Locomotives of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. The

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways. It was the third-largest railway system based in northern ...

locomotive works were originally at

Miles Platting Miles Platting is an inner city part of Manchester, England, northeast of Manchester city centre along the Rochdale Canal and A62 road, bounded by Monsall to the north, Collyhurst to the west, Newton Heath to the east, and Bradford, Holt Tow ...

, Manchester. From 1889 they were at

Horwich Horwich ( ) is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. Prior to 1974 in the historic county of Lancashire. It is southeast of Chorley, northwest of Bolton and northwest of Manchester. It l ...

Constituent companies

The L&YR came into being in 1847 when the

Manchester and Leeds Railway The Manchester and Leeds Railway was a British railway company that built a line from Manchester to Normanton where it made a junction with the North Midland Railway, over which it relied on running powers to access Leeds. The line followed the ...

changed its name. Locomotives added to its stock before that date came from the: *

Manchester and Bolton Railway The Manchester and Bolton Railway was a railway in the historic county of Lancashire, England, connecting Salford to Bolton. It was built by the proprietors of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway Company who had in 183 ...

''(amalgamated 18 August 1846)'' *

North Union Railway The North Union Railway was an early British railway company, operating in Lancashire. It was created in 1834, continuing independently until 1889. Formation The North Union Railway (NUR) was created by an Act of Parliament on 22 May 1834 whic ...

''(a share acquired 31 December 1846)'' As the L&YR, locomotives were taken into stock from the: * Preston & Wyre Railway, Harbour and Dock Co. ''(vested L&Y (two thirds) and L&NWR (one third) 28 July 1849)'' * Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Railway ''(amalgamated jointly with the

East Lancashire Railway East Lancashire Railway is a heritage railway line in North West England which runs between Heywood, Greater Manchester and Rawtenstall in Lancashire. There are intermediate stations at Bury Bolton Street railway station, Bury Bolton Street, ...

1 January 1858)'' *

Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway The Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway (LC&SR) received parliamentary authorization on 2 July 1847 and opened between Southport and Liverpool, on 24 July 1848. The Liverpool terminal was a temporary station on the viaduct passing near to Wate ...

''(purchased 14 June 1855)'' *

Preston and Longridge Railway The Preston and Longridge Railway (P&LR) was a branch line in Lancashire, England. Originally designed to carry quarried stone in horse-drawn wagons, it became part of an ambitious plan to link the Lancashire coast to the heart of Yorkshire. The ...

''(taken over jointly with the

L&NWR The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company in the United Kingdom. In 1923, it became a constituent of the Lon ...

17 June 1867)'' *

Blackburn and Preston Railway The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways. It was the third-largest railway system based in northern ...

''(amalgamated with the East Lancashire 3 August 1846)'' *

''(amalgamated as a separate division 13 August 1859, loco stocks amalgamated 17 March 1875 by adding 600 to East Lancs numbers.)'' *

Blackpool and Lytham Railway Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre rivers, and is ...

''(amalgamated with the

Preston and Wyre Joint Railway The Preston and Wyre Railway was promoted to open up agricultural land in the Fylde in Lancashire, access a new port at what became Fleetwood and the Lancaster Canal at Preston: it opened in 1840. An associated company built the dock leading to ...

(L&Y/L&NW Joint)in 1871/2)'' *

West Lancashire Railway The West Lancashire Railway (WLR) ran northeast from Southport to Preston in northwest England. History Construction was started by Samuel Swire the Mayor of Southport, on 19 April 1873. It opened on 15 September 1882. A branch was construct ...

''(amalgamated 15 July 1897)'' *

Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway The Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway was formed in 1884, and totaled 7 miles. In 1897 it became part of Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, and on 1 May 1901, its northern terminus switched from to . It connected the West Lanc ...

''(amalgamated with the West Lancashire December 1888 and with the L&Y 15 July 1897)''

The Miles Platting era

William Jenkins (Indoor) 1845–1867 & William Hurst (Outdoor) 1846–1854

Although Jenkins was the Locomotive Superintendent the early years of this period saw Hawkshaw specifying the locomotives. As Hawkshaw was not a locomotive engineer the resultant locomotives were not of the best and were hopelessly outdated long before they were withdrawn. Hurst left to join the

North British Railway The North British Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1844, with the intention of linking with English railways at Berwick. The line opened in 1846, and from the outset the company followe ...

in 1854 and Jenkins continued on his own.

William Yates (Indoor) 1868–1875 & William Hurst (Outdoor) 1868–1875

Following the death of Jenkins responsibility passed to Yates as Indoor Superintendent and Hurst returned as the Outdoor Superintendent. Hurst retired in 1875 and Yates resigned. A disastrous fire at the

works in 1873 led to the building of the new

Horwich Works Horwich Works was a railway works built in 1886 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) in Horwich, near Bolton, in North West England when the company moved from its original works at Miles Platting, Manchester. Buildings Horwich Works ...

. The official system of numbered classes was not introduced until 1919, therefore classes are listed here according to the number of the first locomotive built.

The Horwich era

Note: The class numbers below are those introduced by Hughes in 1919. Each can cover several similar varieties, e.g. all the non-superheated 0-8-0s are Class 30

William Barton Wright William Barton Wright (13 November 1828 – 7 May 1915) was an English mechanical engineer, also tea plantation owner and mine owner. He was Locomotive Superintendent of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) from 1875. During his ten-year ca ...
(1875–1886)

During this period the

was under construction and apart from a few built at Miles Platting, engines came from outside manufacturers.

John Audley Frederick Aspinall (1886–1899)

From 1889

was completed and from that time all engines were constructed there.

Henry Albert Hoy (1899–1904)

George Hughes (1904–1922)

Notes on L&Y classes

The "number only" classes are those introduced by George Hughes in 1919 and shown in the L&YR working timetable appendix of 1921. There is also a series of unofficial "letter and number" classes which was devised by the author R. W. Rush, and which has been copied by some other authors.

Picture gallery

File:Bank Hall 2 Locomotive Shed geograph-2224499.jpg, Bank Hall Locomotive Shed on 20 June 1948: an ex-Lancashire & Yorkshire 'Pug' 0-4-0T No. 11246. File:Bank Hall Locomotive Depot geograph-2217586.jpg, Bank Hall Locomotive Depot in 1948: two ex-Lancashire & Yorkshire engines, 1F 0-6-0T No. 11535 and Class 30 6F 0-8-0 No. 12782.

Preservation

Eight locomotives survive, these being:

References

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External links

"A Brief History of L&YR Locomotives" from the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Society

{{Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Locomotives Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway *