Beyer, Peacock and Company

Beyer, Peacock and Company Limited
IndustryLocomotive manufacturing
Founded1854
England
FoundersCharles Beyer
Richard Peacock
Henry Robertson
Headquarters
Greater Manchester
Areas served
Africa, South America, Asia, Australia and South Pacific
ProductsLocomotives and machine tools
Prins August, built for Sweden in 1856, preserved at Swedish Railway Museum in Gävle, Sweden. It is said to be the oldest operating steam engine in the world.[1]

Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English general engineering company and railway locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Openshaw, Manchester. Charles Beyer, Richard Peacock and Henry Robertson founded the company in 1854. The company closed its railway operations in the early 1960s. It retained its stock market listing until 1976, when it was bought and absorbed by National Chemical Industries of Saudi Arabia.

  1. ^ Swedish Railway Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2023.