List of Liverpool and Manchester Railway locomotives

This is a list of locomotives that were used or trialled on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) during its construction, the Rainhill Trials, and until absorption by the Grand Junction Railway in 1845.

Date built No. / Name Builder Wheel arrangement Notes
1830 2 Arrow Robert Stephenson and Company 0-2-2 Participated in Opening Ceremony, driven by Frederick Swanwick.[1]
1830 5 Comet Robert Stephenson and Company 0-2-2 Participated in Opening Ceremony, driven by Alcard.[1]
1829 Cycloped Thomas Shaw Brandreth Horse powered, unsuccessful Rainhill Trials entrant.
1830 4 Dart Robert Stephenson and Company 0-2-2 Participated in Opening Ceremony, driven by Thomas Gooch.[1]
Hecate
1841 72 Kingfisher L&MR 2-2-2
1828 Lancashire Witch Robert Stephenson and Company 0-4-0 First locomotive built by Robert Stephenson and Company. Built for Bolton and Leigh Railway but leased to L&MR.
1830 Liverpool Edward Bury and Company 0-4-0[2]
1830 10 Majestic Robert Stephenson and Company 0-2-2
1831 Manchester Galloway, Bowman & Glasgow 2-2-0[2]
1830 8 North Star Robert Stephenson and Company 0-2-2 Participated in opening ceremony.[3]
1830 7 Northumbrian Robert Stephenson and Company 0-2-2 Enlarged version of Rocket, Lead locomotive in opening procession, driven by George Stephenson[1][4]
1829 Novelty Ericsson & Braithwaite 0-2-2VBWT Rebuilt by Robert Daglish and sold to St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway 3 August 1833.[5] Replica built in 1929 incorporates original wheels and one cylinder.
1829 Perseverance Timothy Burstall 0-4-0
6 Phoenix Robert Stephenson and Company 0-2-2[2] Participated in Opening Ceremony, driven by Robert Stephenson[1][3]
1829 1 Rocket George & Robert Stephenson 0-2-2 Participated in Opening Ceremony, driven by Joseph Locke[1] Sold to Lord Carlisle, donated to Patent Office Museum in 1862. Preserved.
1838 60 Roderic Rothwell 2-2-2
1829 Sans Pareil Timothy Hackworth 0-4-0 Leased to Bolton and Leigh Railway in 1831
1829 Twin Sisters Robert Stephenson and Company 0-6-0
1830 3 Wildfire Robert Stephenson and Company 0-2-2 Later renamed Meteor[5]
1830 9 Planet Robert Stephenson and Company 2-2-0
1831 13 Samson Robert Stephenson and Company 0-4-0
1831 15 Goliah Robert Stephenson and Company 0-4-0
1830 William IV Ericsson & Braithwaite 0-2-2
Queen Adelaide Ericsson & Braithwaite
1831 19 Vulcan Murray & Wood 2-2-0
1831 21 Fury Murray & Wood 2-2-0
1832 27 Pluto Robert Stephenson and Company 2-2-0
1832 28 Caledonian Galloway, Bowman & Glasgow 0-4-0
1832 29 Ajax Robert Stephenson and Company 2-2-0
1833 30 Leeds Murray & Wood 2-2-0
1833 31 Firefly Robert Stephenson and Company 2-2-0
1833 32 Experiment Richard Roberts 2-2-0 Driven by bell cranks.
1834 33 Patentee Robert Stephenson and Company 2-2-2
1835 40 Eclipse Charles Tayleur 0-4-2
1836 42 York Charles Tayleur 0-4-2
1836 43 Vesuvius Haigh Foundry 2-2-2
1836 45 Lightning Haigh Foundry 2-2-2
1836 46 Cyclops Haigh Foundry 2-2-2 Modified in 1839 by John Gray (locomotive engineer) with expansion gear.[6]
1836 47 Milo Charles Tayleur 2-2-2
1836 48 Dart Mather Dixon 2-2-2
1836 49 Phoenix Tayleur 2-2-2
1837 53 Sun R & W Hawthorn 2-2-2
1837 56 Vesta R & W Hawthorn 2-2-2
1838 57 Lion Todd, Kitson & Laird 0-4-2 Sold to Mersey Docks in 1859 for use as a stationary pump, worked in that role until 1928. Preserved.
1838 58 Tiger Todd, Kitson & Laird 0-4-2
1839 65 Elephant Todd, Kitson & Laird 0-4-2
1835 39 Hercules Mather Dixon 0-4-0
1841 69 Swallow John Dewrance 2-2-2
1842 77 Stork John Dewrance 2-2-2

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Some historical background to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway". Resco. http://www.resco.co.uk/history_iron.html. Retrieved 2008-03-23. 
  2. ^ a b c "Early Locomotives of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway". P T T Dixon. http://www.pittdixon.go-plus.net/l&mr/locomotives.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-23. 
  3. ^ a b "Liverpool and Manchester". Spartacus. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAliverpool.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-23. 
  4. ^ "Northumbrian". Spartacus. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAnorthumbrian.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-23. 
  5. ^ a b "Early locomotive history". Steam Index. http://www.steamindex.com/locotype/earlyloc.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-23. 
  6. ^ Marshall, John (1978). A Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers. Newton Abbot, England: David and Charles. ISBN 0-7153-7489-3. , p.97

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