62469 Glen Douglas (NBR 256, LNER 9256, LNER 2469 & BR 62469)

62469 Glen Douglas at Dunfermline Lower - 1963.jpg

62469 was built at Cowlairs Works in September 1913 and entered service as GNR 256.

BR motive power depot allocations.

Date ArrivedDepot
1st January 1948Eastfield
May 1953Kittybrewster
February 1956Keith

It was withdrawn from normal service in November 1959 but was restored to its NBR livery for working special trains. Whilst it did this it was based at Glasgow Dawsholm shed.

In 1962 it was withdrawn from service at Dawsholm and donated to Glasgow Corporation for display in the Glasgow Museum of Transport. It was placed on loan to Scottish Railway Preservation Society with a view to returning the locomotive to steam by the centenary of the West Highland line in 1994. This did not happen and in 2008 Glen Douglas returned to Glasgow and three years later went on display at the Glasgow Riverside Museum.

Home BaseCurrent StatusOwner
Glasgow Riverside MuseumOn static displayGlasgow Museums
9281 Glen Murran (62485) and 9256 Glen Douglas (62469) climing Cowlairs bank – date unknown
62469 Glen Douglas at Dunfermline Lower - 1963.jpg
62469 Glen Douglas at Dunfermline Lower – 1963
62469 Glen Douglas at Parkhead - April 1965.jpg
62469 Glen Douglas at Parkhead – April 1965
62469 Glen Douglas in the museum at Bo’ness – 1999
62469 Glen Douglas at the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway – May 2013

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