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Perhaps the most unusual locomotive in the collection is one that couldn't really be called a locomotive. Boots No.2 was built by Andrew Barclay & Sons in 1935 as a fireless tank engine, used as a large steam reservoir that was fed steam by an external source at 160psi. The locomotive was capable of shunting, but only had a capacity to carry out two and a half hours of work before requiring a recharge.

Engines like these were common across the UK, being used mainly in places where the risk of fire or explosions made it dangerous to use regular steam locomotives that emitted sparks and flames. This particular engine was used at the large Boots complex in Beeston near Nottingham.

Description
Perhaps the most unusual locomotive in the collection is one that couldn't really be called a locomotive. Boots No.2 was built by Andrew Barclay & Sons in 1935 as a fireless tank engine, used as a large steam reservoir that was fed steam by an external source at 160psi. The locomotive was capable of shunting, but only had a capacity to carry out two and a half hours of work before requiring a recharge.

Engines like these were common across the UK, being used mainly in places where the risk of fire or explosions made it dangerous to use regular steam locomotives that emitted sparks and flames. This particular engine was used at the large Boots complex in Beeston near Nottingham.