Sidelined at Shilbottle
Shilbottle Colliery was connected to the ECML just south of Alnmouth. As with nearby Whittle Colliery, dieselisation came in the early 70s with some class 10s withdrawn from BR. Most of these were given an NCB livery and number as they got overhauled at Lambton Workshops, but the exception was D4056 which worked at Shilbottle from 1973 until about 1977 when it was sidelined and gradually cannibalised for spares, being cut up on site here in 1983 after the colliery closed. Seen here in June 1981
Sidelined at Shilbottle
Shilbottle Colliery was connected to the ECML just south of Alnmouth. As with nearby Whittle Colliery, dieselisation came in the early 70s with some class 10s withdrawn from BR. Most of these were given an NCB livery and number as they got overhauled at Lambton Workshops, but the exception was D4056 which worked at Shilbottle from 1973 until about 1977 when it was sidelined and gradually cannibalised for spares, being cut up on site here in 1983 after the colliery closed. Seen here in June 1981