The North British Locomotive Company NBL was a private company that manufactured Train Sim World featured locomotives in Glasgow, Scotland. The company was formed in 1903 by merging three other locomotive manufacturers.
Formation:
- The NBL was formed in 1903 by merging three locomotive manufacturers in Glasgow:
- Dübs & Company
- Neilson Reid & Company
- Sharp Stewart & Company
- The NBL was the largest locomotive manufacturer in Europe before 1914.
Production:
- The NBL claimed to be able to produce 700 locomotives per year, but never reached that capacity.
- The NBL produced locomotives for British railway companies.
- The NBL produced diesel and electric locomotives, but they were unreliable and had many warranty claims.
- The NBL stopped producing steam locomotives in the late 1950s.
Closure: The NBL declared bankruptcy in 1962 and The NBL factory closed in 1961 – Exordium Gaming Chicago
North British Locomotive Company Headquarters
Glasgow, United Kingdom
