Accrington Railways - Robert Kenyon

Aspinall Aspinall Aspinall Hughes Hughes Hughes Hughes

Horwich Horwich Horwich Horwich Horwich Horwich Horwich

0 – 6 – 0 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0

3F 3F 3F 3F 3F 3F 3F

12459 & 52459 Nov.1909 12523 & 52523 July 1909 12529 & 52529 Sep. 1909 12533 & 52533 Oct. 1909 12594 & 52594 Oct. 1909 12606 & 52606 Nov. 1899 13003 & 42703 Oct. 1926 13017 & 42717 May 1927 12611 July 1909

Dec. 1961 Sep. 1962 Mar. 1957 Feb. 1934 Dec. 1935 Mar. 1946 Mar. 1936 Sep. 1964

Hughes/Fowler Horwich Hughes/Fowler Horwich

5MT 5MT

Oct. 1964 The use of numbers and letters to classify types is explained thus - numbers 1 to 9 implied power available (1 being the lesser and 9 the highest for steam locomotives). The letters P denoted an engine was primarily intended for passenger train use, whilst F denoted an engine was primarily intended for the haulage of goods or freight trains. Some locomotives were classified for ‘mixed’ use, both freight and passenger and these were identified by the letters MT (mixed traffic). The power classification of an engine could differ depending on which type of train it was hauling, an example of this being listed as 5P4F . Locomotive numbers 13003 and 13017 were designed by Hughes, but built under the supervision of Chief Mechanical Engineer Fowler. They were nicknamed ‘Crabs’ due to the high exposed running plate above the cylinders and front driving wheels. Locomotive number 52093 with a service of 72½ years was the longest-lived of the locomotives in its class. 1933 February When the General Works Committee met the Town Clerk stated he had stressed the necessity of widening the railway bridge over the LMS lines at Strawberry Bank on account of the serious danger caused by the narrowness of the existing bridge. The County Authority had stated that a scheme for widening this bridge had been submitted to the Ministry of Transport, whose decision on the matter was now awaited. The Lighting Superintendent was authorised to fix a bracket lamp underneath the LMS railway arch in Willows Lane, subject to the Railway Company’s permission. March At a meeting of the Watch Committee, permission was received from the LMS for this light to be fitted under the Willows Lane railway arch. August The General Works Committee met, and referring to a previous minute, the Borough Engineer reported he had met with the Divisional Road Engineer, at which it emerged that it would be ‘some time’ before grants would be available for bridge improvements such as the one carrying the LMS lines over Nuttall Street in the Woodnook district of the town. However, he confirmed that the scheme had been approved by the Ministry of Transport in June, 1931 and therefore would be progressed as soon as was practical. October The Housing Committee met, when the Borough Engineer reported he had received a communication from the LMS, asking if the Corporation would be interested in purchasing some land which they owned adjoining Charter Street. The Borough Engineer was instructed to obtain particulars of this land, and the Town Clerk was asked to negotiate with the Railway Company and report back to this Committee. November The Director of the Education Committee reported on an LMS inspired scheme, to transport schoolchildren on organised day outings to places of interest. But it was decided not to take advantage of this scheme. 1934 March The Housing Committee met to discuss the LMS Railway Company’s offer, made in October last, of two plots of land on Charter Street. These plots were of 3,750 square feet and 1,559 square feet respectively. It was resolved the informal approval of the Ministry of Health would be obtained for the Borough Surveyor’s plans, before any further negotiations with the Company could be considered. April At a meeting of the General Works Committee, the Borough Engineer reported he had received a letter from the LMS with regard to the railway bridges over the tracks on Arago Street and Strawberry Bank. It pointed out that in the existing agreement with the Corporation, with regard to the widening of the Queens Road bridge, it provided for a payment of the sum of 3 Guineas (£3 – 3s – 0d) per annum to

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