Peckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Works in Bristol, England. A locomotive (from lat. ... Bristol (IPA: brĭstəl) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001...

The company began trading in 1864 as Fox, Walker and Company, building four and six-coupled saddle tank engines for industrial use. They also built stationary engines and pioneered steam tramcars, the first being tested in Bristol in 1877. 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... A tank locomotive (occasionally tank engine) is a steam locomotive that carries its own fuel and water with it, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Much of their output was exported, mostly 0-6-0, with some 0-4-0, 2-4-0 and 0-4-2. Around 1875 they produced six 1'6" gauge 2-4-2 trench engines for the Admiralty using Handyside's steep gradient apparatus. They also produced nine 0-6=0 saddle tank engines for the Somerset and Dorset Railway. 0-6-0 is also the emergency telephone number in Mexico, similar to the United Statess 9-1-1. ... Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-4-0 represents one of the simplest possible types, that with two axles and four wheels, all of which are driven. ... In Whyte notation, a 2-4-0 is a railroad steam locomotive that has two leading wheels followed by two coupled driving wheels, with no trailing wheels. ... In Whyte notation, a 0-4-2 is a railroad steam locomotive that has four coupled driving wheels followed by two trailing wheels, with no leading wheels . ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 2-4-2 is the Whyte notation for a Columbia-type railroad locomotive. ... Old Admiralty House, Whitehall, London, Thomas Ripley, architect, 1723-26, was not admired by his contemporaries and earned him some scathing couplets from Alexander Pope The Admiralty was historically the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. ... The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR) was an English railway company jointly owned by the Midland Railway and the London and South Western Railway. ...

Between 1862 and 1800 they had built over 400 locomotives, when they were taken over by Thomas Pecket becoming Peckett and Sons, Atlas Engine Works, Bristol. The form acquired limited liability some years later. 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1800 (MDCCC) was an common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

The company continued producing a variety of small industrial and shunting engines They became specialists in the field, with very precise specifications and standardisation of parts. The largest engine was an 0-8-0 built in 1931 for the Christmas Island Phosphate Company. In the Whyte notation for the wheel arrangement of locomotives (primarily steam locomotives), an 0-8-0 is a locomotive with eight powered driving wheels (thus four powered axles), and neither leading wheels or trailing wheels. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ...

During the two World Wars, the works were especially busy, but by 1950 trade had largely dried up and, although in 1956 an attempt had been made to enter the diesel-mechanical market, the last steam engine was produced in 1958 and the company was bought by Reed Crane and Hoist Ltd., which itself went into liquidation.. A world war is a military conflict affecting the majority of the worlds major nations. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Despite hard work and poor maintenance, the engines were long-lasting. Many survive on today's heritage railways. There is still a company called Peckett and Sons Ltd of Ongar, which supplies spares.

Reference

• Lowe, J.W., (1989) British Steam Locomotive Builders, Guild Publishing