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26029/D5329
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Entered service 12/06/59
Renumbered 27/07/74
Last overhaul 04/84 G and HGR; including fitting air-brakes and removing boiler water tanks
Withdrawn 10/88

Depots
64B (Haymarket) 12/06/59
60A (Inverness) 11/60
64B 05/69 (became HA)
ED (Eastfield) 29/05/71
ED 07/08/71
IS 24/02/73

HA (Haymarket) 17/05/82
ED 16/05/87
Withdrawn 10/88

Sectors
04/87
DXX
05/88
DCHA
10/88
DXXD

DXX Departmental/General
DCHA ScotRail Departmental Civil Engineer
DXXD Departmental/General/Withdrawn

Notes
OMO fitted 10/86
Boiler removed 04/84

Liveries
Original green; green plus small yellow warning panel; BR blue

Storage and disposal
Withdrawn with derailment damage; the first refurbished 26 to be withdrawn with accident damage.
Broken by MC Metals in 1989.

Last years
12/08/86

6 Kirkcaldy turns.

13/08/86
5 Kirkcaldy turns.

14/08/86
2Y34 2156 Dundee to Perth.

16/08/86
6 Kirkcaldy turns; 2 Markinch turns; 1 Ladybank turn.

Tuesday 02/09/86
6 Kirkcaldy turns.

Wednesday 03/09/86
07.00 Waverley to Dunbar (& return); 2K51 0915 Waverley to Perth; 2K54 1040 Perth to Waverley; 2J01 1315 Waverley to Dundee; 2J42 1530 Dundee to Waverley.

Saturday 13/09/86
6 Kirkcaldy turns; 2 Markinch turns; 1 Ladybank turn.

September 1988
Derailed at Grantshouse, after running through catch points from the up loop. Withdrawn later with damage from this incident.