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EARLY DAYS

 

The photographs on this page represent the early days of the Lowthers Railway Society, which soon became known as the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway.  All photographs by the chairman (A.Ireland) unless otherwise stated.

accom1.jpg (31094 bytes) Our First Engine Shed, the old club house from the golf course accom2.jpg (43013 bytes) Engine shed completed
accom3.jpg (46880 bytes) Our Shop, a ex-garden shed accom4.jpg (34564 bytes) Our New Purpose built shed arrives on site
shed1.jpg (42190 bytes) Base for the New Shed shed2.jpg (64668 bytes) shed3.jpg (56672 bytes)
shed4.jpg (54622 bytes) shed5.jpg (34671 bytes) shed6.jpg (35156 bytes) shed7.jpg (27668 bytes)
signal1.jpg (49316 bytes) Acquiring signalling Equipment signal2.jpg (53182 bytes) The base for our signal box
signal3.jpg (60093 bytes) signal4.jpg (39459 bytes) culv1.jpg (174370 bytes) culv2.jpg (62293 bytes)
clydea1.jpg (29095 bytes) clydea2.jpg (49213 bytes) Locomotive Number 6

Clyde on arrival and after a repaint

 One of the many culverts, before and after cleaning
elv1.jpg (38271 bytes) Locomotive number 2

Elvan

 elv3.jpg (61715 bytes) elv2.jpg (59783 bytes)
gull1.jpg (23644 bytes) gull2.jpg (31848 bytes) gullf1.jpg (44501 bytes) Locomotive Number 1

The Gulliver
littlec1.jpg (34597 bytes) littlec2.jpg (40114 bytes) Locomotives Number 4 & 5

Luce and Little Clyde

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Luce being fitted with a larger cab and air brakes luce2.jpg (25748 bytes) luce3.jpg (43025 bytes) wint1.jpg (16620 bytes)
littlec6.jpg (43401 bytes) Little Clyde undergoing restoration littlec5.jpg (29941 bytes) littlec7.jpg (36355 bytes)
pwork1.jpg (47934 bytes) pwork2.jpg (42023 bytes) pwork3.jpg (57036 bytes) pwork4.jpg (23202 bytes)
pwork5.jpg (38271 bytes) pwork6.jpg (36172 bytes) pwork7.jpg (48990 bytes) pwork8.jpg (47174 bytes)
pwork9.jpg (65646 bytes) pwork10.jpg (58432 bytes) pwork11.jpg (35719 bytes) pwork12.jpg (60892 bytes)
pwork13.jpg (49982 bytes) pwork14.jpg (59315 bytes) pwork15.jpg (39213 bytes) pwork16.jpg (53087 bytes)
fair1.jpg (41301 bytes) fair2.jpg (43486 bytes) fair3.jpg (85603 bytes) fair4.jpg (45500 bytes)
im1.jpg (22956 bytes) montal2.jpg (35315 bytes) veh11.jpg (32461 bytes) veh8.jpg (29710 bytes)
nitha1.jpg (33834 bytes) Nith Locomotive Number 8 nitha2.jpg (34237 bytes) nitha3.jpg (54081 bytes)

Last modified 15/01/05 by Mark Andrew