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Hi Claggy, Re 47 517 on the Clansman - correct, the 11.00 Inverness to Euston on 28th June 1986. By the mid 80's Perth had lost a lot of it's variety. AFAIR, passenger traffic was Inverness to Glasgow/Edinburgh (usually 47's and early mk2 stock) Inverness to Euston 'Clansman' (47/4 and mk1/2/3 stock) Aberdeen to Glasgow (again 47's and mk2 - later 47/7 push pull) Perth to Edinburgh (101 3 car unit) Speedlinks operated from Mossend to Inverness and Craiginches and I believe a Freightliner still ran between Aberdeen and Coatbridge but dunno when it finished. The engineers yard to the north and the tippler to the south both generated some traffic but I think Dewars had shut by then. Go back a few years (see Crossfells shots) and you can add in the Dundee to Glasgow services (mucho variety) and the Arbroath/Dundee to Perth locals (DMU variety) as well as additional freight traffic. I dare say there a a few gaps but I hope this helps. I've a few pics of the area from this era so just let me know if you want to see anything in particular and I'll see what I have. Bruce

Can't help with the loco that day but I have posted a shot of 47 517 on this service on the 28th June 1986 on Claggy's ScR thread http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/topic/429-scottish-region-photos-1980s/page__st__25 A quick trawl through the few pics I have of the Clansman shows that the blue/grey BG was reasonably common. Was the prestige passenger service on the Highland line at the time (admittedly, this doesn't go for much), replaced in 1988 (?) by an HST. Hope this is of interest, Bruce

Thanks guys. Crossfell5 - lovely shots from a vintage year. Millerhillboy, the Millerhill shot of 37112 was 30th April 1982 - the 26 in case anyone is interested is 26001. Some more Millerhill below. Some more ScR stuff And finally, currently a nice cheap to model rake (10 quid a coach) if you ignore the Royal Scotsman rake in the distance!! Bruce

Thanks for the info on the ferry highs, Mike - I must admit I was unable to locate any details after a quick squint through a well known wagon website. I've a couple of pics of the Craiginches to Immingham SLK icluding the bogie lime vehicles Some more bits and pieces from a long gone era Bruce

Good to see RMWeb back in action again - congrats to the mods for all their hard work. A further selection of ScR 80's shots slanted towards some of the recent queries (some in other threads) Firstly, a 105 unit approaches Markinch with a Dundee to Edinburgh working in March 1980. HA had some units in both all blue and b/g at this time and would have presumably been seen on E&G services as well as to the Kingdom. Next, a couple of shots of the Aberdeen portion of the Up Postal The very mixed (vehicles wise) 4A40 11:10 Edinburgh-Aberdeen parcels approaches Perth. Finally, 47 362 descends Lochmuir bank with a Craiginches to Millerhill (? - must dig out my WTT) SLK. The opens are returning empty lime stock. HTH Bruce