15:57, 5 March 2007 diff hist +727 N Matthew Stirling New page: Second child of Patrick Stirling and born in Kilmarnock on 27 November 1856. Apprenticed under his father at Doncaster. Employed in Nottingham and Peterborough districts of [[Great Nor...
- 15:55, 5 March 2007 diff hist +31 James Stirling
- 15:55, 5 March 2007 diff hist +1,169 N James Stirling New page: Brother of Patrick Stirling, and successor to him on the GSWR. Born in Galston, Ayrshire on 2 October 1835. Spent two years with village millwright then apprenticed to his brother, fol...
- 15:52, 5 March 2007 diff hist +2,398 N Robert Stirling New page: The Reverend Dr Robert Stirling (October 25, 1790 – June 6, 1878) was a Scottish clergyman, and coinventor of a highly efficient heat engine. Nearly all closed-cycle regenerative gas eng...
- 15:50, 5 March 2007 diff hist +715 N Patrick Stirling New page: Patrick Stirling (29 June 1820 - 11 November 1895) was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Northern Railway. His father Robert Stirling was also an engineer. His brother [[Jame...
- 15:48, 5 March 2007 diff hist +2,224 N Doncaster Works New page: Doncaster railway works is in the town of Doncaster in the county of Yorkshire in England. Always referred to as "the Plant", it was established by the Great Northern Railway in 1853, ...
- 15:42, 5 March 2007 diff hist +1 Railway Men
- 15:39, 5 March 2007 diff hist −744 Michael Longridge
- 15:37, 5 March 2007 diff hist +1,033 N Michael Longridge New page: R. B. Longridge and Company in 1785 at Bedlington, Northumberland. Its proprietor was Michael Longridge who also managed Robert Stephenson's works during the latter's absence abroad. H...
- 15:21, 5 March 2007 diff hist +1,165 N Wylam Colliery New page: John Blackett (1712-1779) established coal mining and Wylam Colliery in the township in the mid 18th century. The waggonway connecting the colliey to the River Tyne at Lemington was built ...
- 15:18, 5 March 2007 diff hist 0 Richard Trevithick →The recoil engine
- 15:17, 5 March 2007 diff hist −1 Richard Trevithick →"Catch Me Who Can"
- 15:16, 5 March 2007 diff hist +9 Richard Trevithick
- 15:16, 5 March 2007 diff hist +23,806 N Richard Trevithick New page: Richard Trevithick (April 13, 1771 – April 22, 1833) was a British inventor, engineer and builder of the first working railway steam locomotive. He was born at Tregajorran (in the parish...
- 15:00, 5 March 2007 diff hist +2,185 N London, Chatham and Dover Railway New page: The London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) was a railway company that operated in south-eastern England between 1859 and 1923 before grouping with three other companies to form the South...
- 14:58, 5 March 2007 diff hist +2,240 N Southern Railway New page: The Southern Railway in the United Kingdom was geographically the smallest of the four railway systems created in the Grouping ordered by the Railways Act 1921. Confined to the south of En...
- 14:53, 5 March 2007 diff hist +636 N London and Brighton Railway New page: The London and Brighton Railway (L&B) was incorporated in 1837. It ran from a junction with the London and Croydon Railway (L&C) at Norwood - which gave it access from London Bridge, j...
- 14:52, 5 March 2007 diff hist +790 N London and Croydon Railway New page: The London and Croydon Railway (L&C) was incorporated in 1835, and the line to West Croydon opened on 5 June 1839. Much of the route follows the alignment of the former Croydon Canal, whic...
- 14:50, 5 March 2007 diff hist +14 South Eastern Railway
- 14:50, 5 March 2007 diff hist +496 N South Eastern Railway New page: South Eastern Railway (SER) was a railway company in the United Kingdom, which linked London with Kent. The company was formed from the London and Greenwich Railway (LGR) and the Canterbu...
- 14:47, 5 March 2007 diff hist +3,837 N Benjamin Outram New page: Benjamin Outram (1 April 1764 - 22 May 1805) was an English civil engineer. Born at Alfreton in Derbyshire, Outram was a civil engineer, surveyor and industrialist. Benjamin began his car...
- 14:45, 5 March 2007 diff hist +2,401 N William Jessop New page: William Jessop (23 January 1745 - 18 November 1814) was a noted English civil engineer, particularly famed for his work on canals, harbours and early railways in the late 18th and early 19...
- 14:42, 5 March 2007 diff hist +459 N Kilmarnock and Troon Railway New page: The Kilmarnock and Troon Railway was the first railway line in Scotland authorised by Act of Parliament, in 1808; the engineer was William Jessop. It was the first railway in Scotland ...
- 14:41, 5 March 2007 diff hist +552 N Glasgow and South Western Railway New page: The Glasgow and South Western Railway, (G&SWR), one of the pre-grouping railway companies, served a triangular area of south-west Scotland, between Glasgow, Stranraer and Carlisle. The G&S...
- 14:39, 5 March 2007 diff hist +1,145 N Ralph Wedgwood New page: Sir Ralph Lewis Wedgwood, 1st Baronet CB CMG (2 March 1874 - 5 September 1956) was the Chief Officer of the London and North Eastern Railway for 16 years from its inauguration in 1923....
- 14:37, 5 March 2007 diff hist +8 Herbert William Garratt
- 14:36, 5 March 2007 diff hist +2,260 N Herbert William Garratt New page: Herbert William Garratt (June 8, 1864 – September 25, 1913) was a mechanical engineer and the inventor of the Garratt system of articulated locomotives. Garratt served an apprentice...
- 14:34, 5 March 2007 diff hist +2,269 N Mallet New page: The Mallet Locomotive is a type of articulated locomotive, invented by a Swiss engineer named Anatole Mallet (and thus, the name is properly pronounced in the French manner, "Mallay"). In...
- 14:33, 5 March 2007 diff hist +4 Garratt
- 14:32, 5 March 2007 diff hist +1,248 N Garratt New page: A Garratt is a type of steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts. Its boiler is mounted on the centre frame, and two steam engines are mounted on separate frames, one on each end...
- 14:30, 5 March 2007 diff hist +16 R. and W. Hawthorn
- 14:28, 5 March 2007 diff hist +1 R. and W. Hawthorn
- 14:28, 5 March 2007 diff hist +2,247 N R. and W. Hawthorn New page: R and W Hawthorn Ltd was a locomotive manufacturer in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Robert Hawthorne first began business at Forth Bank Works in 1817, building marine and stationary s...
- 14:23, 5 March 2007 diff hist +4 Robert Stephenson and Co
- 14:22, 5 March 2007 diff hist −5 Robert Stephenson and Co
- 14:22, 5 March 2007 diff hist +5,186 N Robert Stephenson and Co New page: Robert Stephenson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823. It was the first company set up specifically to build railway engines. The company was set up in 1823...
- 14:17, 5 March 2007 diff hist +3,321 N Manchester and Birmingham Railway New page: The Manchester and Birmingham Railway was built between Manchester and Crewe. It was merged into the London and North Western Railway in 1846. Its locomotive works was at Longsight. ...
- 14:12, 5 March 2007 diff hist +1 Great Central Railway →Docks
- 14:12, 5 March 2007 diff hist 0 Great Central Railway →Wath mMrshalling Yard
- 14:12, 5 March 2007 diff hist 0 Great Central Railway →Wath marshalling yard
- 14:11, 5 March 2007 diff hist −45 Great Central Railway →GCR locomotives
- 14:10, 5 March 2007 diff hist −4 Great Central Railway →Other new lines
- 14:09, 5 March 2007 diff hist +6,471 N Great Central Railway New page: The Great Central Railway (GCR) was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 on the completio...
- 12:53, 4 March 2007 diff hist +50 Edward Pease
- 12:53, 4 March 2007 diff hist +8 Edward Pease
- 12:53, 4 March 2007 diff hist +1,142 N Edward Pease New page: Edward Pease (31 May 1767 - 31 July 1858) was an English railway owner. Pease was born in Darlington, a member of the locally prominent Pease family, and was educated locally and at a Qua...
- 12:52, 4 March 2007 diff hist +1,627 N Richard Maunsell New page: Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell (26 May 1868 -7 March 1944) held the post of Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Southern Railway in the England from the time of the 1923 Grouping unt...
- 12:49, 4 March 2007 diff hist +11 Rainhill Trials
- 12:45, 4 March 2007 diff hist +7,412 N Rainhill Trials New page: The Rainhill Trials were an important competition in the early days of steam locomotive railways, run in October of 1829 near Rainhill, St. Helens (between Liverpool and Manchester). When...
- 12:39, 4 March 2007 diff hist +404 N William Huskisson New page: William Huskisson (11 March 1770 – 15 September 1830), was a British statesman, financier, and Member of Parliament for several constituencies, including Liverpool. He is best known toda...
- 12:35, 4 March 2007 diff hist −1 North Eastern Railway
- 12:35, 4 March 2007 diff hist +24 North Eastern Railway
- 12:34, 4 March 2007 diff hist −17 North Eastern Railway
- 12:33, 4 March 2007 diff hist +4,542 N North Eastern Railway New page: The North Eastern Railway (NER), unlike many other of the pre-Grouping companies, had a relatively compact territory, having the district it covered to itself. That district extended throu...
- 12:27, 4 March 2007 diff hist +2 North British Railway
- 12:27, 4 March 2007 diff hist +64 North British Railway
- 12:26, 4 March 2007 diff hist +819 N North British Railway New page: The North British Railway was a Scottish railway company that was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping in 1923. The "North British" was responsible for t...
- 12:24, 4 March 2007 diff hist +393 Caledonian Railway
- 12:23, 4 March 2007 diff hist +1,860 N Caledonian Railway New page: The Caledonian Railway was a major Scottish railway company operating in Scotland. It was formed in the early 19th century and it was absorbed almost a century later into the [[London, Mid...
- 12:19, 4 March 2007 diff hist +3,063 N Robert Stephenson and Co: Rocket New page: Stephenson's Rocket was an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement, built by George Stephenson in 1829. A common misconception is that Rocket was the first steam locomotive....
- 12:14, 4 March 2007 diff hist +1 London and Birmingham Railway
- 12:13, 4 March 2007 diff hist +15 London and Birmingham Railway
- 12:12, 4 March 2007 diff hist −3 London and Birmingham Railway
- 12:12, 4 March 2007 diff hist −30 London and Birmingham Railway
- 12:11, 4 March 2007 diff hist +2,231 N London and Birmingham Railway New page: The London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) was an early railway company in the United Kingdom from 1833 until 1846, at which date it became a constituent part of the London and North Western...
- 12:04, 4 March 2007 diff hist +12 London, Midland and Scottish Railway
- 12:03, 4 March 2007 diff hist +1,221 N London, Midland and Scottish Railway New page: The London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. It was formed in 1923 by the forced Grouping of over 300 separate railway companies into just four. It was an ...
- 12:00, 4 March 2007 diff hist +302 N Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway New page: The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping, although in 1922 it had already entered into a working agreement with the [[London...
- 11:59, 4 March 2007 diff hist −1 London and North Western Railway
- 11:58, 4 March 2007 diff hist +1,906 N London and North Western Railway New page: The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was a railway company of the United Kingdom which existed between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three railway companies - the [...
- 11:56, 4 March 2007 diff hist +39 Liverpool and Manchester Railway
- 11:54, 4 March 2007 diff hist +2,677 N Liverpool and Manchester Railway New page: The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) was the world's first intercity passenger railway in which all the trains were timetabled and operated for most of the distance solely by steam ...
- 11:51, 4 March 2007 diff hist +18 Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- 11:48, 4 March 2007 diff hist −512 Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- 11:46, 4 March 2007 diff hist −2,031 Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- 11:43, 4 March 2007 diff hist −411 Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- 11:37, 4 March 2007 diff hist +22,847 N Isambard Kingdom Brunel New page: Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was a British engineer. He is best known for the creation of the Great Western Railway, a series of famous steamships, and...
- 11:30, 4 March 2007 diff hist +316 John Audley Frederick Aspinall
- 11:24, 4 March 2007 diff hist +2,543 N John Audley Frederick Aspinall New page: Lived 1851-1937 John Aspinall was born on 25 August 1851, the son of a Liverpool judge (who had become a convert to Roman Catholicism), John Aspinall attended Beaumont College (a Roman Cat...
- 09:27, 4 March 2007 diff hist +481 N Chester and Crewe Railway New page: The Chester and Crewe Railway was an early railway company absorbed by the Grand Junction Railway in 1840. The line was 11 miles in length, the engineer was Robert Stephenson and t...
- 09:25, 4 March 2007 diff hist +2,458 N Grand Junction Railway New page: The Grand Junction Railway (GJR) was an early railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed between 1833 and 1846. The line built by the company was one of the first railway lines t...
- 09:22, 4 March 2007 diff hist +4 Crewe Works
- 09:22, 4 March 2007 diff hist +5 Crewe Works
- 09:21, 4 March 2007 diff hist +4,738 N Crewe Works New page: Crewe railway works is a British railway engineering facility built in 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway. The railway also built 200 cottages establishing a new community in what had been...
- 09:15, 4 March 2007 diff hist +580 N John Ramsbottom (of Leeds) New page: * Lived 1814-1897 * Born at Todmorden the son of a mill-owner with the first steam driven mill in that area. * Amalgamated various London and North Western railway divisional locomotiv...
- 09:09, 4 March 2007 diff hist +46 Dugald Drummond
- 09:09, 4 March 2007 diff hist +31 John Farquharson McIntosh
- 09:06, 4 March 2007 diff hist +1 John Farquharson McIntosh
- 09:06, 4 March 2007 diff hist +415 N John Farquharson McIntosh New page: * Lived 1846-1918 * Born at Haugh of Kinnaird * Locomotive Superintendant at Caledonian Railway 1895-1914 * Patented the gauge glass protector, Spart arreter, self-adjusting sandpipe n...
- 09:03, 4 March 2007 diff hist +17 Joseph Locke
- 09:00, 4 March 2007 diff hist +210 Joseph Locke
- 08:57, 4 March 2007 diff hist +511 N Joseph Locke New page: 1805-1860. Born at Attercliffe, Sheffield. Son of William Locke a fellow worker with George Stephenson at Walbottle Colliery Best-known works - * Grand Junction Railway 1835 *...
- 08:52, 4 March 2007 diff hist +66 Matthew Kirtley
- 08:47, 4 March 2007 diff hist +545 N Matthew Kirtley New page: 1813-1873. Born at Tatfield, County Durham. Locomotive Engineer. Son of a colliery owner. Apprenticed under George Stephenson and Robert Stephenson and also trained under [[Timothy...
- 08:18, 4 March 2007 diff hist +53 Timothy Hackworth
- 08:14, 4 March 2007 diff hist +92 Timothy Hackworth
- 08:13, 4 March 2007 diff hist +295 N Timothy Hackworth New page: 1786-1850. Born at Wylam. Locomotive Engineer * Engineer on the Stockton and Darlington Railway 1824-40 * Developed the Shildon Locomotive Works in 1833 * Developed the blast-pipe...
- 17:16, 3 March 2007 diff hist +7,026 N George Stephenson New page: George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English mechanical engineer who designed the famous and historically important steam locomotive named Rocket and is known as the "...
- 17:11, 3 March 2007 diff hist +3,185 N Robert Stephenson New page: Robert Stephenson FRS (October 16, 1803–October 12, 1859) was an English civil engineer. He was the only son of George Stephenson, the famed railway and locomotive engineer; many of ...
- 17:07, 3 March 2007 diff hist +1,444 N National Railway Museum New page: The NRM contains a collection of over 100 locomotives and nearly 200 other items of rolling stock, together with many hundreds of thousands of other items of social, technical and historic...
- 17:05, 3 March 2007 diff hist +1,109 N Hetton Colliery Railway New page: The Hetton colliery railway was a private railway opened in 1822 by the Hetton Coal Company at Hetton Lyons, County Durham, in England. It was the first to be designed from the start t...
- 17:04, 3 March 2007 diff hist 0 Stockton and Darlington Railway
- 17:04, 3 March 2007 diff hist +8,357 N Stockton and Darlington Railway New page: The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR), which opened in 1825, was the first permanent steam locomotive public railway. The line was 26 miles (40 km) long, and was built between Darling...
- 16:59, 3 March 2007 diff hist −677 Leicester and Swannington Railway
- 16:57, 3 March 2007 diff hist +4,961 N Leicester and Swannington Railway New page: The Leicester and Swannington Railway (L&S) was one of England's first railways, being opened on July 17, 1832 to bring coal from pits in west Leicestershire to Leicester. In 1828 William ...
- 16:54, 3 March 2007 diff hist +2,510 N Midland Railway New page: The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1844 to 1922. It was formed in 1844 by the merger of the Midland Counties Railway, the [[North ...
- 16:52, 3 March 2007 diff hist +473 N Midland Counties Railway New page: The Midland Counties Railway (MCR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom which existed between 1832 and 1844, connecting Nottingham, Leicester and Derby with Rugby and thence to Lond...
- 16:50, 3 March 2007 diff hist +2,088 N Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway New page: Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway was a British railway company. From Birmingham it connected at Derby with the North Midland Railway and the Midland Counties Railway at what b...
- 16:48, 3 March 2007 diff hist +879 N North Midland Railway New page: The North Midland Railway was a British railway company, which opened its line from Derby to Rotherham (Masborough) and Leeds in 1840. At Derby it connected with the [[Birmingham and Derby...
- 16:45, 3 March 2007 diff hist +186 N Thomas Longridge Gooch New page: Thomas Longridge Gooch (November 1, 1808 – November 23, 1882) was civil engineer of the Manchester and Leeds Railway from 1831 to 1844<ref>Wikipedia</ref> ==Notes== <references/>
- 16:44, 3 March 2007 diff hist +1,406 N Manchester and Leeds Railway New page: The Manchester and Leeds Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom which opened in 1839, connecting Manchester with Leeds via the North Midland Railway which it joined at Nor...
- 16:41, 3 March 2007 diff hist +47 William Fairbairn and Sons
- 16:41, 3 March 2007 diff hist +1,406 N William Fairbairn and Sons New page: William Fairbairn and Sons, was an engineering works in Manchester, England. William Fairbairn opened an iron foundry in 1816 and was joned the following year by a Mr. Lillie, and the firm...
- 16:39, 3 March 2007 diff hist +1,184 N Robert John Billinton New page: Robert John Billinton was the Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway from 1890 until his death in 1904. He was born in Wakefield...
- 16:36, 3 March 2007 diff hist +876 N South Eastern and Chatham Railway New page: The South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) was formed on 1 January 1899, when two neighbouring rival railways; the South Eastern Railway (SER) and [[London, Chatham and Dover Railway...
- 16:34, 3 March 2007 diff hist +54 London, Brighton and South Coast Railway