In a sorry state is fire damaged 27006 seen here on the Eastfield MPD scrap line, 27th March 1976. The fire damage has proved to be fatal as 27006 had been withdrawn two months previous in January 1976. 27006 was originally D5352 and is one of sixty nine class 27 locomotives built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) during 1961 and 1962. D5352 entered traffic in September 1961 allocated to Eastfield MPD and would spend all its career in Scotland until its premature demise. It was eventually towed to Glasgow works and broken up in January 1977.

25172 stabled on Eastfield MPD, 27th January 1976. 25172 was originally D7522 and was delivered from Derby works to Toton during the autumn of 1964 as part of a large batch of Type 2’s replacing steam on the Midland Main Line. By November 1981 British Rail had a surplus of locomotives, class 56 deliveries had reached the hundred mark and wagon load/local trip freight working was in terminal decline. The result was large inroads into the class 25 fleet with forty seven withdrawn over the next four months. Even being dual braked was not an automatic saviour with ten of the condemned locomotives being dual brake fitted. One of the forty seven was 25172 which was condemned in February 1981. After initially being dumped at Kingmoor it made its way to Swindon works in company with 40017, 40137/61 in early April 1981. However it would be over two years before Swindon works got round to breaking up 25172 which finally occurred in May 1983.

08566 is a sorry sight on the scrap road at Eastfield MPD, 27th March 1976. Obviously victim of a major engine compartment fire, which has removed a lot of its green livery 08566 had been officially withdrawn five months previously in October 1975. Originally D3733 it was a product of Crewe works and was built in 1958. On entering traffic it was allocated to Edinburgh (St Margaret’s) MPD. It transferred to Leith Central when St Margaret’s closed in May 1967 and transferred to Eastfield when Leith closed in the early 1970’s. It was eventually towed to Glasgow works and broken up in November 1977.

08326 stabled on Eastfield MPD, 27th January 1976. 08326 was originally D3396 and was built at Derby in 1957 and allocated to Eastfield MPD. Towards the end of its career it transferred to Motherwell from where it was withdrawn in November 1983 and was broken up by JR Adams, Glasgow in January 1986.