Lochinvar Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Yes,60813 (a long-term 64A resident) had the unique chimney with deflector. DR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim49 Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 Thanks for the confirmation, mucklebackit. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad McCann Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I think it's pretty fair to say that a fair few 65B locos used the C&O. I'd never thought of it before but I suppose Caprotti 5s wouldn't at all have been strangers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim49 Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Hi Mad McCann, (a bit off your G&SWR beat) but Caprotti Standard 5s were indeed regular visitors to the C&O with 73147, 49, 50 & 51 all having been noted at one time or another. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glencruitten Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 This, and some other RMweb topics are so good that they persuaded me to join the forum! There is a photo in a Railway Magazine in the late 50s showing Class 4 2-6-0 No 76114 arriving at Oban on the 4am from Glasgow on 5th June 1958. Photo is also of interest being a rare photo of the consist of this train: ex-LMS "porthole" CK, ex-LMS "period 1" SK, full bogie brake, and two suburbans (LNER design non-gangwayed CK and ex-LMS identity obscured) - possibly being worked empty to Oban for use on Ballachulish branch services. That is another interesting subject - Oban line train formations! John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim49 Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 Hi John. Welcome to RM Web and thanks for the information about the loco and its train. Just a guess but the elderly Period 1 coach may have been a Camping Coach for use on the Ballachulish branch. Jim49 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad McCann Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I imagine the non-corridor subs would be Thompson composites; being built up to about 1953 these became to all intents and purposes a BR standard non-gangway vehicle, particularly on ScR secondary services in the 1950-67 period. They certainly appear regularly in photos of the Ballachullish trains during this period. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glencruitten Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I have now worked out how to add attachments so here is a scan of the photo. The LMS "period 1" looks to be in passenger use - as they were into the late 50s on the line. The Ballachulish branch camping coaches were usually ex-CR vehicles (see McRae "British Railways Camping Coach Holidays Part 2"). The suburban CK is Thompson design. Those used on the Ballachulish branch usually had the round-cornered windows so were BR-built examples. The other suburban is LMS design. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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