Sharp, Stewart and Company
Sharp, Stewart and Company was a steam locomotive manufacturer, initially located in Manchester, England. The company was formed in 1843 upon the demise of Sharp, Roberts & Co.. It moved to Glasgow, Scotland, in 1888, eventually amalgamating with two other Glaswegian locomotive manufacturers to form the North British Locomotive Company.
Maker's plate from preserved Highland Railway "Jones Goods" No. 103
Furness Railway No. 20. Works No. 1448 of 1863
In the station at the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway, Darjeeling Himalayan Railway class B No. 19 (778 under the all-India number scheme). Works No. 3518 of 1889
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp, Stewart and Company, Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company, creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe and the British Empire.
GNR No. 1744 maker's plate
Mainline Steam New Zealand locomotive, NZR J class No. 1211. (NBL 24534 of 1939)
NBL works plate on LNER B1 No. 1264 (NBL 26165 of 1947). The diamond shaped plate was fitted to locomotives built at the company's Queen's Park Works in Polmadie, a continuation of a tradition started by Dübs and Company.
Former headquarters of NBL in Springburn, Glasgow. During World War I the building was temporarily converted into a hospital by the British Red Cross. It was latterly the campus of North Glasgow College.
