Portal:Trains/Selected picture/Week 11, 2007

A mid-Victorian era photograph showing a Colne Valley and Halstead Railway 2-2-2WT at Halstead engine shed.

This Sharp built engine was the only single used on the line. Originally constructed in 1849 for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, the locomotive was involved in an accident close to New Cross in 1855. After being rebuilt it was sold to the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway. This photo shows the driver involved in the crash (Mr C. Taunton) who was transferred to Halstead shed along with the locomotive. Today, much of the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway forms the basis of the Colne Valley Railway.