Henschel & Son

Henschel & Son (German: Henschel und Sohn) was a German company, located in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons.The company's factories, which also manufactured narrow-gauge locomotives, were among the most important Allied bomber targets and were nearly completely destroyed.Henschel Flugzeugwerke aircraft and missiles included: Manufacturing of trolleybuses began in 1941 and continued until 1962, ultimately totalling at least 680 vehicles,[3] while Henschel also constructed the chassis for more than 240 others that used bodies by Waggonfabrik Uerdingen [de] (which changed its name to Duewag many years later), of type ÜHIIIs and ÜHIIs.The production was switched to commercial vehicle axles, in this area it is the largest factory in Europe.The Kassel facility still exists and is one of the world's largest manufacturers of locomotives (Henschel Antriebstechnik).
Steam locomotive built by Henschel & Son in 1936, at the São Paulo Technology Museum, in Brazil
Bond of Henschel & Sohn, issued February 1920
Henschel built (1941) 4-6-4 VR Class Pr2 steam locomotive (no. 1800) at Haapamäki Steam Locomotive Museum in Keuruu , Finland
A Tiger I is loaded onto a special rail car at the Henschel plant.
The Henschel Hs 129B ground attack aircraft
Locomotive nameplate (1883)
A preserved Henschel trolleybus in Solingen (with Henschel nameplate and logo on front)
1951 restored pony engine
Henschel locomotive on Egyptian National Railways
Henschel nameplate on Sri Lanka Railways Class M6 locomotive
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