1962 - V3 at Thornaby..
Ex-LNER Greslet V3 2-6-2T 67640 at Thornaby shed in 1962, with a WD 2-8-0 behind, on the left.
The V3 had entered service in 1935, and was withdrawn in November 1964, and scrapped in February 1965. None of the class survived into preservation..
Thornaby shed had been completed in 1954 by BR, and closed to steam in 1964, but continued as a diesel depot after that. It finally closed down in 2008, and was demolished in 2011.
Today (2021) the shed site has been cleared, but the outline of the tracks and turntable can still be seen.
Restored from a very grainy, scratched, orange/cyan-colour-shifted original..
Original slide - photographer unknown
1962 - V3 at Thornaby..
Ex-LNER Greslet V3 2-6-2T 67640 at Thornaby shed in 1962, with a WD 2-8-0 behind, on the left.
The V3 had entered service in 1935, and was withdrawn in November 1964, and scrapped in February 1965. None of the class survived into preservation..
Thornaby shed had been completed in 1954 by BR, and closed to steam in 1964, but continued as a diesel depot after that. It finally closed down in 2008, and was demolished in 2011.
Today (2021) the shed site has been cleared, but the outline of the tracks and turntable can still be seen.
Restored from a very grainy, scratched, orange/cyan-colour-shifted original..
Original slide - photographer unknown