Horwich Works was a railway works built in 1886 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) in Horwich, near Bolton, in North West England when the company moved from its original works at Miles Platting, Manchester.
Rivington House, Horwich Works.
Wren, one of eight small locomotives used on the 18" gauge system in Horwich Works
Number plate on L&YR 1008, the first locomotive built at Horwich (1889)
LYR Aspinall 0-6-0ST No. 752, rebuilt from a Barton Wright 0-6-0 tender loco at Horwich (at Rocket 150, 1980)
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways. It was the third-largest railway system based in northern England.
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Body shell manufacture at the company's works at Horwich, 1915
L&YR 0-8-0 Tender Engine on a period post card
L&YR Aspinall 0-6-0 ST No. 752 at Rainhill in 1980 showing the LYR freight loco colours of black with red lining