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Contact the photographer for details.";function clickIE4(){if(event.button==2){alert(message);return false;}}function clickNS4(e){if(document.layers||document.getElementById&&!document.all){if(e.which==2||e.which==3){alert(message);return false;}}}if(document.layers){document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);document.onmousedown=clickNS4;}else if(document.all&&!document.getElementById){document.onmousedown=clickIE4;}document.oncontextmenu=new Function("alert(message);return false")</script> <style>@media only screen and (max-width:800px){.mainimage{max-width:100%}}</style><link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css"><script language="Javascript" src="/jquery-ui/jqui10/js/jquery-ui-1.10.0.custom.min.js.pagespeed.jm.4dkrtxMyIS.js"></script><div class="container"><p><center><img class="mainimage" src="/images/91000/91411.jpg"></center></p><p>28 February 1965 and Gateshead's A1 No 60132 'Marmion' is resting at St Margaret's Shed, awaiting its next tour of duty.</p><p>Location: <a href="/locations/S/St_Margarets_Shed">St Margarets Shed</a></p><p>Original line: <a href="/companies/N/North_British_Railway">North British Railway</a></p><p>Photographer: <a href="/contributors/Colin_Kirkwood">Colin Kirkwood</a></p><p>Contact photographer: <a href="/pm/index.php?img=91411&whoto=Colin Kirkwood" target="contact">Colin Kirkwood</a></p><p><a href="/pm/index.php?img=91411&whoto=Ewan Crawford" target="contact">Contact editor</a></p><p>Date: <a href="/onthisday/02/28">28/02/</a>1965</p><p>Image number: 91411</p><br>Other photographs of St Margarets Shed on RailScot<table style="width: 100%; display: block; overflow-x: scroll;"><tr><td><a title='BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T no 80007 photographed on St Margarets shed in early 1965.' href='/img/40/399'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/40000/40399.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='One mile to the east of Waverley, just south of the ECML alongside London Road, stands an office block and car parks. This was part of the site of St Margarets shed, in the early 1950s home to over 200 steam locomotives. Photographed from a passing train in December 2006. ' href='/img/12/869'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/12000/12869.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='The ScotRail 13.17 ex-Newcraighall about to pass the site of St Margarets locomotive shed on a bright and sunny 17 May 2013. Photograph taken from alongside the tunnel under London Road.' href='/img/43/457'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/43000/43457.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='A diesel discussion in progress around the turntable on the north side of St Margarets shed in the mid 1960s.' href='/img/34/409'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/34000/34409.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='C16 4-4-2T no 67492 in the shed yard at St Margarets on 6 September 1958. The locomotive took charge of that days SLS Lothian Lines Tour from Edinburgh Waverley, visiting various locations in Edinburgh and the Lothians.' href='/img/35/518'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/35000/35518.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='BR class Y9 (Ex-NBR G class) 0-4-0ST no 68095 on shed at St Margarets on 3 February 1962. This was the last example of the class to be withdrawn at the end of that year and can now be seen on display at the SRPS, Boness, having been repainted in NBR bronze green passenger livery. See image ' href='/img/24/705'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/24000/24705.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='Scene on the up side of St Margarets shed, looking south across the ECML towards London Road on a Saturday morning in September 1958. Standing around the turntable is a North British 0-4-0 DH shunter, no D2723 of 1957, alongside a Reid ex-NBR N15 0-6-2T no 69152 of 1910. Even on a fine day it is questionable how much of a view was ever enjoyed by the nearby residents of London Road at that time, given the 200+ steam locomotives to whom St Margarets was home during much of the 1950s. ' href='/img/22/462'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/22000/22462.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='BR Standard, Ex-LMS and Ex-LNER types lined up alongside the north wall of St Margarets shed in 1964. From left to right stand 80122, 42691 and 61404. ' href='/img/23/176'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/23000/23176.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='Snow-plough fitted J38 0-6-0 no 65922 in the yard at St Margarets in the spring of 1964.' href='/img/45/461'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/45000/45461.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='Gresley J38 0-6-0 no 65929 photographed on St Margarets shed in February 1962.' href='/img/40/163'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/40000/40163.jpg'></a></td></tr></table><br><br>  <div id="ebayid" style="border-top: 1px dotted #CCC; padding-top: 25px; margin-top: 25px;"> <a target="ebay" href="https://www.ebay.co.uk"><img src="/ebay/xeBay-logo-right-now-108x45.gif.pagespeed.ic.-1kRB_5ODm.png"></a><br> eBay may have some items listed below which may be of interest. RailScot is an eBay affiliate. 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