Caledonian 419

Caledonian 419's visit to Brechin, summer 2002 Please note there are currently no enlarged images of these pictures available due to webspace restrictions, please email if you would like a larger copy.......the webmaster.
Click the picture to see a larger version	Member Derek Rose (former Glasgow works manager) watches Dougal Watson couple 419 onto her train. Brian Thomson leans from the cab.
Click the picture to see a larger version	419 rolls down the gradient underneath Leuchlands Farm overbridge.
Click the picture to see a larger version	As 419 passes over Balwyllo Bridge, 'rival' photographer Ian Lothian contrives to spoil the picture by reversing his Fiat into it!
Click the picture to see a larger version	The Caley tank makes a smoky exit from Bridge of Dun........
Click the picture to see a larger version	....whose fireman has obviously shovelled a wee bit too much coal, as the safety valves roar despite this point of the line, Magalen Chapel, being the steepest section of the railway!
Click the picture to see a larger version	An unusual birds-eye view of Brechin headshunt, with the station looking like a model.
Click the picture to see a larger version	Visitors leave the train at Brechin station, unaware of the photographer on the roof of the station building!
Click the picture to see a larger version	And to prove that some folk are working while others swan around with cameras, here's a shot of David Lawson and Jim Summers servicing mark 1 4809, with Jim doing his famous impression of a garden gnome!