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Yorkshire Engine Company

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The Yorkshire Engine Company (YEC) was a small independent locomotive manufacturer in Sheffield, England. [1]

63 relations: Archibald Sturrock, Baron Auckland, Blackburn Meadows, British Rail, British Rail Class 02, British Rail Class 15, British Thomson-Houston, Canada, Chattenden and Upnor Railway, Chile, Diesel locomotive, Dungeness railway station, England, Great Eastern Railway, Great Northern Railway (Great Britain), GWR 5700 Class, GWR 9400 Class, Henry Greenly, Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST, Hunslet Engine Company, Imperial Chemical Industries, India, Janus, Kent, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Leeds, Locomotive, London and North Eastern Railway, Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, Metropolitan Railway, Metropolitan Railway F Class, Metropolitan Railway G Class, Narrow-gauge railway, National Coal Board, Nigel Gresley, Paxman (engines), Peru, Pilkington, Port of London Authority, Rail (magazine), Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, Rolls-Royce C range engines, Rolls-Royce Limited, Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, Rotherham, Scunthorpe, Sentinel Waggon Works, Sheffield, South Yorkshire Railway, Steam locomotive, ..., Stocksbridge, The Railway Magazine, Thomas Hill (Rotherham) Ltd, United Steel Companies, Walschaerts valve gear, YEC (car), Yorkshire Engine Company Janus, Yorkshire Engine Company Taurus and Indus, 0-4-0, 0-6-0, 0-6-2, 0-6-4, 4-6-2. Expand index (13 more) »

Archibald Sturrock

Archibald Sturrock (30 September 1816 – 1 January 1909) was a Scottish mechanical engineer who was born at Petruchie, Angus, Scotland.

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Baron Auckland

Baron Auckland is a title in both the Peerage of Ireland and the Peerage of Great Britain.

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Blackburn Meadows

Blackburn Meadows is an area of land just inside the Sheffield city border at Tinsley, England.

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British Rail

British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the state-owned company that operated most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997.

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British Rail Class 02

The British Rail Class 02 were a class of twenty 0-4-0 diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotives built by the Yorkshire Engine Company in 1960 (first ten, D2850-D2859) and 1961 (D2860-D2869) for service in areas of restricted loading gauge and curvature such as docks.

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British Rail Class 15

The British Rail Class 15 diesel locomotives, also known as the BTH Type 1, were designed by British Thomson-Houston, and built by the Yorkshire Engine Company and the Clayton Equipment Company, between 1957 and 1961.

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British Thomson-Houston

British Thomson-Houston (BTH) was a British engineering and heavy industrial company, based at Rugby, Warwickshire, England and founded as a subsidiary of the General Electric Company (GE) of Schenectady, New York, USA.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Chattenden and Upnor Railway

The Chattenden and Upnor Railway (later known as the Lodge Hill and Upnor Railway) was a narrow gauge railway serving the military barracks and depot at Upnor and associated munitions and training depots.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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Diesel locomotive

A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine.

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Dungeness railway station

Dungeness railway station is a station on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway on Romney Marsh in Kent.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Great Eastern Railway

The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia.

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Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)

The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company established by the Great Northern Railway Act of 1846.

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GWR 5700 Class

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 5700 Class, or 57xx class, is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive, built between 1929 and 1950.

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GWR 9400 Class

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 9400 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive, used for shunting and banking duties.

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Henry Greenly

Henry Greenly (1876–1947) was amongst the foremost miniature railway engineers of the 20th century, remembered as a master of engineering design.

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Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST

The Hunslet Engine Company Austerity 0-6-0ST is a steam locomotive designed for shunting.

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Hunslet Engine Company

The Hunslet Engine Company was founded in 1864 in Hunslet, Leeds, England.

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Imperial Chemical Industries

Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) was a British chemical company and was, for much of its history, the largest manufacturer in Britain.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Janus

In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus (IANVS (Iānus)) is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, and endings.

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Kent

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping.

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Leeds

Leeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of Leeds, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

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Locomotive

A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train.

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London and North Eastern Railway

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain.

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Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway

The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) was formed by amalgamation in 1847.

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Metropolitan Railway

The Metropolitan Railway (also known as the Met) was a passenger and goods railway that served London from 1863 to 1933, its main line heading north-west from the capital's financial heart in the City to what were to become the Middlesex suburbs.

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Metropolitan Railway F Class

The Metropolitan Railway F class was a class of 0-6-2T side tank steam locomotive.

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Metropolitan Railway G Class

The Metropolitan Railway G Class consisted of four 0-6-4T steam locomotives, numbered 94 to 97.

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Narrow-gauge railway

A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than the standard.

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National Coal Board

The National Coal Board (NCB) was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom.

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Nigel Gresley

Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley (19 June 1876 – 5 April 1941) was one of Britain's most famous steam locomotive engineers, who rose to become Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER).

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Paxman (engines)

Paxman is a major British brand of diesel engines.

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Peru

Peru (Perú; Piruw Republika; Piruw Suyu), officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America.

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Pilkington

Pilkington Group Limited is a multinational glass-manufacturing company headquartered in St Helens, United Kingdom and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Japan-based NSG Group.

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Port of London Authority

The Port of London Authority (PLA) is a self-funding public trust established by the Port of London Act 1908 to govern the Port of London.

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Rail (magazine)

Rail is a British magazine on the subject of current rail transport in Great Britain.

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Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns

Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd (RSH) was a locomotive builder with works in North East England.

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Rolls-Royce C range engines

The Rolls-Royce C range was a series of in-line 4, 6 and 8 cylinder diesel engines used in small railway locomotives, construction vehicles, marine and similar applications.

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Rolls-Royce Limited

Rolls-Royce was a British luxury car and later an aero engine manufacturing business established in 1904 by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.

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Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway

The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway (RH&DR) is a gauge light railway in Kent, England, operating steam and internal combustion locomotives.

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Rotherham

Rotherham is a large town in South Yorkshire, England, which together with its conurbation and outlying settlements to the north, south and south-east forms the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, with a recorded population of 257,280 in the 2011 census.

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Scunthorpe

Scunthorpe is a large industrial town in North Lincolnshire, England.

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Sentinel Waggon Works

Sentinel Waggon Works Ltd was a British company based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire that made steam-powered lorries, railway locomotives, and later, diesel engined lorries and locomotives.

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Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England.

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South Yorkshire Railway

The South Yorkshire Railway was a railway company with lines in the south of the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.

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Stocksbridge

Stocksbridge is a small town and civil parish, in the City of Sheffield, in South Yorkshire, England.

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The Railway Magazine

The Railway Magazine is a monthly British railway magazine, aimed at the railway enthusiast market, that has been published in London since July 1897.

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Thomas Hill (Rotherham) Ltd

Thomas Hill (Rotherham) Limited was a company which repaired and sold steam road vehicles, diesel and electric road vehicles and railway locomotives.

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United Steel Companies

The United Steel Companies were a steelmaking, engineering, coal mining and coal by-product group based in South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

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Walschaerts valve gear

The Walschaerts valve gear is a type of valve gear invented by Belgian railway mechanical engineer Egide Walschaerts in 1844 used to regulate the flow of steam to the pistons in steam engines.

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YEC (car)

YEC (Yorkshire Engine Company) was a British motor car.

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Yorkshire Engine Company Janus

The Yorkshire Engine Company Janus was a line of 0-6-0 wheel arrangement, diesel-electric locomotives that weighed and had a maximum speed of.

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Yorkshire Engine Company Taurus and Indus

The Yorkshire Engine Company Taurus and Indus locomotives were two very similar lines of 0-8-0, diesel-hydraulic locomotives that weighed 58 tons and had a maximum speed of.

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0-4-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents one of the simplest possible types, that with two axles and four coupled wheels, all of which are driven.

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0-6-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels.

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0-6-2

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and two trailing wheels on one axle.

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0-6-4

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles.

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4-6-2

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and two trailing wheels on one axle.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire_Engine_Company

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