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Grant Ritchie
A scene at Lady Victoria Colliery, Newtongrange, about 1970. The loco on the right is a Grant, Ritchie locomotive, no.536 of 1914.
On the left, nearest to us, is Andrew Barclay, Works No. 1458, No3 Lady Victoria.
After withdrawal she was donated to the Scottish Mining Museum and after being cosmetically restored, she is on display there. The scene is now the Museum.
Grant, Ritchie was a spin-off company from Andrew Barclay formed after a disasterous fire gutted the Andrew Barclay works. An apocryphal tale relates how two of the ex-Barclay employees now forming Grant, Ritchie were seen coming out of Barclays with armfuls of plans! Certainly their locos bear many of the AB features, although the 0-4-2 wheel arrangement seen here was unusual for Barclays.
Grant Ritchie
A scene at Lady Victoria Colliery, Newtongrange, about 1970. The loco on the right is a Grant, Ritchie locomotive, no.536 of 1914.
On the left, nearest to us, is Andrew Barclay, Works No. 1458, No3 Lady Victoria.
After withdrawal she was donated to the Scottish Mining Museum and after being cosmetically restored, she is on display there. The scene is now the Museum.
Grant, Ritchie was a spin-off company from Andrew Barclay formed after a disasterous fire gutted the Andrew Barclay works. An apocryphal tale relates how two of the ex-Barclay employees now forming Grant, Ritchie were seen coming out of Barclays with armfuls of plans! Certainly their locos bear many of the AB features, although the 0-4-2 wheel arrangement seen here was unusual for Barclays.