Steam Locomotive Information

Here is the photo album for Kew Bridge Steam Museum No. 'Thomas Wickstead', a 0-4-0ST located in Kew, Greater London. If you would like to suggest additional photos for this album, please click here.

Footplates don't get much more simple than this! Pictured at Kew in 2018.

A close up of the running gear. The loco features Hackworth valve gear, patented by John Wesley Hackworth, son of the early locomotive engineer Timothy Hackworth of Shildon, Co. Durham.

Running at Kew in 2018.

The loco was completed at Stafold Barn, Staffordshire to a Kerr Stuart 'Wren' design. When Kerr Stuart closed in 1930, their designs passed to the Hunslet Engine Co. of Leeds. The company name and rights were bought by LH Group in 2004 who issued this works plate on the new build loco, keeping tradition alive.

The modern world has stringent requirements of boilers and this is the plate that covers all you need to know about it.


Kew Bridge Steam Museum 0-4-0ST No. 'Thomas Wickstead' Kew, Greater London, UK	Location: Kew Bridge Steam Museum Status: Operational