8750 Class - 9600 - BR Lined Black Early Emblem - DCC Sound Fitted VTG Immingham and Stratford

Immingham and Stratford

as well as cluttering up yards and stations or loads for trucks

They were transferred north starting with 142017 in August 1987 and the ‘Skippers’ were no more after the last day of November with the fleet being split between Newton Heath and Neville Hill

In January 2024 it was repainted into Loram Rail’s house colours of Flame red

later EE and RSH

8750 Class - 9600 - BR Lined Black Early Emblem - DCC Sound Fitted VTG Immingham and Stratford9600 was the first loco from lot 352, which completed at Swindon in Feb of 1945. An engine that didnt have to travel far to its first allocation of Swindon shed! It moved to Bristol SPM (82B) in 1961 before moving on to South Wales. Withdrawn from Ebbw Junction (86B) and was withdrawn in September 1965. Luckily it was purchased by the national coal board and moved to Merthyr Vale Colliery where it would work until 1973. From here it was purchased by