Riley & Son (E) Ltd, is a railway locomotive engineering and refurbishment company. Founded in 1992 as Ian Riley Engineering, the company has been a leader in main line steam haulage, being one of the pioneers of fitting air brake, TPWS and OTMR equipment to steam locomotives. Having originally been based at the East Lancashire Railway in

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, in 2016 it moved to Heywood.

Spot hire company

In the early 2000s, Ian Riley Engineering operated as a

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company purchasing five Class 37s diesel locomotives (37038, 37197, 37235, 37261 and 37423) from EWS. The first (37197) entered service in a brunswick green and grey livery in November 2001. All were sold in 2003/04 to

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and

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Notable projects

Flying Scotsman

In January 2006, work began at the

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on an overhaul of ''Flying Scotsman'' that was expected to take 18-20 months and cost £1.6 million. However costs and timescales grew out of control and there were tensions between the museum and its contractors. In 2013 Riley & Son were awarded a contract to see the project to completion. The work was finished in 2016. Riley & Son managed the locomotive's operations for two years after the restoration.

Lady of Legend

In 2006, the company worked on the rebuilding of

GWR 4900 Class The Great Western Railway 4900 Class or Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 mixed-traffic steam locomotives designed by Charles Collett for the Great Western Railway. A total of 259 were built at Swindon Works, numbered 4900–4999, 5900–5999 and ...

locomotive 4942 ''Maindy Hall'' to 2999 ''Lady of Legend''.

References

External links

Company website
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