Drummond NBR 0-6-0 of the LNER J32 class
When Drummond took over on the NBR twelve new 0-6-0 locomotives were ordered in 1875 to be constructed at Cowlairs. These were followed by two orders with Neilson & Co. for six and twenty locomotives. The final batch of twenty was cut to fourteen before construction began. All thirty two J32 locomotives were built between 1876 and 1877. Between 1898 and 1903, the J32s were rebuilt by Holmes to closely resemble his J36 design. Withdrawals started in April 1921 with No. 1303, and a total of thirteen had been withdrawn by Grouping (1932). At Grouping the J32s could be found at: St. Margaret's, Haymarket, Carlisle, Polmont, Kipps, Thornton, Parkhead, and Eastfield. Typically duties at this time were usually short-distance workings such as the "Coast Goods" on the East of Fife line to St. Andrews, and the Ratho Pilot duty for the shale mines in Broxburn. The LNER continued the steady withdrawals, and the last J32 was withdrawn in April 1925.
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