BO'NESS & KINNEIL RAILWAY
SPRING DIESEL GALA

(Saturday 4th May 2002)
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33019, having just arrived from EWS at Motherwell Depot the previous evening, undergoes heavy attention!
37025, a long-term repair victim at Bo'Ness sits in the siding by the old dock at Bo'Ness on display
26024 arrives into Bo'Ness with the 11:03 service from Birkhill, passing 37025
47643 gets ready to run onto the stock to form the 11:30 service from Bo'Ness to Birkhill.
47643 rounds the bends between Bo'Ness and Kinneil Halt on the 11:30 to Birkhill. Viewed from the train.
47643 runs around it's stock at Birkhill before forming the 11:53 back to Bo'Ness.
47643 departs from Birkhill with the 11:53 train to Bo'Ness.
25235, complete with 'Rat Roadshow on tour" headboard, approaches Birkhill on the 12:20 from Bo'Ness.
25235 runs around it's train at Birkhill.
25235 prepares to depart Birkhill station with the 12:43 service for Bo'Ness, with CineRail film crew in the cab.
26004 in Railfreight Coals livery and BR Blue sister 26024 pull into Birkhill on the 13:10 from Bo'Ness.
26024 (leading) and 26004 run around their train after arriving at Birkhill.
26024 and 26004 depart from Kinneil Halt after making a request stop on the 13:33 Birkhill to Bo'Ness.
25235 double-heads with 27001 on the 14:00 Bo'Ness-Birkhill, seen here approaching Kinneil Halt.
27001 leading 25235 returning to Bo'Ness on the 14:23 from Birkhill. Viewed between Bo'Ness and Kinneil.
47643 seen from the trackside between Bo'Ness and Kinneil on the 14:50 ex-Bo'Ness.
33019 makes it's first EVER run in preservation on test up and down Bo'Ness loop. [PIC 1]
33019 makes it's first EVER run in preservation on test up and down Bo'Ness loop. [PIC 2]
27005 on static display in the new Scottish Railway Museum building at Bo'Ness.
47643 arrives at Bo'Ness on the 15:13 from Birkhill. The signals and footbridge make for a very Scottish scene!
08443 moves about the yard at Bo'Ness.
50021 "Rodney" hidden in the sidings behind the station canopy at Bo'Ness. Currently under restoration.
47643 prepares to depart on the 16:30 for Birkhill, covering for the booked 26004... 27001 lurks in the siding.
Triple Sulzer Delight! 26024 (leading), 25235, and 27001 (nearest camera) shunt onto the 17:20 to Birkhill.
26024, 25235 and 27001 triple-head the 17:20 Bo'Ness to Birkhill departure out of Bo'Ness 25mins late.
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Thanks to all at S.R.P.S Diesel Group for their friendly, helpful approach to visitors, to the bloke sporting a few more grey hairs after allowing me to drive 47643, and to Mark Taylor & Steven Wakefield for this n' that !!!