Steam Locomotive Information

Here is the photo album for Great Central Railway No. 506 'Butler Henderson', a 4-4-0 located in Barrow Hill, Derbyshire. If you would like to suggest additional photos for this album, please click here.

Seen at a Gala at Barrow Hill, 'Butler Henderson' shows off it's glorious Great Central Railway livery.

506 'Butler Henderson' working outside Central Station, Loughborough on the preservation era Great central Railway on 31 July 1987

On display in the roundhouse at Barrow Hill, August 2019.

The leading bogie of this Great Central Railway 4-4-0. August 2019.

View below the boiler of this typical British inside cylinder loco. Piston valves are above the cylinders driven from the valve gear by rocking levers. August 2019.

Four eccentrics for the inside Stephenson's link valve gear mounted on the leading coupled axle which is a crank axle with the left hand connecting rod and big end bearing nearest the camera. The right hand connecting rod and bearing is furthest from the camera. August 2019.

Forward ends of the eccentric rods showing the expansion links. A good oiling wouldn't come amiss. August 2019.

The old pre 1923 railway companies in the UK decked out their express passenger locos in elaborate paint schemes, usually fully lined out with the frames in a different colour from the cab, boiler and tender. Notice the arms of the Great Central Railway below the loco's name plate. Unlike most companies, this wasn't just made up, the Great Central's was fully sanctioned by the College of Arms.


Great Central Railway 4-4-0 No. 506 'Butler Henderson' Barrow Hill, Derbyshire, UK	Location: Barrow Hill Railway Centre Status: Display