The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 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-large
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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
L&YR Blackpool–Manchester Club saloon of 1912 in contemporary colours
The London and North Western Railway was a major British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the LNWR was the largest joint stock company in the world.
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
…than 5+1⁄2 miles (9 km) apart and its 1,904 passenger services occupied 57 pages in Bradshaw, a number exceeded only by the Great Western Railway, the London and North Western Railway, and the Midland Railway. It was the first mainline railway to introduce electrification of some of its lines, and it also ran steamboat services across…
Coat of arms of the London & North Western Railway
LNWR's initials carved in Portland stone on one of Euston Station's entrance lodges
The erecting shop at the Crewe Locomotive Works c. 1890
Illustration of a LNWR passenger locomotive, c. 1852