Early Days ⁽⁷⁾

Mr. J. Ramsbottom

1858 — DX Goods ⁽³⁾
1863 — 4ft Shunter ⁽³⁾
1870 — Special Tank ⁽²⁾

Mr. F.W. Webb

1873 — Coal Engine ⁽⁴⁾
1880 — 18in Goods ⁽⁵⁾
1881 — Special DX ⁽²⁾
1881 — Coal Tanks ⁽²⁾
1893 — ‘A’ class ⁽²⁾
1894 — Crane Tank ⁽²⁾
1896 — Dock Tank ⁽²⁾
1901 — ‘B’ class ⁽²⁾
1903 — 1400 Class ⁽²⁾

Mr. G. Whale

1904 — ‘C’ class ⁽³⁾
1904 — ‘E’ class ⁽³⁾
1906 — ‘D’ class ⁽²⁾
1906 — ‘F’ class ⁽²⁾
1906 — ‘G’ class ⁽¹⁾
1912 — ‘G1’ class ⁽⁵⁾
1906 — 19in Goods ⁽³⁾

Mr. C.J. Bowen Cooke

1911 — 1185 class ⁽²⁾

Capt. H.P.M. Beames

1923 — 380 class ⁽²⁾

Ex GCR

1919 — ‘MM’ class ⁽²⁾

No.2529 ‘C’ class 0-8-0

Click on picture for bigger image.   LNWRS Photo Ref 9331

Small-boilered ‘C’ class  0-8-0 No.2529 hauls a typically mixed goods  train past Crewe sorting sidings , heading north in May 1905. Ahead lie the goods tunnels allowing the goods lines to bypass the station. The first five wagons are LNWR, the first being a 15ft 6in van and the second and fifth opens to Diagram 4 or 9, typically sheeted over with tarpaulin wagon sheets. Sixth and seventh are vertically ribbed vans belonging to the Furness Railway  that operated in the south of the Lake District. Note the typical LNWR signals and the white-rimmed coal stack to the left, painted to deter pilfering.

‘C’ Locomotive Class