Museum of Scottish Railways

Museum of Scottish Railways

Established	1995
Location	Bo'ness, Scotland
Type	Transport Museum
Website	https://museumofscottishrailways.org.uk/

The Museum of Scottish Railways is a railway museum operated by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS). ^[1] It is based on the SRPS's large collection of railway artefacts from across Scotland. ^[2] The museum is located at the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway, and is the largest building on site. ^[3]

It is the largest railway museum in Scotland, consisting of three large buildings which contain heritage locomotives, coaches, wagons and other exhibits. ^[4]

Collections

The Museum of Scottish Railways collection ranges from large locomotives, carriages, sleeping cars, wagons and signalling systems as well as smaller objects including oil cans, crockery, books and photographs. ^[5] The core collection is a Recognised Collection of National Significance. ^[6]

Rolling stock

Rolling stock collections are anything (such a locomotives or carriages) which move on rails.

Locomotives

Class	Number & name	Type	Status	Livery	Built	Image
3 ft gauge Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. 0-4-0 T	Fair Maid of Foyer [7]	Steam	On static display	Green	1899
NBR G Class (LNER Y9 Class) 0-4-0 ST	No. 42 (68095) [8]	Steam	On static display	NBR Brown/Green	1887
North British Railway Class C (LNER Class J36) 0-6-0	No. 673 (65243) Maude [8]	Steam	On static display	BR Black	1891
Great North of Scotland Railway Class F (LNER Class D40) 4-4-0	No. 49 (62277) Gordon Highlander [8]	Steam	On static display. On loan from Riverside Museum.	GNSR Green	1920
North Metropolitan Power Station Co. 0-6-0F	Lord Ashford	Steam - Fireless	On static display	North Metropolitan Power Station Co.	1931
English Electric Type 3b	No. 1131 [9]	Electric	On static display	Fairfield Blue	1940
British Rail Class 91	91131 [10]	Electric	On static display	LNER ex Virgin Trains East Coast	1991

Coaches

Type	Number	Status	Livery/Operator	Image
Duke of Sutherland’s Saloon	10168 [11]	On Static Display	Highland Railway
NBR Invalid Saloon	461 [2]	On Static Display	North British Railway
LNER Gresley Buffet Car	644 [2]	Not on Display.	London and North Eastern Railway
LNER Gresley Sleeper	178 [12]	On Static Display	BR Blue-Grey
British Rail Mark 1 Post Office Sorting	80382 [13]	On Static Display	Royal Mail
British Rail Mark 3 Sleeper	10580 [14]	On Static Display	Caledonian Sleeper
1901 First Generation Glasgow Subway rolling stock	No. 55	On Static Display	Glasgow Corporation Transport Red and Cream

Location

The Museum of Scottish Railways is located behind Bo'ness Station which is on the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway branch line. The line is now operated by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society. The branch line, and museum, sit near the historic Bo'ness Harbour and are on National Cycle Route 76.

References

1. "Scottish Railway Preservation Society". www.srps.org.uk. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
2. "Home - Museum of Scottish Railways". museumofscottishrailways.org.uk. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
3. "ERIH: Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway | Museum of Scottish Railways". www.erih.net (in German). Retrieved 23 April 2020.
4. "Visit the Museum of Scottish Railways, Scotland's largest railway museum". www.bkrailway.co.uk.
5. "Museum of Scottish Railways Collection".
6. "Recognised Collections".
7. "Fair Maid of Foyers – SRPS Steam". 23 December 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
8. Preserved Locomotives of British Railways 2023, p. 30.
9. "4W CENTRE-CAB ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE - Museum of Scottish Railways". museumofscottishrailways.org.uk. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
10. "Crewe's record-breaking '91' saved for Bo'ness museum". www.railmagazine.com. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
11. "Duke of Sutherland's Saloon - Museum of Scottish Railways". museumofscottishrailways.org.uk. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
12. "LNER 1211 Gresley bogie First Sleeper built 1935". www.cs.rhrp.org.uk. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
13. "MK.1 Post Office Sorting (POS) coach No. 80382 - Museum of Scottish Railways". museumofscottishrailways.org.uk. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
14. "Retired Caledonian Sleeper carriage joins historic predecessors at rail heritage exhibit". The Scotsman. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2024.

External links

• Museum of Scottish Railways official website

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