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2017 | Business & Finance
Founded by the great Robert Stephenson in the 1830s as a factory to produce locomotives for the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, the Vulcan Foundry at Newton-le-Willows would go on to manufacture steam, diesel, gas-turbine and electric locomotives for railways all over the world, as well as turning its hand to turning out vital armaments during wartime. Vulcan's products could be seen all over the British Empire and beyond, in locations as diverse as Argentina, Borneo and Egypt. By the 1950s the company had become English Electric, and manufacture of locomotives ceased in 1970. Iconic Vulcan Foundry locomotives for Britain include the legendary Deltics, Black Fives for the LMSR and AL6 electrics for the West Coast Main Line. This book illustrates Vulcan's role in equipping the world's railways, with its astonishingly varied output from narrow gauge to broad gauge, and from humble shunters to express passenger thoroughbreds.
Colin Alexander
(Author)
| Published by | Amberley Publishing |
| Edition | Unknown |
| ISBN | 9781445668529 |
| Language | N/A |
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