Ruston (engine builder)
engine company
(Redirected from Ruston & Hornsby)
Ruston was an industrial equipment manufacturer in Lincoln, England, the company's history going back to 1840. The company is best known as a manufacturer of narrow and standard gauge diesel locomotives and also of steam shovels.
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Company type | private |
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Industry | Engineering |
Predecessor | Proctor and Burton |
Founded | 1857 (1840) |
Defunct | 1918 |
Fate | Merger |
Successor | Ruston & Hornsby |
Headquarters | Lincoln, England |
Products | Engines, Locomotives, Steam Engines, Turbines |
Parent | English Electric ![]() |
Subsidiaries | Ruston-Bucyrus |