Locomotives
The first locomotive, Ellen, began the tradition of railway engineering at local firm Tulk and Ley of Lowca (and was sent to Maryport by sea on a raft) The M&CR also had at least one Crampton locomotive built by Tulk and Ley in 1854. This was works no.17 and M&CR no.12.
George Tosh was the second Locomotive Superintendent for the railway, and pioneered the use of steel (instead of iron) in the construction of the company's locomotives, notably the boiler/firebox and wheels. This was the first such use in Britain.
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“The flower-fed buffaloes of the spring
In the days of long ago,
Ranged where the locomotives sing
And the prairie flowers lie low:—”
—Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)