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While not a wrong spelling what about Milngavie pronounced locally as 'Mulguy', also Strathaven pronounced 'Straven'. I have no doubt that around the country there are many strange local oddities.

I know this is of no use to you but I have spent a happy hours in my younger years leaning over the bridges at Yoker. From memory, and this is going back to the mid 1950s, there was not a lot of railway buildings there. Mess huts and old coach, and some pigeon lofts at the Langholm Street side, but I cannot think of anything else. I preferred leaning over the bridge to watch the ex LNER sidings! The only signal box was between the LNER sidings and their suburban lines. I should point out that Langholm Street was bandit country, especially for a lad from Knightswood!

Did not know the Sodjer went to Bo'ness, hane not been there for about a month, I saw Glen Douglas there, it was out on display along with other locos like Maud earlier this year, at the same time 419 was repainted in BR black, don't like the Caley, but it did look smart. As an aside I saw today on channel four the film "Those Magnificent Men and their flying machine, I only watched up to the scene with the Jones Goods, brilliant, does anyone know what the coaches and are and have they been preserved that were used in the scene are. Thanks for post 65B very interesting and answers some questions. As far what is in the Museum, difficult to see in from the Expressway.

There was a rumour many years ago around Glasgow that a film company was to make a film about the 'Race to the North' and that 123 was take part, but apparently, so the rumour goes, 123 has a crack in one of her driving wheels and would cost to much. I remember seeing her in action when many of locos were in 'preserved' working action at Dawsholm. The thistle removal is a mystery. I stay in Glasgow and have visited the Kelvin Hall regularly and there is no sign of the thistle anywhere on the face of the buffers, it had disappeared completely. Being an LNER enthusiast I prefer the 'Sodger', I would love an RTR model of that. As an interesting aside, at the rear of the Kelvin Hall last week a large trailer with rails on it was parked at the door. Maybe they are now moving the large exhibits to the new Museum?

There was a 32 page booklet produced some time ago on the Royal Trains, whether your picture is inside it or not I do not know. I have a copy somewhere. It shows interior photos of coaches etc.