Scottish Industrial Railway Centre
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Industrial heritage
Industrial heritage is an aspect of cultural heritage dealing specifically with the buildings and artifacts of industry which are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations, often forming a significant attraction for tourism.The...
museum
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
operated by the Ayrshire Railway Preservation Group. The centre owns a number of standard gauge
Standard gauge
The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...
steam and diesel locomotives and an extensive collection of photographs.
History
The centre was based at the former Minnivey Colliery , DalmellingtonDalmellington
Dalmellington is a market town in Ayrshire, Scotland. In 2001 it had a population of 1407. The town owes its origins to the fault line separating the Southern Uplands of Scotland from the Central Lowlands...
, East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders on to North Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, from 1980; but, following problems with the lease
Lease
A lease is a contractual arrangement calling for the lessee to pay the lessor for use of an asset. A rental agreement is a lease in which the asset is tangible property...
, the Group decided in 2002 to move the centre to the nearby Dunaskin Heritage
Cultural heritage
Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations...
Centre .
During 2005 council funding was withdrawn from the Heritage Centre causing it to close, but the railway was still able to start running steam hauled rides at the Dunaskin site, using a borrowed locomotive. Some rolling stock remains at Minnivey.
A lack of locomotive availability curtailed operations during 2006 and 2007 but, following the completion of the boiler swap and overhaul of Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST N.C.B. No. 10, a series of successful steam days were held during 2008.
Summer 2010 Operating Dates
The centre will be open on the following Sundays during 2010:May 30
June 27
July 4, 11, 18th, 25th
August 1, 8, 15th, 22nd, 29th
September 5, 26
Opening times : 11.00am - 4.30pm
Steam locomotives
The museum has a collection of Andrew Barclay Steam locomotives.-
- Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST N.C.B. No. 16. On display at Dunaskin.
- Andrew Barclay 0-6-0T N.C.B. No. 8. Stripped down for restoration.
- Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST N.C.B. No. 19. Undergoing a cosmetic repaint for display.
- Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 Fireless No. 8. Undergoing overhaul with the cylinders, axleboxes and steam receiver which requires a new sparge pipe. It is hoped to have it working on demonstration trains in the future; steam will be provided by another steam engine.
- Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST N.C.B. No. 10. Operational after swapping boilers with No. 19, boiler ticket expires in 2017.
- Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST N.C.B. No. 23. Stored awaiting restoration.
- Andrew Barclay 0-6-0ST N.C.B. No. 25. Partially cosmetically restored, awaiting restoration.
- Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST N.C.B. No. 1. Awaiting transfer to the site.
Diesel Locomotives
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- BR Class 11 0-6-0 No. 12093. In service on the Caledonian Railway.
- Andrew Barclay 0-4-0DM "Powfoot" No. 1. Operational and regularly performs shunting duties.
- Yard 0-4-0DM No. AC118 M3571. Stored out of use.
- Andrew Barclay 0-4-0DM No. 7. Operational.
- Hunslet Engine CompanyHunslet Engine CompanyThe Hunslet Engine Company is a British locomotive-building company founded in 1864 at Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by John Towlerton Leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed James Campbell as his Works Manager.In 1871, James Campbell bought the company for...
0-4-0DM No. 107. Awaiting transfer to the site. - Ruston and Hornsby 4W DM No. BE116. Undergoing restoration.
- Ruston and Hornsby 4W DM No. 324 "Blinkin Bess". Awaiting transfer to the site.
- Ruston and Hornsby 4W DM No. 417890 "Johnnie Walker". Undergoing restoration.
- Andrew Barclay 0-4-0DM No. 421697. Stored awaiting restoration, frames and engine only.
- SentinelSentinel Waggon WorksSentinel Waggon Works Ltd was a British company based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire that made steam-powered lorries, railway locomotives, and later, diesel engined lorries and locomotives.-Alley & MacLellan, Sentinel Works, Jessie Street Glasgow:...
4W DH No. 421697. Operational and a regular shunter. - North British 0-4-0DH No. 277644 "Tess Storage". Awaiting repair but undercover.