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Railways
1958 |
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British
Railways Adverts
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THE DIESELS ARE HERE
on MONDAY 3RD FEBRUARY 1958
A diesel train service will be introduced
between
CORSTORPHINE,
WAVERLEY
and
NORTH BERWICK
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EXHIBITION OF DIESEL RAILCARS
Members of the public are invited to
inspect the new diesel railcars at Waverley Station, Platform 5
between 1pm and 6pm on Tuesday 28 January.
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LOOK OUT FOR FUTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT THE
INTRODUCTION OF FURTHER DIESEL TRAIN SERVICES IN THE EDINBURGH AREA.
A CAPITAL SERVICE ...
... FOR THE CAPITAL
BRITISH RAILWAYS |
Evening
Dispatch: Jan 27 1958, p.1
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ANOTHER NEW DIESEL SERVICE
on MONDAY 17TH FEBRUARY 1958
WAVERLEY - PEEBLES -
GALASHIELS
GREATLY IMPROVED SERVICES
The Corstorphine / Waverley / North Berwick
diesel service is already in operation. Full details can be
obtained at stations and agencies.
BRITISH RAILWAYS |
Evening
Dispatch: February 12, 1958, p.1 |
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STILL ANOTHER NEW DIESEL SERVICE
on MONDAY 5TH MAY 1958
between
PRINCES STREET
and
LEITH (NORTH)
(27 trains in each direction)
Diesel trains are already in operation
between
Corstorphine, Waverley and North Berwick
and Waverley and Galashiels via Peebles.
Full details of all these services
can be obtained
at stations and agencies
BRITISH RAILWAYS |
Evening
Dispatch: April 30 1958, p.1
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NEW DIESEL SERVICES
on MONDAY 9TH JUNE 1958
Diesel services will be introduced between
EDINBURGH SUBURBAN STATIONS
and BETWEEN
EDINBURGH
and
MUSSELBURGH
with
MORE TRAINS ON EACH ROUTE
Diesel trains are already in operation
between
Corstorphine, Waverley and North Berwick, between and Waverley and
Galashiels via Peebles and between Princes Street and Leith Walk
Full details of all these services
can be obtained at stations.
BRITISH RAILWAYS |
Evening
Dispatch: June 6 1958, |
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Newspapers - 1958 |
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The adverts above appeared in
the Evening Dispatch in 1958
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Reply
1.
John Simpson
Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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Thank you
to John Simpson for sending the comments below.
John wrote: |
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Before 1958
"I
question the year that diesel services were introduced.
You show 1958, but I
think that should be 1956.
I was at the introduction display
at Waverley. I recall that one of the
trains had an accident before the service started and
also shortly after the test runs of the Glasgow units commenced.
My reason for questioning the
year is that I left Edinburgh in October 1956 just prior to the end of the
Edinburgh trams.
*** "
John Simpson, Calgary,
Alberta, Canada: September 19, 2010 |
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***
The last tram ran in Edinburgh on November 16,
1956. |
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Edinburgh-Glasgow Service
January 1957
The railway
adverts above suggest that diesel multiple unit services in Edinburgh
might have commenced in 1958.
This was
the case for the Edinburgh Suburban line and several other services.
However, at least one service (Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street)
began to use Diesel Multiple Units earlier.
This
Class 126 web
site refers to Diesel Multiple Units being introduced on the Edinburgh to
Glasgow service in January 1957. |
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Reply
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Alan Grieve
Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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Thank you
to Alan Grieve who replied:
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Trials
"John
Simpson raises the question of the DMUs being introduced to Edinburgh in
1956, not 1958 as shown in the Evening Dispatch adverts
There was a short trial on the
Corstorphine-North Berwick and Galashiels to Peebles routes in 1956 with
Metro-Cammell twin set E79055/E79261 from East Anglia.
I remember being very excited by the chance to ride on this set
from Musselburgh to Edinburgh one day.
However the steam trains still
worked the Musselburghs, the North Berwicks and the Suburban services in
1957 as I used them for my first year at work from January 1957.
It was early 1957 when the
Swindon Inter-city sets took over the Glasgow route,
but the dates you show for full dieselisation of the local services are
correct. Full details can be found on the
Railcar
web site."
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Trials
"Incidentally
from my house in Inveresk we kept hearing these two-tone
horns during 1956 and 1957 and my mother was very curious as we had never
heard anything like it before.
It was, of course, diesel units
on the main line passing Monktonhall Junction and Inveresk station on
'driver training'
turns as the men were trained up to take over the steam services.
I think they may have used the
old Aberlady branch for training purposes."
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Alan Grieve, Minehead,
Somerset, England: October 7, 2010 |
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