Walker Brothers (Wigan)
Wigan Brothers was a railway rolling stock manufacturer based in Wigan, England.
| Founded | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Founder | John Scarisbrick Walker |
| Headquarters | , England |
| Products | Steam locomotives Diesel locomotives Railcars |
History
In 1886, John Scarisbrick Walker established Globe Foundry in Wigan. He was later joined by brothers Thomas and Edwin and the business renamed Walker Brothers. Initially based in Queen Street, it moved to Pagefield Works in 1874. It initially manufactured steam locomotives before diversifying in the 1930s to produce diesel locomotives and railcars. It closed in the early 1960s.[1][2]
Products
Locomotives
Railcars
Between 1932 and 1953, Walker Brothers produced the following railcars:[2]
- Clogher Valley Railway, Ireland: 1
- County Donegal Railways Joint Committee, Ireland: 8
- Great Northern Railway, Ireland: 7
- Emu Bay Railway, Australia: 1[3]
- São Paulo Railway Company, Brazil: 4
- Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, Ireland: 1
- Victorian Railways Walker railmotor: 64
- Peruvian Corporation, Peru: 12
- Coras Iompair Eireann, Ireland: 4
- Cyrenaica Railways, Libya: 1
References
- Walker Articulated Railcars Green over Red March 1969 pages 10/11
- Walker Brothers (Wigan) Ltd Newsrail May 2008 pages 136/137
- English-Built Railcar for Tasmania Diesel Railway Traction 15 March 1940 pages 37-39
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