8750 Class - 8763 - Early Emblem Lined Black 31-Run2 Oil Axle-boxes

Oil Axle-boxes

This locomotive was specially finished in British Railways lined green it was to be named “Evening Star”

the area around South Shields was the centre of the Harton Coal Company’s operations

Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a scale maximum top speed of 100 mph (161 kmh)

8750 Class - 8763 - Early Emblem Lined Black 31-Run2 Oil Axle-boxes8763. British Railways Lined black livery, with Early Emblem This locomotive was built at Swindon in 1933 and allocated to Old Oak Common where it spent its entire working life. By the early 1950s many panniers were fitted with top feed boilers. In contrast to the more common plain black livery, 8763 was treated to full mixed traffic lining as its duties included working empty coaching stock in and out of London Paddington. It was withdrawn in 1962.