0-6-0 Saddle Tank built for the Cromford & High Peak Railway  in 1859 numbered No.4. It is pictured at Dolwyddelan during the construction of the Bettws-Y-Coed to Ffestiniog line in the late 1870s.

0-6-0 Saddle Tank built for the Cromford & High Peak Railway in 1859 numbered No.4. It is pictured at Dolwyddelan during the construction of the Bettws-Y-Coed to Ffestiniog line in the late 1870s.

The locomotive was assembled at the Cromford Workshops in 1859 together with a similar engine numbered '5',. It became LNWR No.2040 when taken over by them in November 1871. then No.1943 in December 1871. It was placed on the Locomotive Machinery Department list in March 1877 where it survived until May 1882. On the High Peak Railway it commenced working in June 1859 and was used between Sheep Pasture and Middleton Foot between 1864 and 1871.
ROMA ID: 027360E

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