0-6-0DM (03 037) at Milton of Crathes, RDR, Aberdeenshire.
Like the previous upload this is another ex BR diesel shunter that owes its existence to the fact it was sold out of service to the UK coal industry.
1959 Swindon built class 03 no. D2037 (later 03 037) but currently devoid of any number was withdrawn from BR Norwich Thorpe Depot on 29/9/1976. It was sold to Hargreaves Industrial Services Ltd who managed the NCBOE (National Coal Board Opencast Executive) British Oak Coal Disposal point at Crigglestone in West Yorkshire where it started work in October 1977. In 1983 it moved to NCBOE West Hallam in Derbyshire before returning to British Oak in 1984. With the run down and closure of British Oak it moved again in November 1988 to NCBOE Oxcroft Coal Disposal point near Clowne in North Derbyshire. Its industrial career ended here with the sale to loco dealer Harry Needle in July 1995 and since then it has been sold into private ownership and turned up at numerous preservation lines around the country. In 2001 it arrived at the Lavender Line in Sussex before a periods at Minehead, Peak Rail and Foxfield. Its arrival here on the Royal Deeside Railway at Milton of Crathes was on 16/10/2012 and it joined sisters class 03's D2024 and 03 134 also based here. The RDR operates a Sunday only service over a mile of the former Aberdeen to Ballater branch just east of Banchory.
0-6-0DM (03 037) at Milton of Crathes, RDR, Aberdeenshire.
Like the previous upload this is another ex BR diesel shunter that owes its existence to the fact it was sold out of service to the UK coal industry.
1959 Swindon built class 03 no. D2037 (later 03 037) but currently devoid of any number was withdrawn from BR Norwich Thorpe Depot on 29/9/1976. It was sold to Hargreaves Industrial Services Ltd who managed the NCBOE (National Coal Board Opencast Executive) British Oak Coal Disposal point at Crigglestone in West Yorkshire where it started work in October 1977. In 1983 it moved to NCBOE West Hallam in Derbyshire before returning to British Oak in 1984. With the run down and closure of British Oak it moved again in November 1988 to NCBOE Oxcroft Coal Disposal point near Clowne in North Derbyshire. Its industrial career ended here with the sale to loco dealer Harry Needle in July 1995 and since then it has been sold into private ownership and turned up at numerous preservation lines around the country. In 2001 it arrived at the Lavender Line in Sussex before a periods at Minehead, Peak Rail and Foxfield. Its arrival here on the Royal Deeside Railway at Milton of Crathes was on 16/10/2012 and it joined sisters class 03's D2024 and 03 134 also based here. The RDR operates a Sunday only service over a mile of the former Aberdeen to Ballater branch just east of Banchory.