Thornton Shed [2nd]
Ex-NB J36 65345 on stationary boiler duty at Thornton MPD in September 1966. She was to be one of the last two steam locomotives in service in Scotland, along with J36 65288 of Dunfermline shed. These two were I believe the last remaining nineteenth-century locomotives in active BR operation anywhere in the UK, though in the case of 65345 that would depend on whether you regarded 1900, its year of construction, as the last year of the 19th or the first year of the 20th. 65345 was replaced as stationary boiler by one of Thornton’s J38s not long after the picture was
taken, and returned to further active service over the 1966-1967 winter, mostly as pilot around Seafield colliery. She steamed for the last time in April 1967 and was withdrawn at the beginning of June, after 67 years of service.
Location: Thornton Shed [2nd] (former)
Original line: Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway)
Photographer: Robin McGregor
Contact photographer: Robin McGregor
Date: 20/09/1966
Image number: 76435
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