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Contractors' 0-4-0 saddletank locomotive, BIRKENHEAD.

Hudswell Clarke & Co. 0-4-0 saddletank, BIRKENHEAD, (No. 650) of 1903. It is seen near Haddenham in Buckinghamshire during the construction of the Great Western & Great Central link line circa 1903. This section of railway connected the London Extension with the Great Western Railway's High Wycombe line, and was constructed by Louis P. Nott, who also owned the locomotive. The crew of three seen in the picture consists of two men and a boy. See on Route Map

Digital Reference: L1005
Creator: Newton, S. W. A. - circa 1905
Publisher: Leicestershire County Council
Type: Black and White
Format: 118mm, 161mm
Copyright: Leicestershire County Council
Source: S. W. A. Newton Collection - Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland (part of S. W. A. Newton Collection, copy of glass plate negative)
Identifier: Newton - CL 5
OS Reference: 473100 208600