NBR C Class

The North British Railway C Class, classified J36 by the London and North Eastern Railway, was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed by Matthew Holmes for freight work and introduced in 1888 with inside cylinders and Stephenson valve gear. In total 168 were built, 138 at the railway's Cowlairs Works and the other 30 split equally between Neilson and Company and Sharp, Stewart and Company. The opening of the second Tay Bridge in 1887 and the coming Forth Bridge in 1890 called for more powerful goods engines. Twenty-five served in France in the First World War and were named after battles and generals. 123 passed to British Railways in 1948, and the class was the last steam in service in Scotland.