BR in the 1990s Visit to Scotland and the Highlands in September 1993

BRITISH RAILWAYS IN THE 1990's
Visit to Scotland and the Highlands in September 1993

Continuing with my archive of video recording between the years of 1986 to 2001 this clip is of my second trip of 1993 to Scotland and the Highlands. Initially to capture on film the sleepers being double headed with class 37s and the Perth to Inverness services, loco hauled with 37s. The video is in one part so I hope the video takes you back to this period with fond memories. The first ports of call are on the Perth to Inverness line and feature Dunkeld & Birnam station then to the summit (1484 ft) at Druimuachdar. Slipping over to the West Highland line briefly for a visit to the Depot and Mallaig Junction in Fort William for a glimpse of a few Locomotives stabled on the depot .Returning the next morning to witness the Down London to Inverness sleeper at Kingussie. Later a visit to Dalwhinnie for an up and a down class 37 hauled service to and from Inverness. The following morning I visited Aviemore to video the Down sleeper and I also witnessed the Up Inverness to London King's Cross HST service. Heading back south the next day I popped into the delightful and well kept station at Gleneagles, famous for the Golf course and Hotel. A very friendly station porter arranged a few old vintage barrows for me to film. An Inverness to Glasgow Queen Street service called hauled by a class 37. Finally to end this video I popped into Newton On Ayr and Falkland yard to see by chance what was occurring. A class 08 was shunting a pair of recently withdrawn class 20s, 20028 and 20055 into the long line up of class 20s in the yard which were to be cut up at MC Metals of Glasgow 2 years later. A sad reflection of the time. Feel free to comment, good or bad, all comments are read and greatly appreciated, but it is not always possible to answer each individually. Sit back and enjoy this latest production remembering all those now long gone Locomotive classes and other types of traction. Many thanks for all subscriptions and all of those viewers who have kindly shown an interest in my material.