Accrington Railways - Robert Kenyon

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426*

12392

December 1899 April 1901

October 1939

431*

12428 & 52428

August 1951

456*

12356 & 52356

May 1897

April 1958

470*

12361

July 1897

August 1933

620*

12374

January 1898

August 1948

1021*

12591

November 1889

May 1939

1031*

12094 & 52094

February 1890

May 1957

1088*

12128

June 1891

January 1947

1090*

12130

June 1891

April 1947

1118*

12136 & 52136

October 1891

September 1957

1150*

12163 & 52163

April 1892

August 1957

1237*

12232 & 52232

June 1894

September 1959

1243*

12240 & 52240

July 1894

April 1961

1244*

12241

August 1894

March 1947

1253*

12249

August 1894

November 1933

1282*

12291

July 1895

December 1931

1294*

12316

December 1895 December 1895 December 1895

November 1933

1296*

12318

June 1934

1297*

12319 & 52319

November 1960

Locomotives numbers 1118 and 1150 were coupled to Barton Wright tenders. Locomotive numbers 431 (July 1916), 1021 (January 1921), 1031 (February 1913), 1090 (March 1913), had their round topped fireboxes replaced by Belpair ones. Locomotive 1021 also received a T & B superheater at the same time. It is recorded that twelve other locomotives from this class were allocated to Accrington locomotive sheds, details of which are not known. The 60 engines marked by an asterisk were still on Accrington’s allocation in 1921 . 1909 June A letter was received from the L & Y intimating that arrangements had been made for issuing excursion tickets for the Fire Brigade’s demonstrations, which were scheduled to take place on Saturday, 12 th , next. These were for trains arriving in Accrington between 9am and 10am, as well as those arriving between 1pm & 2pm from Todmorden, Rochdale, Oldham, Stalybridge, Manchester, Bury, Southport, Liverpool, Wigan, Chorley, Bolton, Bacup, Rawtenstall and Ramsbottom. This demonstration would involve 86 fire brigades and 868 officers and men. It was during this year that certain arrangements for the ‘pooling’ of resources between the Lancashire & Yorkshire and the London & North Western Railway began, much to the displeasure of a

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