GNR 0-4-0 tank locomotive 1422 (Carette for Bassett-Lowke)

Exhibit
GNR 0-4-0 tank locomotive 1422 (Carette for Bassett-Lowke) (i)
location:
Arch Three , Area 30 Classic Locomotives (display)
Shelf 2 1914

Original loco details:

GNR	No.-	0-4-0
Originally built:		----

A green clockwork lithographed tinplate gauge 0 Great Northern Railway (0-4-0) locomotive, marked "GNR", and with no running number.

The shape and lithography is very similar to the the larger GNR 4-4-2 Carette locomotive alongside.

Typically of Georges Carette, the lithography is very, very nice - at first sight it appears the the railings above the tender have spaces punched out in the tinplate beneath them, but the sides are simple continuous tinplate, with the "spaces" coloured in a lighter colour to give the impression of light shining through.

It was made by Georges Carette for Bassett-Lowke circa ~1914.

Catalogue image

1911 catalogue image of an earlier version of the locomotive. The 1911 version was painted rather than lithographed, and was a different shade of green. The catalogue image shows no railway company markings, as the same image is being used to represent three different versions – GNR, LNWR and MR

See also:

• GNR 1442 locomotive (Carette for Bassett-Lowke)

External links

• The Ivatt C1 4-4-2 Atlantics (www.lner.info)