Beyer, Peacock and Company was an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
railway
LocomotiveA locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...
manufacturerManufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to make things for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...
with a
factoryA factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where workers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production...
in
GortonGorton is an area of the city of Manchester, in North West England. It is located to the southeast of Manchester city centre. Neighbouring areas include Longsight and Levenshulme....
,
ManchesterManchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. In 2007, the population of the city was estimated to be 458,100...
. Founded by
Charles BeyerCharles Frederick Beyer was a German-British locomotive engineer, co-founder of the firm Beyer-Peacock.-Early life:...
and
Richard PeacockRichard Peacock was an English engineer, one of the founders of locomotive manufacturer Beyer-Peacock.-Early Life and Education:...
, it traded from 1854 until 1966. It received
limited liabilityLimited liability is a concept whereby a person's financial liability is limited to a fixed sum, most commonly the value of a person's investment in a company or partnership with limited liability. In other words, if a company with limited liability is sued, then the plaintiffs are suing the...
in 1902, becoming Beyer, Peacock and Company Limited.
Important designs were the
GarrattA 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...
articulated locomotives widely used in
AfricaAfrica is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area. With a billion people in 61 territories, it accounts for about 14.8% of the...
, notably on
SouthTransnet Freight Rail is a South African rail transport company, formerly known as Spoornet. It was formerly part of South African Railways and Harbours...
and
East African RailwaysThe East African Railways and Harbours Corporation evolved from the Uganda Railway in Kenya and Uganda and the railways of Tanganyika between the World War I and 1977 when the East African Community dissolved....
, and
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
and the
4-4-0 tankA 4-4-0 is a type of steam locomotive. In the Whyte notation, 4-4-0 signifies that it has a two-axle truck to help guide it into curves, and two driving axles coupled by a connecting rod...
locomotives used on the
MetropolitanMetropolitan Railway can refer to:* Metropolitan line, part of the London Underground* Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways, the first two underground railways to be built in London...
and District lines of
London UndergroundThe London Underground, Underground or Tube is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the UK. The first section opened in 1863, and was the first underground railway system in the world, and, starting in...
from 1864 until
electrificationElectrification refers to the modification of a system so that it operates using electricity.- Electric grid :A more specific usage of the word refers to the act or process of building the necessary infrastructure to supply electric power to homes and businesses, especially in rural and isolated...
in 1905.
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
railway
LocomotiveA locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...
manufacturerManufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to make things for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...
with a
factoryA factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where workers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production...
in
GortonGorton is an area of the city of Manchester, in North West England. It is located to the southeast of Manchester city centre. Neighbouring areas include Longsight and Levenshulme....
,
ManchesterManchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. In 2007, the population of the city was estimated to be 458,100...
. Founded by
Charles BeyerCharles Frederick Beyer was a German-British locomotive engineer, co-founder of the firm Beyer-Peacock.-Early life:...
and
Richard PeacockRichard Peacock was an English engineer, one of the founders of locomotive manufacturer Beyer-Peacock.-Early Life and Education:...
, it traded from 1854 until 1966. It received
limited liabilityLimited liability is a concept whereby a person's financial liability is limited to a fixed sum, most commonly the value of a person's investment in a company or partnership with limited liability. In other words, if a company with limited liability is sued, then the plaintiffs are suing the...
in 1902, becoming Beyer, Peacock and Company Limited.
Important designs were the
GarrattA 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...
articulated locomotives widely used in
AfricaAfrica is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area. With a billion people in 61 territories, it accounts for about 14.8% of the...
, notably on
SouthTransnet Freight Rail is a South African rail transport company, formerly known as Spoornet. It was formerly part of South African Railways and Harbours...
and
East African RailwaysThe East African Railways and Harbours Corporation evolved from the Uganda Railway in Kenya and Uganda and the railways of Tanganyika between the World War I and 1977 when the East African Community dissolved....
, and
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
and the
4-4-0 tankA 4-4-0 is a type of steam locomotive. In the Whyte notation, 4-4-0 signifies that it has a two-axle truck to help guide it into curves, and two driving axles coupled by a connecting rod...
locomotives used on the
MetropolitanMetropolitan Railway can refer to:* Metropolitan line, part of the London Underground* Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways, the first two underground railways to be built in London...
and District lines of
London UndergroundThe London Underground, Underground or Tube is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the UK. The first section opened in 1863, and was the first underground railway system in the world, and, starting in...
from 1864 until
electrificationElectrification refers to the modification of a system so that it operates using electricity.- Electric grid :A more specific usage of the word refers to the act or process of building the necessary infrastructure to supply electric power to homes and businesses, especially in rural and isolated...
in 1905. They also built
2-4-0In Whyte notation, a 2-4-0 is a railroad steam locomotive that has two leading wheels followed by two coupled driving wheels, with no trailing wheels....
tank locomotives for lines in
NorwayNorges Statsbaner, commonly known as NSB or the Norwegian State Railways, is a Norwegian transport company. Owned by the Government of Norway, NSB is the largest passenger railway company and, through the subsidiary Nettbuss, bus company in Norway. Its former cargo division has been spun off in...
and the famous Manx Peacock design for the gauge
Isle of Man RailwayThe Isle of Man Railway is a narrow gauge steam-operated railway connecting Douglas with Castletown and Port Erin in the Isle of Man. The line is built to gauge track and is 15.3 miles long...
The first
GarrattA 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...
locomotive constructed was
TGR K ClassThe Tasmanian Government Railways K Class was a class of steam locomotive. The class numbered two locomotives, K1 and K2 built in 1909. They were 0-4-0+0-4-0 Garratts and the first garratt locomotives ever produced. K1 survives at the Welsh Highland Railway in Wales.- Overview :Ironically, they...
for the
Tasmanian Government RailwaysTasmanian Government Railways were absorbed into the Australian National Railways Commission, established by the Whitlam Government in 1975 and renamed TasRail...
on the
western TasmanianThe West Coast of Tasmania is the part of the state that is strongly associated with wilderness, mining, rough country and isolation. As well as that, it was an early convict settlement location in the early stages of Van Diemen's Land....
North East Dundas TramwayThe North East Dundas Tramway was a gauge tramway on West Coast Tasmania that ran between Zeehan and Deep Lead . It was part of Tasmanian Government Railways...
; K1 is now preserved on the
Welsh Highland RailwayThe Welsh Highland Railway is a narrow gauge railway in Wales, which originally ran from Dinas near Caernarfon to Porthmadog, with a branch line to Bryngwyn and the slate quarries at Moel Tryfan. The main line is in the process of restoration as a heritage railway...
together with the last
GarrattA 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...
Beyer Peacock built SAR NGG 16 Class No.143.
Gorton Foundry was on the opposite (south) side of the railway line to the Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway works at
GortonGorton Locomotive Works, known locally as Gorton Tank was located in Openshaw near Manchester, England and was completed in 1848 by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway.- History :...
. Between 1855 and 1966, the company built nearly 8,000 railway locomotives. Several of their 1874-built steam locomotives for the Isle of Man Railway remain in daily use. A Gorton-built South African Railways GL class Beyer-Garratt locomotive is on display in the
Museum of Science and Industry in ManchesterThe Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester , located in Manchester, England, is a large museum devoted to the development of science, technology, and industry and particularly the city's considerable contributions to these. It is an Anchor Point of ERIH — The European Route of Industrial...
.
In addition to building steam locomotives, Beyer, Peacock & Co. also built the 10
British Rail Class 82The British Rail Class 82 electric locomotives were built by Beyer, Peacock and Company between 1960 and 1962 as part of the West Coast Main Line electrification.- History :...
, 25KV AC electric locomotives to a Metropolitan Vickers design, and the 101
British Rail Class 35The British Rail Class 35 is a class of mixed-traffic B-B diesel locomotive with hydraulic transmission. On account of their Mekydro-design hydraulic transmission units, the locomotives became known as the Hymeks....
diesel hydraulic locomotives. They also collaborated with Metropolitan Vickers in building the
Western Australia Government Railways X classThe WAGR X class was a class of 48 diesel electric locomotives built for Western Australian Government Railways by Beyer Peacock and Metropolitan Vickers, at Bowesfield Works, Stockton-on-Tees between 1954 and 1956.-The Crossley engine:...
, diesel electric locomotives, and the
New South Wales 46 classThe New South Wales 46 class are a class of mainline electric locomotive introduced onto the NSW rail system from 1956 under New South Wales Government Railways...
, 1500 V DC
electric locomotiveAn electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from an external source. Sources include overhead lines, third rail, or an on-board electricity storage device such as a battery or flywheel system....
s at
Bowesfield WorksBowesfield Works was a railway locomotive manufacturing plant in Stockton-on-Tees. The works was operated by a joint venture company called Metropolitan Vickers-Beyer Peacock from 1949 until 1960.Location: -Works history:...
,
Stockton-on-TeesStockton-on-Tees is a market town in North East England. It is the major settlement in the unitary authority area and borough of Stockton-on-Tees. For ceremonial purposes, the borough is split between County Durham and North Yorkshire as it also incorporates a number of smaller towns including...
.
Gorton Foundry
The foundry was at
OpenshawOpenshaw is an area of the City of Manchester, in North West England. It lies about two miles east of Manchester City Centre, within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire-Education:...
near
ManchesterManchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. In 2007, the population of the city was estimated to be 458,100...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, and was built in 1854 by
Richard PeacockRichard Peacock was an English engineer, one of the founders of locomotive manufacturer Beyer-Peacock.-Early Life and Education:...
. It should not be confused with the
Gorton locomotive worksGorton Locomotive Works, known locally as Gorton Tank was located in Openshaw near Manchester, England and was completed in 1848 by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway.- History :...
of the the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, which was on the north side of the railway line.
Conventional
- 1864–1885 Metropolitan Railway
Metropolitan Railway can refer to:* Metropolitan line, part of the London Underground* Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways, the first two underground railways to be built in London...
4-4-0T - See Metropolitan Railway A ClassThe Metropolitan Railway A Class were 4-4-0T steam locomotives built to work the first of the London Underground lines. They were built by Beyer, Peacock and Company from 1864....
- 1871–1886 Metropolitan District Railway 4-4-0T
- 1898 Tobu Railway
is a Japanese commuter railway company in the Greater Tokyo Area as well as an intercity and regional operator in the Kantō region. It operates in Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Tochigi, and Gunma Prefectures...
B1 class 4-4-0 (12 locos)
- 1931 GWR 5700 Class
The Great Western Railway 5700 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive, built between 1929 and 1950. 863 were built, making them the second most-produced British class of steam locomotive.- Overview :...
(25 off)
- 1952 Western Australian Government Railways
Western Australian Government Railways was most common name of the Western Australian government rail transport authority from 1890 to 1976. It is, in its current form, known as the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia....
"W" class 4-8-2The "W" class is a group of narrow gauge steam locomotives operated by the WAGR and Silverton Tramway Co Ltd.- Engineering Background :The Western Australian Government Railways "W" class steam locomotive was first proposed by Chief Mechanical Engineer Fred Mills in 1947...
(sixty off)
Beyer-Garratts
- 1909 TGR K Class
The Tasmanian Government Railways K Class was a class of steam locomotive. The class numbered two locomotives, K1 and K2 built in 1909. They were 0-4-0+0-4-0 Garratts and the first garratt locomotives ever produced. K1 survives at the Welsh Highland Railway in Wales.- Overview :Ironically, they...
- 1925 LNER Class U1
The London and North Eastern Railway Class U1 was a solitary 2-8-0+0-8-2 Beyer-Garratt locomotive designed for banking coal trains over the Worsborough Bank, a steeply graded line in South Yorkshire and part of the Woodhead Route. It was both the longest and the most powerful steam locomotive ever...
- 1926 Victorian Railways G class
The G class Garratt locomotives were built for the Victorian Railways 2' 6" gauge branch lines. These locomotives were introduced in 1926 to increase train sizes and thus reduce losses on these lines...
- 1927 LMS Garratt
The London Midland and Scottish Railway Garratt was a class of Garratt 2-6-0+0-6-2 steam locomotive designed for heavy freight. A total of 33 were built from 1927, making them the most numerous class of Garratt in Britain.-Overview:...
- 1928 NZR G class
The NZR G class was a type of Garratt steam locomotive used in New Zealand, the only such Garratt type steam locomotives ever used by New Zealand Government Railways. They were ordered to deal with traffic growth over the heavy gradients of the North Island Main Trunk and to do away with the use of...
- 1928 SAR GL Class
The S.A.R. GL class were Beyer-Garratt articulated steam locomotives, constructed at Beyer, Peacock & Co.'s Gorton Foundry between 1928 and 1930 and operated by the South African Railways Administration from 1929 to 1972...
- 1937 SAR NGG 16 Class
The SAR NGG 13 Class and SAR NGG 16 Class are Garratt steam locomotives of South African Railways , built for narrow gauge railway tracks, the largest ever locomotives built for this gauge....
- 1951 South Australian Railways 400 class
The South Australian Railways 400 class is a class of 4-8-2+2-8-4 steam locomotives built in the early 1950s. 400 class locomotives served mainly on the South Australian Railways' narrow gauge Broken Hill line from 1953 to 1963, when they were replaced by diesel locomotives...
(under licence by Societe Franco-Belge)
Steam turbine
Beyer-Ljungstrom Turbine Locomotive
The Beyer-Ljungstrom Turbine Locomotive
Diesel
- 1954–56 Western Australian Government Railways X class
The WAGR X class was a class of 48 diesel electric locomotives built for Western Australian Government Railways by Beyer Peacock and Metropolitan Vickers, at Bowesfield Works, Stockton-on-Tees between 1954 and 1956.-The Crossley engine:...
, built at Bowesfield WorksBowesfield Works was a railway locomotive manufacturing plant in Stockton-on-Tees. The works was operated by a joint venture company called Metropolitan Vickers-Beyer Peacock from 1949 until 1960.Location: -Works history:...
, Stockton-on-TeesStockton-on-Tees is a market town in North East England. It is the major settlement in the unitary authority area and borough of Stockton-on-Tees. For ceremonial purposes, the borough is split between County Durham and North Yorkshire as it also incorporates a number of smaller towns including...
.
- 1961–63 British Rail Class 35
The British Rail Class 35 is a class of mixed-traffic B-B diesel locomotive with hydraulic transmission. On account of their Mekydro-design hydraulic transmission units, the locomotives became known as the Hymeks....
- 1962 British Rail Class 25
The British Rail Class 25 diesel locomotives were also known as Sulzer Type 2 and nicknamed Rats, as it was alleged they could be seen everywhere in Britain...
- 1964 British Rail Class 17
The British Rail Class 17 was a class of 117 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives built 1962–1965 by Clayton Equipment Company and their sub-contractor Beyer, Peacock & Co., for British Railways ....
Electric
- 1956–58 New South Wales 46 class
The New South Wales 46 class are a class of mainline electric locomotive introduced onto the NSW rail system from 1956 under New South Wales Government Railways...
, built at Bowesfield Works, Stockton-on-Tees.
- 1960–62 British Rail Class 82
The British Rail Class 82 electric locomotives were built by Beyer, Peacock and Company between 1960 and 1962 as part of the West Coast Main Line electrification.- History :...
United Kingdom
- 4-4-0T Metropolitan Railway A Class
The Metropolitan Railway A Class were 4-4-0T steam locomotives built to work the first of the London Underground lines. They were built by Beyer, Peacock and Company from 1864....
locomotive built in 1866, at the London Transport Museum, at Covent GardenCovent Garden is a district in London, England, located in the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwestern corner of the London Borough of Camden...
- 0-4-0+0-4-0 Tasmanian Government Railways
Tasmanian Government Railways were absorbed into the Australian National Railways Commission, established by the Whitlam Government in 1975 and renamed TasRail...
K ClassThe Tasmanian Government Railways K Class was a class of steam locomotive. The class numbered two locomotives, K1 and K2 built in 1909. They were 0-4-0+0-4-0 Garratts and the first garratt locomotives ever produced. K1 survives at the Welsh Highland Railway in Wales.- Overview :Ironically, they...
, the world's first GarrattA 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...
built in 1909, Welsh Highland Railway (Caernarfon)The name "Welsh Highland Railway ", or WHR, was the name given to the operation by the Festiniog Railway Company of the railway services during the ongoing reconstruction of the line of the old Welsh Highland Railway....
- 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...
South African Railways built in 1930, at Manchester Museum of Science and Industry
- 2-6-2+2-6-2 SAR
-Science:* in taxonomy, a proposed supergroup containing the Chromalveolata and the Rhizaria, standing for the three largest groups within these: Stramenopiles, Alveolata, Rhizaria...
NGG 16 Class GarrattA 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...
numbers 138, 140, and 143 all built 1958 Welsh Highland Railway (Caernarfon)The name "Welsh Highland Railway ", or WHR, was the name given to the operation by the Festiniog Railway Company of the railway services during the ongoing reconstruction of the line of the old Welsh Highland Railway....
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