Contractors' 0-4-0 saddletank locomotive, MAY.
A rear three-quarter view of Hawthorn Black 0-4-0 saddletank, MAY, owned by Mackay & Davies (Contractors) of Cardiff. The locomotive is seen when working on the construction of the Great Western & Great Central Joint Railway section between High Wycombe and Princes Risborough, sometime around 1903. The picture shows MAY hauling two tipping wagons containing a gang of seven navvies. The locomotive's crew stand on their steed, the drive in the cab. See on Route Map
Digital Reference: L1012
Creator: Newton, S. W. A. - circa 1903
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 12
OS Reference: 483500 194900
