Hudswell Clarke
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Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering
and locomotive
building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet
, Leeds
, West Yorkshire
, England.
in 1899.
In 1862, soon after the company had been formed, they were given the initial design work on William Hamond Bartholomew
's compartment boats for the Aire and Calder Navigation
. The choice of the company may have been influenced by the fact that Bartholomew, the chief engineer for the Navigation, and William Clayton, one of the founders of Hudswell and Clarke, both lived on Spencer Place in Leeds. They produced at least one of the prototype Tom Pudding
compartments, but did not get the main contract for their production once the design work had been done.
The locomotive part of the business is now part of the Hunslet Engine Company
. Locomotive-building was always only one part of a diverse product inventory that included underground diesel-powered mining locomotives, hydraulic pit-props and related mining equipment.
In 1911 Hudswell Clarke entered into an agreement with Robert Hudson
for the manufacture of narrow gauge locomotives. This arrangement produced sixteen standardised designs, designated 'A' to 'Q', which ranged from four-coupled (0-4-0) 5 hp engines to six-coupled (0-6-0) 55 hp models. The designs were sufficiently flexible to allow for the various track gauges in use. Over the years, 188 locomotives were supplied to these designs.
In the 1930s the company manufactured narrow gauge steam outline diesel-hydraulic locomotives for use at amusement parks around the country. In 1931 4-6-2
Neptune was delivered to Scarborough North Bay Railway, followed a year later by 4-6-2
Triton, both being 20 inches (508 mm) gauge. In the same year they supplied a 4-6-4
T Robin Hood to Golden Acre Park in Leeds followed by a 4-6-2
May Thompson in 1933. They also supplied 4-6-2
Mary Louise and 4-6-4
T Carol Jean to Blackpool Pleasure Beach
for use on the 21 inches (533.4 mm) gauge Pleasure Beach Express
in 1933. A fire in 1934 badly damaged Carol Jean so 4-6-2
Princess Royal was ordered as a replacement. They went on to build two more 4-6-2
class locomotives, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose for Billy Butlin
to use at the Empire Exhibition in Glasgow in 1938 which were then transferred to his holiday camp in Clacton when the exhibition closed.
In later years, Hudswell Clarke designed and built diesel locomotives for both main-line and private company use, mainly for use on shunting operations.
gauge
gauge
21 inches (533.4 mm) gauge
During World War II
the company diversified into armaments
, as did so many other engineering companies. In the post-war period Hudswell, Clarke and Co Ltd was closely involved in various secret programmes, including the British nuclear weapon
programme. The airframe for the first British nuclear bomb, Blue Danube
was manufactured by Hudswell Clarke at its Roundhay Road, Leeds, plant. The airframe for Red Beard
, the second generation tactical nuclear bomb, followed with that for Violet Club
, the Interim Megaton Weapon; and there were many other projects. All the bombs detonated at the Christmas Island
H-bomb tests were contained in airframes designed and built by Hudswell Clarke. The company were also major contributors to other military projects, eg. the Centurion main battle tank
conversion into an armoured bridgelayer, that served with the British Army
for many years. The contraction of defence manufacturing in the mid-1960s contributed to the sale and demise of the company.
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
and locomotive
Locomotive
A 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...
building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet
Hunslet
Hunslet is an inner-city area in south Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is south east of the city centre and has an industrial past.Hunslet had many engineering companies based in the district, such as John Fowler & Co...
, 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...
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England.
History
The company was founded as Hudswell and Clarke in 1860. In 1870 the name was changed to Hudswell, Clarke and Rogers. There was another change in 1881 to Hudswell, Clarke and Company. The firm became a limited companyLimited company
A limited company is a company in which the liability of the members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company. Limited companies may be limited by shares or by guarantee. And the former of these, a limited company limited by shares, may be...
in 1899.
In 1862, soon after the company had been formed, they were given the initial design work on William Hamond Bartholomew
William Hamond Bartholomew
William Hamond Bartholomew was an engineer in West Yorkshire, England who was responsible for the expansion of the Aire and Calder Navigation in the 19th century and invented a number of improvements in coal-handling which led to the expansion of Goole as one of the largest exporters of coal in...
's compartment boats for the Aire and Calder Navigation
Aire and Calder Navigation
The Aire and Calder Navigation is a river and canal system of the River Aire and the River Calder in the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England. The first improvements to the rivers above Knottingley were completed in 1704 when the Aire was made navigable to Leeds and the Calder to...
. The choice of the company may have been influenced by the fact that Bartholomew, the chief engineer for the Navigation, and William Clayton, one of the founders of Hudswell and Clarke, both lived on Spencer Place in Leeds. They produced at least one of the prototype Tom Pudding
Tom Pudding
Tom Pudding was the name given to the tub boats on the Aire and Calder Navigation, introduced in 1863 and used until 1985, which were a very efficient means of transferring and transporting coal from the open cast collieries of the South Yorkshire Coalfield near Stanley Ferry to the port of Goole,...
compartments, but did not get the main contract for their production once the design work had been done.
The locomotive part of the business is now part of the 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...
. Locomotive-building was always only one part of a diverse product inventory that included underground diesel-powered mining locomotives, hydraulic pit-props and related mining equipment.
Robert Hudson Ltd
Robert Hudson Ltd was a major international supplier of light railway materials, based in Gildersome, near Leeds, England. The name was later changed to Robert Hudson Ltd.- The business :...
for the manufacture of narrow gauge locomotives. This arrangement produced sixteen standardised designs, designated 'A' to 'Q', which ranged from four-coupled (0-4-0) 5 hp engines to six-coupled (0-6-0) 55 hp models. The designs were sufficiently flexible to allow for the various track gauges in use. Over the years, 188 locomotives were supplied to these designs.
In the 1930s the company manufactured narrow gauge steam outline diesel-hydraulic locomotives for use at amusement parks around the country. In 1931 4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...
Neptune was delivered to Scarborough North Bay Railway, followed a year later by 4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...
Triton, both being 20 inches (508 mm) gauge. In the same year they supplied a 4-6-4
4-6-4
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-4 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles .Other equivalent classifications are:UIC classification:...
T Robin Hood to Golden Acre Park in Leeds followed by a 4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...
May Thompson in 1933. They also supplied 4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...
Mary Louise and 4-6-4
4-6-4
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-4 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles .Other equivalent classifications are:UIC classification:...
T Carol Jean to Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Pleasure Beach Blackpool
Pleasure Beach Blackpool is a family owned amusement park and resort situated along the Fylde coast in Blackpool, England. It is the most visited amusement park in the United Kingdom, and one of the top twenty most-visited amusement parks in the world with an estimate of 5.5 million visitors in...
for use on the 21 inches (533.4 mm) gauge Pleasure Beach Express
Pleasure Beach Express
Blackpool Pleasure Beach Express is a gauge railway, built in 1933 as a tourist attraction at Pleasure Beach Blackpool, Lancashire.-History:The main station was built in 1933, but was destroyed by fire in 1934...
in 1933. A fire in 1934 badly damaged Carol Jean so 4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...
Princess Royal was ordered as a replacement. They went on to build two more 4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...
class locomotives, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose for Billy Butlin
Billy Butlin
Sir William Heygate Edmund Colborne Butlin, , was a British, South Africa-born entrepreneur whose name is synonymous with the British holiday camp.American Heritage Dictionary 2004, p. 135.Scott 2001, p. 5...
to use at the Empire Exhibition in Glasgow in 1938 which were then transferred to his holiday camp in Clacton when the exhibition closed.
- 1931 4-6-2 Neptune (for Scarborough North Bay Railway)
- 1932 4-6-2 Triton (for Scarborough North Bay Railway)
- 1932 4-6-4T Robin Hood (for Golden Acre Park, Leeds)
- 1933 4-6-2 May Thompson (for Golden Acre Park, Leeds, renamed Poseiden in 2007)
- 1933 4-6-2 Mary Louise (for Blackpool Pleasure Beach Express)
- 1933 4-6-4T Carol Jean (for Blackpool Pleasure Beach Express)
- 1934 4-6-2 Princess Royal (for Blackpool Pleasure Beach Express)
- 1937 4-6-2 Princess Elizabeth (for Billy Butlin, Glasgow then Clacton when the exhibition closed)
- 1937 4-6-2 Princess Margaret Rose (for Billy Butlin, Glasgow then Clacton when the exhibition closed)
In later years, Hudswell Clarke designed and built diesel locomotives for both main-line and private company use, mainly for use on shunting operations.
Steam locomotives
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| 402 | 1893 | 0-4-0ST | Lord Mayor | ||||||
| 431 | 1895 | 0-6-0ST | 431 | Chasewater Railway Chasewater Railway The Chasewater Railway is a former colliery railway running round the shores of Chasewater in Staffordshire, England. It is now operated as a heritage railway.The line is approximately two miles in length, contained entirely within Chasewater Country Park... |
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| 526 | 1899 | 0-4-0ST | Hawarden | Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum The Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum is a museum of industrial railway equipment, located at Penrhyn Castle near Bangor in Wales.In the nineteenth century, Penrhyn Castle was the home of the Pennant family , owners of the Penrhyn slate quarry at Bethesda... |
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| 555 | 1900 | 0-6-0ST | Great Western Railway Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838... |
813 | Severn Valley Railway Severn Valley Railway The Severn Valley Railway is a heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England. The line runs along the Severn Valley from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster, following the course of the River Severn for much of its route... |
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| 573 | 1900 | 0-4-0ST | Handyman | ||||||
| 639 | 1902 | 0-4-2ST | 550 mm (21.65 in) |
Phyllis Rampton Trust Phyllis Rampton Trust The Phyllis Rampton Narrow Gauge Railway Trust is a British charity which is registered with the British Charity Commission as 292240 under the classification of "Education/TrainingEnvironment/Conservation/Heritage"... |
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| 640 | 1902 | 0-4-2ST | 550 mm (21.65 in) |
Phyllis Rampton Trust Phyllis Rampton Trust The Phyllis Rampton Narrow Gauge Railway Trust is a British charity which is registered with the British Charity Commission as 292240 under the classification of "Education/TrainingEnvironment/Conservation/Heritage"... |
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| 679 | 1903 | 0-6-0T | Manchester Ship Canal Manchester Ship Canal The Manchester Ship Canal is a river navigation 36 miles long in the North West of England. Starting at the Mersey Estuary near Liverpool, it generally follows the original routes of the rivers Mersey and Irwell through the historic counties of Cheshire and Lancashire. Several sets of locks lift... |
31 Hamburg |
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| 680 | 1903 | 0-6-0T | Manchester Ship Canal Manchester Ship Canal The Manchester Ship Canal is a river navigation 36 miles long in the North West of England. Starting at the Mersey Estuary near Liverpool, it generally follows the original routes of the rivers Mersey and Irwell through the historic counties of Cheshire and Lancashire. Several sets of locks lift... |
32 Gothenburg |
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| 750 | 1906 | 0-4-0ST | Waleswood | ||||||
| 1026 | 1913 | 0-6-0ST | Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd | ? | Fawley Hill Railway, Buckinghamshire | ||||
| 1152 | 1919 | 0-4-0ST | Guinness | 3 | Railway Preservation Society of Ireland Railway Preservation Society of Ireland The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland is an Irish railway preservation group operating in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1964. The Society has its headquarters at Whitehead, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and a base at Mullingar, County Westmeath... |
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| 1223 | 1916 | 0-6-0T | Vesta | Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum The Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum is a museum of industrial railway equipment, located at Penrhyn Castle near Bangor in Wales.In the nineteenth century, Penrhyn Castle was the home of the Pennant family , owners of the Penrhyn slate quarry at Bethesda... |
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| 1243 | 1917 | 0-6-0T | Richboro | ||||||
| 1308 | 1918 | 0-6-0ST | Rhos | Rocks by rail | |||||
| 1309 | 1917 | 0-4-0ST | Henry de Lacy II | Middleton Railway Middleton Railway The Middleton Railway is the world's oldest continuously working railway. It was founded in 1758 and is now a heritage railway run by volunteers from The Middleton Railway Trust Ltd... |
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| 1914–18 | 0-6-0WT | War Department Light Railways War Department Light Railways The War Department Light Railways were a system of narrow gauge trench railways run by the British War Department in World War I. Light railways made an important contribution to the Allied war effort in the First World War, and were used for the supply of ammunition and stores, the transport of... |
order sub-contracted from Robert Hudson Ltd Robert Hudson Ltd Robert Hudson Ltd was a major international supplier of light railway materials, based in Gildersome, near Leeds, England. The name was later changed to Robert Hudson Ltd.- The business :... |
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| 1334 | 1918 | 0-6-0T | Sir Thomas | ||||||
| 1366 | 1919 | 0-6-0ST | Renishaw Iron Works | No. 6 | Tanfield Railway Tanfield Railway The Tanfield Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Gateshead and County Durham, England. Running on part of a former colliery wooden wagonway, later a steam railway, it operates preserved steam and diesel industrial tank locomotives. The railway operates a passenger service on Sundays all... |
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| 1397 | 1919 | 0-6-0T | Manchester Ship Canal Manchester Ship Canal The Manchester Ship Canal is a river navigation 36 miles long in the North West of England. Starting at the Mersey Estuary near Liverpool, it generally follows the original routes of the rivers Mersey and Irwell through the historic counties of Cheshire and Lancashire. Several sets of locks lift... |
67 | Middleton Railway Middleton Railway The Middleton Railway is the world's oldest continuously working railway. It was founded in 1758 and is now a heritage railway run by volunteers from The Middleton Railway Trust Ltd... |
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| 1435 | 1922 | 0-4-0ST | Nellie | Bradford Industrial Museum Bradford Industrial Museum Bradford Industrial Museum, established 1974 in Moorside Mills, Eccleshill, Bradford, United Kingdom, specializes in relics of local industry, especially printing and textile machinery, kept in working condition for regular demonstrations to the public... |
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| 1450 | 1922 | 0-6-0ST | Gladiator | ||||||
| 1464 | 1921 | 0-6-0T | 70 | Avon Valley Railway Avon Valley Railway The Avon Valley Railway is a three-mile-long heritage railway based at Bitton station in South Gloucestershire, England, not far from Bristol and is run by a local group: The Avon Valley Railway Company Ltd. The railway follows the Avon Valley south-east from Oldland Common, through Bitton and... |
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| 1539 | 1924 | 0-6-0ST | Derek Crouch | ||||||
| 1544 | 1924 | 0-6-0ST | Slough Estates Ltd. | No. 3 | Swindon and Cricklade Railway Swindon and Cricklade Railway The Swindon & Cricklade Railway is a heritage railway in Wiltshire, England, that operates on a short section of the old Midland and South Western Junction Railway line between Swindon and Cricklade.-History:... |
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| 1582 | 1926 | 0-4-0ST | Rotorua Ngongotaha Railway, New Zealand | ||||||
| 1631 | 1930 | 0-6-0WT | 5 | ||||||
| 1643 | 1930 | 0-6-0WT | Bronllwyd | Bressingham Steam and Gardens | |||||
| 1672 | 1937 | 0-4-0ST | Irwell | Tanfield Railway Tanfield Railway The Tanfield Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Gateshead and County Durham, England. Running on part of a former colliery wooden wagonway, later a steam railway, it operates preserved steam and diesel industrial tank locomotives. The railway operates a passenger service on Sundays all... |
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| 1700 | 1938 | 0-6-0ST | Wissington | ||||||
| 1704 | 1938 | 0-6-0T | Nunlow | ||||||
| 1709 | 1939 | 0-6-0ST | Slough Estates Ltd. | No. 5 | Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England, . It is part of the former Midland Railway branch from Skipton to Ilkley . The E&BASR currently runs from Embsay via Draughton and Holywell to Bolton Abbey station, a distance of... |
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| 1731 | 1942 | 0-6-0T | 20 Jennifer |
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| 1737 | 1943 | Austerity 0-6-0T Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST The Hunslet Engine Company Austerity 0-6-0ST is a steam locomotive designed for shunting. The class became the standard British shunting locomotive during the Second World War, and production continued until 1964 at various locomotive manufacturers.... |
0-6-0ST | Nederlandse Spoorwegen Nederlandse Spoorwegen Nederlandse Spoorwegen , or NS, is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands.Its trains operate over the tracks of the Dutch national railinfrastructure, operated by ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003... |
8811 | Stoomstichting Nederland, Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre... , Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
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| 1742 | 1946 | 0-4-0ST | |||||||
| 1776 | 1944 | Austerity 0-6-0T Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST The Hunslet Engine Company Austerity 0-6-0ST is a steam locomotive designed for shunting. The class became the standard British shunting locomotive during the Second World War, and production continued until 1964 at various locomotive manufacturers.... |
0-6-0ST | National Coal Board National Coal Board The National Coal Board was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom. Set up under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, it took over the mines on "vesting day", 1 January 1947... |
Harry | Horwich, Lancashire | ex WD 1499 | ||
| 1782 | 1945 | Austerity 0-6-0T Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST The Hunslet Engine Company Austerity 0-6-0ST is a steam locomotive designed for shunting. The class became the standard British shunting locomotive during the Second World War, and production continued until 1964 at various locomotive manufacturers.... |
0-6-0ST | War Department War Department (UK) The War Department was the United Kingdom government department responsible for the supply of equipment to the armed forces of the United Kingdom and the pursuance of military activity. In 1857 it became the War Office... |
118 Brussels |
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Keighley and Worth Valley Railway The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway is a long branch line that served mills and villages in the Worth Valley and is now a heritage railway line in West Yorkshire, England. It runs from Keighley to Oxenhope. It connects to the national rail network line at Keighley railway station... |
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| 1800 | 1947 | 0-6-0T | Thomas | ||||||
| 1821 | 1948 | 0-6-0T | 140 | ||||||
| 1822 | 1949 | 0-6-0T | S100 | Chasewater Railway Chasewater Railway The Chasewater Railway is a former colliery railway running round the shores of Chasewater in Staffordshire, England. It is now operated as a heritage railway.The line is approximately two miles in length, contained entirely within Chasewater Country Park... |
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| 1823 | 1949 | 0-6-0T | 38 | Tanfield Railway Tanfield Railway The Tanfield Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Gateshead and County Durham, England. Running on part of a former colliery wooden wagonway, later a steam railway, it operates preserved steam and diesel industrial tank locomotives. The railway operates a passenger service on Sundays all... |
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| 1882 | 1955 | 0-4-0ST | Mirvale | Tanfield Railway Tanfield Railway The Tanfield Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Gateshead and County Durham, England. Running on part of a former colliery wooden wagonway, later a steam railway, it operates preserved steam and diesel industrial tank locomotives. The railway operates a passenger service on Sundays all... |
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| 1885 | 1955 | 0-6-0T | 1 | ||||||
| 0-6-0ST | 54 Julia |
Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre The Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre is a heritage centre based at Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, the terminus of the northern section of the Great Central Railway . The site includes locomotive and rolling stock workshops , as well as cafeteria and shops... |
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| 0-6-0ST | Alston | Mid-Suffolk Light Railway Mid-Suffolk Light Railway The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway is a heritage railway in Suffolk, which in its heyday it was a branch line which ran for just from Haughley to Laxfield, Suffolk. The line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1924 and the last trains ran on 26 July 1952... |
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| 0-6-0 | 21 Anne Elizabeth | Edaville Railroad Edaville Railroad The Edaville Railroad is a heritage railroad in South Carver, Massachusetts.Opened in 1947, the Edaville Railroad is generally regarded as one of the oldest heritage railroads in the United States.... , Carver, Massachusetts Carver, Massachusetts Carver is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,163 at the 2000 census, with an estimated 2008 population of 11,574. It is named for John Carver, the first governor of the Plymouth Colony.- Demographics :... , USA |
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| 0-4-2ST | 4 | Puffing Billy Railway, Melbourne, Australia | |||||||
Diesel locomotives
Standard gauge- British Rail Class D2/7British Rail Class D2/7British Rail Class D2/7 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. It was a diesel powered locomotive in the pre-TOPS period built by Hudswell Clarke with a Gardner engine...
(none preserved) - British Rail Class D2/12British Rail Class D2/12British Rail Class D2/12 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. It was a diesel powered locomotive in the pre-TOPS period built by Hudswell Clarke with a Gardner engine...
(one preserved) - 0-4-0DM Elland No.1 (works no. D1153) at Mangapps Railway MuseumMangapps Railway MuseumThe Mangapps Railway Museum is a heritage railway located near Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex. The stretch of standard gauge track and museum are owned and operated by the Jolly family assisted by a dedicated staff of volunteers...
, Burnham-on-CrouchBurnham-on-CrouchBurnham-on-Crouch is a town in the Maldon district of Essex in the East of England. It lies on the north bank of the River Crouch.-History:Historically, it has benefited from its location on the coast - first as a ferry port, later as a fishing port known for its oyster beds, and most recently as a... - 0-4-0DM Southam (works no. D604) was outside the Great Western Country Pub and Restaurant, Bishop's ItchingtonBishop's ItchingtonBishop's Itchington is a village and civil parish about southeast of Royal Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, England.The village is on the B4451 road about southwest of Southam, and about northeast of Junction 12 on the M40 motorway...
, nr SouthamSouthamSoutham is a small market town in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. The 2001 census recorded a population of 6,509 in the town.The nearest sizeable town to Southam is Leamington Spa, located roughly 7 miles to the west...
, WarwickshireWarwickshireWarwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
in 2006 but has since left for an unknown destination - 0-4-0DM Southam 2 (works no. D625) at Leeds Industrial Museum
- 0-4-0DM Mighty Atom (works no. D628) at Ribble Steam RailwayRibble Steam RailwayThe Ribble Steam Railway is a standard gauge preserved railway in Lancashire, in the United Kingdom. It was opened to the public on 17 September 2005, running along Preston Docks,...
- 0-4-0DM Sparky (works no. D629) at Ribble Steam Railway
- 0-6-0 No. MSC 4001 Alnwick Castle (works no. D10** of 1958) at Winfield's Store, Haslingden, Lancs
- 0-6-0 No. MSC 4002 Arundel Castle (works no. D1076 of 1958) at East Lancs Railway
- 0-4-0DM D631/1946 Carroll at Middleton Railway
- 0-4-0DM D577/1932 Mary at Middleton Railway
gauge
- Eight 145HP, 20 ton 0-8-00-8-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels...
locomotives, and twenty-four 225HP, 29 ton 2-8-22-8-2Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...
locomotives, for the Sierra Leone Government RailwaySierra Leone Government RailwayThe Sierra Leone Government Railway operated in the West African country of Sierra Leone from 1897 to 1974. It was unusual in that it formed a national railway system constructed solely to a rail gauge...
, supplied between 1954 and 1961. (not necessarily preserved)
gauge
- 4wDM No. D564 (built 1930) at the Phyllis Rampton TrustPhyllis Rampton TrustThe Phyllis Rampton Narrow Gauge Railway Trust is a British charity which is registered with the British Charity Commission as 292240 under the classification of "Education/TrainingEnvironment/Conservation/Heritage"...
Steam-outline diesel locomotives
20 inches (508 mm) gauge- 4-6-24-6-24-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...
Neptune (1931), Scarborough North Bay Railway - 4-6-24-6-24-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...
Triton (1932), Scarborough North Bay Railway - 4-6-44-6-4Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-4 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles .Other equivalent classifications are:UIC classification:...
T Robin Hood (1932), Scarborough North Bay Railway - 4-6-24-6-24-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...
Poseidon (1933), Scarborough North Bay Railway
21 inches (533.4 mm) gauge
- 4-6-24-6-24-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...
Mary Louise (1933), Pleasure Beach ExpressPleasure Beach ExpressBlackpool Pleasure Beach Express is a gauge railway, built in 1933 as a tourist attraction at Pleasure Beach Blackpool, Lancashire.-History:The main station was built in 1933, but was destroyed by fire in 1934...
, BlackpoolBlackpoolBlackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester... - 4-6-44-6-4Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-4 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles .Other equivalent classifications are:UIC classification:...
T Carol Jean (1933), Pleasure Beach ExpressPleasure Beach ExpressBlackpool Pleasure Beach Express is a gauge railway, built in 1933 as a tourist attraction at Pleasure Beach Blackpool, Lancashire.-History:The main station was built in 1933, but was destroyed by fire in 1934...
, BlackpoolBlackpoolBlackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester... - 4-6-24-6-24-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...
Geoffrey Thompson OBE (1934), Pleasure Beach ExpressPleasure Beach ExpressBlackpool Pleasure Beach Express is a gauge railway, built in 1933 as a tourist attraction at Pleasure Beach Blackpool, Lancashire.-History:The main station was built in 1933, but was destroyed by fire in 1934...
, BlackpoolBlackpoolBlackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester... - 4-6-24-6-24-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...
Princess Elizabeth (1938), Midland Railway - ButterleyMidland Railway - ButterleyThe Midland Railway – Butterley is a heritage railway, formerly known until 2004 as the Midland Railway Centre, at Butterley, near Ripley in Derbyshire.-Overview:...
undergoing restoration. - 4-6-24-6-24-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...
Princess Margaret Rose (1938), Midland Railway - ButterleyMidland Railway - ButterleyThe Midland Railway – Butterley is a heritage railway, formerly known until 2004 as the Midland Railway Centre, at Butterley, near Ripley in Derbyshire.-Overview:...
Military engineering
During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
the company diversified into armaments
Technology during World War II
Technology played a crucial role in determining the outcome of World War II. Much of it was developed during the interwar years of 1940-1945, some was developed in response to learn valuable lessons during the war, and some was beginning to be developed as the war ended. The massive research and...
, as did so many other engineering companies. In the post-war period Hudswell, Clarke and Co Ltd was closely involved in various secret programmes, including the British nuclear weapon
Nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter. The first fission bomb test released the same amount...
programme. The airframe for the first British nuclear bomb, Blue Danube
Blue Danube (nuclear weapon)
Blue Danube was the first operational British nuclear weapon. It also went by a variety of other names, including Smallboy, the Mk.1 Atom Bomb, Special Bomb and OR.1001, a reference to the Operational Requirement it was built to fill...
was manufactured by Hudswell Clarke at its Roundhay Road, Leeds, plant. The airframe for Red Beard
Red Beard (nuclear weapon)
Red Beard was the first British tactical nuclear weapon. It was carried by the English Electric Canberra and the V bombers of the Royal Air Force, and by the Blackburn Buccaneers, Sea Vixens and Supermarine Scimitars of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm...
, the second generation tactical nuclear bomb, followed with that for Violet Club
Violet Club
Violet Club was a nuclear weapon deployed by the United Kingdom during the cold war. It was Britain's first operational "high yield" weapon, and was intended to provide an emergency capability until a thermonuclear weapon could be developed from the 1956-1958 Operation Grapple thermonuclear tests...
, the Interim Megaton Weapon; and there were many other projects. All the bombs detonated at the Christmas Island
Christmas Island
The Territory of Christmas Island is a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean. It is located northwest of the Western Australian city of Perth, south of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and ENE of the Cocos Islands....
H-bomb tests were contained in airframes designed and built by Hudswell Clarke. The company were also major contributors to other military projects, eg. the Centurion main battle tank
Centurion tank
The Centurion, introduced in 1945, was the primary British main battle tank of the post-World War II period. It was a successful tank design, with upgrades, for many decades...
conversion into an armoured bridgelayer, that served with the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
for many years. The contraction of defence manufacturing in the mid-1960s contributed to the sale and demise of the company.
Preservation
Locations of preserved Hudswell Clarke locomotives include:- Chasewater RailwayChasewater RailwayThe Chasewater Railway is a former colliery railway running round the shores of Chasewater in Staffordshire, England. It is now operated as a heritage railway.The line is approximately two miles in length, contained entirely within Chasewater Country Park...
- Swindon and Cricklade RailwaySwindon and Cricklade RailwayThe Swindon & Cricklade Railway is a heritage railway in Wiltshire, England, that operates on a short section of the old Midland and South Western Junction Railway line between Swindon and Cricklade.-History:...
- Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam RailwayEmbsay and Bolton Abbey Steam RailwayThe Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England, . It is part of the former Midland Railway branch from Skipton to Ilkley . The E&BASR currently runs from Embsay via Draughton and Holywell to Bolton Abbey station, a distance of...
- Keighley and Worth Valley RailwayKeighley and Worth Valley RailwayThe Keighley and Worth Valley Railway is a long branch line that served mills and villages in the Worth Valley and is now a heritage railway line in West Yorkshire, England. It runs from Keighley to Oxenhope. It connects to the national rail network line at Keighley railway station...
- Pontypool and Blaenavon RailwayPontypool and Blaenavon RailwayThe Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway is a volunteer-run heritage railway in South Wales, running trains between a halt platform opposite the Whistle Stop public house southwards to the town of Blaenavon via a two-platform station at the site of former colliery furnace.The line is the highest...
- East Lancashire RailwayEast Lancashire RailwayThe East Lancashire Railway is a heritage railway in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England.-Overview:After formal closure by British Rail in 1982, the line was reopened on 25 July 1987. The initial service operated between Bury and Ramsbottom, via Summerseat. In 1991 the service was extended...
- Tanfield RailwayTanfield RailwayThe Tanfield Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Gateshead and County Durham, England. Running on part of a former colliery wooden wagonway, later a steam railway, it operates preserved steam and diesel industrial tank locomotives. The railway operates a passenger service on Sundays all...
- Penrhyn Castle Railway MuseumPenrhyn Castle Railway MuseumThe Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum is a museum of industrial railway equipment, located at Penrhyn Castle near Bangor in Wales.In the nineteenth century, Penrhyn Castle was the home of the Pennant family , owners of the Penrhyn slate quarry at Bethesda...
- Nottingham Transport Heritage CentreNottingham Transport Heritage CentreThe Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre is a heritage centre based at Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, the terminus of the northern section of the Great Central Railway . The site includes locomotive and rolling stock workshops , as well as cafeteria and shops...
- Middleton RailwayMiddleton RailwayThe Middleton Railway is the world's oldest continuously working railway. It was founded in 1758 and is now a heritage railway run by volunteers from The Middleton Railway Trust Ltd...
Trust, Hunslet, West Yorkshire - Oamaru Steam and Rail Restoration Society, New Zealand