The Yorkshire Engine Company Janus is a line of 0-6-0 wheel arrangement, diesel–electric locomotives that weighed 48 long tons and had a maximum speed of 23 mph. The two Rolls-Royce C6SFL diesel engin
Janus 2787 'Atlas' at Shelton Steelworks
Janus type locomotive 51 at Corus' Scunthorpe Steelworks 2009
Janus type locomotive at Appleby Frodingham Steelworks, Scunthorpe. c.1963
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The Yorkshire Engine Company was a small independent locomotive manufacturer in Sheffield. The company was formed in 1865 and produced locomotives and carried out general engineering work until 1965.
Yorkshire Engine Company Janus
…Yorkshire Engine Company ‘Janus’ Janus 2787 'Atlas' at Shelton Steelworks Type and origin Power type Diesel–electric Builder Yorkshire Engine Company Model Janus Build date 1956–1965 Total produced 102 Specifications Configuration: • UIC C Wheel diameter 3 ft 8 in (1.118 m) Loco weight 48 long tons…
JNR No. 10, the only YEC locomotive built for Japan in 1871, on display at Sakuragicho, Yokohama
RH&DR Engine No. 10 'Dr Syn'
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway No. 9 'Winston Churchill'
YE 2481 at Kelham Island Museum in 2005