Caledonian Railway

WORTH/1/9/19/1 G. Smith re purchase of land at the approach to the bridge on the Meulan-Epom (?) road

WORTH/1/9/19/2 Mr. Reed re dispute over land ownership at Chern-Neuf (?)

WORTH/1/9/19/3 Mr. Reed requesting an account of materials delivered to him which will be supplied to the Conseil d’Administrateur

WORTH/1/9/19/4 George Neumann requesting a progress report every month and also instructions to settle with Mackenzie re bridge approach at Meulan

WORTH/1/9/19/5 George Neumann re dispute over land with M. Tallyrand

WORTH/1/9/19/6 George Neumann informing S.B. Worthington of his salary

WORTH/1/9/19/7 Thibaudion informing S.B. Worthington that the French authorities have approved the proposals, in French

WORTH/1/9/19/8 P. Tinet re route of bridge, in French

WORTH/1/9/19/9 George Neumann informing S. B. Worthington that land shown in Worthington’s plan is too expensive and requesting that he see how suitable land on the other side of the approach is

WORTH/1/9/19/10 George Neumann informing S. B. Worthington that Mr Bond wants to meet him or Gaynard

WORTH/1/9/19/11 George Neumann to S. B. Worthington informing him that money is due to be sent and requesting information on flooding so as to determine the site of a station

WORTH/1/9/19/12 Delacour requesting that company engineers sign the bills when rails are delivered in their districts

WORTH/1/9/19/13 George Neumann informing him that all the land at Medan has been purchased

WORTH/1/9/19/14 George Neumann informing S. B. Worthington that the 'small conservatory' has been purchased and makes suggestions about how land on both sides of the approach should be dealt with

WORTH/1/9/19/15 George Neumann re land purchased for railway

WORTH/1/9/19/16 Puilly (?) re construction, in French

WORTH/1/9/19/17 George Neumann informing S. B. Worthington that he can take whatever land is needed for the bridge from Tallyrand as soon as possible

WORTH/1/9/19/18 George Neumann detailing alterations that Worthington must supervise

WORTH/1/9/19/19 Bezansan re construction, in French

WORTH/1/9/19/20 Bezansan re construction of the Paris-Rouen Railway, in French

WORTH/1/9/19/21 George Neumann informing S.B. Worthington of Tallyrand’s concern for land that has been taken

WORTH/1/9/19/22 Humfrey re gauge, in French

WORTH/1/9/19/23 George Neumann requesting a plan of the bridge with approaches for the road at Vilaines

WORTH/1/9/19/24 Bezansan re plantations of trees, timber and properties of Givry, in French

WORTH/1/9/19/25 George Neumann instructing S.B. Worthington to cut timber and start work immediately on the next section of the railway

WORTH/1/9/19/26 Lavallard, lawyer

WORTH/1/9/19/27 Lavallard, lawyer

WORTH/1/9/19/28 George Neumann instructing S. B. Worthington to construct a wall at Medan

WORTH/1/9/19/29 George Neumann to instructing S. B. Worthington to cease construction of the railway until further notice

WORTH/1/9/19/30 George Neumann instructing S. B. Worthington to take possession of the two extra parcels of land required for the Medan Bridge, and to resume work

WORTH/1/9/19/31 George Neumann requesting a meeting to inspect the line together from Les Muceaux to Poissy

WORTH/1/9/19/32 Michel Poitout asking for details of length of railway and for the work to be hurried, in French

WORTH/1/9/19/33 Bezansan about land he has purchased along the route

WORTH/1/9/19/34 Pinchon (?) re a copy of a letter from Mr. Band to Bezansan

WORTH/1/9/19/36 George Neumann informing S. B. Worthington that the bridges at Vilaines and Mauldre (?) have been approved according to the plans, and asking him for alterations to be made regarding dimensions

WORTH/1/9/19/37 George Neumann informing S. B. Worthington of the approved dimensions of a parapet

WORTH/1/9/19/38 George Neumann reminding S.B. Worthington to send his monthly report and also to draw up a plan of the approaches to the 'over bridge'

WORTH/1/9/19/39 Delacour re payment for the delivery of rails

WORTH/1/9/19/40 George Neumann requesting S.B. Worthington his presence in Rouen for 4 or 5 days to inspect the line from La Havre to Harfleur

WORTH/1/9/19/41 J Rey re ballast to fill up an embankment

WORTH/1/9/19/42 Joseph Locke to Mackenzie and Brassy [copy sent to S.B. Worthington] listing alterations to be made on the bridge

WORTH/1/9/19/43 Letter from Delacour re Receipt for rails

WORTH/1/9/19/44 George Neuman to instructing S. B. Worthington to alter the distance between parapets on the bridge at Les Murceaux

WORTH/1/9/19/45 Neuman re appearance of the stonework used in the construction of the Nantes contract bridges and requesting his presence at Poissy

WORTH/1/9/19/46 Letter from an associate [not named], in French

WORTH/1/9/19/47 Mackenzie re the “ballast hole” at Un Friel(?) road

WORTH/1/9/19/49 Letter from an associate [not named], in French

WORTH/1/9/19/50 Letter from Delacour requesting S.B. Worthington to 'get all the company’s rails out of the way'

WORTH/1/9/19/51 Delacour requesting S.B. Worthington to keep the ‘Deceaseoile’(?) rails Separate from the company’s rails

WORTH/1/9/19/52 Delacour requesting the removal of certain rails

WORTH/1/9/19/53 Delacour re deliveries

WORTH/1/9/19/54 George Neuman informing S.B. Worthington that Joseph Locke wishes to speak with him re the bridge at Vilaines

WORTH/1/9/19/55 George Neuman re decision over the approaches to the bridges and informing him that Locke intends to visit

WORTH/1/9/19/56 George Neuman re statements about fencing

WORTH/1/9/19/57 Delacour re bills (in French)

WORTH/1/9/19/58 George Neuman with instructions to keep to the plans

WORTH/1/9/19/59 George Neumann permitting S.B. Worthingon to continue with the foundations for Les Murceaux station

WORTH/1/9/19/60 George Neuman re construction of the Epom station house

WORTH/1/9/19/61 George Neuman requesting details about materials

WORTH/1/9/19/62 Letter from Bailly in French

WORTH/1/9/19/63 Letter from Bailly in French

WORTH/1/12/12/1 Letter to the directors re signs of weakness in the bridge

WORTH/1/12/12/2 Copy of letter from Errington re the safety of certain timber arches

WORTH/1/12/12/3 letter from Errington re suggestion for cast iron arches

WORTH/1/12/12/4 Copy of a specification for the timber arches of the first bridge

WORTH/1/12/28/1 List of passenger and goods engines

WORTH/1/12/28/2 List of passenger engines

WORTH/1/12/28/3 List of engines, untitled

WORTH/1/12/28/4 Draft list of engines, written in pencil

WORTH/1/12/28/5 ‘List of Engines agreed to be handed over by the London & North Western Company’ (includes lists of goods and passenger engines)

WORTH/1/12/28/6 List of passenger and good engines

WORTH/1/12/28/7 Second part of list of goods engines

WORTH/1/12/28/8 List of goods engines

WORTH/1/12/28/9 ‘Statement shewing the number of Locomotive Engines which will form the Stock of the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway company in Jul. 1857’ (lists of passenger and goods engines)

WORTH/1/12/29/1 Report of Committee

WORTH/1/12/29/2 Cost of coke and train mileage

WORTH/1/12/29/3 Details of locomotive engines, including tubes, fireboxes, cylinders, driving wheels etc.

WORTH/1/12/29/4 North Union Railway, locomotive expenditure, including details of coke, oil and repairs

WORTH/1/12/29/5 Cost of locomotive power, based on working expenses and repairs

WORTH/1/12/29/6 Copy of letter from Mr. Errington to S. E. Bolden re gradients of the LCR line

WORTH/1/12/29/7 Locomotive mileage for the six months ending

WORTH/1/12/29/8 Cost of locomotive power based on working expenses and repair

WORTH/1/12/29/9 Locomotive mileage for 5 years ending 31 Jan

WORTH/1/12/29/10 Cost of locomotive stock

WORTH/1/12/29/11 Report of the Locomotive Committee, giving list of papers to be laid before the next meeting

WORTH/1/12/29/12 Estimate of rolling stock, shops, sheds, tools and machinery required to enable the Company to make and repair their own stock, bundle of papers

WORTH/1/12/29/13 Cost of locomotive power based on working expenses and repairs

WORTH/1/12/29/14 Cost per train mile of locomotive power

WORTH/1/12/29/15 Cost of goods trains, including mileage of engines and tons of goods conveyed, total of traffic in and out of Liverpool, Manchester and London and no. of wagons per goods train

WORTH/1/12/29/16 Number of engines working on the line and details of diameter of wheels, length of boiler etc. 21 May 1853

WORTH/1/12/29/17 Cost of carriages working in

WORTH/1/12/29/18 Scottish Central Railway, cost of locomotive and carriage stock

WORTH/1/12/29/19 Letter from Francis Trevithick to S. B. Worthington re construction of engines

WORTH/1/12/29/20 Letter from Francis Trevithick to S. B. Worthington re stock of engines

WORTH/1/12/29/21 Copy of letter from London and North Western Railway re renewal of contract

WORTH/1/12/29/22 Board and committee resolutions and letter from S. Edward Bolden to S. B. Worthington re non-renewal of contract

WORTH/1/12/29/23 Delay of up passenger trains

WORTH/1/12/29/24 Delay of down passenger trains

WORTH/1/12/29/25 Copy of extracts from the minutes of the board meeting, stating that the Company should have the option of taking some of the stock employed on the line

WORTH/1/12/29/26 List of engines giving dates of construction and when employed on the line

WORTH/1/12/29/27 List of engines giving dates of construction and when employed on the line

WORTH/1/12/29/28 Weight of engines

WORTH/1/12/29/29 Consumption of coke fortnight ending

WORTH/1/12/29/30 Copy of letter from Edmund Sharpe to William Jackson re an offer by Fairbairn and Sharpe to work the traffic on the railway on the non-renewal of contract with London & North Western Railway

WORTH/1/12/29/31 Minutes of Board meeting, stating that S. B. Worthington should report on the quantity of stock to take from London & North Western Railway

WORTH/1/12/29/32 Locomotive Committee memorandum, stating that S. B. Worthington should consult immediately with Mr. Errington

WORTH/1/12/29/33 Copy of letter from J. E. Errington to S. E. Bolden re purchase of engines from London & Northern Western Railway

WORTH/1/12/29/34 Letter from S. B. Worthington to the Locomotive Committee re consultation with Mr Locke and purchase of stock from LNWR

WORTH/1/12/29/35 Memorandum re locomotive shop

WORTH/1/12/29/36 Letter from Robert Sinclair of the Caledonian Railway to S. B. Worthington re valuations of the LNWR stock employed on the line

WORTH/1/12/29/37 Report of the Locomotive Committee

WORTH/1/12/29/38 Letter from LNWR to S. B. Worthington re insufficient stock of engines

WORTH/1/12/29/39 Letter from LNWR to S. B. Worthington re insufficient stock of engines

WORTH/1/12/29/40 Letter from Robert Sinclair of the Caledonian Railway to S. B. Worthington re inspection of engines employed by LNWR

WORTH/1/12/29/41 Experiments with goods trains on Lancaster line

WORTH/1/12/29/42 Details of locomotive engines including weight and consumption of coke, requested by S. B. Worthington

WORTH/1/12/29/43 Minutes of Board meeting, stating a decision to take 40 engines from the stock of LNWR and to order 20 new engines

WORTH/1/12/29/44 Letter from Thomas White to S. B. Worthington re weight of engines

WORTH/1/12/29/45 Estimated cost to replace engines over next 13 years

WORTH/1/12/29/46 Cost of Loupe Fell engine

WORTH/1/12/29/47 Cost of locomotive power to the LNWR

WORTH/1/12/29/48 Lancaster proposed workshops, giving details of quantities of land and earthworks

WORTH/1/12/29/49 Copy of letter from John Swift to E. W. Hasell esq., warning that money should not be advanced to the LNWR

WORTH/1/12/29/50 Copy of letter from J. E. Errington to S. E. Bolden re cost of locomotive power compared with other railways

WORTH/1/12/29/51 Calculation of extra coke consumption in respect of LCR gradients

WORTH/1/12/29/52 Estimate of cost of carriage stock

WORTH/1/12/29/53 Estimate cost of locomotive power

WORTH/1/12/29/54 Letter from Locke to S. B. Worthington re quantities of earthwork required for the Lancaster station

WORTH/1/12/29/55 Correspondence between S. B. Worthington and Colonel Maclean and plan re alterations to building plans for sheds, workshops, stores and offices

WORTH/1/12/29/56 Trial table, including amount at the beginning of the year, interest, annual instalment and estimated amount of annual expenditure

WORTH/1/12/29/57 Details of tenders for engines, prepared by S. B. Worthington

WORTH/1/12/29/58 List of engines and report on boilers and fireboxes of engines

WORTH/1/12/29/59 Letter to Mr. Peet re engines