Initially locomotives were purchased from a wide range of private manufacturers such as Edward Bury and Company and Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company.
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Having first married in Liverpool, Terry took as his second wife Elizabeth Nasmyth, the daughter of Alexander Nasmyth the painter.
The first locomotives were 35 W. G. Bagnall 4-4-0T locomotives, constructed in 1898; followed by 18 Krauss 2-4-0T and 16 Krauss 0-6-2T in 1900 and 30 Nasmyth, Wilson and Company and North British Locomotive Company 0-6-4T in 1907.
The Nasmyth telescope, also called Nasmyth-Cassegrain, is a reflecting telescope developed by James Nasmyth.
He was born in London, the son of James Nasmyth Wallinger and Marian Collier, and was educated at the King's College School in London and the Royal Agricultural College.
The two locomotives were built in 1885 by Nasmyth, Wilson and Company, entered service in 1887, were withdrawn in 1928, and on 8 August 1932 were dumped in the Clutha River near Beaumont to protect the Roxburgh Branch from erosion.