Date: 20/12/2021

These new rail franchises with different companies running different bits of what once was British Rail, meant that Motorail was no longer do-able.

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These new rail franchises with different companies running different bits of what once was British Rail, meant that Motorail was no longer doable.

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The Kensington Olympia - Perth Motorail service heads north past the remaining shell of Dumfries shed in June 1971 behind a Brush Type 4.
Location: Dumfries Shed
Company: Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
02/06/1971 John Furnevel

Car-carrier vans, with a Sulzer Type 2, at the loading bay (at the end of platform 1&2) in Inverness in September 1962.
Location: Inverness
Company: Inverness and Nairn Railway
02/09/1962 Brian Haslehust

In 1994 the future of the West Highland Sleeper was very much in doubt. I made a number of late night forays into dark moorland to record what could have its demise. Fortunately it still runs today, now hauled by class 67s rather than 37s. This is the southbound sleeper pausing at Bridge of Orchy in late 1994. The first vehicle is a Motorail coach, sadly a service no longer with us.
Location: Bridge of Orchy
Company: West Highland Railway
//1994 Ewan Crawford

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