Motor Rail was a British locomotive-building company, based in Bedford. Formed in 1911 as The Motor Rail & Tramcar Co Ltd, they built petrol and diesel engined locos, mainly narrow gauge. During World War 1 over 700 locos were supplied for use on temporary military supply railways. The trade name Simplex was used from the early days; in 1972 the company was renamed Simplex Mechanical Handling Ltd.
In 1987 loco manufacture ceased, business being transferred to Alan Keef Ltd of Ross-on-Wye, who continue to provide spares and have built several locos to Motor Rail designs, Alan Keef Ltd is a British narrow gauge engineer; manufacturing, overhauling, and dealing in narrow gauge locos, rolling stock and associated equipment. ...
History
D.R Hall & J.A.S. Rowlands (2001). A Guide to Simplex Narrow Gauge Locomotives, Moseley Railway Trust. ISBN 9540878-0-1.
January - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD SW1.
March - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD E3.
November 25 - General Motors Electro-Motive Division's EMD FT 103, “The Diesel That Did It” according to David P. Morgan, begins an 83,764 mile barnstorming tour.
The second includes the motor and control equipment of dredges, cableways, loading and unloading devices, electric locomotive haulage, and the operation of auxiliaries, such as rock crushers, cement mixers, etc., required during the construction period.
Eighteen 25 H.P. motors are used for operating the guard valve machines which operate the valves that guard the intakes of the side wall culverts at the upper end of each flight of locks.
The hand-rail motors are required to furnish the power for raising and lowering the hand-rails of the footwalk across the tops of the miter gates.
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