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North British Locomotive Company
British locomotive manufacturer, 1903–1962 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The North British Locomotive Company (NBL) was created in 1903 through the merger of three Scottish locomotive manufacturing companies. They were Sharp, Stewart and Company and Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company. This created the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe at the time.
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The company closed in 1962.
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