Railway Roundabout 1959 'Scottish Historical Locomotives'

Now for a collection of preserved Scottish locomotives, with City of Truro making an appearance.
These locos include the Caledonian single no.123, now residing in Glasgow's transport Museum, as well as the 1913 built North British locomotive No.256 'Glen Douglas', the soul survivor of the Great North of Scotland Railway No.49 'Gordon Highlander' and finally the Highland Railway Jones goods No.103.
Footage owned by their respective owners.

[@jozg44]

Very interesting. The Scottish builders certainly knew how to make good looking engines- Caledonian No.123 must surely be one of the most elegant locomotives ever.

[@pingpong5000]

Wow, some real beauties there! Thaks for sharing this 'Jem'.

[@MauserKar98k]

I really appreciate this video's explanation of why HR103 has a yellow livery.

[@rosewhite---]

4:06. first time I've seen louvres on a chimney!
Any other designers specified them?

[@leplessis8179]

3440 'City of Truro' - I've driven this from Compton to Hampstead Norris on the Newbury branch, way back in the 1950's - my next-door neighbour was the Didcot shed foreman, so as a small boy I got to ride on (and ofter drive!) almost everything 81E!

[@KenBrownekb71000duke]

Wonderful video of the old timers of Scottish Railways + City of Truro of course! I remember that exhibition year very well and saw all 5 locos in action during the time of the exhibition. Great memories one of which was seeing Gordon Highlander and City of Truro coupled together passing Gushetfaulds Junction on Glasgow's south side on their way from Polmadie MPD [66A] to Glasgow Central on 3rd September 1959. Then hanging around long enough long enough to see the pair return on a special. Ken

[@Mason58654]

Gordon Highlander @1:48 is the very model of perhaps my most favorite arrangement of a British steam loco; the classic inside cylinder 4-4-0.
@2:55

[@NewController01]

The only time, I've ever seen City of Truro was when it was once taking part in a 'Giants of steam' weekend at the Bluebell

[@NORTH_WESTERN]

i like that D40

[@heartsoicy]

Minus the coronation pacific, I have seen every engine featured in this video in person. And it was this video that made me determined to see them.

[@AlanPalgut]

Scottish locomotives enjoyed their own preservation programme, which is based at Glasgow's Transport Museum. In the late 1950s, a number of historical Scottish locomotives were preserved in working order and were used for a series of trains in connection with the 1959 Scottish Industries Exhibition held alongside Kelvin Hall station on the northwest side of Glasgow City Centre. The first of the quartet of Scottish engines is the Caledonian single, which is followed by the Great North of Scotland Railway 4-4-0 _Gordon Highlander._ A Stanier Coronation Pacific stands by at Glasgow Central as two other historic locomotives reverse out of the Caledonian's terminus. The Scottish quartet had been augmented by the Great Western's _City of Truro,_ making its furthest ever trip north, and a highly unusual pairing with the third Scottish locomotive, the North British 4-4-0 _Glen Douglas._ _Glen Douglas_ was to spend more than twenty-six years in Glasgow Transport Museum after retirement in 1965 and was presented to Glasgow corporation in 1966. In 1992, it was brought out again to be prepared for a further period of mainline running. _City of Truro_ also enjoyed another period of mainline use from 1985 to 1992 and has been preserved as part of the National Collection of the National Railway Museum at York. This historic locomotive had been credited with the first recorded speed in excess of 100mph on a run in April 1904. Perhaps one of the most elegant 4-4-0 designs of all was the Great North of Scotland Railway's class F. One example was preserved as GNOS's number 49, _Gordon Highlander_. The engine had been repainted in July of 1958 after withdrawal from operating stock and for the next seven years worked special trains in the company of the other Scottish preserved engines, which were all shedded at the ex-Caledonian Railway shed at Dawsholm. The Caledonian single, number 123, was a unique machine; it was obsolete before it was built, but was a one-off exhibition machine built in 1886 by the Glasgow firm of Neilson & Co. for an exhibition in the city, at which it won a gold medal. It was based on the design of the then-current Caledonian 4-4-0's altered to have just a single driving axle. After the exhibition, it was sold to the Caledonian Railway and achieved further fame in the railway Races to the North in 1888. It was withdrawn in 1935, but retained, as it was the last single-driver in service. It was returned to working order in the year of this film, 1959; and this was one of its first appearances. The final Scottish historical locomotive was the Highland Railway 4-6-0 or Jones Goods. This was the first 4-6-0 designed in Great Britain and acquired its soubriquet after its designer's name. It was the first of a series of fifteen engines numbered from 103 to 117 for the Highland, which later became part of the LMS. That railway withdrew the class between 1929 and 1940, but preserved this engine in view of its historical importance. It was originally painted in Highland Railway green; but when returned to traffic in 1959, it appeared in Stroudley yellow, a colour it sported for a short while after it was built. This exhibition was one of its earliest appearances after its return to use. It retired once again in 1965, and has not yet returned to work.

[@jonloke5034]

The only time I saw a single wheeler in steam great vid

[@Arturobrito0502]

I love the GNSR and the highland railways the foamer for the colours and the later for the jones goods

[@Arturobrito0502]

GET THE 103 BACK IN STEAM TOOOOOOOO

[@o.m.b.demolitionenterprise5398]

I’m certain that stroudley improved engine green is a throwback to stroudley yellow.

[@robnewman6101]

City of Truro.

[@NickRatnieks]

That yellow ochre colour used by Stroudley down on the LB&SCR was actually called "improved engine green". On that basis, nothing changed when the Highland Railway painted 103 in its own green livery as it had always been "green".

[@smokeless7774]

Stroudley was a nightmare to be stuck behind at traffic lights!

[@danielferstendig]

it's the famous visitor

[@gquayle]

Pitty the HR's small ben 4-4-0 "Ben Alder" wasnt treated to this type of restoration. Wish she survived today, along with a Caledonian Dunalastair V, 4-4-0

[@danthebluetank6636]

See steam trains are 😎 but i like Thomas as well

[@Berrie1226]

And then theres mauid

[@callumthornelow2936]

If you think about it the riverside museum cost £74 million (complete waste of money in my book) they could used that money to restore 123,49,103,9,256 to working order with plenty to spare.

[@richardharrold9736]

Yup! 103 is the perfect preserved-line loco, surely? Short coupled wheelbase, smallish wheels, big enough boiler to generate copious quantities of steam, outside cylinders for relatively easy maintenance...

[@johnvincentmalilaytesta5072]

#OakhamRoadRailway

[@danielferstendig]

omg donald and douglas

[@terencewilliammckenna6121]

Donald & Douglas

[@aladkins8789]

0:22 its donald and douglas 😃😃😃

[@daylightman8459]

It ain’t. How on earth would you mistaken CR 812 class engines with a single wheeler one-off and a Victorian 4-4-0?

[@purplesprig1690]

Get glen Douglas back I'n steam

[@danielferstendig]

wheres sir toppham hatt