Thanks Meg.My dad had always told me he was a driver, but you are very probably correct. I'll delve further into it. and see what I can find out. I didn’t know Charlie was driver, I always thought he was a fireman Chico - if this building was also known as the running sheds then my dad (Charlie’s br...

Anyone who has ventured to the abandoned Ardeer minature railway in recent years may be surprised that behind the vegetation under the houses above,lies the archway leading to an old sea cave.This is an image my brother Colin took in the early eighties before it became too overgrown to see. https://...

There are the remains of an old railway line at the other side of the bypass behind the airport that heads to Annbank.Do you know if this was a continuation of the line here? Interesting,if memory serves me correctly,the line was closed and lifted in the very early eighties. Yes the USAF FUEL DUMP W...

Hi Hughie,the loco was filled with very high pressure steam in the morning which would power it for most of the day.Being fireless,the loco didn't have a firebox or chimney where stray sparks could cause an explosion,making it ideal for working in areas such as refineries or armament factories I'm n...

Interesting,if memory serves me correctly,the line was closed and lifted in the very early eighties. Thanks MANBEAR,I'm glad you liked this image,here's the second of both images I own,photographed at the Shell refinery in Ardrossan on 30/10/1973.I take it the Heathfield sidings were on the line tha...

Ardrossan Motive Power Depot 67D photographed on 6/7/1970 from a passing train.My grandfather,Charlie Gordon was based here when he was a train driver.The copyright for this picture is unknown,the image being found by the seller in an old photo album. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4894/45497678065_...

I'm not too sure who the owner was,Sheena.

sheenaj wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 4:31 am ?? one of Ian Duffy's bus.

The latest slide purchase,just arrived today.Taken on the bridge at the top of Glasgow Street,A1 Motor Services Ltd Alexander Daimler Fleetline EAG 714D. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4892/46704511281_c603187705_c.jpg A1 Motor Services Ltd Alexander Daimler Fleetline EAG 714D by Charles Gordon , on...

Thanks MANBEAR,I'm glad you liked this image,here's the second of both images I own,photographed at the Shell refinery in Ardrossan on 30/10/1973.I take it the Heathfield sidings were on the line that passed under the road near the roundabout leading into Prestwick?There is an old remaining railway ...

Hi Penny, the locomotive originally had a dark green livery. I'm guessing that the loco was painted yellow in the sixties or seventies. They yellow paintwork wasn't all that great with the green showing through a bit in places.

A nice wee slide I bought of the Shell Fireless Steam Locomotive at the Shell Refinery,Ardrossan,photographed on 4/9/1973.Taken by the late Mike Wood of Birmingham.The copyright remains his.Now restored and operating at the Dunaskin Industrial Railway Museum in Dalmellington. 28350581377_2f3ede05a1_...

A much changed scene at Saltcoats Station.AA Bus at Vernon St in Saltcoats(date unknown) by Charles Gordon, on Flickr