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[[Image:Im20110804Cr-i304.jpg|thumb| 1896. Douglas Southern Electric Tramways No 1. Exhibit at [[Crich Tramway Museum]]. ]]
[[Image:Im20110720Snib-i130.jpg|thumb| 1906. 0-4-0 locomotive. Exhibit at the [[Snibston Discovery Museum]]. ]]
[[Image:Im1943EYB-Brush.jpg|thumb| 1943. ]]
[[image:Im1903MA-Brush.jpg|thumb| 1903.]]
[[Image:Im1975RDYB-Brush.jpg|thumb| 1975.]]
[[Image:Im1975RDYB-Brush.jpg|thumb| 1975.]]


'''Brush Traction''', a manufacturer and maintainer of railway locomotives, based at Loughborough in Leicestershire
'''Brush Traction''' Ltd, a manufacturer and maintainer of railway locomotives, based at Loughborough in Leicestershire
 
1879 [[Charles Francis Brush]], an American, set up the [[Anglo-American Brush Electric Light Corporation]] in Lambeth.
 
1889. Requiring larger premises the company acquired the assets of [[Henry Hughes and Co]] at Falcon Works, Loughborough. New company incorporated as [[Brush Electrical Engineering Co]] to take over the business of the former company<ref>The Times, 15 July 1889</ref>.
 
1904 Shortly after the electrification of the Tyneside passenger lines the NER decided to electrify the Newcastle Quayside branch as well. Two electric locomotives (Nos. 1 & 2) were built to operate the branch. The frames and bodies were constructed by '''Brush Engineering''' in Loughborough, who acted as sub-contractors to [[BTH|British Thomson-Houston Co]] who supplied the electrical equipment.
 
Up to WWI, about 250 steam locomotives were built in addition to tram engines.
 
Production of locomotives finished after the 1914-18 War and the company concentrated on transport-related electrical equipment, including tramcars, trolleybuses and battery-operated vehicles.
 
The coachworks continued with, after World War II, omnibus bodies mounted on [[Daimler]] chassis using [[Gardner]] five-cylinder diesel engines and Daimler preselector gearboxes.
 
1947 Close to Derby and its railway workshops, the Brush company retained its contacts with the railway and in 1947 joined with [[W. G. Bagnall]] to produce diesel locomotives as [[Brush Bagnall Traction]] Ltd. When British Railways began to replace its fleet of steam engines, Brush entered the market for main line diesel-electric locomotives.
 
1950 [[Brush Electrical Engineering Co]] was the parent of the '''Brush ABOE''' group.
 
1954 Name of the '''Brush ABOE''' group would be changed to '''The Brush Group Ltd'''<ref>The Times, 29 April 1955</ref>.  New name and group organisation was implemented with effect from 1 January 1956.


1956 [[Brush Bagnall Traction]] Ltd, Loughborough, was renamed [[Brush Traction]] Ltd <ref>The Times, 24 April 1956</ref>. It had delivered 25 locomotives to Ceylon that year, and completed deliveries to Steel Co of Wales and the National Coal Board.  Orders received from British Railways for 20 locomotives; also indirect benefits of modernisation programme in the form of orders for diesel engines for other locomotive makers.
1956 [[Brush Bagnall Traction]] Ltd, Loughborough, was renamed [[Brush Traction]] Ltd <ref>The Times, 24 April 1956</ref>. It had delivered 25 locomotives to Ceylon that year, and completed deliveries to Steel Co of Wales and the National Coal Board.  Orders received from British Railways for 20 locomotives; also indirect benefits of modernisation programme in the form of orders for diesel engines for other locomotive makers.
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1973 Traction Division supplied electrical equipment for 10 locomotives built by [[Hunslet Engine Co]] in connection with the new Anchor Steelworks at Scunthorpe<ref>The Times February 12, 1973</ref>
1973 Traction Division supplied electrical equipment for 10 locomotives built by [[Hunslet Engine Co]] in connection with the new Anchor Steelworks at Scunthorpe<ref>The Times February 12, 1973</ref>


1975 Part of [[Hawker Siddeley]].<ref>1975 Advert</ref>
1975 Part of [[Hawker Siddeley]], a subsidiary of [[Brush Electrical Machines]].<ref>1975 Advert</ref>


1996 Brush was acquired by [[FKI Electricals|FKI]]
1996 Brush was acquired by [[FKI Electricals|FKI]]

Revision as of 16:07, 22 February 2021

1975.

Brush Traction Ltd, a manufacturer and maintainer of railway locomotives, based at Loughborough in Leicestershire

1956 Brush Bagnall Traction Ltd, Loughborough, was renamed Brush Traction Ltd [1]. It had delivered 25 locomotives to Ceylon that year, and completed deliveries to Steel Co of Wales and the National Coal Board. Orders received from British Railways for 20 locomotives; also indirect benefits of modernisation programme in the form of orders for diesel engines for other locomotive makers.

1973 Traction Division supplied electrical equipment for 10 locomotives built by Hunslet Engine Co in connection with the new Anchor Steelworks at Scunthorpe[2]

1975 Part of Hawker Siddeley, a subsidiary of Brush Electrical Machines.[3]

1996 Brush was acquired by FKI

2008 FKI was acquired by Melrose

2011 Melrose sold Brush Traction to the Wabtec Group

Brush Traction provides refurbishment and re-engineering services for rail vehicles


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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Times, 24 April 1956
  2. ↑ The Times February 12, 1973
  3. ↑ 1975 Advert
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