The Vulcan Foundry Limited was an English locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire (now Merseyside). The Vulcan Foundry opened in 1832...
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Vulcan Iron Works was the name of several iron foundries in both England and the United States during the Industrial Revolution and, in one case, lasting...
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Look up Vulcan or vulcan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vulcan may refer to: Vulcan (mythology), the god of fire, volcanoes, metalworking, and the...
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specification A12. The design was produced by the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, and Vulcan Foundry was selected as the manufacturer. A12 used a number of design elements...
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The Spooner Era and After 1830 - 1920. Pen & Sword. Vulcan Foundry #672 built in 1873, Vulcan Foundry Photographic Loco List, 10 February 2013. The web...
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British Rail Class 37 (category Vulcan Foundry locomotives)
on 9 November 1965. English Electric split the construction between Vulcan Foundry at Newton-le-Willows, and Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns of Darlington...
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LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 (category Vulcan Foundry locomotives)
and a further fifty (5020–5069) ordered from the Vulcan Foundry in 1933. The first of the Vulcan Foundry engines entered service in 1934, and the entire...
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A bonus 51st entry: The 21st century steam miracle Vulcan Foundry Photographic Loco List Vulcan Magazine, Vol. 1, no. 11, 1950. p. 14. "ENUII Rebuilding...
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WD Austerity 2-8-0 (category Vulcan Foundry locomotives)
(split between their two works at Hyde Park and Queen's Park) and the Vulcan Foundry (VF) of Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, built 390. North British also...
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in another area within Newton-le-Willows. Between 1833 and 1895, the Vulcan Foundry produced some 6,000 locomotives to become the fourth largest locomotive...
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"Robinson Iron Foundry, Vulcan, 1856 Robinson Road, Alexander City, Tallapoosa County, AL", 17 photos, 2 photo caption pages "Vulcan: Restoration of...
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Stephenson & Company. The final twenty to class CS9A were supplied by Vulcan Foundry in 1930. Both classes were cross-compound locomotives with one high-pressure...
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steam locomotive in 1932 (originally built in September 1892 by the Vulcan Foundry). The rebuild therefore inherited the same number (1831), although little...
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Vulcan Foundry Wks No 860, 0-6-0T, was given GW No 1354 Gaveller, Vulcan Foundry Wks No 1309, 0-6-0T, was given GW No 1353 Sharpness, Vulcan Foundry Wks...
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tank engines that were built for the Furness Railway by Kitson and Vulcan Foundry from 1915 to 1916. These engines were built for the summer season traffic...
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British Rail GT3 (category Vulcan Foundry locomotives)
mainline gas turbine locomotive built in 1961 by English Electric at its Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows to investigate the use of its gas turbines in rail...
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Henry Dübs (section Vulcan Foundry)
1842 he moved to England and was appointed as works manager of the Vulcan Foundry near Warrington. in 1842, at which time he anglicised his name to Henry...
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bridge across the Afon Tywi just north of Carmarthen station. 3879 Vulcan Foundry-built Austerity 0-6-0ST locomotive built in 1945 (works number 5272)...
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production of large Ruston engines was moved to the English Electric Vulcan Foundry factory in Newton-le-Willows. The production of the smaller engine range...
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LMS Fowler Class 3F (category Vulcan Foundry locomotives)
private firms Bagnall's, Beardmores, Hunslet, North British and the Vulcan Foundry. When new, they were numbered 7100–7149, 16400–16764. Numbers 7150–7156...
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British Rail Class 04 (category Vulcan Foundry locomotives)
locomotives which became D2200-41 (including DS1173) were built by Vulcan Foundry in 1952–56, and later examples D2242-2339 were built by Robert Stephenson...
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GWR Metropolitan Class (category Vulcan Foundry locomotives)
naming system. The first two batches were delivered concurrently by the Vulcan Foundry (named after insects), and Kitson & Co. (named after foreign monarchs)...
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class of 1.5 kV DC electric locomotives that was developed in 1954 by Vulcan Foundry and English Electric for Indian Railways. The model name stands for...
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manufacturer, the Vulcan Foundry of Britain. On 9 May 1938, the Minister of Railways announced an order for ten railcars from the Vulcan Foundry of Britain....
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Bagnall 2-4-0T 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) Saidpur Works Vulcan Foundry 0-6-0 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Paksey Railway HQ Vulcan Foundry? 2-4-0T 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)...
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The GIP-1 to 8 were 8 locomotives produced by Vulcan Foundry in 1851, to operate on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway's line from Bombay to Tannah (now...
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British Rail Class 23 (category Vulcan Foundry locomotives)
locomotives were found to be too heavy. The first of the class was held at Vulcan Foundry whilst EE tried to reduce the weight but this could not be completed...
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British Rail Class 40 (category Vulcan Foundry locomotives)
Electric Type 4s", as evaluation prototypes. They were built at the Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. The first locomotive, D200, was delivered...
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6 Vulcan Foundry 2523–2528 1910 19–24 11553–11558 1930–43 Renumbered 55–60 2 Kitson & Co. 5121–5122 1915 51–52 11559–11560 1930–34 2 Vulcan Foundry 3174–3175...
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British Rail Class 83 (category Vulcan Foundry locomotives)
Rail Class 83 electric locomotives were built by English Electric at Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows as part of the West Coast Main Line electrification...
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