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401:. This was certainly the first use of this technology to be used in New Zealand, and is possibly the first time a British manufacturer has supplied it. The B class lasted in service until the late 1880s. The E class were officially written off in 1899, however, most were still in use during the first world war.
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locomotive types for within the capacity of the existing plant. This change was to a degree forced on the company as a result of financial difficulties following Edward
Slaughter's death. Edwin Walker of the Bristol Engineering firm Fox, Walker & Co. joined Avonside and endeavoured to turn the
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The
Avonside Engine Company and its predecessors were unusual in that most of the production before 1880 consisted of main line locomotives largely for British railway companies but also for export. However, by 1881 main line locomotives were getting much bigger and exceeding the capacity of the
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handled the entire traffic for eighty years until the opening of the five mile long base tunnel in 1955. Widmark was an inventive engineer and patented a design of steam operated cylinder cocks which were of great use to
Avonside on articulated locomotives since they dispensed with mechanical
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During the 1860s and 1870s the
Avonside company built broad gauge and standard gauge engines for many British companies, large and small but they also built up a considerable export business. Detailed company records from this period have not survived.
202:, with Edward Slaughter still as managing director. Henry Gruning continued his involvement by becoming a director. As if to mark the occasion, the works received a large order (the first from the GWR for some years following the development of
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Walker was forced to liquidate the old company and form a new company with the same name to carry on the same business at the same address. At about this time the old firm of Fox, Walker & Co. was taken over by Thomas
Peckett and became
1361:"Narrow Gauge Through the Bush – Ontario's Toronto Grey & Bruce and Toronto and Nipissing Railways"; Rod Clarke; pub. Beaumont and Clarke with the Credit Valley Railway Company, Streetsville, Ontario, 2007.
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in 1878. To use a valve gear that fitted entirely outside the wheels, leaving the space between the frames clear for the boiler, this was the first
British-based locomotive to use Walschaerts valve gear.
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Avonside locomotives were exported also to
Uruguay, where two 1874 Fairlie type locomotives (plate numbers: 1032/33, 1034/35) worked in the Ferrocarril y Tranvía del Norte, at Montevideo.
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for the independent operation of that line from 1 May 1849. In 1851 the company acquired a shipbuilding yard, of which Henry
Stothert took charge as a separate undertaking.
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Avonside produced their first "Oil Motor" locomotive in 1913. Diesel and petrol powered locomotives were included in their range right up to the end in 1935.
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in 1869, it incorporated many detailed improvements and became the prototype for subsequent
Ffestiniog Railway engines built in that company's works at
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Avonside Engine co.ltd #1908 "Fred" from 1925. Operated originally at Buxton Lime works with #RS16. Today's she's operational at
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Earlier in 1875 the company had built four powerful tank engines designed by a
Swedish Engineer H.W. Widmark to operate on the
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ordered two types of Double Fairlie locomotives from Avonside. Both the B class and E class Double Fairlies were fitted with
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1068:) where it was in service until 1926. It is now on display with another locomotive enclosed in a transparent case at the
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between 1864 and 1934. However the business originated with an earlier enterprise Henry Stothert and Company.
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This lack of records is particularly unfortunate in that the company was the largest British builder of the
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In 1856 Henry Grüning became a partner of Edward Slaughter at the locomotive works, which then became
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for each double Fairlie, however it is believed that this policy was not always adhered to.
1358:"The Fairlie Locomotive"; Rowland A S Abbott; pub. David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1970.
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manufacturing equipment. They made a positive decision to concentrate on the smaller
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in 1934, with the goodwill and designs of the company were bought in 1935 by the
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773:"Edwin Hulse", preserved and undergoing overhaul at the Avon Valley railway
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Between 1880 and 1930 Avonside are best remembered for the construction of
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Industrial Locomotives: including preserved and minor railway locomotives
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on 31 August 1840. This was soon followed by an order for eight smaller
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1328:, David & Charles, 1964, (Avonside Engine Company – pages 102–116).
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75:. Henry was the son of George Stothert (senior), founder of the nearby
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articulated locomotive. Amongst the first to be built at Bristol was
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Edward Slaughter joined the company in 1841, when it became known as
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The Fairlie Locomotive, Rowland A S Abbott, David & Charles 1970
83:. Henry's brother, also named George, was manager of the same firm.
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By 1844 their works were named "Avonside Ironworks". In 1846 built
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The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge
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Avonside Engine Company locomotives preserved in the UK include:
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The Atock/Attock Family: A Worldwide Railway Engineering Dynasty
449:. One, a single fairlie R class number 28 (of 1878) survives at
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locomotives, weighing from 20 to 25 tons, were supplied to the
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1072:. It is likely to be the oldest surviving Avonside locomotive.
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Avonside Engine Co 835 of 1871. It was used initially on the
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1336:. Kenilworth: The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society.
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Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners No.3 "R H Smyth"
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in 1976, it is presently stored awaiting restoration on the
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type of tender locomotive. Ten narrow gauge freight-hauling
1135:
Lodge, Trevor (March 2012). "A Brief Glimpse at Avonside".
1266:"One in, One out at Cavan & Leitrim as Nancy steams".
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in Ireland. Another large order came for ten broad gauge
1241:"What you'll find in Milestones Living History Museum"
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Globally there are 63 Avonside locomotives preserved.
1369:. Vol. 150. Oakwood Library of Railway History.
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engines with 6 ft (1.8 m) driving wheels.
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The company was given an order for two broad gauge (
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1332:Reed, P.J.T. (February 1953). White, D.E. (ed.).
905:Avonside Engine Company locomotives preserved in
836:Avonside Engine Company locomotives preserved in
498:Avonside was a very early British builder of the
359:Fairlies for shipment to Canada, one each to the
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148:for the GWR. 1846 also saw the delivery of six
1064:in Japan. In 1901 it was moved to Formosa (now
387:, Sheffield where he built more Fairlie types.
373:Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway
1394:Locomotive manufacturers of the United Kingdom
1282:"Londonderry Port & Harbour Commissioners"
227:In 1899 the company built for the short lived
189:
610:record 34 Avonside locomotives extant in the
576:s for industrial and dock shunting purposes.
1162:Industrial Locomotive Society (1967), p. 80.
348:and Sons, Avonside built two large 42-ton
154:tender locomotives for the opening of the
144:the first of five six-coupled saddle tank
636:-fired for cleanliness, it worked on the
313:built for the Ffestiniog Railway in 1872.
1409:Manufacturing companies based in Bristol
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417:Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway
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167:s with 7 ft 6 in drivers and eight
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825:Railway Preservation Society of Ireland
383:and in 1872 moved from Avonside to the
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1310:Industrial Locomotive Society, (1967)
594:List of preserved Avonside locomotives
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423:In 1878–1879 on the recommendation of
272:but still with a small engine policy.
27:Former English locomotive manufacturer
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224:company round, but without success.
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67:The firm was originally started by
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1404:Defunct companies based in Bristol
1319:British Steam Locomotive Builders,
1193:. Vol. 15EL. Melton Mowbray:
871:Museum of Transport and Technology
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415:single Fairlie was built for the
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344:In 1872 on the recommendation of
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215:engines with 6 ft drivers.
138:Stothert, Slaughter and Company.
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1243:. .hants.gov.uk. Archived from
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512:Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway
447:New Zealand Government Railways
361:Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway
185:Slaughter, Grüning and Company.
132:Stothert, Slaughter and Company
1312:Steam locomotives in industry,
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379:at the Doncaster Plant of the
179:Slaughter, Grüning and Company
156:Waterford and Limerick Railway
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1020:. Today she's operational at
959:. Today she's operational at
516:Toronto and Nipissing Railway
375:. Alfred Sacré trained under
365:Toronto and Nipissing Railway
47:manufacturer in Avon Street,
1177:Steam Locomotive Information
1008:, from where it was sold to
992:#23. Operated originally at
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640:its entire life. Donated by
475:Fell mountain railway system
457:Avonside Fairlie Works list.
7:
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931:#3. Operated originally at
856:– 1075 of 1875 (Fell type)
371:Locomotive Engineer of the
200:Avonside Engine Company Ltd
190:Avonside Engine Company Ltd
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1195:Industrial Railway Society
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974:Avonside #1244 from 1879,
913:Avonside #1047 from 1873,
805:" in working order at the
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608:Industrial Railway Society
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173:Bristol and Exeter Railway
103:express passenger engines
73:Henry Stothert and Company
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1173:"Avonside Engine Co. Ltd"
1137:Industrial Railway Record
1083:Avonside Locomotive Works
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889:L 219/509 – 1207 of 1877
879:L 208/508 – 1206 of 1877
823:works number 2021 at the
807:Cavan and Leitrim Railway
733:Longmoor Military Railway
714:works number 1386 at the
695:works number 1972 at the
646:Birmingham Railway Museum
461:Avonside issued a double
264:Avonside Locomotive Works
229:North Mount Lyell Railway
1365:Shepherd, Ernie (2009).
961:LP Assessoria Industrial
638:Bournville Works Railway
385:Yorkshire Engine Company
1179:. steamlocomotive.info.
1070:228 Peace Memorial Park
680:Bristol Harbour Railway
481:in the North Island of
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41:Avonside Engine Company
1221:. Photo by D.J. Norton
858:Fell Locomotive Museum
697:Rutland Railway Museum
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425:Robert Francis Fairlie
399:Walschaerts valve gear
381:Great Northern Railway
335:George England and Co.
325:built in 1872 for the
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286:Hunslet Engine Company
115:(GWR) from Bristol to
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1040:Stoomcentrum Maldegem
953:Santa Rosa de Viterbo
891:Silver Stream Railway
716:Didcot Railway Centre
702:GWR No. 1340 "Trojan"
678:works number 1964 at
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282:voluntary liquidation
262:Further information:
239:David Jones (railway)
113:Great Western Railway
35:
1399:Avonside locomotives
1288:on 11 September 2012
758:Colne Valley Railway
528:, by over 20 years.
395:New Zealand Railways
280:The company entered
79:engineering firm of
1317:Lowe, J.W., (1989)
580:Internal combustion
487:Neilson and Company
427:Avonside built the
309:Fairlie locomotive
81:Stothert & Pitt
1062:first railway line
1022:Paraguaçu Paulista
621:Cadbury No. 1, an
614:as at 2008-11-01.
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377:Archibald Sturrock
327:Ffestiniog Railway
315:
221:industrial railway
37:
1326:A Hunslet Hundred
1314:David and Charles
1219:"Cadbury Sidings"
1204:978-1-901556-53-7
1028:, railway museum.
737:Milestones Museum
545:No.1340 at Didcot
258:Move to Fishponds
16:(Redirected from
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838:New Zealand
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788:914 mm
741:Basingstoke
684:"Stamford"
642:Cadbury plc
494:4-6-0 types
483:New Zealand
463:works plate
71:in 1837 as
49:St Philip's
1388:Categories
1143:: 314–316.
1089:References
996:, then at
965:Votorantim
935:, then at
895:Wellington
881:Shantytown
720:"Woolmer"
658:Toddington
592:See also:
490:linkages.
45:locomotive
1352:650490992
1054:Shinbashi
909:include:
885:Greymouth
867:L 207/507
840:include:
827:Whitehead
784:3 ft
762:No. 1798
632:of 1925.
393:In 1874,
333:built by
270:Fishponds
171:from the
160:passenger
142:Avalanche
126:Sun class
88:7 ft
1292:10 March
1197:. 2009.
1077:See also
1058:Yokohama
875:Auckland
790:) gauge
665:Portbury
514:and the
445:for the
363:and the
1305:Sources
1225:16 June
1033:Belgium
849:Reefton
778:Ireland
650:Tyseley
644:to the
477:on the
451:Reefton
429:R class
351:0-6-6-0
319:Fairlie
301:Fairlie
276:Closure
63:Origins
57:England
53:Bristol
1373:
1350:
1340:
1251:25 May
1201:
1066:Taiwan
1047:Taiwan
907:Brazil
901:Brazil
565:s and
524:, the
431:of 18
231:three
43:was a
1014:Quatá
981:4-4-0
920:4-4-0
854:H 199
815:0-6-0
803:Nancy
793:0-6-0
765:0-6-0
748:0-4-0
731:, ex-
723:0-6-0
706:0-4-0
687:0-6-0
670:0-6-0
624:0-4-0
568:0-6-0
557:0-4-0
537:0-4-0
521:4-6-0
507:4-6-0
501:4-6-0
434:0-6-4
407:0-4-4
234:4-6-0
209:2-4-0
164:4-2-2
151:2-2-2
122:2-2-2
105:Arrow
97:2-2-2
1371:ISBN
1348:OCLC
1338:ISBN
1294:2012
1253:2012
1227:2010
1199:ISBN
1004:and
943:and
845:R 28
634:Coke
606:The
469:Fell
117:Bath
109:Dart
107:and
77:Bath
39:The
1141:208
1012:in
1006:EFS
1002:SRy
998:USY
994:EFY
990:EFS
963:in
951:in
945:EFS
941:SRy
937:USY
933:EFY
656:at
648:in
404:An
94:))
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1121:^
1026:SP
1024:,
1018:SP
1016:,
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967:,
957:SP
955:,
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893:,
883:,
873:,
860:,
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