xx June 1963

John Neilson School
(no tour name)

DMU's Used 2 x 3-car

Route :

DMU Route (1)
as listed Paisley Gilmour Street - Shields Jn - Larkfield - Rutherglen - Glasgow Central Low Level- Whiteinch Riverside - Dalmuir Riverside - Dumbarton- Crianlarich Upper - Oban - Crianlarich Lower - Callander - Dunblane - Greeenhill Lower - Cumbernauld - Coatbridge Central - Carmyle - Rutherglen - Larkfield - Shields Jn - Paisley Gilmour Street

Notes :
(1) Reversal points not detailed.
Train was delayed by points failure when leaving the riverside line to join the electrified route at Bowling.  Train was held at Dunblane to await passage of a northbound parcels train hauled by a maroon Stanier Coronation.  At Cumbernauld a boy dropped a stone between the units from a bridge  smashing the driving cab window of the second unit

Source : Alex Cunningham

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