Winson Engineering was a British manufacturer of narrow gauge and miniature railwaysteam locomotives and rolling stock during the 1990s. It built several new locomotives for heritage railways as well as undertaking major rebuilds of existing locomotives.
Winson was founded in the mid-1980s, although it was not incorporated until 21 March 1990. The engineering works were initially at the harbour in Porthmadog. In 1988, the company moved to Penrhyndeudraeth. In 1995 the company moved again to Daventry. In June 2001 the company went into receivership and subsequently closed.
Winson 12 Bure Valley Railway ZB Class 2-6-2 Blickling Hall15 in (381 mm) gauge, built 1994 [1]
Winson 14 Bure Valley Railway ZB Class 2-6-2 Spitfire15 in (381 mm) gauge, built 1994 [1]
Winson 15 2-6-2T Camila500 mm (19+3⁄4 in) gauge, built 1995 for Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego.
Winson 16 Bure Valley Railway ZB Class 2-6-2 Thunder15 in (381 mm) gauge, built 1996/7 [1]
Winson 17 Corris Railway 0-4-2ST No.7 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) gauge, built 1999-2004 - work completed at Drayton Designs.
Winson 19 2-6-2T "Abt_ Kun"2 ft (610 mm) gauge, built 1998 for Tetsudou_Bunka_Mura Japanese Theme Park (Matsuida city).
Winson 20 Bure Valley Railway ZB Class 2-6-4 Mark Timothy15 in (381 mm) gauge, built 1999 [1]
At the time of liquidation the company was building a replica of the Manning Wardle locomotive Yeo for the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway. The frames are currently (2010) in storage awaiting further work. Winson 7 Wroxham Broad was actually a major rebuild of a diesel loco (Tracy Jo) originally built in 1964 by G & S Light Engineering of Stourbridge.
Winson 20 Mark Timothy rebuild by Alan Keef Ltd in 2003.
^"Personenwagen" [Passenger cars] (in German). Parkeisenbahn Dresden. from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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