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26045/D5345
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Entered service 23/10/59
Renumbered 25/05/74
Last overhaul 11/79 General
Withdrawn 04/07/83

Depots
64B (Haymarket) 23/10/59 (new)
60A (Inverness) 02/60
64B 04/60
60A 06/60
(became IS)

Notes
26045 caught fire on a Highland Main Line passenger service in September 1982. Dumped at Inverness depot, it was later moved to Glasgow Works for assessment. Headlights and radio telephone fitted 1976.

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

Storage and disposal
Stored 09/82
Withdrawn 04/07/83 (fire)
Located at ZH (Glasgow Works) 07/83
Located at PO (Polmadie) 07/83
Moved to Humberstone Yard 10/07/87
Cut up (including cabs) at Vic Berry's by 08/08/87