Steam Train Over the Forth Bridge

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I travelled to South Queensferry to go on a steam train trip.

I arrived an hour early for the train so while I was waiting I visited Scotia Kilts.

I bought this new sporran. Real leather, made in Scotland, reasonably priced at £38, including the straps and chain.

Nice vanity plate.

Soon the train appeared.

The locomotive, Oliver Cromwell, was built in 1951. It was retired to the National Railway Museum after just seventeen years service in 1968. I had contributed back in 1992 when the NRM had sought contributions to return the locomotive to steam, on the basis of a promise that it would come north during 1993. The NRM had loaned the locomotive to a theme park, with whom they then got into a protracted legal dispute over the terms of the loan agreement, so the promised visit here following re-steaming is only now taking place.

The view from the train crossing the Forth Bridge.

North of Inverkeithing. The train followed an 89 mile circular route via Burntisland, Kirkcaldy, Dunfermline, Alloa, Stirling, Falkirk and Linlithgow, with high tea served on board.
More to follow shortly.