Eastfield Shed
An unusual sight at Glasgow’s Eastfield depot in Setptember 1963 was 0-6-0PT 1649, built by BR to a GWR design, stored with Caley 0-4-4 tanks 55269 and 55263, all awaiting disposal. The Pannier, together with sister locomotive 1646, had been summoned north a few years earlier for use on the Dornoch branch, after the demise of the famous Highland Railway 0-4-4 tanks that had worked the branch over very many years. The 16XXs were needed because they had a suitably light axle load. They operated successfully until the branch eventually closed in 1960.
Location: Eastfield Shed
Original line: Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Photographer: Robin McGregor
Contact photographer: Robin McGregor
Date: 18/09/1963
Image number: 75234
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