Yorkshire Engine Company  by Tony Vernon

Sheffield’s Locomotive Manufacturer

History Press  2008  £12.99  Members £11

. Founded in 1865, the company outlived many of its competitors and despatched its last locomotives in 1965. Established by a group of local businessmen, technical expertise was provided by Archibald Sturrock (GNR) and Charles Sacré (MSLR). As the initial orders from UK and Indian railways fell away, the company was forced to take orders from Russia, where payment was not always forthcoming. The company became a leading manufacturer of Fairlie locomotives and undertook financially disastrous experiments with the building of marine engines and tramway locomotives. By 1880, in spite of new orders from Indian railways, the business was put into liquidation and a new company formed. This book gives a history of the financial fortunes and experiments of the company and the men who ran it.