Lancashire Witch

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This article is about the locomotive. For the Lancashire witch trials, see Pendle witches.

Lancashire Witch

Specifications
Power type	Steam
Designer	Robert Stephenson
Builder	Robert Stephenson and Company
Build date	1828
Configuration	0-4-0
Gauge	4 ft 8¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
Locomotive weight	7 long tons (7,100 kg)
Fuel type	coke
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	9" x 24" (228mm x 610mm)
Top speed	8 miles per hour (12.9 km/h)
Career
Railroad(s)	Bolton and Leigh Railway
First run	June 1828

Lancashire Witch was an early steam locomotive built by Robert Stephenson and Company in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1828. It was a development of Locomotion.

Description

Lancashire Witch was an 0-4-0 locomotive with rear mounted cylinders inclined at 45 degrees driving to the front wheels. The rear wheels were powered via coupling rods. The boiler has two flue tubes and the locomotive burnt coke, aided by bellows on the tender. It was the first locomotive with steel springs.^[1] Lancashire Witch was the very first locomotive built by Robert Stephenson and Company.^[2]

History

Built at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1828, Lancashire Witch was used on the Bolton and Leigh Railway,^[1] which opened in June 1828, and also on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

Postage stamps

Lancashire Witch appeared on two postage stamps issued by Funafuti-Tuvalu on 24 December 1984.

Other locomotives

British Rail 86 213 was also named Lancashire Witch

London, Midland and Scottish Railway Royal Scot Class 4-6-0 locomotive 6125 was originally named Lancashire Witch. This loco was built by the North British Locomotive Company at Glasgow in September 1927 and withdrawn in October 1964 as 46125 3rd Carabinier.

Class 86 locomotive 86 213 was named Lancashire Witch. This locomotive has been preserved in operational condition by the AC Locomotive Group.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Skempton 2002, p. 658
↑ "Robert Stephenson Biography (1803-1859)". Madehow.com. Retrieved 2008-04-12.

Bibliography

Skempton, Sir Alec (2002). A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland: 1500 to 1830. Thomas Telford. ISBN 0-7277-2939-X

v t e Pre-1830 steam locomotives

"The Coalbrookdale locomotive" (1803) The "Pen-y-Darren" locomotive (1804) The "Newcastle" locomotive (1805) Catch Me Who Can (1808) Salamanca (1812) Puffing Billy, Steam Horse (1813) Blücher (1814) Wylam Dilly, Steam Elephant (1815) Locomotion No. 1 (1825) The Royal George (1827) Lancashire Witch, Stourbridge Lion (1828) Novelty, Sans Pareil, Rocket, Perseverance, Invicta (1829)

See also: Rainhill Trials History of rail transport in Great Britain to 1830

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