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0-6-0ST National Coal Board, Alloa Area No.7

0-6-0ST National Coal Board, Alloa Area No.7 locomotive picture
No.7 at Comrie after the Alloa Area became a part of the Scottish North Area. Photo J.L. Stevenson

Acquired 1985. Undergoing major overhaul to operational condition.
Built 1945, W.G.Bagnall, Stafford. Austerity design. Works No.2777.

This locomotive was acquired by the NCB from the War Department in 1963, and worked thereafter at Comrie Colliery, Fife. This is a standard World War Two austerity design of locomotive.

The boiler smokebox is fitted with a Giesl ejector to improve steaming and to allow poor quality coal to be used.

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