Liverpool & Manchester Railway 0-4-2 No. 57 'Lion'
Liverpool, Lancashire, UK 		Location: Museum of Liverpool
Status: Display
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Posted: Mar 10, 2023 @ 14:03:23 by Russell Newman
A true surviving locomotive of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway is No. 57 "Loin" which was built by Todd, Kitson & Laird of Leeds in 1838. "Lion" was built to haul freight and later passengers for the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. "Lion" was retired from service in 1857 and ended up being used as a stationary engine to drive a pump for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board until it was taken out to be restored to operate again by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1930 to mark the centenary of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in the same year and also the centenary of the London and Brimingham Railway. "Lion" was also bit of a film star too as she appeared in servral feature films, but her best staring roll was in the 1953 Ealing comedy "The Titfield Thunderbolt". "Lion" was still able to raise steam still until the early 1980s which she was able to take part in the Rocket 150 Cavalcade making the 150th anniversary of the Rainhill trials and the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway in 1980. Today "Lion" enjoys a happy retirement on display in the Museum of Liverpool.
Posted: Jan 29, 2015 @ 14:01:24 by Steve Frost
This is a great survivor! An early loco of the 'Patentee' type, it worked as a luggage engine, passing into the ownership of the Grand Junction Railway and then the London and North Western Railway until it was withdrawn in 1857.

And that could have been the end for 'Lion'. But it was bought by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board who it is believed, used it in dock construction work until 1873. Again, 'Lion' survived, this time by being adapted as a stationary engine to drive a pump at new Princes Graving Dock in Liverpool. It carried on this work until 1928 when it was replaced with an electric pump.

Again, this could have been the end, but the Docks and Harbour Board must have realised just what they had, and donated it to the Liverpool Engineering Society. It was restored by the LMS for the centenary of the Liverpool and Manchester railway in 1930, and again for the 150th anniversary in 1980.

Posted: Sep 12, 2005 @ 21:09:05 by Tyler

Built 1838 by Todd, Kitson & Laird of Liverpool

Tractive Effort: 1836lbs

Cylinders: 12 x 18

Driver Diameter: 60in

Boiler Pressure: 50psi

Source: Trains of the World by Brian Hollingsworth