Arthur Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Here are some locomotive manufacturers advertisements from a steelworks related publication from around 1954, interesting that only one includes a steam locomotive. That's one hell of a weight on those wagons behind the Hudswell Clarke at the English Steel Corporations River Don Works in Sheffield. Interesting wagons too. Arthur 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 One from 1958 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 Some more, now with colour, and one for steelworks rolling stock. The one below shows the Ravenscraig open hearth melting shop in the background, one of the last to be built in this country. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted January 15, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2011 Some wonderful and fascinating images there, Arthur. But no prices!? Or is it a case of "if you have to ask, you cant afford it!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5050 Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Some more, now with colour, and one for steelworks rolling stock. Snap! But mirror image. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 I've changed the topic title to better reflect the inclusion of rolling stock ads. Here are some for the Distington Foundry, once part of the United Steel Companies Empire (which included the Yorkshire Engine Company), and, by 1967, part of the British Steel Corporation. By the time of these ads. the other torpedo ladle builders, Ashmore Benson, Pease & Company and Head, Wrightson, were part of the Davy International group and as the only potential customer was the British Steel Corporation, Distington had somewhat of a competitive advantage... The first two are related to the only British example of long distance movement of hot metal over the national network. More here: http://www.rmweb.co....lling-stock-10/ The ads may look identical but the small images are different. The first ad.shows three images of them in build, the second shows the first test train on B.R., shunting by one of Consett's Hunslets at the works and discharge into a transfer ladle at the B.O.S. plant. Distington built a good number of these vehicles, the six shown in 1969 were those built for the Cargo Fleet-Consett service and the nine 300t capacity ones in 1970 were for Shotton Steelworks. It's a pity, as John observed earlier, that they do not show prices. I worked at Shotton in1974 and these ladles were out of use at the back of the open hearth melting shop and the Kling ladles were back in service. Whether they were ever used again I do not know, but it seemed somewhat wasteful of what must have been a very expensive bit of machinery. And in contrast, from 1929, an ad. for Dewhursts of Sheffield, who must have built hundreds, if not thousands, of the typical British slag ladle. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 At last! I can see the topic now the title's been changed. Thanks for posting these, Arthur. I love this sort of thing and if my flatbed scanner could be persuaded to talk to my laptop, I'd post some of my own collection. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 That's great, amazing that the word 'advertisement' was filtered out by your browser. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 A few more, the first from 1944, just 10 days after D Day; the rest from 1958; 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 Three more, Firstly a Yorkshire one off; Something from GEC and some Sentinels; The lower locomotive was one of three, a 200hp design, ordered by GKN for service at their East Moors works in Cardiff in 1956. They had followed on from an essentially similar design ordered by Dorman Long for use at their Cleveland Iron and Steelworks at Middlesborough. The DL locomotives had to pass under a bridge with restricted headroom and were supplied with a cab cut down so that it was little higher than the bonnet. To my eyes this gave them a much more powerfull and purposeful appearance. DL had eight and all were oil fired. DL then went one better and ordered a double ended articulated version of 400hp for service at the South Bank coke ovens. I'll post a picture of that under the Steelmaking on Teeside thread. Industrial Railway Record 168 carries an illustrated account of the Dorman Long locomotives. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingsignalman Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 The diesel in the very first advert looks like one that was supplied to Lever Bros at Port Sunlight. I can't quite make the name out to be certain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 An AEI ad. from 1962 showing a locomotive built in 1931. A diesel electric Bo-Bo built by Metropolitan Vickers for service at Fords Dagenham plant. AEI was a holding company formed in 1928 and included both Metro Vicks and BTH. Up to 1959 both companies operated largely independenty and competed with each other but from 1959 the separate names were dropped and the all the AEI companies operated as a single marketing unit. The photo shows the locomotive at work in the vicinity of the Dagenham blast furnace, the only 'modern' blast furnace to operate in the South East. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 while searching for details today I came across this which I thought appropriate to this list sorry only a link - not my photo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 Thanks Kenton, a timely addition as I've pretty much run out of ads to post! Rolling stock is all very well but what about track; Firstly Summerson showing the elevated track leading into the new Lackenby open hearth plant. The building seen in the mid background is the ingot mould preparation shed and there's a wagon turntable on a spur leading from it. One from Wards showing sidings at Ravenscraig with a hot metal car to the right. And finally Grant Lyon built sidings at Lancashire Steel. Looking north, the works are to the left and the former CLC Northenden-Irlam line is to the right, on an embankment, as it drops down from the high level crossing over the Manchester Ship Canal. Despite the proximity of this line, and because of difficulties presented by the height difference, the works didn't have a direct link with the national network until the mid 50s, prior to that all rail traffic was handled by the Manchester Ship Canal system. Within four years of opening these sidings had handled a million wagons. Note the L type containers on the left carrying dolomite used to fettle the open hearth furnaces. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Arthur - thanks for posting these, it's incredibly interesting! The GL advert is rather interesting - sad to see the state of the company now compared with what they used to do. I like the locos for Normanby Park - there's very, very little it seems about NP works or its locos on the net. I notice that one of the publications is a review of App-Frod; anything interesting within that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 James, your wish, sir, is my command Firstly a Hudswell Clark with ingot bogies and moulds in the Normanby Park mould preparation bay. You can just see one of the open hearths to the left of the loco; and a later Sentinel destined for Normanby Park; Neither Normanby Park nor Redbourn have anything like the amount of of photos or information about them that Appleby Frodingham does though I do have other, non rail, stuff about them. The AF book is one of a series of technical surveys of various works published by the Iron & Coal Trades Review. The AF one dates from around 1958 and is probably the one most readily found today, though they still take some finding. It's just as the title suggests, an illustrated description of the works, it's plant and activities. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Thank you Arthur As you may have realised I find the whole area fascinating in railway terms, so much variety of routes, traffic, rolling stock and locomotives! So you can imagine how happy I was went I had my stint in Scunny! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium mirreles31 Posted March 24, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 24, 2011 Hi Thank you Arthur As you may have realised I find the whole area fascinating in railway terms, so much variety of routes, traffic, rolling stock and locomotives! So you can imagine how happy I was went I had my stint in Scunny! Hi James, I used to work at BSC (remember them?) sat right on top of Tinsley Yard and spent all my time thinking of a very pretty lady but I wish now I'd spent more time on the yard . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 An AEI ad. from 1962 showing a locomotive built in 1931. A diesel electric Bo-Bo built by Metropolitan Vickers for service at Fords Dagenham plant. AEI was a holding company formed in 1928 and included both Metro Vicks and BTH. Up to 1959 both companies operated largely independenty and competed with each other but from 1959 the separate names were dropped and the all the AEI companies operated as a single marketing unit. The photo shows the locomotive at work in the vicinity of the Dagenham blast furnace, the only 'modern' blast furnace to operate in the South East. One of these locomotives (or more strictly the superstructure of one and the engine of another) survives in preservation on the Kent & East Sussex Railway: https://www.kesr.org.uk/stock-register/diesel-locomotives/102-bth-no-40-bo-bo.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Bringing this one back to the top with a couple of Yorkshire and BTH ads that I found on the interwebs. I'm also reminded that I said I would scan some of my own locomotive sales literature, so I will do that very soon. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 John Fowler Diesel Locomotives. 1950s? Hunslet Engine Co. 1980s? F.C. Hibberd. 1950s. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Rolls Royce, 1964. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgood Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Two steelworks Hudswells for Arthur and two colliery Hudswells for Ruston! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Another one found on the internets. Not strictly loco or rolling stock but neither would work without these... I had always assumed that loco and rolling stock manufacturers would have made wheelsets "in house" but clearly not all did. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgood Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 And of course wheels are no good without rail - here is an artistic advert playing on stress lines in metal: 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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