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The North British Locomotive Company, also called NBL, NB Loco or North British, was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturers: Sharp, Stewart and Company, Neilson, Reid and Company, and Dubs and Company. It became the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe and the British Empire and the second largest in the world after the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Its main factories were in Springburn, Glasgow, and it built locomotives for railways around the world, among them the South African Class 25. The company went into liquidation in 1962.

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Founded Year
1903 1
Size Band
1,000 to 9,999 1
Listing
Unlisted 1
Chronology
Dissolved Year
1962 1
Company Type
Company Type (category)
Private 1
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Source LNWR Prince of Wales Class (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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A total of 245 were built for the LNWR, of which 135 were built at Crewe between 1911 and 1919, and unusually for the LNWR, 110 were contracted out: 20 were built by the North British Locomotive Company in 1915–1916, and ninety were built by William Beardmore & Co.

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Source LSWR N15 class (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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Maunsell ordered a further batch of 20 locomotives from the North British Locomotive Company in 1924.

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Source LT&SR 51 Class (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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Twelve were built by Sharp, Stewart and Company to the design of Thomas Whitelegg for the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway in 1900, with North British Locomotive Company supplying an additional six in 1903.

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Source Manila Railway 100 class (Wikipedia)Lead
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built by the North British Locomotive Company for the Manila Railway Company

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Source Manila Railway 70 class (Wikipedia)Lead
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built by the North British Locomotive Company

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Source MGWR Class B (Wikipedia)Lead
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a class of 4 locomotives built at North British Locomotive Company in 1904

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Source NBR A class (Wikipedia)History, N14 Class
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built by the North British Locomotive Company

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Source NCC Class U2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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Ten of the engines were new builds supplied by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) or constructed at the NCC's York Road works.

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Source NS 4300 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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were built between 1943 and 1945 by North British Locomotive Company and the Vulcan Foundry for the British War Department

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Source NS 5000 (1946) (Wikipedia)Lead
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built between 1943 and 1945 by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow

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Source NZR AB class (Wikipedia)Lead
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141 were built between 1915 and 1927 by NZR's Addington Workshops, A & G Price of Thames, New Zealand, and North British Locomotive Company

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Source NZR J class (1939) (Wikipedia)Lead and production sections
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the North British Locomotive Company was commissioned to build 40 of these locomotives

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Source NZR JA class (Wikipedia)Lead, second batch
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the second batch was constructed by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) of Glasgow, Scotland in 1951

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Source Palestine Railways P class (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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In 1935 PR bought six new 4-6-0 tender locomotives from the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland and designated them class P.

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Source Queensland 6D13½ Abt class locomotive (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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In 1906 a further pair were built by the North British Locomotive Company with a further two delivered in 1915.

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Source South African Class 25 4-8-4, WikipediaSource page, maker

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Source South African Class 1 4-8-0 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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The designs, however, were so well received that the NGR placed an immediate order for fifty locomotives with the North British Locomotive Company (NBL).

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Source South African Class 10 4-6-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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Fifteen 4-6-2 Pacific type passenger locomotives, designed by Central South African Railways (CSAR) Chief Locomotive Superintendent P.A. Hyde, were ordered from the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) and delivered in 1904, numbered in the range from 650 to 664.

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Source South African Class 10A 4-6-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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were ordered from the North British Locomotive Company and delivered in 1910

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Source South African Class 10B 4-6-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturers
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were ordered from the North British Locomotive Company and delivered in 1910

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Source South African Class 10C 4-6-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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They were built for the CSAR by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) and were designated Class 10-C, numbered in the range from 1003 to 1014.

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Source South African Class 11 2-8-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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Built by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL), the Class 11 was designed for goods train service on the Reef by P.A. Hyde

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Source South African Class 12 4-8-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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They were built in two batches of four, the first of which was delivered from North British Locomotive Company (NBL) in April 1912, numbered in the range from 1494 to 1497.

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Source South African Class 12A 4-8-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturers
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Between 1919 and 1929, altogether 67 of them were built on five orders, 48 by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) in Scotland and 19 by Henschel and Son in Kassel, Germany.

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Source South African Class 14A 4-8-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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This second version of the Class 14 was ordered from the North British Locomotive Company in 1913 and was built in two batches.

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Source South African Class 15 4-8-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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Ten locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) and delivered in February and March 1914, numbered in the range from 1561 to 1570.

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Source South African Class 15A 4-8-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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Five were delivered by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) in July 1914, numbered in the range from 1571 to 1575.

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Source South African Class 15CA 4-8-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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Also in 1929, 29 engines were built by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) and delivered in that same year, numbered in the range from 2811 to 2839.

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Source South African Class 15F 4-8-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturers
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Another 44 were built by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) of Glasgow in 1938.

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Source South African Class 16 4-6-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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It was built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland, who delivered twelve locomotives in 1914, numbered in the range from 790 to 801.

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Source South African Class 16A 4-6-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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was built in 1915 by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) in Glasgow, Scotland

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Source South African Class 16B 4-6-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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and built in 1917 by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Source South African Class 16C 4-6-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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The Class 16C 4-6-2 Pacific type locomotive was designed by D. A. Hendrie, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the South African Railways (SAR), and built by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Source South African Class 19C 4-8-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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When the tenders were received, it was found that the North British Locomotive Company of Glasgow, Scotland, had also tendered for a locomotive with rotary cam poppet valve gear as an alternative to Walschaerts valve gear.

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Source South African Class 19D 4-8-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturers
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The final batch of fifty Class 19D locomotives for the SAR were delivered in 1949 by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) of Glasgow, Scotland and numbered in the range from 3321 to 3370.

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Source South African Class 1A 4-8-0 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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built by the North British Locomotive Company

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Source South African Class 1B 4-8-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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His resulting Hendrie B achieved this and fifty such locomotives were delivered from the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) in 1904.

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Source South African Class 2 4-6-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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In 1904, orders were placed with the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) for two 4-6-2 Pacific type locomotives for the Natal Government Railways (NGR).

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Source South African Class 21 2-10-4 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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It was built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow and delivered in 1937.

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Source South African Class 24 2-8-4 (Wikipedia)Lead and production sections
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The locomotives were built by North British Locomotive Company (NBL) of Glasgow

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Source South African Class 25 4-8-4, WikipediaManufacturer
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it was then dispatched to the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) in Glasgow who built the rest of the Class 25 locomotives, numbered in the range from 3452 to 3540.

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Source South African Class 25NC 4-8-4 (Wikipedia)Manufacturers
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Between 1953 and 1955,eleven Class 25NC locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) and numbered in the range from 3401 to 3411

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Source South African Class 3 4-8-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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Five locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) and delivered in 1909, numbered in the range from 330 to 334.

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Source South African Class 3B 4-8-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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D.A. Hendrie redesigned his Class Hendrie D and placed orders for ten locomotives with the North British Locomotive Company on 29 March 1911.

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Source South African Class 4 4-8-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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Two locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) and delivered in March 1911.

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Source South African Class 4A 4-8-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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Soon after the South African Railways (SAR) locomotive renumbering and classification scheme was carried out in 1912, an order was placed with North British Locomotive Company for a further ten locomotives of this type, built to an altered design.

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Source South African Class 4E (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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was built by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) in 1952 and 1953

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Source South African Class 6L 4-6-0 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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The two locomotives, Neilson, Reid works numbers 6324 and 6323 and built at the Hyde Park works of the former Neilson, Reid, were therefore delivered with NBL works numbers 15889 and 15888.

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Source South African Class 7D 4-8-0 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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The fourth batch of ten locomotives, again with Belpaire fireboxes, was delivered from North British Locomotive Company (NBL) in October and November 1903.

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Source South African Class 7E 4-8-0 (Wikipedia)Manufacturers
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they were delivered as having been built by the newly established NBL

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1. North British Locomotive Company (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: num_employees
    8,000 (1907) 2,658 (1960)
  • Infobox: type
    Private
  • Infobox: defunct
    1962 (in Liquidation)
  • Infobox: founded
    1903
  • Operates In: Railroad Industry, Infobox: industry
    Rail transport
  • In Group: Machinery, Lead section
    The North British Locomotive Company (NBL, NB Loco or North British) was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp, Stewart and Company (Atlas Works), Neilson, Reid and Company (Hyde Park Works) and Dübs and Company (Queens Park Works), creating the largest locomotive
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