What is Doncaster Works?
[[File:Flying Scotsman in Doncaster.JPG|right|thumb|''Flying Scotsman'' has 'come home'. Photo taken at the Doncaster Works 150th Anniversary July 2003]] [[File:Built in Doncaster.JPG|right|thumb|Doncaster [[works plate]].]] '''Doncaster railway works''' is a plant in [[Doncaster]], [[South Yorkshire]], [[England]]. When it was set up by the [[Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)|Great Northern Railway]] in 1853, it replaced the previous works in [[Boston, Lincolnshire|Boston]] and [[Peterborough]]. Until 1867 it did only repairs and maintenance. In 1866, Patrick Stirling was appointed as Locomotive Superintendent, and the first of the 875 class was built in 1886. At this time the works also began building new coaches. In 1873 they built the first sleeping cars; in 1879 the first dining cars in the [[United Kingdom]]; and in 1882 the first corridor coaches. In 1891, 99 locomotives, 181 carriages and 1493 wagons were built. In 1957, the last of over two thousand [[steam locomotive]]s was built. Carriage building finished in 1962. The works was modernised with the addition of a [[diesel locomotive]] repair shop. Under [[BREL]], new diesel shunters and 25 kV [[electric locomotive]]s were built, also [[British Rail Class 56|Class 56]] and [[British Rail Class 58|Class 58]] [[diesel locomotive]]s. In July 2003 the works celebrated its 150th anniversary with an open weekend. Owners Wabtec closed the train engine plant in 2007.<ref>[http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/closure-at-plant-works-means-end-of-the-line-for-150-years-of-history-1-509529 Closure at Plant Works means end of the line for 150 years of history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414062552/http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/closure-at-plant-works-means-end-of-the-line-for-150-years-of-history-1-509529 |date=2019-04-14 }}. Retrieved 1 February 2017.</ref> In early 2008 the main locomotive repair shop was demolished to make way for housing. Wabtec still does passenger fleet refurbishment at the Doncaster site. ==Re