Windhoff is a German manufacturer of specialised railways rolling stock, and heavy industrial plant.

[3] As similar control mechanisms were used for steam-driven automated weaving looms and for stream-driven railway traversers and turntables, Rudolf Windhoff also founded the Motoren- und Fahrzeugfabrik Gebr.

[3] In 1957 the company stopped manufacturing normal locomotives and start to concentrate on tracking machines (ballast tampers).

[3] On 19 December 2001,[4] the main company was declared bankrupt and the industrial plant and railway engineering divisions being taken over on 1 March 2002,[4] to become part of Georgsmarienhütte Holdings GmbH.

[6] Windhoff has a contract to supply Network Rail with a factory train which will be used by Amey plc in the Great Western electrification project.