8750 Class - 3608 - GWR Green Shirtbutton - DCC Sound Fitted GWR 7800 - Manor Class the area around South Shields

the area around South Shields was the centre of the Harton Coal Company’s operations

Note that as well as the distinctive  ‘split’ cantrail grilles

Corrugated ends and Flush Sided doors

12-foot wheelbase "Pipe" wagons (built in 1961 under Lot 3335 to Diagram 1/462) were selected for conversion

The name stuck with the locomotive until withdrawal

8750 Class - 3608 - GWR Green Shirtbutton - DCC Sound Fitted GWR 7800 - Manor Class the area around South ShieldsCompleted at Swindon on the 2nd of Feb 1939 as part of Lot 314, was new to Oxford shed. Another of the type to have the more modern cab fitted as part of the 8750 variant, this had many of the later features you would associate with the type, such as the bunker steps and later type fillers. It was however built before the fitting of top feed and this would be added later. Another engine that would spend most of its life around one shed, it would not