Constituent Companies
The L&YR came into being in 1847 when the Manchester and Leeds Railway changed its name. Locomotives added to its stock before that date came from the:
- Manchester and Bolton Railway (amalgamated 18 August 1846)
- North Union Railway (a share acquired 31 December 1846)
As the L&YR, locomotives were taken into stock from the:
- Preston & Wyre Railway, Harbour and Dock Co. (vested L&Y (two thirds) and L&NWR (one third) 28 July 1849)
- Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Railway (amalgamated jointly with the East Lancashire Railway 1 January 1858)
- Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway (purchased 14 June 1855)
- Preston and Longridge Railway (taken over jointly with the L&NWR 17 June 1867)
- Blackburn and Preston Railway (amalgamated with the East Lancashire 3 August 1846)
- East Lancashire Railway (amalgamated as a separate division 13 August 1859, loco stocks amalgamated 17 March 1875 by adding 600 to East Lancs numbers.)
- Blackpool and Lytham Railway (amalgamated with the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway (L&Y/L&NW Joint)in 1871/2)
- West Lancashire Railway (amalgamated 15 July 1897)
- Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway (amalgamated with the West Lancashire December 1888 and with the L&Y 15 July 1897)
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