NCB1 Bedlay Colliery 0-6-0T No. 9
Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, UK
Location: Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life
Status: Display
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1 NCB National Coal Board National Coal Board
Posted: Oct 29, 2018 @ 17:10:45 by Robin R Beck
Supplied new to Wemyss Coal Company in 1909. Started at Michael Colliery, Fife being number 9. Parts of Wemyss Coal business passed to the National Coal Board in 1947, including number 9. In 1951 it moved to Wellesley Colliery, 1963 back to Michael Colliery until a disastrous fire closed the colliery in 1967. In 1968 moved to Bedlay Colliery, Lanarkshire. Worked until the late 70s, the mine closing in 1981. Loco now displayed outdoors at Summerlee Heritage Museum