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Steam and diesel enthusiasts will be in heaven and families can find fun too at Boness and Kinneill Railway Station in the last few days of 2023.
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Hundreds of people are expected to visit the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway this weekend when they run their first steam gala since 2019.
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East Coast Main Line Class 91, 91131, the final locomotive to be built at Crewe Works and a passenger speed record breaker has been handed over for preservation. After accumulating around eight million miles over a 30-year career, 91131 was due to be moved by road to the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway (BKR) on January 9, having been parked up in Doncaster Belmont Yard since the end of 2021.
(Permalink) 91131 Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway Class 91  Newcastle Central: Past and present traction on the East Coast Main Line standing together at Newcastle on 30 August 2010. On the left, recently arrived from Edinburgh, is 91131 en route to London, while on the right is ... |
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A project aiming to transform the future of the rail industry is underway at the home of Scotland's railway heritage. A retired ScotRail Class 314 electric multiple is based at the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway where it is being converted to a hydrogen-powered unit, for testing and proving of the technology. Hydrogen is intended for
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A popular heritage railway has appealed for help after vandals damaged a train and its station.
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Forget about the Orient Express, Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway is set to become the scene of a murder for super sleuths to solve as it hosts two murder mystery events this summer.
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Thomas the Tank Engine is coming to town for a limited time and fans will be able to hop on board at Day Out With Thomas events at the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway.
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Why not take a return journey on a mighty steam train at the award-winning heritage railway in Bo'ness during the upcoming school holidays?
(Permalink) Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway  Bo^ness: CR 0-4-4T No.419 waits to depart Bo'ness with the 14.10 to Manuel on 5th August 2019.
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Hydrogen fuel pioneer Arcola Energy, which was one of the first occupants at the Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc in Dundee, has been acquired by a Canadian company.
Arcola has agreed a cash and shares offer from Nasdaq-listed Ballard Power Systems worth up to $40m (£30m). London-based Arcola is establishing its main manufacturing facility at MSIP and also has a rail engineering facility at the Boness and Kinneil Railway. It currently has 90 employees in the UK. (Permalink) Arcola Arcola Energy Ballard Power Systems Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway Hydrogen Power Bo^ness TMD: DMS 64600 from 314209 on the jacks at Boness for removal of redundant equipment in preparation for the installation of the new hydrogen fuel cell package. |
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As the project to produce a train ready to run on hydrogen power is at the halfway stage, Transport Minister, Graeme Day visited the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway where it is being worked on ahead of the COP26 climate conference.
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The volunteers at Boness and Kinneil Railway are looking forward to welcoming customers back on board their trains from this weekend.
(Permalink) Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway  Bo^ness: Former NCB Comrie Colliery No.7, in the guise of BR 68007, working the service on 8 May. (Bill notes that by strange co-incidence he had photographed 68006 and 68007 on the same day, but that they are ...  Bo^ness: C.R. 0-4-4T No.419 by the water crane at Bo'ness ready to take out an evening train on 1st November 2019.  Bo^ness: GWR 0-6-2T 5643, owned by the Furness Railway trust, starts away from Bo'ness with the 1210hrs to Manuel on 14th October 2017. This was an early run for the loco which will be the star guest at the Au ... |
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More than £150,000 of funding has been secured to ensure essential electrical work can be carried out at Boness and Kinneil Railway.
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A consortium of engineering and technology firms is building Scotlands first hydrogen powered train, which is set to be ready for Glasgows COP26 climate conference in November. Based at the Boness and Kinneil Railway, the team will convert a former ScotRail Class 314 car passenger train into a fully certified, production-ready hydrogen train.
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Scotland's national tourism organisation has highlighted the importance of volunteers within the sector to mark International Volunteers Day 2020.
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Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway is set to benefit from a huge National Lottery Heritage Fund grant.
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Heritage railways across Scotland have suffered major setbacks after a series of vandalism attacks and landslides during lockdown.
(Permalink) Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway Brechin Caledonian Railway [Preserved] Doon Valley Railway Whitrope  Dunaskin Platform: Looking south along the ARPG Platform at Dunaskin on 30 August 2015. On the far right is the Network Rail line from Dalrymple Junction, currently out of use. Once past the 10 mph sign, ownership chang ...  Whitrope Siding: I bet you didn't know they had a Leyland railbus on the Waverley route; nor that the Waverley was part of London Underground's Circle Line. Scene at the WRHA's Whitrope Heritage Centre on 10 July 2015 ...  Brechin: A Barclay at Brechin in August 1983. The locomotive belonged to Ian Fraser, who acquired it from a local sugar beet railway. |
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More than £80,000 of a £100,000 target has been raised for Boness and Kinneil Railway within a week.
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On the evening of Tuesday 11th and in the early hours of Wednesday 12th August, much of Scotland was battered by severe thunderstorms. During a subsequent inspection of the Boness Kinneil Railway, the Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS) Civil Engineer identified multiple landslips along approximately a mile-long stretch of the railway. The line was declared unfit for traffic and the railway closed to passenger trains. Please note that engineering trains will still operate to facilitate repairs: do not trespass on the railway.
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A hydrogen-powered train is to be built and tested in Scotland as ministers prepare to banish diesel from passenger rail services within 15 years.
The experimental train will be created by converting ScotRail carriages retired in December. [A Class 314.] It is likely to be tested on a heritage line in Scotland like the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway, which has been used for trials of battery trains. (Permalink) Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway Class 314 |
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When the use of steam power on Britain's railways ended in 1968, the notion of heritage rail was unknown. No one foresaw the huge role that heritage railways would come to play in Britain's railway scene today.
Whether at the Bo'ness and Kinneil, Caledonian Railway, Royal Deeside, Strathspey or elsewhere, steam provides the magic attraction at the heart of the heritage railway appeal. Around 13 million visitors every year, many from overseas, help the sector generate an estimated £400 million for the UK economy. Not to mention the value heritage rail provides in terms of direct employment, skills training, education and development. (Permalink) Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway |
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Scotland's leading heritage railway is planning to develop its stations into destinations in their own right to attract more passengers and increase the frequency of trains.
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All roads, well railway tracks at least, led to Bo'ness on Monday morning for a key announcement from the Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS).
For the past year it has been full steam ahead to create a new halt for the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway at the former Manuel Junction adjacent to the Edinburgh/Glasgow main line. The new halt was formally opened by Linlithgow and East Falkirk MP Michael Connarty MP and his wife, Margaret, and marks a significant milestone for the SRPS. It might have taken 30 years to make the link with the main line but the future is looking rosy for the charity which moved to Bo'ness from Falkirk in the early 1980s and which has gone from strength to strength, bringing around 60,000 visitors to Bo'ness annually. With the link to Manuel now fully operational, passengers can enjoy a 10-mile round trip and future plans include a car park at Manuel and, eventually, a booking office to enable passengers to travel into Bo'ness from the new platform, a move which the SRPS is confident will benefit Bo'ness. (Permalink) Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway  Manuel High Level: The 1045 from Bo'ness following arrival at Manuel on 16 October hauled by no 17 Braeriach.
 Bo^ness: 55189 departs from Boness station with a mixed train on 24 February 2009. The engine is soon to be overhauled, assisted by proceeds from this photo charter.  Birkhill: The former station building from Monifieth now stands at Birkhill on the SRPS system, following its appearance at the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988. The much travelled structure is seen here on 7 Au ... |
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At quarter to 11 yesterday morning, the Morayshire, an octogenarian steam engine, painted a smart deep green, is about to depart Bo'ness for Manuel, five miles down the line. Apologies for any inconvenience caused but the train is experiencing a slight delay - some 53 years, 10 months and 22 days.
(Permalink) Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway  Manuel: There were two stations at Manuel, located between Polmont and Linlithgow. A high level station (closed to passengers in 1967) stood on the E&G main line, with a low level station (closed as long ago ...  Birkhill: In a scene reminiscent of the 1950s caley tank 55189 does a run past for a photo charter at Birkhill station.  Manuel High Level: A westbound Edinburgh - Glasgow shuttle passing the site of Manuel station in July 2007. Originally opened as Bo'ness Junction in 1842, the station was eventually closed in March 1967. The line to Bon ... |
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