Timothy Blackburn Railway Superintendant Galgate Station L&NWR

[green family]

Hi,|wave|
Went on the links to railway information got lost, new area for me
Any help please?|help|
I just want to ask the correct Question to find out more information about my relative and do they have photo's of station workers in the 1850s?
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It seem that Timothy Blackburn b1813 died 29th June 1890 77 years old
Census details
1841 at Galgate Lancashire, age 25, occupation Railway Aqt
1851 at Jonny Beas Cockerham Lancashire, age 38, Railway Superintendant
1861 Vaughans Forton Lancashire, age 47, Land Owner.
1871 Vaughans Forton Lancashire, age 58, Railway Superintendant & retired Landowner.
1881 Vaughans Forton Lancashire, age 68, no occupation.

Have a letter from brother John Brade Blackburn in 1846 from New Foundland addressed to C/O Timothy Blackburn Superintendant Galgate Railway station,

I believe Galgate Railway station (no longer there) was the first station south of Lancaster Castle on the main line L&NWR

[green family]

Hi,
Have been to Lancaster, Lancaster University, Garstang, Preston Harris Libraries and Preston Records Office, manged to find only one photograph about 1900. Haven't tried Morcambe but believe that was a diferent line and company to L&NWR.
All I want, is work history details and maybe a photograph of Timothy

[Peter Goodey]

First place to visit (online) is the National Register of Archives.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/default.asp

Search on Corporate Name using "London & North Western Railway" (include the quotation marks).

This will provide you with a nice long list of the known surviving records and where to find them.

[Sue Mackay]

All I want, is work history details and maybe a photograph of Timothy


Staff records of the L&NWR are at the National Archives in Kew under RAIL410. I will ask hubby when he comes in if he has any info on Galgate in his extensive railway library.

[Sue Mackay]

OK, hubby has no pics, but if you put Galgate Station into Google Book Search you find access to 'List of All Stations of the Railways of Great Britain' (1851), which says at this date Galgate was part of the Lancashire and Carlisle Railway.

Looks like you might want RAIL410/1862 at Kew, which is described thus:
Staff register including, managers, clerks, apprentices, messengers, auditors, guards, breaksmen, inspectors, agents, ships crew, signalmen, gatesmen, etc. A note at the front of the volume states that it includes staff transferred from the Chester and Holyhead Railway 1 January 1859 and from the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway 8 August 1859. Details are recorded, however for staff members who appear to have joined after 1859.
Gives details of date of appointment, name, occupation, rate of wages per week, remarks including dates and information on where the staff member came from/went to or whether they resigned or were dismissed.
Indexed at the front and the back by department and station.

Dates covered 1848-1862

[green family]

Thanks everyone for your replies,:) I will try some of these out and see where I get to. I probably will end up at Kew or York railway museum.|laugh1|

[Elwyn Soutter]

Galgate was the first station south of Lancaster on what is now the west coast mainline (London - Glasgow). According to Bradshaw's railway guide, in 1922 it had about 10 trains a day in each direction. Roughly one every 2 hours which gives you an idea of it's size and importance. It closed on 1.5.1939.

You probably need to go on to a specialist railway site for more information. You ask whether there would have been photos of workers in the 1850s. The answer I think is very unlikely, as photography was expensive and very much in its infancy. You might get lucky and get one of the station and staff on opening day but that'll probably be it.



Elwyn

[green family]

Thanks for the information suplied from all.:)
Will try specialist railway sites and see when Galgate Railway Station opening day was?
Going to look at Locomotive and General Photographs.
I'm also going to order RAIL410/1862 at the National Archives at Kew, Tuesday morning.:D
Fantastic Help|jumphappy