8750 Class - 9600 - BR Lined Black Early Emblem Wheelsets 58050 brought the curtain down

58050 brought the curtain down on British Rail-built locomotives

Finally returning to the main line towards the end of 2015

it became 73123 under TOPS renumbering and then 73206 as part of the Gat-Ex fleet

FCA 610158 EWS + RCTU x3 (220811-2

3 was transferred to Rowntree’s Fawdon factory in Newcastle

8750 Class - 9600 - BR Lined Black Early Emblem Wheelsets 58050 brought the curtain down9600 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 Withdrawn from Ebbw Junction (86B) and was withdrawn in September 1965.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