26027/D5327
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Entered
service 05/06/59
Renumbered 27/07/74
Last
overhaul 10/83 G and HGR; including fitting
air-brakes and removing boiler and boiler water tanks
Withdrawn 26/07/91
Depots
64B
(Haymarket) 05/06/59 (new)
60A
(Inverness) 05/61
64B
(Haymarket) 05/69
IS (Inverness) 19/05/73
Stored 11/11/82 Glasgow Works
IS 06/83* See Notes
Stored 04/84 Glasgow Works
HA (Haymarket) 10/84
ED (Eastfield) 16/05/87
Stored 05/10/87
ED 14/11/87
Withdrawn 26/07/91
Sectors
04/87
DXX
05/88 DCHA
07/91 DXXD
26/07/91 Withdrawn
FXX Departmental General
DCHA/RAJE ScotRail Departmental Civil Engineer
Notes
OMO
fitted 02/86.
Radio telephone fitted in 1976, but not headlights.
* Remained at Springburn when allocated to Inverness in June 1983, and
was again returned to store in April 1984 owing to a series of fires in
the main generator on test runs from Glasgow Works. Stored again in 1987
pending asbestos removal.
Liveries
Original green; green plus small yellow warning panel; BR blue
Storage
and disposal
Switched off with high engine hours to donate
parts. Cut M C Metals 01/95.
Last
years
27/05/86
1L35 1123 Waverley to Perth; Waverley to Larbert where 027 failed and
the train was caped.
29/05/86
1L35 1123 Waverley to Perth; Waverley to Haymarket, where 027 failed and
27046 took over as far as Larbert, before it failed and 37074 appeared
for the rest of the diagram.
01/08/86
1T22 1100 Aberdeen to Glasgow (from Perth; failure of 47569).
03/08/86
1C73 1815 Edinburgh to Carstairs (piloting 47xxx).
06/08/88
2B52 0709 Perth to Waverley.
20/10/88
1B29 2216 Carstairs to Waverley.
22/11/88
1B21 1858 Carstairs to Waverley.
15/02/89
1S18 2325 Euston to Glasgow/Waverley; dragging from Carstairs to Glasgow
Central after the wires came down.
24/04/89
1B21 1858 Carstairs to Waverley.
Tuesday 19/09/89
1M40 1750 Glasgow Central to Manchester; from Carstairs to Carlisle after
86261 blew up. Although there were several strumming Joes at Carstairs
for portions, they took the ballast engine instead!
Thursday 21/09/89
1B03 0605 Carstairs to Waverley (portion off the 1S19 2105 Plymouth to
Glasgow).
Friday 22/09/89
1S92 2144 Carstairs to Waverley (portion of the FO 1718 Birmingham International
to Waverley).
Monday 20/11/89
2O72 1714 Glasgow Queen Street to Waverley.
Saturday 02/02/91
Rugex, Queen Street to Cowlairs chord, keeping 47593 company on the triangle.
Saturday 01/06/91
1712 2A74 Dundee to Montrose; 2Y46 Montrose to Perth.
Friday 26/07/91
26001 was named 'Eastfield' at ED at 1415. Meanwhile 26007 was being repainted
in Dutch.
26027 was withdrawn
at 1400. After completion of a B exam at ED on 21/06/91, 26001 was diagnosed
scrap wheelsets, so 027 was withdrawn to donate its wheels.