8750 Class - 9600 - BR Lined Black Early Emblem Coach Type_BDTS hauling its first passenger service

hauling its first passenger service in preservation in April 2002

it was repainted into LMR Oxford Blue in 1967

With 37703/714 loaned out to preservationists

Rivetted tanks

8750 Class - 9600 - BR Lined Black Early Emblem Coach Type_BDTS hauling its first passenger service9600 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 Withdrawn from Ebbw Junction (86B) and was withdrawn in September 1965.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