26037/D5337
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Entered
service 20/08/59
Renumbered 28/09/74
Last
overhaul 03/86
G and HGR; including fitting air-brakes and removing boiler and boiler
water tanks
Withdrawn 04/10/93
Depots
64B (Haymarket) 20/08/59 (new)
60A (Inverness) 06/60
HA (Haymarket) 17/05/82
IS 03/85
11/85
ED (Eastfield) 16/05/87
IS 23/08/92
04/10/93 Withdrawn
Sectors
04/87 DXX
08/87 FXX
10/87 FGWS
02/89 FGSE
11/89 FPAE
30/09/91 DCHA
03/92 RAJE
07/10/91 DCHB
03/92 RAJW
29/11/92 RAJE
26/04/93 Stored
15/07/93 RFJX
04/10/93 Withdrawn
FXX
Freight/General
FGWS/FXXB Speedlink/Eastfield
FXXL Freightliner/General
FGSE/FGWS Speedlink/Eastfield
FPAE Petroleum/Eastfield
RAJE Regional/Infrastructure 26s IS
Notes
One of the IS engines to carry a stag emblem (white, or black on yellow)
in blue (along with 032, 038, 040 and 041)
OMO fitted 03/86
Boiler isolated 09/85
High intensity headlight fitted 02/93
Liveries
Original green; green plus small yellow warning panel; early Class 24-style
BR blue; BR blue; Railfreight (03/86)
Storage
and disposal
Reason for withdrawal: knackered. Cut
M C Metals 02/95
Last
years
Friday
12/09/86
1T20 1030 Inverness to Glasgow; (piloting 47461 Inverness to Perth).
08/05/87
0725 Queen Street to Aberdeen; from Perth to Aberdeen.
17/11/87
1M02 1013 Glasgow to Carlisle; from the Kilmarnock area (possibly Hurlford
signal box) to Carlisle. 47456 was having traction motor troubles. The
original plan was for 037 to assist to Dumfries, and then come off, leaving
the 47 to continue. However, by Dumfries, the Duff was completely dead,
and 037 worked through. 47569 took the return diagram.
12/02/88
1M03 1345 Glasgow to Carlisle; from Dumfries to Carlisle after 47441 blew
up. Arrival was 100 minutes down...
22/04/88
1M18 0600 Glasgow to Euston; from Gretna Junction to Carlisle. This train
arrived at Carlisle at 0945 with 26037 hauling 37516, 87020 (minus its
pantograph) and the coaches... The 87 had lost the panto and come to a
halt at Gretna; the T had failed rescuing it at Gretna, so the 26 saved
the day. It then took the rewiring train to Gretna and stayed on site.
19/08/88
1T28 1250 Oban to Glasgow; from Dalmally to Glasgow Queen Street after
37407 died...
08/12/88
1B29 2216 Carstairs to Waverley.
12/12/88
1B29 2216 Carstairs to Waverley.
05/05/89
1B29 2216 Carstairs to Waverley.
07/05/89
1B29 2216 Carstairs to Waverley.
Monday 10/07/89
1A49 0702 Plymouth to Aberdeen; from Thornton to Aberdeen. 47642 had failed.
Thursday 16/11/89
2O72 1714 Glasgow Queen Street to Waverley.
Saturday 27/01/90
0850 1C67 Waverley to Manchester Piccadilly; from Waverley to Carstairs.
Friday 19/10/90
1830 2Y45 Glasgow Central to Waverley; dragging the unit from Holytown
to Waverley.
Saturday 05/01/91
26025+26037
1S25 Euston to Inverness; Perth to Blair Atholl. Piloting the Duff after
heavy snowfalls.
Sunday 31/03/91
26024+26037
1055 1V60 Glasgow Central to Plymouth; Glasgow to Carlisle, via the Sou'West.
The original engine for 1V60 had to go and rescue 1O11 at Barrhead, so
the 26s came off Polmadie.
Thursday 02/05/91
0659 2E32 Carlisle to Newcastle. Dragging a 108. It then returned light
to Carlisle.
Thursday 05/09/91
26037+26038 (FPAE) work 6Z50 Grangemouth to Carlisle oil train when 37s
weren't available. 100% availability wasn't unusual for these petroleum
machines (037, 038, 040 and 041).
Monday 07/10/91
26037 transferred from FPAE to DCHB, leaving 26041 as the last petroleum
26.
May 1992
Mid-May sees 26032+26037 on regular weekday workings on the 6B78/8D67
Millerhill to Mossend departmental services.
Thursday 11/06/92
26010+26037 had a rare weekday outing when called upon to take the 0307
6D35 Grangemouth Oil terminal to Hawkshead tanks, owing to T shortage.
Both locos returned light. 26037 then worked ballast trip AN05.
Thursday 30/07/92
26037 was sent to Inverness for a C exam, as Eastfield shed was retricted
to A and B's only.
Sunday
08/11/92
26006+26037
1Z50 and 1Z51; worked from Waverley to Aberdeen; then Inverkeithing to
Waverley. This was a steam excursion, with the kettle from Aberdeen to
Inverkeithing.
006 then spent most of the next week at Inverness undergoing repairs to TMs, an increasingly common problem on such ancient locos long out of works...
037 had to visit Inverness for main generator repairs.
Wednesday 02/12/92
26037 hauled the 5M11 ECS for the 1M11 2350 Glasgow Central to Euston
from Polmadie to Central after ecs loc 87020 derailed. This can be up
to 16 vehicles...
Tuesday 12/01/93
Heavy snowfalls in the Highlands saw 26003+26037 sandwiched between two
independent snowploughs and ploughing the Highland Main Line between Perth
and Dalwhinnie, including the notorious Druimuachdar Summit.
Tuesday 26/01/93
26037 shut down at High Street while hauling 90127 from Polmadie to Glasgow
Works. 37069 came off Eastfield to assist.
In February, 26037 tried to haul 26025 to Inverness for headlight fitting...
but shut down and 025 had to finish the journey itself.
Thursday 18/02/93
26037 was booked to haul a failed DMU from Perth to Haymarket as 5Z90,
leaving at 0015. However, 037 failed at Thornton and 37201 assisted forward.
Wednesday 03/03/93
26037 visited
Methil Power Station with 21 loaded MSV wagons of coal slurry on 8G11
1740 trip ex Thornton. 26037 returned to Methil with similar workings
on the next two days.
Friday 26/03/93
26037 visited the Riccarton spur near Kilwinning on crew training duties.
Sunday 04/04/93
26037 failed at Singer with the 7Z27 2310 Cadder to Singer ballast. 26006
was summoned from Polmadie to assist the train through to Dumbarton. Both
locos returned to Motherwell.