Locomotive Builders of Leeds: E.B. Wilson and Manning Wardle
by Mark Smither
Pen and Sword Transport | April 2018 | ISBN-10: 1473825636 | True PDF | 200 Pages | 68.6 mb

The history of commercial railway locomotive manufacture in the Leeds is a fascinating story, covering a period of nearly two centuries, which commenced during the Napoleonic period and only came to an end in 1995. The two companies that most epitomized the formative years and period of consolidation of this this part of Britain's industrial history were E.B. Wilson & Co (1846-59) and Manning Wardle & Co (1858-1927).
The former manufacturer was well known for the Jenny Lind locomotives and their derivative designs used on several British main lines during the mid-nineteenth century. They proved to have a profound influence upon the work of other manufacturers for main line needs.
The latter company was a builder of contractors and industrial locomotives, used worldwide, whose mainstream designs were likewise highly influential upon the work of neighboring manufacturers, constituting a sphere of locomotive production that lasted from before the Crimean War until after the end of the Second World War.
In this new work, Mark Smithers draws upon a variety of sources, both documentary and illustrative, to arrive at an up-to date appraisal of the achievements of these companies during their respective periods of production, and their legacy to the greater sphere of British railway locomotive development

About the Author
Mark Smithers has had a lifelong interest in railway history, particularly in the field of the work of British private locomotive manufacturers during the nineteenth century. He has written two books and many magazine features on the subject over a period of three decades, and is currently a regular contributor to well-known periodicals covering the topic in detail.

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments 6
Introduction 7
CHAPTER 1 The Beginnings of Locomotive Manufacture in Leeds 8
CHAPTER 2 Early Success and Failure 1831-1843 12
CHAPTER 3 The Origins of E. B. Wilson & Co. 19
CHAPTER 4 The Jenny Linds and Their Immediate Derivatives 28
CHAPTER 5 Crampton Locomotives, Other Oddities and Early
Operating Contracts 42
CHAPTER 6 The Sturrock In?uence and another Operating Contract 60
CHAPTER 7 The Later ‘Inside Framers’ and the Emergence of a
New Locomotive Dynasty 80
CHAPTER 8 The End of the Second Railway Foundry 98
CHAPTER 9 The Manning Wardle Standard Classes and their Derivatives 102
CHAPTER 10 The Corporate History of Manning Wardle & Co. Ltd. 189
APPENDIX 1 Manning Wardle Locomotive Dimensions 194
APPENDIX 2 Manning Wardle Profts for Selected Years 196
Bibliography 197
Index 198
 
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