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]] ]] ]] ]] ]] The Hunslet Engine Company is a British Locomotive -building company founded in 1864 at Jack Lane, Hunslet , Leeds by John Towlerton Leather . They built numerous Steam and Diesel locomotives for use in Britain and across the world. Famous examples include the Narrow Gauge '' Russell '' for the Welsh Highland Railway and ''Charles'', ''Blanche'' and ''Linda'' built for the Penrhyn Railway in Wales . Hunslet acquired the rights of many other builders including Kerr Stuart , Avonside Engine Co. and Hudswell Clarke as well as the entirety of other companies including Andrew Barclay . The Leeds works was closed in 1995, the last order being a batch of narrow gauge locomotives for tunnelling on the Jubilee Line Extension of the London Underground . The Hunslet Engine Company is still in business with the works situated on Statfold Barn Farm near Tamworth, UK. The owner has recently constructed a new 'Quarry Hunslet', named 'Statfold' similar in appearance to 'Irish Mail' pictured on the right. COMPLETE HISTORY PRESERVATION ''Hunslet Engine Co'' locomotives can been seen operating on railways across Britain including:
EXTERNAL LINKS Festiniog Railway (narrow gauge, steam and diesel) |
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