David wrote:
Locomotive
"The locomotive is Caledonian Railway No 821,
one of the ‘812’ class 0-6-0, designer J F McIntosh, quite new
when the picture was taken as they were introduced in 1899. They
were used both for goods and local passenger trains. One of
them (No 828) is preserved on the Strathspey Railway:
In front of the chimney is a Caledonian
Railway ‘speciality’, a fitting with two pivoted arms which
conveyed a code to signalmen and others as to the route of the
train. The locomotive livery was blue, lined out with black and
white lines."
Coaches and
Wagons
"The coaches were not new! They look like
elderly four-wheelers, by that time probably confined to the
bottom level of passenger trains, such as special trains for
workmen.
The railway wagons in this ‘through the hole’
view are lettered E&LCGC, Edinburgh
& Leith Corporations Gas Commissioners.
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The works was a joint undertaking by the two
burghs and the opening ceremony was organised so that both
Provosts, and their wives, had a role to play."
David King, Trinity, Edinburgh: April 5, 2011 |