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64620 Stannergate 1967
As 1967 dawned only a handful of J37 0-6-0s remained active from a class which originally totalled 104 locomotives. One of the last regular workings for the survivors was the daily goods to Montrose which left Dundee each morning at about 11.30am.
This photograph taken on 10th January 1967 is of one of the last revenue earning duties by a J37 and shows No 64620 making brisk progress past Stannergate on the approach to Broughty Ferry with the Montrose goods.
Dundee’s few remaining J37s were eking out their last days by the end of 1966, their only other workings being a local goods to Maryhill in Dundee and the Tayport pick-up goods, both of which ran only as required and were often alternatively powered by a Dundee B1 (Nos 61102 or 61278). Only the Montrose goods was a certain J37 job and this came to an end in April 1967 when diesels took over.
The line being traversed in this view is of historic interest, being part of a very early railway, the Dundee & Arbroath which opened in 1838. Originally laid to 5’6” gauge it was soon converted to standard gauge and in 1880 the railway became jointly owned by the North British and Caledonian Railways, an arrangement which continued until the Grouping in 1923.
No 64620 had been built for the North British Railway by their namesakes the North British Locomotive Company at their Atlas Works and released to traffic as No 110 in December 1920. 46 years later when finally withdrawn in April 1967 she was one of the last steam locomotives in service on BR Scottish Region.
64620 Stannergate 1967
As 1967 dawned only a handful of J37 0-6-0s remained active from a class which originally totalled 104 locomotives. One of the last regular workings for the survivors was the daily goods to Montrose which left Dundee each morning at about 11.30am.
This photograph taken on 10th January 1967 is of one of the last revenue earning duties by a J37 and shows No 64620 making brisk progress past Stannergate on the approach to Broughty Ferry with the Montrose goods.
Dundee’s few remaining J37s were eking out their last days by the end of 1966, their only other workings being a local goods to Maryhill in Dundee and the Tayport pick-up goods, both of which ran only as required and were often alternatively powered by a Dundee B1 (Nos 61102 or 61278). Only the Montrose goods was a certain J37 job and this came to an end in April 1967 when diesels took over.
The line being traversed in this view is of historic interest, being part of a very early railway, the Dundee & Arbroath which opened in 1838. Originally laid to 5’6” gauge it was soon converted to standard gauge and in 1880 the railway became jointly owned by the North British and Caledonian Railways, an arrangement which continued until the Grouping in 1923.
No 64620 had been built for the North British Railway by their namesakes the North British Locomotive Company at their Atlas Works and released to traffic as No 110 in December 1920. 46 years later when finally withdrawn in April 1967 she was one of the last steam locomotives in service on BR Scottish Region.