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Actions	Notebooks detailing engines made by the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Remove from selection Add to selection TitleNotebooks detailing engines made by the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway ReferenceLAN CreatorLancaster & Carlisle Railway 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. Date 26 December 1855 - 26 July 1857 Scope and ContentTwo 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. Extent2 volumes Physical descriptionGood condition LanguageEnglish Archival historyThe 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. Levelfonds Repository nameNational Railway Museum, York SubjectRailways Conditions governing accessAccess is given in accordance with the NRM access policy. Material from this archive is available to researchers through Search Engine Conditions governing ReproductionCopies may be supplied of items in the archive, provided that the copying process used does not damage the item or is not detrimental to its preservation. Copies will be supplied in accordance with the NRM’s terms and conditions for the supply and reproduction of copies, and the provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Hierarchy browser LAN Notebooks detailing engines made by the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway 26 December 1855 - 26 July 1857 fonds contains 2 parts

TitleNotebooks detailing engines made by the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway

ReferenceLAN

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26 December 1855 - 26 July 1857

Scope and ContentTwo 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.

Extent2 volumes

Physical descriptionGood condition

LanguageEnglish

Archival historyThe 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.

Levelfonds

Repository nameNational Railway Museum, York

SubjectRailways

Conditions governing accessAccess is given in accordance with the NRM access policy. Material from this archive is available to researchers through Search Engine

Conditions governing ReproductionCopies may be supplied of items in the archive, provided that the copying process used does not damage the item or is not detrimental to its preservation. Copies will be supplied in accordance with the NRM’s terms and conditions for the supply and reproduction of copies, and the provisions of any relevant copyright legislation.