Shunting operations in the marshalling yard at Bathgate

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Shunting operations in the marshalling yard at Bathgate

Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 27 Sep 1957

View NW, towards Bathgate (Upper), Airdrie and Glasgow; ex-North British Edinburgh - Bathgate - Glasgow line (closed to passengers 1956, reopened throughout in 2010). The locomotive shunting is ex-NB N15 0-6-2T No. 69156, with plenty of traffic in the Yard.

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Image Location

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