Reunion planned for engineering company Cowans Sheldon [News and Star]
Date: 07/10/2023
In 1846, four industrious engineers launched a small railway engineering works on the outskirts of Carlisle.
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Seen from a train on the WCML, 31449 waits for entry into Carlisle with a service off the Settle and Carlisle line. In the background is the NEI Cowans Boyd (formerly Cowans Sheldon works) with a crane in the forecourt. Now a retail park. 2 May 1986.
Location: Cowans Sheldon Works
Company: Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
02/05/1986 Bill Roberton
Location: Cowans Sheldon Works
Company: Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
02/05/1986 Bill Roberton
The NYMR steam breakdown crane, Cowans Sheldon ADRC95224 of 1926, photographed in June 2013 standing alongside the shed at Grosmont.
Location: Grosmont Shed
Company: Whitby and Pickering Railway
06/06/2013 John Furnevel
Location: Grosmont Shed
Company: Whitby and Pickering Railway
06/06/2013 John Furnevel
Cowans Sheldon 15t crane RS 1057/15 in the yard at Wick on 8 September 1961. [Ref query 10053]
Location: Wick Shed
Company: Sutherland and Caithness Railway
08/09/1961 David Stewart
Location: Wick Shed
Company: Sutherland and Caithness Railway
08/09/1961 David Stewart
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