1990s Freight in Scotland | Class 37s, 56s & 60s – Lothian & Lanarkshire

Step back into the early 1990s and experience the sight and sound of British Rail freight traffic across southern Scotland.

This short collection of archive railway footage takes us through Lothian and Lanarkshire, capturing freight workings as they appeared in the early 1990s. Featured are some of the classic diesel locomotives of the period, including Class 37s, Class 56s and Class 60s, working a variety of freight services across the Scottish network.

For railway enthusiasts, the early 1990s were a fascinating period, with the familiar British Rail liveries still very much in evidence alongside an increasingly varied fleet of locomotives and freight workings.

Filmed around locations across Lothian and Lanarkshire, this footage provides a glimpse of Scottish railway freight as it was before the major changes that followed the privatisation of British Rail.

Featured Locations :
Niddrie West Junction

Garnqueen North Junction

Abington

🎥 Archive footage
🚂 Class 37 | Class 56 | Class 60
📍 Lothian & Lanarkshire, Scotland
📅 Early 1990s

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