Back to "The Railtour
Files"22nd June 1974
S.R.P.S. Railtours
The Cuillens Express
| Locos Used | at least 3x type 2's & 40059 |
| Stock Used | 11 coaches |
Route :
|
Loco(s) |
Route |
| (1) | (1) Glasgow Queen Street HL - ?Cowlairs? (1) |
| 2x type 2's | ?Cowlairs? - Stirling - Perth - Welsh's Bridge Jn - Rose Street Jn |
| 40059 | Rose Street Jn - Kyle of Lochalsh |
| 40059 | Kyle of Lochalsh - Inverness (2) |
| 2x type 2's | Inverness - Perth - Stirling - Glasgow Queen Street LL |
Notes :
(1) Alex Cunningham provides the following description of the departure from
Glasgow: "The 11- coach train left from two platforms at Glasgow Queen Street
High Level with 2 x type 2's on the front portion and 1 x type 2 at the
bufferstop end of the rear portion. Thus the train went up Cowlairs bank with
two locos on the front." Were the returning type 2's the same as used on the
outward leg?
(2) Given by Alex Cunningham as "Inverness" but the loco change may have been on
the station avoiding curve as per outward?
Sources : Alex Cunningham, John Stephens & Iain Gent
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