Vintage Colour Slides - St. Margaret's Shed (64A) & Princes Street Station

                                                                                                                                                    Photo © G M Staddon/Colour-Rail SC898

Just down the East Coast Mail Line from Waverley station was St. Margaret's shed (64A).   In this September 1966 shot

we see a rather work-weary ex-LNER Class A4 4-6-2 no. 60024 "Kingfisher" receiving attention while sitting on the

shed turntable.  Withdrawn in September 1966, "Kingfisher" was one of the last two remaining A4's in service

(newly-restored no. 60019 Bittern being the other).  This photograph captures perfectly the cramped nature

of the facilities at this shed.

                                                                                                                                    Photo © K M Falconer/Colour-Rail SC513

"And when I grow up I want to be a...."  A young enthusiast poses in front of relatively clean ex-LNER Class K4 2-6-0

no. 61994 "The Great Marquess".  The only one of the class to survive into preservation, the locomotive is currently

owned by Fife farmer and businessman, John Cameron.  The locomotive is a regular main line performer and is based

at Thornton Junction.  Built in July 1938, the locomotive was withdrawn from BR service in December 1961.

                                                                                                                                    Photo © A L Goldsmith/Colour-Rail SC1296

Towards the back of St. Margaret's shed we find ex-LNER Class V2 2-6-2 no. 60813.  Image taken sometime in 1965. 

Note the small smoke deflectors fitted adjacent to the chimney.

                                                                                                                                   Photo © T B Owen/Colour-Rail SC1349

June 1962 and in this view of St. Margaret's shed the only identifiable locomotive is ex-LNER Class B1 4-6-0

no. 61029 "Chamois" on the left of the frame closest to the camera.  Introduced to traffic in June 1947

no. 61029 was withdrawn from service in December 1966.

                                                                                           Photo © K M Falconer/Colour-Rail SC1030

It's BR Standard Class 5MT 4-6-0 no. 73099 and ex-LMS Class 5MT 4-6-0 no. 44994 depart from Edinburgh's former

Caledonian Railways terminus, Princes Street station.  No. 73099 is in charge of a train to Glasgow and the Black

Five heads a train to Perth.  Princes Street Station was closed on September 6, 1965 with the remaining services

to Glasgow Central, Stirling and cities south of the border being diverted to Waverley.  The station was largely

demolished in 1969/1970, with the Western Approach Road being built along the track bed in the early 1970s

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