27003 and 27014 arrive at Glasgow Central with a diverted service from the North due to Glasgow Queen Street being closed for engineering work, 29th August 1976. 27003 was originally D5349 and is one of sixty nine class 27 locomotives built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) during 1961 and 1962. D5349 entered traffic in July 1961 allocated to Eastfield MPD and would spend all of its career at Eastfield until its demise. Although the class 27 was a later version of the BRCW Sulzer Type 2 it was not as long lived as the earlier class 26 with 27003 being withdrawn after twenty five years service in January 1987 and broken up by MC Metals Glasgow in December 1987. 27014 was built as D5360 in 1962 and was the last vacuum braked only locomotive to receive a classified works repair when it received an Intermediate repair at Derby Works in 1983. It was withdrawn in September 1986 and broken up by Vic Berry at Leicester in October 1987.
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27004 stabled between duties at Haymarket MPD, 28th March 1976.
Locomotive History
27004 was originally D5350 and is one of sixty nine class 27 locomotives built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) during 1961 and 1962. D5350 entered traffic in August 1961 allocated to Eastfield MPD and would spend all of its career in Scotland until its demise. Although the class 27 was a later version of the BRCW Sulzer Type 2 it was not as long lived as the earlier class 26. This example was withdrawn after almost twenty five years service in May 1986 and finally left Scotland on a one way trip to Vic Berry, Leicester, being broken up there in September 1987
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In a sorry state is fire damaged 27006 seen here on the Eastfield MPD scrap line, 27th March 1976. The fire damage has proved to be fatal as 27006 had been withdrawn two months previous in January 1976.
Locomotive History
27006 was originally D5352 and is one of sixty nine class 27 locomotives built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) during 1961 and 1962. D5352 entered traffic in September 1961 allocated to Eastfield MPD and would spend all its career in Scotland until its premature demise. It was eventually towed to Glasgow works and broken up in January 1977.
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27008 drops down to Dundee MPD, 30th August 1976. New as D5354 in 1961, withdrawn August 1987 and broken up by M C Metals November 1987.
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27010 approaches the 40mph “cut out” speed sign on the approach to Larbert station with a train of oil tanks, 27th August 1978.
Locomotive History
27010 was originally D5356 and is one of sixty nine class 27 locomotives built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) during 1961 and 1962. It entered traffic in October 1961 and was based in Scotland for all its operational life. Although the class 27 was the later version of the BRCW Sulzer Type 2 it was not as long lived as the earlier class 26 examples. Apart from accident victim D5383, withdrawn in January 1966 withdrawal of the class commenced with 27039 in October 1975 but it would take twelve years to complete. 27010 was withdrawn in April 1986 and finally left Scotland on a one way trip to Vic Berry, Leicester where it was broken up in October 1987.
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