Contractors' 0-6-0 saddletank locomotive, CYPRUS.
Manning Wardle & Co. 'K' class 0-6-0 saddletank locomotive, CYPRUS, No. 596 of 1877. The locomotive is pictured on an embankment near Brackley in Northamptonshire when working on Contract No. 5 (Woodford to Brackley) built by Walter Scott & Co. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne between 1894 and 1898. Two of the crew stand in the cab while another stands on the running plate near the smokebox. A fourth man stands by the rear of the locomotive. Note the large wooden buffers that CYPRUS carries for shunting tipping wagons. See on Route Map
Digital Reference: L1089
Creator: Newton, S. W. A. - circa 1896
Contributor: 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 91
OS Reference: 459400 237200
