Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Heritage Railway

    Applying the brake to lost Glasgow & South Western Railway heritage

    Dec 17, 2019 5 minutes
    Words and pictures by Dr Al McPhee

    IT is not widely realised that the Scottish Railway Preservation Society’s (SRPS) collection at the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway collection contains some of the most important pre-Grouping carriages in UK preservation, not least of all the two magnificent Caledonian Railway coaches, Nos. 1375 and 464, and the 1898 Great North of Scotland Railway Royal saloon.

    One other vehicle which is now in the final stages of restoration is the society’s Glasgow & South Western Railway (GSWR) James Manson passenger brake van of 1901, No. 122.

    The GSWR was the third ranking pre-Grouping Scottish railway, after the North British and the Caledonian. But due to the early withdrawal of its locomotives after 1923 as the LMS pursued its policy of standardisation, only one engine survived

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Heritage Railway

    Heritage Railway2 min read
    HSTs Join Line-up As Severn Valley Spring Diesel Festival Grows Further
    THE Severn Valley Railway’s May 1619 Spring Diesel Festival had added further guests, with up to 18 different locomotives and units now due in service. Colas Rail has agreed to its Class 43 High Speed Train set being in service during the event. It w
    Heritage Railway1 min read
    Heritage Railway
    EDITORIAL Editor Robin Jones rjones@mortons.co.uk Staff writer Owen Hayward ohayward@mortons.co.uk Senior Contributors Geoff Courtney, John Titlow Contributors Don Benn, Hugh Dougherty, Tim Hobman, Phil Marsh, Dave Wilson Designer Tim Pipes Productio
    Heritage Railway4 min readCrime & Violence
    Arsonists, Thieves And Vandals Target Heritage Lines
    SECURITY is being stepped up at heritage venues after three railways were subjected to criminal attacks in early spring. An arson attack badly damaged a Mk.1 BSK coach used for storage purposes at the Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway at about

    Related