eastworld Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Where in Scotland was it possible to see single coach trains hauled by diesel locos? Was the Killin line so worked? Any others? Were such workings ever hauled by Class 26s or 27s or would they have been Class 24? Stu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 There are photos on Railscot of single coach trains at Georgemas Junction (class 26) and Aberfeldy (D5125). CheersDavid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted August 15, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 15, 2013 Ballachulish, Killin, Dornoch and Wick / Thurso (portions) all produced single-vehicle trains on occasions. I'm not so familiar with the operations on the former GNofS lines in the NE of Aberdeenshire but there are possibilities there also. Any of classes 21, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 29 could have been the traction. Classes 17 and 20 had occasional passenger duties as well though these were generally confined to lowland Scotland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 There are photos on Railscot of single coach trains at Georgemas Junction (class 26) and Aberfeldy (D5125). Cheers David Aberfeldy is the classic, plenty of footage about of that with 24s and single coach. Responding to Gwiwer's comment about GNoSR ops, there were fewer portion workings up there IIRC, and most of the consists I have seen produced three or four car rakes, plus the inevitable Fish vans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham R Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Several GNS lines survived long enough to see two-coach diesel loco-hauled services - Elgin-Lossiemouth, Maud-Peterhead, Elgin-Aviemore ... there is a 1965 photo of a loco-hauled single-coach Elgin-Aviemore service at Craigellachie in O'Hara's "BR Scottish Region Colour Album Album No 1". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Country Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 During early the 1960s Sulzer Type 2s hauling a single coach often filled in for failed railbuses on the Speyside Line between Craigellachie and Boat of Garten. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Argos Posted August 15, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 15, 2013 Hi Eastworld, I've done quite a bit of research on the Killin branch and whilst single coach operation was the norm it was never operated by diesel (only excursion traffic was diesel powered). There are some nice photos around of green Class 24s prior to yellow warning panels and one coach operating out of Aberfeldy. I'm not aware of any single coach consists, diesel hauled or otherwise, on the Ballachulish branch but would be happy to be proved wrong. Argos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Heads of Ayr branch (for Butlins camp?), class 20 plus 1 coach, can't remember where I say the photo, so not sure if the 20 was usual or not on this train. Duncan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastworld Posted August 19, 2013 Author Share Posted August 19, 2013 Thanks for all the replies - a fascinating subject to me. Maybe one day I'll build a little layout to represent such an operation. Stu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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