Old name new outlook

THE traditional view of a locomotive works is one of large buildings, high roofs and acres of land and sidings, so to find that one of Britain’s last standard gauge locomotive manufacturers is operating out of an industrial unit on the edge of Burton-on-Trent will probably come as a surprise to many. More so when they see the name on the side of the building: Clayton Equipment.

Whilst many will associate the company with the ill-fated Class 17s and the final assembly of the Class 47 lookalikes for Cuba in the 1960s, the company is much more than that and – unlike its many competitors