GEC Traction Limited was a British industrial company formed in 1972 which designed and manufactured electric traction equipment for railway rolling stock. The company had manufacturing sites at Manchester, Preston and Sheffield and was a wholly owned subsidiary of General Electric Company
- Alexander Chaplin
- Andrew Barclay
- Aveling and Porter
- Avonside
- Bagnall
- Beyer Peacock
- Black Hawthorn
- Brush
- Coalbrookdale
- Cockerill
- E Borrows
- E.B. Wilson
- Fletcher Jennings
- Fox Walker
- Gibb and Hogg
- Grant Ritchie
- Hawthorn
- Haydock
- Head Wrightson
- Hudswell Clarke
- Hunslet
- Kerr Stuart
- Kitson
- Manning Wardle
- Markham
- Nasmyth Wilson
- Neilson
- North British
- Peckett
- Robert Heath
- Robert Stephenson (and Hawthorn)
- Sentinel
- Sharp Stewart
- South Durham
- Stephen Lewin
- Vulcan Foundry
- Wigan Coal
- Yorkshire Engine Company
- Crane Tanks
- Fireless Locos
- AEC
- ALCO
- Andrew Barclay
- Armstrong Whitworth
- Bagnall
- Baguley Ltd
- British Thomson Houston
- Brush
- Clayton
- Cockerill
- Consett
- Dietrich
- Drewry
- English Electric
- Express Service
- FC Hibberd and Co Ltd
- Fowler
- Gaston Moyse
- GEC Traction
- General Motors
- Hawthorn Leslie
- Howard
- Hudswell Clarke
- Hunslet
- ICI
- Jung
- Kent Construction
- Kerr Stuart
- Lake and Elliot
- MaK
- Mercury
- Motor Rail Ltd
- Noord
- North British
- Orenstein und Koppel
- Peckett
- RFS Engineering
- Robert Stephenson and Hawthorn
- Rolls Royce
- Ruston Hornsby
- Schoma
- Sentinel
- SVI
- Thomas Hill
- Tractive Power
- Vollert
- Vulcan Foundry
- Werkspoor
- Yorkshire Engine Company
- ACI Elevation
- AEG
- Baguley Ltd
- BemoRail
- British Thomson Houston
- Brush
- Clayton
- CPM
- English Electric
- Express Service
- GEC
- Greenwood and Batley
- Harmill
- Hawthorn Leslie
- Hunslet
- Kerr Stuart
- Mather and Platt
- Niteq
- Robert Stephenson Hawthorn
- Schalke
- Sculfort
- Siemens
- Stored Energy Technology
- Vollert
- Wickham
- Windhoff
- Zephir
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Number | Altnumber | Name | Status | Note | Depot | Pool | Location | Base | Owner | Scrapped | |
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5365 | 0-6-0DH | BH | HNRC | HNRC | HNRC Barrow Hill | HNR | |||||
5379 | 302 | 0-6-0DH | Tata Steel, Newport | ||||||||
5380 | 51 X7215 | Kemira 1 | 0-6-0DH | HNRC | Nemesis Rail, Burton-on-Trent | HNR | |||||
5382 | 305 | 0-6-0DH | Tata Steel, Port Talbot | ||||||||
5383 | 306 | S | 0-6-0DH | PR | Chasewater Railway | PRE | |||||
5391 | LWO 2108 2108 | P | 0-6-0DH | PR | Gwilli Railway | PRE | |||||
5395 | 0-6-0DH | HNRC | Andrew Briddon Locomotives, Darley Dale | Peak Rail | HNR | ||||||
5396 | 10 | Winston | 0-6-0DH | Hanson Cement, Clitheroe | |||||||
5401 | 9 | Chug Chug | 0-6-0DH | Hanson Cement, Clitheroe | |||||||
5409 | DE1 | 6wDE | Tata Steel, Newport | ||||||||
5410 | DE2 | 6wDE | Tata Steel, Newport | ||||||||
5411 | DE3 | 6wDE | Tata Steel, Newport | ||||||||
5412 | DE4 | 6wDE | Tata Steel, Newport | ||||||||
5413 | DE5 | 6wDE | Tata Steel, Newport | ||||||||
5414 | 251 | 6wDE | PR | Chasewater Railway | PRE | ||||||
5415 | 252 | X | 6wDE | British Steel, Lackenby Works | |||||||
5416 | 253 | S | 6wDE | British Steel, Lackenby Works | |||||||
5418 | 255 | X | 6wDE | Beaver Metals, LTD, Water Orton | 15/3/2021 | ||||||
5425 | 425 60 460 256 | A | 6wDE | Daventry IRFT | |||||||
5426 | 257 | S | 6wDE | British Steel, Lackenby Works | |||||||
5429 | 260 | S | 6wDE | British Steel, Lackenby Works | |||||||
5430 | 261 | A | 6wDE | Reid Freight Services, Cockshute Sidings | |||||||
5431 | 262 | EM 1 | A | 6wDE | Tata Steel, Newport | ||||||
5437 | 4 3737 | 0448-73-04 | S | 0-4-0DE | British Steel, Appleby Frodingham Works | UKIN/Baguley Ltd | |||||
5454 | 267 | 6wDE | PR | Chasewater Railway | PRE | ||||||
5461 | 264 | S | 6wDE | Tata Steel, Hartlepool | |||||||
5462 | 265 | S | 6wDE | British Steel, Lackenby Works | |||||||
5463 | 266 | Sherriffs | S | 6wDE | British Steel, Lackenby Works | ||||||
5464 | 267 | X | 6wDE | Beaver Metals, LTD, Water Orton | 15/3/2021 | ||||||
5465 | 268 | 6wDE | Tata Steel, Port Talbot | ||||||||
5466 | 269 | S | 6wDE | British Steel, Lackenby Works | |||||||
5468 | 278 | 6wDE | Tata Steel, Cumbria | ||||||||
5470 | 272 | Grosmont | 6wDE | Shap Fell Limestone Quarry | |||||||
5474 | 276 | Spawood | S | 6wDE | British Steel, Lackenby Works | ||||||
5475 | 277 | 6wDE | Aggregate Industries, Merehead Stone Terminal | ||||||||
5576 | Sir Tatton Sykes | P | 0-4-0DH | PR | Yorkshire Wolds Railway | PRE | |||||
5577 | 994 | Kevin Kearney | A | 0-4-0DH | TfL Docklands Light Railway | ||||||
5578 | Ludwig Mond | P | 6wDE | PR | Andrew Briddon | Peak Rail | PRE | ||||
5862 | 1027 V337 | A | 4wDH | Queens Road Depot | Manchester Metrolink | UKIN/RFS Engineering{1} |
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