R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Limited, usually referred to as Hawthorn Leslie, was a [St.Peter's]], Newcastle upon Tyne shipbuilding and locomotive manufacturer formed by the merger of the shipbuilder A. Leslie and Company and the locomotive works of R. and W. Hawthorn in 1870. This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ... A locomotive (from Latin loco motivus) is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train, and has no payload capacity of its own; its sole purpose is to move the train along the tracks. ... Shipbuilding is the construction of ships. ... R and W Hawthorn Ltd was a locomotive manufacterer in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. ...

Locomotives

After the merger the locomotive side continued making locomotives, among them a 4-2-2-0 with four cylinders - two inside and two outside - connected separately to the two pairs of driving wheels. It was produced for the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 but could not produce sufficient steam to compete effectively with the American products. In 1915 F.G.Smith of the Highland Railway ordered six 4-6-0s to his own designs. Being rejected by that railway as being too heavy, they were taken over by the Caledonian Railway. World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 The World Columbian Exposition (also called The Chicago Worlds Fair), a Worlds fair, was held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbuss discovery of the New World. ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Highland Railway was a Scottish railway company which was grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. ... In the Whyte notation, a 4-6-0 is a railroad steam locomotive that has a two-axle leading truck followed by three driving axles. ... The Caledonian Railway was a Scottish railway company which was grouped into the London Midland and Scottish Railway by the Railways Act 1921 in 1923. ...

A great number were built for export, usually to the designs of the Crown Agents, among them many fireless locomotives. In 1937, the locomotive production was bought by Robert Stephenson and Company, becoming Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd. Preserved Porter Locomotive Company No. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Robert Stephenson and Company was set up in 1823 in Forth Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne in England by George Stephenson, his son Robert, with Edward Pease and Michael Longridge (the owner of the ironworks at Bedlington ). It was the first company set up specifically to build railway engines, as part... Preserved RSH Works No. ...

Shipbuilding

The evolution of British Shipbuilders, 1960 - present