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In steam days Perth motive power depot was well worth

a visit as it was usually full of LMR, ER and Standard locomotives. With the demise of steam the facility closed but during the interregnum before the wholesale replacement of all trains with multiple-unit working the city required stabling and layover facilities for diesel locomotives and that was found on the north side of the station adjacent to the Highland Line platforms. Whilst locos still hauled most long-distance and Inter City trains the Class 50s ruled north of Crewe before West Coast electrification and here number 443, which probably brought in the overnight Royal Highlander from Euston, is practising an early form of identity privacy before taking a southbound service back to the LMR.