Clayton Equipment Company

Clayton Equipment Ltd
IndustryLocomotive Construction
Founded1931 (1931)
Derbyshire, England, U.K.
Headquarters
Burton Upon Trent
,
United Kingdom
Websiteclaytonequipment.co.uk

Clayton Equipment Company Ltd, also known simply as Clayton Equipment Ltd or CEC and CEL, is a locomotive construction company that specialised in rail equipment, design and build, tunnelling, mining, metro, mainline and shunter locomotives. It entered administration in December 2025. However, in January 2026, the firm and its assets were acquired by engineering company Clarke Chapman.