By Peter Tuffrey. Author Peter Tuffrey. The historic county of Lancashire saw the birth of modern railways when the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened in 1830. These include Stanier’s Pacifics, 4-6-0s, 2-8-0s and 2-6-4Ts, Fowler’s 4-6-0s, 0-6-0s and 0-6-0Ts, Fairburn 2-6-4Ts and Hughes 2-6-0s.