List of early British private locomotive manufacturers

This is a list of early British private locomotive manufacturers in chronological order. Many listed manufacturers have changed their names, have been taken over or merged. Some began with other products, such as textile or mining machinery. Some later made only industrial or specialised locomotives, often for export.

1785 R. B. Longridge and Company

R. B. Longridge and Company

R. B. Longridge and Company was established in 1785 at Bedlington, Northumberland, England. Its proprietor was Michael Longridge who also managed Robert Stephenson's works during the latter's absence abroad...

Bedlington

Bedlington is a town in Northumberland, to the north of the Tyne and Wear urban area. It lies north of Newcastle and southeast of the county town of Morpeth. Other nearby places include Ashington to the north northeast, Blyth to the east and Cramlington to the south.The parish of Bedlington...

First loco built 1837. Closed 1855

1790 William and Alfred Kitching

William and Alfred Kitching

William and Alfred Kitching built steam locomotives at Darlington, England, in the 19th century. It is believed that their workshop was on, or near, the site of Hopetown Carriage Works.-Preservation:...

, Darlington

Darlington

Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, part of the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It lies on the small River Skerne, a tributary of the River Tees, not far from the main river. It is the main population centre in the borough, with a population of 97,838 as of 2001...

First loco 1832. Bought by Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1862. Closed 1886.

1790 Benjamin Outram and Company, Butterley

Butterley

Butterley is a village in the English county of Derbyshire near to Ripley. It is the site of the Midland Railway - Butterley, as well as the old Butterley Brickworks.- Notable residents :...

, Derbyshire

Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...

Civil engineering firm, but had a strong interest in railways. Became Butterley Company in 1805

1795 Fenton, Murray and Wood, The Round Foundry Leeds

Leeds

Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...

, First loco 1812. Became Fenton, Murray and Jackson in 1826.

1805 Butterley Company

Butterley Company

Butterley Engineering was an engineering company based in Ripley, Derbyshire. The company was formed from the Butterley Company which began as Benjamin Outram and Company in 1790 and existed until 2009.-Origins:...

, Butterley

Butterley

Butterley is a village in the English county of Derbyshire near to Ripley. It is the site of the Midland Railway - Butterley, as well as the old Butterley Brickworks.- Notable residents :...

, Derbyshire

Derbyshire

Built locos for its own use plus two for the Midland Counties Railway

Midland Counties Railway

The Midland Counties Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom which existed between 1832 and 1844, connecting Nottingham, Leicester and Derby with Rugby and thence, via the London and Birmingham Railway, to London. The MCR system connected with the North Midland Railway and the...

. Closed in 1965, though the Butterley Engineering Company survives

1810 Haigh Foundry

Haigh Foundry

The Haigh Foundry was leased in 1835 by E.Evans and T.C.Ryley in Haigh, Lancashire. It had initially been established in the Douglas Valley, in Haigh, circa 1790 by Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres and his brother Robert as an ironworks and foundry...

, Wigan

Wigan

Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Douglas, south-west of Bolton, north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester. Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town of Wigan had a total...

First loco 1835. Closed 1856.

1810 J and C Carmichael, Ward Foundry Dundee

Dundee

Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...

Two locos only in 1833. Became James Carmichael in 1853. Limited liability in 1894. Closed 1929.

1816 William Fairbairn & Sons

William Fairbairn & Sons

William Fairbairn and Sons, was an engineering works in Manchester, England.-History:William Fairbairn opened an iron foundry in 1816 and was joined the following year by a Mr. Lillie, and the firm became known as Fairbairn and Lillie Engine Makers, producing iron steamboats.Their foundry and...

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

First loco 1839. Loco business bought by Sharp Stewart in 1863.

1817 R and W Hawthorn Ltd, Newcastle

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

Became Hawthorn Leslie in 1884.

1819 Foster, Rastrick and Company

Foster, Rastrick and Company

Foster, Rastrick and Company was one of the pioneering steam locomotive manufacturing companies of England. It was based in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, now West Midlands....

, Stourbridge

Stourbridge

Stourbridge is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands of England. Historically part of Worcestershire, Stourbridge was a centre of glass making, and today includes the suburbs of Amblecote, Lye, Norton, Oldswinford, Pedmore, Wollaston, Wollescote and Wordsley The...

, Four locomomotives in 1829, including first in USA. Closed 1831.

1823 Robert Stephenson and Company

Robert Stephenson and Company

Robert Stephenson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823. It was the first company set up specifically to build railway engines.- Foundation and early success :...

Newcastle

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

Became R.Stephenson & Hawthorn in 1937.

1823 Edward Bury and Company, Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

Became Bury, Curtis and Kennedy in 1842

1824 G and J Rennie, Blackfriars see George

George Rennie (engineer)

George Rennie was an engineer born in London, England. He was the son of the Scottish engineer John Rennie and the brother of Sir John Rennie.-Early life:...

and John Rennie

1826 Fenton, Murray and Jackson

Fenton, Murray and Jackson

Fenton, Murray and Jackson was an engineering company at the Round Foundry off Water Lane in Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-Fenton, Murray and Wood:...

, The Round Foundry Leeds

Leeds

Closed 1843. Fenton took over Shepherd and Todd's Railway Foundry in 1846.

1826 Mather, Dixon and Company

Mather, Dixon and Company

Mather, Dixon and Company was a Locomotive manufacturer in Liverpool, England.Established in 1826 at the Bath Street Foundry, the first engine was a small four-coupled tank locomotive in 1827, in addition to a steam traverser and two mobile cranes...

, Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

Moved to Bootle in 1839. Closed 1843.

1828 Sharp, Roberts and Company

Sharp, Roberts and Company

Sharp, Stewart and Company was a steam locomotive manufacturer, initially based in Manchester, England. The company was formed in 1843 upon the demise of Sharp, Roberts & Co. and moved to Glasgow, Scotland in 1888, eventually amalgamating with two other Glasgow-based locomotive manufacturers to...

, Manchester

Manchester

First loco 1833. Became Sharp Brothers and Company in 1843.

1828 Timothy Hackworth

Timothy Hackworth

Timothy Hackworth was a steam locomotive engineer who lived in Shildon, County Durham, England and was the first locomotive superintendent of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.- Youth and early work :...

, Shildon

Shildon

Shildon is a town in County Durham, in England. It is situated 2 miles to the south east of Bishop Auckland and 11 miles north of Darlington. It is 13 miles away from Durham, 23 miles from Sunderland and 23 miles from Newcastle-upon-Tyne...

First loco 1829.

1830 Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell

Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell

Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell was an engineering company in Bolton, England.Set up in 1830, the partners became interested in the production of steam locomotives after the Rainhill Trials...

, Bolton

Bolton

Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is north west of the city of Manchester. Bolton is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the...

Became Rothwell and Company 1832

1830 Charles Tayleur and Company, (Vulcan Foundry) Warrington

Warrington

Warrington is a town, borough and unitary authority area of Cheshire, England. It stands on the banks of the River Mersey, which is tidal to the west of the weir at Howley. It lies 16 miles east of Liverpool, 19 miles west of Manchester and 8 miles south of St Helens...

Became Vulcan Foundry in 1847

1830 Tulk and Ley

Tulk and Ley

Tulk and Ley was a 19th century iron mining company in west Cumbria which also ran an engineering works at Lowca near Whitehaven.-Overview:Established on the Lowca site in 1800 as "Heslops, Milward, Johnston & Co."- the engineering and ironfounding expertise coming from the brothers Adam, Thomas &...

, Whitehaven

Whitehaven

Whitehaven is a small town and port on the coast of Cumbria, England, which lies equidistant between the county's two largest settlements, Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness, and is served by the Cumbrian Coast Line and the A595 road...

. Taken over by Fletcher Jennings Ltd. in 1857

1831 Crook and Dean, Little Bolton

Bolton

. Built locos for Bolton and Leigh Railway in 1831 including Salamander and Veteran

1832 Rothwell and Company, Bolton

Bolton

Closed approx 1864

1833 Benjamin Hick and Sons

Benjamin Hick and Sons

B. Hick and Sons, later known as Hick, Hargreaves & Co, was a British engineering company, based at the Soho Ironworks in Bolton, England....

, Bolton

Bolton

Last locos 1850. Became Hick, Hargreaves and Company, acquiring limited liability in 1889.

1834 George Forrester and Company

George Forrester and Company

George Forrester and Company was a British locomotive manufacturer at Vauxhall Foundry in Liverpool.The company had opened in 1827 as iron founders and commenced building locomotives in 1834....

, Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

, Closed 1890. Last locomotive circa 1847.

1834 Day, Summers and Company

Day, Summers and Company

Day, Summers and Company was a British steam locomotive manufacturer and shipbuilder in the Southampton area.It opened as Summers, Groves and Day at the Millbrook Foundry in 1834. Their first locomotive was "Jefferson" built built in 1837, a 2-2-0 for the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac...

, Southampton

Southampton

Southampton is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated south-west of London and north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest...

, First loco 1837, became Summers, Day and Baldock in 1847.

1834 John George Bodmer, Bolton

Bolton

, First loco 1842, last loco circa 1845.

1835 James Kitson

Kitson & Co.

Kitson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-Early history:The company started as James Kitson at the Airedale Foundry, off Pearson Street, Hunslet in 1835 with Charles Todd as a partner...

, Airedale Foundry, Leeds

Leeds

, Became Todd, Kitson & Laird in 1838.

1835 John Coulthard And Son, Gateshead

Gateshead

Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England and is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. Historically a part of County Durham, it lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne and together they form the urban core of Tyneside...

, Became R. Coulthard and Company in 1853.

1836 Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company

Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company

Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company, originally called The Bridgewater Foundry, specialised in the production of heavy machine tools and locomotives. It was located in Patricroft, in Salford England, close to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the Bridgewater Canal and the Manchester Ship Canal...

, Patricroft

Patricroft

Patricroft is a district of Eccles, England, within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire.-History:Patricroft may derive its name from 'Pear-tree croft', or more likely, 'Patrick's Croft'. In 1836, James Nasmyth, in partnership with Holbrook Gaskell, built the Bridgewater Foundry in...

Became James Nasmyth in 1850.

1837 Henry Stothert and Company, Bristol

Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...

, Became Stothert, Slaughter and Company in 1841.

1837 Jones, Turner and Evans

Jones, Turner and Evans

Jones, Turner and Evans was a locomotive manufacturer in Newton-le-Willows, England.The company opened in 1837 with subcontracts from Edward Bury and Robert Stephenson. They provided locomotives for the North Union Railway and the Midland Counties Railway, the latter all 2-2-2 with diameter...

, Newton-le-Willows

Newton-le-Willows

Newton-le-Willows is a small market town within the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, in Merseyside, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it is situated about midway between the cities of Manchester and Liverpool, to the east of St Helens, to the north of Warrington and to the south of...

became Jones & Potts in 1844.

1837 Kerr, Mitchell and Neilson, Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

Became Kerr, Neilson and Company in 1840.

1837 Thomas Kirtley

Thomas Kirtley

Thomas Kirtley was locomotive superintendent of the North Midland Railway and later the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.-Biography:...

, & Co. Warrington

Warrington

Failed in 1841

1838 Shepherd and Todd

Shepherd and Todd

Shepherd and Todd was a railway engineering workshop at the Railway Foundry, off Pearson Street, in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, EnglandCharles Todd had been a partner in Todd, Kitson & Laird but left to set up his own business in 1838, setting up the Railway Foundry with a Mr...

, the Railway Foundry. Leeds

Leeds

, Became Fenton, Craven and Company in 1846.

1838 Todd, Kitson & Laird, Leeds

Leeds

Also known as Kitson and Laird, also Laird and Kitson. Became Kitson, Thompson and Hewitson in 1842.

c1839 Thompson & Cole

Thompson & Cole

Thompson & Cole was a Locomotive manufacturer in Little Bolton, England, which produced five engines around 1840 and 1841, two of them for the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway. It is believed that Thompson joined Kitson, Thompson and Hewitson in 1842....

, Little Bolton

Bolton

Built five locos including two for the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway

Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway

The Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway was a British railway company. From Birmingham it connected at Derby with the North Midland Railway and the Midland Counties Railway at what became known as the Tri Junct Station...

c1839 Stark and Fulton

Stark and Fulton

Stark and Fulton was an engineering company in Glasgow, Scotland.Little is known about the company except that it built some of the first steam locomotives for the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway and the Midland Counties Railway around 1840. For about four months, D B Stark was a loco...

, Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

Built locos between 1839 and 1849.

c1840 Isaac Dodds and Son

Dodds, Isaac and Son

Isaac Dodds and Son was a locomotive manufacturer based in the Holmes district of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.Isaac Dodds took over part of the works of Samuel Walker and Company in Rotherham sometime while he was Superintendent of the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway. It is likely,...

, Rotherham

Rotherham

Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Don, at its confluence with the River Rother, between Sheffield and Doncaster. Rotherham, at from Sheffield City Centre, is surrounded by several smaller settlements, which together form the wider Metropolitan Borough of...

, First locomotive 1849 though possible previous work for the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway. Closed 1868.

1840 Andrew Barclay, Sons and Company Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock is a large burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland, with a population of 44,734. It is the second largest town in Ayrshire. The River Irvine runs through its eastern section, and the Kilmarnock Water passes through it, giving rise to the name 'Bank Street'...

First steam loco 1859. Began building diesels in 1935. Merged with Hunslet Group 1972. Still in business as Hunslet-Barclay).

1840 Kerr, Neilson and Company, Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, First locos 1843. Became Neilson and Mitchell in 1845.

1841 Stothert, Slaughter and Company, Bristol

Bristol

, Became Slaughter, Gruning and Company in 1856.

1842 Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy

Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy

Bury, Curtis and Kennedy was a steam locomotive manufacturer in Liverpool, England.Edward Bury set up his works in 1826, under the name of Edward Bury and Company. He employed James Kennedy, who had gained experience of locomotive production under Robert Stephenson and Mather, Dixon and Company,...

, Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

Wound up 1851.

1842 Kitson, Thompson and Hewitson, Leeds

Leeds

Later Kitson and Hewitson, then Kitson and Company in 1863.

1843 W. B. Adams

William Bridges Adams

William Bridges Adams was an author, inventor and locomotive engineer.-Overview:He is best known for his patented Adams Axle — a successful radial axle design in use on railways in Britain until the end of steam traction in 1968 — and the railway fishplate...

, Fairfield Works, Bow

Bow, London

Bow is an area of London, England, United Kingdom in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is a built-up, mostly residential district located east of Charing Cross, and is a part of the East End.-Bridges at Bowe:...

, Steam powered carriage 1847. Locos from 1849. Adams radial axle box. Closed circa 1872.

1843 Sharp Brothers and Company, Manchester

Manchester

Became Sharp, Stewart and Company in 1852

1843 Gilkes Wilson and Company

Gilkes Wilson and Company

Gilkes Wilson and Company was a British locomotive manufacturer at Teesside Engine Works in Middlesbrough which opened in 1843.Initially repairing locomotives, the company built its first new engines in 1847...

Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...

First locomotives built 1847. Became Hopkins Gilkes and Company in 1865

1844 Charles Todd, Leeds

Leeds

Closed 1858. Taken over by Carrett, Marshall and Company

1844 Jones and Potts, Newton-le-Willows

Newton-le-Willows

Closed 1852. Jones then opened a company in Liverpool.

1845 Neilson and Mitchell, Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, Became Neilson and Company in 1855

1846 Hawthorns and Company, Leith

Leith

-South Leith v. North Leith:Up until the late 16th century Leith , comprised two separate towns on either side of the river....

Set up by R and W Hawthorn Ltd. to provide engines for Scotland. Closed circa 1872

1846 Fenton, Craven and Company. Leeds

Leeds

Became E.B.Wilson in 1846

1846 E. B. Wilson and Company

E. B. Wilson and Company

E.B.Wilson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company at the Railway Foundry in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-Origins:When Todd left Todd, Kitson & Laird in 1838, he joined Shepherd in setting up the Railway Foundry as Shepherd and Todd...

, Leeds

Leeds

Built Jenny Lind

Jenny Lind locomotive

The Jenny Lind locomotive was the first of a class of ten steam locomotives built in 1847 for the London Brighton and South Coast Railway by E. B. Wilson and Company of Leeds, named after Jenny Lind who was a famous opera singer of the period...

Closed 1858

1847 W. G. Armstrong and Company, Newcastle on Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

Became Armstrong Whitworth

Armstrong Whitworth

Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd was a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century. Headquartered in Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Armstrong Whitworth engaged in the construction of armaments, ships, locomotives, automobiles, and aircraft.-History:In 1847,...

in 1897.

1847 Vulcan Foundry

Vulcan Foundry

Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...

, Warrington

Warrington

, Limited liability in 1864. In 1955 became part of English Electric. Last locomotive 1970. Works closed 2002

1847 Summers, Day and Baldock, Southampton

Southampton

No locomotives built after 1839. Later became Day, Summers and Company

Day, Summers and Company

c 1848 George England and Co.

George England

George England and Co. was an early English manufacturer of steam locomotives founded by the engineer George England of Newcastle upon Tyne...

, Hatcham Iron Works, New Cross

New Cross

New Cross is a district and ward of the London Borough of Lewisham, England. It is situated 4 miles south-east of Charing Cross. The ward covered by London post town and the SE 14 postcode district. New Cross is near St Johns, Telegraph Hill, Nunhead, Peckham, Brockley, Deptford and Greenwich...

1850 John Fowler & Co.

John Fowler & Co.

thumb|right|John Fowler & Co. [[steam roller]] of 1923John Fowler & Co Engineers of Leathley Road, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England produced traction engines and ploughing implements and equipment, as well as railway equipment. Fowler also produced the Track Marshall tractor which was a...

, Leeds

Leeds

First locos 1866. Limited liability in 1886. Locomotive acttivies ended 1968

1850 James Nasmyth

Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company

, Patricroft

Patricroft

Became Patricroft Ironworks in 1857

1852 John Jones and Son, Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

Closed 1863

1853 Sharp, Stewart and Company, Manchester

Manchester

, later Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, Limited liability in 1864. Took over Clyde Locomotive Company in 1888. Merged into North British Locomotive Company in 1903

1853 R.Coulthard and Company Gateshead

Gateshead

Closed 1865. Passed to Black, Hawthorn & Co

1854 Beyer, Peacock and Company

Beyer, Peacock and Company

Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

, Gorton Foundry, Manchester

Manchester

, Limited liability 1902. Famous for Garratt

Garratt

A Garratt is a type of steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts. Its boiler is mounted on the centre frame, and two steam engines are mounted on separate frames, one on each end of the boiler. Articulation permits larger locomotives to negotiate curves and lighter rails that might...

locos. Reorganised for diesel-hydraulic in 1961. Closed 1966

1854 Brassey and Company, Canada Works, Birkenhead

Birkenhead

Birkenhead is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. It is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the west bank of the River Mersey, opposite the city of Liverpool...

Subsidiary of Brassey, Jackson, Betts and Company. Last loco circa 1875

1855 Neilson and Company

Neilson and Company

Neilson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Glasgow, Scotland.The company was started in 1836 at McAlpine Street by Walter Neilson and James Mitchell to manufacture marine and stationary engines...

, Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, Became Neilson, Reid and Company in 1898

1856 Slaughter, Grüning and Company, Bristol

Bristol

Became Avonside Engine Company in 1866

1857 Patricroft Ironworks, Patricroft

Patricroft

Became Nasmyth, Wilson and Company in 1867

1857 Ruston, Proctor and Company

Ruston (engine builder)

Ruston & Hornsby, later known as Ruston, was an industrial equipment manufacturer in Lincoln, England, the company's history going back to 1840. The company is best known as a manufacturer of narrow and standard gauge diesel locomotives and also of steam shovels. Other products included cars, steam...

Lincoln

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....

Locomotives built from 1866. Became Ruston & Hornsby in 1918.

1857 Fletcher Jennings Ltd, Whitehaven

Whitehaven

. Became Lowca Engineering Co. Ltd. in 1884

1858 Manning Wardle

Manning Wardle

Manning Wardle was a steam locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.- Precursor companies :The city of Leeds was one of the earliest centres of locomotive building; Matthew Murray built the first commercially successful steam locomotive, Salamanca, in Holbeck, Leeds,...

Leeds

, Closed 1927

1860 Hudswell and Clarke, Leeds

Leeds

, Became Hudswell, Clarke and Rogers in 1870

1862 Lilleshall Company

Lilleshall Company

The Lilleshall Company was a large engineering company in Oakengates Shropshire founded in 1802. Its operations included mechanical engineering, coal mining iron and steel making and brickworks. The company was noted for its winding, pumping and blast engines and operated a private railway network...

, Oakengates, Shropshire Last steam locos 1888.

1863 Dübs and Company

Dûbs and Company

Dübs & Co. was a locomotive works in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Henry Dübs in 1863 and based at the Queens Park Works in Polmadie. In 1903 it became part of the North British Locomotive Company.-Preserved locomotives:...

, Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

Joined North British Locomotive Company in 1903

1863 Kitson and Company, Leeds

Leeds

Closed 1938

1864 Hunslet Engine Company

Hunslet Engine Company

The Hunslet Engine Company is a British locomotive-building company founded in 1864 at Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by John Towlerton Leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed James Campbell as his Works Manager.In 1871, James Campbell bought the company for...

, Leeds

Leeds

, Limited liability in 1902. Moved into diesels around 1930. Still occasionally built steam engines. Closed 1995, but the Barclay works remains as Hunslet-Barclay

1864 Fox, Walker and Company, Bristol

Bristol

, Became Peckett and Sons in 1880

1865 Yorkshire Engine Company

Yorkshire Engine Company

The Yorkshire Engine Company was a small independent locomotive manufacturer in Sheffield, England. The Company was formed in 1865 and continued to produce locomotives and carry out general engineering work until 1965...

, Sheffield

Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

Acquired in 1948 by United Steel. Diesel units produced from 1949. Taken over by Rolls-Royce in 1965 and worked transferred to Sentinel of Shrewsbury.

1865 Henry Hughes and Company, Loughborough

Loughborough

Loughborough is a town within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and is home to Loughborough University...

, Became Falcon Railway Plant Works in 1883

1865 Black, Hawthorn & Co

Black, Hawthorn & Co

Black, Hawthorn and Company was a steam locomotive manufacturer with a works situated in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK.-John Coulthard and Son:...

., Gateshead

Gateshead

, Became Chapman and Furneaux in 1896

1866 Avonside Engine Company

Avonside Engine Company

The Avonside Engine Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Avon Street, St. Philip's, Bristol, England between 1864 and 1934. However the business originated with an earlier enterprise Henry Stothert and Company.-Origins:...

, Bristol

Bristol

Closed 1934

1866 James Cross & Co., Sutton Engine Works, St Helens

St Helens, Merseyside

St Helens is a large town in Merseyside, England. It is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens with a population of just over 100,000, part of an urban area with a total population of 176,843 at the time of the 2001 Census...

1865 Hopkins Gilkes and Company Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...

Became Tees-side Iron and Engine Works Company Limited in 1875

1867 Nasmyth, Wilson and Company, Patricroft

Patricroft

Limited liability in 1882. Became Patricroft Royal Ordnance Factory in 1939

1870 Hudswell, Clarke and Rogers, Leeds

Leeds

, Became Hudswell Clarke and Company in 1881

1872 Barclays and Company, Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock

, Merged with Andrew Barclay and Company in 1888

1874 Sir Arthur P. Heywood, Duffield Pioneered 15 inches (381 mm) gauge, see Duffield Bank Railway

Duffield Bank Railway

The Duffield Bank Railway was built by Sir Arthur Percival Heywood in the grounds of his house on the hillside overlooking Duffield, Derbyshire in 1874. Although the Ordnance Survey map circa 1880 does not show the railway itself, it does show two tunnels and two signal posts.-Overview:It was more...

1875 W. G. Bagnall, Stafford

Stafford

Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies approximately north of Wolverhampton and south of Stoke-on-Trent, adjacent to the M6 motorway Junction 13 to Junction 14...

, Limited liability in 1887. In 1951 taken over by Brush as Brush Bagnall Traction Ltd.

1875 Tees-side Iron and Engine Works Company Limited Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...

Closed 1880

1877 Hartley, Arnoux and Fanning, Stoke

Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area...

, Taken over by Kerr-Stuart in 1893

1878 Davies and Metcalfe

Davies and Metcalfe

Davies and Metcalfe Ltd was a railway equipment and locomotive manufacturer from Romiley, Manchester, England originally founded in Aberystwyth in 1878...

, Manchester

Manchester

Built locomotives for the Vale of Rheidol Railway in 1902.

1880 Peckett and Sons

Peckett and Sons

Peckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Works in St. George, Bristol, England.-Fox, Walker and Company:The company began trading in 1864 at the Atlas Engine Works, St. George, Bristol, as Fox, Walker and Company, building four and six-coupled saddle tank engines for industrial use...

, Atlas Works, Bristol

Bristol

, Last steam loco 1958. Taken over by Reed Crane and Hoist Co until this also closed, but name carried on by Peckett and Sons of Ongar

1881 James Kerr and Company, Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

Sub contracted loco building, then became Kerr, Stuart and Company at Stoke in 1893

1881 Hudswell Clarke and Company, The Railway Foundry, Leeds

Leeds

Limited liability in 1899. Began building diesels approx 1920. Taken over by Hunslet Engineering

1883 Falcon Railway Plant Works, Loughborough

Loughborough

Loughborough is a town within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and is home to Loughborough University...

, Became Brush Electrical Engineering Company in 1889

1883 Dick, Kerr & Co.

Dick, Kerr & Co.

Dick, Kerr and Company was a locomotive and tramcar manufacturer based in Kilmarnock, Scotland and Preston, England.-Early history:Having previously been known as W.B.Dick and Company the company had built all kinds of tramway equipment and rolling stock. From 1883 the company joined with John Kerr...

, Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock

, Locomotive production moved to Preston in 1919.

1884 Clyde Locomotive Company

Clyde Locomotive Company

The Clyde Locomotive Company was a firm of locomotive manufacturers in Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland.The company was founded in 1884 by Walter Montgomerie Neilson, after he left the partnership of Neilson, Reid and Company in 1876 following a disagreement with James Reid.In 1886, the first...

Ltd., Atlas Works, Springburn

Springburn

Springburn is an inner city district in the north of the Scottish city of Glasgow, home to various working and middle-class households.Springburn developed from a small rural hamlet at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Its industrial expansion began with the establishment of a chemical...

Bought by Sharp Stewart in 1888

1884 Hawthorn Leslie and Company

Hawthorn Leslie and Company

R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Limited, usually referred to as Hawthorn Leslie, was a shipbuilding and locomotive manufacturer. The Company was founded on Tyneside in 1886 and ceased building ships in 1982.-History:...

Ltd.,, Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

, Was R&W Hawthorne. Became R.Stephenson & Hawthorn in 1937

1884 Lowca Engineering Co. Ltd., Whitehaven

Whitehaven

. Became New Lowca Engineering Co. Ltd. in 1905

1886 Clyde Locomotive Company

Clyde Locomotive Company

, Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

1886-1888 taken over by Sharp, Stewart

1889 Brush Electrical Engineering Company

Brush Traction

This article is about a British rail-locomotive maker. For the Detroit auto-maker, see Brush Motor Car CompanyBrush Traction is a manufacturer and maintainer of railway locomotives, part of the FKI group , based at Loughborough in Leicestershire, England situated alongside the Midland Main Line.-...

, Loughborough

Loughborough

Loughborough is a town within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and is home to Loughborough University...

, Last steam 1914. Still in business producing diesel-electric locos.

1893 Kerr, Stuart and Company Ltd., Stoke

Stoke-on-Trent

, Closed 1930

1896 Chapman and Furneaux Gateshead

Gateshead

Took over Black Hawthorne & Co. Closed 1902

1897 Armstrong Whitworth

Armstrong Whitworth

, Newcastle

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

Last locos approx 1937.

1898 Neilson, Reid and Company, Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

Amalgamated into the North British Locomotive Company in 1903

1903 North British Locomotive Company

North British Locomotive Company

The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

, Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, Closed 1962

1905 New Lowca Engineering Co. Ltd., Whitehaven

Whitehaven

. Closed 1912

1911 E. E.Baguley Ltd.

Ernest E. Baguley

-Employment:Baguley served an apprenticeship with R & W Hawthorn Leslie, initially at their Tyneside shipyard and later at their Forth Bank, Newcastle, locomotive works. In 1890 he moved to Stafford and became Chief Draughtsman for W G Bagnall Ltd...

Burton upon Trent

Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a town straddling the River Trent in the east of Staffordshire, England. Its associated adjective is "Burtonian"....

Now Baguley-Drewry Ltd.

1918 English Electric

English Electric

English Electric was a British industrial manufacturer. Founded in 1918, it initially specialised in industrial electric motors and transformers...

Company, Taken over by GEC in 1960

1918 Ruston and Hornsby

Ruston (engine builder)

Lincoln

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Last locomotives c.1967. Now specialises in gas turbines.

1937 Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns

Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns

Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd was a locomotive builder with works in North East England.-History:The company was formed in September 1937 when Robert Stephenson and Company, which was based in Darlington took over the locomotive building department of Hawthorn Leslie and Company, based in...

, Ltd Darlington

Darlington

and Newcastle on Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

, Became subsidiary of English Electric in 1962

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