Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway
locomotive
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manufacturer with a factory in
Openshaw
Openshaw is a suburb of Manchester, England, about three miles east of the city centre. Historically part of Lancashire, Openshaw was incorporated into the city of Manchester in 1890. Its name derives from the Old English ''Opinschawe'', which me ...
,
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
. Founded by
Charles Beyer
Charles Frederick Beyer (an anglicised form of his original German name Carl Friedrich Beyer) (14 May 1813 – 2 June 1876) was a celebrated German-British locomotive designer and builder, and co-founder of the Institution of Mechanical Engineer ...
,
Richard Peacock
Richard Peacock (9 April 1820 – 3 March 1889) was an English engineer, one of the founders of locomotive manufacturer Beyer, Peacock and Company.
Early life and education
Born in Swaledale, Yorkshire, Richard Peacock was educated at Leeds G ...
and
Henry Robertson
Henry Robertson (11 June 1816 – 22 March 1888) was a Scottish mining engineer and prolific railway builder, industrialist and Liberal Party politician. He was head of Brymbo Steelworks, Wrexham. He was co-founder of Beyer-Peacock, with Charl ...
, it traded from 1854 until 1966. The company exported locomotives, and machine tools to service them, throughout the world.
Founders
German-born
Charles Beyer
Charles Frederick Beyer (an anglicised form of his original German name Carl Friedrich Beyer) (14 May 1813 – 2 June 1876) was a celebrated German-British locomotive designer and builder, and co-founder of the Institution of Mechanical Engineer ...
had undertaken engineering training related to cotton milling in
Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...
before moving to England in 1831 aged 21. He secured employment as a draughtsman at
Sharp, Roberts and Company
Sharp, Stewart and Company was a steam locomotive manufacturer, initially located in Manchester, England. The company was formed in 1843 upon the demise of Sharp, Roberts & Co.. It moved to Glasgow, Scotland, in 1888, eventually amalgamating wit ...
's Atlas works in central Manchester, which manufactured cotton mill machinery and had just started building locomotives for the
Liverpool and Manchester Railway
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) was the first inter-city railway in the world. It opened on 15 September 1830 between the Lancashire towns of Liverpool and Manchester in England. It was also the first railway to rely exclusively ...
. There he was mentored by head engineer and prolific inventor of cotton mill machinery,
Richard Roberts. By the time he resigned 22 years later he was well established as the company's head engineer; he had been involved in producing more than 600 locomotives.
Richard Peacock
Richard Peacock (9 April 1820 – 3 March 1889) was an English engineer, one of the founders of locomotive manufacturer Beyer, Peacock and Company.
Early life and education
Born in Swaledale, Yorkshire, Richard Peacock was educated at Leeds G ...
had been chief engineer of the
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) was formed in 1847 when the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway joined with authorised but unbuilt railway companies, forming a proposed network from Manchester to Grimsb ...
's locomotive works in Gorton when he resigned in 1854, confident in his ability to secure orders to build locomotives. Beyer's resignation presented Peacock with a partnership opportunity. However, the business at the outset (Beyer, Peacock & Co.) was a legal partnership and the partners were therefore liable for debts should the business fail; in a mid-Victorian economic climate of boom and bust, it was a risky venture. Beyer could raise £9,524 (nearly £900,000 in 2015) and Peacock £5,500, but they still required a loan from
Charles Geach
Charles Geach (1808 – 1 November 1854) was a prominent English businessman, industrialist, banker and politician of the early to mid-19th century, strongly associated with banking and manufacturing interests. He was a co-founder and the general ...
(founder of the
Midland Bank
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and first treasurer to the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) is an independent professional association and learned society headquartered in London, United Kingdom, that represents mechanical engineers and the engineering profession. With over 120,000 member ...
), of which Beyer and Peacock had been founding members. Soon afterwards, however, Geach died, the loan was recalled, and the whole project nearly collapsed. Thomas Brassey came to the rescue, persuading Henry Robertson to provide a £4,000 loan in return for being the third (sleeping) partner.
It was not until 1883 that the company was incorporated as a private limited company and renamed Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd. In 1902 it took on its final form as a public limited company.
[The public company was incorporated as Beyer, Peacock & Co. (1902) Ltd; the "(1902)" was dropped in 1903.]
During the
Great Depression
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, faced with competition from tramways and electric railways, the company began to look for alternatives so that they were not dependent on one product. In 1932 they acquired their first company and in 1949 formed a joint company with Metropolitan-Vickers to build locomotives other than steam. By 1953 Beyer, Peacock had acquired more than five subsidiary companies; two others followed five years later. In 1958 Beyer, Peacock (Hymek) Ltd was formed.
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Gorton Foundry
Beyer and Peacock started building their Gorton Foundry in 1854 two miles east from the centre of Manchester at Openshaw
Openshaw is a suburb of Manchester, England, about three miles east of the city centre. Historically part of Lancashire, Openshaw was incorporated into the city of Manchester in 1890. Its name derives from the Old English ''Opinschawe'', which me ...
on a 12-acre site, on the opposite (south) side of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) was formed in 1847 when the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway joined with authorised but unbuilt railway companies, forming a proposed network from Manchester to Grimsb ...
(MS&LR) line from Peacock's previous works.[The two works were adjacent, on either side of the line between the present-day stations of Ashburys and Gorton.] The site was chosen because land was cheaper than in the city, allowing ample room to expand, and there was a good water supply from an MS&LR reservoir. At the Foundry, Beyer designed and manufactured machine tools needed to build the locomotives, and oversaw locomotive design and production. Peacock dealt with the business side, often travelling to continental Europe to secure orders.
In July 1855 the first locomotive, built for the Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...
, left Gorton Foundry. Between 1854 and 1868 the company built 844 locomotives, of which 476 were exported. The company sold mainly to the British colonies
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, Southern Africa and South America. The company had been commissioned by the London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company in the United Kingdom.
In 1923, it became a constituent of the Lo ...
to build a single copy of their Dreadnought Class for the Pennsylvania Railroad
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, as the former railway's shops were not legally permitted to sell their locomotives.[ Aside from this locomotive, the company did not enter the North American market.
During the ]First World War
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Beyer, Peacock manufactured artillery; in August 1915 Gorton Works was put under government control with production switching almost entirely to the war effort, especially heavy field artillery. During the Second World War
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, the company was again brought under government control but continued to build locomotives throughout the war.[
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Condensing locomotives for underground railways
A technological innovation that strengthened the company's reputation was the world's first successful condensing[By condensing steam, little of it emanated from the locomotives, and using coke (later, "smokeless" Welsh coal) greatly reduced smoke pollution.] locomotive design for London's first underground railway – the Metropolitan Railway A Class
The Metropolitan Railway A Class and B Class were condensing steam locomotives built for the Metropolitan Railway by Beyer Peacock, first used in 1864. A total of 40 A Class and 26 of the slightly different B Class were delivered by 1885. Used ...
4-4-0
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tank engine
A tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of a more traditional tender. Most tank engines also have bunkers (or fuel tanks) to hold fuel; in a tender-tank locomot ...
. Between 1864 and 1886, 148 were built for various railways; most operated until the lines' electrification in 1905. The locomotives' main designer, Hermann Ludwig Lange (1837–92), was a native of Beyer's home town, Plauen, Saxony (now Germany) who had undertaken an apprenticeship followed by engineering training. Beyer had invited him to England in 1861 and employed him for the first year in the company workshops, then as a draughtsman under his direction. He became chief draughtsman in 1864 or 1865. After Beyer's death in 1876, he became chief engineer and co-manager of the company.
Beyer-Garratt articulated locomotives
An articulated locomotive design that became renowned in the 20th century was another innovation, the Beyer-Garratt
A Garratt (often referred to as a Beyer Garratt) is a type of steam locomotive invented by British engineer Herbert William Garratt that is articulated into three parts. Its boiler, firebox, and cab are mounted on a centre frame or "bridge ...
articulated locomotive (generically known as a "Garratt"), invented by Herbert William Garratt
Herbert William Garratt (8 June 1864 – 25 September 1913) was an English mechanical engineer and the inventor of the Garratt system of articulated locomotives.
Garratt began his engineering career by serving an apprenticeship under John ...
, who was granted a patent in 1908; Beyer, Peacock had sole rights of manufacture in Britain. After the patents ran out in 1928, the company began to use the name "Beyer-Garratt" to distinguish their locomotives.[ They became widely used throughout Africa, South America, Asia, Australia and the South Pacific, where difficult terrain and lightly laid, tightly curved track, usually ]narrow-gauge
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and .
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structur ...
, severely limited the weight and power output of conventional locomotives. In Garratt's design, two girders holding a boiler[Significant in the performance of the boiler, hence power output, was that the Garratt's firebox was no longer confined to the narrow space between a locomotive's frame but was constrained only by the much greater distance between girders.] and a cab were slung between two "engine" units, each with cylinders, wheels and motion. The weight of the locomotive was therefore spread over a considerable distance. Both engine units were topped by water tanks. The unit adjoining the cab end also held a fuel bunker.
Between 1909 and 1958, Beyer, Peacock built more than a thousand Garratts; significant types are listed below. Among them, three of the most significant are preserved (see the "Preserved steam locomotives" table below):
* first: the Tasmanian Government Railways K class
The Tasmanian Government Railways K class was a class of 0-4-0+0-4-0 Garratt articulated steam locomotives operated by the Tasmanian Government Railways from 1909 – the first Garratt locomotives built.
Overview
Although considered the firs ...
, built in 1909 for the North East Dundas Tramway
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of western Tasmania
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* most powerful: the East African Railways
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59 class of 1955
* last: the South African Railways NG G16 class locomotive of 1958.
Diesel and electric locomotives
In the decade following 1954, the company built four types of diesel-powered locomotives and two electric types, listed below.
Decline and closure
The late 1950s saw a rapid transformation in locomotive manufacture. In 1955 British Rail
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ways decided to switch from steam to diesel traction and by then overseas railways had done the same. A major problem the company soon faced was that it had chosen to make diesel-hydraulic locomotives when the Western Region had opted for lightweight locomotives with hydraulic transmission under the British Railways Modernisation Plan of 1955; but British Railways opted for diesel-electrics.[Beyer Peacock (Hymek) Ltd was formed as a joint venture between ]Bristol Siddeley Engines
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, which was licensed to build Maybach
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engines, and Stone-Platt Industries, licensed to build Mekydro
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transmissions. The company all but closed down the Gorton Foundry at the end of 1958.[
In 1966, after 112 years of operation, all production ceased at Gorton Foundry.][ During that time, the company had built nearly 8,000 locomotives.
As of 2012 the building that housed the former boiler shop, tender shop and bolier mounting shop – 550 feet (167 metres) in length – remained in use as part of the Hammerstone Road Depot of Manchester City Council.
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Gallery
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Classes of locomotives
Steam
Non-articulated
''List shows delivery year(s), railway and locomotive class, wheel arrangement (Whyte notation
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) and number in order''.
* 1859 Victorian Railways
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J class (1859) , later
* 1859 Victorian Railways P class
* 1861 Victorian Railways B class
The mainline passenger locomotives, later classified as B class, ran on the Victorian Railways (VR) between 1862 and 1917. They used a wheel arrangement, which provided greater traction on the new, more heavily graded Geelong–Ballarat railway ...
(19)
* 1861 Victorian Railways O class (11)
* 1864–1885 Metropolitan Railway A class
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* 1867–1868, 1872 Great Southern and Western Railway
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Class 101 (12)
* 1869 South Australian Railways G class (5)
* 1869 Holdfast Bay Railway Company (later, became South Australian Railways G class) (3)
* 1871–1886 District Railway
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* 1873–1926 Various locomotives for the Isle of Man Railway
* 1880–1881 Midland Great Western Railway
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Class D (6)
* 1874 Victorian Railways F class
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(pattern engine)
* 1874 Victorian Railways T class
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History
In July 1954, the Victorian Railways placed an order with Clyde Engineering for 25 (later extended ...
(pattern engine)
* 1875 South Australian Railways J class
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(2)
* 1876 South Australian Railways U class
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(8)
* 1876 South Australian Railways V class
The South Australian Railways V class was a class of 0-4-4 steam locomotives operated by the South Australian Railways.
History
In November 1876 the South Australian Railways took delivery of four 0-4-4 locomotives from Beyer, Peacock & Co, M ...
(4)
* 1877–1882 South Australian Railways W class
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History
The W class was the ...
(35)
* 1878 NSWGR Z12 class, New South Wales Government Railways Z12 class
* 1879 South Australian Railways L class
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(4)
* 1879–1884 South Australian Railways K class (18)
* 1879 Victorian Railways M class
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(pattern engine)
* 1879 Victorian Railways 'Old' R class (pattern engine + 3)
* 1880 Holdfast Bay Railway Company (later, became South Australian Railways Gd class
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) (2)
* 1882, 1895, 1899 Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway
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Leitrim Class (5)
* 1884 South Australian Railways P class
The South Australian Railways P class was a class of 2-4-0T steam locomotives operated by the South Australian Railways.
History
The first six were built by Beyer, Peacock & Co for the South Australian Railways (SAR) in 1884.
Their design wa ...
(6)
* 1884 Victorian Railways 'Old' A class
* 1885–1898 South Australian Railways Y class
The South Australian Railways Y class was a class of narrow gauge steam locomotives operated by the South Australian Railways.
History
The Y class were numerically the largest class of steam locomotive operated by the South Australian Railwa ...
* 1885–1907 Tasmanian Government Railways C class
The Tasmanian Government Railways C class is a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotives operated by the Tasmanian Government Railways.
History
Between 1885 and 1892, the Tasmanian Government Railways took delivery of 19 C class locomotives from Beyer ...
(27)
* 1888–1907 Silverton Tramway Y class
The Silverton Tramway Y class was a class of 2-6-0 and 2-6-2T steam locomotives operated by the Silverton Tramway Company of Australia.
History
Between 1888 and 1907 the Silverton Tramway Company took delivery of eighteen 2-6-0 and two 2-6-2 ...
; two (50)
* 1889 Western Australian Government Railways
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G class G class or Class G may refer to:
Locomotives
* NZR G class (1928), a type of steam locomotive used in New Zealand
* Tasmanian Government Railways G class, a class of 0-4-2T steam locomotive used in Australia
* V/Line G class, a class of diesel-e ...
(7)
* 1897–1898 Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
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Class B (5)
* 1897 Glenelg Railway Company
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(later, became South Australian Railways Ge class) (2)
* 1898 Tobu Railway
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B1 class (12 locos)[Tobu Museum exhibit guide](_blank)
Retrieved on 11 March 2009 .
* 1902 Victorian Railways DD class (20)
* 1904 Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
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Q Class (2)
* 1905 Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway
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nos 65 & 66 (2)
* 1905 Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway nos 67 & 68 (2)
* 1906–1920 Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway
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Bandon Tank (8)
* 1908, 1911 Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Class RT (4)
* 1912, 1915 Silverton Tramway A class
The Silverton Tramway A class was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives operated by the Silverton Tramway Company.
History
The Silverton Tramway Company took delivery of two 4-6-0 locomotives in 1912 from Beyer, Peacock & Co, Manchester follow ...
(4)
* 1913, 1915 Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Class S & S2 (8)
* 1913, 1915 Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Class SG & SG2 (10)
* 1913 Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Class T (5)
* 1915, 1947 Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Class U (10)
* 1921, 1929–1930 Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Class T2 (10)
* 1921 Rhymney Railway R class
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...
(6)
* 1922 Dublin and South Eastern Railway
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nos 15 & 16 (2)
* 1924 Dublin and South Eastern Railway nos 34 & 35 (2)
* 1928 Great Eastern Railway class S69 (later, became London and North Eastern Railway class B12)
* 1931 Great Western Railway
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5700 class (25)
* 1932 Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Class V (5)
* 1948 Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Class VS (5)
* 1949 Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway Lough Class (2)
* 1951–1952 Silverton Tramway W class
The Silverton Tramway W class was a class of 4-8-2 steam locomotives operated by the Silverton Tramway Company.
History
In January 1949, the Silverton Tramway Company ordered two 4-8-2 locomotives from Beyer, Peacock & Co, Manchester, to the ...
(4)
* 1951–1952 Western Australian Government Railways
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W class (60)
* 1955 Western Australian Government Railways V class (sub-contracted to Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns
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History
The company was formed in September 1937 when Robert Stephenson and Company, which was based in Darlington, took over the locomotive ...
) (24)
Beyer-Garratt (articulated)
''List shows delivery year(s), railway and locomotive class, wheel arrangement (Whyte notation
Whyte notation is a classification method for steam locomotives, and some internal combustion locomotives and electric locomotives, by wheel arrangement. It was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte, and came into use in the early twentieth ce ...
) and number in order''.
* 1909 Tasmanian Government Railways K class
The Tasmanian Government Railways K class was a class of 0-4-0+0-4-0 Garratt articulated steam locomotives operated by the Tasmanian Government Railways from 1909 – the first Garratt locomotives built.
Overview
Although considered the firs ...
* 1910 Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
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D class
* 1911 Western Australian Government Railways
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M class (6)
* 1913 Western Australian Government Railways
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Ms class (7)
* 1925 London and North Eastern Railway
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class U1
* 1926 Victorian Railways G class
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* 1927 London, Midland and Scottish Railway
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Garratt
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* 1928 New Zealand Railways G class
* 1928 South African Railways GL class
* 1936–1939 Fyansford Cement Works Railway
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The railway was notable for including a ...
(nos 1&2)
* 1939 South African class NG G16
* 1940–1952 Rhodesia Railways 15th class
The Rhodesia Railways 15th class (later Zambia Railways and National Railways of Zimbabwe 15th classes), was the second-largest class of Garratt locomotives, with 74 locomotives built. Only the Class GMA/GMAM of the South African Railways was more ...
* 1949 East African Railways 56 class
* 1951 Queensland Railways Beyer-Garratt class
* 1951 South Australian Railways 400 class
The South Australian Railways 400 class was a class of 4-8-2+2-8-4 articulated steam locomotives built in France in 1952 and 1953 under licence to Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd, Manchester, UK. The locomotives mainly hauled ore on the narrow gaug ...
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* 1952–1954, 1957 New South Wales Government Railways AD60 class (42)
* 1954-68 Rhodesia Railways 20th class
The Rhodesia Railways 20th class, later Zambia Railways and National Railways of Zimbabwe 20th classes, were among the largest and most powerful steam locomotives in the southern hemisphere.
With 61 locomotives built, they were the fourth largest ...
* 1955 East African Railways 59 class
* 1956 South African Railways GMA/M Class
Steam turbine
* 1935 Beyer-Ljungström steam turbine locomotive, under licence, for the LMS
Diesel
* 1954–56 Western Australian Government Railways X class
The X Class were a class of diesel locomotive built by Beyer, Peacock and Company, Beyer, Peacock & Company and Metropolitan-Vickers, Bowesfield Works, Stockton-on-Tees for the Western Australian Government Railways between 1954 and 1956.
Cons ...
* 1961–63 British Rail Class 35
The British Rail Class 35 is a class of mixed-traffic B-B diesel locomotive with hydraulic transmission. Because of their Mekydro-design hydraulic transmission units, the locomotives became known as the Hymeks. They were numbered D7000-D7100.
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* 1962 British Rail Class 25
The British Rail Class 25, also known as the Sulzer Type 2, is a class of 327 diesel locomotives built between 1961 and 1967 for British Rail. They were numbered in two series, D5151-D5299 and D7500-D7677.
Background
The Class 24 locomotive ...
* 1964 British Rail Class 17
The British Rail Class 17 (also known as the Clayton Type 1) was a class of 117 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives built 1962–1965 by Clayton Equipment Company and their sub-contractor Beyer, Peacock & Co., on behalf of British Railw ...
(as sub-contractor to (Clayton Equipment Company
Clayton Equipment Company Ltd, now known simply as Clayton Equipment Ltd or CEC and CEL, is a locomotive construction company that specialises in rail equipment, design and build, tunnelling, mining, metro, mainline and shunter locomotives.
In ...
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Electric
* 1956–58 New South Wales 46 class
* 1960–62 British Rail Class 82
The British Rail Class 82 (AL2 under the pre-TOPS classification scheme) electric locomotives were designed by the British manufacturing interest Metropolitan-Vickers and produced by Beyer, Peacock and Company on behalf of British Rail (BR).
T ...
Preserved locomotives
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