Scotland Highland

Peter Drummond's elegant 'Small Ben' design of 4-4-0 for the Highland Railway was a successful example of the genre. Here we see BR no. 54398 Ben Alder stored at Loch Gorm works (Inverness) on 14/5/53 shortly after withdrawal from service. The intention was to restore it but it was shuffled around the northern sheds of Scotland for 14 years and after several years tucked away inside Glasgow's Dawsholm shed was scrapped in 1967.

It's nearly the end of the road for Highland Railway 'Small Ben' class 4-4-0 no. 54398 Ben Alder as she awaits her fate inside Dawsholm mpd at the end of August 1964. 54398 was withdrawn from service in March 1953 and was scheduled for subsequent preservation but was eventually scrapped in the mid-sixties.

Highland Railway Cumming Clan class 4-6-0 no. 54767 Clan MacKinnon with LMS on its tender depicted at Inverness. 54767 was built by Hawthorn Leslie and entered service in 1921 as HR no. 55 becoming 14767 under LMSR ownership. The BR number was applied in August 1948 and withdrawal, as the last member of the class in service, came at Inverness mpd in February 1950. [Mike Morant collection]

Highland Railway 0P 0-4-4T No. 55051 at Cambusavie Platform on the Dornoch Light Railway. No. 55051 was from the HR 25 class designed by P. Drummond and was built at Lochgorm works in 1905 and acquired her BR livery in April 1949. The Dornoch Light Railway became her home until withdrawal in June 1956. [Mike Morant collection]

LOCATION ????? Highland Railway 0P 0-4-4T No. 55051 at ???????????. No. 55051 was from the HR 25 class designed by P. Drummond and was built at Lochgorm works in 1905 and acquired her BR livery in April 1949. The Dornoch Light Railway became her home until withdrawal in June 1956. [Mike Morant collection]

Highland Railway 0P 0-4-4T No. 55051 at The Mound in 1950 having acquired its BR livery in April 1949. No. 55051 was from the HR 25 class designed by P. Drummond and built at Lochgorm works in 1905. The Dornoch Light Railway became her home until withdrawal in June 1956.

Former Highland Railway, Drummond design ed 0P class 0-4-4T no. 55053 of 1905 vintage in Dornoch station yard. 55053 was well known as the Dornoch branch engine duing the 1950's and would be withdrawn at 60C Helmsdale in January 1957. [Mike Morant collection]

Highland Railway Cumming designed 'Clan Goods' 4-6-0 no. 57956 at Kilmarnock works after the engine's withdrawal in May 1952. A viewer has informed me that this shot was probably taken in August 1952 and that the tender at the r/h/ edge of the picture is that of the last surviving ex LNER D33, no. 62464. 57956 was built by Hawthorne Leslie with works no. 3373 in November 1916 and entered service as HR no. 81. Its LMS number, 17956, was upgraded to 57956 by BR in November 1948 but the picture indicates that the LMS markings on the tender were retained. [Mike Morant collection]

Highland Railway 'V' class 0-6-0T no. 22 at inverness in 1922. No. 22 was one of only three engines of this class built largely from recycled components in 1903 under the auspices of Peter Drummond at the company's own Lochgorm works in Inverness. All three survived into LMSR stock at the grouping and this engine, by then numbered 16380, was withdrawn in December 1930. [W. H. Whitworth / Mike Morant collection]

Highland Railway 'V' class 0-6-0T no. 24 on shed at inverness on July 5th, 1921. No. 24 was the last of only three engines of this class built largely from recycled components in 1904 under the auspices of Peter Drummond at the company's own Lochgorm works in Inverness. All three survived into LMSR stock at the grouping and this engine, by then numbered 16382, was withdrawn in December 1930. [A. W. Croughton / Mike Morant collection]

Highland Railway 'W' class 0-4-4 passenger tank no. 25 Strathpeffer on shed at Inverness 1922. No. 25 was built in 1905 under the auspices of Peter Drummond at the company's own Lochgorm works in Inverness and was quite a survivor as it passed through the grouped era, into BR ownership acquiring its nationalised identity of 55051 in April 1949. Withdrawal came in July 1956.

This caption has been derived from a Wikipedia page and one hopes that I haven't misunderstood the content. Highland Railway 'Glenbarry' class 2-4-0 no. 35A Isla Bank photographed in 1922 at Aviemore. No. 35A was built as a 2-2-2 under the stewardship of William Barclay in 1863 by Neilson & Co. and would later be rebuilt by Jones into the form shown here but I have no idea when the original name Kingsmills was replaced with Isla Bank. No. 35A was the only member of this class to survive into the LMSR era.

Highland Railway 'Castle' class 4-6-0 no. 35 Urquhart Castle photographed in 1919 with an eclectic rake of stock but the location isn't specified. No. 35 was built by NBL in 1905 under the auspices of Peter Drummond, became no. 14686 under LMSR ownership and was withdrawn in July 1946.

Highland Railway 'Clan' class 4-6-0 no. 49 Clan Campbell photographed in 1922 but the location isn't specified. No. 49 was built by Hawthorn, Leslie in April 1919 under the stewardship of Cumming, became no. 14762 under LMSR ownership and was withdrawn in June 1947.

Highland Railway 'O' class 4-4-0T 'Jones Tank' no. 50A at Perth. No. 50A was built as a 2-4-0T at the company's Lochgorm works with the number 17 and named Aberfeldy in 1879 during the stewardship of David Jones and was subsequently rebuilt during his tenure as a 4-4-0T circa 1885 - 1887. It survived into LMSR ownership still working at Perth.

Highland Railway 'Clan' class 4-6-0 no. 52 Clan Munro photographed in 1920 but the location isn't specified. No. 52 was built by Hawthorn, Leslie in April 1919 under the stewardship of Cumming, became no. 14764 under LMSR ownership and was withdrawn in February 1948 but never wore its allocated BR number.

Highland Railway 'P' class 'Yankee' 4-4-0T no. 54. Originally a Dübs and Co. of Glasgow order for Uruguay, this example was from the second batch delivered in 1893 and entered service with the number 14 but was later renumbered to 50 in 1900 and then to 54 in 1901 as shown here. All five of this class passed into LMSR stock with this example allocated thr number 15017 but withdrawal came in 1924 and I don't know if that number was actually applied. There's no indication of when or where this shot was taken although Burghead has been suggested as the probable location. [Mike Morant collection]

Highland Railway 'Lochgorm Tank' class 0-6-0ST no. 57 Lochgorm on shed at Inverness in 1922. No. 57 was the only Stroudley designed class for the Highland and this loco was one of three built with all three surviving the 1923 grouping. I find the Wikipedia text for this class somewhat confusing and will add more data only if it has the ring of 'fact' to it. I suspect that the RCTS Book 1 clarifies but I don't have it in my library.

Highland Railway 'Large Ben' class 4-4-0 no. 61 Ben na Caillich in charge of an Up train at Blair Atholl in 1914. No. 61 was a Drummond designed loco built by NBL in 1908, became no. 14417 under LMSR ownership and was withdrawn in May 1936. This very image appears in the RCTS handbook Highland Railway Locomotives Book 2 and the caption makes the point that the box next to the smokebox is its Smith external feed water heater.

Highland Railweay Drummond designed 'Large Ben' 4-4-0 no. 64 Ben Mholach at Inverness in 1921. Built by NBL in 1908, no. 64 entered service as no. 66 but was renumbered during the following year. Ben Mholach would be withdrawn in October 1935 whilst allocated to Aviemore mpd. [Mike Morant collection]

An undated pre-grouping view of Highland Railway 'Snaigow' class 4-4-0 no. 74 Durn in unlined HR green livery standing on the further north platforms at Inverness station - the building just to its left is the rear of Lochgorm works. There were only two members of this class the other being no. 73 Snaigow. Both were designed and built by Hawthorn Leslie in 1916 and were renumbered to 14523/2 respectively by the LMS after the 1923 grouping. Both had short working lives with Durn succumbing in April 1935 and Snaigow exactly a year later. [E. A. Gurney-Smith / Mike Morant collection]

Highland Railway 'E' class 4-4-0 no. 76A Bruce on shed at Inverness 1922. No. 76A was built in 1886 under the stewardship of David Jones by the Clyde Locomotive Company in Glasgow which was the reason why this class was colloquially know as the Clyde Bogies.