Crewe railway works was set up, beginning in 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway in the town of Crewe, in the county of Cheshire, in the north west of England. 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Grand Junction Railway (GJR) was an early railway company in the United Kingdom which existed between 1833 and 1846. ... Map sources for Crewe at grid reference SJ705557 Crewe is a large town in south Cheshire, in the north west of England. ... This article is about the English county. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ...

The railway also built 200 cottages establishing a new community in what had been the rural township of Monks Coppenhall. Among the first workers to arrive were those from the old works at Edge Hill producing an increase in the town's population by some 800 men, women and children. Edge Hill is a district of Liverpool, England The area was first developed in the late 18th/early 19th century. ...

The first locomotive went into service in 1843. By 1846 the demand for space was such that wagon building was moved, first to Edge Hill and Manchester, then to a new works at Earlestown. By 1848 the works employed over 1,000 producing one locomotive a week. 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Edge Hill is a district of Liverpool, England The area was first developed in the late 18th/early 19th century. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England. ... Earlestown Town Hall The Viaduct seen from the Sankey Valley Country Park Detail of the viaduct from third arch Earlestown forms the western part of the former urban district of Newton-le-Willows, but is now in St Helens Metropolitan Borough, Merseyside, England. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1845 the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was merged with the Grand Junction. These, in turn, merged in 1846, with the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway to form the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) All four had their own workshops but, in time, locomotive building was concentrated at Crewe. 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR) was the worlds first intercity passenger railway operated solely by steam locomotives. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) was an early railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed between 1833 and 1846 when it becam a constituent part of the London and North Western Railway. ... The Manchester and Birmingham Railway was built between Manchester and Crewe. ... The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was formed in 1846 by the merger of three railway companies - the Grand Junction Railway, London and Birmingham and Manchester and Birmingham. ...

In 1857 John Ramsbottom became Locomotive Superintendent. He had previously invented the first reliable safety valve and the scoop for picking up water from troughs in the track. He went on to improve the precision and interchangeability of tools and components. 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... John Ramsbottom (11 September 1814 — 20 May 1897) was an English mechanical engineer who created many inventions for railways, including the Ramsbottom safety valve, the displacement lubricator, and the water trough. ... A safety valve is an automatic valve mechanism for the release of a gas from a boiler or other system when the pressure or temperature exceeds preset limits. ...

In 1862 locomotive work was transferred from Wolverton. Wolverton became the carriage works, while wagon building was concentrated at Earlestown 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Wolverton railway works was set up in the 1830s by the London and Birmingham Railway at the midpoint of their 112 mile-long line. ... Earlestown Town Hall The Viaduct seen from the Sankey Valley Country Park Detail of the viaduct from third arch Earlestown forms the western part of the former urban district of Newton-le-Willows, but is now in St Helens Metropolitan Borough, Merseyside, England. ...

In 1853 it had begun to make its own wrought iron and roll its own rails, and in 1864 installed a Bessemer converter for manufacturing steel. In 1868 it became the first place to use open-hearth furnaces on an industrial scale. It also built its own brickworks. 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Wrought iron is a very pure form of commercial iron, having a very small carbon content. ... 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Bessemer Converter, Schematic Diagram The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron. ... // Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Open hearth furnaces are the furnaces where excess carbon and other impurities are burnt out of Pig iron to produce Steel. ... This page is about bricks used for construction. ...

Production increased steadily and , with the sale to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway of ten 2-4-0 and eighty six 0-6-0 locomotives, privately-owned manufacturers took out an injunction in 1876 to restrain the railway from producing anything but is own needs. (This remained in force until BREL took over in 1974). The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was a pre-grouping (1923) British railway company. ... In Whyte notation, a 2-4-0 is a railroad steam locomotive that has two leading wheels followed by two coupled driving wheels, with no trailing wheels. ... 0-6-0 is also the emergency telephone number in Mexico, similar to the United Statess 9-1-1. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... for the singer see Jacques Brel BREL stands for British Rail Engineering Limited, which was the engineering division of British Rail Categories: Stub | British Rail(ways) ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

In its time it produced many famous locomotives: the Webb 2-4-0 Jumbo class and the compounds, the Whale Experiment and Precursor classes, and the Bowen-Cooke Claughtons. In particular, Whale's 1912 superheated G1 Class 0-8-0 developed from a locomotive introduced by Webb in 1892, lasted, in many cases until the end of steam in 1965. In Whyte notation, a 2-4-0 is a railroad steam locomotive that has two leading wheels followed by two coupled driving wheels, with no trailing wheels. ... A compound locomotive is a type of steam locomotive where steam is passed that has already passed through one cylinder is then passed through another; i. ... George Whale (7 December 1842 — 7 March 1910) was a British locomotive engineer who worked for the London and North Western Railway (LNWR). ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... General arrangement of a superheater installation in a steam locomotive. ... In the Whyte notation for the wheel arrangement of locomotives (primarily steam locomotives), an 0-8-0 is a locomotive with eight powered driving wheels (thus four powered axles), and neither leading wheels or trailing wheels. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ...

When the LNWR became part of the LMS it was eclipsed for a while by the former Midland Railway's light, fast, frequent passenger trains. With increasing traffic density, they were increasing in length and greater power was needed without sacrificing speed. In 1932 William Stanier became Chief Mechanical Engineer and set out to rationalise production. Since Crewe had experience with heavier engines and, moreover, its own steel making facilities, he chose it as his main production unit. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ... The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom which existed from 1844 to 1922. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... Sir William Arthur Stanier F.R.S. (27 May 1876-27 September 1965) was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. ...

There followed the Princesses and Duchesses, along with the Jubilees and the "Black Fives". Crewe produced all the new boilers for the LMS, and all heavy drop stampings and forgings. It also produced most of the heavy steel components for the track and other structures. The Princess Royal Class was a class of a express passenger steam locomotive built by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and designed by William Stanier. ... The Princess Coronation Class is a class of a express passenger steam locomotive built by the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and designed by William Stanier. ... The London Midland and Scottish Railways Jubilee class were a group of 191 engines built between 1934 and 1936. ... Preserved 45407 masquerading as one of the few named locomotives of this class, long-scrapped sister 45157 The Glasgow Highlander. ...

During World War II, Crewe produced over 150 Covenanter tanks for the army. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe...

After British Railways was formed, R.A.Riddles introduced the BR standard classes, and Crewe built Britannia and Clan passenger engines and the Class 9 2-10-0 freight locomotives. At the end of steam, it had built over 7000 locomotives in its long career. From 1957 it built a succession of diesel locomotives. British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system, from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... Robert Arthur Robin Riddles (23 May 1892 — 18 June 1983) was a British locomotive engineer. ... The BR Standard steam locomotives were an effort to standardize locomotives from the motley collection from older locos. ... British Railways standard class 7, otherwise known as the Britannia Class was a class of steam locomotive, one British Railways standard classes of the 1950s. ... British Railwayss standard class 6 otherwise known as the Clan class was a class of steam locomotive. ... The BR standard Class 9F 2-10-0 locomotives were the last steam locomotive design built by British Railways. ... This 2-10-0 steam locomotive is a Pennsylvania Railroad class I1s, the most successful class of such locomotives in North America. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Crewe Works is now (2004) largely owned by Bombardier, who acquired the previous occupier, ADtranz, in 2001. At its height, Crewe Works employed over 20,000 people; now fewer than 1,000 remain on site, with further cutbacks or even closure possible. Current work is largely focused on general maintenance, and the inspection of seriously damaged stock. Much of the site once occupied by the works has been sold off and is now occupied by a supermarket, leisure park, and proposals for a large new health centre. 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bombardier Inc. ... Adtranz was a German rail rolling stock equipment manufacturer which designed rail cars and engines. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

References

• Simmons, J., (1986) The Railway in Town and Country, Newton Abott: David and Charles
• Larkin, E.J., Larkin, J.G., (1988) The Railway Workshops of Great Britain 1823-1986,' ' Macmillan Press