EXPLANATION OF THE TABLES

It is suggested that you print out this page and keep it
by you while referring to the tables.

Names of companies and places are those current at the 
time the information was collected and may have changed
since.

Ordnance Survey map references (e.g. SU 714 728) are given,
where possible.


Column A	indicates the locomotive's running number
		or name.

Column B 	(steam) indicates the wheel arrangement 
		and tank type, e.g. 0-4-0ST = 4 driving
		wheels and a saddle tank.

Column B	(non-steam) indicates the wheel arrangement
		and power unit, e.g. 4wDM = 4 driving wheels,
		diesel engine, mechanical transmission.  If
		D is replaced by P, this indicates a petrol
		or petrol/paraffin engine.

Column C	(steam only) indicates the position of the
		cylinders. OC = outside, IC = inside.

Column D	shows the name of the builder (see list of
		abbreviations below).

Column E	shows the works number.

Column F	shows the date the locomotive was built.

Column G	shows whether the locomotive was new
		or second-hand.

Column H	gives details of the disposal of the loco,
		s/s = sold or scrapped, disposal unknown.


BUILDER ABBREVIATIONS

AB      Andrew Barclay, Sons & Co, Kilmarnock, Scotland
AE	Avonside Engine Co, Bristol
BH	Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead
FH	F. Hibberd, Park Royal, London
FJ	Fletcher Jennings & Co, Whitehaven, Cumberland
GE      George England, London
HC      Hudswell, Clarke & Co, Leeds
HL      Hawthorn, Leslie & Co, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
HLT	Hughes Locomotive & Tramway Engine Works, Loughborough
JF      John Fowler, Leeds
L	Lister, Dursley, Gloucestershire
MR	Motor Rail, Bedford 
MW	Manning, Wardle & Co, Leeds
P	Peckett & Sons, Bristol
RH      Ruston & Hornsby, Lincoln.
RSH     Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, Darlington.
WB      W. G. Bagnall, Stafford.


These tables are set out in the format used by the
Industrial Railway Society.