Locomotives awaiting the cutter's torch at Doncaster Works in October 1962 include Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42255 and Stanier 2-6-4T no 42527. The latter is one of the original Tilbury tanks, withdrawn from Shoeburyness shed in June of that year following electrification of the route and cut up here a month after the photograph was taken.
Location: Doncaster Works
Original line: Doncaster Works (Great Northern Railway)
Photographer: K A Gray
Contact photographer: K A Gray
Date: 07/10/1962
Image number: 49988