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Strathspey Railway - cl27 D5934 - Boat of Garten
Spending a couple of weeks touring Scotland it would be rude not to pop into a few preserved railways.
Resident Class 27, D5934 (27106) approaches Boat of Garten station with the 16:06 Broomhill - Aviemore turn (the last run of the day) on Friday 1st September 2023. Note the observation saloon immediately behind the loco.
She is one of just 8 examples in preservation, only 3 of which are currently serviceable, from a class of 69 built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) during 1961 and 1962.
She was given a TOPS number of 27 050 then later converted and renumbered again into the sub class 27/1.
Between 1971 and 1973, twenty-four Class 27s were fitted-up with dual (vacuum and air) brakes and reclassified Class 27/1, These Locomotives were converted for push pull operation mainly between Glasgow & Edinburgh and then renumbered back to 27/0 after from 1982 as push pull operations were withdrawn in favour of class 47’s.
Copyright Ken Davies. All rights reserved.
Strathspey Railway - cl27 D5934 - Boat of Garten
Spending a couple of weeks touring Scotland it would be rude not to pop into a few preserved railways.
Resident Class 27, D5934 (27106) approaches Boat of Garten station with the 16:06 Broomhill - Aviemore turn (the last run of the day) on Friday 1st September 2023. Note the observation saloon immediately behind the loco.
She is one of just 8 examples in preservation, only 3 of which are currently serviceable, from a class of 69 built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) during 1961 and 1962.
She was given a TOPS number of 27 050 then later converted and renumbered again into the sub class 27/1.
Between 1971 and 1973, twenty-four Class 27s were fitted-up with dual (vacuum and air) brakes and reclassified Class 27/1, These Locomotives were converted for push pull operation mainly between Glasgow & Edinburgh and then renumbered back to 27/0 after from 1982 as push pull operations were withdrawn in favour of class 47’s.
Copyright Ken Davies. All rights reserved.