Former North British Railway 'Scott' Class 4-4-0 No. 243 as LNER Class D29 'Meg Merrilies' leaves the Forth railway bridge with a southbound passenger train in about 1936
Class D29, the earlier 'Scott' series of the North British Railway, 6'6" 4-4-0's. Originally 16 engines in the class, built between 1909-11 and subsequently superheated. The last of the class was scrapped in was built in 1911, renumbered 9243 by the LNER in 1924 and then 2406 in 1946, and was withdrawn in 1948 as British Railways 62406
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Location: Forth Rail Bridge Scotland UK
Photo credit: © Digbydachshund / Alamy / Afripics
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