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Brush Electrical Engineering Co.

• works: Falcon Works, Loughborough
• 1865: Henry Hughes founded Falcon Works
• 1883: restructured as Falcon Engine & Car Co. by Norman Scott Russell
• 1889: acquired by Brush Electric Light Corporation and renamed Brush Electrical Engineering Co.
• documents:
  • The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland
  • Institution of Electrical Engineers Archives Department
• see also:http://www.brushtraction.com/fhistory/history.htm

Brush Electrical: No.274 4-4-0T

• specs:
  • weight: 28Tons
  • cylinders: 14"x20"
  • driving wheels: 42"
  • working pressure: 140psi
  • GSR class: DN1
• 1897: CMR 7/7K "Peake"
• 1935: scrapped
• photos: [INGV1: b-6-p34- b-7-p33-?1898 b-7-p39-?1930 ]
  [CMLRJ: b-5-p4- b-5-p46- b-5-p71- b-6-p60- b-6-p68- ]

Brush Electrical: No.307 4-4-0T

• specs:
  • weight: ?25Tons
  • cylinders: 12"x18"
  • driving wheels: 48"
  • working pressure: ?140psi
  • GSR class: DN7
• 1904: CMR 8/8K "Dripsey"
• 1935: scrapped
• photos: [INGV1: b-5-p34- b-7-p35-1914.07.26 b-7-p39-1934.07.09 b-7-p40-1934.07.09 ]
  [CMLRJ: b-5-p74- b-6-p40-1932.06.10 b-6-p5-1934.07.09 b-6-p75- b-6-tp-1934.07.09 ]
  [RRIMB: b-5-p19-1934.07 ]