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73 relations: Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway, Atmospheric railway, Australia, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Bankruptcy, Beyer, Peacock and Company, Birkenhead, Birkenhead Central railway station, Birkenhead Hamilton Square railway station, Birkenhead Park railway station, Birkenhead Priory, Birkenhead Railway, Bogie, British Rail Class 503, British Westinghouse, Charles Douglas Fox, City and South London Railway, Clerestory, Condensing steam locomotive, Direct current, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Electric multiple unit, Electric power distribution, England, Ferry, George Westinghouse, Great Western Railway, Green Lane railway station, Institution of Civil Engineers, James Brunlees, John Waddell (engineer), Kitson and Company, Liskeard and Looe Railway, Listed building, Liverpool, Liverpool Central railway station, Liverpool James Street railway station, Liverpool Overhead Railway, London Midland Region of British Railways, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Mann Island, Marc Isambard Brunel, Merseyrail, Metropolitan Railway, Metropolitan Railway A Class, Middle Ages, Multiple-unit train control, Museum of Liverpool, New South Wales, Northern line (Merseyrail), ..., NSW Rail Museum, Queensway Tunnel, Railway Correspondence and Travel Society, Railways Act 1921, Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway, Richmond Vale railway line, River Mersey, Royal assent, Runcorn Railway Bridge, Samuel Isaac, Shore Road Pumping Station, Slip coach, Stevengraph, Tank locomotive, Thirlmere, New South Wales, Trafford Park, United States, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Wirral line, Wirral Railway, 0-6-4, 2-6-2, 4-4-0. Expand index (23 more) »
Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway
The Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway (ADR) was a company formed in 1882 from the former Newport Dock Company of 1865.
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Atmospheric railway
An atmospheric railway uses differential air pressure to provide power for propulsion of a railway vehicle.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Baldwin Locomotive Works
The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American manufacturer of railroad locomotives from 1825 to 1956.
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Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal status of a person or other entity that cannot repay debts to creditors.
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Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester.
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Birkenhead
Birkenhead is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England.
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Birkenhead Central railway station
Birkenhead Central is a railway station serving the town of Birkenhead, Wirral, England.
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Birkenhead Hamilton Square railway station
Birkenhead Hamilton Square railway station (commonly shortened to Hamilton Square station) is situated near Hamilton Square in Birkenhead, Wirral, England, on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network.
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Birkenhead Park railway station
Birkenhead Park railway station is a two-platform through station situated in Birkenhead, Wirral, England.
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Birkenhead Priory
Birkenhead Priory is in Priory Street, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England.
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Birkenhead Railway
The Birkenhead Railway was formed on 1 August 1859 as a result of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Railway merging with the Chester and Birkenhead Railway.
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Bogie
A bogie (in some senses called a truck in North American English) is a chassis or framework carrying wheelsets, attached to a vehicle, thus serving as a modular subassembly of wheels and axles.
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British Rail Class 503
British Rail Class 503 trains were electric multiple units.
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British Westinghouse
British Westinghouse Electrical and Manufacturing Company was a subsidiary of the Pittsburgh, USA based Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company.
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Charles Douglas Fox
Sir (Charles) Douglas Fox (14 May 1840 – 13 November 1921) was an English civil engineer.
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City and South London Railway
The City and South London Railway (C&SLR) was the first deep-level underground "tube" railway in the world, and the first major railway to use electric traction.
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Clerestory
In architecture, a clerestory (lit. clear storey, also clearstory, clearstorey, or overstorey) is a high section of wall that contains windows above eye level.
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Condensing steam locomotive
A condensing steam locomotive is a type of locomotive designed to recover exhaust steam, either in order to improve range between taking on boiler water, or to reduce emission of steam inside enclosed spaces.
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Direct current
Direct current (DC) is the unidirectional flow of electric charge.
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Dissolution of the Monasteries
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England and Wales and Ireland, appropriated their income, disposed of their assets, and provided for their former personnel and functions.
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Electric multiple unit
An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power.
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Electric power distribution
Electric power distribution is the final stage in the delivery of electric power; it carries electricity from the transmission system to individual consumers.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Ferry
A ferry is a merchant vessel used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water.
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George Westinghouse
George Westinghouse Jr. (October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914) was an American entrepreneur and engineer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who invented the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry, gaining his first patent at the age of 19.
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Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales.
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Green Lane railway station
Green Lane railway station is in the town of Birkenhead, Wirral, England, located in the district of Tranmere.
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Institution of Civil Engineers
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom.
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James Brunlees
Sir James Brunlees FRSE MICE (1816 – 1892) was a Scottish civil engineer.
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John Waddell (engineer)
John Waddell (1828–1888) was a Scottish railway contractor based in Edinburgh.
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Kitson and Company
Kitson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
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Liskeard and Looe Railway
The Liskeard and Looe Railway was a railway originally built between Moorswater, in the valley west of Liskeard, and Looe, in Cornwall, England, UK, and later extended to Liskeard station on the Cornish Main Line railway.
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Listed building
A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.
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Liverpool
Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.
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Liverpool Central railway station
Liverpool Central railway station in Liverpool, England, forms a central hub of the Merseyrail network, being on both the Northern Line and the Wirral Line.
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Liverpool James Street railway station
Liverpool James Street railway station (commonly shortened to James Street station) is a railway station located in the centre of Liverpool, England, situated on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network.
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Liverpool Overhead Railway
The Liverpool Overhead Railway (known locally as the Dockers' Umbrella) was an overhead railway in Liverpool which operated along the Liverpool Docks and opened in 1893 with lightweight electric multiple units.
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London Midland Region of British Railways
The London Midland Region (LMR) was one of the six regions created on the formation of the nationalised British Railways (BR) and initially consisted of ex-London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) lines in England and Wales.
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London, Midland and Scottish Railway
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS)It has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR.
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Mann Island
Mann Island is a small area in Liverpool, England.
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Marc Isambard Brunel
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (25 April 1769 – 12 December 1849) was a French-born engineer who settled in England.
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Merseyrail
Merseyrail is both a train operating company (TOC) and a commuter rail network in and around Liverpool City Region, England.
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Metropolitan Railway
The Metropolitan Railway (also known as the Met) was a passenger and goods railway that served London from 1863 to 1933, its main line heading north-west from the capital's financial heart in the City to what were to become the Middlesex suburbs.
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Metropolitan Railway A Class
The Metropolitan Railway A Class and B Class were 4-4-0T condensing steam locomotives built for the Metropolitan Railway by Beyer Peacock, first used in 1864.
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.
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Multiple-unit train control
Multiple-unit train control, sometimes abbreviated to multiple-unit or MU, is a method of simultaneously controlling all the traction equipment in a train from a single location, whether it is a Multiple unit comprising a number of self-powered passenger cars or a set of locomotives.
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Museum of Liverpool
The Museum of Liverpool in Liverpool, England, is the newest addition to the National Museums Liverpool group having opened in 2011 replacing the former Museum of Liverpool Life.
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New South Wales
New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.
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Northern line (Merseyrail)
The Northern line is one of the two commuter rail lines operated by Merseyrail in Merseyside, England, with Wirral line being the other.
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NSW Rail Museum
The NSW Rail Museum is the main museum division of Transport Heritage NSW.
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Queensway Tunnel
The Queensway Tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey, in the north west of England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead.
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Railway Correspondence and Travel Society
The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) is a national society founded in Cheltenham, UK in 1928 to bring together those interested in rail transport and locomotives.
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Railways Act 1921
The Railways Act 1921 (c. 55), also known as the Grouping Act, was an Act of Parliament enacted by the British government and intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition and retain some of the benefits which the country had derived from a government-controlled railway during and after the Great War of 1914–1918.
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Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
The Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway was a Welsh railway company formed to connect the upper end of the Rhondda Fawr with Swansea, with the chief objective of transporting coal and other minerals to Swansea docks.
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Richmond Vale railway line
The Richmond Vale Railway was a colliery railway line in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, servicing coal mines at Minmi, Stockrington, Pelaw Main and Richmond Main.
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River Mersey
The River Mersey is a river in the North West of England.
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Royal assent
Royal assent or sanction is the method by which a country's monarch (possibly through a delegated official) formally approves an act of that nation's parliament.
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Runcorn Railway Bridge
The Runcorn Railway Bridge, which is also known as the Ethelfleda Bridge or the Britannia Bridge, crosses the River Mersey at Runcorn Gap from Runcorn to Widnes in Cheshire, England.
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Samuel Isaac
Samuel Isaac (1812 – 22 November 1886) was a merchant and a projector of the Mersey Railway Tunnel.
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Shore Road Pumping Station
The Shore Road Pumping Station is a pumping station situated in Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, England.
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Slip coach
A slip coach or slip carriage is a British and Irish railway term for passenger rolling stock that is uncoupled from an express train while the train is in motion, then slowed by a guard in the coach using the brakes, bringing it to a stop at the next station.
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Stevengraph
Stevengraphs are pictures woven from silk, originally created by Thomas Stevens in the 19th century.
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Tank locomotive
A tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of a more traditional tender.
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Thirlmere, New South Wales
Thirlmere is a small semi-rural town in the Macarthur Region of New South Wales, Australia, in Wollondilly Shire.
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Trafford Park
Trafford Park is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, opposite Salford Quays on the southern side of the Manchester Ship Canal, southwest of Manchester city centre and north of Stretford.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Westinghouse Electric Corporation
The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an American manufacturing company.
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Wirral line
The Wirral line is one of two commuter railway lines operated by Merseyrail and centred on Merseyside, England, the other being the Northern line.
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Wirral Railway
The Wirral Railway was a railway network in the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula, England.
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0-6-4
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles.
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2-6-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels.
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4-4-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, represents the arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, usually in a leading bogie, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersey_Railway
