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{{Short description|Swiss railway equipment manufacturer}} {{Infobox company | name = Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works | logo = | image = SMR 6 at Llanberis 05-07-19 04.jpeg | image_caption = SLM is best known for mountain railway equipment | type = Subsidiary | industry = Rail transport | fate = | successor = [[Stadler Rail]] | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1871}} | defunct = 2005 | location = [[Winterthur]], Switzerland | locations = | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = | products = {{ubl|[[Electric locomotive]]s|[[Steam locomotive]]s|[[Railcar]]s}} | services = | revenue = | num_employees = | owner = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = }} '''Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works''' (German '''Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik'''; French '''Société Suisse pour la Construction de Locomotives et de Machines'''; or for both, '''SLM''') was a railway equipment manufacturer based in [[Winterthur]] in [[Switzerland]]. Much of the world's [[mountain railway]] equipment was constructed by the company. ==History== The company was founded in 1871 by the British engineer [[Charles Brown (British engineer)|Charles Brown]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/60/Letters_60.htm|title = Correspondence 60}}</ref> SLM built both [[steam locomotive|steam]] and [[electric locomotive]]s, including the [[Crocodile (locomotive)|crocodile]] type. From 1992, SLM returned to producing steam locomotives designed around [[advanced steam technology]] principles. This included rebuilding [[DR Class 52.80]] locomotive number 52 8055.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://5at.co.uk/index.php/modern-steam-2/modern-steam-miscellany/dlm-52-8055.html|title = DLM's Kriegslok 52-8055 | 5AT Advanced Steam Locomotive Project}}</ref> In 1998, the cog-railway division was sold to [[Stadler Rail]], and the engineering division, via [[Adtranz]], to [[Bombardier Transportation]]. The remaining business was renamed Sulzer-Winpro AG and as part of a management buyout in 2001, was renamed Winpro AG. The advanced steam division was sold in 2000 to Dampflokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik AG (Steam Locomotive and Machine Works Ltd), or DLM AG.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/newsteam/modern.htm#Sulzer| title=Sulzer Winpro sells Steam Business to Hug Engineering| work=International Working Steam Locomotives| author=Dickinson, Rob| access-date=2008-03-06}}</ref> In October 2001, the measurement division was sold to PROSE AG. Winpro AG was sold on 7 September 2005 to Stadler Rail. ==Preserved SLM Locomotives== ===Finland=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Image !! Class !! Built !! Number !! Type !! SLM Number!! Wheel arrangement !! Location!!Notes |- | [[File:Finland SocieteSuisse1.JPG|150px]]|| [[VR Class Sk1|Sk1]] ||1885 || 124 || Mixed traffic steam locomotive || 405 || {{whyte|2-6-0}}|| [[Finnish Railway Museum]]|| |- | | [[File:Forney044.jpg|150px]]|| [[Finnish Steam Locomotive Class F1|F1]] || 1886 || 132 || Passenger steam locomotive || 434|| {{whyte|0-4-4|T}} || [[Finnish Railway Museum]]|| “Felix” |- |} ===France=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Image !! Class !! Built !! Number !! Type !! SLM Number!! Wheel arrangement !! Location!!Notes |- | [[File:CFCM No 6.jpg|150px]] || || 1923 || 6 ||Mountain railway rack steam locomotive || || {{whyte|2-4-2|T}} || [[Chamonix]] || Last of 6 built for [[Chemin de fer du Montenvers]] |- | [[File:Tramways du Mont-Blanc (France) (4504846404).jpg|150px]] || || 1909 || 3 ''Mlle d'Angeville'' ||Mountain railway rack steam locomotive || 1990 || {{whyte|0-4-0|T}} || [[Saint-Gervais-les-Bains]] || One of five built for the [[Mont Blanc Tramway]] |- |[[File:020-T-4-TMB.jpg|150px]] || || 1909 || 4 ''Jules Jansen'' ||Mountain railway rack steam locomotive || 1991 || {{whyte|0-4-0|T}} || [[Saint-Gervais-les-Bains]] || One of five built for the [[Mont Blanc Tramway]] |- |} ===India=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Image !! Class !! Built !! Number !! Type !! SLM Number!! Wheel arrangement !! Location!!Notes |- | [[File:Indian electric locomotive 4502.jpg|150px]] || [[Indian locomotive class WCG-1|WCG1]] <br>''khekda'' (crab) || 1928 || 4502, [[Leslie Orme Wilson|''Sir Leslie Wilson'']] || 1,500 V DC, 650 hp<br>Electric goods locomotive || || [[AAR wheel arrangement#C-C|C-C]] || [[National Rail Museum, New Delhi|National Rail Museum, <br>New Delhi]] || 10 built by SLM <br>31 similar built by [[Vulcan Foundry]]<ref name="Modern Locomotives, WCG1" >{{cite book |last1=Hollingsworth |first1=Brian |last2=Cook |first2=Arthur |title=Modern Locomotives |chapter=Class WCG1 |year=2000 |isbn=0-86288-351-2 |ref={{harvid|Modern Locomotives}} |pages=50–51 |publisher=Pavilion Books }}</ref> |} ===Indonesia=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Image !! Class !! Built !! Number !! Type !! SLM Number!! Wheel arrangement !! Location!!Notes |- | [[File:PTKABB204 (204 16 A).jpg|150px]] || SLM HGm4/6 (PJKA Class BB204) || 1993 || BB204 15<br/>BB204 16 || Diesel Electric rack locomotive || 5631-5632 || [[Bo-2-Bo]]|| [[Solok]] depot, [[West Sumatra]] || Stored at Solok depot<ref>{{cite web|url=https://redigest.web.id/2019/05/bb-204-dan-kereta-penumpang-nippon-sharyo-mulai-ditanahkan/|title=BB 204 dan Kereta Penumpang Nippon Sharyo Mulai Ditanahkan|website=redigest.web.id|date=16 May 2019|accessdate=28 January 2022|language=ID}}</ref> |- | [[File:The big one @ museum (Dampfeisenbahn, Kereta Api, Steam train) - panoramio.jpg|150px]] ||SS 1600 (DKA CC50) |1928 |CC50 29 (SS 1629) |Articulated [[mallet locomotive]] |3253 |{{whyte|2-6-6-0}} |[[Ambarawa Railway Museum]], [[Central Java]] |16 built by SLM, 14 similar built by [[Werkspoor]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=De Jong |first=H. |title=De Locomotieven van Werkspoor |publisher=Alk |year=1986 |isbn=9789060139332 |location= |language=Dutch}}</ref> |- | [[File:Lokomotif C27.jpg|150px]] ||SS 1100 (DKA C27) |1916 |C27 10 (SS 1110) |Baltic express locomotive |2584 |{{whyte|4-6-4|T}} |Transportation Museum of [[Taman Mini Indonesia Indah]], [[Jakarta]] |29 delivered between 1916 and 1922, built by SLM, [[Armstrong Whitworth]] and [[Werkspoor]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Oegema |first=J.J.G. |title=De Stoomtractie op Java en Sumatra |publisher=Kluwer Technische Boeken B.V. |year=1982 |isbn=9020115200 |location=Deventer-Antwerpen |language=Dutch}}</ref> |} ===Switzerland=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Image !! Class !! Built !! Number !! Type !! SLM Number!! Wheel arrangement !! Location!!Notes |- | [[File:090927 Liestal IMG 4913.JPG|150px]] || || 1902 || 5 || Narrow gauge steam locomotive || 1440 || [[0-6-0]]T || [[Waldenburg railway]] || Built for the Waldenburg railway; gauge {{RailGauge|750mm|lk=on}}; named ''Gedeon Thommen''<ref name=iswb>{{cite web | url = http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/switzerland05.htm | title = Switzerland's Waldenburgerbahn, 2010 | work = www.internationalsteam.co.uk | access-date = 2015-01-26}}</ref> |- | || || 1912 || 6 || Narrow gauge steam locomotive || 2276 || {{whyte|0-6-0|T}} || [[Swiss Museum of Transport]] || Built for the Waldenburg railway; gauge {{RailGauge|750mm|lk=on}}; named ''Waldenburg''<ref name=iswb/> |- | [[File:Ge 6-6 I 407 Krokodil.jpeg|150px]] || Ge 6/6 || 1912-1929 || 402, 406, 407, 411, 414, 415 || Narrow gauge electric locomotive || || {{whyte|0-6-6-0}} || Various locations || Built for [[Rhaetian Railway]]; gauge {{RailGauge|1m|lk=on}} |} ===United Kingdom=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Image !! Class !! Built !! Number !! Type !! SLM Number!! Wheel arrangement !! Location!!Notes |- | [[File:SMR 2 at Llanberis 05-07-19 43.jpeg|150px]]|| || 1895|| 2 ''Enid'' || Mountain railway rack steam locomotive|| 924 || {{whyte|0-4-2|RT}} || [[Snowdon Mountain Railway]]|| |- | [[File:SMR 3 Wydfa.jpg|150px]] || || 1895|| 3 ''Wyddfa'' || Mountain railway rack steam locomotive|| 925 || {{whyte|0-4-2|RT}} || [[Snowdon Mountain Railway]]|| |- | [[File:No. 4 "Snowdon" (7883902158).jpg|150px]] || || 1896|| 4 ''Snowdon'' || Mountain railway rack steam locomotive|| 988 || {{whyte|0-4-2|RT}} || [[Snowdon Mountain Railway]]|| |- | [[File:SMR 5 Moel Siabod.jpg|150px]] || ||1896|| 5 ''Moel Siabod'' || Mountain railway rack steam locomotive|| 989 || {{whyte|0-4-2|RT}} || [[Snowdon Mountain Railway]]|| |- | [[File:SMR 6 at Llanberis 05-07-19 04.jpeg|150px]]|| || 1922|| 6 ''Padarn'' || Mountain railway rack steam locomotive|| 2838 || {{whyte|0-4-2|RT}} || [[Snowdon Mountain Railway]]|| |- | [[File:SMR 7 Ralph Sadler.jpg|150px]]|| || 1923|| 7 ''Ralph Sadler'' || Mountain railway rack steam locomotive|| 2869 || {{whyte|0-4-2|RT}} || [[Snowdon Mountain Railway]]|| |- | [[File:SMR 8 Eryri.jpg|150px]] || || 1923|| 8 ''Eryri'' || Mountain railway rack steam locomotive|| 2870 || {{whyte|0-4-2|RT}} || [[Snowdon Mountain Railway]]|| |- |} ==See also== * [[Stadler Rail#Factories|SLM factories]] * [[Jakob Buchli]] - a railway pioneer with the SLM ==Gallery== <gallery> File:PalestineRailways-1946-ClassH-1.jpg|SLM built this 1050mm gauge 2-8-0 for the [[Hejaz Railway]] in 1912 and it was still at work on [[Palestine Railways#Jezreel Valley railway|Palestine Railways]] in 1946. File:NMR Locomotive 37395 at Coonor 05-02-27 21.jpeg|SLM locomotives are still at work in India on some [[heritage railway]]s. File:Finland SocieteSuisse2.JPG|Builder's Plate [[2-6-0]] Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works Societe Suisse Locomotive No 405 from 1885 at the [[Finnish Railway Museum]] File:Sonderausstellung Bergbahnen - 03.jpg|Electric railcars built by SLM are used in the [[Pilatus Railway]] File:Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik Winterthur - 2-C-1 Schmalspur-Schnellzug-Lokomotive für die Holländischen Staatsbahnen auf Java.jpg|The express engines [[4-6-2]] SS Class 700 or PNKA C50 which were ordered by [[Staatsspoorwegen]] from SLM and Hartmann for line in [[Java]], came in 1911-1914 File:USA Pikes Peak 099 SLM cog.jpg|Diesel hydraulic railcar on [[Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway]], Colorado, USA File:SBB Historic - F SLM 3 00676 A - Firmentafel in acht Sprachen.jpg|SLM [[Builder's plate|works plates]] in 8 different languages </gallery> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Commons category|Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Companies based in Winterthur]] [[Category:Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Zurich]] [[Category:Locomotive manufacturers of Switzerland]] [[Category:SLM locomotives| ]] [[Category:Swiss companies established in 1871]] [[Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1871]]
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