The Balmforth family were partners with the Smiths and Booths that went on to form the famous Rodley crane makers. After these partnerships broke up William Balmforth formed the Peel Ings Foundry. The works produced steam cranes, though not to the extent their former partners enjoyed. A small number of locos were also produce before the firm crashed in 1916
Tool maker
Made some tools
This is the name as later adopted by Andrew Barclay upon merger with Hunslet in Leeds. Many items carry a works number in the normal Hunslet range.
Later merged into the Kerr Stewart company
For over 100 years Hudswell Clarke's Railway Foundry supplied large numbers of industrial locomotives for use all over the world
This firm built large numbers of stationary engines primarily for pumping purposes in the former Sun Foundry on Dewsbury Road Leeds. They became part of Sulzer Pumps and moved to Manor Mill Lane.
One of the best known of the Leeds firms having produced many notable designs such as the Austerity 0-6-0STs and the Quarry Hunslets, this company's varied products were supplied all over the world. Parts were also supplied to other builders including gear boxes to BR Swindon for the class 14 0-6-0DH locos. Babcock and Wilcox built a few Hunslet locomotives in Spain under licence.
Newcastle based company who manufactured a few diesel locos powered by McLaren diesel engines.
Hunslet's South African partners, over 2000 Hunslet Taylor locomotives were built for the African market in the works set up in Johannesburg by Hunslet personnel. Some work was sent to Leeds, including new boilers for overhauling Garratt locomotives
Most of Hudsons locomotive orders were subcontracted to Hunslet, Hudswell or outside Leeds though they produced some locomotives in house in their Gildersome Foundry. The bulk of their manufacturing business was supplying light railway equipment, track, wagons, etc. Primarily a manufacturer of traction engines, stationary engines and diesel engines this firm also made two or three locomotives based on their traction engine designs.
Thompson retired in 1858 from KTH, once again there was a change of name, the company becoming Kitson and
Hewitson
This was the name under which the Airedale Foundry operated for around 20 years before the name Kitson & Co was adopted. The two oldest working steam locomotives in the world, India's Express and Fairy Queen were produced in this period
Built in Lincoln. One engine was rebuilt at Abbey Light Railway in Leeds
Though based in the North East there are a couple of links to Leeds engine building. Many of the locomotive orders built at the Round Foundry were subcontracted from Robert Stephenson, a century later Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn built some of Hunslet's Austerity 0-6-0ST's. After Kitson had closed the goodwill was transferred to RSH so when Corby wanted. Some of the early Fowler ploughing engines were built by RSH.
Christoph Schöttler Maschinenfabrik, Diepholz, Germany rebuilt some of the HE locos used in the construction of the Channel Tunnel as standard gauge shunters.
Made a few tools
They rebuilt a few locomotives with new engines and bodies. Later part of RFS.
One of the smaller makers of cranes in the city of Leeds situated in the Horsforth subburb.
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Builder
Products
Notes
H
Bfth
William Balmforth / Balmforth Bros
Rail
Crane
Works History
CH
Campbell Hunter Ltd, Hunslet
Machine Tools
Works History
FH
Frederick Haithwaite & Co
Machine Tools
Works History
HAB
Hunslet-Barclay
Rail
Works History
HAF
Hartley Arnoux and Fanning
Rail
Other Items
Works History
HC
Hudswell Clarke
Rail
Works History
HD
Hathorn Davey
Other Items
Works History
HE
Hunslet Engine Co
Rail
Road
Other Items
Works History
HL
Hawthorn Leslie
Rail
HTC
Hunslet Taylor Consolidated
Rail
Works History
HUD
Robert Hudson
Rail
Road
Other Items
Some items were bought second hand (quite a lot after the first war), sold onto new homes or hired out and these were not necessarily built in Leeds.
Works History
JHM
J and H Mclaren
Rail
Road
Other Items
Works History
KH
Kitson Hewitson
Rail
Works History
KTH
Kitson Thompson Hewitson
Rail
Road
Works History
RH
Ruston and Hornsby
Rail
Works History
RSH
Robert Stephenson and Hawthorn (Darlington etc)
Rail
Road
Works History
SCH
Schöma
Rail
Works History
SH
Shepherd Hill & Co
Machine Tools
Works History
TH
Thomas Hill
Rail
Works History
Whit
Whitaker Bros
Crane
Works History