Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Society Electronic Journal Reading Project 1 of 265 Original Key words, names, Type of print Page Brief description of article Author of articleTitle of article or phrases in article article source Volume Number Date Electronic source William Barker sued the LYR for £4 for breach of contract and lost time. He booked on the 7.40 pm Pontefract - Huddersfield train. The train was delayed by an accident and Barker missed his connection. He couldn’t be guaranteed a later connection so hired a chaise costing £1. 10s. 6d. The LYR said it could not be responsible as the delay was unforeseen (this was printed on the back of tickets). The judge agreed with Baker Important Decision awarding the £1. 10s. 6d (but not the remainder for 'lost Affecting Railway LYR, Huddersfield The time'). Travellers Court, William Barker, News Engineer 1 120 1856/03/07 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1856/03/07 East Lancashire Railway order for rails and chairs for an Prices Current of The extension. Metals ELR Business Engineer 1 174 1856/03/28 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1856/03/28 East Lancashire Railway in the market for ironwork in Prices Current of The support of a new extension. Metals ELR Business Engineer 1 201 1856/04/11 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1856/04/11 Institution of Civil Engineers discussion on 'steep gradients of railways' (I.K. Brunel in the Chair). Reference to Oldham Incline, 1.5 miles at 1 in 27 gradient. A 27 ton tank engine drew a train of 'nine loaded carriages weighing 50 tons' at 15 mph up the incline. Later reference to Miles Platting and other Institution of Civil railways' inclines where rope-haulage had been replaced Institution of Civil Engineers, Oldham, The by adhesion. Engineers incline, gradient Technical Engineer 1 210 1856/04/18 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1856/04/18 On the East Lancashire Railway there were 44 cases of hot journals (on 'waggons') from brasses turning in their seats, 22 brasses destroyed and 3 journals rendered unfit On an Improved for use. This was 1600 vehicles over eight months. Axle Box and Spring Waggons fitted with improved axle boxes and spring Fittings for Railway The fittings had no hot boxes. Carriages ELR, axle boxes, Technical Engineer 1 228 1856/04/25 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1856/04/25 Report on connection of Liverpool Dock Railways to The LYR and LNWR. Liverpool, LYR, LNWR News Engineer 1 294 1856/05/30 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1856/05/30 Fairburn's workshops, Great Ancoat Street. Engraving of 2-4-0T locomotive recently trialled on the Oldham incline (see 18 April). Dimension of the loco and A Tour in the engravings showing the placing on India-rubber packing in Provinces: The the horn blocks and coupling rods. Manchester Oldham, Fairburn Technical Engineer 1 324 1856/06/13 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1856/06/13 Page 1 The Engineer Project up to 09/06/2015 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Society Electronic Journal Reading Project 2 of 265 Original Key words, names, Type of print Page Brief description of article Author of articleTitle of article or phrases in article article source Volume Number Date Electronic source Prices Current of The LYR in the market for wrought and cast iron stoves Metals LYR Business Engineer 1 329 1856/06/13 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1856/06/13 Report of a meeting of LYR, LNWR, NER, GCR, MR, and MSJR companies with the Art Treasures Exhibition Committee. The Committee planned to use a site near to one of the railways but forbade them from lobbying. The railway company boards were exhorted to ensure adequate services, offer and advertise excursion tickets that include admission to the exhibition. Southern railway companies were invited to co-operate with the Exhibition of Art Northern companies and Continental railways to offer Treasures at LYR, LNWR, NER, The through tickets. Manchester 1857 GCR, MR, MSJR News Engineer 1 335 1856/06/20 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1856/06/20 12.8% increase in traffic on the East Lancashire Railway Increase of Railway East Lancashire, traffic The and 10.5% on the Lancashire and Yorkshire in the Business 2 378 1856/07/11 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1856/07/11 Traffic increase Engineer previous six months Mr, J Le Blanc sued LYR for train being late departing Non-Punctuality of Huddersfield, late- The News 2 394 1856/07/25 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1856/07/25 Huddersfield Railway Trains running Engineer Metal and Great North Coal LYR likely to oppose proposal for Great North Coal Manufactures in the The Company, Doncaster, Business 2 402 1856/07/25 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1856/07/25 Company from Doncaster to Wakefield Lancashire and Engineer Wakefield Yorkshire Districts Notes from the Bill for merger of LYR and East Lancashire Railway has The Northern and ELR, merger, parliamentBusiness 6 90 1856/07/30 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1858/07/30 been thrown out by the House of Lords Engineer Eastern Counties I. K Brunel arbitrating between East Lancashire and Preston Railway The North Union Railway Companies on the allocation of Preston, ELR Business 2 414 1856/08/01 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1856/08/01 Station Engineer cost of Preston Station Hurst's Mode of Hurst, London Tilbury Patent for sliced rail joints (in use on London Tilbury & The Connecting the and Southend Railway, Personal 2 472 1856/08/29 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1856/08/29 Southend, but no mention of LYR application) Engineer Rails of Railways fishplates, rails A Tour of the Brief description of travelling from Manchester, via Bolton, Manchester, The Provinces, Other 2 526 1856/09/26 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1856/09/26 Bolton and Preston to Morecambe Preston Engineer Morecambe Bay Page 2 The Engineer Project up to 09/06/2015 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Society Electronic Journal Reading Project 3 of 265 Original Key words, names, Type of print Page Brief description of article Author of articleTitle of article or phrases in article article source Volume Number Date Electronic source Metal and East Lancashire Railway surveying an extension into Manufactures in the The ELR, extension News 2 594 1856/10/31 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1856/10/31 West Yorkshire Yorkshire and Engineer Lancashire Districts Metal and Penistone branch of the Manchester, Sheffield and Manufactures in the The Lincolnshire Railway ready to open, with terminus to be MSLR, Penistone News 2 666 1856/12/05 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1856/12/05 Yorkshire and Engineer with LYR, subject to resolution of dispute Lancashire Districts Increases traffic receipts for year for LYR are £116806 traffic and income, East The Railway Traffic Business 3 24 1857/01/09 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1857/01/09 and East Lancashire £34184 Lancashire Engineer Patent granted to Charles Fay for 'Improvements in The Patent Journal Fay, carriage, brake News 3 32 1857/01/09 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1857/01/09 Railway Carriages and Breaks' Engineer Grants of William Irlam, Newton Heath, granted patent for Provisional Irlam, turntable, crane, The 'Improvements in the Construction of Railway Turntables Other 3 53 1857/01/16 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1857/01/16 Protection for Six patent, Newton Heath Engineer and Weighing Cranes' Months Metals and Manufactures in the The MSLR proposing joint station with LYR at Barnsley Barnsley, MSLR News 3 60 1857/01/16 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1857/01/16 Yorkshire and Engineer Lancashire Districts Inquest into engine boiler explosion. Jenkins gives The Late Fatal Sough, boiler explosion, The evidence, jury concludes accidental death but boiler Explosion (sic) at News 3 114 1857/02/06 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1857/02/06 Jenkins Engineer inspections insufficient Sough Examples exhibited of cast iron chairs used on the East Institution of Civil The chairs, East Lancashire Technical 3 145 1857/02/20 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1857/02/20 Lancashire Railway Engineers Engineer Metals and Half-year LYR meeting of Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Manufactures in the Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, The Junction Railway notes benefits of merger of LYR and News 3 220 1857/03/13 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1857/03/13 Yorkshire and East Lancashire Engineer ELR, and running of LYR trains to Bradford Lancashire Districts Metals and Meeting in Blackburn agrees to support extension of Manufactures in the Blackburn, Bolton, The Blackburn line from Bolton to Manchester, to compete News 3 340 1857/04/24 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1857/04/24 Yorkshire and Manchester Engineer with LYR and East Lancashire Lancashire Districts Page 3 The Engineer Project up to 09/06/2015 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Society Electronic Journal Reading Project 4 of 265 Original Key words, names, Type of print Page Brief description of article Author of articleTitle of article or phrases in article article source Volume Number Date Electronic source Metals and Trial of new carriages and break (sic) from Manchester Manufactures in the Carriage, Brake, Fay, The Technical 3 380 1857/05/08 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1857/05/08 to Ashton, including summary performance data Yorkshire and Miles Platting Engineer Lancashire Districts Metals and Manufactures in the Carriage, Brake, Fay, The More notes on the