Vintage Colour Slides - Haymarket Shed (64B)

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ex-LNER Class V2 2-6-2 no. 60942 poses at the west end of Haymarket shed in 1957.  Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley,

a total of 184 V2's were built in 11 batches between 1936 and 1944.  Although designed primarily for express goods

work the locomotives were occasionally used as a substitutes for A1 and A3 Pacifics.  The tender bears

the first British Railways totem, affectionately known as the "Cycling Lion".

                                                                                                                                                 Photo © C J B Sanderson/Colour-Rail SC1285

August 1958 finds ex-NB Class J36 0-6-0 no. 65243 "Maude"  on shed at Haymarket.  Luckily "Maude" was preserved by

the Scottish Railway Preservation Society upon withdrawal in 1966.  She is currently "out of ticket" and is on display at

the Society's Bo'ness location.  It is anticipated that overhaul of the locomotive will begin in the next couple of years. 

                                                                                                                                            Photo © C J B Sanderson/Clour-Rail SC1279

Ex-LNER class A3 4-6-2 no. 60095 "Flamingo" stands at Haymarket shed in August 1959.   Introduced in February 1929,

"Flamingo" was withdrawn from service in April 1961. ex-LNER Class V3 2-6-2T no. 67608 can be seen in the background.

                                                                                                                                                    Photo © C J B Sanderson/Colour-Rail SC1297

Another shot from August 1959 finds a relatively clean ex-LNER Class V3 2-6-2T no. 67608.  This class of locomotive

was to be frequently found hauling Edinburgh suburban services.  The entire class was withdrawn by 1964

 and unfortunately none were to be preserved.

                                                                                                                                                    Photo © G M Staddon/Colour-Rail SC1010

ex-LNER Class B1 4-6-0 no. 61076 is seen having just left Haymarket station in October 1961.  Designed by LNER

Chief Mechanical Engineer, Edward Thompson, the B1's were first introduced in 1942.  Their design was simple and

robust and the class was to found throughout the LNER system. 

                                                                                                                                            Photo © C J B Sanderson/Colour-Rail SC1278

Ex-LNER class A3 4-6-2 no. 60088 "Book Law" stands at Haymarket shed in October 1961.  "Book Law" was introduced

in July 1930 and withdrawn from service in October 1963.  Parts of the old Murrayfield grandstand can just

be seen in the background.

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