Caledonian Railway

[VauxhallandI]

Hi, looking for advice.

My Dad grew up with the Caledonian Railway at the end of his garden in Bowling near Glasgow.

I was watching a YouTube video and saw an ad for a model shop that did name changes for models.

I’d like to get him a model of one of the steam locos that would have gone past his bedroom window and change the name to Bowling.

He use to be awoken by the fish train every morning, this would have been in the early 50’s

Any idea of the locos involved and the possibility of me fulfilling my idea?

I know there is the memorable loco with the massive wheel in the middle but I’m not sure that would be the correct one or maybe it would be an option but others would be appropriate

Thanks in advance

 

[Cowley]

Hi, looking for advice.

My Dad grew up with the Caledonian Railway at the end of his garden in Bowling near Glasgow.

I was watching a YouTube video and saw an ad for a modal shop that did name changes for models.

I’d like to get him a model of one of the steam locos that would have gone past his bedroom window and change the name to Bowling.

He use to be awoken by the fish train every morning, this would have been in the early 50’s

Any idea of the locos involved and the possibility of me fulfilling my idea?

I know there is the memorable loco with the massive wheel in the middle but I’m not sure that would be the correct one or maybe it would be an option but others would be appropriate

Thanks in advance

Right. Duly noted.
Leave this one with us for a few days and we’ll see what we can come up with. It’s a lovely idea.

 

[GusB]

I would imagine that the loco with the massive driving wheel is the Caledonian "Single", an example of which (No.123) is preserved at the Riverside Museum in Glasgow. It was withdrawn in 1935 according to this:

Caledonian Railway Single - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Caledonian Railway Single No. 123 is a preserved Scottish steam locomotive. The unique 4-2-2 was built by Neilson and Company in 1886, works No. 3553, as an exhibition locomotive. In 1914 it was placed on the Caledonian Railway duplicate list, and renumbered 1123. It entered London, Midland and Scottish Railway service in 1923 and the LMS renumbered it 14010 and gave it the power classification 1P. During the 1920s it was allocated to working the directors' saloon, but it was returned to ordinary service in 1930. The locomotive was withdrawn in 1935, by which time it was the last single-wheeled express engine running in Britain, and set aside for preservation.[1]

The Caledonian was absorbed into the LMS, so there would have been a fair number of ex-LMS types around in the early 50s but I'm not sure which, if any, Caledonian types were still around by then.

I found this thread on RMWeb which may be useful, although it specifically refers to the early 60s.

Ayrshire early 1960s - steam locos and associated models

Hi Folks, I'm looking at constructing a layout set in Ayrshire in the last days of steam, circa 1962 and was looking for some advice regarding what locos would have still been running in that period? I'm aware that I could justify Black 5 (Hornby), Mogul-Crab (Bachmann), Standard 5 (Bachmann), Fa...

www.rmweb.co.uk

 

[VauxhallandI]

I was a few years out there then! I see Tri-Ang had a model in the 60’s so maybe that was his model rather than the real ones. That would make sense because he did have a Tri-Ang set.

Maybe I need to make some subtle wheel config enquires with him

 

[Gloster]

Bowling is a bit odd as for much of the distance the ex-LMS line ran alongside the Clyde, while the ex-LNER line ran further inland, but at Bowling for a couple of miles the situation was reversed. As far as locomotives were concerned, I think that most of the ex-LMS services only ran as far as Dumbarton and Balloch. At a guess, they would probably have been worked by ex-Caledonian 0-4-4T and ex-LMS 2-6-4T; goods trains would be ex-CR 0-6-0 and various smaller LMS (and possibly BR) types.

EDIT: A look at Railscot suggests that Stanier 2-6-2T from Dawsholm might have been the main passenger locos. (I would have typed may have been, but every time I did it capitalised the m in may.)