Building the last Main Line Railway

Contractor's Builders Yards & Locomotives: gcrcs49

Contractors 0-6-0ST locomotive "Mersey" seen at work in the cutting at Rugby. This locomotive has its water kept in the tank over the boiler, hence its description 'saddle' tank. The absence of a bunker probably indicates that the coal would be stored eitherside of the firebox behind the square cab panel. Crews often used a one plank wagon fixed behind the cab to act as a tender when the work load merited its use. C1897

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