25279 York 050685 GE279
25279 standing in platform 4 at York heading the 18:53 service to Scarborough on 5 June 1985. Built by Beyer-Peacock at Gorton Works, Manchester, just before the company went into luquidation, it was introduced into BR service at D7629 in September 1965 and allocated to Wath for hauling inter-regional freights between the Eastern and Midland Regions of BR. A tthe time of its withdarwal in March 1987 it was one of the last of it's class in service. It was purchased for preservation in 1987 from Vic Berry's Leicester scrapyard. It can now be found at the Great Central (North).