The 3rd Mardyke Class 47 to be owned and run at SNBR arrived on 28th February 2015. She comes from the Ness Island Railway where she was rarely used, so despite being the first second
hand Mardyke diesel to be purchased by the SNBR, she arrived pretty much new.
After arrival she has been fitted with SNBR Vacuum pump and controls, repainted into NSE livery, and to keep her Scottish connection she was named Nessy in Gaelic, Neseag.
She is expected to enter front line mainline service in 2016, but did manage a few trips with her Sister 47 (Robert F Fairlee) in 2015.
