The premises built by the company in Worcester still stand and are a Grade II listed building.

[1] The Great Western Railway carriage works in Worcester were destroyed in a fire in 1864 and the railway company decided to move the work to Swindon rather than rebuild in Worcester.

[2] A number of local businessmen, led by Alexander Clunes Sheriff, took the decision to provide employment for the men made redundant by establishing their own engineering works.

[5] A small return to profit was made in 1869 and a contract for the supply of 15 locomotives to the Nicolas Railway in Russia was obtained.

[3] But after the completion of the Russian order no further orders were received and the company made further losses resulting in the shareholders agreeing to voluntary liquidation in 1872,[5][6] with the liquidation being complete by May 1874.