View over the remains of Ardrossan North station on 29 December 1962 with the Shell refinery in the background. (During WWII aviation fuel for the RAF was produced here.) Fireless 0-4-0 steam locomotive no 8 [AB1952/1928] is at work shunting bitumen tanks. The refinery closed in 1986 see image 23867.

Location: Ardrossan North

Original line: Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway

Photographer: R Sillitto/A Renfrew Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

Contact photographer: R Sillitto/A Renfrew Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

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Date: 29/12/1962

Image number: 37623

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