Driver oiling a locomotive at Dundee, about 1900

Driver oiling a locomotive at Dundee, about 1900. Driver Soutar oiling the Caledonian Railway 4-4-0 steam locomotive No 17 at Dundee, about 1900. This locomotive had been built at the company's St Rollox works in 1894. St Rollox works opened in 1853, and at the beginning of the twentieth century was at the height of production, employing over 5,000 men. [Second locomotive in background (detail)] Photograph and text courtesy of the National Railway Museum. [Click on image to enlarge it.]

[You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the © National Railway Museum and SSPL and (2) link to its webpage. It would be nice to cite the Victorian Web, too.


Last modified 14 October 2016