8750 Class - 9600 - BR Lined Black Early Emblem - DCC Sound Fitted Livery_Rail Blue for use at the Signalling

for use at the Signalling & Telecommunications Department workshops at Reading and was delivered on 19 January 1957

the area around South Shields was the centre of the Harton Coal Company’s operations

when it became the first to be repainted into plain DRS blue as part of a locomotive hire contract

Full underbody tank detail with brackets and pipework

SR Tadpole ex-D1479 Van - British Railways Departmental - Triple Pack

8750 Class - 9600 - BR Lined Black Early Emblem - DCC Sound Fitted Livery_Rail Blue for use at the Signalling9600 was the first loco from lot 352, which completed at Swindon in Feb of 1945. An engine that didnt have to travel far to its first allocation of Swindon shed! It moved to Bristol SPM (82B) in 1961 before moving on to South Wales. Withdrawn from Ebbw Junction (86B) and was withdrawn in September 1965. Luckily it was purchased by the national coal board and moved to Merthyr Vale Colliery where it would work until 1973. From here it was purchased by