The Monarch of the Glen
Well 2005 started with perhaps the class 50 tour of
the decade. Pathfinder's Monarch of the Glen saw 50049 and 50031
returning to Scotland for a long weekend. During this time the pair
traveled from Swindon via the West Midlands and the West Coast Main Line
to the West Highland route as far as Mallaig (stopping off for two
nights at Fort William). The train returning via the Forth Bridge,
Dundee and an overnight stay in Glasgow.
We are hoping to get permission to use more photos on
this page over next few days so please visit it again.
 Before
the trip started, Defiance and Hood stand at Swindon following a light
sprinkling of snow.
Photo Lee Bolger
 50049
leads 50031 alongside the canal at Birmingham
University.
This shot shows the West Highland Terrier logos
applied below the nameplates specially for the trip North of the Border.
Photo Alan Yates
 31
leads 49 across the bridge at Lochyside on the way to Mallaig. Photo
Gerry Ryan
 On the way back from Mallaig 31 brings up the rear at Kinloid. Photo
Gerry Ryan
 In
typically dramatic scenery 50049 heads the train through the
highlands. Photo Ewan Tait
 Following
the late rerouting of the tour, the train didn't make Oban, but the
compensation was a trip to Dundee and as a result, the opportunity to
pass both ways over the Forth Bridge. Photo
David Kirkwood
 On the
return leg the pair pose again for the camera at Stafford, running only two hours
early.
Photo Edward Farms
Links to photos of the tour:
http://warrens.shots.fotopic.net/c451804.html
http://gary-lennon.fotopic.net/p12466784.html
http://bobsrailwaypictures.fotopic.net/c494363.html
http://alastair-blackwood.fotopic.net
http://davids.railway.fotopic.net/
http://photos.eatnet.org.uk/
http://gridler49.fotopic.net/
http://www.regionalrail.fotopic.net/c454260.html
http://jameshowie6771.fotopic.net/p12453127.html
http://www.preserved-diesels.co.uk/events/50s_0305/index.htm
http://rail.fpic.co.uk/c452066.html
http://www.supersheep.org/trains/50s-burntisland/
http://www.garry-sparks.fotopic.net/c457448.html
http://www.class50s.fotopic.net/
http://scottish-railways.fotopic.net/c452160.html
http://images4.fotopic.net/?iid=y7423u&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1
http://jimppics.fotopic.net/p12459883.html
Video here:
http://www.burgess57.freeserve.co.uk/50049+50031_1Z32.WMV
http://www.burgess57.freeserve.co.uk/50031+50049.WMV
http://f5.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/
http://www.rail-net.co.uk/swmvpage.php?picid=5144&storyid=194&mstoryid=191
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