The Independent Locomotive Builders

An Overall Historical Survey

Anthony Burton

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Pen and Sword
01 August 2025

Trains & railways: general interest

The big railway companies had famous locomotive works such as Crewe and Swindon, but this is the story of the very many other companies, who not only built locomotives for the British railways but supplied them to railways all round the world. Many of these companies were highly innovative, developing engines of many different types from narrow gauge to articulated locomotives and specialist engines for tramways. The list is inclusive, covering the famous names such as Robert Stephensons & Co and Beyer Peacock as well as companies that produced just a few locomotives. The time spam covers over two centuries from Fenton, Murray & Wood who built the locomotives for the world's first successful commercial railway, the Middleton Colliery of 1812 to the present day and the world of electric and diesel taction. In telling this story, the reader will come to appreciate how important these companies were in the whole story of locomotion development. In countries across the globe, from America to Australia, they were often the very first to supply engines to start up their new rail networks. With over a hundred illustrations in both black and white in colour, this is a book that will appeal to all who have an interest in the wide world of railways.

AUTHOR: Anthony Burton is a professional author who specialises in the history of transport and technology. He has written several books on canal and maritime history. He has travelled extensively round the British canal and river system in a variety of different craft. He wrote and presented the BBC TV series The Past Afloat, looking at historic vessels and has also written a history of British shipbuilding. His previous works on textiles include books on silk and cotton and he wrote and presented the BBC TV series The Rise and Fall of King Cotton. He is a founder member and former chair of the Stroudwater Textile Trust.

16 colour, 60 b/w illustrations

By: Anthony Burton
Imprint: Pen and Sword
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 172mm,
ISBN: 9781036114138
ISBN 10: 1036114139
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 01 August 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Anthony Burton is a professional author who specialises in the history of transport and technology. He has written several books on canal and maritime history. He has travelled extensively round the British canal and river system in a variety of different craft. He wrote and presented the BBC TV series The Past Afloat, looking at historic vessels and has also written a history of British shipbuilding. His previous works on textiles include books on silk and cotton and he wrote and presented the BBC TV series “The Rise and Fall of King Cotton”. He is a founder member and former chair of the Stroudwater Textile Trust.

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