Caledonian Railway (Brechin)
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The Caledonian Steam Railway (Brechin) Ltd is a private limited company formed by a group of steam railway enthusiasts, the Brechin Railway Preservation Society, with the object of operating a railway service on the former Caledonian Railway
line between Brechin and Montrose
, Angus
, Scotland
. This line was closed for passenger traffic during the early 1950s but final closure did not occur until the early 1980s.
The line has now been re-instated for the 4 miles (6.4 km) between Brechin railway station
and Bridge of Dun railway station
and since 1993 trains have run at weekends during the summer as well as on special occasions at other times of the year. The two railway stations have also been refurbished. Although the line originally went all the way to Montrose, which is still a station on the main rail network, there are no immediate plans to link the Brechin line back into the main rail network. However this is still seen as a long term aim as it would only require the re-instatement of a short length of track.
Caledonian Railway
The Caledonian Railway was a major Scottish railway company. It was formed in the early 19th century and it was absorbed almost a century later into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, in the 1923 railway grouping, by means of the Railways Act 1921...
line between Brechin and Montrose
Montrose, Angus
Montrose is a coastal resort town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. It is situated 38 miles north of Dundee between the mouths of the North and South Esk rivers...
, Angus
Angus
Angus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. This line was closed for passenger traffic during the early 1950s but final closure did not occur until the early 1980s.
The line has now been re-instated for the 4 miles (6.4 km) between Brechin railway station
Brechin City railway station
Brechin is a station in Angus, on the Caledonian Railway line.-History:-Sources:*...
and Bridge of Dun railway station
Bridge of Dun railway station
Bridge of Dun is a privately owned station in Angus, and home to LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 No. 46464. The adjacent platforms and line are independently operated as a preserved railway by the Caledonian Railway Ltd...
and since 1993 trains have run at weekends during the summer as well as on special occasions at other times of the year. The two railway stations have also been refurbished. Although the line originally went all the way to Montrose, which is still a station on the main rail network, there are no immediate plans to link the Brechin line back into the main rail network. However this is still seen as a long term aim as it would only require the re-instatement of a short length of track.
Locomotives
- Steam locomotives
- PeckettPeckett and SonsPeckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Works in St. George, Bristol, England.-Fox, Walker and Company:The company began trading in 1864 at the Atlas Engine Works, St. George, Bristol, as Fox, Walker and Company, building four and six-coupled saddle tank engines for industrial use...
0-4-0 ST 1376 "BAC No1" Static Display (In Percy guise). - Barclay 0-4-0 ST 1863. Under Overhaul.
- Peckett 0-6-0 ST 1889 "Menelaus" Awaiting restoration.
- Barclay 0-6-0 ST 2107 "Harlaxton" (In Thomas guise). In service.
- Peckett 0-6-0 ST 2153. Awaiting restoration.
- Peckett
- Diesel locomotives
- BRBritish RailBritish Railways , which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages...
0-6-0 Class 08British Rail Class 08The British Rail Class 08 is a class of diesel-electric shunting locomotive. From 1953 to 1962, 996 locomotives were produced, making it the most numerous of all British locomotive classes....
no. 08046 Under Repair (Bridge of Dun Pilot) - BR 0-6-0 Class 11British Rail Class 11The British Rail Class 11 was applied to a batch of diesel shunting locomotives built from April 1945 to December 1952, based on a similar earlier batch built by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway between 1939 and 1942.-Numbering:...
nos. 12052 Under Overhaul and 12093 Operational (Brechin Station Pilot) - BR Bo-Bo Class 25British Rail Class 25The British Rail Class 25 diesel locomotives were also known as Sulzer Type 2 and nicknamed Rats, as it was alleged they could be seen everywhere in Britain, and hence were "as common as rats"...
nos. 25072 Stored Unserviceable and 25083 Stored Unserviceable - BR Bo-Bo Class 26British Rail Class 26The British Rail Class 26 diesel locomotives, also known as the BRCW Type 2, were built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company at Smethwick in 1958-59. Forty seven examples were built, and the last were withdrawn from service in 1993...
nos. D5301 Operational D5314 Operational and 26035 Stored Unserviceable - BR Bo-Bo Class 27British Rail Class 27British Rail's Class 27 comprised 69 diesel locomotives built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company during 1961 and 1962. They were a development of the earlier Class 26; both were originally classified as the BRCW Type 2.- Usage :...
no. 27024 Operational (Visiting the Lakeside and Haverthwaite RailwayLakeside and Haverthwaite RailwayThe Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway is a heritage railway in Cumbria, England.-Location:The L&HR runs from Haverthwaite at the southern end of the line via Newby Bridge to Lakeside at the southern end of Windermere...
) - BR Co-Co Class 37British Rail Class 37The British Rail Class 37 is a diesel-electric locomotive. Also known as the English Electric Type 3, the Class was ordered as part of the British Rail modernisation plan....
no. 37097 Under Overhaul
- BR
External links
- Official website
- Caledonian Railway Diesel Group
- http://www.br46464.co.uk/