Monday, August 11, 2025

37401 arriving at Eastleigh, 11th August 2025

 


37401 Mary Queen of Scots 0Z57 08:17 Crewe H.S. to Eastleigh Arlington (Zg) - a return with ECS is arranged for Tuesday. 69004 in the background prepared for 6V41 to Westbury.


56051 parked in the background.


Affectionately known in Scotland as 'Mary Doll'.


Nameplate and West Highland terrier.


Almost 40 years ago, an unnamed 37401 on show at a Haymarket open day, Edinburgh, 24th August 1985, having worked north from Crewe after Heavy General + ETH repair on 28th June 1985. Naming came on 4th November 1985, at Linlithgow, which was the birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots.