4-4-0 Metropolitan Railway locomotive, 'No. 58'
4-4-0 'B' Class 'Metropolitan [tank] engine in West Hampstead station', photographed on 10th March 1897 (S. W. A. Newton's notes). 'No. 58' was one of 32 similar locomotives built by Beyer Peacock & Co. between 1879 and 1885. Note the destination board on the rear of the bunker and the locomotive's condensing apparatus' fitted to help reduce steam emmissions when working in the underground tunnels.
Digital Reference: L1322
Creator: Newton, S. W. A. - 1897-03-10
Contributor: Leicestershire County Council
Type: , 161mm
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 - D 7/1
