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Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Biography Biography
The Lancaster and Carlisle Railway was authorised on 6 June 1844. It originated when in 1839 government commissioners were appointed to choose between east and west coast routes to Scotland and advocated both. Between Lancaster and Carlisle was the most easterly of three alternatives was selected, the four existing west coast companies made substantial contributions to the Lancaster and Carlisle’s capital of £900, 000. The Lancaster and Carlisle Railway was engineered by Joseph Locke with Thomas Brassey as Contactor. In 1859 the company leased itself to the London North Western Railway and in 1879 it was acquired outright by them.

Scope and Content
Two notebooks containing L & C Railway Locomotive Engine Memoranda between 1856-1857, made by the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway. The notebooks include brief, hand-written notes of individual locomotives' faults and repairs required.
Extent
2 volumes
Physical description
Good condition
Language
English
Archival history
The volumes were originally wrapped together in a bundle with around 60 Lancaster and Carlisle Locomotive mileage sheets. Purchased by the National Railway Museum from a private vendor, 2008.
Level of description
TOP
Repository name
National Railway Museum, York
Subject
Railways
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