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General Steam Navigation's bird themed coaster Whitewing launched from the Ailsa yard on January 20th 1953.
Taken at Cape Town by John Young.

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Romsey, named after the small town near Southampton which is now becoming part of the ever expanding City. The tug/ passenger tender for the Alexandra Towing Company was launched from Ferguson's on January 20th 1930.

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Passing Bowling on her way out on trials.

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A date for your diary; Saturday 23 March 10 till 4 at the Queens Hall Dunoon the PSPS Scottish Branch Golden Jubilee Day focusing on the Society's promotion of Waverley since 1969. Publicity of those early days wll feature archive film of Waverley and Kingswear Castle. Dunoon will also be displayed ...

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Before the bomb.....

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Always think she was camera shy, cutting of A4

60002 Sir Murrough Wilson at York.

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A BR photo of 60012 Commonwealth of Australia crossing one of the temporary bridges erected in the Grantshouse area following devastating floods in 1948.

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Cutting of the A4 in its final days taken I think at Doncaster. She still has her foxes!

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Thanks Willie I think that was the visit I missed being in deepest Hampshire at a wedding! Super photos as ever.

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The model is at Glasgow Museums Resource Centre at Nitshill in Glasgow where the models are stored when not on display. There are regular tours where they can be viewed.The next one is on 27th November. These can be booked on line at the GMRC site https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/special-inter...

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Iain Quinn will be giving a special presentation of Clyde Steamers at War at 2pm on November 4th at Blairmore Pier Village Hall as part of the end of WW1 commemoration.
Free entry. Tea coffee and home baking available for donations and steamer postcards, books etc on sale as well.

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ELMINA PALM in Yorkhill Basin in 1977.

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Ellerman's German built City of Canterbury at Stobcross in 1977.

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Courtesy of the Grimaldi brothers in Genoa, this painting featuring France which was up for auction in Italy I think. Possibly for the cover of a book on her/ocean liners in general

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From the tv Cutty Sark arriving at Greenwich for her final display position in 1954.

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In Partick recently, October 2018 looking at the former D&W Henderson shipyard site now being built on noticed the building in front of the main high rise edifices in similar shape to the old shipyard office building. Is this someone with a sense of history bringing the past back?

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Clyde Shiplovers and Coastal Cruising Association syllabuses for 2018-2019. All welcome to the meetings as always.
The CSS October meeting is confirmed as George Gardner showing slides from the late Robin Wilson's collection.

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An ex-Caledonian 0-6-0 with a mixed bag of ex-LMS stock on an Eastbound train somewhere in the Scotstoun/ Whiteinch area on the former Caledonian Glasgow Central Low Level line.

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Isle of Man Railways' No.1 MAITLAND ready for departure from Douglas in 1995.

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A happier shot of Jubilee 45637 WINDWARD ISLANDS which was tragically destroyed in the horrific triple accident at Harrow and Wealdstone on October 8th 1952 which was commemorated as always on the station platform at the memorial plaque.

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Escort Carrier HMS CAMPANIA was completed at Belfast in 1944 originally to have been a general cargo ship for Port Line. In 1951 she was converted to be the Festival of Britain's exhibition ship, touring the country's ports with a civilian crew as the Festival Ship Campania to supplement the main ex...

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Argentinian registered Shell tanker built at Belfast in 1949. She suffered a fire & explosion at San Lorenzo on February 18th 1967 when loading petrol which claimed 9 lives. Finally scrapped in June 1968.
Photo courtesy John Winters' collection, Cape Town.

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Cutting of a forlorn Polar Star after the accident near Didcot in November 1956 which I was instrumental in the removal of smoke defector handrails from initially the Western Region Brits. The 10 coach excursion train from Treherbert to Paddington which 70026 was heading was derailed at Milton, betw...

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Some recollections of the first of BR Western Region's Warship Diesel Hydraulic locos named after the then Chairman.

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Merchant Navy 35019 French Line CGT with the Bournemouth Belle heading out of Waterloo. Photo courtesy Mike Redmayne collection.

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55002 KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY in blue with admirer at Doncaster in August 1980.

The future appearing in the background......

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Two photos of locos named after the 17th century poet.

: Metropolitan No.9 leaving Rickmansworth I think for Baker Street.

: Britannia 70005 at Liverpool Street.

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The old order- An N2 condensing loco with a Kings Cross outer suburban train.

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LMS photo of DUCHESS OF HAMILTON which became 6220 CORONATION getting her bell for the USA when she and the Coronation Scot stock were shipped out to take part in the 1939 New York World's Fair.

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The first of Stanier's Jubilee Class of 4-6-0s introduced to the LMS in 1934. 191 were eventually built. She was withdrawn from BR as 45552 in September 1964 being cut up at Cashmore's yard at Great Bridge in 1965.

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From the late Jon Gerralde collection courtesy Mike Redmayne Vale of Rheidol No.8 LLYWELYN at Aberystwyth in normal BR days.

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Portugese cargo liner laid up in Rotterdam pending sale in June 1985.
Swedish built in 1963 she eventually became LUSO ANA.
As CLUSO she was broken up at Chittagong arriving there on July 6th 1988.

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Not really living up to her name this bulker discharging at Botlek in June 1985.
Japanese built in 1984 she was broken up as CHIOS WIND on Gadani Beach in May 2012.

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Britannia 70040 CLIVE OF INDIA which was my first Britannia at Liverpool Street in 1960 after a dash up the platform as she was leaving light for Stratford! Three years later it was deja vu as I chased a Britannia up Platform 11 at Glasgow Central to find it was 70040 now a Carlisle Kingmoor loco......

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Cutting of my second Brit in the early 60s-70031 Byron.
She went into traffic from Crewe Works in December 1952, withdrawn in November 1967 and broken up at Shettleston the following year.

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It's not too apparent on this shot but 10202 is behind 10201 at Glasgow Central in the late 1950s heading the Royal Scot.

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A mag cover if I recall showing two MetroVick Co-Bos on the ConDor .
I remember loads of these headboards lying about Polmadie shed......

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Can't remember the numbers of these two EE Type 4s on the Royal Train conveying the President (?) of Russia Mr Kosygin to Glasgow in 1967 coming out of Pollokshaws Loop after I assume an overnight stop for breakfast etc. The train was also remarkable that two polished up Standard 4 tanks were alloca...

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D50 The Kings Shropshire Light Infantry departing from Glasgow Central in May 1974 for Leeds.

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Winter is approaching. This is the Syllabus for the World Ship Society's Firth of Clyde Branch PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS ---- WINTER 2018/2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2018 27th September FERGUSON MARINE ENGINEERING LTD John Morgan - director of Business ...

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From Mike Redmayne and the late Jon Gerralde collection, Radial Tank 30582 at Nine Elms to work a railtour.
Built in 1885 she was withdrawn in July 1961. She and sisters worked the Lyme Regis Branch.

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I love this shot of 92064 at I think Tyne Dock shed showing the bits and pieces lying around typically in a steam shed.
She was one of the batch adapted with air pumps for operating the ore hopper wagon doors on the Consett trains.

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Passenger liner REGINA for the British & North Atlantic Steam Navigation Company built by Harland and Wolff at Govan in 1918 which as WESTERNLAND arrived at Blyth on August 1st 1947 to be scrapped.

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Coaster FIDRA for Salvesen launched from Lamont's on August 9th 1956.

In 1969 sold, she became and had a few other names following that. As NEGWAN she was laid up outside Tripoli, Lebanon from September 1st 1985 and sank there in bad weather on November 26th.

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A couple of memories of the Fell Locomotive 10100.

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Ellerman Lines' passenger ship launched from Barclay Curle's on August 5th 1936. Tragically she was destined to have a short life of about 4 years before being torpedoed on September 17th 1940 west of Rockall on passage Liverpool for Quebec and Montreal. Only seven (or 13?) of the 90 children travel...

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The General Steam Navigation Company's coastal cargo ship Starling launched from the Ailsa yard on August 12th 1930.
She served GSN for just short of 30 years and was broken up at Grays arriving on August 10th 1960.

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Liberty Ship built at Wilmington in 1943 with the grand name of FURNIFOLD M.SIMMONS.
In 1947 she became ELLEN MAERSK then HADA COUNTY and as COMET she was broken up at Sakaide around December 1968.
John Winters' collection.

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Cutaway from the Eagle from Ebay US a few years ago of Bardic Ferry.

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Emily Malcolm, Transport and Technology Curator at Riverside Museum will be hosting another Introduction to Ship Models Tour at the Resource Centre at Nitshill on Tuesday 28th at 2.30. If you have not been on one of these, well worth doing. Booking 0141 276 9300 or email GMRCbookings@glasgowlife.org...

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