Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns was a combine between Hawthorn Leslie of Forth Banks, Newcastle and Robert Stephenson of Darlington. The new name was registered on the 10th of July 1937 with the chairman being Edward C Straker, who had been the chairman of Hawthorn Leslie from 1921. Darlington became the works where the larger locos were built and the smaller and industrial locos were Newcastle’s main output. Hawthorn Leslie remained in business building ships and their engines.
The Newcastle works was in use until 1961 and Darlington until 1964. The business continued in Lancashire.
A brochure from the late 1940s illustrating the wide range of locomotives available for home & abroad |
RSH advert from the 1950s featuring a four-wheeled fireless loco |
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