North British Locomotive Company

The North British Locomotive Company (NBL, NB Loco or North British) was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp, Stewart and Company (Atlas Works), Neilson, Reid and Company (Hyde Park Works) and Dübs and Company (Queens Park Works), creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe and the British Empire.

Its main factories were located at the neighbouring Atlas and Hyde Park Works in central Springburn, as well as the Queens Park Works in Polmadie. A new central Administration and Drawing Office for the combined company was completed across the road from the Hyde Park Works on Flemington Street by James Miller in 1909, later sold to Glasgow Corporation in 1961 to become the main campus of North Glasgow College (now Glasgow Kelvin College).

The two other Railway works in Springburn were St. Rollox railway works, owned by the Caledonian Railway and Cowlairs railway works, owned by the North British Railway. Latterly both works were operated by British Rail Engineering Limited after rail nationalisation in 1948.

In 1918 NBL produced the first prototype of the Anglo-American Mark VIII battlefield tank for the Allied armies, but with the Armistice it did not go into production.

Steam Locomotives

 * Coltness Iron Co. Ltd (W/No. 24564 of 1939 [0-6-0T])
 * Haunchwood Colliery (W/No. 24564 of 1939 [0-6-0T])
 * Longmoor Military Railway (W/No. 25437 of 1943 [2-10-0])
 * Newdigate Colliery (W/No. 24564 of 1939 [0-6-0T])
 * Warwickshire Coal Co. Ltd. (W/No. 24564 of 1939 [0-6-0T])

Diesel Locomotives
NBL made two diesel locomotives for British Railways, the D2/1 and D3/1. They also produced many shunters for industrial companies. For Example:
 * British Insulated Callender's Cables (W/No. 27653 of 1957 [0-4-0])
 * Bowhill Coal Preparation Plant (W/No. 27951 of 1957 [0-6-0]undefined)
 * C A Parsons Ltd (W/No. 27656 of 1957 [0-4-0]) then to Tyne & Wear Metro (never put into service)
 * Central Vehicle Depot, Ludgershall (W/No. 27646 of 1959 [0-4-0DH])
 * Esso (W/No. 27415 of of 1954undefined)
 * GKN Sankey (W/No. 27414 of 1954 [0-4-0DH])
 * NCB (W/No. 27876 of 1959 [0-4-0DH]undefined)
 * Shelton Steelworks (W/No. 270971953 [0-4-0]undefined)