Now all but forgotten, Benjamin Connor designed no less than 36 different classes of the Caledonian Railway's earlier 19th century locomotives of very sturdy construction. Over many years, a favourite place for fine portraits such as this was the MPD yard at Perth, probably taken in the 1880s. This is one of the sixty four '216' class 0-4-2s. No. 218A was built in 1861 by Neilson & Co. of Glasgow and was withdrawn by 1895.

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