The Bluebell Railway's North London Tank, no 2650 of 1899. The powerful 0-6-0T spent its last years up to withdrawal by BR working on the Cromford and High Peak line as 58850 see image 33018. Withdrawn by BR in 1960, the locomotive was stored at Derby works for a time before coming to the Bluebell Railway in 1962.
Location: Sheffield Park
Original line: East Grinstead to Culver Junction (London, Brighton and South Coast Railway)
Photographer: Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)
Contact photographer: Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)
Image number: 40989