One of the few 'Black 5s' given names, seen at St Rollox (Balornock) Locomotive Depot
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One of the few 'Black 5s' given names, seen at St Rollox (Balornock) Locomotive Depot
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 15 Aug 1948
Out in the yard beside another 'Black 5' is No. 5154 'Lanarkshire Yeomanry' still in LMS livery (built 1935, named 1937, withdrawn 11/66). It was one of only five of the Class of 842 locomotive given a name by the LMS or BR: six others have been named in preservation, however.
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55.878996
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-4.204145