Monday, 17 August 2009

A Saddle Back Engine.

This is a Saddle Back Engine. The Water Tank is the Saddle which is full of water and is heated up by the heat from the boiler before it goes in to the boiler to make steam. Unfortunately it gave the Engine a High Centre of Gravity so ended up in shunting yards instead of main line work. It was built in 1879.

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