CAI057-MW.1577-1902 ‘No.2-10-4’, or 'Ackton No.4', (formerly No.2-12-17, or ‘Vulcan’), at Ackton Hall Colliery, Featherstone-15-06-1967

            Locomotive, “Ackton No.4”, built by Manning Wardle and Company Ltd, Boyne Engine Works, Hunslet, in 1902, is seen here, at Ackton Hall Colliery, on 15/06/1967.

Built by Manning Wardle and Company Ltd, Boyne Engine Works, Hunslet, to Works No.1577, in 1902, for the Ackton Hall Colliery Company Ltd, and delivered, new, to their Ackton Hall Colliery, and initially named, “Vulcan”, and subsequently named “Ackton No.4”. This locomotive was to spend its entire working life, at Ackton Hall Colliery, being withdrawn from service, and scrapped, on-site there, by Wakefield Metal Traders Ltd, in October 1968.

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