Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway

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Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway

The Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway is a heritage railway in Bo'ness, Scotland. It is operated by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS), a registered charity,^[1] and operates a total of over 5 miles (8 km) of track (between Bo'ness and Manuel Junction, via Kinneil and Birkhill), virtually the entire Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway that became part of the former North British Railway on the Firth of Forth. Bo'ness railway station is the nucleus of the Museum of Scottish Railways.

Manuel Junction

Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line

The railway has three main stations and small halt:

Most of the steam fleet have had major industrial careers in Scotland, but a few ex-mainline types are also in constant service.^[2]^[3]

Number & name	Description	History & current status	Livery	Owner(s)	Build Date	Photograph
No.419 (55189)^[4]	Caledonian Railway 439 Class 0-4-4 T	Returned to traffic in the middle of October 2018 after an absence of 9+1⁄2 years.	Caledonian Railway Blue.	SRPS	1907

Number & name	Description	Current status	Livery	Date	Photograph
No. 62712 Morayshire^[4]	LNER Class D49 4-4-0	Under overhaul.	N/A.	1928
No. 80105^[5]	BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4 T	Overhaul being undertaken by LOGS.	BR Lined Back	1955

Number & name	Description	Current status	Livery	Date
No. 673 (65243) "Maude".^[4]	North British Railway Class C (LNER Class J36) 0-6-0	On display in the Museum of Scottish Railways.	BR Black	1891
No. 49 (62277) "Gordon Highlander".^[4]	GNSR Class F (LNER Class D40) 4-4-0	On display in the museum, on loan from Riverside Museum.	GNSR Green	1920
No. 3442 (61994) "The Great Marquess".^[4]	LNER Class K4 2-6-0	Arrived at Bo'ness in September 2017. To be displayed in the museum until the completion of owner John Cameron's new visitor centre in Fife.^[6]	BR Lined Black	1938
No. 45170 "Sir William McAlpine".^[4]	LMS Stanier Class 8F 2-8-0	Repatriated from Sivas in November 2010. Arrived at Bo'ness in November 2014 and currently awaiting restoration to working order, tender now being overhauled in the running shed.	N/A	1942
No. 42. (68095)^[4]	NBR G Class (LNER Y9 Class) 0-4-0 ST	On static display in the museum.	NBR Brown/Green	1887

Former main-line diesel locomotives are abundant on the Bo'ness Railway, and diesel galas are held each year.

Number & name	Description	Current status	Livery	Date
No. 25235^[7]	BR Bo-Bo Class 25	Undergoing overhaul.	BR Blue	1964
No. 26038^[7]	BR Bo-Bo Class 26	Generator away for repairs.	BR Blue	1959
No. 26024^[7]	BR Bo-Bo Class 26	Out of service for bogie overhaul.	BR Blue	1959
No. 27001^[7]	BR Bo-Bo Class 27	Operational, overhaul completed in 2021.	BR Blue	1961
No. 27005/D5351^[7]	BR Bo-Bo Class 27	Under overhaul in the MMPD.	BR Blue	1962

The DMUs do not see much service.

Number & name	Description	Current status	Livery	Date	Notes	Photograph
Unit 51017+59404+79443+51043^[8]	BR Class 126	Operational	BR Green	1959 (79443 was built in 1956)	51017, 59404 and 51043 are now virtually complete and form an operational unit. 79443 is undergoing a heavy body restoration.
Unit 303032 (formed of 75597+61503+75602)^[8]	BR Class 303	Undergoing restoration.	Strathclyde Orange and Black (61503 is in Carmine/Cream)	1960	61503 from unit 023 after 032s MBSO damaged during its stay at Immingham docks

^ "Scottish Railway Preservation Society, Registered Charity no. SC002375". Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.
^ "Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway : About the trains".
^ "Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway". 8 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Preserved Locomotives of British Railways 2023, p. 30.
^ Preserved Locomotives of British Railways 2023, p. 45.
^ "The Great Marquess starts a new chapter of its life back in Scotland at The Museum of Scottish Railways". Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway. 26 September 2017. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Preserved Locomotives of British Railways 2023, p. 118.
^ ^a ^b Preserved Locomotives of British Railways 2023, p. 134.