Contractors' 0-6-0 saddletank locomotive, BROCKENHURST.
R W Hawthorn's of Newcastle-on-Tyne 0-6-0 saddletank, BROCKENHURST, pictured in a built up area of West Hampstead, London. BROCKENHURST was working on Contract No. 7 (Canfield Place to Marylebone), constructed by J T Firbank of London Bridge between 1894 and 1899. The picture shows the two man crew standing on the footplate and front buffer beam. Standing on the track is a railway worker carrying a shunter's pole and a well dressed gentleman, possibly a foreman. The builder's plate on the side of the engine has been engraved 'HAWTHORNE, NEWCASTLE on TYNE - ENGINEERS'. Note: the drab Victorian buildings in the background with the multitude of chimneys. See on Route Map
Digital Reference: L1045
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 45
OS Reference: 526100 184700
