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MR_0076r - Edinburgh (St Margarets) shed

LNER Class V2 2-6-2 no. 60813 (fitted with small chimney smoke deflectors) at Edinburgh (St Margarets) shed. I believe the A3 behind is no. 60041 "Salmon Trout". That day, 30th July 1964, my brother and I had permits to visit the sheds at Bathgate, Dalry Road and St Margarets. The shed was actually on both sides of the main line and this photo was taken from the south side (my photo MR_0014r was from the north side). I remember being escorted across what seemed to me a very long wooden board walk across the main lines. In the Ian Allan "The British Locomotive Shed Directory" it does say "Great care should be taken to obey the warning signals when using the boarded crossing over the main line from the roundhouse to the main shed building".

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Uploaded on January 16, 2019
Taken on July 30, 1964