8750 Class - 9600 - BR Lined Black Early Emblem Livery_Porterbrook centre toughened and all toughened

centre toughened and all toughened

Also repainted Northern in 2009

original 'Diamond frame'

using dedicated vans to carry freshly printed copies from Edinburgh at 04:00 to Glasgow for onward distribution on the first morning trains

8750 Class - 9600 - BR Lined Black Early Emblem Livery_Porterbrook centre toughened and all toughened9600 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 Withdrawn from Ebbw Junction (86B) and was withdrawn in September 1965.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