1948

NS7458 : Caledonian '60' class 4-6-0 at Motherwell Locomotive Depot

taken 76 years ago, near to Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland

Caledonian '60' class 4-6-0 at Motherwell Locomotive Depot
Caledonian '60' class 4-6-0 at Motherwell Locomotive Depot
In the Depot yard is one of the surviving Pickersgill/Hughes '60' class 4 4-6-0s, normally used for freight work. No. 14640 - yet to be renumbered 54640 - rests from its usual work on the main line to Carlisle. This engine was built in 1925 and withdrawn in 10/52. Motherwell Depot was primarily a freight locomotive depot: coded 66B by BR(ScR), it had an allocation in 1950 of 116:- 20 4-6-0, 6 4-4-0, 11 ex-WD 2-10-0, 7 ex-WD 2-8-0, 40 0-6-0, 4 2-6-4T, 2 2-6-2T, 22 0-6-0T and 4 0-4-4T.

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NS7458, 26 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ben Brooksbank   (more nearby)
Date Taken
15 August 1948   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 26 December, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 7495 5801 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:47.9486N 3:59.7820W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NS 7495 5801
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