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Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English general engineering company and railway
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manufacturer with a factory in
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,
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.
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 and Henry Robertson founded the company in 1854. The company closed its railway operations in the early 1960s. It retained its stock market listing until 1976, when it was bought and absorbed by National Chemical Industries of Saudi Arabia.


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
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before moving to England in 1831 aged 21. He became draughtsman at
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's Atlas works in central Manchester, which manufactured cotton mill machinery and had just started building locomotives for the
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. 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 had been chief engineer of the
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'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 (founder of the
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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 110,000 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
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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.


Gorton Foundry

Beyer and Peacock started building their Gorton Foundry in 1854 two miles east from the centre of Manchester at
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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 Grims ...
(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
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, left Gorton Foundry. Between 1854 and 1868 the company built 844 locomotives, of which 476 were exported. The company sold mainly to the
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, Southern Africa and South America. The
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had commissioned Beyer, Peacock to build a single copy of its Dreadnought Class for the
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, as the former railway's shops were not legally permitted to sell their locomotives. Aside from this locomotive, and nine
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's built for the Costa Rica Railway, the company remained out of the North American market. During the
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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
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, the company was again brought under government control but continued to build locomotives throughout the war.


Condensing locomotives for underground railways

A technological innovation that strengthened the company's reputation was the world's first successful condensingBy 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 4-4-0
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. 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
Garratt A Garratt locomotive is a type of articulated steam locomotive invented by the engineer Herbert William Garratt that is articulated into three parts. Its boiler, firebox, and cab are mounted on a centre frame or "bridge". The two other ...
articulated locomotive, invented by Herbert William Garratt, 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
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, severely limited the weight and power output of conventional locomotives. In Garratt's design, two girders holding a boilerSignificant 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, built in 1909 for the North East Dundas Tramway of
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* most powerful: the East African Railways 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

Locomotive manufacturing transformed rapidly in the late 1950s. In 1955
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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
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, which was licensed to build
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engines, and Stone-Platt Industries, licensed to build Mekydro 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. In 1976 Beyer Peacock was sold to Sheikh Mohammed Y. Al Bedrawi's National Chemical Industries of Saudi Arabia. The remaining industrial parts of the company then were Space Deck, a supplier of steel roofing units, and its main industrial company Richard Garrett Engineering, a company that manufactured machines which made cardboard boxes in factories in
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with 90 employees and in
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with 500 employees. Space Deck and Beyer Peacock International were praised in 1982 for having achieved increased profitability. National Chemical Industries itself went bust in the early to mid-1980s. As of 2012 the building that housed the former boiler shop, tender shop and boiler mounting shop – 550 feet (167 metres) in length – remained in use as part of the Hammerstone Road Depot of Manchester City Council. Beyer, Peacock & Company Ltd last filed accounts to Companies House in 1989. Since then it has been compulsorily struck off several times, but restored on the request of creditors. No activity has been registered since 2015. Companies House also lists another company called Beyer, Peacock & Company that was founded it 1998, and is now dormant. It is not clear what connection there is between the two firms.


Archives

Beyer Peacock's archives are held at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester.


Gallery

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Classes of locomotives


Steam


Non-articulated

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) and number in order''. * 1859
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J class (1859) , later * 1859 Victorian Railways P class * 1861 Victorian Railways B class (1861) (19) * 1861 Victorian Railways O class (11) * 1864–1885 Metropolitan Railway A class * 1867–1868, 1872
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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
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* 1873–1926 Various locomotives for the Isle of Man Railway * 1880–1881
Midland Great Western Railway The Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) was the third largest Irish gauge () railway company in Ireland. It was incorporated in 1845 and absorbed into the Great Southern Railways in 1924. At its peak the had a network of , making it Ireland's ...
Class D (6) * 1874 Victorian Railways F class (pattern engine) * 1874
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(pattern engine) * 1875 South Australian Railways J class (2) * 1876 South Australian Railways U class (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 & Company ...
(4) * 1877–1882 South Australian Railways W class (35) * 1878 New South Wales Government Railways Z12 class * 1879 South Australian Railways L class (4) * 1879–1884 South Australian Railways K class (18) * 1879 Victorian Railways M class (pattern engine) * 1879 Victorian Railways 'Old' R class (pattern engine + 3) * 1880 Holdfast Bay Railway Company (later, became
South Australian Railways Gd class The South Australian Railways Gd class locomotives were built by Beyer, Peacock and Company for service on the Holdfast Bay railway line in 1880. They were numbered 4 and 5. In November 1881, both engines were sold to the Glenelg Railway Compa ...
) (2) * 1882, 1895, 1899
Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway The Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway (SL&NCR) was a railway in counties Cavan, Fermanagh, Leitrim and Sligo in north-west Ireland. It consisted of one main line, with no branch lines and remained privately owned until its closure ...
Leitrim Class (5) * 1884 South Australian Railways P class (6) * 1884 Victorian Railways 'Old' A class * 1885–1898 South Australian Railways Y class * 1885–1907 Tasmanian Government Railways C class (27) * 1888–1907 Silverton Tramway Y class ; two (50) * 1889
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G class (7) * 1897–1898 Belfast and Northern Counties Railway Class B (5) * 1897 Glenelg Railway Company (later, became South Australian Railways Ge class) (2) * 1898
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* 1902 Victorian Railways DD class (20) * 1904
Great Northern Railway (Ireland) The Great Northern Railway (Ireland) (GNR(I), GNRI or simply GNR) was an Irish gauge () railway company in Ireland. It was formed in 1876 by a merger of the Irish North Western Railway (INW), Northern Railway of Ireland, and Ulster Railway. Th ...
Q Class (2) * 1905 Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway nos 65 & 66 (2) * 1905 Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway nos 67 & 68 (2) * 1906–1920
Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway The Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway (CB&SCR) was an Irish gauge () railway in Ireland. It opened in 1849 as the Cork and Bandon Railway (C&BR), changed its name to Cork Bandon and South Coast Railway in 1888 and became part of the Great S ...
Bandon Tank (8) * 1908, 1911 Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Class RT (4) * 1912, 1915 Silverton Tramway A class (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 (6) * 1922
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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
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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 (4) * 1951–1952
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W class (60) * 1955 Western Australian Government Railways V class (sub-contracted to
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Beyer-Garratt (articulated)

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) and number in order''. * 1909 Tasmanian Government Railways K class * 1910
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D class * 1911
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M class (6) * 1913
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Ms class (7) * 1925
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class U1 * 1926 Victorian Railways G class * 1927
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Garratt A Garratt locomotive is a type of articulated steam locomotive invented by the engineer Herbert William Garratt that is articulated into three parts. Its boiler, firebox, and cab are mounted on a centre frame or "bridge". The two other ...
* 1928 New Zealand Railways G class * 1928 South African Railways GL class * 1928, 1946 Ceylon Government Railways Class C1 * 1930 Ceylon Government Railways Class H1 * 1936–1939 Fyansford Cement Works Railway (nos 1&2) * 1939 South African class NG G16 * 1940–1952 Rhodesia Railways 15th class * 1949 East African Railways 56 class * 1951 Queensland Railways Beyer-Garratt class * 1951 South Australian Railways 400 class (10) * 1952 RFFSA (6)(serial numbers 6966 to 6969 & 7136 to 7137) * 1952–1954, 1957 New South Wales Government Railways AD60 class (42) * 1954-68 Rhodesia Railways 20th class * 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
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* 1961–63 British Rail Class 35 * 1962 British Rail Class 25 * 1964 British Rail Class 17 (as sub-contractor to
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Electric

* 1956–58 New South Wales 46 class * 1960–62 British Rail Class 82


Preserved locomotives

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