Contractors' 0-6-0 saddletank locomotive, GROSVENOR.
Hunslet Engine Co. built 0-6-0 saddletank locomotive, GROSVENOR, No. 288 of 1884, pictured at rest near Brackley in Buckinghamshire. At the time, the locomotive was working on Contract No. 5 (Woodford to Brackley) built by Walter Scott & Co. of Newcastle upon Tyne between 1894 and 1898. The locomotive's crew stand in relaxed postures on the footplate. Note the large rough cut stones in the foreground. See on Route Map
Digital Reference: L1072
Creator: Newton, S. W. A. - circa 1896
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 73
OS Reference: 459010 238470
