
Former Midland Railway 1F 0-6-0T No. 41708 was built at Derby in December 1880.
A Johnson design, this style of engine gained the nickname "half-cab" - must have been a bit traumatic
travelling bunker first in bad weather! The rear part of the cab was added sometime between 2003 and
2006.
Photo (at Barrow hill roundhouse) DGC.