ScR 1980's 10 - Fife Pt1

Scenes from the Forth Bridge north to Kirkcaldy and including the Leven, Westfield and Kincardine branches. Classes include 20,26,27,37,47 and 101.
Pics at http://brucegalloway.zenfolio.com/

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Autos & Vehicles

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• scotland
• railways
• trains
• scotrail
• class
• 47
• hst

[dampFreddie]

superb. What was that 37 working? Bloody hard to get on the east coast before 1987.

[jbg06003]

@dampFreddie

Thanks.

The 37 was on a SRPS excursion - the notes I have states the loco was 37261 and the date was 2nd May 1987. Probably WHL bound. It started at Ladybank with the stock worked down from Perth.

As you say they were pretty rare considering their numbers but could occasionally be seen on the Dundee stoppers and the Aberdeen - Immingham Speedlink

[wcmlfan]

You have very good videos. Did not know that railfreight Class 26s pulled passenger coaches. Do you know if Red-Stripe Railfreight 26s pulled passenger as well?

[jbg06003]

@wcmlfan Hi, can't say I ever recorded one but that's certainly not to say it did not happen. Thanks, Bruce

[sandfordmerlin]

some great footage here, brings back memories of those all line rail rovers :-)

[willygrant1971]

Brilliant film, miss those days of oily diesels hauling a rake of carriages.

I like DMUs but I think they were the beginning of the end for the good old loco.

Loved seeing the class 26s and the double head class 20s !

It was always criticised but good old Large Logo British Rail days were the best for me :-)

[SteamboatWilley]

Great footage from the days of real trains, before the DMUs took over.

[legomanbiffo]

Nine and a half minutes of clag-tastic diesel-fuelled ScR entertainment, thanks for sharing.

[Rich27014]

@wcmlfan The use of 26s etc. came about due to a fitters strike around the middle of August 86, resulting in a lot of first generation DMUs lying around Haymarket and Eastfield in various states of disrepair. Some of the Mk 1s that were carted out to replace them on the Edinbugh-Kirkcaldy and associated services (such as Cardeneden, Berwick etc.) were certainly past their best and they pretty much used whatever traction they could get their hands on. The colour scheme was irrelevant.

[ScottishMetal]

This is pure gold.

[genesis070365]

Pure Magic!! thank you for the memories...great camera work aswell!!

[D5310]

If you search for 26010 on fotopic there is at least one pic of the loco in redstripe on a passenger at Waverley in fact 040 features here in redstripe!!!