Scottish Pre Grouping Highland Railway locomotives (later LMS)

I have added 5 really old photos taken of Highland Railway locomotives designed by William Barclay (some have been rebuilt by Jones)
Starting off with
32 Cluny (formally Sutherland) William Barclay Highland Railway 'Glenbarry class' 2-2-2
https://tinyurl.com/y662v4hm
and includes this poor quality but historic photo of
12 unknown location Barclay Belladrum class was rebuilt by Jones as a 2-2-2T for branch line work, in which form it survived until 1898.
https://tinyurl.com/y6h7amyp

Neil

 

I have added 12 new photos of Jones Highland Railway 4-6-0 'Jones Goods'
Starting off in Highland Railway era
103 at Ballinluig in H.R. days
https://tinyurl.com/y4ywsogr
LMS era
https://tinyurl.com/y2s5a33h
in B.R era 103 restored for main line specials
https://tinyurl.com/y55vcobc

Neil

 

I have added a collection of photos featuring David Jones Highland Railway L Class ‘Skye Bogies’
Starting here with
H.R. era
32 at Inverness c1919
https://tinyurl.com/y45aoczv
LMS era
14277 unknown location
https://tinyurl.com/yxmwaak6

Neil

 

I have added a lot of photos of various designs by David Jones of the H.R.
Full collection starts here
https://tinyurl.com/1f1jrq4k

Neil.

 

I have added 12 new photos of David Jones Highland Railway L Class ‘Skye Bogies’
Including this photo of
14283 Kyle of Lochalsh 22nd May 1926
https://tinyurl.com/vaz92zp5
Full collection of 12 new photos starts here with
14277 Muir of Ord 21st May 1928
https://tinyurl.com/3m3yf4fx

Neil

 

21 / 27 = Inverness Rose St ?

 

I have added a large collection of new photos to the collection of Peter Drummond’s Highland Railway Ben Class

The Highland Railway Ben Class were small 4-4-0 passenger steam locomotives. There were actually two separate 'Ben' classes, usually referred to as the 'Small Bens' and the 'Large Bens'.
Despite the large and small tags, there was actually little difference between the two groups, the most crucial being larger boilers with an increase in tube heating surface. Cylinder and wheel dimensions were identical.
The class was originally designed by Peter Drummond, whose elder (and better known) brother Dugald had been in the company's locomotive department in earlier years and was at that time Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and South Western Railway.
In appearance they were fairly typical Drummond family products with the stiffener across the cab roof. They were also inside cylindered, almost uniquely among HR bogie locomotives.
All of these locomotives survived to be taken over by the LMS at the Grouping in 1923. The Large Bens were all withdrawn between 1932 and 1937. The first of the Small Bens was withdrawn in 1931, but ten survived into British Railways ownership. The last of these, 54398 Ben Alder, was withdrawn in 1953 and placed in storage in the hope that it would be preserved.
Unfortunately the hopes for 54398 – which included the intention to restore the locomotive to Highland Railway condition – came to nothing, and following storage at various locations (including Boat of Garten) it was eventually cut up on 05/1966; and so, none were preserved.
Including this photo of
54398 Ben Alder (Set aside for preservation, but scrapped in 1967)
https://tinyurl.com/4bxv5mhb

Highland Railway era photos start here with

1 Ben-y-Gloe Inverness 1898
https://tinyurl.com/mvpwhhwa

LMS era starts here
14398 Ben Alder
https://tinyurl.com/2d695wh9
to
14422 Ben Achaoruinn Inverness c1928
https://tinyurl.com/2ztrt3kt

B.R. era just 54398 Ben Alder starts here
54398 Ben Alder Thurso c1951
https://tinyurl.com/yjzwd2ep

Neil

 

Collection of photos of locos of the Highland Railway

This collection features the Loch Class locos designed by D. Jones

Including this photo of
14389 Loch Maree & 14766 Clan Chattan with the up mail train from London seen here at Inverness in April 1927
https://tinyurl.com/37rwb4sk

Full collection starts here with
Highland Railway era photos start here
123 Loch An Dorb double heads 58 Darnaway Castle near Drumochter summit date unknown
https://tinyurl.com/bdhxx4wr

LMS era photos start here
14379 Loch Insh
https://tinyurl.com/234x55fw
to
14396 Loch Ruthven
https://tinyurl.com/4f7eyrez

Neil