These troughs, which rendered long distance running easier by keeping the size of the tenders within reasonable limits, are now in use on most of our main lines. When the railway came to it, Crewe had thirty inhabitants; it now has more than as many thousands. When the buildings were ...
500 gallon tenders. The lighter 4-6-0s Manors were given 'blue' route classification which allowed them to work over many secondary lines. The construction of the Manors completed the final stage of Collett's plan to provide a full range of 4-6-0 tender locomotives for Great Western...
The site for the new homestead was about 800 metres from the former homestead and on the other side of the Hamilton/Port Fairy Road. William Smith, the Borough Surveyor drew up plans, tenders opened and using bluestone sourced from the quarry on the property, construction began. Thomson’s t...