Private Firms That Built Steam Locomotives For NZR
British companies, e.g.:
- Avonside Engine Company (Fairlie and Fell locomotives)
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- Clayton Carriage and Wagon
- Dübs and Company
- Henry Hughes's Locomotive & Tramway Engine Works
- Hunslet Engine Company
- Nasmyth, Wilson and Company
- Neilson and Company
- North British Locomotive Company (built a quarter (141) of NZR steam locomotives)
- Robert Stephenson and Hawthorne
- Sharp, Stewart and Company
- Vulcan Foundry
- Yorkshire Engine Co
American companies, e.g.:
- Brooks Locomotive Works Built Ub17 during purchase by ALCO
- Baldwin Locomotive Works (built 111 steam locotives for NZR and the WMR).
- Richmond Locomotive Works Built Ub371 during purchase by ALCO
- Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works
New Zealand companies:
- James Davidson & Co, Dunedin
- A & G Price, Thames
- E. W. Mills and Company
- Scott Brothers, Christchurch
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