Statistics
Steam Locos Builders
As a comparison below is a list of many of the companies and railway works in UK who built steam locomotives.
Builder | Quantity | Location |
---|---|---|
Andrew Barclay | 2,053 | Kilmarnock |
Armstrong Whitworth | 1,455 | Newcastle |
Avonside Engine | 1,960 | Bristol |
Beyer Peacock | 7,761 | Gorton |
Caledonian | 1,000 | St Rollox |
Caledonian | 97 | Greemock |
Dubs | 4,485 | Glasgow |
GCR | 1,006 | Gorton |
GER | 1,702 | Stratford |
GNR | 2,224 | Doncaster |
GSWR | 392 | Kilmarnock |
GWR | 5,964 | Swindon |
GWR | 794 | Wolverhampton |
Hawthorn Leslie | 2,311 | Leith |
Highland | 41 | Lochgorm |
Hudswell Clarke | 1,807 | Leeds |
Hunslet Engine | 2,236 | Leeds |
John Fowler | 300 | Leeds |
Kerr Stuart | 1,500 | Stoke on Trent |
Kitson | 5,405 | Leeds |
Lancashire & Yorkshire | 1,840 | Horwich |
Lancashire & Yorkshire | 522 | Miles Platting |
LBSCR | 1,211 | Brighton |
LCDR | 54 | Longhedge |
LNWR | 7,331 | Crewe |
London & Birmingham | 178 | Wolverton |
LSWR | 815 | Nine Elms |
LSWR | 320 | Eastleigh |
Manning Wardle | 2,004 | Leeds |
Midland | 2,995 | Derby |
Nasmyth Wilson | 1,531 | Patricroft |
NBR | 900 | Cowlairs |
NBR | 39 | St Margarets |
Neilson Reid | 5,864 | Glasgow |
NER | 2,369 | Darlington |
NER | 1,023 | Gateshead |
North British Locomotive | 11,318 | Glasgow |
North London | 163 | Bow |
NSR | 197 | Stoke on Trent |
Robert Stephenson | 4,190 | Newcastle |
Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn | 1,000 | Newcastle |
SER | 790 | Ashford |
Sharp Stewart | 5,088 | Manchester later Glasgow |
Taff Vale | 84 | Cardiff |
Vulcan Foundry | 6,210 | Newton-le-Willows |
W G Bagnall | 1,660 | Stafford |
William Beardmore | 393 | Glasgow |
Yorkshire Engine | 800 | Sheffield |
Total | 105,382 |
Builder Timeline
Below is a diagram illustrating the years that each of the main engine builders operated. For details of the builder acronyms used below please see the history page.
Locos Built by Year
Below is a chart showing loco production in Leeds by year based upon the data in the loco list.