Bolton and Leigh Railway
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The Bolton and Leigh Railway was the first public railway in Lancashire. It opened for goods on 1 August 1828, and thus preceded the Liverpool and Manchester Railway by two years. Passengers were carr
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Sans Pareil
Sans Pareil
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Sans Pareil is a steam locomotive built by Timothy Hackworth which took part in the 1829 Rainhill Trials on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, held to select a builder of locomotives. The name is F
Bolton and Leigh Railway
…Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell, along with Salamander and Veteran, which were both built by Crook and Dean. In 1832 the railway hired Timothy Hackworth's Sans Pareil at a rate of £15 per month, and then bought it outright for £110. In 1842 there were 14 locomotives in operation on the line…
The original locomotive preserved at Shildon Railway museum
Working replica of Sans Pareil making demonstration runs at the Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester)