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5The locomotivesofThornton Junction’sﬁnal steam shed Roger Grifﬁths and John Hooper trackthe Thornton Junction allocation from July 1933 until thedemiseofthe LNER built six-road engine shed in 1970.

26 Happy afternoons on Hemerdon Living just ashortcyclerideaway, theteenage PeterKerslake enjoyed many tripstothe heartofthe Up climbofthe ex-GWR main lineawayfromPlymouth, whichwas 1-in-41atits steepest and routinelysaw heavytrainsbanked or piloted.

33 On thetracks of theWyvern:Through theAirevalley Observations of formerMidland Railwaymetalsare recalled in NorthEastern Region timesas RichardA Dangerﬁeld takesintrips between Bradford(ForsterSquare) and bothSkipton and Leeds

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Colin Boocock offers apersonal perspective on thegrowthofpart of thenation’sofﬁcial collectionofpreserved steam locomotives.

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56 Steamingoff to Swavesey

Lookingtoinspire railwaymodellers in themid-1950s, ChrisGordon Watford ventured out to theCambridge-St Ives-March routetorecordatypical formerGreat EasternRailwaycountry station.

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Manymoons agoIofenfound myself at modelrailway shows, manningthe OPCbookstand, butusually gettinga breakatsomepoint to go outtoanearbystation,suchasFratton,as Irecall. Inevitably,Ihad amodel railwayofmyown,OOgauge,and Dadwould give me a challenge to re-marshallthe goodstrain into aspecifc orderofwagons, naturallymakingitasdifcult as possible with limitedsidingstoplaywith–itwas pretty much theclassic double-track6fby4f oval with afew inner sidings. Imusthavebeenabout eight yearsold,but Irememberitwell. In due course,Iworkedinthe OPCshops andfrstinteractedwithone of ourauthors

ChrisGordonWatford made etched brassnameplatessothatthe identity of ready-to-run or kit-built enginescould be transformed. Te pennydidn’tdropimmediately when some 40-odd yearslater he approached us with awishtowrite –inthisedition,SteamingoftoSwavesey is his 10th SteamDays article– butitwasn’tlongbeforethe backdrop to hisphotography wasrevealed, andI realised that he wasChris of CGWnameplates!

Apparently,fromabout 1953 he foundaninterestintravellingabout to locationsofacertain size, nottoo large, photographingthemand sketchingout atrackplan, andthendoing awrite-up abouthow such astation couldberecreated as amodel,includingwhatmaterials were available andcould be used.Eachofthese tended to be just acoupleofpages when publishedand,infact, Chrisevenappearedonthe frontcover of Te RailwayModeller in May1953, shownhere, courtesy of RailwayModeller magazine,along with oneofChris’s photographsofSwaveseythatwas used in theJuly1956 issue. At certain locations, platform-side photographsoftrainscan be quitecommon, butthe combinationofsmall locationsand amodeller’s eyefor infrastructureand detailresults in some little photographed gems,and then thereis, afer thepassage of 70 years, remarkable variety in thestatusofsomeofthe locations, whichonlymakes thesubjectsmoreinteresting

Naturallyenough, Chrisstarted by oferingusa hometown articleofhis youth, andHastings is stillrail-ser ved, butthese area fewofthe otherlocations andtheir status today: Tile Hill (a West Midlands suburban station);Oakle Street (closed andlostonacurrent passengerline); theK&ESRand Bitton (bothpreserved); andthe HundredofHoo line(SR,freight only). While thereare others,the stand-out oddities have to be theDafodil line(Gloucester-Ledbury), which is in part beingreturnedtoits pre-railway days as acanal,and then thereisSwavesey, wherethe trackbed is nowre-purposedfor public transportbut as theCambridgeshireGuided Busway, linkingHuntingdon-StIvesand Cambridge, just as therailway haddoneuntil 1959.

Whileitcannotbedenied that this serviceiswell-usedand that busesbeneftfrombeing unhindered by othertrafc,and vice versa, it does seem extraordinar ythatthe relatively simple expedientoftakinga closinggoods-onlyroute andrelayingit, as necessar y, andbringingthe signallinguptopassenger standardswas notthe go-toposition –Iwouldn’t be surprisedifthe knit of services wouldhaveincludedlong-distance links,but insteadcamethe busway which soaked up eye-watering amountsoffunding.Itisaremarkablepublictransport operation and clearlyfts with theimage of Cambridge, with acycle path too, andsuchthings make bigchange projects happen. My theory is that allstations, no matter thesize,alwayshavea stor ytotell, but some aremoreextraordinar ythanothers.

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Aclassic photographic subjectfor arailway modeller,a goodsshedtobuild foryourlayoutathome. Chrishas variouslynoted of this structureatSwavesey, in 1956 andmorerecently: “Itwas quitealarge af fair,and is builtof timber andcreosoted,its location unusual, rightupagainst thepassenger platform; onenormallyfndsagoods shed builtsomedistanceawayoverasidinginagoods yard,where coal staithes arefound even furtheraway, to avoidcoaldustbeing anuisancetopassengerswaiting on theplatform. Also,there wasasecondgoods shed of similarconstructionoverthe back road,and this wasusedfor thestorage of fruit.”WhenChris visitedcirca 1955, therewas notthe vast optionsofmaterials availabletomodellers andfor thegravelplatforms he advocatedusing fneglasspaper, cuttosize, gluedtowood, andpaintingitburnt umber. Idon’t know that anyone hasmodelled Swavesey,but with this issueof SteamDays,all of Chris’sviews of thestation arenow seen. ChrisGordonWatford

The locomotivesof Thornton Junction’sﬁnal steamshed

RogerGriffths and John Hooper trac kthe ThorntonJunction allocation from July 1933 until the demise of the LNER-built engine shed in 1970.

Aswehaveseenacross fvearticles so far–see relatedreadingfromthe authors, page 23 –the provisionofan engine shedatTornton Junction facilitated abroad reachofinfuence andoperation in regard to locomotive matterswithin Fife. It maypreviouslyhaveseemedthatthe 133 allocated locomotiveslistedinour initial over view wasalarge feet,thiscovering the frst decade of LNER operation,but that waswhenBurntisland engine shed retained somethingofits initialroleasthe primar y motive powerhub.Wenow pick up the allocationstory on July 22, 1933, when the LNER opened anew engine shed at Tornton Junction,westofits predecessors,with facilities that usurpedthose at Burntisland andofereda home to amuchlargerfeet.

Well -k nown forcoa lfeldoperationsa nd alarge feet of 0- 6- 0s ,a nd later2 -8 -0 s, forminer al work , cont ra stinglyThorntonJunction’spassenger duties andlong-term useof4 -4 -0 swas made up of multiple classes, each of relatively fewlocos ,wit hsix NBRt ypes post-1923, such as theD30 in this view,a swella sone each of GN SR ,GCR /LNE Ra nd pureLNE Rdesign. D30interests spanned Februa ry 1928 to August 1959,wit ht hisviewrecordedonFebruar y28, 1953. No.62429 TheA bbot smokes in Thornton’s ea st ya rd ,t he background includingt he gent ly slopingsidings holdingLOCO coal wagons readyfor unloadingintot he coalingpla nt .A4 00 series SuperheatedScott completed at Cowlairs Work sinOctober 1914 , TheA bbot spentits days from May194 0a sa Thornton asset, from whereitwas withdr awnonAugust20, 1957,a nd cutupatInverurie Work s. TheA bbot wa s an 1820 novelbySir Wa lter Scot tset in 1567/68, againstt he esca pe of Ma ry,Queen of Scotsfrom LochlevenCastlea nd depa rturefromScotlandtoimprisonmentinE ngla nd. CJB Sander son/AR PT

In theinitial class-by-class appraisalofcomings andgoings(see Steam Days, June 2024, pages 58-60), therewere25lococlasses represented, plus abrace of railcars,whereas thefollowing account includes 38 steamclasses,seven diesel and, again, steam railcars,the overall countfor this laterperiod being344 steamlocos –notably 120 0-6-0 tender engines,484-4-0s and722-8-0s –three railcars and 49 diesels, so thecount is 396 forthe July 1933 to August 1970 period.Itisworth noting that upon openingonJuly22, 1933, some 81 locos andtwo railcarspasseddirectlytoTornton Junction new from thepreviousTornton shed.

Te establishedetiquette of followingthe LNER alpha-numericclass systemprovides the backboneofthisreview, butwithtweakstoaid thepresentationofthe 2-8-0 feet acrosstables 13

TableOne

and14. Also,where appropriate, asecondLNER number/orBritish Railways number is given. Te allocation listingisofciallyfromJuly31, 1933, butthe frst movesare alllistedasninedays priortothat, when thenew shed also received 10 locosfromBurntisland,sothe starting feet was really 91 steamlocos, plus twosteam railcars.Te Burntisland-Tornton transferswereasfollows:

Holmes J36 0-6-0: 9248, 9357, 9682 Jofre, 9708, 9762, 9794

Holden J69 0-6-0T:7358, 7369

Holmes J88 0-6-0T:9117, 9837

Te comings andgoingsofTornton Junction’s B1 class4-6-0 allocation is setout in TableOne –the feet grew over theyears and

Tornton Junction allocationspost-July22, 1933: TompsonB1class 4-6-0s

Engine From Date To Date

61029# St Margarets 3/4/66

Dunfermline6/11/66

61072 Haymarket28/3/48 Dunfermline25/8/58

61099 Bathgate 24/4/66 Condemned 2/9/66 61103 New4/12/46 Condemned 14/7/66

61118 New17/1/47 Condemned 23/7/64

61132 Dundee 11/1/60 Condemned 2/9/66

61133 Eastfeld 27/1/56 Condemned 2/9/66

61134 Eastfeld 21/1/56 Eastfeld 18/4/60

61146 Kittybrewster3/7/49 Dalr yRoad5/9/60 Dalr yRoad2/11/60 Condemned 12/3/64

61147 Dundee 14/10/51 Dundee 4/4/65

61148 Eastfeld 29/1/50 Southern Region 20/5/53 Southern Region 21/6/53 Condemned 2/9/66

61221# St Margarets 20/1/64 Dundee 10/1/65

61261 Ayr31/7/64 Condemned 23/9/66

61262 New1/12/47 Dundee 18/4/60

61277 Eastfeld 4/5/57 Dundee 18/4/60

61292 New25/2/48 Haymarket28/3/48

61307 Bathgate 24/4/66 St Margarets28/8/66

Engine From Date To Date

61308 St Margarets 3/4/66 Condemned 19/11/66

61330 St Margarets 2/5/57 Condemned 19/11/66

61332 St Margarets 12/11/62 Condemned 29/12/62

61340 Grangemouth16/10/61 Dundee 12/11/61

61343 Kittybrewster24/3/59 Condemned 3/3/66

61344 St Margarets 24/4/66 Condemned 23/9/66

61346 Aberdeen Ferr yhill 26/12/62 Condemned 8/6/64

61347 St Margarets 24/4/66 Condemned 4/4/67

61349 St Margarets 24/4/66 Condemned 17/8/66

61354 St Margarets 24/4/66 Dundee 13/11/66

61358 St Margarets 2/5/57 Condemned 25/12/63

61398 St Margarets 15/6/64 Dundee 20/7/64

61400 Dalr yRoad5/10/64 Condemned 17/12/64

61401 Kittybrewster15/10/56 Eastfeld 13/4/60 Grangemouth16/10/61 Condemned 17/4/64

61403 Dundee 7/3/55 Eastfeld 9/4/60

61407 Dunfermline14/8/66 Condemned 22/4/67

#Named locomotive –61029 Chamois;61221 SirAlexander Erskine-Hill

by thecomingofthe endofsteam in Scotland, some 20 examples of theclass were condemned at 62A, whileanother half adozen or so were transferredaway. Teir main role at Tornton wastotakeoverthe passengerduties of the resident4-4-0s, andthese includedtrainsto Edinburghand Glasgow, besides localworkings. As successive wavesofdiesel locomotivesand multiple units were putintotrafc, theB1s were demoted to workinggeneralgoodsand coal trains untilthe enddrewnear.

Te frst localexample of theformerNorth BritishRailway Reid classMtankengines, LNER C15 No.9039,did notappearatTornton until some six yearsafertheformation of the LNER; just over ayearlater it wastransferred away. Subsequently, at thebeginningof1932, anotherexample turned up,and this engine,No. 9001/67452, managedaresidencyof more than 24 yearsbeforebeingcondemned in February 1956. Assuch, this wasthe only 4-4-2T transferred from TorntonJunction’sold shed to thenew site in1933. It is worthsayingthatthe locomotive review alreadymentioned waskeyed to theshed replacedin1933, with nuggets of information that pertained largely to typesthatfellbythe wayside bythattime, so theclass overviewsthatfollow include some back references to that time,and alsotothe earlier historyoflocomotivetypes that were part of theTornton storyaferthe summer of1933, acrossthe wide rangeof their years.

Interestingly, whileC15 No.9001/67452 went aboutits business, six more membersof theclass came andwent –their main duties consistedlocal passengerturns –leaving No.67452 on itsown forthe fnal full year of itstimeat62A. TableTwo ofersanoverview of thechanges, andincludes thesingleexample of NBRReid ClassLthatwas drafedintotake over theduties performedbyC15 No.67452. However, as diesel multiple unitsappeared, the days of C16 No.67493 were numbered

Nine 4-4-0 classesgraced thebooks at Torntoninthe period under review,the frst under thespotlight beingthe RobinsondesignedD11/2 of GreatCentral parentagebut modifedtoftthe former NBRlines andbuilt to LNER order,the trio allocated to 62A allbeing completed by Kitson &CoLtd in September/ October1924 as LNER Nos. 6384-86. Te frst twoarrivedtogetherfromHaymarket shed on April24, 1957: Nos. 62678 Luckie Mucklebackit

Av is it to Th or nt on Ju nc tion sh ed on th ea ft er no on of Fr id ay,Aug us t26, 1966 ,r es ulte di nt hi s ca pt ur eofar ar el yp hotogr ap he dlin ei nu se by on eoft he Th or nt on Ju nc tion (62A)B14 -6 -0 s, mi xe dt ra ff ce ng in es .Wea re lo ok inge as ta lo ng th es ou th er nmo st si di ng ,w it ht he dies el fu elli ng pointi nt he dis ta nce, th em ea nd er ingR iver Or eu ns ee na cr os st he low- ly ingl an do nt he right, an da lo ng -r un av ai la bl et ot he he ad sh untj us ts ho rt of th eR ot he sCollier yt ip at th ewes t endoft he site .No. 61347islistedbyt he photogra pher as runningbra ke tria ls ,sopresuma blyt hat is fort he EnglishE lect ricType41CoCo1coupled.No. D359,one assumes, needed at tentionwhen visiting from Haymarket; it wa snew to tr af fc on September13, 1961,a nd beca me No.4 0159 in Oc to be r1973. KP aye/ Kidd er mi ns ter Rail wayM useu m

TableTwo

TorntonJunction allocationspost-July22, 1933 C15 andC16 Atlantic tanks

Engine From Date To Date

C15 4-4-2T –NBR classM–Reid 9001/67452 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Perth26/3/45 Perth7/5/45 Condemned 10/2/56 9141/7461 Dundee 7/9/52 Condemned 18/12/54 9155/67462 DunfermlineXX/1/45

9015/67466 Dundee 16/12/45

9053/7471 Dundee 7/9/52

Dunfermline27/7/46

Dunfermline7/1/46

Condemned 4/12/52 9026/67476 Dundee 1/4/45

9051/67478

Dundee 1/4/45

C164-4-2T –NBR classL–Reid 9449/67493 Dundee 9/1/55

Condemned 15/9/54

DunfermlineXX/7/45

Condemned 13/4/56

StillinLNERliver yinthe seventhyearsince Nationalisationofthe BigFour, Reid C154 -4 -2T No.7461passesthe site of West Wemyss station with the6.07pmMethiltoThorntonJunction servicein1954. Builtbythe YorkshireEngineCo LtdasNBR series 1No. 141and newtotraffc in September1912, this Atlantic tank arrivedat Thornton Junction on September7,1952(it still has‘ Dundee’painted on thebuf ferbeam) and concludedits career at 62 Awhencondemned in mid- December 1954.WestWemyssopened on August 1, 1881,asone of twointermediate stations on theBuckhaven branch,which was extended throughtoMethilinMay 1887.The stationwas frst closed as awar time economy from NewYear’sDay 1917,and whileits goods operations restar tedonMay 7, it was29months before passengerser vicesresumed,and then thestation closed completely on July 7, 1949 WJ Verden Anderson/RailArchive Stephenson

Se en fr om Bo re la nd Road over br idge on Satu rd ay,J un e13, 1959,C la ss D11/ 2N o. 62677 Edie Ochiltree (Kitson&CoLtd WorksNo. 5385 of Se pt em be r1924) co me soff th eR os yt h Dock ya rd br anch to ente rI nver ke it hi ng st at io n, be hi nd th ec am er a, an dfor mt he 3. 47pm se rv icet oTho rnto nJ unct io n. Th e Ro bi ns on -d es ig ne dp os t- Gr ou pi ng -b ui lt 4- 4- 0w as wo rk ingf ro mH ay ma rket at th e en dof th eL NE Re ra ,m ov ingo nt oTho rnto n Ju nc tion in Ap ri l1957for as tayof26m onth s, be fo re af na ls hi ft to Du nfer mlin e. With dr aw n on Augu st 26 ,1959, it wa sc ut up at Cowl airs Th eline scom ingi nt ot he pict ur ef ro m th er ig ht ar ef ro mE di nb ur gh vi at he Fo rt h Br idge ,a nd be twee nt he ma nd th eb ra nc hi s Inve rkeith ingG oo ds Ya rd –n ow Ki ng St re et ca rp ar k–t he in ev it ab le re us e! Ed ie Oc hi lt re e wa salicen se db eg ga rw ho fe at ur ed in Th e Anti qu ar y, an 1816 nove lbyS ir Wa lt er Scot t. RB ar bo ur,court es yBM cC ar tn ey

and62679 Lord Glenallan, with No.62677 Edie Ochiltree followingaday later, at leastonpaper Te frst twoarrivalswerebothcondemnedfrom Torntonshed, No.62679 on September10, 1958, andNo. 62678 on March3,1959, andthen about3½monthslater theloneNo. 62677 was transferredawaytoDunfermlineon June 15.Te short time spentatTornton foundthese D11/2s workingmainlinetrainstoDundee,Edinburgh andGlasgow,the former dutytakingthemnorth via both themainlineand thecoastal route. Te lossofthe home feet of ‘ScottishDirectors’ proved nottobeend of sightings at 62A as three of Eastfeld’s batch –Nos.62674 FloraMacIvor, 62686 Te FieryCross,and 62687 Lord Jamesof Douglas –werestoredatTornton Junction shed in 1960 priortobeingcondemnedin1961. Te comings andgoingsofthe pre-Grouping 4-4-0s aresummarised in TableTree. Originally workingimportant passengertrainsfromthe Edinburghsheds in particular,the D29 Scott 4-4-0s (NBR classJ)werecascadeddowntothe countrysheds from theearly 1930s as they were replacedbymodernLNERengines.Teearliest arrivalatTornton hadbeenNo. 9338 Helen MacGregor by August 4, 1928, andthree made thetransferfromold to newshedinJuly1933,

TableTree

TorntonJunction allocationspost-July22, 1933

Pre-Grouping4-4-0s

Engine From Date To

D29 –NBR classJorScott –Reid 9896/2401 Dandie Dinmont TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 16/11/49 9243/2406 MegMerrilies TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 17/10/49 9338/2409 HelenMacGregor TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Dundee XX/3/40 9339/62410 Ivanhoe Dundee XX/1/40 Condemned 14/1/52 9340/62411 Lady of Avenel Eastfeld 4/12/49 Condemned 14/11/52 9362/2415 Ravenswood Dunfermline3/3/39 Condemned 5/7/47

D30 –NBR classJorSuperheated Scott–Reid 9409/62418 Te Pirate Dundee 4/6/50 Condemned 6/8/59 9410/62419 MegDods TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 19/9/57 9420/62429 Te Abbot Perth20/5/40 Condemned 20/8/57 9421/62430 Jingling Geordie TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 7/1/57 9422/62431 Kenilworth TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 17/10/58 9427/62436 Lord Glenvarloch Dundee XX/12/45 Perth3/1/48 9500/62441 BlackDuncan TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Dunfermline2/2/46 9501/62442 SimonGlover TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 26/6/58

D31 –NBR classM –Holmes

9635/62281 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Carlisle Canal12/5/39 9636 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 6/11/37 9641

TorntonJnold 22/7/33 KippsXX/6/39

TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Dunfermlineby1/1/35 9767/2071

DunfermlineXX/5/40 Kittybrewster22/7/44

9769/2073 Dundee XX/5/40 Kittybrewster22/7/44

9770/2074 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 DunfermlineXX/6/39

D32– NBR classK–Reid 9885/2446 Dundee XX/3/40 Condemned 30/9/48

9886/2447

D33 –NBR classK–Reid

9383/62464

DunfermlineXX/3/40 Condemned 16/12/47

TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Dunfermline3/3/39

9385/62466 Stirling9/3/40 Dunfermline30/3/40

D34 –NBR classKGlen–Reid 9149/62467 Glenfnnan TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 10/8/60 9221/62468 Glen Orchy Eastfeld 28/2/36 Condemned 3/9/58

9407/62475 Glen Beasdale TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 29/6/59 9291/62478 Glen Quoich TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 15/12/59 9278/62484 Glen Lyon PerthLMS 24/10/60 Hawick 16/11/60 9281/62485 Glen Murran Eastfeld 12/12/43 Dundee XX/12/45 9505/2491 Glen Cona TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 16/12/47 9034/62492 Glen Garvin TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 11/6/59

D41– GNSR78seriesorclass S–Johnson 6882/62229 Kittybrewster9/3/40 KittybrewsterXX/6/43

With theend of theSecondWorld War, theLNER’sintention wastoreturnits passengerengines to greenliver y, butasfar as ex-NBR 4- 4- 0s were concerned, only onewas givensucharepaint ,No. 62411 Lady of Avenel Itsdir ty greenpaint with blackand whiteliningbut yellow signage is viewed here in September1952, abaret wo months before the1911-builtD29 or Scot twas condemned. What is notseenisthatthe tender stillcarries LNER branding andwould do so into thebreaker ’s yard.Inthe background,the frst of Rothes Colliery’s twohugeconcretewinding towers beginstodominatethe scener y. DavidKelso

with thepeakallocationreachingfve examples in theearly months of 1940. Torntonused them on stoppingpassenger servicesinthe Fife District andthe last example,No. 62411 Lady of Avenel, wasresidentat62A when condemned in November 1952.

Te 27 membersofD30 classwere essentiallysuperheated versions of D29 buthad higher pitchedboilers, necessary becausethe piston valves were locatedatopthe cylinders. Teywerethe fnal developmentof the traditional NBR4-4-0, beingbuilt before,during andaferthe First WorldWar,infourbatches Tese 4-4-0s startedtransferringto Tornton (old) during thelate1920s, just afew yearsbefore their older cousinsofClass D29, andmostof them remained at Torntonuntil condemned Acoupleofthe classwereallocated at Tornton just priortothe Grouping,but thesemoved to Eastfeld before theLNER took over.Whennew, they worked passengerexpresses on all themain lines from Edinburgh, in particular,and Eastfeld shedinGlasgow hadabatch to work the expresses to Edinburgh. At Tornton, theD30 Superheated Scotts worked trains to Glasgow, Edinburghand Dundee usingall availableroutes, andlatterlytheyworkedsecondary trains such as theRosythworkmen’s services.

Oneofthe older classesinthe NBRstable, D31, came aboutwhenthe NBRamalgamated Holmes NBRclasses 574, 633 and729 into ClassMaferrebuildingby both Reid 1918-21 andChalmers(1921/22). Some 48 engines made up ClassM andall became D31 under theLNER.Seven made it to become BR property butnoneofthose were Tornton engines. At theGrouping,Tornton washome to fveofthe classand thesewereworking

stoppingtrainsand piloting expresses over themainlineand coastalroute in Fife, and this remained theirstaplejob untiltransferred away ;fourtothe GreatNorth Section, albeit in diferentdecades, theotherstodepotsnear andfar.Onlyone of Tornton’sD31 allocation wascondemned whileresident.

Te NBRmixed trafcengines that became LNER D32 were described as ‘Intermediates’ andprovedtobeamong thesuccessful homeproduceddesigns from theReid stable.Classifed K by WP Reid himself in hispower classifcation system of September1913, therewerejusta dozen of theseengines, Nos. 9882-93, allbuilt at Cowlairs Worksduringthe four-month period October 1906 to January1907. Tenofthe class becameBRpropertybut thelastone,No. 62451, was condemned in March1951. No.9893/2454 wasresident at Torntonbythe Grouping and like theother classmembers scatteredabout the NBRsystem, it wasemployedonperishables trafc, fshtrainsfromFifebeingits lot, although during theday,turns on theFifeCoast Express sawitworking in apassenger role.Tat engine movedontoHawickand an eight-yearlull ensued before anymoreD32s were transferred into Tornton. Te foregoingispre-LNER built shed history, butMarch 1940 sawNos.9885 and9886 arrive to work localpassenger services, alongwithany perishable trafc. Te expansionofthe TompsonB1class sawfour of those4-6-0s arrive at Torntoneithersideof Nationalisation, andthatevent broughtanend to the D32 era at theshed.

Te D33 classwas an almost identicalengine to D32 andevenhad thesameofcial ClassK designation andunofcial ‘Intermediates’name. Again, 12 mixed trafclocomotives were built, allat

Cowlairs,during1909/10. Te diferencefromthe 1906 batchconsisted of boiler details andalarger tender of 44 tons 12cwt, againstthe 40-ton tenders of 1906. It waslef to theLNER to superheatthis classand allbut twobecameBRproperty. Tornton gotcertain membersbeforeand afer theGrouping, buttheydidn’t appear to stay long,withonly twoengines exceedinga fve-yearresidency and most having just afew yearsatthe shed.Tefnal example to grace thebooks wasNo. 9385, which managedjustthree weeksinMarch 1940.

Te Glens, series 149, were yetanother modifcationofReid’s ClassKbut were superheatedfrombuilding– Cowlairs Works 1913-20 –whichgavethemthe designation SuperheatedIntermediates, with atotal of 32 enginesbeingput into trafc, thebulkofthem, at leastinthe earlydays, workingoverthe West Highland line. Teywereefcientand versatileengines that were always popularwith enginemen. Torntonshedwas chosen to host thefrstengineofthe frst batch in September 1913. Giventhe name Glenfnnan,thatClass K remained at Torntonfor thewhole of itslife, beingcondemnedinAugust 1960. Te engines were neversubjecttorebuilding, butnew boilers were availablefor shoppingfrom1922. No more newGlensweresenttoTornton untilNo. 9034 in June 1920. Sevenmorefollowedduringthe earlyyears afer theGroupingand four of those were earlyarrivalswhichremainedatTornton to their end; theothershad lessconspicuous shorter residencies. Teyweremixed trafc engines, Torntonusingthemonpassenger turnstoGlasgow andDundeebesides ftted goodsworkings. Once again, thecomingofthe B1s hadanefect on theTornton D34s butnot as much as did theinternalcombustionengine.

In it s42n dyea r, ex-N BR Re id D344 -4 -0 No.62478 Gl en Qu oi ch he ad sa lo ng th eFifeCoa st be twee nK ilco nq uh ar an dL ar go with an Up pa ss enge r tr ai no nS at ur day, Augu st 1, 1959.The bo dy of wate ri sL ar go Bay, an dR ud do n’sPoi nt is th eb ac kd ro p. With litt le to hi nd er it sa lign me nt ,t he ra il wayi sn ea rd ea ds tr aighta swel oo ke as t, bu tak in kt ot he le ft pr eced es th ei nl an dcom mu nity of Ki lcon qu ha r, be fo re ac ur ve so ut ht akes th elin eb ac kt ot he coas tatE lie. D34s we re acon st anto nt he bo ok sofTho rnto nJ unct io ni nL NE Rd aysa nd unti lAug us t10, 1960 ,b ut Gl en Qu oi ch wo ul db econ de mn ed as of th ep reviou sD ecem be r15; Gl en Qu oich it se lf wa sn ot ra il -s er ve d, be inga bo ut 27 mi le swes tofB allate ri n Ab er de en sh ir e. JLS teve nson /H am is hS teve nson Tr us t

Former GreatNorth of Scotland Railway 4-4-0 No.6882 wasone of thoseodd though necessary wartimetransfers that sawitarrivefrom Aberdeen in March1940 andremaininFifefor a furtherthree years. Passengertrafc hadfallen of during theearly yearsofthewar,while inthe NBSection thesheds were desperate formotive power;another D41 came southwithNo. 6882 andwenttoDunfermline. No 6882 wasalready almost47years oldwhenitwas transferredto Torntonbut amazinglyitworkedon foranother eightyears afer returningtohometerritory;it was condemned in December1951 as BR No.62229. WhileatTornton,the 4-4-0was given localjobsbut spentmostofits time at Ladybank sub-shedworking ballasttrainsand thelike. Latecomers to Tornton, only six of the eventual dozen D49s whichresidedatTornton served thedepot during theLNERera. However, that number equatedtoaquarter of thetotal of theclass allocatedtothe Scottish Area in LNER days –see TableFour forthe Tornton

Pictured on theeastfankofThornton Junction stationislocally-allocated D49No. 62744 The Holderness in June 1957.Adozen of these Gresley 4- 4- 0s variouslysaw allocation to Thornton Junction in theJune1938toApril 1960 period,but of theseNo. 62744was theodd one out ,being aHuntratherthana Shire. Some nameplateswap‘housekeeping’ occurred in 1932toensurethatthe Huntswerethe class members with Lentzrotar ycam motion and poppet valves (designatedD49/2),sothe day-todaycareof TheHolderness differed alit tlefrom therestof thefeetat62A ,which hadoutside Walschaer ts andinsideGresley conjugated valve gear.No. 62744was only on thebooks from mid-Februar y1957until earlyApril 1960.Justin view on thefar left aresteps that hadclimbedup from theisolatedMethilbranchislandplatform; while thelink remainedfor goods, thepassenger needended in Januar y1955and some trackwork revision followed. RNSmith Collection

allocation. No.329 Inverness-shire worked from Torntonfor just twoyears before transferring to Perth, andthatmovelef theshedberef of D49s foralmostthree years, before threemoreofthe classarrivedin1943; No.2704 Stirlingshire came from Perthinearly 1946 andthenonthe eveof NationalisationNo. 2729 Rutlandshire came from Carlisle Canal. BR days sawsix more

joiningthe ranksat62A andall theseappear to have settledatthe shed untiltheymoved away or were condemned in thelate1950s. Employed on express andstoppingtrainsto Edinburghand Glasgow, theTornton D49s undertook fttedfreight workings toobut their useongeneral freighttrainswas restricted as they were deemed unsuitable andcould only

TableFour TorntonJunction allocationspost-July22, 1933 GresleyD49 4-4-0s

Engine

From Date To Date

264/62704 Stirlingshire Perth2/2/46 Condemned 18/8/58

266/62706 Forfarshire Haymarket25/4/57 Condemned 3/2/58

270/62708 Argyllshire Dundee XX/2/43 PerthXX/6/43 PerthXX/7/43

246/62712 Morayshire St Margarets 27/1/58

249/62713 Aberdeenshire

Dundee 5/11/50

Condemned 4/5/59

Hawick 4/4/60

Condemned 9/9/57

307/62716 Kincardineshire Dundee XX/2/43 St Margarets 18/4/60

309/62717 Banfshire

Haymarket12/12/43 Botanic Gardens1/1/51

329/62725 Inverness-shire Eastfeld XX/6/38

2753/62728 Cheshire

2754/62729 Rutlandshire

2758/62733 Northumberland

273/62744 Te Holderness

Dundee 21/2/57

Perth20/5/40

Condemned 29/10/59

Carlisle Canal29/12/47 St Margarets 9/4/60

Haymarket27/1/58 St Margarets 18/4/60

Dundee 19/2/57

Hawick 9/4/60

load thesameasa J35. TwoHolmesG7s sawallocationtoTornton Junction’s oldshedpost-Grouping, butbothwere goneas of May5,1932, the demise of No.9091 on that daybeingasthe last of theclass.Beyond that time,justone 0-4-4T locomotive graced

theTornton books, G10 No.6889 arriving from KittybrewsteronMay 8, 1937. Notquite life-expiredwhenthe Aberdeen suburban services were discontinued in theApril,the ninemembers of this class– originally GNSR ClassR–wereunder thespotlight as to what

TableFive

Engine From Date To Date

9852/64464 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Polmadie 7/2/57

9854/64466 Dunfermline1/12/44 Condemned 8/7/59 9855/4467 Dunfermline1/12/44 Condemned 6/11/47

9187/64474 Eastfeld 21/10/46 Condemned 2/10/61

9190/64477 Parkhead 12/12/43 Polmadie 7/2/57

9191/64478 Carlisle CanalXX/2/61 Carlisle Canal20/8/62* 9197/64484 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 PolmontXX/10/33 9201/64488 Bathgate 21/10/46

Condemned 2/10/61 9204/64491 Bathgate 4/2/61

Condemned 29/12/62 9365/64495 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Dalr yRoad14/12/52 9366/64496 TorntonJnold 22/7/33

Dunfermline1/12/44 9367/64497 Carlisle Canal7/10/46 Stirling6/1/47 9370/64500 Parkhead 12/12/43

Dalr yRoad14/12/52 9375/64505 TorntonJnold 22/7/33

Dunfermline1/12/44 9038/64514 Eastfeld 26/10/46

Parkhead 9/1/52 9057/64516 Eastfeld 21/10/46

Dunfermline2/12/56 9335/64521 Carlisle Canal7/10/46

An ot he rv iewatTho rnto nJ unct io ns tation , th is time on Ju ne 20 ,1937, re co rd st he ne ar by sh ed ’s lo ne LN ER G100 -4 -4T, No.6889. Gi ve n th at th is is aS un day, st ab li ng at th es tation sugges ts pi lotwor katt hi ss it e, an dlikew is e J8 8N o. 92 36 aw aits th ep il ot bu si ne ss of th e newwee ka he ad .I na dd it io n, th er ew as al so no Su nd ay pa ss enge rs er vice on th eM et hi l br anch ,h ence it sS enti ne ls te am ra ilca ra ls o sl um be rs on th el ef t. Th el at te rw illb eN o. 313 Ba nk sofD on at th is time .B ui lt fo rs ub ur ba n wo rk ,t he 0- 4- 4T wa sn ew fr om Ne il so n&Co Lt di nD ecem be r1893a sG NS RRc la ss No.89, it st im eatTho rnto nJ unct io n–M ay 8, 1937,t o Ju ne 3, 1939 –r ar el yp hotogr ap he d. On eofa cl as sofn in eJ am es Jo hn so ne ng in es ,N o. 68 89 pr oved to be th ep enultimate su rv ivor HCC as se rl ey/K id de rm in st er Rail wayM useu m

wouldbecomeofthem. No.6889 wassentofto Torntonwhere it foundworkonpilot duties at Kirkcaldyinplace of theusual Reid J88 0-6-0T Afer twoyears it wasreturnedtothe Great NorthSection at KeithonJune3,1939, where in January1940 it wascondemned;six of its classmates hadbeenscrapped in 1937 andone in 1939. Te sole survivor,No. 6887 (No. 7505 afer April1946), waslatterlythe pilotatInverurie Worksuntil condemned in August 1947.

Condemned 7/1/59

Condemned 3/4/59 9336/64522 TorntonJnold 22/7/33

*Not transferredbut condemnedonthatdateinstead,and sent in November 1962 to InverurieWorks forscrapping.

Inevitably,asa shed in theheart of mineralrich territory,atthe core of theallocationwas a feet of 0-6-0 engines, theReidJ35s beinglistedin TableFive. Contrary to that thought, only threeof this particular classwereallocated to Torntonat theGrouping, butduringthe LNER era another 14 arrived; BR’s contribution wasjusttwo engines. Many remained at 62A to serveBRand eight of thosewerecondemned at theshed. Introducedin 1906, theseReidClass Bengines were thelargest 0-6-0s on theNBR systemand over theensuing yearsupto1913 no lessthan76ofthemwereput intotrafc,withCowlairssupplying 36 andthe NorthBritish Locomotive Co Ltd(NBL) theother 40. When putintotrafc,these enginesworked main line, long-distance goodstrafc, forwhich,at the time,Tornton hadnorequirement. However, with theintroductionofReid’sBand Sclass (later to be LNER ClassJ37) from 1914 onwards, up to the eveofGrouping, the1906 enginesweregradually relegatedtoworking coal trains.Itwas nowthat Torntonstarted to acquire J35s, butquite slowly as by themid-1930s only fvewereallocated as the shed still reliedonits older 0-6-0 tender engine feet formostofthe work done in thecoalfeld.

Te LNER J36, NorthBritish RailwayHolmes classC,was aStandardtypeand by farthe most

O rigi na ll yN BR 84 8s er ie sN o. 854ofJ un e 19 06 ,Tho rnto n- ba se dR ei dJ 35 No.644 66 he ad ss ou th towa rd sFalkl an dR oa do n th eE di nb ur gh &N or th er nR ai lw ay ma in li ne ,c irca 1952 .The occu pation br idge an d si di ng sh er ewer ej us tove ram il es ou th of Ki ng sket tl es tation ,n ea rM il ep os t37, an di n th efor eg ro un da re re mn ants of Fo rt ha rL im e Si di ng ,com pl et ew it ha nL NE Rs ig nr ea di ng ‘E ng in es nota ll owed to pa ss th is point. By or de r’ –b eyon dw as th ep ri vate ly-own ed an d lightl y- la id Fo rt ha rL im eWor ks tr amway; it sp at h, to th er ig ht ,c an ju st be ma de ou t pa ss ingu nd er th er oa dw ay.A194 4a rr iv al at Th or nt on Ju nc tion sh ed as LN ER No.9 854, th ep ic tu re d0 -6 -0 re ma in ed on th eb oo ks unti lcon de mn ed in ea rl yJ ul y1959, wh ic h mo me nt ar il yl ef tj us tt wo J35s at th es he d, No s. 64 474a nd 64 48 8. WJ Ve rd en Ande rson /R ail ArchiveS te ph en so n

TableSix

TorntonJunction allocationspost-July 22, 1933 ex-North British RailwayJ36 0-6-0

Engine

9608 Foch TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 29/6/37 9620 Rawlinson TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 16/6/36 9622/65213 StirlingXX/10/43 Perth12/12/43 9632/65218 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Eastfeld 28/6/60 9650/65226 Haig TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Kipps4/5/38 9659/65235 Gough TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Bathgate 20/7/37 9664/65238 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 KippsXX/3/37 9667/65239 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Dundee 12/12/43 9681/65252 Dunfermline13/9/33 DunfermlineXX/11/39 Dunfermline7/1/51 Condemned 6/5/60 9682/65253 Jofre Burntisland22/7/33 Dunfermline21/5/40 9684/65255 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 KippsXX/3/37 9692/5263 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Hawick XX/6/34

Builtin-houseatCowlairsWorks in August 1892 , NBRClass CNo. 612saw servicesupplying the WesternFront in theFirst WorldWar from October1917toJune1919, af terwhich it received thename Ypres.SeenatThorntoninMay 1934,this 0- 6- 0was basedatthe depotsince pre- Grouping days.Its frst LNER number was9612, itssecond, 5269,which wasapplied in June 1946,withthe engine withdrawnfromBathgate13months later, fordisposalatInverurie Works. Although commemorating20thcentury battles, No.612 wasbestowedwiththe name of theBelgian city of Ypres, whichwas at tacked by theRomansin thefrstcentury BC andatother timesoverthe ages untilthe FirstWorld War. Between1914and 1917 it wasthe site of threemajor battles, each resultinginhorrendouslossoflifeonbothsides Also just visibleisaSentinelsteam railcar, which at this time will either be No.33 Highland Chieftain or 313 Bank sOfDon BernardMat thewsCollection

numerous classofthe NBR0-6-0s. By 1900, when complete, it amounted to 168 locomotives, allofwhich reachedthe Grouping,and then in 1948 BR acceptedsome123 survivorsintothe ranks. Withoutdoubt,one of themostsuccessful NBR 0-6-0s, it wasthe brainchild of Holmes whoreintroducedthe 18in cylinderin1888 in theNBR ClassCmixed trafcengineafer10 yearsof17in cylindersbeingthe norm fornew 0-6-0 tender engines. When No.794 rolled of the production lineatCowlairsWorks in 1900, these locomotivesrepresented affh of theNBR capital stock. At theGrouping, Torntonhad 23 of the classallocated,split betweenthe main shedand itssubs–the post-July1933 allocation is listed in TableSix. Regarded as excellentengines by footplatemen, they were maids-of-all-workand were particularly useful on thecollierybranches

9248/65265 Burntisland22/7/33 Bathgate 20/7/37 9357/65266 Burntisland22/7/33 Kipps12/4/38 9612/5269 Ypres TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Bathgate XX/4/38 9708/65279 Burntisland22/7/33 Hawick XX/6/37 9719/65290 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Polmont29/9/34 9720/65291 TorntonJnold 22/7/33

Condemned 29/11/50

9747/65305 PolmontXX/9/35 Dunfermline21/5/40

9749/65307 Dunfermline9/7/62 Bathgate 11/11/63 9762/65320 Burntisland22/7/33 Dunfermline13/9/33

9775/65327 Dunfermline2/5/65 Condemned 13/11/65

9780/5332 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 5/8/47

9785/5337 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 PolmontXX/9/35 9793/65345 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Bathgate 26/12/65 Bathgate 4/12/66 Condemned 5/6/67 9794/65346 Burntisland22/7/33 StirlingXX/10/43

New from Cowlairs WorksinDecember1896as NBR No.716,HolmesJ36 No.65287 spentmuch timeatKipps depotafter having itsboilerand cab profle speciallycut down so it couldworkthrough therestricteddimensionsofthe mineralbranch to Gart verrie Fire Clay Works, specifcallyan underbridgebeneath theCarlisle- Stirling main line betwixtGarnqueenSouth andNor th junctions. TransferredfromKipps to Grangemouthshedin June 1963,itwas withdrawnthe next monthand sent to Thornton Junction to performstationar y boiler duties alongsidethe workshop on thesouth side of theshed, as seen on September7,1964, whichitdid untilJuly1965. At that time,itwas sold of ftoMotherwellMachinery &Scrap,Wishaw. ALinaker/Kidderminster RailwayMuseum

Engine From Date To Date

9222/64542 Carlisle Canal?/? Dunfermline?/?

9263/64546 Carlisle Canal20/7/37 Bathgate 12/12/43

Parkhead 27/8/45 Condemned 14/5/64

9431/64549 Carlisle Canal9/4/38 Condemned 13/7/64

9432/64550 Eastfeld 28/11/42 Dunfermline03/12/62

9435/64553 Eastfeld 23/3/46 Polmont11/1/48 9436/64554 Carlisle CanalXX/4/40 Dunfermline5/3/45

9089/64557 St Margarets29/12/62 Dundee 7/1/63 9139/64559 Carlisle Canal2/4/38 Bathgate 12/12/43 9162/64564 Eastfeld 5/10/42 Condemned 8/6/64 9167/64565 Parkhead 21/10/46 Condemned 2/10/61 9297/64569 Bathgate 15/11/64 Dundee 6/11/66 9304/64570 Grangemouth20/10/64 Condemned 19/11/66 9314/64572 St Margarets14/9/64 Condemned 14/9/64 9315/64573 St MargaretsXX/1/39 Bathgate 12/12/43 9454/64574 St MargaretsXX/1/39 Dunfermline5/3/45 9455/64575 Carlisle CanalXX/6/37 Aberdeen Ferr yhill XX/7/40 9456/64576 St Margarets29/12/62 Dundee 7/1/63 9457/64577 St Margarets29/12/62 Dundee 7/1/63 9458/64578 Carlisle Canal20/7/37 Kipps12/12/43 9459/64579 Carlisle Canalby30/6/40 Kipps12/12/43 9461/64581 Eastfeld 29/9/34 Eastfeld 30/4/37 9463/64583 St MargaretsXX/4/42 Kipps12/12/43 9466/64586 St Margarets29/12/62 Condemned 29/6/64 9467/64587 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Dundee 5/11/45 9468/64588 St Margarets29/12/62 Condemned 23/6/66 9477/64591 St Margarets14/9/64 Condemned 12/10/64

served by Tornton. Of note is that No.65345 was speciallypainted in October1966 by Tornton Junction staf foranappearancein theBBC TV series Doctor Finlay’sCasebook.

Five J37 0-6-0s were allocatedtoTornton Junctionbythe Grouping,withthree of those appearingbrand-new andbeingthe only ones

Engine From Date To Date

9313/64595 St Margarets 10/11/63 Condemned 3/3/66

9470/64596 St Margarets 5/3/37 Condemned 5/4/61

9471/64597 St Margarets 5/3/37 St Margarets 26/10/52

9472/64598 DunfermlineXX/10/41 Dundee 4/6/50

9485/64600 Perth9/6/39 Dundee 17/8/59

9487/64602 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Dundee 17/8/59 Dundee 14/8/66 Dundee 6/11/66

9488/64603 St Margarets 1/12/36 St Margarets 17/5/37 St Margarets 29/12/62 Dunfermline7/1/63

9296/64605 St Margarets 29/12/62 Dunfermline7/1/63

9300/64606 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 St Margarets 1/12/36 Bathgate 15/11/64 Condemned 14/7/66

9401/64611 PerthXX/1/34 Eastfeld 24/3/37

9402/64612 Dundee 25/8/43 Carstairs26/9/55

9072/64616 St Margarets 14/8/36 Condemned 28/12/63

9084/64618 St Margarets 15/5/37 Condemned 27/10/66

9272/64624# TorntonJnold 22/7/33 St Margarets 14/8/36

9273/64625 Dunfermline16/6/64 Condemned 4/9/65

9508/64629 Eastfeld 22/3/37 Condemned 26/10/63

9101/64632 Eastfeld 3/8/64 Condemned 6/12/65

9104/64635 St Margarets 12/3/40 Dunfermline23/1/63

9143/64638 Eastfeld 5/10/42 Eastfeld 23/3/46

9518/64639 Eastfeld 22/3/37 DunfermlineXX/10/41

#Locotransferred from Eastfeld to TorntonJunctionby1/1/33: this detailwas accidentallymissedfrompre-July1933 coverage within TableSix,page60, Steam Days,June2024.

to pass from theold to thenew shed site in the summer of 1933 –see TableSeven forthisand subsequentchangestothe allocation. Up to the Second WorldWar,ahandful came andwent but it wasduringthatconfictand afer that the J37 classstarted to accumulateinnumbers at Tornton, priortotransfers andwithdrawals

in late BR days; almost half of theclass would be Torntonengines at onetimeoranother Te most powerful of theNBR 0-6-0 tender engines, they were basically superheated versions, equipped with larger cylinders, of what became LNER ClassJ35. Teir cylindershad piston valves locatedabove them, necessitating theboiler

Thefremanunder takessomelinesidetroughclearance from thecab of GresleyJ38 No.65913 whileheading southalong theWestfeldlineonapproach tothe east endofThorntonJunctionMarshalling Yard,circa 1965.The 0- 6- 0has ‘Thornton’ paintedonthe buffer beam andwas only ever from that shed, or twoofthemreallyasitwas newasLNERNo. 1413 on March3,1926, passed to thenew Thornton shed in 1933 andser vedthere untilcondemned in March 1967.Whenthe West feld open cast site opened in 1955,thiswas athrough line from Kelt yNor th Junction,but it wastruncated west of West feld LurgiPlant Siding,perhaps as earlyasFebruar y26, 1964,and in twostages, thewestend servingMar yPit ,Lochore,while that shownser vedKinglassie Colliery andWestfeld’sopencastsiteand itsneighbouringgas works. Methil powerstation opened in 1965 andburnt coal slurry from West feld.The opencastoperation continueduntil 1997 andthenreopenedin2008for afnalperiodofextraction. WJ Verden Anderson/RailArchive Stephenson

beingpitched 6½in higher, whichgavethe J37 amassive appearance.Whennew,the classwas entrustedtomainlineexpress goodsworkings, buttheyalsosaw useonlocal passengerand excursiontrains– Tornton’shandful undertook such duties. Once their numbersat62A climbed, they wouldbeemployedonthe mineraltrains originatinginthe Fifedistrictand that is how

they bowedout in themid-1960s. Anotherclass of 0-6-0 tender engines whichfound wholesaleacceptanceat Torntonwas theJ38. Eight of them arrived newfromDarlingtonWorks in early1926, whilemoreweretransferred in before,during andaferthe Second WorldWar –see Table Eight forthese moves, andofthe relatedJ39s

TableEight

TorntonJunction allocationspost-July22, 1933

GresleyJ38 andJ39 0-6-0s

Engine From Date To Date

J38

1400/65900

1401/65901

1403/65902

1404/65903

1405/65904

1406/65905

1408/65907

1409/65908

1410/65909

1411/65910

1413/65911

1415/65913

1416/65914

1417/65915

1419/65916

1420/65917

1421/65918

Dunfermline26/11/56

Condemned 25/11/63

TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 22/4/67

Dundee 12/12/43 Condemned 28/12/63

TorntonJnold 22/7/33

Dunfermline30/1/61

Dundee 12/12/43 Condemned 23/7/64

Dunfermline26/11/56 Condemned 25/5/66

TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 22/8/66

TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 17/9/64

Grangemouth1/8/64 Condemned 19/11/66

Dundee 12/12/43 Condemned 14/7/66

TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 1/3/67

TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 6/8/64

St Margarets15/11/64 Condemned 19/11/66

St Margarets4/4/65

St Margarets18/4/61

Grangemouth1/8/64

St Margarets29/12/62

Condemned 19/11/66

Condemned 30/10/65

Dunfermline31/8/64

Dunfermline7/1/63

Engine

1423/65920

that followed.Initially,the TorntonJ38s were employed on main linegoods jobs to Dundee,Edinburgh (Portobello), Glasgow (Cadder)and Perth, besides moving coal from collieries to theyards at Tornton, Kirkland,and Methil docksfor export. On summer Saturdays, Torntonpressed itsJ38s on to passengerworking to Edinburghand

Dalr yRoad7/3/65

Condemned 19/11/66 1424/65921

TorntonJnold 22/7/33

Dunfermline9/12/63

Dunfermline21/11/65 Condemned 19/11/66 1426/65922

1434/65925

1443/65930

1444/65931

1445/65932

1447/65934

J39

2731/64784

2737/64790

2739/64792

2741/64794

St Margarets 14/9/64 Condemned 19/10/66

TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 21/11/66

Dunfermline21/11/65

Dundee 12/12/43

Dunfermline28/11/65

Dunfermline5/3/62

TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Dunfermline24/6/63

Dunfermline9/12/63 Condemned 3/3/66

St Margarets 29/12/62 Dunfermline7/1/63

Carlisle Canal15/7/46

Dundee 4/11/46

Dundee 17/8/59 Condemned 29/12/62

Dundee 17/8/59 Condemned 4/1/62

Dalr yRoad18/12/61 Condemned 13/8/62

3096/64986 Dalr yRoad18/12/61

Condemned 29/12/62

LNER J390 -6 -0 No.64790 passes themassive coal bing of theJulianPit of Balgonie Colliery as it nearsThorntonJunctionwithastoppingser vice of fthe Leven line; thetrain will shor tlybegin to climbuptothe main line,joining it just northofThorntonJunctionstation.The routeinfromPer th/Dundeeand Ladybank istothe othersideofthe coal wasteinview, theBalgoniepitsbeing served by alinethatbranchedoff north-west of Thornton Junction station, with alink turningeasttopassunder themainlineand serveJulianPit .The signalsinvieware on either side of thelevel crossing forwhatisnow knownasQueen Mary’s Road. ThefrstJ39 to serveat Thornton Junction wasNo. 4784 forabout 3½ months in 1946,and then Nos. 64790and 64792arrived on August 17,1959, and then served outtheir careersat62A;onlyfve membersofthisclass were ever Thornton Junction-based. WJ Verden/Anderson/Rail ArchiveStephenson

TableNine

Tornton Junction allocationspost-July22, 1933 J69, J72, J83 andJ88 0-6-0Ts

Engine From Date To Date

J69 –GER classR24 Rebuilt– Holden

7338/68500 TorntonJnold 22/7/33

7342/68504 TorntonJnold 22/7/33

Dunfermline12/1/46

7348/8525 Aberdeen Ferr yhill14/11/34

Carlisle Canal5/5/41

DunfermlineXX/2/42

Condemned 23/1/56

Carlisle Canal28/2/40 7356/68533 DunfermlineXX/2/42 Eastfeld 4/4/43 7357/68534 TorntonJnold 22/7/33

Stratford7/6/44 7358/68535 Burntisland22/7/33

Dundee 12/7/54 7374/68550 TorntonJnold 22/7/33

Stratford10/2/52 7379/68555 Burntisland22/7/33 Ipswich17/2/52

J72 –NER classE1–Worsdell 2310/68717 Kittybrewster7/4/34

Kittybrewster12/12/43 69012 Ipswich3/2/52

Condemned 21/2/61 69013 Ipswich3/2/52 St Margarets 17/12/57

J83–NBR classD–Holmes 9804/68451 TorntonJnold 22/7/33

Condemned 21/2/58 9806/68453 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 St Margarets 20/8/59 9809/68456 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Polmont20/8/59 9811/68458 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Corkerhill 18/1/60 9812/68459 Dunfermline23/1/35

Condemned 8/5/61 9818/68465 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Dunfermline12/1/46 9820/68467 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Polmont03/09/56

J88 –NBR classF– Reid 9837/68321 Burntisland22/7/33

Condemned 20/6/58 9838/68322 TorntonJnold 22/7/33

Condemned 18/12/58 9839/68323 TorntonJnold 22/7/33

Condemned 5/10/56 9847/68331 Yoker30/11/56

Condemned 2/3/59 9233/68332 TorntonJnold 22/7/33

Condemned 16/8/60 9235/68334 St Margarets6/12/54

Condemned 3/6/59 9236/68335 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Haymarket7/12/59 9238/68337 TorntonJnold 22/7/33

Condemned 8/11/55 9117/68341 Burntisland22/7/33

Condemned 19/11/54 9288/68353 Kittybrewster12/12/43

Condemned 12/2/62

occasionallybeyond, such as to Glasgow. With so many J37s andJ38s, Tornton hadlittlerequirement forthe larger wheeled J39 andthe only time anyofthe classwas transferredinto62A wastocover forthe withdrawalofa J36, or more than likely becausetheyweresurplus at othersheds –because it wasa relatively youngdepot TorntonJunctionwas blessedwithplentyof siding spaceonlandacquired forexpansion of thefacilities, andthatspace became useful forstoring redundantlocomotives,hence thenumberofengines whichended their workingdaysat62A. No.4784 wasthe only J39 to arrive during LNER days andlessthan four months lateritwas sent away to Dundee as basicallyunsuitable. Tose whichcamein BR days did seesomeuse,for example,trip workingtopaper millsonthe Leslie branch, butall were condemned by theend of 1962, making J39 extinct

Ex-Great Easternsix-coupledtanks were introducedtothe LNER sheds in Scotland a fewyears afer theGroupingand they appear to have made an impact with theformerNorth Britishfootplatemen. Torntonhad sevenof them by themid-1930s, thehighest number attached to anyofthe Scottish sheds –see Table Nine forthese andthe threeother 0-6-0T types at TorntonaferJuly1933. Abouthalfofthe J69s remained on thebooks until earlyBRdays, when they were mainly transferredbackacross theborder,althoughlong-time 62A resident

to nJ un ct io ns in ce Oc to be r1927, th e0 -6 -0 Tr em ai ne du nt il ret ir ed on Ja nu ar y2 3, 19 56 ,f or di sp os al at Co wl ai rs .D et ai ls of J8 8N o. 68 32 2h as be en co ve re dp re vi ou sl y( St ea mD ay s ,D ec em be r2 02 4, pa ge 31)b ut si st er en gi ne No .6 8323 ha sn ot .L ea vi ng Co wl ai rs Wo rk si nD ec em be r190 4a sN BR No .8 39,t he Re id 0- 6- 0T wa sB ur nt is la nd ba se da tt he Gr ou pi ng ,t ra ns fe rr in gt oT ho rn to nJ un ct io ni nS ep te mb er 19 31,t he re to st ay un ti lO ct ob er 15 ,1956 ,a nd wi th dr aw al ,f or cu tt in gu p, al so at Co wl ai rs Ch ri sB us h, co ur te sy Th eE ng in eS he dS oc ie ty

No.68504 wascondemnedin1956. Te J69 was notparticularlyliked in Scotland as awhole, theNBR enginemendid nottakekindlyto ‘foreign’ engineswiththeir diferent control gear andwerechristened‘cast-ofs’fromthe

start. Torntonusedits handfulonpilot duties andbanking jobs,orasofenhappenedwere simply lef on shed becausesomethingbetter wasavailable

Te Wilson Worsdell NER ClassE10-6-0T

Ab ra ce of NE R- de sign Cl as sJ72 0- 6- 0Tswer et ra ns fe rr ed fr om Ip sw ic ht oTho rnto nJ unct io ni n Fe br ua ry 1952 –t he re as on whyN os .69012 an d69013 we re se nt so fa ri sh ar dt od iv in e. Pe rh ap s it wa s, af te ra ll ,s im pl yt op rovi de mo re sh unti ng loco s, an dcer ta in ly th ey we re us ed vi ce Cl as s J8 8o nM et hi lD oc kN o. 1Pil ot tu rn .N o. 69 013i ss ee nj us ti ns id et he we st er ne nd of th ed ep ot on Satu rd ay,Aug us t2 5, 1956 ,w hi le J37N o. 64 522l oo ks on .Com pl et ed at Da rlingt on in De ce mb er 1949,t he ta nk engi ne we nt to Do nc as te rfor ru nn ing- in ,m ov ingt oI ps wich in May195 0. Beyo nd it sTho rnto nt im e, No.69013 wa st ra ns fe rr ed fr om 62 At oS tM ar ga re ts in De ce mb er 1957, st ay ingu nt il Ma rc h1961a nd as hi ft to Po lm ad ie .I ti slikel yt hatt he re wa slit tl ewor kfor th e 0- 6- 0T,s oitm ad eaf na lt ra ns fe rt oM ot he rwelli nJ ul y1961, to be with dr aw no nJ anua ry 21, 1962 ;s cr ap pi ng wa sc ar ried ou tatC am pb ell’s, Sh ie ld ha ll . CJBS ande rson /A RP T

wasalargercylinder butsmaller-wheeled versionofhis brotherTWWorsdell’sClass E tank engine.Suchwas their longevitythatthe 75 passed to theLNER at theGroupingwerejoined by afurther 10 in 1925, andthenaneye-opening 28 were builtbyBritish Railways between1949 and1951. Torntonwas home to oneofthe vacuumejector NER versions with carriage heatingconnections from 1934-43, when it went back from whence it came –Kittybrewster.In BR days, theclass made itsappearanceat62A once more when apairarrived from theEastern Region in February 1952, butthese twoonlyhad steambrakes, so were confnedtoyardwork andlocal goodsduties. During itsnine-year residency,No. 2310 wassimply used on pilot work at Kirkcaldyand Methil,its passenger stockhaulingcapabilities nottaken advantage of.Its BR period sistersworkedsimilarduties, includingperformingLeven No.1Pilot duty

Amongthe best of theNBR six-coupled tank engineswerethe J83s, theTornton batch each exceedingone millionmiles during their lifetimes, with many approachingtwo million; only one, No.9830/68477, of St Margarets, actually managedthatmilestone.Tornton used them fortripworking coal trains to Burntisland docks, occasionalpassenger work andshunting. Most of theTornton enginestookturns being sub-sheddedatMethilfor work in andaround thedocks andKirklandyard. All40ofthe contractor-built0-6-0Tsweresuppliedduring 1900/01 andall reachedthe Grouping,all but oneNationalisation too, andmostintothe early 1960s; thecomingofthe diesel shunterwiped

Shed pilotHolmesJ83 No.68459 goes aboutits business at Thornton on Sunday,May 17,1959. NewinMarch 1901 from Neilson, Reid &CoLtd as NBRseries795 (later ClassD)No. 812, this 0- 6- 0T arrivedatThornton Junction from DunfermlineinJanuary 1935 andser veduntil retired on May8,1961, forscrapping at InverurieWorks.The B1 and0 -6 -0 arenot identifed butthe WD is No.90472 andnotethe diesel-multiple-units in theyardtoo.The 2- 8- 0was aproduct of Vulcan Foundr y( Works No.2299ofJune1944) as WD No.78668,which became LNER classO7 No.63151 before receivingits BR designation. Takenintothe LNER in Januar y1947and allocatedtoThornton, theengineremainedthere for itswhole servicelife, untilbeing condemnedonDecember28, 1963,to be demolished at Ward’s scrapyard, Inverkeithing. NW Skinner/ARPT

Table10

TorntonJunction allocationspost-July22, 1933 LNER Mogulclasses K1/1, K2 andK4

Engine From Date To Date K1/1 –Tompson

3445/61997 MacCailinMór St Margarets6/7/46Eastfeld24/8/46 Eastfeld 1/9/46 St Margarets 30/9/46

K2 –GNR classH3– Gresley

4644/61734 Dunfermline16/11/52 Aberdeen Ferr yhill 10/5/53

4649/61739 Immingham 25/1/53 Immingham 25/3/53

4651/61741 Eastfeld 23/12/51 Kittybrewster5/3/57

4665/61755 Eastfeld 9/1/52 Kittybrewster19/2/57

4676/61766 Boston 25/1/53 Boston 25/3/53

4680/61770 Eastfeld 1/1/52

K4 –Gresley

Dunfermline28/9/52

3441/61993 Loch Long Eastfeld 24/4/59 Condemned 2/10/61

3442/61994 Te GreatMarquess Eastfeld 4/12/59

3443/61995 CameronofLocheil Eastfeld 9/12/59

3444/61996 Lord of Te Isles Eastfeld 24/4/59

3446/61998 MacLeodofMacLeod Eastfeld 9/12/59

Withdrawn 18/12/61

Condemned 2/10/61

Aglancetothe rear of this trainfndsthe bing of Julian Pitand themainlinesemaphoresahead ofthe connection from theLeven line,thisJ88, No.68337,crossingfromthe Up main line to pass to thewestsideofThorntonJunctionstation on itstriangleoflines.ItisJuly24, 1952 ,and so theconnectiontoBalgonieCollier yisstill in, diverginglef tasthe Down ladder connection to Levenbegins. Originally NBR836 series No.238 of April1909, andrated classF as of September1, 1913,the pictured 0- 6- 0T wasonThornton’s booksatthe Grouping,madethe move to the replacement Thornton Junction shed of 1933 and served from thereuntil condemnedinNovember 1955. Thedut yinviewismostlikelyone of the Markinch pilotturns,which were booked to these 0F ratedlocos andincluded‘shuntand trip as required’instructions. Within moments, No. 68337 will pass beneaththe station footbridge PJLynch/Kidderminster RailwayMuseum

thelastexamples in 1962. Te fve-monthvisit by No.9806 to Ardsleyin1925/26 wasone of numerous trials beingcarried outbythe LNER at that time,testing variouslocomotivetypes in diferentworking environments andpractices.

Te youngest of the0-6-0T typesbuilt by theNBR were Reid series 836 or ClassF(LNER J88) outside cylinder side tanks, 35 of which were constructedatCowlairsbetween 1904 and1919. Teywereprovidedtocomplement theY9four-coupledsaddle tanksondockside work andbecamethe NBRStandardfor light shunting.Tornton Junction,and whileitwas a‘main’shed, Burntisland, suppliedall of the J88requirements in Fifefor workingthe docks at Burntisland, Kirkcaldy, Levenand Methil Besides thoselocations,the sidings at Kirkcaldy andMarkinchwerealsoshunted by Tornton’s J88s. Once again, thecomingofthe diesel shunters sawtheir demise.

Table10coversthe 2-6-0 feet of LNER and GreatNorthernbuild on theTornton Junction books. In alpha-numericorder,the K1/1 was

fe ar so me te rr ai noft he We st High la nd li ne ,w it hs ix bu ilti n1937- 39 an da ll ad ap te dfor sn ow pl ough ft ti ng by th ee nd of 1940 ,a ss ee n. Th or nt on sh ed fr st ga in ed on eoft he se engi ne si n194 6, al be it fo rl es st ha nt hr ee mo nt hs ,N o. 34 45 Ma cC ai li nM ór,t he lo ne two- cy li nd er co nver sion of 1945 , in it ia ll yr ec la ss if ed K1,a nd th eoth er K4 sfollowe di n1959. Sa dl y, so me of th el evel /f as te rs ec tion soft he We st High la nd ha dn’t su it ed th ec la ss , su ch as al ongs id eL oc hE il an ds ou th of Cr aige nd or an Ju nc tion wh er eu np le as antv ib ration te nd ed to lo os en th enut so nt he mi dd le bige nd ,a nd th em ai nt en ance co st sr os e. Th om ps on’s two- cy li nd er co nver sion le dap at ht ot he pr od uc tion K1sofPep pe rcor n, with th ep rototy pe re cl

si fe d K1/1,b ut th ey di dn’t fe at ur eo nt he 62 Ab oo ks . WACS mi th /Tra ns port Trea sury

Tompson’srebuild of GresleyK4No. 3445 and wastried at Torntonovertwo short periods during itsnationwide (LNER area)tourshortly afer rebuilding. As usualfor theFifedepot, coal trainhaulage consistedofmostofthe work performedduringthe residencies. Afer further visits to theSouthernareaofthe LNER,the 2-6-0 did eventually settle at Eastfeld to work over theWestHighlandlineand endedits days

at Fort William. Te classwhichwas born out of No.3445’screation, thePeppercornK1, were only ever rare visitors to TorntonJunction. Employed on both passengerand goodstrains to thenorth,south andwest, to Glasgow, only two of theK2class were allocatedlongenoughat62A to be fullyutilisedonregularjobs, andeventhey seemtohavebeencamera-shy.No. 61741 wasthe frst of them to arrive at Torntonand wasthe

Table11

TorntonJunction allocationspost-July 22, 1933 Reid N15 0-6-2Ts

22/7/33 Dundee 15/8/57 9914/69151 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Eastfeld afer 30/6/40 9915/69152 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 St Margarets 28/10/40 9916/69153 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Condemned 22/9/58 9106/69192 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Dunfermline23/1/35

9527/69204 Dundee 14/12/59 Condemned 16/7/62 9060/69211 Parkhead 23/1/35 Haymarket17/2/59

9225/69223 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Mother well 30/11/59

9227/69224

TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Dundee 15/8/57

last to leave, just over fveyears later. As forthe K4 feet, fvearrived at TorntonJunctionin1959 as a handfuloftransfers sent to 62A becausethere was no suitable work forthemelsewhere.Tey were employed on whatever workingfor whichthey couldberostered, with freight duties to thefore, butspent their last months in store.

Moving on to the2-6-4 (L) locomotives, thereisjustone to consider.MrTompson’s frst L1 tank (No. 9000) spentjusttwo months at TorntonJunctionaspartofa two-yeargrand tour of LNER lines in Englandand Scotland, showing of itspotential –itwas transferredin from Eastfeld on November 2, 1946,and then leffor St Margarets on NewYear’sDay 1947. Te tour ultimately took in 14 diferentsheds,three of them in Scotland.Inthe event, six of theclass were earmarkedtobesentnew to theEastfeld allocationduringNovemberand December1948 butfew L1s,ifany,wentintotrafc thereexcept forrunning-in purposes ex-NBLand priorto beingpermanently posted to Englishdepots.

OurfnalLNER tank engine type is N15seeTable Eleven -one of thefew pre-Grouping

N15No. 69224and Worsdell J72No. 69013pose outside Thornton’s repair shop at thesouthwest corner of theshed, circa1956.The N15 wasnew from Cowlairs in April1924and frst numbered 9227.Remarkably, Thompson’s 1946 renumberingsaw it change just thefnaldigit , to No.9224. TransferredinfromParkhead, Glasgow, andreachingThorntononMay 11, 1932 ,soatthe previous shed within thetriangle of linesnearthe station, the0 -6 -2Twas one of nine of itsclass on thebooks at that time andsoonmadethe move to themuchlarger LNER-built shed aboutamiletothe west ,as seen.Itdepar tedfor Dundee TayBridgeshedin August 1957,going on from therevia Keithand Kitt ybrewstertoeventuallyarriveat St MargaretsinJuly1961. Takenout of service on October1,1962, No.69224 returned to AberdeenshiretobedismantledatInverurie SteveArmit ageCollection

Afew ya rd ss ou th of th ep reviou sp ic tu re ,G re sl ey th re e- cy li nd

nt on Ju nc tion with th e1.10p mt oD un de

Table12

TorntonJunction allocationspost-July22, 1933

Robinson O4 2-8-0s

Engine From Date To Date

O4/1

5393/63618 Gorton 10/2/43 Annesley 2/10/43

6524/63840 Woodford 25/1/43 Mexborough 1/10/43

O4/2

6288/63879 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Dunfermline29/7/43

6290/63847 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Langwith Junction 28/7/43 6346 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Withdrawn,toWD27/9/41

6352/63673 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Gorton 1/10/43 6550/63704 TorntonJnold 22/7/33 Langwith Junction 12/9/43

O4/7

6633/63884 Woodford 25/1/43 Doncaster2/10/43

designs perpetuatedbythe LNER,the Reid NBRClass A0-6-2T. It eventually totalled 105 engines,with30ofthose deliveredaferthe Grouping.TeLNER split theengines into twoclasses, N14 andN15, with theformer consistingofthe six earliest enginesbuilt in 1909, whichhad shorter cabs than subsequent locomotives. Te N15s have been described as themostusefullocomotives,withall but threebecomingBRpropertyand of those, many worked into 1962 when dieselisation was well under way. Te shedwas giventwo of thesecondbatch of six to be built, entering trafcinJune1910, workinggoods andmineral trafc,besides some passengerduties; No.9209 becamearegularonthe Leslie branch.Asthe allocation grew at Tornton, theclass wasused on themainline, southtoSouth Leithand northtoDundee, besides shunting at Tornton andMethil, twooftheir number beingregularly sub-sheddedatMethil, with theirstablinginthe open air.

The2-8-0 wheelarrangement first appe ared at Thor nton in thefor mofaf ivemont ht ri al involv ingMexb orough shed’s Robins on O4 No.6185, or ig inallyGre at Cent ra lR ai lway 8K No.1185. ItsThornton st ay wasf romJune6toNovember2,1923, andt he five O4/2s that followed in itswake canb es eenonTable 12 as transfer re dto thenew Thor nton shed in Ju ly 1933. Thes e 2-8-0s –a longside ot herO4s base dat Dunfer mline, Ferr yhill andD undee –were al lo cate dspe cif ic al ly to work co al trains from FifetoAberdeentoprovide fuel for thel arge fishingf le et of steamt rawlers then base dint hatare aofS cotl and. Fort he re cord,O4/1 wast he LNERclassif ic at ionfor theGCR 8K type as built, whileO4/2 was as rebuiltw it hashorter chimney anddome to fitt he LNER’s comp osite lo adinggauge, andt henO4/7 engineswererebui lt using ashorter,Diagram 15D boiler that al lowe d theGCR smokeb ox to be retained

Whilethe O6 comesnextin ourlisting, we will come to that in amoment, dueto itsLMS origins, andinstead coverthe lone appearance of aZ4, No.6844, whicharrived from KittybrewsterinMarch 1942 and returned home in theApril.Teex-Great

NorthofS cotlandR ailway 0-4-2T wasa short-wheelbase dockside shunterbuilt by Manning, Wardle &C oLtd (Works No.1885) in 1916 under TomasEHey wood as GNSR ClassY No.117, andthen44. It wasallocated to Torntonfor thever yshort period so that it couldworkinthe privatesectorand was on loan,initially to aquarr yconcerninFife. It also helped outatNew battle Collier yin Midlothian fora fewdaysduringthatsame foray southofAberdeen.

Table13isaninteresting mix of locomotiveswithheritageawayfromthe NBR andLNER andispresented in theorder of their arrivalatTornton

Te United States Army Transportation CorpsS160 2-8-0s startedtoarriveinthe UK at theend of 1942; November 27 –USA/TC Nos. 1604, 1607, 1609, and1624 at Cardif

aboard motorvessel Pacifc Enterprise as deck cargo. Afer landing, they were takento SwindonWorks andmadeready forwork, buttheywereinitiallybound forstorage until called over to Europe afer D-Day.Altogether some 402 of thealmost800 S160 locos landed in theUK. Numerous portswereused, and virtuallyall of thelocomotiveworks of theBig Four companies were involved in preparingthemfor duty.

Some 184 of theS160s ar rive dbyMay 1943 anditwas ag re ed that thef irst 400 wouldb eloane dtoBritish railways to assist thewar ef fort;t he LNER re ceive d 168 of thes e. Oneoft he firsttob eloane d wasNo. 1835 whichhad be en landed at aS cott ishp or t, processe datC ow lairs during De cember1942, andt hena lloc ated to Thor nton she d, whilefourotherswent to St Margarets. It wast hendecide dto concentratet hese 2-8-0s in Sout hWales unti lt heir numb er wasconsolid ated.S o, at theend of Janu ar y1943, No.1835 wass ent of ftot he GWR. Although theonlyone on ourt able,No.1835 wasnot theonlyexample temp orar ilya lloc ated to Thor nton.D ur ing themonth of Janu ar y1943, Cowl airs and ot herLNER works‘processe d’ af ur ther 38 S160s, with some of them –ofw hich thew riters do nothavet he numb ers–no doubtb eingr un-in from Thor nton.Itis understoo dt hatb et we en August 1943 and Janu ar y1944 furt herS160s were al lo cate dto Thor nton,but al as,nospe cif ic lo comotive numb ersare to hand Te next twotypes listed areindeed the same,beingthe Stanier8Fasadopted by the WarDepartment. Te 10 LMS numbered LNER built(Darlington andDoncaster)

Table13

TorntonJunction allocationspost-July22, 1933 USATC,LMS andCaledonianRailwaydesigns

Engine From Date To Date USA Army Transportation CorpsS160 Consolidation 1835 New31/12/42 GWR 25/1/43

LMS 8F 2-8-0 –Stanier 8503 NewXX/9/44 LMS, Wakefeld XX/10/46 8504 NewXX/9/44 LMS, Wakefeld XX/5/47 8515

NewXX/6/44 LMS, Wakefeld XX/1/47 8516 NewXX/6/44 LMS, Wakefeld XX/7/47 8524 NewXX/12/44 LMS, Rose GroveXX/4/47 8525 NewXX/12/44 LMS, Rose GroveXX/4/47 8527 NewXX/1/45 St Margarets XX/2/45 8540 Heaton XX/12/44 LMS, RoystonXX/1/47 8542 Darlington XX/12/44 DunfermlineXX/1/45 8557 NewXX/7/45 LMS, CreweSouth XX/5/47

LNER O6 2-8-0 –Stanier 3144/3544/48749 New10/8/46 LMS, CreweSouth 9/10/47 3153/3553/48758 Mexborough 7/10/46 LMS, CreweSouth 22/9/47

LMS 5MT ‘Crab’ 2-6-0 –Hughes/Fowler

42708 Newton Heath14/2/53

Newton Heath18/4/53 42871 Newton Heath7/2/53 Newton Heath18/4/53 42877 Newton Heath7/2/53

Newton Heath18/4/53

2P 0-4-4T–CR439 class–McIntosh 55217 Dundee XX/3/56 PerthXX/12/59

Stanier 8Fs were on loan to theLNER. Note that in allbar onecaseTornton Junction hadthemfor more than twoyears,tohelp with thedistributionofcoaluntil theWD 2-8-0s took over thoseworkings. Te two LNER O6s that followed were also brought in to relieve theLMS enginesoftheir duties, before they tooweretransferred (onloan) to theLMS; eventually they became LMR stock. Like any2-8-0s acquired by Tornton, theLNER-built Stanier 8Fs foundinstant employment on main linecoaltrains.

As fort he 1953 ar riva lofHug hes/Fow ler ‘Crabs,’t he wr itersweremystified why thes eweres enttoThorntonJunct ionf rom farawayManchester, consider ingt hatt he Scottish Region had, forexample,dozens of them in Ay rshire, Forfar,Grangemouth andHamilton! Howe ver, theRCT S’ Railway Observer fort he period in question note d

that twoof them were se en work ing Edinburg h(Waverley)toD unde ep assenger trains,w hichnor ma llyhad B1 haul age; and that wasit!

Te fnal oddity is theappearanceof Caledonian PassengerTankNo. 55217, which wasonhandat62A from March1956 through to December1959 andwas regularlyseenat TorntonJunctionstation on pilotduty. Te mergingofex-LNER andLMS lines undera single, unifedScottishRegionled to agood number of the‘Caley’ 0-4-4Tsstrayinginto newterritory,and with Torntonseemingly quiteresilienttoany intruders, it is impressive that No.55217 wasabletoser ve theshedfor more than threeyears,especiallygiven therise of the350hpdieselshunter in thesameperiod.

Thef inal twoste am lo comotive cl asses to consider areb ot hofR idd les desig n: theubiquitousWDausterity 2-8-0 and

Ourextensive search forphotographs of Thornton Junction locoshas proven near fruitlessfor the14LMS or ex-LMS enginesbased at theshedwiththe exceptionofNo. 55217, wh ic hi ss ee no np il ot du ty on th ee as ts id eof th es tation on Ma rc h22, 1958 .Adm it te dl y, ma ny of it scom patr iots we re wa rt im e ar ri va ls or ha do nl yab rief st ay,a nd wh il e th is Mc Into sh 439c la ss 0- 4- 4T wa so ne of th e lo nger to st ay,ata bo ut 33 mo nt hs fr om Ma rc h 1956 ,ad ur at io no nl yr iv alle dbya co up le of on -l oa nS ta nier 8Fs, it wa st he on ly loco of pr e- Gr ou pi ng LM So rigi n–itw as newf ro m St Ro ll ox Wo rk sa sC al ed on ia nR ai lw ay No 22 8i n1913. Th e‘ Ca leyPas se nger Ta nk s’ sp re ad th eirw ings wi de ly in BR Scot ti sh Region days ,b ut No.55217 ultimate ly en de d it sd aysb ac ko ne x- CR me ta ls at Ob an in Ju ly 1962 . WACS mi th /Tra ns port Trea sury

theBritish Railways 4MT Mogu l. By far thel argest cl assoflocomot ives to reside at Thor nton in BR days, thef irst LNERpurchase dWDausterity 2-8-0 (LNER O7) ar rive din1945 –anumberoft hem hadb eenonloantot he LNER during 1943 and1944 so were no st rangerstot he Thor nton crews– andmanyoft hose were st il lworking from thedep ot at theend of Scottish steamoperations. TheThornton al lo cation is det ai le dinTable 14. Thee asy maintenanceyet hard-working demeanour of thes e2-8-0s waside al fort he jobs re quired of them during ap er io dinBR’s histor yw here sk il le df itters were hard to come by.The WDsworke dt he co alfields in Fifeand rancoa lt rainstoAberdeen, Gl asgowand Edinburg h.

Three BR St andard 4MT 2-6-0s ar rive d brand-new at Thor nton Junc tion in 1957 –Nos. 76109 (August 17), 76110 (August 24) and76111 (August 31) –and initi al ly repl ace dclass D11/2s on FifetoGlasgow (BuchananStreet) pass engert rains. Then, in late summer 1958, at le astone of thet rio wasb as ed at Anst ruther sub-she dtowork

Engine From Date To Date

90004 Eastfeld 2/5/46 Polmadie 30/5/60 Polmadie 15/2/62 Condemned 28/12/63

90017

Dunfermline20/6/46 Dundee 25/9/49

90019 St Margarets20/11/46 Condemned 17/12/63

90020 Aberdeen Ferr yhill10/5/53 Condemned 4/4/67

90035 Dunfermline28/5/46 March28/12/46

90041 Dunfermline27/7/46 Aberdeen Ferr yhill 1/10/46

90049 Ex-WD 29/12/45 St Margarets12/11/50

90058 Ex-WD 26/1/46 Condemned 28/12/63

90117 Dunfermline2/12/56 Condemned 20/1/67

90128 Ex-WD XX/3/47 Eastfeld 13/6/59

90145 Ex-WD 6/8/47 March17/2/52

90168 Ex-WD 14/3/47 Condemned 22/8/66

90170 Ex-WD 14/3/47 Kingmoor 13/5/54

90177 Ex-WD 1/3/47

Dunfermline10/11/54

90182 Ex-WD 14/3/47 Condemned 28/12/63

90193 Dawsholm 1/8/62 Condemned 19/8/63

90199 Dunfermline7/8/54 Grangemouth8/10/55

90219 Ex-WD 23/9/47 Grangemouth18/6/49

90228 Ex-WD 11/8/47 Kingmoor 16/7/49

90236 Ex-WD 9/8/47 Grangemouth18/6/49

90262 Ex-WD 24/4/47 Goole15/7/50

90281 Ex-WD 10/3/47 Goole8/7/50

90282 Ex-WD 7/8/47 Aintree1/9/51

90293 Ex-WD 1/2/47 Kingmoor 16/7/49

90300 Ex-WD 29/3/47 Goole9/9/50

90319 Ex-WD 15/2/47 Ayr17/3/51

Ayr25/11/63 Condemned 18/6/64

Engine From Date To Date

90350 Ex-WD 1/3/47 Condemned 22/8/66

90428 Eastfeld 1/4/46 March29/11/46

90441 Eastfeld 10/2/52 Condemned 19/10/66

90444 Dundee 24/6/63 Condemned 20/1/67

90464 Ex-WD 29/12/45 Kingmoor 19/6/49

90468 Mother well 10/8/63 Condemned 22/4/67

90472 Ex-WD 11/12/45 Condemned 28/12/63

90489 Ex-WD 29/12/45 Eastfeld 10/11/54

90498 Dunfermline25/5/46 St Margarets 14/9/52

90505 Colwick23/1/49 Kingmoor 19/6/49

90508 Eastfeld 1/4/46 Aberdeen Ferr yhill 28/10/46

90513 Colwick23/1/49 Kingmoor 19/6/49 Dunfermline12/12/55 Condemned 16/7/62

90534 Ex-WD 23/3/47 Dunfermline26/1/63

90536 Ex-WD 13/8/47 Grangemouth18/6/49

90539 Ex-WD 1/2/47 Grangemouth14/12/59

90547 Ex-WD 16/3/47 St Margarets 16/9/52

90596 Aberdeen Ferr yhill 23/4/66 Condemned 4/4/67

90600 Dunfermline4/12/65 Condemned 17/8/66

90614 Ex-WD 15/3/47 Grangemouth29/12/62

90616 Ex-WD 27/9/47 Grangemouth18/6/49

90628 Dunfermline26/6/64 Condemned 20/1/67

90640 Aberdeen Ferr yhill 23/4/66 Condemned 9/8/66

90690 Ex-WD 13/3/47 Polmadie 4/1/60 90705 Dunfermline26/11/56 Polmadie 4/1/60 Aberdeen Ferr yhill 23/12/63 Condemned 23/7/64

90727 Ayr30/11/63 Condemned 3/9/65 In it ss econ ds ti nt as aTho rnto ne ng in e, Ri dd le sB R4 MT 2- 6- 0N o. 76111a rr ives at Dysa rt with th e4 .30p mR os yt hD oc ky ar dt oTho rnto n Ju nc tion wo rk me n’st ra in in Augu st 1964 .A rr iv ingf ro mD onca st er Wo rk so nAug us t31, 1957,t hi sw as th ever yl as tb ra nd -n ew st ea ml ocom ot ive to joi nt he 62 Aa ll oc at io n, an dbyt he nt he re we re alre ad ys even br an d- new350 hp 0- 6- 0D Es hu nt er satt he de pot. Wh en th eS ta nd ar ds we re envi sage d, th er ewer efew la rged ie se lt yp es th at we re ca pa bl eofm ee ti ng th ed em an ds of ever yd ay se rv ice, bu ta dv ance swer es uc ht hat, ba cked by th ed et er mi nation to ri dits el fofs te am ,B Re nd ed up lim it ingt he ca re er le ng th of engi ne ss uc ha sN o. 76111 to ju st eightyea rs an d4½m onth s, ab ou t5½oft ho se ye ar sa saTho rnto na ss et WJ Ve rd en Ande rson /R ailA rc hi ve St ep he nson

theE dinburgh (Waverle y)-Crail pass enger turns, againreplacingex-LNER4-4-0s. They on ly worked from Thor nton for28-30 mont hs,w it ha ll re al lo cate dtoD unfer mline in thee arly mont hs of 1960, No.76109 on Janu ar y16, andt henNos. 76110 and 76111 together on Apri l30. Defi antly, the

latter returned alonef romD unferm lineon Febr uary 24, 1962, butits se cond term was on ly ab outaslongasits debut, concluding on Novemb er 14, 1964.

Thel astste am motive powerto consider aret hree Sent inel railcars,w it h Nos. 313 BanksofD on and33 Highland

Chieftain resp ec tively on hand since Janu ar y27and September20, 1931, and passingf romt he oldtot he ne wThornton shed on Ju ly 22, 1933. Thel atterwas us ed sp oradic al ly on theL eslie branch unti l that clos ed in 1932 ands aw re al lo cation to St irlingonD ecember1,1936, while