The company began trading in 1864 at the Atlas Engine Works, St. George, Bristol, as Fox, Walker and Company,[1] building four and six-coupled saddle tank engines for industrial use. They also built stationary engines and pioneered steam tramcars, the first being tested in Bristol in 1877.
They were taken over by Thomas Peckett in 1880, becoming Peckett and Sons, Atlas Engine Works, Bristol.[3] The company acquired limited liability some years later. By 1900 the two companies had built over 400 locomotives.
The company continued producing a variety of small industrial and shunting engines at their factory located between Fishponds and Kingswood in Bristol. They became specialists in the field, with very precise specifications and standardisation of parts. The largest engine was an 0-8-0 built in 1931 for the Christmas Island Phosphate Company.[4] The works were served by a branch line starting just south west of Kingswood junction on the Midland line and ran for about 1 mile (1.6 km) in a generally eastward direction. It also served some collieries in the Speedwell area.[5] The only evidence remaining of this line is a bridge abutment on Whitefield Road.
During the two World Wars, the works were especially busy, but by 1950 trade had largely dried up. Although in 1956 an attempt had been made to enter the diesel-mechanical market, the last steam engine was produced in 1958 and the company was taken over by Reed Crane & Hoist Co Ltd on 23 October 1961, which itself later went into liquidation.[1]
Despite hard work and poor maintenance, the engines were long-lasting. Many Peckett locomotives survive working on today's heritage railways around the world.
The oldest surviving Fox Walker locomotive is "Karlskoga", an 0-6-0ST of 1873 and the first locomotive of the Nora Bergslags Railway in Sweden. It was steamed at Nora, Sweden in 1982.[6]
References
^ ab(PDF). National Railway Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
^"Thomas Peckett & Sons, photographs of newly completed locomotives". National Archives. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
^"Peckett and Sons". Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
^. Buckinghamshire Railway Centre. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
^ abLee, M. J. "A Brief Memoir". Industrial Railway Record. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
^. Nora Bergslags Veteran Railway Association (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
Lowe, J.W., (1989) British Steam Locomotive Builders, Guild Publishing
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Gloucestershire LXXII.SW, Revised: 1938, Published: ca. 1945, OS 6-inch maps showing Atlas Locomotive Works
peckett, sons, locomotive, manufacturer, atlas, locomotive, works, deep, road, between, fishponds, george, bristol, england, 2004, 1942, contents, walker, company, production, preservation, references, external, linksfox, walker, company, edit, walker, locomot. Peckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Locomotive Works on Deep Pit Road between Fishponds and St George Bristol England Nº 2004 of 1942 Contents 1 Fox Walker and Company 2 Peckett and Sons 3 Production and preservation 4 References 5 External linksFox Walker and Company Edit The Fox Walker locomotive Gabriel built for the Windsor and Annapolis Railway in Nova Scotia The company began trading in 1864 at the Atlas Engine Works St George Bristol as Fox Walker and Company 1 building four and six coupled saddle tank engines for industrial use They also built stationary engines and pioneered steam tramcars the first being tested in Bristol in 1877 Much of their output was exported mostly 0 6 0 with some 0 4 0 2 4 0 and 0 4 2 2 In 1878 they produced six 18 in 457 mm gauge 2 4 2 trench engines for the Royal Engineers at Chatham using Henry Handyside s steep gradient apparatus They also produced nine 0 6 0ST s for the Somerset and Dorset Railway Peckett and Sons Edit A larger 0 6 0ST locomotive Henbury of 1937 at the Bristol Industrial Museum They were taken over by Thomas Peckett in 1880 becoming Peckett and Sons Atlas Engine Works Bristol 3 The company acquired limited liability some years later By 1900 the two companies had built over 400 locomotives The company continued producing a variety of small industrial and shunting engines at their factory located between Fishponds and Kingswood in Bristol They became specialists in the field with very precise specifications and standardisation of parts The largest engine was an 0 8 0 built in 1931 for the Christmas Island Phosphate Company 4 The works were served by a branch line starting just south west of Kingswood junction on the Midland line and ran for about 1 mile 1 6 km in a generally eastward direction It also served some collieries in the Speedwell area 5 The only evidence remaining of this line is a bridge abutment on Whitefield Road During the two World Wars the works were especially busy but by 1950 trade had largely dried up Although in 1956 an attempt had been made to enter the diesel mechanical market the last steam engine was produced in 1958 and the company was taken over by Reed Crane amp Hoist Co Ltd on 23 October 1961 which itself later went into liquidation 1 Production and preservation EditFurther information List of Peckett and Sons railway locomotives Despite hard work and poor maintenance the engines were long lasting Many Peckett locomotives survive working on today s heritage railways around the world The last Peckett steam locomotive built 2165 of 1958 5 is preserved at Sandstone Estates South Africa The oldest surviving Fox Walker locomotive is Karlskoga an 0 6 0ST of 1873 and the first locomotive of the Nora Bergslags Railway in Sweden It was steamed at Nora Sweden in 1982 6 References Edit a b Records of Peckett amp Sons Limited Locomotive Manufacturers Bristol PDF National Railway Museum Archived from the original PDF on 4 October 2012 Retrieved 19 December 2015 Thomas Peckett amp Sons photographs of newly completed locomotives National Archives Retrieved 19 December 2015 Peckett and Sons Grace s Guide to British Industrial History Retrieved 19 December 2015 Peckett amp Sons Ltd Fox Walker amp Co Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Archived from the original on 22 December 2015 Retrieved 19 December 2015 a b Lee M J A Brief Memoir Industrial Railway Record Retrieved 19 December 2015 NKJ 1 Karlskoga Nora Bergslags Veteran Railway Association in Swedish Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 20 December 2015 Lowe J W 1989 British Steam Locomotive Builders Guild PublishingExternal links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peckett and Sons locomotives The industrial railway Record A brief memoir of Peckett amp Sons LTD Peckett s in Retrospect Gloucestershire LXXII SW Revised 1938 Published ca 1945 OS 6 inch maps showing Atlas Locomotive Works Peckett amp Sons Archive National Railway MuseumCoordinates 51 28 13 24 N 2 32 28 9 W 51 4703444 N 2 541361 W 51 4703444 2 541361 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peckett and Sons amp oldid 1073631679, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
