Contractors' 0-6-0 saddletank locomotive, ST. GEORGES.
Manning Wardle & Co. 'K' class 0-6-0 saddletank, ST. GEORGES, No. 1003 of 1887. The picture is believed to have been taken in Hillmorton cutting, Warwickshire, circa 1897. The image shows the engine and its four crew at work on Contract No. 4 (Rugby to Woodford built by T. Oliver & Son), running bunker first hauling a rake of tipping wagons. By 1919, this locomotive was in use by Daimler, Coventry. See on Route Map
Digital Reference: L1015
Creator: Newton, S. W. A. - circa 1897
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 and Rutland (part of S. W. A. Newton Collection, copy of glass plate negative)
Identifier: Newton - CL 15
OS Reference: 451500 273800
