Bury, Curtis and Kennedy. Bury continued as Locomotive Superintendent of the London & Birmingham Railway but a few months after it had become part of the London & North Western Railway he resigned in March 1847. In February 1848 he was appointed Locomotive Superintendent of the Great Northern Railway, and in June 1849 became also its general manager. Meanwhile the firm of Bury, Curtis & Kennedy continued building locomotives, some of advanced design which had a great influence on subsequent practice, such as the s for the L&NWR which led directly to the Bloomers, as well as one-offs such as the gigantic Crampton Liverpool for the L&NWR, the most powerful locomotive in the world in 1848. Six locomotives were built in 1848 for the LNWR (Southern Division) with 16 in. x 20 in. cylinders, 5 ft. driving wheels, and 3 ft. trailing wheels. Production In all Bury, Curtis and Kennedy's Clarence Foundry built about 415 locomotives, but they produced much else besides, from church bells to iron ships. At its height, the firm employed 1,600 men. Closure The firm lost heavily in making components for the large bascule Blagoveshchensky Bridge over the River Neva at St Petersburg — for which the Imperial Russian Government never paid, according to Bury's widow. This, plus a serious decline in the shipbuilding trade in Liverpool led to the firm's closing down in 1851. Preservation Two of the firm's locomotives have been preserved, Furness Railway 0-4-0 No. 3 (nicknamed "Old Coppernob" or "Coppernob"), built in 1846, now in the National Railway Museum, York and Great Southern and Western Railway No. 36, built in 1847, now at Cork Kent railway station, Cork, Republic of Ireland. See also B. Hick and Sons Rothwell and Company Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company Locomotives of the London and North Western Railway Midland Counties Railway Locomotives External links Cork Kent Museum Edward Bury, 1794 – 1858 Cork Kent Museum Great Southern & Western Railway Express Passenger Locomotive No. 36 References Jack, Harry (2001). Locomotives of the LNWR Southern Division - London & Birmingham Railway, L&NWR and Wolverton Works. Sawtry: RCTS. . Locomotive manufacturers of the United Kingdom Manufacturing companies based in Liverpool Defunct companies based in Liverpool