Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway Steam Gala Day

With a name like Bo'ness & Kinneil railway steam gala day, this was an event that I had to see.

Locos 62712 Morayshire and 75242 ran up and down the line with a variety of carriages and wagons from the preservations society's stock.

75254 with two 1921 Calledonian railways carriages at Kinneil halt

1921 Caledonian Railway carriages

62712 Morayshire approaching Birkhill station

62712 Morayshire sits beside the engine shed at Bo'ness station

62712 Morayshire prepares for a trip at Bo'ness railway station

The train departing from platform 1 at Bo'ness.....has just departed!

Bo'ness & Kinneil railway

The Bo'ness & Kinneil preserved railway is operated by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society.

The railway line runs from Bo'ness to Manuel with stops at Kinneil and Birkhill on the way.

 Our trip started at Bo'ness where steam loco 62712 Morayshire was returning from a tour. This year she has been repainted from her usual green LNER livery into black British Railways colours.

We then made our way to Birkhill station to await the arrival of the final tour of the day which was hauled by class 37 diesel loco 37401 Mary Queen of Scots.

Bo'ness and Kinneil railway

Our first stop on a day of travelling back in time took us to the beautifully preserved Bo'ness railway station.

On hauling duty this morning was steam loco 75254, built in 1945 and painted in her original War Department colour.

In 1963 she was sold to the National Coal Board from where she was acquired by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society who restored her to the wonderful condition she is in today.