{"product_id":"yorkshire-engine-company","title":"Yorkshire Engine Company","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDrivers leaving the M1 at the Tinsley viaduct can still pass the buildings where the \u003cem\u003eYorkshire Engine Company\u003c\/em\u003e constructed and repaired locomotives for a hundred years.\u003c\/strong\u003e Founded in 1865, the company outlived many of its competitors and dispatched its last locomotives in 1965. Established by a group of local businessmen, technical expertise was provided by Archibald Sturrock, Locomotive Engineer of the Great Northern Railway, and Charles Sacre, Engineer of the Manchester, Sheffield \u0026amp; Lincolnshire Railway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the initial orders from UK and Indian railways fell away, the company was forced to take orders from Russia, where payment was not always forthcoming. The company became a leading manufacturer of Fairlie locomotives and undertook financially disastrous experiments with the building of marine engines and tramway locomotives. By 1880, in spite of new orders from Indian railways, the business was put into liquidation and a new company formed. This book gives a history of the financial fortunes and experiments of the company and the men who ran it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57629188751733,"sku":"9780752445304","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780752445304.jpg?v=1791212883","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/yorkshire-engine-company","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}