Locomotive nameplate, "Newcomen"

Locomotive nameplate, London & North Western Railway Queen Mary/George V Class locomotive 2151 "Newcomen"

This is the nameplate of the London & North Western Railway (LNWR) locomotive number 2151 'Newcomen', which was built at Crewe Works in October 1910. The locomotive was named after the engineer Thomas Newcomen (1664 - 1729) who in 1712 invented the atmospheric steam engine. It was the first practical steam engine and was used to pump water out of Cornish tin mines.

'Newcomen' was one of ninety locomotives in the LNWR's King George the Fifth class. They were built between 1910, shortly after King George V succeeded to the throne, and 1915. The last of these engines were withdrawn from service in 1937.