A look into and around the sheds at Bridge of Dun - which has been badly flooded in the week of publication - an update from the Caledonian Railway Diesel Group.
20166 is but a mere child, introduced new to traffic as D8166 in November 1966, allocated to D16 Nottingham Division of the LMR. Renumbered to 20166 in April 1974. Withdrawn in 1991, the locomotive originally went to the Bodmin & Wenford Railway, arriving there in 1993, and then hired by RFS for Channel Tunnel construction, as '2015', returning to the Bodmin line. Sold to HNRC in 2008, this locomotive only worked on the Wensleydale Railway, where it was repainted in orange, until bought by a Caledonian Railway member in February 2023.
27024 was new as D5370 in January 1962, allocated to 51L Thornaby, one of a batch of no-boiler locomotives. After a move to the LMR in December 1965, it came to the ScR in November 1969. Withdrawn in July 1987, as part of the mass cull of Class 27. BR then continued to use the locomotive for apprentice training as ADB968028. It was with this number that it entered preservation at Northampton, later purchased to come to Brechin in April 1992, where it was restored, using parts recovered from MC Metals. In its preservation career, it has also worked on the Lakesde & Haverthwaite Railway on loan.
26014 was new as D5314 on 30th January 1959 to 34B Hornsey, followed by 34G in April 1960. It arrived in Scotland via a transfer to 64B Haymarket in June 1960. Withdrawal came in October 1992, as engine repairs were required. After a while stored at Perth, it subsequently entered preservation at Brechin.
08046 was new from Derby Works as 13059, on 11th September 1954, allocated to 15A D3059 from May 1958. Wellingborough. A LMR career then followed for 26 years, until withdrawn in May 1980. It was then sold to ABM (Associated British Maltsters) who used it at Inverhouse near Airdrie. When this facility closed to rail traffic, it was moved to the Caledonian Railway in 1985. Built with vacuum brakes, along the way it has been fitted with additional air brakes.
