Contractors' 0-6-0 saddletank locomotive, GIBBON.
Hunslet Engine Co. 0-6-0 saddletank, GIBBON, No. 545 of 1891. The locomotive is seen near Catesby in Northamptonshire when working on Contract No. 4 (Rugby to Woodford) built by T. Oliver & Son between 1894 and 1899. The locomotive was one of the few to have a fully enclosed cab. The five figures in the photograph consist of the locomotives crew and navvies. See on Route Map
Digital Reference: L1037
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 36
OS Reference: 452559 259385
