Where photographs are not credited, they have been taken by members of the West Lancashire Locomotive Trust. Photographs which are credited have been generously provided by the photographers or those who now have responsibility for these photographic collections. Material on this website is copyright and may only be copied and used with the permission of the Trust. This should be sought via Contact Us.

The Trust is grateful to Lee Davies for the opening video clip of Irish Mail on the Ffestiniog Railway at the Hunslet 125 event in 2018.

The information on this website is produced from research by members of the Trust, with additional information obtained from the sources listed below. The Trust is grateful to Andrew Neale for providing information on Hibberd locomotive 1777 – Bradfield.

Website users who require further background information are recommended to consult these sources:

John Fowler & Company:

• The Story of the Steam Plough Works by Michael R Lane, published by Northgate Publishing Company 1980. ISBN 0852984146

Hunslet locomotives used in North Wales slate quarries:

• Quarry Hunslets of North Wales by Cliff Thomas, Published by the Oakwood Press 2001. ISBN 0853615756

Indian Industrial Railways:

• Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia by Simon Darvill, published by the Industrial Railway Society 2013. ISBN 9781901556827

Ruston & Hornsby locomotives:

• Ruston & Hornsby Diesel Locomotive Album by Andrew Neale, published by Plateway Press 2014. ISBN 9781871980639.
• Articles by Andrew Neale on Ruston & Hornsby locomotives in Narrow Gauge Steam …….and other railway curiosities. Numbers 7 and 8, published by Kelsey Publishing Ltd.
• Booklets on Ruston & Hornsby locomotives produced by Brian Gent and John de Havilland and published by Dennis Duck Publications.

Hibberd Locomotives:

• The F C Hibberd Works List by John de Havilland and Brian Gent, published by Mainline & Maritime 2006. ISBN 9780954919948.