Inverkeithing, Kincardine & Burntisland - Views From The 1960's
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Photo © Sandy Murdoch/Transport Treasury SM045
BR Standard Class 4MT 2-6-0 no. 76110 from Dunfermline Shed shunts a train for Kincardine Power Station in the
yard adjacent to Inverkeithing Central Junction on July 7, 1966.
Photo © Sandy Murdoch/Transport Treasury SM262
In this undated scene ex-LNER J38 0-6-0 no. 65921 shunts a train of coal wagons at Kincardine Power Station.
Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley, the J38's were introduced in 1926. A more powerful class of locomotive than
classes J36, J37 and J39 these locomotives were classified as 6F.
Photo © Sandy Murdoch/Transport Treasury SM263
The Kincardine Bridge looms in the background as ex-LNER J38 0-6-0 no. 65921 continues its shunting activities at
Kincardine Power Station. The line from Alloa can be seen to the left of this undated view. Kincardine Power Station
opened in 1960 and was demolished in 2001.
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On July 7, 1966 ex-LNER class J38 0-6-0 no. 65920 pauses at Kincardine.
Photo © Sandy Murdoch/Transport Treasury SM088
Shunting at Burntisland docks on August 11, 1966 is ex-WD class 8F 2-8-0 no. 90628. The small plate reading 62A
on the smokebox door indicates that this locomotive was a Thornton Junction machine.