Works established in 1865 to manufacture locomotives: seventy were built
between then and 1870. Alexander Allan left
the Caledonian Railway's locomotive shops at Perth and joined the firm in
1866. The first locomotive was an 0-60ST Salford. Nothing is known
about the five succeeding locomotives.
Ten 0-6-0 goods were ordered by the North Stafford Railway which were built
in 1866-7. An order followed for forty similar engines for the Great Eastern
Railway under S.W. Johnson (417 class)
with 5' 3" diameter wheels, these being delivered from 1867 to 1869.
Six 0-6-0 goods and two 2-4-2T passenger locomotives were supplied to the
Bristol and Exeter Railway's standard gauge section. The 2-4-2Ts had domeless
boilers, inside cylinders and frames, a large bunker and were fitted with
both well and back tanks and Adams' radial axleboxes. Another interesting
design was the 0-6-0T developed by R.H. Burnett. for the intended Metropolitan
Railway branch line to St Johns Wood which would have been steeply graded.
(Lowe).
See also A. Alexander..
