What is Ruston (engine builder)?
{{Infobox Defunct Company | company_name = Ruston, Proctor and Company | company_logo = Ruston and Hornsby Roller Headstock Badge IMG 1841.jpg | company_type = private | fate = Merger | predecessor = Proctor and Burton | successor = Ruston & Hornsby | foundation = 1857 (1840) | defunct = 1918 | location = [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]], [[England]] | industry = [[Engineering]] | products = [[Engines]], [[Locomotives]], [[Steam Engines]], [[Turbines]] | key_people = | num_employees = | parent = | subsid = [[Ruston-Bucyrus]] }} '''Ruston''' was an industrial equipment manufacturer in [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]], [[England]], the company's history going back to 1840. The company is best known as a manufacturer of [[narrow gauge railway|narrow]] and [[standard gauge]] [[diesel locomotive]]s and also of [[steam shovel]]s. {{transport-stub}} [[Category:Ruston & Hornsby locomotives]] [[Category:Lincolnshire]] [[Category:Defunct companies of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:1857 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:1918 disestablishments in Europe]] [[Category:1850s establishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:20th-century disestablishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Locomotive manufacturers]] [[Category:British rail vehicles manufacturers]]