Dûbs and Company
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dŭbs & Co. was a locomotive works in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Henry Dübs in 1863. In 1903 it became part of the North British Locomotive Company.
Contents |
[edit] Preserved locomotives
Fourteen of the locomotives built by Dûbs & Co. are still in existence today. All but three of these are locomotives built for the New Zealand Railways Department.
[edit] Preserved locomotives in New Zealand
Four members of the 0-4-0 A class built in 1873 have been preserved. A 64 and A 67 are in full operational condition on vintage railways in New Zealand; A 62 is in private ownership and it is understood that the smokebox has been snapped from the boiler, and A 66 was damaged by fire when the building in which it was kept on static display was burnt down, but its current owners intend to restore it back to an operational condition.
Two members of the C class have survived and both are Dübs engines even though only five of the sixteen C class locomotives were built by Dŭbs & Co. Currently in operation at the Silver Stream Railway is an example from 1875 that originally had the wheel arrangement of 0-4-0 but was converted soon after purchase to 0-4-2 and is preserved with that wheel arrangement. Another member of the C class was recovered by the Westport Railway Preservation Society in 1993 from where it had been dumped in the Buller Gorge, West Coast, and it is currently under restoration with the ultimate goal of returning it to a fully operational state.
Five members of the 0-6-0 F class built between 1878 and 1880 have been preserved. Currently in operational condition are F 163 and F 185. F 111 had its boiler condemned in 1980 and its owners, the Ocean Beach Railway, are yet to replace it; the Ocean Beach Railway also owns F 150 but it has been on lease to the Plains Vintage Railway of Ashburton since 1986 and is currently unrestored and partially dismantled. F 230 was converted to a wheel arrangement of 0-4-2 during its time working on a private industrial line and is currently on static display at Hamilton Lake Park in a somewhat rundown condition. Other members of the 88-total F class still exist, but they were built by other manufacturers, though some records state F 233 was also built by Dûbs & Co.
[edit] Preserved locomotives elsewhere
Two steam locomotives built in 1894, locomotives number 1 and 2 of NSB class XXI, are still preserved at the Setesdalsbanen museum railway, Norway. Number 1 has been out of service since the closure of ordinary activities at Setesdalsbanen in 1962. Number 2 has been in regular use at Setesdalsbanen since 1894 and until recently, both during ordinary activities and, since 1964, at the museum railway. It is currently undergoing a general service (as of August, 2005).
One steam locomotive built for the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1882 is currently owned by the Prairie Dog Central enthusiast railway of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The locomotive is currently undergoing a thorough restoration, which will hopefully be completed by 2006.
[edit] External links
- Information from the Weka Pass Railway on the preserved members of the original A class built by Dûbs & Co.: A 62, A 64, A 66, A 67
- Information from the Weka Pass Railway on the preserved members of the F class built by Dûbs & Co.: F 111, F 150, F 163, F 185, F 230
- Silver Stream Railway's preserved locomotives page - includes a section on the preserved member of the C class
[edit] Reference
- Heath, Eric, and Stott, Bob; Classic Steam Locomotives Of New Zealand, Grantham House, 1993
