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Steam locomotive “Thomas Edmondson” at the South Tynedale Railway, Alston, Cumbria

Steam locomotive “Thomas Edmondson” at the South Tynedale Railway, Alston, Cumbria. It is a 90 horse power, 0-4-0 tank locomotive, constructed to a standard World War I German Army design and was built in 1918 by Henschel & Sohn, of Kassel, Germany, works No. 16047.

The engine was restored to full working order and entered service in 1987 when it was named “Thomas Edmondson” to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the invention of the traditional style railway ticket

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Uploaded on April 12, 2015
Taken on April 11, 2015