Petri Sallinen Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) The company named Railway Plants Co situated in Leeds made some coaches for Finnish State Railways in the end of 1800 century. I have tried to find information of this company but with no success. Please let me know if you have any information of Railway Plants Co, Leeds. Petri Sallinen Helsinki, Finland Edited March 21, 2018 by Petri Sallinen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
csiedmo Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 The company named Railway Plants Co situated in Leeds made some coaches for Finnish State Railways in the end of 1800 century. I have tried to find information of this company but with no success. Please let me know if you have any information of Railway Plants Co, Leeds. Petri Sallinen Helsinki, Finland Hello Petri, I assume you've already seen this: https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Leeds_Railway_Plant_Co Not much, I know! Best wishes Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 on graces guide, the 1870 directory says, the new dock works, Black Bull Street which is near the Royal Armouries, a look on the old maps online, show its at the junction with Chadwick street, now the site of the Ruth Gorse academy in the 1870 Engineer article, the company only gets a small mention as going out of business new dock foundry, C.1846 -1852 http://maps.nls.uk/view/102344959# in this 1901 under the name S. Bastow & sons http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/firemaps/england/yorkshire/zoomify149134.html at least by 1893 there was also another new dock foundry a few hundred feet to the south it looks like there isnt going to much to find as it went by 1870 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted March 22, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22, 2018 Hi Petri I have never heard of that company but do know that a company called The Leeds Forge built quite a lot of coaches for European railways until I think the 1920's. These included several for Wagon Lits. If you do not get any more information it might be worth contacted the people who run this web site. http://www.leedsengine.info/leeds/default.asp They have access to a lot of historical information. Good Luck. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Other than the above brief mention on Grace's Guide this is the first time I had heard about this company. I too would agree with Jamie as I'd have thought most of the rolling stock would probably have been built by the Leeds Forge. Many years ago had a meal in one built by the forge on a turn table in an Indian museum! http://www.leedsengine.info/leeds/histlfo.asp 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted March 25, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 25, 2018 Other than the above brief mention on Grace's Guide this is the first time I had heard about this company. I too would agree with Jamie as I'd have thought most of the rolling stock would probably have been built by the Leeds Forge. Many years ago had a meal in one built by the forge on a turn table in an Indian museum! http://www.leedsengine.info/leeds/histlfo.asp Andrew, just a point about Leeds Forge, how did they manage to deliver the continental gauge coaches. I know that they had a standard gauge connection via the goods yards that ran between the river and the canal but they obviously couldn't send a Wagon Lit sleeper out that way. I presume that they used road transport, possibly to Goole or Hull. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Spotted in the walkway of Armley town street.(Leeds) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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