Glossary Results for prefix "bo"
Board of Trade | Government department responsible from 1839 onwards for the supervision and regulation of railways. To start with the Board of Trade inspectors who were responsible for supervising the railway companies often complained that government regulations were being ignored, but as time went on a succession of Acts of Parliament gave them greater enforcement powers. In 1919 the BOT was replaced by the Ministry of Transport which inherited much of the work and powers of the Board of Trade Railway Department. | |
Boat Train | On the LNWR this usually meant a train between Euston and Holyhead, Liverpool or Fleetwood (under the LMS also Heysham and Stranraer) timed to coincide with the departure or arrival of a ship. For cross-channel ferries to a daily or weekday schedule (e.g. Holyhead-Kingstown and Fleetwood-Belfast) the departure of the ship would be delayed if the boat train were running late; as would the departure of the boat train if the ship were late. Boat trains for ocean liners (e.g. Liverpool-New York) were run specifically to connect with the liners’ sailings and were available only to their passengers. | |
Boff Van | Nickname for a Bicycle Van![]() |
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Bogie | Swivelling four- (or sometimes six-) wheeled undercarriage on a carriage or locomotive which enables the vehicle to negotiate curves. | |
Boiler | This is the heart of the engine. It contains the firebox![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Boiler Pressure | Early boiler pressures were low. Stephenson’s ‘Locomotion’ of 1825 had a pressure of 25 psi![]() |
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Boiler Trolley | A low wagon to carry boilers. See Trolley![]() |
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Bolection | A moulding or beading around a window (“light”), holding the glass in place. | |
Bolster | A transverse load bearing support fitted to the floor of a wagon designed for the carriage of long loads of timber, steel etc. | |
Bolton & Leigh Railway | The oldest section of the original constituents of the LNWR, the B&L was incorporated in 1825 and opened in 1828-9. It was eight miles long from Bolton to the Leeds-Liverpool Canal at Leigh, and in 1831 was extended for two miles by the Kenyon and Leigh Junction Railway![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Booking Clerk | An employee who issues passenger tickets. From early practice of entering each passenger transaction into a book. | |
Booking Lad | A trainee or junior signalman![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Bottom Doors | Doors fitted into the floor of a wagon intended for coal or mineral traffic![]() |
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Bow Works | The main works for the North London Railway![]() |
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Bowen Cooke, Charles J (1859—1920) | Chief Mechanical Engineer![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |