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Falcon Engine & Car Works

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
Hawker Siddeley - History

Falcon Engine & Car Works: No.136 2-4-0T/4-4-0T

specs:
- weight: 25Tons
- cylinders: 10½"x18"
- driving wheels: 42"
- working pressure: 140psi
- GSR class: DN6
1887: CMR 2/2K "Coachford"
1935: scrapped
photos: [INGV1: b-6-p32-1901.09.04 ]
[IRHOS: b-5-p45-1932.06.10 ]
[CMLRJ: b-6-p41-1929.09.15 b-6-p42-1932.06.10 b-6-p67- ]

Falcon Engine & Car Works: No.137 2-4-0T/4-4-0T

specs:
- weight: 25Tons
- cylinders: 10½"x18"
- driving wheels: 42"
- working pressure: 140psi
- GSR class: DN6
1887: CMR 1/1K "City of Cork"
1935: scrapped
photos: [INGV1: b-5-p39- b-6-p32- ]
[CMLRJ: b-5-p38- b-5-p77- b-6-p40- b-6-p41- b-6-p41-1929.09.15 b-6-p66- ]

Falcon Engine & Car Works: No.138 2-4-0T/4-4-0T

specs:
- weight: 25Tons
- cylinders: 10½"x18"
- driving wheels: 42"
- working pressure: 140psi
1887: CMR 3 "St. Annes"
1923: scrapped

2002.07.21

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