Andrew Barclay Sons & Co.

**Andrew Barclay Sons & Co.** are a builder of steam and later fireless and diesel locomotives. The company's history dates to foundation of an engineering workshop in 1840 in Kilmarnock, Scotland.

After a long period of operation the company was acquired by the Hunslet group in 1972 and renamed ***Hunslet-Barclay***; in 2007 the company changed hands after bankruptcy becoming ***Brush-Barclay*** as part of the FKI Group. In 2011 Brush Traction and Brush-Barclay were acquired from FKI by Wabtec - as of 2012 the company still operates in Kilmarnock providing rail engineering services as ***Wabtec Rail Scotland***.

## Steam Locomotive

Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. produced many shunters for industrial companies such as:

* **Acton Lane Power Station** (W/No. 2069 of 1939)
* **Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers** (W/No. 776 of 1899 [0-6-0ST], W/No. 699 of 1899 [0-6-0ST])
* **Bardon Hill Quarries** (W/No 400 of 1956 [0-4-0DM])
* **Blaenavon Colliery** (W/No. 1680 of 1920)
* **British Sugar Corporation, Worcester** (W/No. 2248 of 1948 [0-4-0ST])
* **Bradford Road Gas Works** (W/No. 2258 of 1949 [0-4-0ST])
* **Carlisle Plaster & Cement Company** (W/No. 1969 of 1929 [0-4-0ST])
* **Carron Iron Company** (W/No. 1245 of 1911 [0-6-0T])
* **Chapel Tramway** (W/No. 1398 of 1915)
* **Ferrybridge Power Station** (W/No. 2360 of 1954 [0-4-0ST])
* **Glenfield and Kennedy works** (W/No. 880 of 1902 [0-4-0 Crane])
* **Hilsea Gas Works** (W/No. 1398 of 1915)
* **HMNB Chatham** (W/No. 2199 of 1945 [0-4-0ST])
* **HMNB Devonport** (W/No. 2221 of 1946 [0-4-0ST])
* **Howe's Plaster Works** (W/No. 1147 of 1908 [0-4-0])
* **Hurlford Fireclay Works** (W/No. 1719 of 1920 [0-4-0ST])
* **Kilnhurst Tar Works** (W/No. 2217 of 1947 [0-4-0ST])
* **Kirkby Thore Works** (W/No. 2343 of 1953 [0-4-0ST])
* **Ladysmith Washery** (W/No. 1974 of 1930)
* **Long Meg Plaster and Mineral Co. Ltd.** (W/No. 2361 of 1954 [0-4-0])
* **McKechnie Brothers' copper smelting works** (W/No. 1598 of 1918 [0-4-0])
* **Millom Ironworks** (W/No. 2333 of 1952 [0-4-0ST])
* **Mountain Ash Colliery** (W/No. 2074 of 1939)
* **National Coal Board** (W/No. 2274 of 1949, W/No. 2369, W/No. 1245 of 1911 [0-6-0T])
* **Niddrie Collieries (Lothian)** (W/No. 1833 of 1924 [0-6-0ST])
* **Northfleet Coal and Ballast Co.** (W/No. 699 of 1899 [0-6-0ST])
* **Polkemmet Colliery** (W/No. 885 of 1900, W/No. 1175 of 1909, W/No. 1296 of 1912, W/No.2358 of 1954)
* **RNAS Kingsnorth** (W/No. 1398 of 1915)
* **Stewarts & Lloyds (Minerals) Ltd** (W/No. 2350 of 1954 [0-6-0ST])
* **Stourport Power Station** (W/No. 2088 of 1940 [0-6-0ST])
* **Swansea Harbour Trust, *Later* GWR, *Later* Western Region** (No. 1140 of 1905 [0-4-0ST])
* **United Steel Co. Ltd** (W/No. 1931 of 1927 [0-4-0ST])
* **Waterside** (W/No. 2284 of 1949)
* **Yoker Power station** (W/No. 2047 of 1937 [0-4-0ST])

## Fireless Locomotives

* **Bowater's Northfleet Works** (W/No. 1876 of 1925 [0-4-0])
* **Carslile Power Station** (W/No. 2153 of 1943 [0-6-0], W/No. 2193 of 1944 [0-6-0])
* **Empire Paper Mill** (W/No.1561 of 1917 [0-4-0])
* **Heysham Power station** (W/No. 1950 of 1928 [0-4-0])
* **HM Queensferry gunpowder factory** (W/No. 1477 of 1916 [0-4-0])
* **Imperial Paper Mills** (W/No. 2373 of 1956 [0-4-0])
* **Lancaster Power Station** (W/No. 1950 of 1928 [0-4-0])
* **Laporte chemical manufacturers** (W/No. 1477 of 1916 [0-4-0], W/No. 2243 of 1948 [0-4-0]))
* **Liverpool Corporation** (W/No. 1950 of 1928 [0-4-0])

## Diesel Locomotives

Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. Created three classes for British Railways, Class 01, Class 06 and D2/5.

They also produced many shunters for industrial companies such as:

* **Allerton Bywater Colliery** (W/No 592 of 1974, W/No. 593 of 1974)
* **Barony Power Station** (W/No. 515 of 1966)
* **British Army of the Rhine** (W/No. 510 of 1966 [0-6-0DH])
* **Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB)** (W/No. 446 of 1959 [0-6-0DM])
* **Hope Construction Materials** (W/No. 773 of 1990, *01 570* [Bo-Bo DH] \*Hunslet-Barclay\*)
* **Kirby Thore Thistle Plaster Works** (W/No. 558 of 1970 0-4-0DH])
* **Padiham Power Station** (W/No. 473 of 1961)
* **RAF Manby** (W/No. 664 of 1984 [0-6-0DH], W/No. 665 of 1984 [0-6-0DH], W/No. 666 of 1984 [0-6-0DH], W/No. 667 of 1984 [0-6-0DH], W/No. 668 of 1984 [0-6-0DH] \*NOTE: ALL 01 501 - 01 506\*)
* **Ministry of Defence (MoD)** (W/No. 502 of 1965 [0-8-0DM], W/No. 70043 of 1941 [0-4-0DM])
* **National Coal Board** (W/No. 615 of 1977)
* **WH Davis** (W/No. 499 [4wDH])

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Industrial Railway Locomotive Sheds, A Pictorial Selection, Adrian Booth, ISBN 978-1-901556-81-0
2. ↑ http://picssr.com/photos/142340440@N04/interesting/page2?nsid=142340440@N04
3. ↑ Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Stockbook, A History of the Collection, ISBN978-0-902438-35-4
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Industrial Locomotives & Railways of the South and West of England, Gordon Edgar, ISBN 978-0-4456-4920-7
5. ↑ http://picssr.com/photos/142340440@N04/interesting?nsid=142340440@N04
6. ↑ http://www.tanfield-railway.co.uk/index.php?mact=LISETRLocomotives,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01item=AB615&cntnt01category=Operational&cntnt01returnid=50
7. ↑ https://allanjenks.smugmug.com/Trains/Industrial-Shunters2/i-m5msxg2/A