Edward Bury
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Edward Bury was an English locomotive manufacturer. Born in Salford, Lancashire, he was the son of a timber merchant and was educated at Chester.
by Unknown 1850s
London and Birmingham Railway Centenary, 1938 souvenir from the LMS illustrating the 2-2-0 locomotive of Edward Bury
Swiftsure was the first of eight or more similar locomotives with a single pair of driving wheels built by George Forrester and Company from 1834. The tank variant was the first passenger tank engine
Edward Bury
…locomotive agent and advisor to the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (B&GR). Bury immediately sourced two secondhand locomotives and the building of four Forrester singles. Bury refused to supply locomotives for the steep Lickey Incline, though was contracted to design a stationary engine for the slope. The B&GR's engineer…
Vauxhall (1834)
Valve Gear of Forrester's Swiftsure locomotive (built 1834)