Flying Scotsman, probably the most famous steam locomotive in the world, celebrates its centenary in 2023. Built for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923 at Doncaster Works, it soon became the flagship locomotive of the company.

After display at the British Empire exhibition in 1924 – 1925, Flying Scotsman grew in fame when it hauled the first non-stop run from London to Edinburgh in 1928. It set two world records, becoming the first locomotive to reach the officially recorded speed of 100 miles per hour in 1934, and setting the longest non-stop run of 422 miles in 1989.

The Flying Scotsman enjoyed a long and distinguished career with both the LNER and British Railways prior to retirement in 1963. The steam locomotive has been owned by several individuals and is the first to circumnavigate the globe, including tours of North America and Australia. Flying Scotsman now resides with its current owners, the National Railway Museum.

The locomotive has undergone many restorations over the years, with Stephenson Engineering being entrusted with various projects including large format CNC machining. Stephenson Engineering has experience in producing a wide variety of components for the rail industry, from heritage steam locomotion drive and coupling gear to the manufacture of modern, complex rolling stock. We currently hold the rail welding accreditation to 15085 and continue to support steam preservation projects throughout the UK.

We are looking for an experienced CNC Programmer / Milling Operator and a Vertical Borer Operator to join our expanding team - Please call us directly on: 01942 883046, or complete the Contact Us section and enter you message

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Recently we have undertaken the manufacture of a large quantity of pulling heads for various customer applications which will see service world-wide. Pulling Heads are typically used for the lifting of pipelines during installation activities and consist of a flanged structure that bolts directly onto the flexible pipe end fitting. Our multi-capability service allows us to machine, weld, load-test and paint to customer specifications.

Stephenson Engineering has supported subsea sectors for the past 35 years, working with all the oil majors and service companies. We produce high-integrity customer designed products to customer-designed specifications.

Key to our manufacturing services is the ability to CNC machine very large components and fabrications within close tolerances. Stephenson Engineering has extensive large-capacity CNC machining facilities for components up to an incredible 14m x 4m and 35 tonnes in weight. Machine programming is performed offline using CAD-CAM, enabling complex toolpaths to be generated. Our range of machines covers milling, drilling, boring, and vertical and horizontal turning.

Make UK Defence champions and celebrates the UK’s defence supply chain. They represent the sector’s interests to government and champion our innovative, global and dynamic industry to the public.

Make UK Defence is the lead trade association for the MOD SME Working Group. They provide thought leadership in over a dozen Defence Suppliers Forum working groups – from social value to cyber security to commercial policy.

We are delighted to join the organisation and very much look forward to a rewarding and productive partnership, especially new opportunities and awareness within the UK defence sector.

Nearly all the welding we undertake at Stephenson Engineering is for the most demanding service applications, requiring high integrity welds, ultrasonically tested to the most exacting standards. Where heavy wall, full penetration welding is called for we employ the submerged-arc weld process.

This process ensures we get excellent penetration between both parent materials combined with very high deposition rates. Furthermore, because the process is semi-automated, we get outstanding repeatability. All our welding processes are controlled through our TWI 3834 Part 2 accreditation which is overseen by our in-house welding engineer.

Cyber Essentials is a United Kingdom certification scheme designed to show an organisation has a level of protection in cyber security through annual assessments to maintain certification. Backed by the UK government and overseen by the National Cyber Security Centre.

These controls give us protection against a wide variety of the most common cyber-attacks and helps protect information shared or held within our IT system. This is important because vulnerability to basic attacks can mark you out as target for more in-depth unwanted attention from cyber criminals and others.

An early arrival one morning in November was the first of two transports bringing our latest vertical boring machine. The Dörries Scharmann CNC Vertical Borer is another addition to our CNC machining capabilities and compliments our current Schiess Vertical boring centres. This purchase marks another investment and commitment to large-capacity manufacturing here at Stephenson Engineering.

This principal machine enables the company to boost production capacity and meet increasing customer demands for our high-integrity machined fabrications and components. Constant investment in plant and facilities will not only benefit our customers, but also creates additional job vacancies within the business.

JOSCAR (the Joint Supply Chain Accreditation Register) is a collaborative tool used by major prime contractors in the aerospace, defence and security sectors to act as a single repository for pre-qualification and compliance information. JOSCAR collects, validates and maintains supplier information, used by buyers to help with procurement compliance.

JOSCAR provides objective and validated information which is the perfect foundation for a quick and efficient approval process and a holistic view of suppliers for sourcing new business. As a supplier to multiple customers within the defence sector, this scheme reduces duplication and creates a single source of validated data available to all buyers.