L1045 - Contractors' 0-6-0 saddletank locomotive, BROCKENHURST.

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8255

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L1045 - 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.

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

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S.W.A. Newton

LCC ID. No.

L1045.tif

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Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

IM&ICT - RC
Original media type: Glass plate negative

Exhibitions with this image

L1045 - 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.

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

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Transport

Transport > Rail

Working Life

Working Life > Industrial

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