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Edinburgh Transport - Railways Near Granton Road Station |
Near Granton Road Station - 1962 Railtour
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Alistair MacBeath, Granton, Edinburgh Photographer not known
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Near Granton Road Station |
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Thank you to Alistair MacBeath, Granton, Edinburgh for allowing me to reproduce this photograph of a train on the Caledonian line near Granton Road station. |
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Alistair wrote: The Photo "Here is a photo taken from a 35mm slide that I recently bought on eBay. It came from a private collection. The photographer is not known. On the slide was written:
Looking at the rolling stock there seem to be at least three different carriage types. It's rather intriguing. I wonder what the 'tour' was about." Alistair MacBeath: February 3, 2010 |
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The Railtour If you know anything about this Railtour, please email me then I'll add the details to this page and send a message to Alistair MacBeath to let him know. Thank you. - Peter Stubbs: February 26, 2010 |
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Recollections 1. Douglas Beath Tasmania, Australia |
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Thank you to Douglas Beath who wrote: |
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Excursion "I was on many railtours during 1958-63. In Scotland, most were organised by the Stephenson Locomotive Society or the Branch Line Society, and drew participants from nationwide. The tour in the photograph above may have been this one for which the ticket declares: ***
'Closed' meant closed to regular passenger trains." Douglas Beath, Tasmania, Australia: February 28, 2010 |
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*** No. In fact it was a different tour.. See below |
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Update to 1. Douglas Beath Tasmania, Australia |
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After reading 'Recollections 2' below, Douglas Beath wrote: |
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"I was so wrong in my 'answer above. My assumption that the photograph near Granton Road Station related to the ' Waverley to Waverley via Edinburgh area' ticket was unwarranted. The number of railtours, as seen on the Six Bells Junction website, is quite breathtaking." Douglas Beath, Tasmania, Australia: March 5, 2010 |
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Recollections 2. Alan Grieve Minehead, Somerset, England |
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Thank you to Alan Grieve who wrote, giving me a link to a useful web site, Six Bells Junction. This site gives details of many rail excursions in Britain from 1887 to date (including the rail excursions in Scotland in 1962). It shows that the excursion on 25 August 1962 visited Leith but not Granton Road Station. However there was an excursion a few months earlier, on 3 February 1962 that did pass through Granton Road Station. |
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'Farewell to Peebles' "I reckon that the tour you are looking for was probably the Stephenson Locomotive Society (Scottish Area) Railtour titled 'Farewell to Peebles - A Pleasant Railway Byway'. The tour took place on 3 February 1962. Details of this tour can be found on the Six Bells Junction* web site. This tour was booked for a class J37 0-6-0, plus possible class 3F ex-CR 0-6-0 on the Leith North branch." * Alan advises: On the Six Bells Junction web site, click on 'The Railtour files', second item on the left hand side, then click on 1962 which will bring up a list of railtours in 1962. Fifth from the bottom is 3 February 1962.
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Alan Grieve, Minehead, Somerset, England: February 28, 2010 Details taken from Six Bells Junction web site. Source: John Debens |
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