Vintage Colour Slides - Perth Station & Shed
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Photo © W J V Anderson/Colour-Rail SC123
The north end of Perth Station in May 1959 sees work-stained ex-LMS Class 7P (Royal Scot class) 4-6-0 no. 46166
"London Rifle Brigade" just arrived with a down express. Waiting to take over on the adjacent road is ex-LMS Class
5MT 4-6-0 no. 44997. Note the Caledonian Railway lower quadrant bracket signal to the left of the frame.
Photo © D M C Hepburne Scott/Colour-Rail SC366
Located south of Perth station after passing through Moncreif tunnel was Hilton Junction. At Hilton Junction the
former North British lines to Kinross and Ladybank diverged from the Caledonian main line to Stirling and Glasgow.
Pictured approaching the Junction on the former North British line from Kinross is Peppercorn designed Class A1
4-6-2 no. 60162 "Saint Johnstoun" with a Edinburgh to Perth train. No. 60162 was built
in December 1949 and withdrawn from service in October 1963.
Photo © H M R/Colour-Rail SC1291
Pictured at Perth shed in June 1960 is ex-LNER class J38 0-6-0 no. 65919. No, 65919 must be a visitor to Perth shed
as members of this 35-strong class were typically allocated to sheds serving the Fife and Lothian coal fields
- Thornton Junction, Dunfermline, St. Margarets and Polmont sheds. As well as being the first LNER group standard class,
the J38 proved to be the last LNER class to remain completely intact. The first locomotives were withdrawn in December
1962 with nos. 65923 and 65928. The last two locomotives, nos. 65901 and 65929 were withdrawn in 1967.
These were the last Gresley-designed locomotives to serve with British Railways.
Photo © D M C Hepburne Scott/Colour-Rail SC1401
May 1963 and looking rather tired is ex-LNER Class A4 4-6-2 no. 60027 "Merlin" departs Perth with a train for Aberdeen.
The crest carried on the boiler casing of no. 60027 was the crest of HMS Merlin, the Naval Air Station located at
Donibristle, Fife. On 3 May 1946 the locomotive was brought in to HMS Merlin via a rail connection from the
East Coast main line and the crest unveiled by the Air Station's commanding officer, Captain Chatwin.
Photo © M Thompson/Colour-Rail SC1407
March 1964 and Class B1 4-6-0 no. 61293 is pictured on shed at Perth. Designed by the LNER's Edward Thompson,
the B1 would quickly become the most successful of Thompson's locomotive designs and a total of 410 were
built by the LNER and British Railways. The first B1 was withdrawn in November 1961 with the last three
being withdrawn in September 1967.