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Contractors' 0-6-0 saddletank locomotive, ROCKET. | |
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| L1098. A Manning Wardle & Co. built 'M' class 0-6-0 saddletank, ROCKET, No. 871 of 1884. The locomotive is pictured by the brick built platform of the nearly completed New Basford Station. This formed part of Contract No. 1 (Annesley to Leake) which was built by Logan & Hemingway between 1894 and 1899. Two of the locomotive's four crew stand on the footplate with the remaining two on the ground nearby - one of which hold a large oil can. Note the train of wagons on the opposite side of the island-type platform, and the almost new appearance of the locomotive. Of particular interest is the lining on ROCKET that even extends to the spotless wheels. | |
| Publisher | Leicestershire County Council |
| Contributor | |
| Creator | personalname - Newton, S. W. A. |
| Date | creation - circa 1897 |
| Type | Photographs - Black and White |
| Format | dimension.H - 118mm dimension.W - 161.. |
| Identifier | Newton - CL 98 |
| Source | S. W. A. Newton Collection - Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland |
| Language | EN |
| Relation | part of - S. W. A. Newton Collection copy of - glass plate negative |
| Coverage | Location.Creation Site - New Basford Station, Nottinghamshire (O.S. Ref: 456200 342600) period - circa 1897 Location.Current Repository - Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland |
| Rights | Leicestershire County Council |
