Liverpool and Manchester Railway Trust
@lmrailway.bsky.social
An organisation set up to protect original features of and promote the first modern Inter-City railway in the world between Liverpool and Manchester.
Reposted by Liverpool and Manchester Railway Trust
At the Manchester end of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. A sketch giving the context for the Liverpool Road terminus. Mid 1830s.
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
At the Manchester end of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. A sketch giving the context for the Liverpool Road terminus. Mid 1830s.
It pains to post uncited quotes. One interesting fact that has always been used is that it could take longer to transport cotton from Liverpool to Manchester than it took to get it from the Americas to Liverpool. Turns out the quote is from a Liverpool corn broker called Sir Joshua Walmsley.
September 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It pains to post uncited quotes. One interesting fact that has always been used is that it could take longer to transport cotton from Liverpool to Manchester than it took to get it from the Americas to Liverpool. Turns out the quote is from a Liverpool corn broker called Sir Joshua Walmsley.
Today is the 195th anniversary of modern railways. The first inter-city railway opened on this day when eight trains left Crown Street in Liverpool for Liverpool Road in Manchester.
It didn't do a lot of "firsts", it just got the combination right becoming the template for everything that followed.
It didn't do a lot of "firsts", it just got the combination right becoming the template for everything that followed.
September 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today is the 195th anniversary of modern railways. The first inter-city railway opened on this day when eight trains left Crown Street in Liverpool for Liverpool Road in Manchester.
It didn't do a lot of "firsts", it just got the combination right becoming the template for everything that followed.
It didn't do a lot of "firsts", it just got the combination right becoming the template for everything that followed.
Currently researching the guests present on opening day of the L&MR in 1830. One of the hard ones to find information on is Count Potocki the Russian Ambassador. The problem is there are several simultaneous Counts and most contemporary press reports don't distinguish which is which...
September 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Currently researching the guests present on opening day of the L&MR in 1830. One of the hard ones to find information on is Count Potocki the Russian Ambassador. The problem is there are several simultaneous Counts and most contemporary press reports don't distinguish which is which...
I don't know if @rwldproject.bsky.social can help, but I was wondering when the first-ever railway-based suicide happened? I looked into it, and the date 1852 pops up, but no further details. #MorbidCuriosity
September 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I don't know if @rwldproject.bsky.social can help, but I was wondering when the first-ever railway-based suicide happened? I looked into it, and the date 1852 pops up, but no further details. #MorbidCuriosity
Not saying crime was rife in Liverpool in 1978, but apparently, even if it was bolted down, it was not safe. Page 15 of the Liverpool Echo for the 9th June 1978 has two separate railway thefts relating to the Liverpool & Manchester Railway.
August 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Not saying crime was rife in Liverpool in 1978, but apparently, even if it was bolted down, it was not safe. Page 15 of the Liverpool Echo for the 9th June 1978 has two separate railway thefts relating to the Liverpool & Manchester Railway.
Looking at how much Google Earth has improved in recent times. The 1st image is from 2023, which was made to show the location of the cutting in relation to Edge Hill station. The 2nd image is a 2025 version showing a vast improvement in both image quality and 3D modelling of buildings.
August 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Looking at how much Google Earth has improved in recent times. The 1st image is from 2023, which was made to show the location of the cutting in relation to Edge Hill station. The 2nd image is a 2025 version showing a vast improvement in both image quality and 3D modelling of buildings.
A nice old photo of Liverpool Road Station from the Sunday Times. Year unknown.
July 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A nice old photo of Liverpool Road Station from the Sunday Times. Year unknown.
Guess where we are now?
July 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Guess where we are now?
It's a hard life, on the banks of the Bridgewater canal in Astley. We have been to Chat Moss to see the tracks sink under trains, but modern trains are not heavy enough to see the effect properly... 😕
July 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It's a hard life, on the banks of the Bridgewater canal in Astley. We have been to Chat Moss to see the tracks sink under trains, but modern trains are not heavy enough to see the effect properly... 😕
Gah! Forgot to bid on this today. Went for £140 + fees. I meant to bid on it, but was having an eye test 😒
Sepia watercolour by unknown artist in the style of Isaac Shaw. Shows Ducal coaches crossing Water Street Bridge on opening day.
Sepia watercolour by unknown artist in the style of Isaac Shaw. Shows Ducal coaches crossing Water Street Bridge on opening day.
July 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Gah! Forgot to bid on this today. Went for £140 + fees. I meant to bid on it, but was having an eye test 😒
Sepia watercolour by unknown artist in the style of Isaac Shaw. Shows Ducal coaches crossing Water Street Bridge on opening day.
Sepia watercolour by unknown artist in the style of Isaac Shaw. Shows Ducal coaches crossing Water Street Bridge on opening day.
Network Rail has uncovered the original 1849 rope winding vault for the Victoria Tunnel at Edge Hill. As with the Wapping and Lime Street tunnels, the Victoria used a steam-powered rope haulage system to pull rolling stock up from the North docks.
July 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Network Rail has uncovered the original 1849 rope winding vault for the Victoria Tunnel at Edge Hill. As with the Wapping and Lime Street tunnels, the Victoria used a steam-powered rope haulage system to pull rolling stock up from the North docks.
Continuing on about our visit into the 1829 Passenger Tunnel. The Crown Street portal has two distinct cut-outs to allow the coal wagons to make a sharp turn without clipping the portal stonework. So when we visited, the portal and the two cut-outs are visible from the inside.
July 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Continuing on about our visit into the 1829 Passenger Tunnel. The Crown Street portal has two distinct cut-outs to allow the coal wagons to make a sharp turn without clipping the portal stonework. So when we visited, the portal and the two cut-outs are visible from the inside.
While the stalactites in the 1829 passenger tunnel are quite impressive, if a bit delicate and crumbly, the stalagmites are not at all impressive, this four inch example was the biggest one we found.
July 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
While the stalactites in the 1829 passenger tunnel are quite impressive, if a bit delicate and crumbly, the stalagmites are not at all impressive, this four inch example was the biggest one we found.
On Monday, we guided a charity visit into the Edge Hill Cutting. Organised by Network Rail for the Branch Line Society, raising funds for the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre. We explored and explained the operation of the Engine Station and investigated the 1829 passenger tunnel that ran to Crown Street
July 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
On Monday, we guided a charity visit into the Edge Hill Cutting. Organised by Network Rail for the Branch Line Society, raising funds for the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre. We explored and explained the operation of the Engine Station and investigated the 1829 passenger tunnel that ran to Crown Street
Yes, a little "Jinty" That ended its working life at Edge Hill before going to Barry for scrap. Saved and restored and now at the GCR, but minus the unofficial painted signs on either side. www.gcrailway.co.uk/the-railway/...
July 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Yes, a little "Jinty" That ended its working life at Edge Hill before going to Barry for scrap. Saved and restored and now at the GCR, but minus the unofficial painted signs on either side. www.gcrailway.co.uk/the-railway/...
This is carved into the south wall of the Olive Mount Cutting in Liverpool. It shows how much further it is to go to Manchester. Not sure if the markings are every quarter mile. That would need a visit to try to find another one.
July 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is carved into the south wall of the Olive Mount Cutting in Liverpool. It shows how much further it is to go to Manchester. Not sure if the markings are every quarter mile. That would need a visit to try to find another one.
A bit of then and now for the front of Lime Street Station. Not sure of the date of "then", but I am guessing at a hundred year interval between shots.
July 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A bit of then and now for the front of Lime Street Station. Not sure of the date of "then", but I am guessing at a hundred year interval between shots.
Far too many Rocket 150 Photoshop jobs are queued up here at Trust Towers. This was the first frame of a recently purchased set of 36 negatives. The subject is the NBR loco "Maude" (named after a general, not a woman) preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/65243-maude-...
June 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Far too many Rocket 150 Photoshop jobs are queued up here at Trust Towers. This was the first frame of a recently purchased set of 36 negatives. The subject is the NBR loco "Maude" (named after a general, not a woman) preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/65243-maude-...
Having a little rummage through the archives here at Trust Towers... Two different staff ID badges from Rocket 150 from 1980.
June 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Having a little rummage through the archives here at Trust Towers... Two different staff ID badges from Rocket 150 from 1980.
Before wooden sleepers, rails were held in place by large stone sleeper blocks. These examples remain in Crown Street Park in Liverpool, but you will be hard pressed to find them these days, since nature has reclaimed them.
June 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Before wooden sleepers, rails were held in place by large stone sleeper blocks. These examples remain in Crown Street Park in Liverpool, but you will be hard pressed to find them these days, since nature has reclaimed them.
This 212 foot tunnel under Tunnel Road at Edge Hill is the only original length of the 1836 Lime Street tunnel. In the latter half of the 1870s, the rest of it was opened up into the open cutting, you see through the Grade II listed portal.
June 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This 212 foot tunnel under Tunnel Road at Edge Hill is the only original length of the 1836 Lime Street tunnel. In the latter half of the 1870s, the rest of it was opened up into the open cutting, you see through the Grade II listed portal.
The latest addition to our archives, the eBay listing claims it is an NRM pin badge. It has a low quality homemade look to it, but interesting enough either way.
May 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The latest addition to our archives, the eBay listing claims it is an NRM pin badge. It has a low quality homemade look to it, but interesting enough either way.
Wracked with guilt over the previous failed attempt to share a spherical photo of the first railway viaduct in the world, is is a boring old 2D image of the landmark from 2019. We need to go back and see the results of Network Rail's 2024 renovation.
May 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Wracked with guilt over the previous failed attempt to share a spherical photo of the first railway viaduct in the world, is is a boring old 2D image of the landmark from 2019. We need to go back and see the results of Network Rail's 2024 renovation.
Posting as a test. These 360 degree spherical photos work on Facebook, so trying this of the the Sankey Viaduct on bluesky to see if they offer the same immersive experience here (Which doesn't seem likely)
May 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Posting as a test. These 360 degree spherical photos work on Facebook, so trying this of the the Sankey Viaduct on bluesky to see if they offer the same immersive experience here (Which doesn't seem likely)