Dubs & Co. Ltd., Glasgow

Dübs and Co.

Dübs & Co. was a locomotive works in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Henry Dubs in 1863. In 1903 it became part of the North British Locomotive Company

Locomotives built by Dübs & Co. are still in existence today. Eleven of these are locomotives built for the New Zealand Railways Department but numerous others are extant in South Africa and the Isle of Man.Dubs & Co. 4101-1901 0-4-0 Crane TankDubs & Co0-4-0CT 4101-1901

For many years the last surviving industrial example of this manufacturer could be found at Shelton Iron & Steel Works, Staffordshire.  The plate-steel jib only moves in the horizontal plane.

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