James Cross and Company

The partners were James Cross, Edward Borrows and Arthur Sinclair,[1] all of whom were former employees of the St Helens Railway.

[2] The company's first locomotive was White Raven, a 2-4-2T built for the St Helens Railway in 1863.

A 0-4-4-0T Fairlie locomotive named Progress was built in 1865 for the Neath and Brecon Railway.

Three 3ft 6in gauge 0-6-6-0T Fairlies were built in 1866/67 for service in Queensland, Australia but these were rejected because they were overweight.

The last batch, comprising 30 locomotives, was built for the East Indian Railway.