Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns#Preservation

{{Short description|Defunct locomotive builder in North East England}}

Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd (RSH) was a locomotive builder with works in North East England.

History

File:Ew EE - RS&H 1805 builders plate.JPG

The company was formed in September 1937,{{cite web |last1=Longhorn |first1=Danny |title=Alstom celebrates 200th Anniversary of the World’s First Locomotive Works in Newcastle |url=https://news.railbusinessdaily.com/alstom-celebrates-200th-anniversary-of-the-worlds-first-locomotive-works-in-newcastle/ |website=RailBusinessDaily |access-date=13 March 2024 |date=29 June 2023 |quote=The company merged with Hawthorn Leslie to form Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd in 1937, which went on to become English Electric and merged with GEC in 1968. In 1989 GEC merged with Alstom.}} when Darlington based Robert Stephenson and Company took over the locomotive building department of Hawthorn Leslie and Company, which was based in Newcastle upon Tyne.{{Cite web|url=http://apps.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=183-dshl&ci|title = R and W Hawthorn, Leslie and Co Ltd}} The goodwill of Leeds locomotive builders Kitson & Co. was obtained in 1938.

RSH locomotive numbering began at 6939, this being the first number following the sum total of locomotives built by Robert Stephenson & Co. and Hawthorn Leslie, (6938).

RSH became part of English Electric in 1955 and merged with GEC in 1968.

Locomotive building at the Newcastle upon Tyne works ended in 1961 and at Darlington in 1964.

Diesel locomotives

RSH entered the diesel locomotive market in November 1937 with a "direct reversing" locomotive fitted with a Crossley two-stroke engine. There was no reversing gearbox and the diesel engine itself was reversible, as in marine practice. When starting, in either direction, power was supplied by compressed air until the engine fired.Industrial Railway Record no. 169, June 2002, pp 146-158, ISSN 0537-5347 One of these locomotives, Beryl (RSH 7697/1953), is preserved at the Tanfield Railway.

After the 1955 modernisation plan of British Railways RSH responded by building the following class of diesel locomotives some of which are preserved (Including D306 & D318).

They also built the following for Australia.

Preservation

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! Location

! Country

!Name

!Works Number

!Built

!Arrangement

!Gauge

!Photo and notes

The Norwegian State Railway Museum, Hamar, Norway

|NO

|NSB Class 2a No. 17 "Caroline"

|1407

|1861

|{{whyte|2-4-0}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|150px Operational

Egyptian National Railways Museum, Cairo, Egypt

|EG

|ESR No. 986

|1866

|{{whyte|0-6-0}}

|150px

On display

Kaya Railway, SL Plaza, Kaya County, Kyoto, Japan

| JP

| No. 2{{cite web |url=http://www.japaneserailwaysociety.com/jrs/members/rbns/kaya/kaya.htm |title=Steam Locomotive |work=japaneserailwaysociety.com |access-date=2023-01-04}}

| 2105

| 1873

| {{whyte|2-4-0|T}}

| {{track gauge|42in}}

| 150px

Glenbrook Vintage Railway, Ferrymead Heritage Park, Glenbrook, NZ

| NZ

| No. F.233{{cite web |url=https://www.gvr.org.nz/about-us/our-fleet |title=Steam Locomotive |work=gvr.org.nz |access-date=2023-01-04}}

| 2593

| 1885

| {{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

| {{track gauge|42in}}

Ulster Folk and Transport Museum

|NI

|2 Kathleen

|2613

|1887

|{{whyte|4-4-0|T}}

|{{RailGauge|3ft}}

|File:C&LR 4-4-0T 2 "KATHLEEN".jpg

Static Display

New Jersey Museum of Transportation

|USA

|3 Lady Edith

|2614

|1887

|{{whyte|4-4-0|T}}

|{{RailGauge|3ft}}

Static Display

Ulster Folk and Transport Museum

|NI

|LP&HC no. 1

|2738

|1891

|{{whyte|0-6-0ST}}

|{{RailGauge|5ft3in}}

|File:Ulster Transport Museum, Cultra, Railway Gallery 07.jpg

Static Display

Railway Museum (Western Australia)

|AUS

|WAGR No. 201

|2886

|1898

|{{whyte|4-4-4|T}}

|150px

On display

Valley Heights Rail Museum

|AUS

|Commonwealth Portland Cement Co No. 2

|2994

|1899

|{{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft 8.5in}}

|150px

Operational, Nicknamed "Stevo"

Bressingham Steam Museum

|GB

|LT&SR No. 80 Thundersley

|3366

|1909

|{{whyte|4-4-2|T}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|150px

On display, on loan from the National Railway museum.

Belen de Escobar, Argentina

|AR

|FCGM No. 907

|3512

|1912

|{{whyte|2-8-2|T}}

|150px

On display

Mid-Hants Railway

|GB

|S&DJR No. 88

|3894

|1925

|{{whyte|2-8-0}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|150px

Out of Service

North Norfolk Railway

|GB

|S&DJR No. 89

|3895

|1925

|{{whyte|2-8-0}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|150px

Operational

Museum of Science and Industry

|USA

|Rocket

|4072

|1931

|{{whyte|0-2-2}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|150px

Replica, on display

Darlington Railway Preservation Society

|GB

|No. 39

|6947

|1938

|{{whyte|0-6-0|T}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|On display

Beamish Museum

| GB

| Roker

|7006

|1940

|{{whyte|0-4-0|CT}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:Beamish Museum 2016 098.jpg

On static display awaiting overhaul

Tanfield Railway

| GB

| Hendon

|7007

|1940

|{{whyte|0-4-0|CT}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|Awaiting restoration

East Anglian Railway Museum

| GB

| Pen Green (now Thomas)

|7031

|1941

|{{whyte|0-6-0|ST}} (now with side tanks also)

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:54 first public steaming.jpg

Operational, converted into a Thomas the Tank Engine replica in March 2008, boiler ticket expires in 2027

Tanfield Railway

| GB

| Lysaghts

|7035

|1940

|{{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|Awaiting restoration

Chatham Historic Dockyard

| GB

| Ajax

|7042

|1941

|{{whyte|0-4-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:Ajax Chatham Historic Dockyard.JPG

Operational, worked for the Ministry of Defence

Gwili Railway

| GB

| Olwen

|7058

|1942

|{{whyte|0-4-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:Bronwydd Arms Gwili Railway geograph-3282182-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg

Undergoing overhaul

Foxfield Light Railway

| GB

| Eustace Forth

|7063

|1942

|{{whyte|0-4-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:Saddle tank locomotive, Locomotion Shildon, 28 April 2010.JPG

Operational, boiler ticket expires in 2027

Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

| GB

| Southwick

|7069

|1942

|{{whyte|0-4-0|CT}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|Stored awaiting overhaul

Bressingham Steam Museum

| GB

| Millfield

|7070

|1942

|{{whyte|0-4-0|CT}}

|File:Crane tank.JPG

Static display.

Tanfield Railway

| GB

|7078

|1944

|Bo-Bo

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|Built for 500v DC overhead system at Kearsley Power Station

Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway

| GB

| Norman

|7086

|1943

|{{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|Undergoing overhaul; built as Austerity WD 75050

Strathspey Railway

| GB

|7097

|1943

|{{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:Boat_of_Garten_-_geograph.org.uk_-_38637.jpg

Awaiting overhaul; built as Austerity WD 75061

Tanfield Railway

| GB

|NCB No. 49

|7098

|1943

|{{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:Tanfield Railway pic 9.jpg

Operational (Returned to traffic July 2018, Boiler tickets expires 2028); built as Austerity WD 75062

Peak Rail

| GB

|Royal Pioneer

|7136

|1944

|{{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:'Royal Pioneer' enters Darley Dale station- - geograph.org.uk - 1650017.jpg

Undergoing overhaul, built as Austerity WD 75186

Dean Forest Railway

| GB

|No. 152 Rennes

|7139

|1944

|{{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:Rennes_WD152.jpg

Operational, painted in Longmoor Military Railway livery

Avon Valley Railway

| GB

|7151

|1944

|{{whyte|0-6-0|T}}

|File:RSH 7151, Hunslet 1837.JPG

Stored awaiting overhaul.

Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway

| GB

|71515 Mechanical Navvy

|7169

|1945

|{{whyte|0-6-0|S}}T

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn 7159 (6238876664).jpg

Withdrawn Sept. 2018; built as Austerity WD 71515

Gwili Railway

| GB

| Welsh Guardsman

|7170

|1944

|{{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|Operational following a return to service in 2014; built as Austerity WD 71516

Midland Railway - Butterley

| GB

| George

|7214

|1945

|{{whyte|0-4-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|Undergoing restoration

Colne Valley Railway

| GB

| Doug Tottman

|7284

|1945

|Bo-Bo

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn 7284 (6250860062).jpg

Built for Kearsley Power Station, rebuilt as battery electric for Heysham Power Station

Tyseley Locomotive Works

| GB

|Fred

|7289

|1945

|{{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|Built as Austerity WD 71480. Returned to steam in 2024 following overhaul at Tyseley. {{Cite magazine |last=Meanley |first=Bob |date=Jan 2025 |title=Red Fred! |magazine=Trackside |issue=42 |pages=50-54}}

National Coal Mining Museum

| GB

| Progress

|7298

|1946

|{{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|Static display

Elsecar Railway

| GB

| Birkenhead

|7386

|1948

|{{whyte|0-4-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:Steam_locomotive_-_Elsecar_Heritage_Railway_(geograph_5419367).jpg

Undergoing overhaul

Tanfield Railway

| GB

| Sir Cecil A. Cochrane

|7409

|1948

|{{whyte|0-4-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:Cochrane_No.2.jpg

Operational

Private site

| GB

|Norwood

|7412

|1948

|{{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|Undergoing restoration off site

Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester)

| GB

| Agecroft No. 1

|7416

|1948

|{{whyte|0-4-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns 0-4-0ST Agecroft No 1 7416, MOSI, Manchester 23.07.2011 P7230049 (9859706253).jpg

Operational

Ribble Steam Railway

| GB

| Agecroft No. 2

|7485

|1947

|{{whyte|0-4-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:Ribble Steam Railway - geograph.org.uk - 558035.jpg

On static display awaiting overhaul

Mainline Steam Heritage Trust, Plimmerton, NZ

| NZ

| EW 1805

| 7491

| 1951

| Bo-Bo-Bo

| {{Track gauge|42in}}

| File:Electric Locomotives Near Paekakariki.jpg

New Zealand EW class electric

Canterbury Railway Society, Ferrymead Heritage Park, Christchurch, NZ

| NZ

| EW 1806

| 7492

| 1951

| Bo-Bo-Bo

| {{track gauge|42in}}

| File:NZR EW class locomotive 02.JPG

New Zealand EW class locomotive

Snibston Discovery Park

| GB

| Mars No. 2

|7493

|1948

|{{whyte|0-4-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|Awaiting restoration

Battlefield Line Railway

| GB

| Richard III

|7537

|1949

|{{whyte|0-6-0|T}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:BattlefieldLine3.JPG

Stored out of use

Lincolnshire Wolds Railway

| GB

| Zebedee

|7597

|1949

|{{whyte|0-6-0|T}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|Undergoing overhaul

East Somerset Railway

| GB

| Meteor

|7609

|1950

|{{whyte|0-6-0|T}}

|Undergoing restoration

Didcot Railway Centre

| GB

|Bonnie Prince Charlie

|7644

|1951

|{{whyte|0-4-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:Bonnie Prince Charlie Didcot.jpg

On static display awaiting overhaul. Used in title sequence of 1980s children's series The Saturday Banana.

Great Central Railway

| GB

| Nechells No. 4

|7648

|1951

|{{whyte|0-6-0|T}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:Chasewater_Heaths_Station_-_Chasewater_Light_Railway_(geograph_4367493).jpg

Undergoing overhaul

Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway

| GB

| Beano

|7661

|1959

|{{whyte|0-4-0}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|Stored awaiting overhaul

Epping Ongar Railway{{Cite web|title=Two new steam locomotives join the Epping Ongar Railway fleet|url=https://www.eorailway.co.uk/news/two-new-steam-locomotives-join-the-epping-ongar-railway-fleet/|access-date=2021-02-09|website=www.eorailway.co.uk|language=en-GB}}

| GB

| 56

|7667

|1950

|{{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:No. 56 steaming.JPG

Stored awaiting overhaul

Spa Valley Railway

| GB

| Samson

|7668

|1950

|{{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|Restoration on hold

Colne Valley Railway

| GB

| Jupiter

|7671

|1951

|{{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:Colne Valley Railway Preservation Society (2).jpg

Built for the Corby Ironstone works. Undergoing overhaul

Spa Valley Railway

| GB

| Ugly

|7673

|1950

|{{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:14I09I2013_Spa_Valley_Railway_C5.jpg

Operational

Fulstow Steam Centre

| GB

| Fulstow

|7680

|1950

|{{whyte|0-4-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|Operational. Built for Leicester Power Station.

Whitwell and Reepham Railway

| GB

| Agecroft No. 3

|7681

|1951

|{{whyte|0-4-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|Undergoing overhaul

North Tyneside Steam Railway

| GB

| Meaford No.1

|7683

|1951

|{{whyte|0-6-0|T}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn No.1 on the crossover line.jpg

Static display awaiting restoration

Tanfield Railway

| GB

| Beryl

|7697

|1953

|{{whyte|0-6-0|DM}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|Awaiting repair

Garw Valley

| GB

| 7705

|7705

|1952

|{{whyte|0-4-0|ST}}

|Undergoing restoration

La Grange Railroad Museum, La Grange, Kentucky

| USA

| Meaford No.2 (Flying Duchess)

|7745

|1952

|{{whyte|0-6-0|T}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|150px

Static display. Operated on the Boyne City Railroad in Michigan after being bought and transferred to the United States. After bankruptcy of Boone City RR, it transferred to the Tennessee Railway Museum in Chattanooga, then finally to a scrapyard in Louisville, KY, when it was saved from being destroyed and melted as scrap.

Tanfield Railway

| GB

|NCB No. 44

|7760

|1953

|{{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:RSH_7760.jpg

Awaiting restoration

| GB

| Corby

|7761

|1954

|{{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:NTHC and BCM 017.JPG

Stored awaiting overhaul

Tanfield Railway

| GB

|NCB No. 38

|7763

|1954

|{{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:Tanfield Railway pic 10.jpg

Awaiting overhaul

Weardale Railway

| GB

|NCB No. 40

|7765

|1954

|{{whyte|0-6-0|T}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|Undergoing overhaul

Tanfield Railway

| GB

|CEGB No. 21

|7797

|1954

|{{whyte|0-4-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:CEGB no21.jpg

Awaiting overhaul

Tanfield Railway

| GB

|No. 47

|7800

|1954

|0-6-0ST

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:RSH_7800.jpg

Awaiting restoration, ex Celynen South Power Station

Midland Railway - Butterley

| GB

|Castle Donington Power Station No. 1

|7817

|1954

|{{whyte|0-4-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:Castle Donington No.1 at the Colne Valley Railway (1).jpg

Undergoing overhaul

Yaxham

| GB

|Castle Donington Power Station No. 2

|7818

|1954

|{{whyte|0-4-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|Awaiting overhaul

Tanfield Railway

| GB

|NCB No. 16

|7944

|1957

|{{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:RSH_7944.jpg

Awaiting restoration

Dales Countryside Museum

| GB

|67345

|7845

|1955

|{{whyte|0-6-0|T}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:Exhibit - geograph.org.uk - 1601417.jpg

On display, built for CEGB Hams Hall Power Station

Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust

| GB

| North Downs

|7846

|1955

|{{whyte|0-6-0|T}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|Under restoration - Boiler rebuilt

Gwili Railway

| GB

| Moorbarrow

|7849

|1955

|{{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}

|{{RailGauge|4ft8.5in}}

|File:Cranmore - Moorbarrow taking water.JPG

Undergoing overhaul

References

Industrial Railway Society : Various publications.

Stephenson and Hawthorns