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    The Vulcan Foundry Limited was an English locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire (now Merseyside). The Vulcan Foundry opened in 1832...
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  • Look up Vulcan or vulcan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vulcan may refer to: Vulcan (mythology), the god of fire, volcanoes, metalworking, and the...
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    Vulcan Iron Works was the name of several iron foundries in both England and the United States during the Industrial Revolution and, in one case, lasting...
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    specification A12. The design was produced by the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, and Vulcan Foundry was selected as the manufacturer. A12 used a number of design elements...
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    LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 (category Vulcan Foundry locomotives)
    and a further fifty (5020–5069) ordered from the Vulcan Foundry in 1933. The first of the Vulcan Foundry engines entered service in 1934, and the entire...
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    British Rail Class 37 (category Vulcan Foundry locomotives)
    on 9 November 1965. English Electric split the construction between Vulcan Foundry at Newton-le-Willows, and Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns of Darlington...
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  • A bonus 51st entry: The 21st century steam miracle Vulcan Foundry Photographic Loco List Vulcan Magazine, Vol. 1, no. 11, 1950. p. 14. "ENUII Rebuilding...
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    tank engines that were built for the Furness Railway by Kitson and Vulcan Foundry from 1915 to 1916. These engines were built for the summer season traffic...
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    The Spooner Era and After 1830 - 1920. Pen & Sword. Vulcan Foundry #672 built in 1873, Vulcan Foundry Photographic Loco List, 10 February 2013. The web...
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    British Rail Class 04 (category Vulcan Foundry locomotives)
    locomotives which became D2200-41 (including DS1173) were built by Vulcan Foundry in 1952–56, and later examples D2242-2339 were built by Robert Stephenson...
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    in another area within Newton-le-Willows. Between 1833 and 1895 the Vulcan Foundry produced some 6,000 locomotives to become the 4th largest locomotive...
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  • production of large Ruston engines was moved to the English Electric Vulcan Foundry factory in Newton-le-Willows. The production of the smaller engine range...
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    WD Austerity 2-8-0 (category Vulcan Foundry locomotives)
    (split between their two works at Hyde Park and Queen's Park) and the Vulcan Foundry (VF) of Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, built 390. North British also...
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    from Vulcan Foundry up to 1886. Following Barton Wright's resignation and John Aspinall's appointment, the final 16 ordered from Vulcan Foundry delivered...
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  • Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-4-0ST locomotives (category Vulcan Foundry locomotives)
    GWR No. 2036 64 (1862–1886) GWR No. 2037 Ten locomotives built by the Vulcan Foundry with 1,280-imperial-gallon (5,800 L; 1,540 US gal) saddle tanks and...
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    LMS Fowler Class 3F (category Vulcan Foundry locomotives)
    private firms Bagnall's, Beardmores, Hunslet, North British and the Vulcan Foundry. When new, they were numbered 7100–7149, 16400–16764. Numbers 7150–7156...
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    British Rail GT3 (category Vulcan Foundry locomotives)
    mainline gas turbine locomotive built in 1961 by English Electric at its Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows to investigate the use of its gas turbines in rail...
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  • steam locomotive in 1932 (originally built in September 1892 by the Vulcan Foundry). The rebuild therefore inherited the same number (1831), although little...
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    pushed and pulled the carriages from the rear and front, were built by Vulcan Foundry and by Kitson & Co in the United Kingdom. One of the unusual features...
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    Stephenson & Company. The final twenty to class CS9A were supplied by Vulcan Foundry in 1930. Both classes were cross-compound locomotives with one high-pressure...
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    British Rail Class 40 (category Vulcan Foundry locomotives)
    Electric Type 4s", as evaluation prototypes. They were built at the Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. The first locomotive, D200, was delivered...
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    "Robinson Iron Foundry, Vulcan, 1856 Robinson Road, Alexander City, Tallapoosa County, AL", 17 photos, 2 photo caption pages "Vulcan: Restoration of...
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  • 1842 he moved to England and was appointed as works manager of the Vulcan Foundry near Warrington. in 1842, at which time he anglicised his name to Henry...
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    British Rail Class 23 (category Vulcan Foundry locomotives)
    locomotives were found to be too heavy. The first of the class was held at Vulcan Foundry whilst EE tried to reduce the weight but this could not be completed...
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    manufacturer, the Vulcan Foundry of Britain. On 9 May 1938, the Minister of Railways announced an order for ten railcars from the Vulcan Foundry of Britain....
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    British Railways D0226 (category Vulcan Foundry locomotives)
    Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. They originally carried numbers D226 and D227, their Vulcan Foundry...
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    Vulcan Foundry Wks No 860, 0-6-0T, was given GW No 1354 Gaveller, Vulcan Foundry Wks No 1309, 0-6-0T, was given GW No 1353 Sharpness, Vulcan Foundry Wks...
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  • Marconi Company, Ruston & Hornsby, Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns, the Vulcan Foundry, Willans & Robinson and Dick, Kerr & Co. The Elliot computer company...
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    first 10 were built at Dick, Kerr & Co, Preston and the remaining 55 at Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows. They are very similar to the British Rail Class...
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    GWR Metropolitan Class (category Vulcan Foundry locomotives)
    naming system. The first two batches were delivered concurrently by the Vulcan Foundry (named after insects), and Kitson & Co. (named after foreign monarchs)...
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