Old Photograph LNER Class J50 Steam Train Eastfield Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of an LNER Class J50 steam train in Eastfield Glasgow, Scotland. These steam locomotive had long side tanks that came to the front of the smokebox, which sloped forwards to improve visibility and had a recess cut in to aid maintenance. Forty were built by the Great Northern Railway between 1913 and 1922, with a further 62 being added by the London and North Eastern Railway between 1924 and 1939. Eastfield was a steam shed under British Railways with the depot code 65A.



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