In 1909, locomotive construction was moved to Darlington and the rest of the works were closed in 1932.

When he took over in 1857, he quickly instigated more substantial locomotive construction at the shop.

Not until 1953 was locomotive construction started up again.

In 1889 he became head of assembly for locomotive construction.

There followed a long period of locomotive construction internally with all locomotives between 1875 and 1900 coming from the company works.

This represents the technical development in locomotive construction between the years 1854 and 2004.

After nationalisation in 1948, locomotive construction at Horwich continued at a high level for ten years.

From 1867 locomotive construction began in earnest and, three years later, the factory was connected to the railway network.

On 4 April the board were told that locomotive construction was well behind schedule.

The city was also a world center for locomotive construction.