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crusty_bint wrote: i.e. they're not a bawhair away from Dickensian!
Alycidon wrote:Strictly speaking this is a class 311 (311103 to be precise). Built by the Cravens Company of Sheffield as the Pressed Steel company of Paisley.......... Now Preserved at Summerlee Heritage Park.
PGcc93 wrote:I've bunged this composite together I think you'll recognise it
Sir Roger DeLodgerley wrote:Alycidon wrote: The branch to Glengarnock was closed as far back as 1930.
Not quite, Aly, Kilbirnie South station was closed and the passenger service over the branch withdrawn in 1930 but the line remained open for freight workings as far as Glengarnock until 1945. There is a picture of the closed Kilbirnie South station from 1936 in the book "Lost Railways of Ayrshire and Renfrewshire"
The Caledonian Railway timetable from 1921 shows 10 workings a day between Kilbirnie South and Giffen with 8 of those meeting connections to Glasgow Central. Someone has noted "suspended" against the first train in each direction but without a date sadly.
maxpower wrote:Hey guys, long shot but does anyone have any pictures/photographs of Giffen Station in Ayrshire from when it was operational? I've visited the station a couple of times in the last few months and I'd be interested in seeing what it looked like in it's heyday.
Would appreciate anything anyone has!
bill46 wrote:There are two photographs of Giffen Station in the book"Yesterday's Beith - A Pictorial Guide" ISBN 0 9522720 5 9 by Donald Reid and Isobel F. Monahan. One shows seven staff members sitting beside the station name laid out in large letters, possible brass, on the grass verge beside the line. The second shows the platform ,waiting rooms and bridges over the lines.
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