LNER Class J36

These 0-6-0s freight locomotives were introduced by Holmes for the North British Railway in 1888. 168 were built in total, at Cowlairs and by Neilsen and Sharp and Stewart. 25 were used in France during World War I and were named after battles and generals on their return. The names were hand-painted on the splashers. 123 eventually made it into BR ownership and the class had all been withdrawn by 1967. No. 65243 Maude is preserved on the Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway. I only saw 2 of this class, however, John Dyer photographed Nos. 65234, 65243, 65267, 65282 and 65309 at Bathgate MPD on 1/8/64 and No. 65231 at Carlisle Canal sheds on 5/8/60.