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Date modified23-Nov-18 17:51
69178 1954-08 Eastfield

69178 1954-08 Eastfield

69178 is another of the class allocated to Eastfield seen there in August 1954 sporting a very strange chimney. It is in fact a standard tall NBR casting that has lost its top cap. This would not affect the efficiency of the chimney and these were true ‘austerity’ times so it continued like this until its next works visit which came in October 1955. It was the only one of the class to survive in service after October 1962, lasting just another two months until officially withdrawn from Motherwell shed on 29th December. Cowlairs Works converted her to scrap the following October