Contractors' 0-6-0 saddletank locomotive, MAINDEE.
Manning Wardle & Co. built 'K' class 0-6-0 saddletank, MAINDEE, No. 488 of 1874, pictured in a cutting near Wilford in Nottingham. MAINDEE was working on Contract No. 1 (Annesley to East Leake) being constructed by Logan & Hemingway between 1894 and 1899. This photograph was taken on 22nd May 1897, and a sole crew member poses on the footplate. Note the ornate lining on the locomotive and the telegraph poles in the background. See on Route Map
Digital Reference: L1043
Creator: Newton, S. W. A. - 1897-05-22
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 43
OS Reference: 456800 337000
