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Encyclopedia > Hudswell Clarke
A typical Hudswell Clarke Diesel Locomotive from the 1950s
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A typical Hudswell Clarke Diesel Locomotive from the 1950s

Hudswell Clarke was an engineering and locomotive building company in Leeds, founded in 1860. The locomotive part of the business is now part of Hunslet. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2326x1670, 735 KB) Summary Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0DM D707 of 1950 at the Rutland Railway. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2326x1670, 735 KB) Summary Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0DM D707 of 1950 at the Rutland Railway. ... // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby boom from returning... ... A locomotive (from lat. ... Leeds Coat Of Arms Map sources for Leeds at grid reference SE297338 Leeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds in the West Riding of Yorkshire in the north of England. ... Hunslet is a working class area of inner-city south Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ...


Hudswell Clarke Locos

  • 0-6-0 Tank No. S100
  • 0-6-0 Saddle Tank No.431

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Alexandra Timber Tramway and Museum // Locomotives Steam (200 words)
This 0-6-0 tender locomotive was built in Leeds, England by Hudswell Clarke in 1915, and is similar to many of this make which operated on sugar cane tramways in Queensland.
Hudswell Clarke 1098 was obtained by the Alexandra Timber Tramway in 1981, and was operated on a short length of track at Alexandra.
However, it proved to be too heavy for the sharp curves and 30lb rail in use at the time, and was retired for an overhaul in favour of the lighter John Fowler 0-6-0T locomotive.
Hudswell Clarke at AllExperts (497 words)
Hudswell Clarke (HCCL) was an engineering and locomotive building company in Leeds, England founded in 1860.
In the post-war period Hudswell, Clarke and Co Ltd (its full title, and note the comma) was closely involved in many secret programmes, including the British nuclear weapon programme.
The airframe for the first British nuclear bomb, Blue Danube was manufactured by Hudswell Clarke at its Roundhay Road, Leeds, plant where this writer was employed as a design engineer.
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