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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