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Contractors' 0-6-0 saddletank locomotive, FLORENCE.

0-6-0 Contractor's saddletank locomotive, FLORENCE, with her two crew at work on Contract No. 4 (Rugby to Woodford built by T. Oliver & Son) at Catesby, Northamptonshire, circa 1897. The locomotive was built by Black Hawthorn (No. 466) in 1878. Note the outside cylinders - unusual on the London Extension contractors' locomotives, and the dumb buffers fitted for shunting. See on Route Map

Digital Reference: L1076
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 77
OS Reference: 452559 259385