Shildon Electric
26510 was one of ten Bo-Bo electric locos bult for the Shildon electrification scheme back in 1914/15. The locos were built at the NER's Darlington works with traction motors by Siemens. Funny how that firm's name keeps cropping up as I worked for them for a decade in Europe. All of this EB1 class were withdrawn as early as 1935 and were put into store but 26510 became one of life's survivors. Although the rest of the class were all withdrawn in 1950 and never turned wheels in anger again 26510 seems to have led a charmed life and had two further bites at the cherry firstly as a testbed for the Woodhead electrics and then, from 1949, as departmental shunter at Ilford depot in Essex where she's depicted circa September 1949. She soldiered on in that role as Departmental No. 100 until the curtain came down on her career in 1960.
26510 was one of ten Bo-Bo electric locos bult for the Shildon electrification scheme back in 1914/15. The locos were built at the NER's Darlington works with traction motors by Siemens. Funny how that firm's name keeps cropping up as I worked for them for a decade in Europe. All of this EB1 class were withdrawn as early as 1935 and were put into store but 26510 became one of life's survivors. Although the rest of the class were all withdrawn in 1950 and never turned wheels in anger again 26510 seems to have led a charmed life and had two further bites at the cherry firstly as a testbed for the Woodhead electrics and then, from 1949, as departmental shunter at Ilford depot in Essex where she's depicted circa September 1949. She soldiered on in that role as Departmental No. 100 until the curtain came down on her career in 1960.
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