Hi Colin, the Liverpool and Manchester item is from a long poem (100 pages!) by Thomas Baker called "The Steam-Engine". I googled him, got lots of references to Dr Who, but also this - only $200 USd...

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Baker's nearly as bad as William McGonagall but not as funny. I only have a mercifully brief extract from "The Railway Lover's Companion" by Bryan Morgan, published in 1963.

The trains are stopp'd, the MIGHTY CHIEFS OF FLAME
To quench their thirst the crystal waters claim;
While from their post the great in crowds alight
Through striving to avoid it, Huskisson
By unforseen mischance was over-run.
That stroke, alas! was death in shortest time;
Thus fell the great financier in his prime!
The fatal chance not only caused delay
But damped the joy that erst had crown'd the day...

At length the Steam-Chiefs with replenish'd force
To Manchester pursued their pageant course;
A grand reception there secure they found;
And though acclaim still made the air resound
The blithe response was clogg'd with grief's alloy
The fate of Huskisson still chill'd their joy
The mutual greetings and the banquet o'er
The Steam-Chiefs, in procession as before,
With equal popmp and eight-fold gorgeous train
Forthwith returned to Liverpool again;
Where still the eager crowds, we scarce need say
Their progress hail'd with plaudits all the way
Now in conclusion, 'twould be vain to tell
How high in Liverpool was rapture's swell!
How rich the banquet and how choice the wines
Where this in state the mighty Arthur dines!
While eloquence, like the occasion, rare
May be inferr'd, since Peel and Brougham were there!

Phew....you'd need a few large whiskies to get through the whole thing, I think. Presumably "Arthur" refers to the Duke of Wellington. I must say the term "Mighty Chiefs of Flame" for locomotives is a bit much!