in 1944, the vulcan foundry, which had been formed by robert stephenson and charles tayleur in 1830, acquired a substantial stock holding, and they became part of the english electric company. the bulk of the output was for export or industrial use, including fifty south african class 19d 4-8-2s, indian yb, yl and wm classes, and ten m class 4-6-2s for the tasmanian government railways. domestic mainline locomotives included thirty five class l1 2-6-4t for the eastern region of british railways and 100 9400 class 0-6-0 pannier tanks for the western region.