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Dimensions4526 x 3076
Original file size2.6 MB
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Date modified28-Dec-19 09:28
55261 54441 1955c Carstairs shed

55261 54441 1955c Carstairs shed

A timeless everyday scene on the former Caledonian Railway. 55261 is marshalling a couple of coaches with a van and an ex GWR Siphon G attached at the front. There is a B1 on Trip Duty E21 taking water from the original Caley water crane. As 64D part of St Margarets District there were two B1s allocated in late 1954 to early 1956, 61330 and 61398 (and this is clearly summer so if correct this must be 1955). As usual coaches obscure the view of the shed from the platform and there is a Ballast Brake and mess coaches adjacent to the shed. On shed 54441 (a visitor from Motherwell) and a Jumbo are making smoke as another of the class stands near the coaling stage. In the far distance something is bringing in 3 coaches from the Edinburgh line but is halted at signals while in the yard the PW men are attending to the track, greasing point blades up for further service as the lookout watches with his flag tucked under his arm.