- Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English
railway Locomotive manufacturer with afactory inGorton ,Manchester . Founded byCharles Beyer andRichard Peacock , it traded from 1854 until 1966. It receivedlimited liability in 1902, becoming Beyer, Peacock and Company Limited.Important designs were the
Beyer-Garratt articulated locomotives widely used inAfrica , notably on South and East African Railways, andAustralia and the 4-4-0 tank locomotives used on the Metropolitan and District lines ofLondon Underground from 1864 untilelectrification in 1905. They also built2-4-0 tank locomotives for RailGauge|42 lines in Norway and the famous Manx Peacock design for the RailGauge|36 gaugeIsle of Man Railway The first
Garratt locomotive constructed wasTGR K Class for theTasmanian Government Railways on the western TasmanianNorth East Dundas Tramway ; K1 is now preserved on theWelsh Highland Railway together with the lastGarratt Beyer Peacock builtSAR NGG 16 Class No.143.In addition to building steam locomotives, Beyer, Peacock & Co. also built the 10
British Rail Class 82 , 25KV AC electric locomotives to aMetropolitan Vickers design, and the 101British Rail Class 35 diesel hydraulic locomotives. They also collaborated with Metropolitan Vickers in building the Western Australia Government Railways X class,diesel electric locomotive s, and the New South Wales 46 class, 1500 V DCelectric locomotive s atBowesfield Works ,Stockton-on-Tees .Locomotives Produced
team
Conventional
* 1864–1885
Metropolitan Railway 4-4-0T
* 1871–1886Metropolitan District Railway 4-4-0T
* 1931GWR 5700 Class (25 off)Beyer-Garratts
* 1909
TGR K Class
* 1925LNER Class U1
* 1926Victorian Railways G class
* 1927LMS Garratt
* 1928 NZR G class
* 1928 SAR GL Class
* 1937 SAR NGG 16 Classteam Turbine
Beyer-Ljungstrom Turbine Locomotive [http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/ljung/ljungstr.htm The Beyer-Ljungstrom Turbine Locomotive]
Diesel
* 1954–56 Western Australian Government Railways X class, built at
Bowesfield Works ,Stockton-on-Tees .
* 1961–63British Rail Class 35
* 1962British Rail Class 25
* 1964British Rail Class 17 Electric
* 1956–58 New South Wales 46 class, built at Bowesfield Works, Stockton-on-Tees.
* 1960–62British Rail Class 82 ee also
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Finnish Railway Museum
*Welsh Highland Railway
*Garratt
*External links
* [http://www.eastserve.com/opencms/opencms/Where_I_Live/about_east_manchester/Beyer_Peacock/ Brief company biography]
* [http://www.beyerpeacock.co.uk/index.htm Beyer Peacock history]
* [http://www.rautatie.org/web/en/default.asp Finnish Railway Museum]References
*cite book|author=Hills, R. L.|coauthors=Patrick, D.|title=Beyer, Peacock, locomotive builders to the world|publisher=Transport Publishing Co|location=Glossop|date=1982|isbn=0-903839-41-5
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