Professional and Academic Journal articles about the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway In 2013 a small team of LYRS members started to read through all the editions of The Engineer held electronically by ‘Grace’s Guide’. When we started we had access to issues of The Engineer from 1856 to 1930 – that’s nearly 4000 issues. We noted the main points of each reference to the LYR, its predecessor, the companies it took over, and its people. This is the result of our work: nearly 2,500 references from The Engineer and The Electrical Review (there are fewer editions of The Electrical Review on line, and they are not all in the same place). Searching This is a fully searchable pdf file. In most pdf readers you should press Ctrl F. This should bring a small search window onto your screen. Type your search term into this search window Type your search term into the window, press Enter and you will be taken to the first mention of your search term in the text. Press Enter again to find the next one, and so on. For each entry there are eleven columns: Column heading Brief description. Brief description of article This is a short paragraph that outlines what is in the full article. Author of article Most articles are anonymous. Named authors are cited here. Title of article This is the main title or the article. But where there is a long article of different sections this might be the section heading. Key words, names, or phrases A few words that sum up what the article is about. Key in article words include names of people, places, organisations, and railway companies. Type of article Articles are categorised as ‘Business, News, Technical, Personal, or Other’. Original print source The name of the original All the articles are presented journal. in order of: Volume The journal’s volume Original print source number. For The Engineer Volume number there are two 26-week Page number volumes in each calendar year. Page Number The page number of the reference to the LYR. Date The date of publication Electronic source A hyperlink to the issue in which the reference to the LYR appears. (Links to Electrical Review take you to the volume.) What next? We will continue developing this database of references to the LYR. Grace’s Guide now has more issues of The Engineer (though as they are from after 1930, the hit rate for LYR topics is much lower) as well as editions of Engineering. We are also investigating access to other journals. So these pages will continue to be updated. Acknowledgements Our ‘engineering journals reading project’ would not have been possible if the people at Grace’s Guide had not made The Engineer available. In particular we thank Maryann Soper who responded to our various questions and comments. The LYRS volunteers who painstakingly looked (with a bit of help from pdf search) for LYR references (without getting side-tracked by all the other interesting material) were: Mel Draper; Michael Hughes; Derek King; Robin Pennie; Peter Tennant; Dave Westall; and Tom Wray. And thanks to Martin Nield and Roger Mellor for making sure the team’s work is now available to anyone interested in the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. If you have any questions about the content of the database, how we put it together, or about how you can add material to the database, please contact Michael Hughes [email protected] Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Society Electronic Journal Reading Project 1 of 92 Key words, names, or Type of Original print Page Brief description of article Author of article Title of article phrases in article article source Volume Number Date Electronic source LYR rejects the call for a line linking Clayton-le-Moors with the LYR line between Acccrington and Tramway and Railway The Electrical Huncoat due to 'financial and other considerations'. Notes LYR, Clayton-le-Moors Business Review 72 58 1913/01/10 https://ia600505.us.archive.org/0/items/electricalreview72lond/electricalreview72lond.pdf The newly electrified line between Bury and Holcombe Brook is likely to be commissioned during Tramway and Railway LYR, Bury-Holcombe The Electrical February 1913 Notes Brook Business Review 72 58 1913/01/10 https://ia600505.us.archive.org/0/items/electricalreview72lond/electricalreview72lond.pdf LYR has started new electric train service from Liverpool to Ormskirk. Once the LYR's battery station at Tramway and Railway The Electrical Ormskirk is completed, all passenger trains will be electically operated. Notes LYR, Liverpool-Ormskirk Business Review 72 601 1913/04/11 https://ia600505.us.archive.org/0/items/electricalreview72lond/electricalreview72lond.pdf LYR objects to Southport Corporation Bill and the plan for trolley buses to carry goods as being 'injurious Southport Corporation The Electrical to the district". Parliament approved the scheme. Bill LYR, CLC, Southport Business Review 72 636 1913/04/18 https://ia600505.us.archive.org/0/items/electricalreview72lond/electricalreview72lond.pdf The Lancashire Power Construction Co. Ltd has the contract to supply power to the Bury-Holcombe Lancashire Power LYR, Bury-Holcombe The Electrical Brook line of the LYR. Construction Co Ltd Brook Business Review 72 692 1913/04/25 https://ia600505.us.archive.org/0/items/electricalreview72lond/electricalreview72lond.pdf The heads of several LYR departments met in Bury to view progress on the Bury-Holcombe Brook Tramway and Railway LYR, Bury-Holcombe The Electrical electrification. Electric trains will be in use by July. Notes Brook Business Review 72 805 1913/05/16 https://ia600505.us.archive.org/0/items/electricalreview72lond/electricalreview72lond.pdf LYR supports construction of a light railway between Gisburn and Barnoldswick (connecting the LYR at Tramway and Railway LYR, Gisburn, The Electrical Gisburn). Notes Barnoldswick Business Review 72 890 1913/05/30 https://ia600505.us.archive.org/0/items/electricalreview72lond/electricalreview72lond.pdf LYR, Bury-Holcombe Overhead equipment on the Bury-Holcombe Brook line is completed. Current, supplied by the Tramway and Railway Brook, Lancashire The Electrical Lancashire Electric Power Co., switched on in May 1913. Notes Electric Power Company Business Review 72 891 1913/05/30 https://ia600505.us.archive.org/0/items/electricalreview72lond/electricalreview72lond.pdf Frank Stafford, (36) died after falling 20 feet at Holcombe Brook station while working on the overhead LYR, Bury-Holcombe The Electrical line equipment. Fatalities Brook News Review 72 895 1913/05/30 https://ia600505.us.archive.org/0/items/electricalreview72lond/electricalreview72lond.pdf Tramway and Railway LYR, Hightown, Formby The Electrical Proposed light railway between Hightown, Formby Point, and Ainsdale. LYR News 78 203 1916/02/18 http://archive.org/details/electricalreview78lond Notes Point, Ainsdale Review Shareholders AGM report on progress with Manchester - Bury Electrification. Company's spending electrification, The Electrical Business 78 232 1916/02/25 http://archive.org/details/electricalreview78lond outlined. Manchester, Bury, Review Paper to Institution of Electrical Engineers on continuous current railway motors. Comments on paper Continuous current electric motors, multiple- The Electrical Technical 78 324 1916/03/17 http://archive.org/details/electricalreview78lond compare motors on London underground with LYR and L&SWR practice railway motors unit trains, field control Review electric motors, multiple- Paper to Manchester local section of IEE. Discussions on US and UK experience of electric traction Continuous current unit trains, field control, The Electrical Technical 78 333 1916/03/24 http://archive.org/details/electricalreview78lond motors on single and multiple units. Reference to LYR practice. railway motors regenerative control, Review ventilation, voltage Abstract of paper given to Institution of Electrical Engineers. Reviews the characteristics and future The use of continuous series motor, field The Electrical possibilities of the continuous current motor for economic and satisfactory train operation - including N. W. Storer current for terminal control, regenerative Technical 78 354 1916/03/24 http://archive.org/details/electricalreview78lond Review operation over lines with different electrical equipment. Reference to LYR practice. and trunk line control, line voltage Discussion of whether the side-contact rail used on LYR would influence discussions on possible Discussion at The Electrical side contact, third rail News 78 382 1916/03/31 http://archive.org/details/electricalreview78lond standardisation of electrical systems. Newcastle IEE Review Tramway and Railway electrification, The Electrical Manchester - Bury electrification opened. News 78 457 1916/05/21 http://archive.org/details/electricalreview78lond Notes Manchester, Bury, Review electrification, The Electrical Table showing reduced journey times between Manchester and Bury. News 78 482 1916/05/28 http://archive.org/details/electricalreview78lond Manchester, Bury, Review A.J. Aspinall noted as a member of a Lancashire Committee to discuss interconnecting local electricity The Electrical Notes J. A. F Aspinall Business 78 625 1916/06/2 http://archive.org/details/electricalreview78lond networks. Review electrification, The Electrical Breakdown on Manchester - Bury electric service. Steam replacement service. News 78 679 1916/06/16 http://archive.org/details/electricalreview78lond Manchester, Bury, Review LYR, Royal Canadian The Electrical War death of Private J Bound, formerly an electrician on the LYR Roll of Honour Personal 78 739 1916/06/30