Hi Soreofhing,
sorry if I'm skimming but if your novel is referring to Lime Street station in 1847 then I'm sure there would be no steam engine noises as I think passenger coaches were still hauled up to Edge Hill by rope, where they then had the Steam engines attached.
I think I read that this practice went on until the 1870's when steam engines were powerful enough to do the climb.
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Anyway, I just wanted to thank Waterways for referring to the Melville book Redburn. Its a great little read.
Thanks.
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