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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 7 (October 1, 1938)

A Famous Old Railway

A Famous Old Railway.

Exactly one hundred years ago there was opened a very famous old railway—the Manchester and Bolton Railway. This system developed out of the Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal, which was opened for both goods and passenger conveyance in 1796. Following page 39
A three-car electric train, Moscow-Mitischi Railway, Russia.

A three-car electric train, Moscow-Mitischi Railway, Russia.

the course of the canal for part of the way, the Manchester & Bolton Railway was partly laid on stone sleepers. The cost of construction was £600,000, or £60,000 per mile. In the first six weeks of operation 33,000 passengers were carried. Early engines were supplied by Edward Bury, of the Clarence Foundry, Liverpool, who also supplied locomotives for the London & Birmingham Railway, opened throughout in September, 1838. Bury's engines, like the modern streamliners, had their own special names, among these being “Bolton” and “Manchester.” The Liverpool and Manchester Railway, it is interesting to recall, tried to sell to the Manchester & Bolton line their old “Arrow” locomotive for £300, but it is recorded that the Manchester & Bolton directors “declined to take the ‘Arrow’ at any price”! In 1846, the Manchester & Bolton was absorbed by the Manchester & Leeds Railway, which a year later became the Lancashire & Yorkshire line, and is now part of the L. M. & S.