Accrington Railways - Robert Kenyon

41188

LMS Fowler

Vulcan Foundry

Mar. 1927

4 – 4 – 0 tender

4P

October 1950

Nov. 1955

42153 42295 42433 42437 42548 42549 42634 42643 42661 42716

LMS Fairburn LMS Fairburn LMS Stanier LMS Stanier LMS Stanier LMS Stanier LMS Stanier LMS Stanier LMS Stanier LMS Hughes

Derby Derby Derby Derby

Jun. 1948 Nov. 1947 Mar. 1936 Apr. 1936 July 1936 July 1936 Sep. 1938 Nov. 1938 May 1941 May 1927

2 – 6 – 4 tank 2 – 6 – 4 tank 2 – 6 – 4 tank 2 – 6 – 4 tank 2 – 6 – 4 tank 2 – 6 – 4 tank 2 – 6 – 4 tank 2 – 6 – 4 tank 2 – 6 – 4 tank

4MT 4MT 4MT 4MT 4MT 4MT 4MT 4MT 4MT 5MT

March 1961 March 1961 January 1960 September 1958 March 1959 March 1959 July 1957 March 1961 January 1960 September 1951 September 1951 September 1951 April 1952 November 1950 November 1950

Aug. 1964 Oct. 1965 May 1962 June 1964 Feb. 1967 Nov. 1961 Jan. 1965 Dec. 1963 Oct. 1962 Oct. 1964

North British North British

Derby Derby Derby

Horwich

2 – 6 – 0 tender 2 – 6 – 0 tender 2 – 6 – 0 tender 2 – 6 – 0 tender 0 – 6 – 0 tender 0 – 6 – 0 tender 4 – 6 – 0 tender 4 – 6 – 0 tender 2 – 8 – 0 tender 2 – 8 – 0 tender 2 – 8 – 0 tender 2 – 8 – 0 tender 2 – 8 – 0 tender 2 – 8 – 0 tender

42717

LMS Hughes

Horwich

May 1927

5MT

July 1963

42718

LMS Hughes

Horwich

May 1927

5MT

Feb. 1964

42843

LMS Hughes

Horwich

Oct. 1930

5MT

May 1963

44460 44479

LMS Fowler LMS Fowler

Horwich

May 1928 0– 6 – 0 tender

4F 4F

Oct. 1964 May 1964

North British

Dec. 1927

44486

LMS Fowler

North British

Dec. 1927

4F

September 1950 August 1951

Jan. 1965

45367

LMS Stanier

Armstrong Whitworth Armstrong Whitworth

June 1937

5MT

Nov. 1963

45396

LMS Stanier

Aug. 1937

5MT

May 1951

Feb. 1966

51410 51514 90206

L & Y Aspinall L & Y Aspinall

Miles Platting Vulcan Foundry North British

June 1880 0 – 6 – 0 s/tank Apr. 1883 0 – 6 – 0 s/tank

2F 2F 8F

April 1954

Apr. 1954 Nov. 1953 May 1963

November 1953

War Dept. Riddles

Oct. 1943

July 1951

90402

War Dept. Riddles

North British

Jan. 1945

8F

July 1951

Apr. 1964

90416

War Dept. Riddles

North British

Feb. 1945

8F

August 1951

Apr. 1964

90610

War Dept. Riddles

Vulcan Foundry

Jan. 1944

8F

August 1951

May 1967

90632

War Dept. Riddles

Vulcan Foundry

Mar. 1944

8F

August 1951

May 1965

War Dept. Riddles Nov. 1963 The Ministry of Supply, ‘Austerity’ locomotives initially carried War Department numbers and details of these and the dates of renumbering are as follows. 90206 (77242 to March 1949), 90402 (78612 to April 1949), 90416 (78546 to March 1949), 90610 (77466 to May 1949), 90632 (78629 to May 1949) and 90713 (79275 to March 1949). The LMS Hughes mixed traffic 2 – 6 – 0 locomotives built at Horwich were referred to as ‘Crabs’. The builders referred to were located at Newton-le-Willows in the case of the Vulcan Foundry, in Glasgow in the case of North British and in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the case of Armstrong Whitworth. 1951 January During the month excursions were operating to Liverpool on Saturday, the 13 th , for 5/6d, departing Accrington at 12:21 returning from Exchange Station at 23:10. Then an all stations through Lancaster to Barrow-in-Furness around Morecambe Bay on Sunday, the 21 st , departing Accrington at 11:10 returning from Barrow at 7pm, for 5/3d to Lancaster and 9/- to Barrow. On Saturdays the 13 th and 20 th , to Blackpool at 16:40 (13 th ) and 16:35 (20 th ) for 3/9d with admission to the Tower or the Winter Gardens for 1/- extra. Returns were from Central Station at 22:45 or from Blackpool North at 23:05 (fares from Church & Oswaldtwistle were 3d less). February New instructions were given to footplate men to carry out if they thought they had struck someone or something on the line. These came about following an inquest into a 51 year old platelayer who was killed by a train at Ravenshore Bridge, in Helmshore. The fireman on a goods train, Edwin Vulcan Foundry Feb. 1945 8F 90713 August 1951

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