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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.

Facts
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 North British Locomotive Company (Wikipedia)
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Source South African Class 7F 4-8-0 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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These last three NCCR 7th Class locomotives were ordered from and built by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) in 1913, numbered in the range from NCCR 9 to 11.

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Source South African Class 8B 4-8-0 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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As a result, the first ten of these locomotives, numbered in the range from 441 to 450, were delivered as built by Neilson, Reid, while the other twenty, numbered in the range from 451 to 470, were delivered as built by NBL, even though all the NBL locomotives were also built at the Hyde Park shops of the former Neilson, Reid.

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Source South African Class 8C 4-8-0 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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As a result, the thirty locomotives of the second batch, numbered in the range from 471 to 500, were all delivered as built by NBL at the Hyde Park shops of the former Neilson, Reid.

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Source South African Class 8D 4-8-0 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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As a result, the last four of these locomotives were delivered as having been built by NBL at the Hyde Park shops of the former Neilson, Reid.

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Source South African Class 8F 4-8-0 (Wikipedia)Manufacture
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Orders for the last 8th Class locomotives for the CGR were placed with the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) in 1903.

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Source South African Class 8Z 2-8-0 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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In 1904, a third batch of eight of these locomotives was delivered from the North British Locomotive Company of Glasgow, Scotland.

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Source South African Class Experimental 1 4-6-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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One of these engines was delivered by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) in 1907.

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Source South African Class FC 2-6-2+2-6-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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designed and built for the SAR by the North British Locomotive Company in 1924

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Source South African Class FD 2-6-2+2-6-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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designed and built for the South African Railways (SAR) by the North British Locomotive Company in 1925

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Source South African Class G 4-8-2T (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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It was built by the newly established North British Locomotive Company (NBL) in the former Dübs shops in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Source South African Class GMA 4-8-2+2-8-4 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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Number 4140 turned out to be the last steam locomotive built by North British.

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Source South African Class H 4-10-2T (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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Since Dübs and a number of other Scottish locomotive builders were merged to form the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) while the locomotives were being built, the last five engines were delivered as having been built by the newly established NBL, numbered in the range from 245 to 249.

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Source South African Class K 4-6-4T (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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built for the Manila Railroad Company in the Philippine Islands by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) in 1914

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Source South African Class MC 2-6-6-0 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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placed an order with the North British Locomotive Company for ten compound steam locomotives

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Source South African Class MC1 2-6-6-0 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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placed with the North British Locomotive Company in 1913

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Source South African Class ME 2-6-6-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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placed an order for a single experimental simple expansion Mallet articulated steam locomotive with the North British Locomotive Company (NBL)

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Source South African Class MH 2-6-6-2 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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Five of these very large locomotives were ordered from North British Locomotive Company and delivered in 1915, numbered in the range from 1661 to 1665.

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Source South African Class MJ 2-6-6-0 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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The order for the remaining eight was then transferred to the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) in Scotland, who delivered them in 1917 and 1918, numbered in the range from 1653 to 1660.

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Source South African Class S1 0-8-0 (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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A further 25 Class S1 locomotives were subsequently ordered from the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) in Glasgow.

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Source South Australian Railways R class (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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A further 54 locomotives were built as Rx class by the Islington Railway Workshops, North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow and Walkers Limited, Maryborough, Queensland.

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Source SR L1 class (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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to form his own L1 class, and supplied them to the North British Locomotive Company.

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Source SR N15 class 777 Sir Lamiel (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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steam locomotive built for the Southern Railway by the North British Locomotive Company in June 1925, and withdrawn from service in October 1961

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Source Taff Vale Railway A class (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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The locomotives were built in several batches by Hawthorn Leslie, Nasmyth, Wilson and Company, Vulcan Foundry and North British Locomotive Company.

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Source TCDD 45151 Class (Wikipedia)Background
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The engines selected were built by the North British Locomotive Company of Glasgow.

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Source UR GB class (Wikipedia)Lead
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built by North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland

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Source Victorian Railways N class (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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by North British Locomotive Company, as part of Operation Phoenix, the post-war rebuilding of Victorian Railways.

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Source Victorian Railways R class (Wikipedia)Lead and production sections
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Orders eventually totalling 70 locomotives were placed with the North British Locomotive Company of Glasgow.

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Source WAGR D class (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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In 1911 the WAGR placed an order with the North British Locomotive Company for twenty 4-6-4T locomotives to haul suburban passenger services in Perth.

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Source WAGR E class (Wikipedia)History
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The E class eventually totalled 65, with 15 examples being built by Nasmyth, Wilson, 30 by Vulcan Foundry and 20 by North British.

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Source WAGR F class (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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The first batch was built by Dübs & Co, and the other two by its successor, the North British Locomotive Company.

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Source WAGR P and Pr classes (Wikipedia)Lead, first ten
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The initial ten P class locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow

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Source WAGR Pm and Pmr classes (Wikipedia)History
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the order for the full 35 placed with the North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow

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Source WAGR U class (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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In 1942, the North British Locomotive Company built 55 locomotives for the British War Department.

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Source WD Austerity 2-10-0 (Wikipedia)Construction
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Two batches were built by the North British Locomotive Company, the first batch of 100 introduced in 1943/1944 and the second batch of 50 in 1945.

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Source WD Austerity 2-10-0 73755 Longmoor (Wikipedia)Manufacturer
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One of the 150 WD Austerity 2-10-0s all of which were built by the North British Locomotive Company.

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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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