Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway

The Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway is a heritage railway in Bo'ness, Scotland. It is operated by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society, and operates a total of over of track, virtually the entire Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway that became part of the former North British Railway on the Firth of Forth. Bo'ness railway station is the nucleus of the planned Scottish Railway Museum.
The railway has three main stations and small halt:

Bo'ness railway station at Bo'ness
Kinneil Halt
Birkhill railway station
Manuel Junction

Steam locomotives

Most of the steam fleet have had major industrial careers in Scotland, but a few ex-mainline types are also in constant service.

Operational

Undergoing overhaul/restoration

Stored/static

Diesel/electric shunters

As with almost all of the preserved lines in Britain, diesel shunters are predominantly used to move rolling stock and locomotives around the yard at Bo'ness.

Number & name	Description	Current status	Livery	Date	Photograph
-	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engine Co. Ltd. 4w 0-4-0	Static display in the museum.	Dark Blue	1940
No. 1	Andrew Barclay	Static display in the museum.	Green	1941
-	Ruston & Hornsby 4w Diesel-Mechanical 88DS	Stored/Static display	N/A	1949
No. 7	Ruston & Hornsby 4w Diesel-Mechanical 88DS	Stored	N/A	1949
No. P6687	Ruston and Hornsby 4w 0-4-0	Operational, regularly serves as a stock shunter.	Green	1951
-	Ruston & Hornsby Diesel-Mechanical 88DS	Operational.	Green	1952
"Tiger"	North British Locomotive Co. 4w 0-4-0DH	Static display in the museum.	Red	1954
"Texaco" No. 3		Operational at Scottish Vintage Bus Museum.	Red	1958
Clyde Iron Works No. 1		Stored	Green	1958
Clyde Iron Works No. 3		Stored	Green	1958
No. D3558.	BR Class 08	Operational.	BR Green	1958
No. D2767	BR North British shunter	Operational.	BR Green	1960
No. 802	Ruston & Hornsby 4w 0-4-0DH	Stored.	N/A	1962
-	Motor-rail Simplex gauge	Stored	Green	1970

Heritage diesels

Former main-line diesel locomotives are abundant on the Bo'ness Railway, and diesel galas are held each year.

Number & name	Description	Current status	Livery	Date	Photograph
No. 20020	BR Bo-Bo Class 20	Out of service due to mechanical issues.	BR Blue	1959
No. 25235	BR Bo-Bo Class 25	Undergoing overhaul.	BR Blue	1964
No. 26038	BR Bo-Bo Class 26	Generator away for repairs.	BR Blue	1959
No. 26024	BR Bo-Bo Class 26	Out of service for bogie overhaul.	BR Blue	1959
No. 27001	BR Bo-Bo Class 27	Generator away for repairs.	BR Blue	1961
No. 27005/D5351	BR Bo-Bo Class 27	Under overhaul in the MMPD.	BR Blue	1962
No. 37025 "Inverness TMD"	BR Co-Co Class 37	On loan to Colas Rail	BR Blue Large Logo	1961
No. 37261	BR Co-Co Class 37	Under overhaul.	DRS Blue
No. 37067/37703	BR Co-Co Class 37	Operational.	Debadged DRS blue.
No. 37403 "Isle of Mull"	BR Co-Co Class 37	Main line operation.	BR Blue Large Logo	1965
No. 47643	BR Co-Co Class 47	Operational.	ScotRail	1965

Multiple units

The DMUs do not see much service.

Number & name	Description	Current status	Livery	Date	Notes	Photograph
Unit 51017+59404+79443+51043	BR Class 126	Operational	BR Green	1959	51017, 59404 and 51043 are now virtually complete and form an operational unit. 79443 is undergoing a heavy body restoration.
Unit 303032	BR Class 303	Stored awaiting restoration.	Strathclyde Black and Orange	1959	61503 from unit 023 after 032s MBSO damaged by flashover

Coaching stock

The SRPS's stock at Bo'ness includes 67 passenger and light freight coaches. It is one of the most varied collections in the U.K.

LNER teak panel coaches

A small collection of LNER coaches reside at Bo'ness, though most of the collection has yet to be restored.

Number & name	Description	Current status	Livery	Date	Photograph
No. 10021	Gresley Third Class Corridor	Currently under restoration.	Teak Finish	1924	~
No. 62515	Gresley Brake Second Class Corridor	Stored, awaiting restoration.	Teak Finish	1924	~
No. 644	Gresley Buffet Car	Operational - Seen mostly on service train for private functions.	Teak Finish	1937	~
No. 4271	Gresley Full Brake Pigeon Van	Stored, awaiting restoration.	BR Blue	1940	~
No. 13803	Thompson Third Class Tourist Open	Operational.	Teak Finish	1947	~
No. Sc80417E	BR-Built Thompson Brake Third Class Non-Corridor	Operational.	Teak	1951	~
No. E1211	Gresley Sleeper First Class Corridor	On Static Display.	BR Blue-Grey	1935	~

Norwegian coaches

Two of the railway's Norwegian coaches were originally restored and used on passenger trains, though they have since been grounded for other purposes.

Number & name	Description	Current status	Livery	Date	Photograph
No. 5010	Norges Statsbane 4-wheeled Full Brake	Now located in Leven and owned by Fife Heritage Railway	Worn Red	1914	~
No. 791	Norges Statsbane Bogie-Open Saloon	Part of the Gauge O Guild Model Railway.	Teak Finish	1923	~
No. 663	Norges Statsbane Bogie-Open Saloon	Part of the Gauge O Guild Model Railway.	Teak Finish	1937	~

Highland Railway coaches

The SRPS owns some of the last surviving HR coaches in existence today.

Number & name	Description	Current status	Livery	Date	Photograph
No. 5	4-Wheeled Passenger Brake Van	Static display in the museum.	HR Green	1870	~
No. 89	Coupé 6-Wheeled Composite	Stored.	HR Green	1909	~
No. 57A	Duke of Sutherland's Private Saloon	Static display in the museum.	HR Green & Cream?	1899	~

LMS coaches

Number & name	Description	Current status	Livery	Date	Photograph
No. 12059	Non-Corridor Third Class Compartment	Stored in the open as little more than a shell.	N/A	1930	~
No. 37817	Luggage, Mail and Parcels Van	Stored out in the open.	N/A	1935	~
No. M31036	Stanier Full Brake	Stored.	N/A	1939	~
No. 27389	BR-Built Third Class Open	Currently undergoing restoration in the RCB.	LMS Maroon	1948	~
No. 27407	BR-Built Third Class Open	Currently undergoing restoration in the RCB.	N/A	1948	~
No. 24725	BR-Built Corridor Composite	Stored.	LMS Maroon	1950	~
No. DB999502	BR-Built Inspection Saloon	Stored.	LMS Maroon	1959	~

Caledonian Railway coaches

Caledonian Railways stock was originally used with the CR 0-4-4T, but has seen little use of late due to the loco being out of traffic.

Number & name	Description	Current status	Livery	Date	Photograph
No. 426	Caledonian Railway 9-Compartment Non-Corridor	Stored out in the open in need of a full bodywork repair.	N/A	1914	~
No. 1375	Third Class Corridor Compartment	Operational, used on private functions and at special events.	CR Maroon and White	1921
No. 464	Brake Corridor Composite	Operational, used on private functions and at special events.	CR Maroon and White	1923

North British Railway coaches

As with the LMS and Caledonian coaches, none of the North British Railway coaches are in service on passenger trains.

Number & name	Description	Current status	Livery	Date	Photograph
No. 1184	4-Wheeled Four Compartment	Stored.	N/A	Circa. 1870	~
No. DE773090	6-Wheeled Composite	Stored out of view.	N/A	Circa. 1885	~
N/A	Third Class Six Compartment	Body grounded on the platform at Birkhill.	N/A	N/A	~
No. 461	Invalid Saloon	Repaint in progress.	NBR	1919
No. Sc3565E	Third Class Corridor Compartment	Used as a mess room.	N/A	1921	~
No. 467	Third Class Brake	Stored.	N/A	1921	~

Glasgow & South Western Railway coaches

BR Mk1s

The BR Mk1s were an abundant type of coach on the mainline in the early days of BR steam, and like the BR Standards, were built to be both durable and easy to maintain. Today Mk1s make up over 95% of all Bo'ness trains, generally made of three or four of them in Carmine/Cream, SRPS LMS Maroon.

Number & name	Description	Current status	Livery	Date	Photograph
No. 24895	MK1 SK	Undergoing a bodywork overhaul.	Carmine/Cream	1955	~
No. 9237	Mk1 BSOT	Operational.	Green/Cream	1956	~
No. 4215	Mk1 TSO	Operational.	BR Maroon	1956	~
No. 15834	Mk1 CK	Stored out in the open.	BR Maroon	1956	~
No. 4422	Mk1 TSO	Operational.	Carmine/Cream	1956	~
No. 4529	Mk1 TSO	Stored, awaiting repairs.	Carmine/Cream	1957	~
No. NNX80218	Mk1 BSK	Operational, not on passenger trains.	BR Green	1958	~
No. 35185	Mk1 BSK	Operational, with main-line certification.	SRPS LMS Maroon	1958	~
No. 13228	Mk1 FK	Stored	Green/Cream	1959	~
No. 13229	Mk1 FK	Operational, with main-line certification.	SRPS LMS Maroon	1959	~
No. 13230	Mk1 FK	Operational, with main-line certification.	SRPS LMS Maroon	1959	~
No. 4831	Mk1 TSO	Operational, with main-line certification.	SRPS LMS Maroon	1959	~
No. 4832	Mk1 TSO	Operational.	Carmine/Cream	1959	~
No. 4836	Mk1 TSO	Operational, with main-line certification.	SRPS LMS Maroon	1959	~
No. 4844	Mk1 TSO	Operational.	Carmine/Cream	1959	~
No. 4856	Mk1 TSO	Operational, with main-line certification.	SRPS LMS Maroon	1959	~
No. 3096	Mk1 FO	Operational, with Main-Line Certification.	InterCity	1959	~
No. 1730	Mk1 RBR	Operational, with main-line certification.	SRPS LMS Maroon	1960	~
No. 4871	Mk1 TSO	Used as a mess facility.	Blue/Grey	1960	~
No. 21241	Mk1 BCK	Operational.	Carmine/Cream	1961	~
No. 5028	Mk1 TSO	Operational.	Carmine/Cream	1961	~
No. 1866	Mk1 RMB	Operational.	Green/Cream	1961	~
No. 1859	Mk1 RMB	Operational, with main-line certification.	SRPS LMS Maroon	1962	~
No. 18788	Mk1 SK	Stored, awaiting removal.	Network SouthEast	1962	~
No. 35304	Mk1 BSK	Operational, used as a support coach.	Carmine/Cream	1962	~
No. NNX80221	Mk1 Courier	Used as a mess facility on Bo'ness Platform 2.	Blue/Grey	1962	~
No. 35405	Mk1 BFK	Operational, used on Santa Specials.	Plain Maroon	1962	~
No. 3115	Mk1 FO	Operational, with main-line certification.	SRPS LMS Maroon	1962	~
No. 3150	Mk1 FO	Stored, with main-line certification.	BR Green	1962	~
No. 80382	Mk1 POS	On display.	Royal Mail Red	1975	~
No. 80437	Mk1 POT	Being converted into a shop.	Post Office Red	1976	~

BR Mk3s

Other coaches

The Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway's stock includes rare, or even unique, builds for special purposes.

Number & name	Description	Current status	Livery	Date	Photograph
-	GNSR Royal Saloon	Static display in the museum.	GNSR	1897	~
No. 245	WCJS Third Class Corridor	Stored.	N/A	1903	~
No. 55	Glasgow District Subway Car	Static display in the museum.	Glasgow Subway Red	1901	~

Freight stock

Due to a lack of loops mid-journey, demonstration freight trains are restricted to the yard at Bo'ness.

Mineral wagons

In the days of steam wagons like these would have been used to transport coal across the country and into England and Wales.

Number & name	Description	Current status	Notes	Livery	Date	Photograph
Callander Coal Company No. 286	4-Plank Open Wagon	Static display in the museum.	Grease axleboxes, wooden frame, block buffers. Previously worked at Clyde Ironworks. Rebuilt from a 7-plank open wagon.	Callander Coal Company Grey	N/A	~
Carron Company No. 755	3-Plank Open Wagon	Static display in the museum.	Built by Carron Ironworks. Dumb buffers.	Brown	Circa. 1890	~
No. 65013	GSWR 8-Ton Double-Ended	Static display in the museum.	Number 65013 is fictitious. Fitted with NBR grease axleboxes, hence the North British Railway livery.	Loco Coal NB Grey	Circa. 1890
No. 189	RCH 12-Ton 7-Plank	Static display in the museum.	Wooden frame, oil axleboxes. This wagon previously worked at multiple collieries in Fife for the National Coal Board, as No. 1098.	Kinneil Sandy Red	1930	~
No. B579284	BR 16T Mineral Wagon	Operational.	Built by Pressed Steel at Linwood.	BR Grey	1957	~
No. B555710	BR 16T Mineral Wagon	Operational.	Built by Teesside Bridge & Engineering.	BR Bauxite	1958	~
No. B314632	BR 21T	Operational.	Built by BR at Derby.	BR Bauxite	1962	~
No. B314633	BR 21T	Operational.	Built by BR at Derby.	BR Bauxite	1962	~
No. B314636	BR 21T	Operational.	Built by BR at Derby	BR Rusted Grey	1962	~
No. 350001	EWS 32.5T HCA Hopper	Operational	Built by BR at Faverdale.	EWS	1964	~

Open wagons

These wagons would have been used for transportation of any goods in general

Number & name	Description	Current status	Notes	Livery	Date	Photograph
No. 51026	GNR 8T 4-Plank Open	Static display in the museum.	Wooden frame, oil axle boxes. Previously worked at RNAD Bandeath.	GNR Red	1880	~
PSTO No. 40	NER 10T 7-Plank Open	Static display in the museum.	Originally a goods van, heavily rebuilt at Rosyth Dockyard.	Black	1910	~
No. 93177	MR 10T 5-Plank Open	Static display in the museum.	Built by the MR at Derby.	MR Grey	1920	~
	4-Plank Bogie Open	Stored.	Built by Fairfield Bridge and Engineering at Chepstow.	Blue	1939	~
No. 416133	13T 5-Plank Open	Static display in the museum.	Previously worked at Rosyth Dockyard, numbered No. 42 there.	LMS Bauxite	1943	~
No. E 315913	13T Steel Open	Operational.	Built by BR to an LNER design at Shildon. Worked at Rosyth Dockyard and numbered No. 15 there.	BR Bauxite	1949	~
No. B 458977	13T Steel Open	Operational.	Built by BR at Ashford.	BR Bauxite	1951	~
No. B 722160	12T 5-Plank Shocbar	Static display in the museum.	Built by BR at Derby to an LMS design. Previously worked at Rosyth Dockyard, numbered No. 17 there.	BR Bauxite	1952	~

Brake vans

Brake vans are traditionally used either in front of, or behind trains.

Number & name	Description	Current status	Notes	Livery	Date	Photograph
No. 437	CR Six-Wheeled 20-Ton	Static display in the museum.	Built by Clayton Wagons Ltd. at Lincoln. Previously worked at Gartshore Colliery.	CR Bauxite	1920	~
No. 731916	LMS 20-Ton	Operational.	Built by the LMS at Derby/Wolverton. Previously worked at Comrie Colliery in Fife.	LMS Bauxite	1945	~
No. 634355	LNER 20T Ballast	Operational.	Built by R.Y. Pickering.	LNER Blue	1948	~
No. B951148	BR 20-Ton	Operational, used on demo freights.	Built by BR to an LNER design at Faverdale.	BR Grey	1951	~
No. 993771	20T "Shark" Ballast	Operational.	Built by BRCW.	BR Black	1954	~

Covered vans

These wagons were used to transport larger quantities of goods than open wagons,

Number & name	Description	Current status	Notes	Livery	Date	Photograph
3	Six-wheel Road Van	Stores van.	Body and underframe only. Used as an S&T store.	Blue	N/A	~
SAXA Salt No. 252	10T Salt Van	Static display in the museum.	Body only. The van was in use as a hay store on a farm near Hawick. SAXA Salt livery visible; restored to original condition and placed on underframe of tank wagon no. 7.	SAXA Salt Yellow	N/A
No. 5	10T Grain Hopper Van	Static display in the museum.	Built by Hurst Nelson at Motherwell. Ex-Leith General Warehousing Co. Ltd.	Grey	1897	~
No. 7232	GSWR 10T Goods Van	Static display in the museum.	One of only two surviving GSWR wagons. It is on static display although has run a few times.	GSWR Grey	1900	~
Leith General Warehousing No. 120	10T Grain Hopper Van	Static display in the museum.	Built by Hurst Nelson at Motherwell. Previously used by Leith General Warehousing Co. Ltd.	Leith General Warehousing Red	1903	~
No. 55251	LNWR 'Tranship' Goods Van	Static display in the museum.	Built by the LNWR at Earlestown.	LNWR grey	1910	~

Tanker wagons

Tankers were originally designed for the safe transportation of liquids.

Number & name	Description	Current status	Notes	Livery	Date	Photograph
TDE No. 691880	Fuel Tanker	Stored.	Tanker frame was originally an NBR H class tender. Withdrawn in 1936 and converted to sludge tender at Doncaster. By 1944, converted at Doncaster to a fuel tank to work with the LNER's diesel shunter J45s based at Doncaster.	Black.	~	~
Scottish Tar Distillers No. 78	Rectangular Tanker	Static display in the museum.	North British Railway no. 27168. Built at Cowlairs by the NBR. Wooden frame.	Black	1877	~
Oakbank Oil Company No. 13	10T Tanker	Static display in the museum.	Built by R.Y Pickering. The frame is steel. Wagon was grease axleboxes.	Black	1894	~
No. A43	Shell BP Tanker	Static display in the museum.	Built by Chas Roberts. Wooden frame.	Black	1897	~
Briggs, Dundee No. 20	14T Tanker	Operational.	Registered to the LNWR as No. 808. Steel frame.	Black	1918	~
Briggs No. 17	14T Tanker	Operational.	Built by Chas Roberts. Registered with the LMS as No. 120090.	Black	1927	~
DCL Distillers No. 206	20T Tanker	Stored.	Built by Metro Cammell.	Silver DCL	1930	~
DCL Distillers No. 241	20T Tanker	Stored.	Registered with the LMS as No. 169672.	Silver DCL	1940	~
BP Chemicals No. 4	20T Tanker	Stored.	Built by Hurst Nelson at Motherwell. Registered with the LMS as No. 160900.	BP Chemicals	1941	~
No. 14	14T Nitric Acid Tanker	Static display in the museum.	Built by Hurst Nelson at Motherwell. Registered with the GWR as No. 407.	Grey	1941	~
Distillers Company No. 252	20T Tanker	Stored.	Built by M&W Grazebrook at Dudley. Registered with British Railways as No. 183392.	Distiller's Co. Ltd Silver	1951	~
BHC No. 261	20T Tanker	Stored.	Built by Hurst Nelson at Motherwell. Registered with British Railways as No. 560.	British Hydrocarbon Chemicals Silver	1956	~
No. BPO67496	45T TTA Tanker	Stored.	Built by R.Y Pickering in Glasgow.	BP Green	1966	~

Appearances in film, TV and media

2000 re-make of The Railway Children, filmed on the Bluebell Railway using No.673 "Maude".
The railway themed episode of Bits and Bobs.
2008 re-make of The 39 Steps.
Featured on the MacAulay and Co. radio programme on BBC Radio Scotland.
Location of railway scenes from Case Histories, BBC One. 2011
Ken Loach The Angels' Share at Birkhill Station for the opening with Actor Gary Maitland as Albert.
Still Game one of the Episode Big Yin ending scene when Big Innes Clive Russell on the train.
The film The Railway Man, starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, is based on the autobiography of Eric Lomax. Made in 2013, it was released in January 2014.
In the 2012 film Cloud Atlas, Jim Broadbent's character Timothy Cavendish alights at the station.
In the 1991 Swedish film Den ofrivillige golfaren, a couple of scenes were filmed at Birkhill station.

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