locoholic Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Does anyone have any information on the time period when these vans were used on the Tartan Arrow service, which locos pulled the trains, and how long the livery survived, please? So far I all have seen is a photo of two of the LMS style BGs on an empty stock working, and one of the CCTs in a Class 25 hauled parcels train between Preston and Bolton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 There was a previous thread on them somewhere. I seem to recall it was late 1960s until early/mid 1970s. I've a feeling that the train itself was usually Class 47 hauled and also consisted of containers. I wouldn't mind knowing more about them myself as I bought one of the LMS vans the other week in the Hattons sale. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Rather coincidental I received this recently! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrour Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Gents, A friend who is not a signed-up member of Forum, but is most knowledgeable of railway operations in the west of Scotland, asked me to pass on some thoughts, and links. I have many memories of being driven past their rather busy Dalmarnock Road depot (at ground level above the sunken Dalmarnock Station) and the fairly direct connection to the West Coast Mainline at Rutherglen. The original painted over bridge at the depot carried their name for decades after the company ceased trading as Tartan Arrow. You will see from the links it appears to have been the usual British cocktail of innovative management, trade union requirements and public-sector politics. Just across from the Tartan Arrow depot there were a series of tracks running at street level into the local gasworks featuring level crossings with pedestrian footbridges built into the gaswork's high brick walls. http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/14th-april-1967/31/like-clockwork-tartan-arrow-liner-train-service-st http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/22nd-october-1965/28/tartan-arrows-london-glasgoi-went-with-br http://www.trucknetuk.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=33343 regards, Robert 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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