Accrington on Rails - The Tramways: A Complete History - Robert Kenyon

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- to Haslingden Corp The livery carried by these engines was chocolate brown, with primrose window surrounds. *The explanation behind two engines carrying the number 6 , is the 1898 engine replaced the 1885 example following its withdrawal and scrapping. Engine numbers 19 , 20 , 21 & 22 came second hand from the Blackburn Steam Tramway Company , following closure of their system. Eight engines, numbers 11 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 & 6 , were sold to Haslingden Corporation Tramways on the 31 st of December 1907 who operated them until electrification was completed on September 4 th , 1908. All these engines, with their trailer cars, were kept at the John Street depot in Haslingden, where some Accrington engines and trailers had been out stationed for operational convenience beforehand. Engine number 6 was retained by Haslingden Corporation’s engineering department and with a tram-wagon survived until 1930, for use as a snow plough and permanent way work. It briefly reappeared in Accrington during 1928, when it took part in the town’s Jubilee celebrations. These engines were built to standard dimensions with closed end cab doors. The cabs were fitted with three windows on either side that is except for the three built during 1894 and 1898, (numbers 17 , 18 , & 6 ), which were longer and had four windows on each side. The cabs had two sets of controls, and could be driven from each end without having to be turned. Each engine had two axles each with two wheels of 2 feet and six inches in diameter. These driving wheels were coupled by a single coupling rod on each side. The dynamics were provided by pistons from two inclined cylinders each nine inches in diameter. Each cylinder had a fourteen inch stroke. The boiler was 4 feet in length and 2 feet - 8½ inches in diameter and was designed to operate at a pressure of 150 pounds per square inch, whilst being fitted with Joy’s valve gear. A Falcon-type condenser, consisting of 300 copper tubes ran the length of the roof. This cooled the steam and returned the water back to the tanks for further use. The boiler was fitted with Ramsbottom safety valves. The overall dimensions of the engines (excluding the larger 1894 and 1898 engines), were - Height 9 feet – 2 inches, width 6 feet, length 12 feet 6 inches. Weight in working order is not officially recorded, but has been quoted at 10 tons, with the second-hand Blackburn engines weighing in at approximately 12 tons. Fleet List – Trailer Cars. No . Maker In Out Disposal 1 Falcon, Loughborough 188 6 by 1908 broken up by Accrington

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