JANUARY NEWS

3rd Jan 40145 at Shap Summit by Mike Ford.

THE WAVERLEY REMEMBERED

Having found my old negs from the late 50s to the 70s I am just in-time to show myself with John Carruthers left who I met on the Flying Scotsman rail tour from Edinburgh to Aberdeen 16th May 1964 .

Carlisle A3 60041 Salmon Trout on the Waverley 1961.

Carlisle  A4 Bittern with a re-enactment of the Waverley Express November 1966.

A4 6007 Merlin on the 09.20 Carlisle to Edinburgh 1961.

Sat 26th September 1964 A4 60007 is to re-leave 46256 Sir William Stainer at Carlisle before taking the charter to Edinburgh via the Waverley Route. Stanier was scrapped & Sir Nigel was preserved.

STAINMORE a route for good seasons.

Stainmore Line summit summer time.

6th Jan The same location today Stainmore line Summit by Mark Keefe

WIGAN MODEL RAIL SHOW

0 Gauge A4 Kingfisher in Garter Blue with the early No 24 which became 60024 under the 1948 nationalization of British Railways.

3rd Jan 40145 arrives at Carlisle. Stephen Ford.

THE WAVERLEY REMEMBERED

8f 48104 Hawick with a local to Edinburgh.

Carlisle  A1 60152 Bon Accord Waverley Charter.

Carlisle preserved A3 No 4472 arrives off the Waverley Route.

Langholm Station just after closure to passengers 15th June 1964. The line closed to freight March 1967.

One of the loved loco's of the Waverley route was 60024 Kingfisher seen here at Blyth scrap yard 1966.

PRESTON MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION

11.01.09

0-6-0 saddle tank Hunslet engine C/o Ltd Leeds, works No 3155 built 1944.

Rescued by the late Peter Beet, now owned by his wife, 46441 was based at Carnforth from 1970 & has been seen working at Bury Lancs railway.

WIGAN MODEL RAIL SHOW

00 Ashburton with an 0-6-0 saddle tank and a rake of cattle wagons.

14.01.09 Lockerbie Scotland 67006 & 66005 front, with a high speed test train by Mike Ford.

Newcastle to Carlisle line. Low Row manual signal box, which will be demolished, see the April News, by Mike Ford.

3rd Jan Pendolino Nr Teby by Mike Ford.

THE WAVERLEY REMEMBERED

Carlisle Station Class A2 60528 Tudor Minstrel on a private Charter April 1966.

Carlisle V2 60835 with the Edinburgh to Carlisle.1960.

A2 Blue Peter a former Waverley loco is seen at Kingmoor in April 1966, now preserved. The Canal shed supported the Waverley locos and was closed in June 1963.

Riddings Jct change for the Langholm Branch.

To find out about the history, search Waverley Route & Stainmore lines in Google or similar. Also Brian's Railway Years index page.

The preserved Waverley reinstated click below

http://www.wrha.org.uk/

PRESTON MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION

11.01.09

A Route master London Bus in Preston, It was used as a shuttle between Preston Dock Railway & the Exhibition.

An old friend has been found J.N Derbyshire worked at British Gypsum Cocklakes Nr Carlisle  in the 1960s. Built in 1929, works No 1969 by Andrew Barclay & Sons Ltd at the Caledonian works Kilmarnock Scotland. B/W picture below.

WIGAN MODEL RAIL SHOW

00 Dewsbury a perfect layout which is now some ten years old and has been published in the Railway Modeller.

17th Jan 47727 heads for Carlisle to start the log trains. by Don Burgess