1963 - J27 at Darlington..

NER/LNER J27 0-6-0 65830 with DE 0-6-0 shunter D3672 at Darlington shed, in April 1963.

65830 was withdrawn soon after this photos was taken, and scrapped a few weeks later.

One example was preserved, and 65894 is currently (2015) at the Darlington Railway Centre, awaiting funds for its latest overhaul.

D3672 became Class 08 08512, and was scrapped in 2011.

The shed closed in 1966, and the site is now open land, next to Darlington College..

Restored from an unfocussed grainy purple-colour-shifted original..

Original slide - photographer unknown

 

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