Contractors' 0-6-0 saddletank locomotive, H. LOVATT No. 2.
Manning Wardle & Co. 'K' class 0-6-0 saddletank, H. LOVATT No. 2, No. 392 of 1872, pictured with her three crew in Leicester, circa 1897. This contractor's locomotive was built at Leeds in 1872 and its name identifies it as one of the fleet owned by Henry Lovatt of Wolverhampton who built this section of the London Extension. Note the engine's decorative safety valve bonnet. See on Route Map
Digital Reference: L1030
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 & Rutland (part of S. W. A. Newton Collection, copy of glass plate negative)
Identifier: Newton - CL 30A
OS Reference: 457500 303500
