Winson Engineering

Winson Engineering was a British manufacturer of narrow gauge and miniature railway steam locomotives and rolling stock during the 1990s. It built several new locomotives for heritage railways as well as undertaking major rebuilds of existing locomotives.

History

Winson was founded in the mid-1980s, although it was not incorporated until 21 March 1990. The engineering works were initially at the harbour in Porthmadog. In 1988, the company moved to Penrhyndeudraeth. In 1995 the company moved again to Daventry. In June 2001 the company went into receivership and subsequently closed.

Significant Projects

Rebuilds

New locomotives

Corris Railway locomotive number 7
Poppo-Town SL train Apto-kun
  • Winson 12 Bure Valley Railway No.6 ZB Class 2-6-2 Blickling Hall 15 in (381 mm) gauge, built 1994 [2]
  • Winson 14 Bure Valley Railway No.7 ZB Class 2-6-2 Spitfire 15 in (381 mm) gauge, built 1994 [3]
  • Winson 15 2-6-2T Camila 500 mm (19+3⁄4 in) gauge, built 1995 for Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego.
  • Winson 16 Bure Valley Railway No.8 ZB Class 2-6-2 oil-fired Thunder (now John of Gaunt, coal fired) 15 in (381 mm) gauge, supplied as parts and built by the Bure Valley Railway 1996/7. [4]
  • Winson 17 Corris Railway 0-4-2ST No.7 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) gauge, built 1999-2004 - work completed at Drayton Designs.
  • Winson 19 2-6-2T "Abt Kun" 2 ft (610 mm) gauge, built 1998 for Tetsudou Bunka Mura Japanese Theme Park (Matsuida City).
  • Winson 20 Bure Valley Railway No.9 ZB Class 2-6-4 Mark Timothy 15 in (381 mm) gauge, built 1999 [5]

At the time of liquidation the company was building a replica of the Manning Wardle locomotive Yeo for the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway. As of 2010, the frames were in storage awaiting further work.

Winson 20 Mark Timothy was unusable as delivered, and was subsequently rebuilt by Alan Keef Ltd in 2003.

New rolling stock

References

  • "Winson Engineering". Industrial Railway Record (191). Industrial Railway Society. December 2007.
  1. ^ "Loco No.1 - Learn about Bure Valley's steam locos". www.bvrw.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Bure Valley Railway Loco No. 6". www.bvrw.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Bure Valley Railway Loco No. 7". www.bvrw.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Bure Valley Railway Loco No.8". www.bvrw.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Bure Valley Railway Loco No.9". www.bvrw.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Welsh Highland Railway modern carriage list".
  7. ^ "Personenwagen" [Passenger cars] (in German). Parkeisenbahn Dresden. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

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