Navvies tamping ballast on the permanent way.
Navvies tamping ballast and adjusting the line on the permanent way. The line and location are unknown, but is believed to be the Great Central Railway. Unlike the main line tracks, temporary rails put down by the contractors were never laid with this level of accuracy.
Digital Reference: L1236
Creator: Newton, S. W. A.
Contributor: Leicestershire County Council
Type: black and white
Format: 118mm
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 - C 3/13
