Around 1840, Andrew Barclay went into partnership with Thomas McCulloch in an engineering business to make mill shafts in Kilmarnock. Two years later he left to set up on his own and, in 1847, he moved to new premises in the town, which were paid for by the sale of his patent for the manufacture of gas lamps. The money from this sale was not paid however, and consequently the firm, which specialised in winding engines for the local coal industry, was sequestrated in 1848. Barclay soon recovered from this set back and by 1859, when the company produced its first locomotive, the firm was employing 150 people. By 1870, Barclay’s had produced 420 locomotives.
Around 1871 Andrew Barclay established a second locomotive building business, Barclays & Co , for his younger brother, John, and his four sons, James Wilson, Andrew jnr, William and Robert. This business was based at the Riverbank Works, Kilmarnock . This business remained closely associated with that of Andrew Barclay, who provided most of the plant. The firms were declared bankrupt in 1874 and 1882 respectively. In 1886 Andrew Barclay ‘s business was reconstructed as Andrew Barclay Sons & Co , but Barclays & Co was not revived
Problems were still encountered but in 1892 the firm took on limited liability as Andrew Barclay Sons & Co Ltd . Two years later Andrew Barclay was removed from control of the company by its shareholders. Barclay then sued the company for unpaid wages, eventually settling out of court in 1899.
In 1912 Andrew Barclay Sons & Co Ltd built the first fireless locomotives in Britain. For more details go to Fireless Locomotives.
In 1930, the company took over the business of John Cochrane (Barrhead) Ltd , engine makers, and in 1963 it acquired the goodwill of the North British Locomotive Co Ltd , Glasgow.
In 1972 the company was acquired by the Hunslet Group of companies and its name was changed in 1989 to Hunslet-Barclay Ltd.
After going into financial administration in 2007 the company was acquired by Brush Traction of Loughborough and was renamed Brush-Barclay.
In 2011 Wabtec acquired Brush Traction and the Kilmarnock works became Wabtec Rail Scotland.
Preserved Locomotives
I have only included standard gauge locomotives which are preserved in Britain.
For details of preserved fireless locomotives built by Andrew Barclay go to Fireless Locomotives.
None of the LMS 4F 0-6-0 locomotives built by Andrew Barclay (44357-44381) have been preserved although three members of the class (44027, 44123 & 44422) have been preserved.
Preserved Austerity Locomotives built to the Hunslet Design
In addition to building locomotives to designs produced by Andrew Barclay the company also built fifteen Austerity 0-6-0ST engines for the War Department during 1944-1946 as a sub contractor to the Hunslet Engine Company. Ten (68071-80) of these were bought by the LNER in 1945-46. Of these 68077 and 68078 have been preserved.
One other example of the fifteen built by Andrew Barclay to the Hunslet Engine Company survives – Andrew Barclay Works No 2183 which now carries the name Earl David.
|
Works No |
Built | Name/Number |
Location |
| 2183 | 1945 | Earl David | Vale of Berkeley Railway |
| 2212 | 1946 | BR 68078 | Hope Farm, Sellinge |
| 2215 | 1947 | BR 68077 | Spa Valley Railway |
Other Preserved Andrew Barclay Locomotives
| Works No | Built | Name | Type | Location |
| 699 | 1891 | Swanscombe | 0-4-0ST | Buckinghamshire Railway Centre |
| 776 | 1899 | Firefly | 0-4-0ST | Northampton & Lamport Railway |
| 782 | 1896 | Kinlet | 0-6-0ST | Blist Hill, Ironbridge Gorge Museum |
| 807 | 1897 | Bon Accord | 0-4-0ST | Royal Deeside Railway |
| 880 | 1902 | Glenfield No1 | 0-4-0CT | Ribble Steam Railway |
| 885 | 1900 | The Barclay | 0-6-0ST | Cambrian Heritage Railway |
| 929 | 1902 | Alexandra | 0-4-0ST | Private site at Criggion near Oswestry |
| 945 | 1904 | Annie | 0-4-0ST | Whitwell & Reepham Railway |
| 946 | 1902 | No3 | 0-4-0ST | Thos Muir Haulage & Metal Ltd, Kirkaldy |
| 1015 | 1904 | Horden | 0-6-0ST | Tanfield Railway |
| 1047 | 1905 | Storefield No11 | 0-4-0ST | East Anglia Railway Museum |
| 1069 | 1906 | No22 | 0-4-0ST | Thos Muir Haulage & Metal Ltd, Kirkaldy |
| 1081 | 1909 | 0-4-0ST | Kidwelly Industrial Museum | |
| 1116 | 1910 | No16 | 0-4-0ST | Doon Valley Railway |
| 1142 | 1908 | NCB No29 | 0-4-0ST | Lathalmond Railway Museum |
| 1147 | 1908 | John Howe | 0-4-0ST | Ribble Steam Railway |
| 1175 | 1909 | No 8 Dardanelles | 0-6-0ST | Polkemmet Country Park |
| 1193 | 1910 | NCB No6 | 0-4-2ST | Tanfield Railway |
| 1219 | 1910 | Caledonian Works | 0-4-0ST | Williton – West Somerset Railway |
| 1223 | 1911 | Colin MacAndrew | 0-4-0ST | Mountsorrel and Rothley Community Heritage Centre |
| 1245 | 1911 | 0-6-0T | Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway | |
| 1260 | 1911 | Forester | 0-4-0ST | Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway |
| 1296 | 1912 | No8 | 0-6-0T | Scottish Industrial Railway Centre |
| 1338 | 1913 | NCB West Ayr Area No17 | 0-6-0T | Tanfield Railway |
| 1385 | 1914 | Rosyth No 1 | 0-4-0ST | Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway |
| 1398 | 1915 | Lord Fisher | 0-4-0ST | Yeovil Railway Centre |
| 1458 | 1916 | 3 Lady Victoria | 0-6-0ST | The National Mining Museum, Scotland |
| 1598 | 1918 | Efficient | 0-4-0ST | Ribble Steam Railway |
| 1605 | 1918 | Ajax No38 | 0-6-0T | Isle of Wight Steam Railway |
| 1614 | 1918 | No19 | 0-4-0ST | Doon Valley Railway |
| 1619 | 1919 | Toto | 0-4-0ST | Mangapps Railway Museum |
| 1659 | 1920 | Stanley No32 | 0-4-0ST | Tanfield Railway |
| 1680 | 1920 | Nora No5 | 0-4-0ST | Big Pit Mining Museum, Blaenavon |
| 1719 | 1920 | No 2 Lady Nan | 0-4-0ST | East Somerset Railway |
| 1807 | 1929 | 0-4-0ST | Thos Muir Haulage & Metal Ltd, Kirkaldy | |
| 1823 | 1924 | Henry/Harry | 0-4-0ST | Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway |
| 1833 | 1924 | Niddrie | 0-6-0ST | Ribble Steam Railway |
| 1863 | 1926 | 0-4-0ST | Caledonian Railway | |
| 1865 | 1926 | Alexander | 0-4-0ST | Ribble Steam Railway |
| 1875 | 1925 | Stanton No24 | 0-4-0CT | Matthew Kirtley Museum, Midland Railway Centre |
| 1889 | 1926 | No3 | 0-4-0ST | Grampian Transport Museum |
| 1890 | 1926 | Forth No10 | 0-4-0ST | Fife Heritage Railway |
| 1927 | 1927 | No1 | 0-4-0ST | East Lancashire Railway |
| 1931 | 1927 | BSC No2 | 0-4-0ST | Rocks by Rail, Cottesmore |
| 1937 | 1928 | 3 Clyde Mill | 0-4-0ST | Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway |
| 1964 | 1929 | Spitfire | 0-4-0ST | Lincolnshire Wolds Railway |
| 1969 | 1929 | JN Derbyshire | 0-4-0ST | Ribble Steam Railway |
| 1996 | 1934 | 0-4-0ST | Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline | |
| 2015 | 1935 | Tom Parry | 0-4-0ST | Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway |
| 2017 | 1935 | Braeriach No17 | 0-6-0T | Strathspey Railway |
| 2020 | 1936 | Balmenach No2 | 0-4-0ST | Strathspey Railway |
| 2043 | 1937 | 4 | 0-4-0ST | Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway |
| 2046 | 1937 | BA Co Ltd No3 | 0-4-0ST | Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway |
| 2047 | 1937 | No 705 | 0-4-0ST | Plym Valley Railway |
| 2068 | 1939 | The Wemyss Coal Co Ltd No20 | 0-6-0T | Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway |
| 2069 | 1939 | Little Barford | 0-4-0ST | |
| 2073 | 1939 | Daluaine | 0-4-0ST | John Dewar & Sons Ltd, Aberfeldy Distillery |
| 2074 | 1939 | Llantarnam Abbey | 0-6-0ST | Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway |
| 2086 | 1940 | Drake | 0-4-0ST | Barclay House, Kilmarnock |
| 2088 | 1940 | Sir Thomas Royden | 0-4-0ST | Rutland Railway Museum |
| 2107 | 1941 | Harlaxton No100 | 0-6-0T | Caledonian Railway |
| 2127 | 1942 | 6 | 0-4-0CT | Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway |
| 2134 | 1942 | 0-4-0ST | West Coast Railways, Carnforth | |
| 2138 | 1941 | Swordfish | 0-6-0ST | Quainton Road |
| 2139 | 1942 | Salmon | 0-6-0ST | Royal Deeside Railway |
| 2157 | 1943 | Fambridge – ROF No8 | 0-4-0ST | Mangapps Railway Museum |
| 2168 | 1943 | Edmundsons | 0-4-0ST | Rushden Transport Museum |
| 2199 | 1945 | Victory | o-4-0ST | Whitewell & Reepham Railway |
| 2201 | 1945 | Victory | 0-4-0ST | Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway |
| 2217 | 1947 | Henry Ellison | 0-4-0ST | Ecclesbourne Valley Railway |
| 2219 | 1946 | No17 | 0-4-0ST | Prestonpans Mining Museum |
| 2220 | 1946 | Invicta | 0-4-0ST | Chatham Historic Dockyard Railway |
| 2221 | 1946 | No2 | 0-4-0ST | Dean Forest Railway |
| 2226 | 1946 | Katie | 0-4-0ST | Churnet Valley Railway |
| 2230 | 1947 | No1 | 0-4-0ST | West Coast Railways, Carnforth |
| 2239 | 1947 | Mr Therm | 0-4-0ST | Seaton Park, Aberdeen |
| 2244 | 1947 | No10 | 0-4-0ST | Doon Valley Railway, Dunaskin |
| 2248 | 1948 | Albert | 0-4-0ST | Plym Valley Railway |
| 2258 | 1949 | Tiny | 0-4-0ST | Keighley Worth Valley Railway |
| 2259 | 1949 | No30 | 0-4-0ST | Lochore Meadows Country Park |
| 2260 | 1949 | NCB No23 | 0-4-0ST | Doon Valley Railway, Dunaskin |
| 2261 | 1949 | No6 | 0-4-0ST | Cambrian Heritage Railway, Oswestry |
| 2262 | 1949 | No7 | 0-4-0ST | Thos Muir Haulage & Metal Ltd, Kirkaldy |
| 2274 | 1949 | 0-4-0ST | Bowes Railway | |
| 2284 | 1949 | No21 | 0-4-0ST | Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange |
| 2292 | 1951 | No17 | 0-4-0ST | Fife Heritage Railway |
| 2296 | 1950 | National Coal Board Area 3 No17 | 0-4-0ST | Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway |
| 2315 | 1951 | Lady Ingrid | 0-4-0ST | Spa Valley Railway |
| 2320 | 1952 | Fishburn Coke Works No22 | 0-4-0ST | Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway |
| 2323 | 1952 | 0-4-0ST | Northampton & Lamport Railway | |
| 2333 | 1953 | David | 0-4-0ST | Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway |
| 2335 | 1953 | 24 | 0-6-0T | Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway |
| 2343 | 1953 | British Gypsum No4 | 0-4-0ST | Ribble Steam Railway |
| 2350 | 1954 | Belvoir | 0-6-0ST | Rocks by Rail |
| 2352 | 1954 | 67 Hong Hong Flyer | 0-4-0ST | Tanat Valley Light Railway |
| 2354 | 1954 | Richard Trevithick | 0-4-0ST | Swindon & Cricklade Railway |
| 2358 | 1954 | 0-6-0ST | Doon Valley Railway, Dunaskin | |
| 2360 | 1954 | Brian Harrison No3 | 0-4-0ST | Ecclesbourne Valley Railway |
| 2361 | 1954 | W.S.T | 0-4-0ST | Bowes Railway |
| 2368 | 1955 | 0-4-0ST | Doon Valley Railway, Dunaskin | |
| 2369 | 1955 | No8 | 0-4-0ST | Appleby Fordingham Railway |
Peckett locomotive Work No 614 of 1896 was rebuilt by Andrew Barclay in 1941 as Works No 5997.
Preserved British Steam Locomotives 