 Preserved Foster, Rastrick and Company steam locomotive Agenoria at the National Railway Museum, York | |
| Company type | Partnership |
|---|---|
| Industry | Engineering |
| Founded | Midsummer 1819 |
| Founders | James Foster, John Urpeth Rastrick |
| Defunct | 20 June 1831 |
| Fate | Dissolved |
| Headquarters | Stourbridge , England |
| Products | Machinery, structural materials, locomotives |
Foster, Rastrick and Company was one of the pioneering steam locomotive manufacturing companies of England. It was based in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, now West Midlands. James Foster, an ironmaster, and John Urpeth Rastrick, an engineer, became partners in 1816, forming the company in 1819. Rastrick was one of the judges at the Rainhill Trials in 1829. The company was dissolved on 20 June 1831.