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Yorkshire Engine Company: Sheffield´s Locomotive Manufacturer
Tony Vernon
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Paperback. An absorbing account of over 100 years of the Yorkshire Engine Company Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; TBX; WGF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 164 x 10. Weight in Grams: 382.
Drivers leaving the M1 at the Tinsley viaduct can still pass the buildings where the Yorkshire Engine Company constructed and repaired locomotives for a hundred years. Founded in 1865, the company outlived many of its competitors and dispatched its last locomotives in 1965. Established by a group of local businessmen, technical expertise was provided by Archibald Sturrock, Locomotive Engineer of the Great Northern Railway, and Charles Sacre, Engineer of the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway.
As the initial orders from UK and Indian railways fell away, the company was forced to take orders from Russia, where payment was not always forthcoming. ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752445304
SKU
V9780752445304
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10
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