Accrington Railways - Robert Kenyon

The LNWR by comparison to the L & Y, was the larger partner, and the statistics for 1920 show that this was the case in the majority of grounds, the exceptions being highlighted in bold type. CAPITAL Assets LNWR L&Y £127, 885,297 £72,231,980

Mileage operated Total running lines Passenger miles run Goods miles run £ per mile operated (approx..) All miles operated*

LNWR 4,355

L&Y 1,417

24,204,468 16,826,098

11,579,330 4, 659,624

29,000

19,000

168,442,216 30,775,864 *includes light engine, marshalling and shunting mileage.

Traction

LNWR

L&Y

Tender engines 2,165 (6 types)

966 (6 types)

Tank engines Electric cars Trailer cars Rail motors

1,096 (10 types) 684 (8 types)

115 118

69

100

18

8

Rolling stock

LNWR 9,550

L&Y 4,360

Passenger carriages

Goods vehicles Other types

76,822 35,031

7,429

2,746

Passenger journeys 1st Class 3rd Class Workmen

LNWR

L&Y

2,660,390 56,057,577 33,689,823

2,000,998 64,007,144 47,865,152

17,149 55,669

1st Season tickets 3rd Season tickets

12,116 75,043

TOTALS

113,960,453 92,806,608

Tonnage carried Freight/goods Types of fuel Other minerals

LNWR

L&Y

8,012,709 17.855,706 7,862,706 1,627,762

4,527,012 8,290,432 1,926,978 406,955

Live stock TOTALS

35,358,883 15,151,377

The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway was the largest operators of shipping with 23 large vessels, whereas the London & North Western had 14 big and 1 smaller ships. Unfortunately neither company had good records when it came to explosions of boilers on their steam locomotives. Of the ninety-nine incidents of this nature investigated on the nation’s railways

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