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Bombardier is also in the process of refurbishing GNER's Mark 4 fleet of coaches and DVTs, but this work which is now approaching completion will remain at the company's Horbury plant
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was established in 1856 in Wakefield and moved to Horbury Junction in 1873 and registered in 1899 as a wagon building business located at the junction of routes of the
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The plant was involved in the passenger vehicle construction and refurbishment. In the 1950s tram bodies were constructed for
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was incorporated in 1862, by 1869 it had produced over 2000 wagons. The factory was located to the west of
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The factory closed in the second half of the twentieth century and the site is used as
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Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway Company
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In addition to freight rolling stock, the plant produced bodyshells for the
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After closure part of the plant was taken over by the engineering company
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Bradshaw's railway manual, shareholders' guide and official directory
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s wagon works was located at Horbury Junction southeast of
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Former railway wagon works in West Yorkshire, England
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Charles Roberts and Co.

builder's plate
Horbury
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
Horbury
West Yorkshire
Procor
Bombardier Inc.
53°39′37″N 1°34′12″W / 53.660188°N 1.570015°W / 53.660188; -1.570015
Horbury railway station
Manchester and Leeds Railway
Horbury
Wakefield
53°39′12″N 1°32′24″W / 53.653258°N 1.539872°W / 53.653258; -1.539872
Manchester and Leeds Railway
Caldervale Line
Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway Company
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Hallam Line
railway wagons
tank wagons
components
Procor
Bombardier Inc.

Swanwick Junction railway station
Class 60
Class 92

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