Nasmyth Wilson (works number 1594) standard gauge, 2-8-2 locomotive being loaded aboard ship.
Driving wheels of 4ft 6ins, built in 1932 for the Chinese Government Purchasing Commission Teintsin Pukow. It was one of an order for 8 locomotives, numbered 291-298.
When these eight outsize engines left the factory in 1932 bound for Manchester docks in a fully erected state, the move entailed lowering and slewing the railway line through two tunnels, and removing the coping stones from Eccles station platform. The work had to be done between midnight Saturday and midnight Sunday.
ROMA ID: 100675E