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Works plate from Copiapó Mining No. 895

Black, Hawthorn and Company was a steam locomotive manufacturer with a works situated in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK.

John Coulthard and Son

The Quarry Field Works was opened in 1835 by John and Ralph Coulthard, known as John Coulthard and Son which became R. Coulthard and Company in 1853 when the partnership was dissolved. Their first loco was York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway number 156, a 2-4-0 to the Jenny Lind pattern. There followed more of the same and several 0-6-0 engines. Although the works numbers went up to 100, probably only twenty were new, since the company carried out a great deal of rebuilding work.

Black, Hawthorn & Co

In 1865 Ralph Coulthard retired and the works was taken over by William Black and Thomas Hawthorn, who concentrated on industrial tank locomotives, both four and six coupled. The company supplied steam locomotives to collieries and works, particularly in North East England. They also built a number of crane engines. Some of the locomotives were very long-lived. A 0-4-0ST steam locomotive is preserved and is currently getting a refit at the Tanfield Railway.

Chapman and Furneaux

By 1896 over a thousand engines had been built when the firm was taken over by Chapman and Furneaux, A further seventy were produced before closing in 1902, with drawings, patterns and goodwill being bought by R & W Hawthorn and Leslie of Newcastle.

Preservation

Styrbjörn at Högbo bruk

Preserved Black, Hawthorn locomotives include:

Number and name Serial No. Image Built Date Wheel arrangement Gauge Original owner Location Notes
421 263 1873 0-4-0ST Rajputana State Railway Ajmer Works, India
Wellington 266 1873 0-4-0ST 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Tanfield Railway
Bauxite No. 2 305 1874 0-4-0ST 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) National Railway Museum
Portugesa 748 1883 0-4-0ST 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) Minas Y Ferrocarriles de Utrillas, Teruel, Spain Statfold Barn Railway Undergoing restoration
No. 3 858 1885 0-4-0ST 3 ft (914,4mm) Kettering Ironstone Railway Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum Transferred to the ownership of the Waterford Suir Valley Railway in 2024
0 869 1887 0-4-0ST Beijing Railway Museum, China
895 1887 2-2-0ST Copiapó Mining Copiapó station, Chile
E No. 1 897 1887 2-4-0VBTC 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Consett Iron Company Beamish Museum
City of Aberdeen 912 1887 0-4-0ST 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway Owned by SRPS
No. 1 Styrbjörn 966 1890 0-4-0ST 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Sandvikens Järnverk Högbo bruk [sv]’s children playground near Sandviken, Sweden

References

  1. Holden, Michael (15 February 2024). "Locomotive to return to steam as 30 year agreement is signed". RailAdvent. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  2. Quine, Dan (2016). Four East Midlands Ironstone Tramways Part Two: Kettering. Vol. 106. Garndolbenmaen: Narrow Gauge and Industrial Railway Modelling Review.
  • Lowe, J.W., (1989) British Steam Locomotive Builders, Guild Publishing
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