LNWR - London and North Western Railway

The elevation and plan of this hotel, now in course of erection by the London and North-Western Railway Company, are from the designs of Mr. Waterhouse, 8, New Cavendish-street. The contractors for the works, Messrs. Haigh and Co., of Liverpool, are in full operation with the building, which is expected to be finished by January next. The design has been greatly modified from the original plan, so as to admit of the hotel being set back for the widening of Lime-street. A glass roof will be thrown over th..

“Mr. Marsden of Leeds … we illustrate a machine which has special interest for a large class of our readers. The machine is designed especially for ballasting railways, and it has long been known that stone or slag properly broken and screened is a most excellent material for such purposes, giving a close road free from dust, whilst the material is left in the best possible form for binding together. The illustrations show the most modern adaptation of the Blake stone breaker for this purpose. ..

PASSENGER LOCOMOTIVE FOR THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. CONSTRUCTED AT THE WORKS OF THE COMPANY, CREWE, FROM THE DESIGNS OF MR. F. W. WEBB, LOCOMOTIVE SUPERINTENDENT. (Precursor Class 1875)   It will be remembered by many of our readers that when Mr. Robinson’s paper on “Modern Locomotives” was read before the Institution of Civil Engineers during the session of 1873-4, one of the chief points upon which the discussion turned was the difference between the types of ..

CLARK AND WEBB’S BRAKE. (From Engineering 1878) In our number of the 18th ult. we gave a two-page engraving showing the application of the Clark and Webb brake to a guard’s van on the London and North-Western Railway, while with our present number we give another two-page engraving showing the brake gear us applied to one of the now six-wheeled carriages on the same line. The Clark chain brake has already been fully dealt with in our pages, and we do not pro-pose here to discuss either its me..

The new compound locomotive invented by Mr. Webb, locomotive superintendent of the London and North Western Railway and constructed by him at Crewe. The engine has three cylinders, two high pressure, one of which is shown, 11 1/2 in. diameter and 24 in. stroke, which actuate the two trailing driving wheels. Under the smoke-box is placed a single low presseure cylinder 26in. diameter and 24 inch stroke which actuates the leading driving wheel. The engines are independent of each other in so far as the ..

LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN CARRIAGE WORKS, WOLVERTON.   How often it appears —we suppose to all of us— that the hand of Time is not impartial. There are places which we can recall, perhaps through many years, that hear little or no impress of its touch, while others have in the same period been changed beyond all recognition. To the latter class may be said to belong the once quiet little village of Wolverton, now the great carriage works of the London and North Western Railway.  ..

LNWR Crewe works, 1908. Many illustrations and diagrams. A "must have" for LNWR enthusiasts. To reduce server load this document has been spilt into several parts "THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY AND CREWE WORKS".  "The London and North-Western Ra.ilway, as it is to. day, is probahly historically the most interesting system of intercommunication ever constructed. Although many other railways came into existence about the same time, they all followed the example ..