Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway in Scotland
Family trip to Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway in Scotland for my son Kyle's Birthday
The Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway has been developed since 1979 on a reclaimed site on the south shore of the Firth of Forth and now welcomes over 60,000 visitors aboard nostalgic steam and heritage diesel trains and through the doors of Scotland’s largest railway museum every year.
Several historic buildings have been obtained and re-erected to provide a traditional railway setting. Bo’ness station opened in 1981. The line was extended to Kinneil in 1984 and to Birkhill in 1989, where the Fireclay Mine was open to the public (closed permanently in 2013). From 2010 the passenger service operates over the extension to Manuel where a new platform was opened in mid 2013.
The railway is a popular film location; recent filming includes Case Histories for the BBC in 2011, Ken Loach’s The Angels’ Share, Cloud Atlas and The Railway Man.
The Museum of Scottish Railways at Bo’ness is three large buildings full of historic locomotives, carriages and wagons, as well as models, displays and photographs telling the history of building, operating and using railways in Scotland. The Museum is recognised by Museums Galleries Scotland as being of national importance to Scotland
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Thomas the Tank Engine theme
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Scottish Railway Museum, Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway, 04/08/2015
Tuesday 4th August saw a visit to the Scottish Railway Museum at the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway. A superb museum, documenting and displaying many locomotives, items of rolling stock and artifacts in connection to the development and preservation of Railways in Scotland. Exhibits includes the 45170 Appeal.
Hope you enjoy!
The Museum of Scottish Railways at Bo'ness - 04/08/2019
Holiday Video 19/23
Whilst at the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway on Sunday 4th August 2019 we paid a visit to the Museum of Scottish Railways.
Among the exhibits is LNER K4-class 2-6-0 No.61994 The Great Marquess.
BBC Reporting Scotland Bo'ness Railway
The Morayshire ( Steam Engine) from The Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway seen here being filmed for the BBC Reporting Scotland News.
Blizzard blasts Bo'ness railway
This was some video footage that I filmed at the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway during a Siberian blizzard that was forecast to blast through Europe Britain and Ireland on Thursday 01/03/2018, dubbed “The Beast from the East”.
Inside the Bo'ness Railway Museum, Bo'ness, Scotland
Bo'ness railway station is a tourist railway station in Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland.
It is operated by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society and admission into the train shed to see the engines and memorabilia is £1.
Filmed using the Sony HDR-HC9 HDV1080i High Definition Handycam.
Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway 1997
On July 27th 1997 my family and I visited the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway. Our locomotive that day was Neilson Reid 0-6-0T Coltness Iron Co. Ltd. No.1 Lord Roberts.
This engine was purchased by Coltness Iron Co. Ltd. in 1902 and it was named after Lord Roberts, the Commander of the British Army in the Boer War. When the Coltness Iron Company closed in 1953, No.1 was bought by the National Coal Board for use at Bedlay pit.
In 1967 the locomotive was taken out of service and gifted by the NCB to the Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS). Restoration began in 1990 and No.1 was returned to traffic on the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway in 1996, only one year before this video was shot.
No.1 is currently (2011) masquerading as Thomas the Tank Engine.
I hope you enjoy this presentation.
Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway 1993
Bo'ness station with Black Five 44871 and N.B. 0-6-0 673 Maude
Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway Mixed Traffic Gala 31st May 2014
This video shows scenes from Bo'ness on The Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway during the steam and diesel Mixed Traffic Gala on 31st May 2014.
Locos seen are as follows:
Andrew Barclay NCB tank No. 6 seen on station pilot duties.
WD Austerity 0-6-0ST No. 75254.
D49 4-4-0 No. 62712 Morayshire.
Unclassified North British shunter No. D2765.
Class 08 shunter No. D3558.
Class 55 Deltic No. 55022 Royal Scots Grey.
Class 47 No. 47269.
Many thanks to all staff, Volunteers and every one concerned for a great event.
Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway Part 2 S.R.P.S. Albanach Rout of Moy
Scottish Railway Preservation Society The Scottish Railway Preservation Society was founded in 1961, at a time when rapid change was sweeping away much of the infrastructure of the Victorian railways. The general object of the Society is stated in its Memorandum of Association :
'...to establish a Museum of Railways in Scotland whereby there shall be preserved locomotives, rolling stock and other equipment and relics of railways in Scotland and of the Scottish railway industry as may illustrate the characteristics of her railways...'
Railways had a particular effect on Scotland, allowing her to develop from a rather isolated part of the British Isles to a land with great industries, whose engineers were known the world over. The industries of steel, coal, shipbuilding and engineering, which brought prosperity, would not have developed without the railways. Railways connected harbours and allowed fishing fleets a ready market in the growing towns. Railways were used as a deliberate means of bringing development to the Highlands, and those parts which never had a railway did not develop much at all. The Society hopes to illustrate these special characteristics of Scotland's railways. Watch in 1080p
steam days at Bo'ness
Well that's us into December which means a busy few weeks for the staff at the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway this was some footage that I took leading up to the start of their Santa Steam trains .
Bo'Ness & Kinneil Railway - 2nd August 2019
Taken at the Bo'ness Railway on 02.08.19
Heritage Line - The Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway
Bo'ness to Manuel on the banks of the Firth of Forth the home of The Scottish Railway Preservation Soceity
No.1 “Lord Roberts” at Bo'ness and Kinneil Steam Railway
Please watch: The abandoned Eurostar
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The Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway is a heritage railway in Bo'ness, Scotland. It is operated by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS), and operates a total of over 5 miles of track (between Bo'ness and Manuel Junction, via Kinneil and Birkhill), virtually the entire Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway that became part of the former North British Railway on the Firth of Forth. Bo'ness railway station is the nucleus of the planned Scottish Railway Museum.
No.1 was built by Neilson Reid of Glasgow in 1899 with works number NR 5710. It then became Coltness no.1 and worked internal works traffic as well as the Coltness Iron Company’s traffic. Then no.1 was transferred to the National Coal Board Scottish Division (NCB) as part of the Scottish coal industry nationalisation settlement. It was based at Twechar, near Kilsyth, and worked at Bedlay Colliery. It was withdrawn in 1968 and in September 1968 the locomotive was presented by the NCB to the SRPS. The locomotive is registered as a “Thomas” and is a powerful locomotive well able to deal with most of the loads required on the Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway and is presently under restoration but will return to traffic in 2017.
Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway Winter Diesel Gala 29/12/17
Includes 37703 as 37067, 27001, 47643, 08443, D2767 and the special guest of 88005 in full winter snow, the way a Winter gala should be! Filmed between Bo'ness and Manuel Junction. 56078 from Colas was due, but didnt turn up because the brakes were frozen up. Below are times of what locomotives I was behind throughout the day.
1:19 - 12:26 37703
12:49 - 16:50 88005
16:59 - 24:17 27001 and 37703
24:30 - 33:20 47643
33:30 - 37:00 Bo'ness station
37:37 - 41:05 88005
42:17 - 45:27 08443 and D2767
45:28 - 52:00 27001
52:01 Bo'ness station
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bo'ness railway
a film made while on a visit to the scottish railway museum at west lothian scotland
Vivarail free public trials Bo'ness
Vivarail brought their new Class 230 battery train a converted London Underground train to the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway for three days of free public trials. Also on this video SRPS flagship Caledonian Railway 439 Class No. 419 preparing for its first steam test following a major overhaul will make her debut pairing with Caledonian Railway 812 Class No. 828 is the guest steam locomotive for their Autumn Steam Gala on 3rd & 4th November 2018.
Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway - 439 - No419
Built in 1907 at St Rollox Works, Glasgow, by the Caledonian Railway.
The No 419 was designed by J.F. Mcintosh for branch line work, fast suburban and banking duties.
It arrived at the society in 1964 (Courtesy of Hamish Stevenson)
Visiting Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway