A Class 24 shunts Invergordon goods yard in summer 1973. This sub-class with no headcode panel was an unusual sight in the Highlands. At the time Invergordon boasted an Area Manager's office controlling extensive freight business from the nearby aluminium smelter and North Sea oil-related traffic as well as domestic coal, whisky, barley, malt, steel and potatoes - up to three local freight trips between Inverness and Invergordon daily.
Location: Invergordon
Original line: Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
Photographer: David Spaven
Contact photographer: David Spaven
Date: 1973
Image number: 42133