Goods Locomotive Engine&Tender For Madras Railway From Engineering June 26, 1868 for Sale

Goods Locomotive Engine&Tender For Madras Railway From Engineering June 26, 1868 For Sale

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Goods Locomotive Engine&Tender For Madras Railway From Engineering June 26, 1868:
$115.00

Goods Locomotive Engine and Tender For The Madras Railway Constructed by Messrs, Neilson and Co. Hyde Park Locomotive works, Glasgow , from the Designs of John Hawkshaw, C.E. From Engineering June 26, 1868.

19.5” x 13.5” has some imperfections (See Photos) has $210.00 and 8568 in pencil. (See our other train listings.)

Sir John Hawkshaw was a civil engineer born in Leeds in 1811 and educated at Leeds Grammar School. Before he was 21 he had been engaged in railway engineering for more than six years before being appointed as engineer to the Bolivar Mining Association in Venezuela. On his return he worked under Jesse Hartley at the Liverpool Docks, and subsequently was made engineer in charge of the railway and navigation works of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Co. In 1845 he became chief engineer to the Manchester and Leeds Railway, and in 1847 to its successor, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway for which he constructed a large number of branch lines.

In 1850 he removed to London to practise as a consulting engineer, at first alone, and later in partnership with Harrison Hayter embracing almost every branch of engineering. He retained his connection with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company until his retirement in 1888, and was consulted on all important engineering points.

Neilson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Glasgow, Scotland.

The company was started in 1836 at McAlpine Street by Walter Neilson and James Mitchell to manufacture marine and stationary engines. In 1837 the firm moved to Hyde Park Street and was known as Kerr, Mitchell and Neilson and, in 1840, Kerr, Neilson and Company, becoming Neilson and Mitchell in 1843.

Locomotive building began in 1843 for the local railways. In 1855 production of marine and stationary engines discontinued and the company changed its name again to Neilson and Company. Among those who later became notable in the field were Henry Dübs and Patrick Stirling.

By 1861, business had increased to such an extent, that a new works was built at Springburn, also named "Hyde Park Works." In 1864, Henry Dübs set up in business on his own at Queens Park Works, as Dübs and Company, taking a number of key staff with him. James Reid, who had previously worked for Neilson, however, returned and became a partner.

When the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was opened in 1842, it used a pair of Neilson & Mitchell beam engines to work the rope incline from Glasgow to Cowlairs station. The engines were covered by an article illustrated with drawings in The Practical Mechanic and Engineer's Magazine in Jan 1844.[1] They were beam engines mounted on an entablature supported on fluted columns. The engines had 28 inch cylinders, and 6 foot stroke. They were supplied with steam at 50psi by 8 boilers, each 30 foot long and 5 foot diameter.

4-6-0 locomotive built in 1883

By 1855, the company was building four-coupled tank engines, along with 2-4-0 and 0-4-2 tender locos. Some of these were for Cowlairs and St. Rollox, but many more went to India..

The Madras Railway (full name Madras Railway Company) played a pioneering role in developing railways in southern India and was merged in 1908 with Southern Mahratta Railway to form Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway.

The Madras Railway was formed in 1845 and its first track from Royapuram in Chennai (then known as Madras) to Arcot was opened in 1856

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