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Appendix: Statistical Information Appendix: Statistical Information Table A.1 Order in which the main works were built. Table A.2 Railway companies and trade unions who were parties to Industrial Court Award No. 728 of 8 July 1922 Table A.3 Railway companies amalgamated to form the four main-line companies in 1923 Table A.4 London Midland and Scottish Railway Company statistics, 1924 Table A.5 London and North-Eastern Railway Company statistics, 1930 Table A.6 Total expenditure by the four main-line companies on locomotive repairs and partial renewals, total mileage and cost per mile, 1928-47 Table A.7 Total expenditure on carriage and wagon repairs and partial renewals by each of the four main-line companies, 1928 and 1947 Table A.8 Locomotive output, 1947 Table A.9 Repair output of subsidiary locomotive works, 1947 Table A. 10 Carriage and wagon output, 1949 Table A.ll Passenger journeys originating, 1948 Table A.12 Freight train traffic originating, 1948 TableA.13 Design offices involved in post-nationalisation BR Standard locomotive design Table A.14 Building of the first BR Standard locomotives, 1954 Table A.15 BR stock levels, 1948-M Table A.16 BREL statistics, 1979 Table A. 17 Total output of BREL workshops, year ending 31 December 1981 Table A. 18 Unit cost of BREL new builds, 1977 and 1981 Table A.19 Maintenance costs per unit, 1981 Table A.20 Staff employed in BR Engineering and in BREL, 1982 Table A.21 BR traffic, 1980 Table A.22 BR financial results, 1980 Table A.23 Changes in method of BR freight movement, 1970-81 Table A.24 Analysis of BR freight carryings, 1970-81 Table A.25 BR freight carryings by commodity, 1981 Table A.26 BR passenger miles, revenue, costs and grant, 1975-82 Table A.27 BR freight and parcels business results, 1975-82 Table A.28 BR financial results, 1975-82 Table A.29 BR five-year statistical summary, 1978-82 Table A.30 BR overall performance, 1979-83 Table A.31 BR stock levels, 1949 and 1981 Table A.32 BR locomotive stock, 1983 Table A.33 Road motor vehicles licensed in Great Britain, 1903-80 Table A.34 Road accidents in Great Britain by type of area, class of road and severity, 1981 Table A.35 Road casualties in Great Britain by class of road user, 1978-81 220 Appendix 221 Table A.36 Road casualties in Great Britain by class of road user, type of area and severity, 1981 Table A.37 Senior railway engineers who have held the office of President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1847-1986 222 Appendix TABLE A.l Order in which the main works were built Owning Order in Year Location of company Class of which built built works in 1923 work undertaken 1 1833 Shildon LNER Wagons 2 1838 Wolverton LMS Carriages 3 1840 Brighton SR Locomotives 4 1840 Bromsgrove LMS Wagons 5 1840 Derby LMS Locomotives 6 1842 Cowlairs LNER Locomotives, Carriages and Wagons 7 1842 Swindon GWR Locomotives 8 1843 Crewe LMS Locomotives 9 1846 Barrow-in- LMS Locomotives Furness 10 1847 Ashford SR Locomotives 11 1847 Stratford LNER Locomotives 12 1847 Stratford LNER Carriages 13 1849 Gorton LNER Locomotives 14 1850 Ashford SR Wagons 15 1850 Bow LMS Locomotives 16 1853 Doncaster LNER Locomotives 17 1853 Doncaster LNER Carriages 18 1853 Earlestown LMS Wagons 19 >1855 Wolverhampton GWR Locomotives 20 1856 St Rollox LMS Locomotives 21 1856 St Rollox LMS Carriages 22 1856 Kilmarnock LMS Locomotives 23 1863 Darlington LNER Locomotives 24 1864 Stoke-on- LMS Locomotives, Carriages Trent and Wagons 25 1865 York LNER Wagons 26 1869 Swindon GWR Carriages and Wagons 27 1876 Derby L.L. LMS Carriages and Wagons 28 1876 Newton Heath LMS Carriages and Wagons 29 1881 Gorton LNER Carriages and Wagons 30 1884 York LNER Carriages 31 1887 Horwich LMS Locomotives 32 1888 Lancing SR Carriages 33 1889 Doncaster LNER Wagons 34 1891 Eastieigh SR Carriages 35 1896 Temple Mills LNER Wagons 36 1899 Caerphilly GWR Locomotives 37 1901 Barassie LMS Wagons 38 1901 Caerphilly GWR Carriages and Wagons 39 1902 Walkergate LNER Carriages and Wagons Appendix 223 TABLE A.l Continued Owning Order in Year Location of company Class of which built built works in 1923 work undertaken 40 1903 Inverurie LNER Locomotives, Carriages and Wagons 41 1909 Eastleigh SR Locomotives 42 1923 Faverdale LNER Wagons 224 Appendix TABLE A.2 Railway companies and trade unions who were parties to Industrial Court Award No. 728 of 8 July 1922 Railway companies Alexandra Docks Railway; Barry Railway; Cardiff Railway; Great Eastern Railway; Great Western Railway; Hull & Barnsley Railway; London & North-Western Railway; Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway; London & South-Western Railway; Maryport & Carlisle Railway; Midland Railway; North-Eastern Railway; North Staffordshire Railway; Rhymney Railway; South-Eastern & Chatham Railway; Taff Vale Railway. Trade unions National Union of Railwaymen; Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades, comprising: Associated Black­ smiths' and Ironworkers' Society of Great Britain and Ireland; United Society of Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders; National Society of Brass Workers and Metal Mechanics; London Society of Amalgamated Brass Workers; London United Brass Founders' Society; National Union of Sheet Metal Workers and Braziers; National Society of Coppersmiths, Braziers and Metal Workers; Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union of Great Britain and Ireland; National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical Workers; Electrical Trades Union; Amalgamated Society of Farriers and Blacksmiths; National Amalgamated Furnishing Trades Association; National Union of General Workers; National Union of Operative Heating and Domestic Engineers; General Iron Fitters' Association; Iron, Steel and Metal Dressers' Trade Society; National Amalgamated Union of Labour; National Union of Stove, Grate, Fender and General Light Metal Workers; Birmingham Operative Tinplate, Sheet Metal Workers' and Braziers' Society; National Amalgamated Society of Operative House and Ship Painters and Decorators; United Patternmakers' Association; United Operative Plumbers' and Domestic Engineers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland; Amalgamated Society of Railway Vehicle Builders, Wheelwrights, Carpenters and Mechanics; Ship Constructors' and Shipwrights' Association; Amalgamated Union of Upholsterers; National Union of Vehicle Builders; Amalgamated Wheelwrights', Smiths' and Kindred Trades Union; Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists of Great Britain and Ireland; Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers; National Federation of Building Trades Operatives; National Federation of General Workers, comprising: National Union of General Workers; National Amalgamated Union of Labour Workers' Union. Appendix 225 TABLE A.3 Railway companies amalgamated to form the four main-line companies in 1923 Great Western Railway Company Constituent companies (7) The Barry Railway Company; The Cambrian Railway Company; The Cardiff Railway Company; The Great Western Railway Company; The Rhymney Railway Company; The Taff Vale Railway Company; The Alexandra (Newport & South Wales) Docks & Railway Company. Subsidiary companies (26) The Brecon & Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Company; The Burry Port & Gwendreath Valley Railway Company; The Cleobury Mortimer & Ditton Priors Light Railway Company; The Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway Company; The Exeter Railway Company; The Forest of Dean Central Railway Company; The Gwendreath Valleys Railway Company; The Lampeter, Aberayron & New Quay Light Railway Company; The Liskeard & Looe Railway Company; The Llanelly & Mynydd Mawr Railway Company; The Mawddy Railway Company; The Midland & South-Western Junction Railway Company; The Neath & Brecon Railway Company; The Penarth Extension Railway Company; The Penarth Harbour, Dock & Railway Company; The Port Talbot Railway & Docks Company; The Princetown Railway Company; The Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway Company; The Ross & Monmouth Railway Company; The South Wales Mineral Railway Company; The Teign Valley Railway Company; The Vale of Glamorgan Railway Company; The Van Railway Company; The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway Company; The West Somerset Railway Company; The Wrexham & Ellesmere Railway Company. London Midland and Scottish Railway Company Constituent companies (8) The Caledonian Railway Company; The Furness Railway Company; The Glasgow & South-Western Railway Company; The Highland Railway Company; 226 Appendix TABLE A.3 Continued The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company; The London & North-Western Railway Company; The Midland Railway Company; The North Staffordshire Railway Company. Subsidiary companies (27) The Arbroath & Forfar Railway Company; The Brechin & Edzell District Railway Company; The Callander & Oban Railway Company; The Cathcart District Railway Company; The Charnwood Forest Railway Company; The Cleator & Workington Junction Railway Company; The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway Company; The Dearne Valiey Railway Company; The Dornoch Light Railway Company; The Dundee & Newtyle Railway Company; The Harborne Railway Company; The Killin Railway Company; The Knott End Railway Company; The Lanarkshire & Ayrshire Railway Company; The Leek & Manifold Valiey Light Railway Company; The Maryport & Carlisle Railway Company; The Mold & Denbigh Junction Railway Company; The North & South-Western Junction Railway Company; The North London Railway Company; The Portpatrick & Wigtownshire Joint Committee; The Shropshire Union Railways & Canal Company; The Solway Junction Railway Company; The Stratford-upon-Avon & Midland Junction Railway Company; The Tottenham
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