MacBrayne's 1950 brochure.
MacBrayne's was a shipping, bus and road haulage company which served the west coast of Scotland and its islands.
It was jointly owned in 1950 by British Railways (the UK state rail company) and private shipping company Coast Lines (taken over by P&O in 1970).
In 1969, MacBrayne's was transferred to the state owned Scottish Transport Group and in 1973, its shipping operations were merged with the Caledonian Steam Packet Company (wholly owned by BR to serve the Firth of Clyde and also transferred to the STG in 1969) to form Caledonian MacBrayne which still serves the islands of the west coast of Scotland to this day under state ownership. (The bus and road haulage operations of MacBrayne's were privatised under different names in the 80s.)
This is the cover of MacBrayne's 1950 summer brochure for their passenger shipping services. It depicts images of Staffa (top left), Iona (top right) and the Spanish Armada galleon sunk in Tobermory. The red funnel is that of the steamer King George V which served all these locations on a pleasure cruise in summer from Oban 1936-74.
MacBrayne's 1950 brochure.
MacBrayne's was a shipping, bus and road haulage company which served the west coast of Scotland and its islands.
It was jointly owned in 1950 by British Railways (the UK state rail company) and private shipping company Coast Lines (taken over by P&O in 1970).
In 1969, MacBrayne's was transferred to the state owned Scottish Transport Group and in 1973, its shipping operations were merged with the Caledonian Steam Packet Company (wholly owned by BR to serve the Firth of Clyde and also transferred to the STG in 1969) to form Caledonian MacBrayne which still serves the islands of the west coast of Scotland to this day under state ownership. (The bus and road haulage operations of MacBrayne's were privatised under different names in the 80s.)
This is the cover of MacBrayne's 1950 summer brochure for their passenger shipping services. It depicts images of Staffa (top left), Iona (top right) and the Spanish Armada galleon sunk in Tobermory. The red funnel is that of the steamer King George V which served all these locations on a pleasure cruise in summer from Oban 1936-74.