BR DEPARTMENTAL DEPOTS & STABLING POINTS
The Ex-LNER Class B1 4-6-0 Departmental Locomotives
INCLUDING OPERATING LOCATIONS & SERVICING
FACILITIES
FACILITIES
Allocated to Cambridge in October 1963 as BR No.61300 and transferred to Departmental Stock on December 7th, 1963. It was used at Cambridge Carriage Sidings and travelled under its own steam for servicing at the Stabling Point established on the site of Cambridge MPD after it closed on June 18th, 1962. The locomotive was stored at March MPD during the summer months of 1964 and, following its winter use in 1964/65, went into permanent store at the depot and was withdrawn in November 1965. It remained at March MPD until February 1966 when it was sold to Garnham, Harris & Eltham Ltd of Lockerford Sidings, Chesterfield for scrap
THE LOCOMOTIVES
No.23
No.23
No.23 at Cambridge on February 7th, 1964 Derek Barham