Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns

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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
Builders plate from NZGR EW 1805 locomotive

The company was formed in September 1937,[1] 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.[2] 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.[1]

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.[3] 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

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 2-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge File:NSB2a17.jpg Operational
Egyptian National Railways Museum, Cairo, Egypt EG ESR No. 986 1866 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix File:An old steam locomotive; one of the oldest steam locomotive in the world which can be found in Cairo. The Egyptian Railways is the second oldest railways in the world after England. (7880905974).jpg

On display

Kaya Railway, SL Plaza, Kaya County, Kyoto, Japan JP No. 2[4] 2105 1873 2-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Kaya 2 in Kaya SL Square.jpg
Glenbrook Vintage Railway, Ferrymead Heritage Park, Glenbrook, NZ NZ No. F.233[5] 2593 1885 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Ulster Folk and Transport Museum NI 2 Kathleen 2613 1887 4-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
File:C&LR 4-4-0T 2 "KATHLEEN".jpg

Static Display

New Jersey Museum of Transportation USA 3 Lady Edith 2614 1887 4-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge

Static Display

Ulster Folk and Transport Museum NI LP&HC no. 1 2738 1891 0-6-0STTemplate:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
File:Ulster Transport Museum, Cultra, Railway Gallery 07.jpg

Static Display

Railway Museum (Western Australia) AUS WAGR No. 201 2886 1898 4-4-4Template:Whyte suffix File:WAGR 201 (5360007720).jpg

On display

Valley Heights Rail Museum AUS Commonwealth Portland Cement Co No. 2 2994 1899 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge File:Valley Heights Mixed at Museum June 2015.jpg

Operational, Nicknamed "Stevo"

Bressingham Steam Museum GB LT&SR No. 80 Thundersley 3366 1909 4-4-2Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge File:LTSR Thundersley No. 80 4-4-2T - geograph.org.uk - 1780648.jpg

On display, on loan from the National Railway museum.

Belen de Escobar, Argentina AR FCGM No. 907 3512 1912 2-8-2Template:Whyte suffix File:Locomotora Robert Stephenson número 907.jpg

On display

Mid-Hants Railway GB S&DJR No. 88 3894 1925 2-8-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge File:Bishops Lydyard (3397526615) (2).jpg

Out of Service

North Norfolk Railway GB S&DJR No. 89 3895 1925 2-8-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge File:Midland Railway Centre, Swanwick Junction - geograph.org.uk - 1635228.jpg

Operational

Museum of Science and Industry USA Rocket 4072 1931 0-2-2Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge File:Robert Stephenson locomotive, 1931 replica of 1829 original, view 1 - Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) - DSC06584.JPG

Replica, on display

Darlington Railway Preservation Society GB No. 39 6947 1938 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge On display
Beamish Museum GB Roker 7006 1940 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
File:Beamish Museum 2016 098.jpg

On static display awaiting overhaul

Tanfield Railway GB Hendon 7007 1940 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Awaiting restoration
East Anglian Railway Museum GB Pen Green (now Thomas) 7031 1941 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix (now with side tanks also) Template:RailGauge
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 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Awaiting restoration
Chatham Historic Dockyard GB Ajax 7042 1941 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
File:Ajax Chatham Historic Dockyard.JPG

Operational, worked for the Ministry of Defence

Gwili Railway GB Olwen 7058 1942 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
File:Bronwydd Arms Gwili Railway geograph-3282182-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg

Undergoing overhaul

Foxfield Light Railway GB Eustace Forth 7063 1942 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
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 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Stored awaiting overhaul
Bressingham Steam Museum GB Millfield 7070 1942 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
File:Crane tank.JPG

Static display.

Tanfield Railway GB 7078 1944 Bo-Bo Template:RailGauge Built for 500v DC overhead system at Kearsley Power Station
Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway GB Norman 7086 1943 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Undergoing overhaul; built as Austerity WD 75050
Strathspey Railway GB 7097 1943 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
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Awaiting overhaul; built as Austerity WD 75061

Tanfield Railway GB NCB No. 49 7098 1943 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
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Operational (Returned to traffic July 2018, Boiler tickets expires 2028); built as Austerity WD 75062

Peak Rail GB Royal Pioneer 7136 1944 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
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Undergoing overhaul, built as Austerity WD 75186

Dean Forest Railway GB No. 152 Rennes 7139 1944 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
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Operational, painted in Longmoor Military Railway livery

Avon Valley Railway GB 7151 1944 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
File:RSH 7151, Hunslet 1837.JPG

Stored awaiting overhaul.

Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway GB 71515 Mechanical Navvy 7169 1945 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffixT Template:RailGauge
File:Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn 7159 (6238876664).jpg

Withdrawn Sept. 2018; built as Austerity WD 71515

Gwili Railway GB Welsh Guardsman 7170 1944 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Operational following a return to service in 2014; built as Austerity WD 71516
Midland Railway - Butterley GB George 7214 1945 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Undergoing restoration
Colne Valley Railway GB Doug Tottman 7284 1945 Bo-Bo Template:RailGauge
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 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Built as Austerity WD 71480. Returned to steam in 2024 following overhaul at Tyseley. [6]
National Coal Mining Museum GB Progress 7298 1946 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Static display
Elsecar Railway GB Birkenhead 7386 1948 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
File:Steam locomotive - Elsecar Heritage Railway (geograph 5419367).jpg

Undergoing overhaul

Tanfield Railway GB Sir Cecil A. Cochrane 7409 1948 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
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Operational

Private site GB Norwood 7412 1948 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Undergoing restoration off site
Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester) GB Agecroft No. 1 7416 1948 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
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 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
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 Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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New Zealand EW class electric

Canterbury Railway Society, Ferrymead Heritage Park, Christchurch, NZ NZ EW 1806 7492 1951 Bo-Bo-Bo Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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New Zealand EW class locomotive

Snibston Discovery Park GB Mars No. 2 7493 1948 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Awaiting restoration
Battlefield Line Railway GB Richard III 7537 1949 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
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Stored out of use

Lincolnshire Wolds Railway GB Zebedee 7597 1949 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Undergoing overhaul
East Somerset Railway GB Meteor 7609 1950 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Undergoing restoration
Didcot Railway Centre GB Bonnie Prince Charlie 7644 1951 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
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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 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
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Undergoing overhaul

Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway GB Beano 7661 1959 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Stored awaiting overhaul
Epping Ongar Railway[7] GB 56 7667 1950 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
File:No. 56 steaming.JPG

Stored awaiting overhaul

Spa Valley Railway GB Samson 7668 1950 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Restoration on hold
Colne Valley Railway GB Jupiter 7671 1951 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
File:Colne Valley Railway Preservation Society (2).jpg

Built for the Corby Ironstone works. Undergoing overhaul

Spa Valley Railway GB Ugly 7673 1950 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
File:14I09I2013 Spa Valley Railway C5.jpg

Operational

Fulstow Steam Centre GB Fulstow 7680 1950 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Operational. Built for Leicester Power Station.
Whitwell and Reepham Railway GB Agecroft No. 3 7681 1951 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Undergoing overhaul
North Tyneside Steam Railway GB Meaford No.1 7683 1951 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn No.1 on the crossover line
Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn No.1 on the crossover line

Static display awaiting restoration

Tanfield Railway GB Beryl 7697 1953 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Awaiting repair
Garw Valley GB 7705 7705 1952 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Undergoing restoration
La Grange Railroad Museum, La Grange, Kentucky USA Meaford No.2 (Flying Duchess) 7745 1952 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge File:La Grange, KY, Ohio Valley Railroad. Steam Locomotive No 7745.JPG

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 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
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Awaiting restoration

Epping Ongar Railway[8] GB Corby 7761 1954 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
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Stored awaiting overhaul

Tanfield Railway GB NCB No. 38 7763 1954 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
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Awaiting overhaul

Weardale Railway GB NCB No. 40 7765 1954 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Undergoing overhaul
Tanfield Railway GB CEGB No. 21 7797 1954 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
File:CEGB no21.jpg

Awaiting overhaul

Tanfield Railway GB No. 47 7800 1954 0-6-0ST Template:RailGauge
File:RSH 7800.jpg

Awaiting restoration, ex Celynen South Power Station

Midland Railway - Butterley GB Castle Donington Power Station No. 1 7817 1954 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
File:Castle Donington No.1 at the Colne Valley Railway (1).jpg

Undergoing overhaul

Yaxham GB Castle Donington Power Station No. 2 7818 1954 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Awaiting overhaul
Tanfield Railway GB NCB No. 16 7944 1957 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
File:RSH 7944.jpg

Awaiting restoration

Dales Countryside Museum GB 67345 7845 1955 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
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On display, built for CEGB Hams Hall Power Station

Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust GB North Downs 7846 1955 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Under restoration - Boiler rebuilt
Gwili Railway GB Moorbarrow 7849 1955 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge
File:Cranmore - Moorbarrow taking water.JPG

Undergoing overhaul

References

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  • Industrial Railway Society : Various publications.

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