1F?

[DominusEdwardius]

I believe the picture was taken at Staveley Ironworks
Edward

[AndiS]

Found the image on Wikipedia by Googling for Staveley Ironworks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staveley_C ... on_Company

Thanks for the information, so it has nothing to do with the depot. So please don't let me distract any further.

On the case of engines, I have nothing to say. They are all great in one way or the other and a great model of each must be welcome by many. But don't ask me how many. The commercial side of things is something I will never understand. Luckily, I don't need to. But without an answer to what kind of route people like and what kind of activity the like to perform in their scenarios, it is hard to make a suggestion as to which engine to favour.

[rivimey]

My guess is that the pressure vessel could be for storing steam, and the location needed that because it had those steam based 'fireless' engines.

Any good?

[JamesLit]

Personally, I'd rather have the pug than the 1F, but I certainly wouldn't mind it!

[Rockdoc2174]

It is almost certainly a pressure vessel, probably for compressed air. Before the advent of electricity and in places where it could not be used for safety reasons, a compressed air supply offered a power source for tools, drills and so on.

Keith

[briyeo]

I have always had a liking for the 1F with a half cab. Below is an image I first posted on UKTS in answer to the question "What steam locos do you want to see next in RailWorks" That was back in 2009

[Antony Perks]

It's an interesting structure. It looks like a pressure vessel, but of course that doesn't mean that whatever was in it was under pressure: it could have been re-used. What I'm sure of, is that the brick-and-wood structure behind is a cooling tower of the type that was in common use before the better-known concrete waisted ones. Neither a pressure vessel nor a cooling tower were seen on the typical motive power depot, so it would be interesting to know where this photo was taken.

Paul

is it a gas works retort tower?