work in progress at the Bo'ness railway

This was a few filming visits that I had to The Scottish Railway Preservation Society, operators of Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway and Museum of Scottish Railways.The steam guys working inside the new engineering building have made a start to overhauling the WEMYSS COAL CO. LTD No.20
This is one of Andrew Barclay’s largest locomotives, designed to haul loads of 750 tons or more at low speeds. It was built in 1939 for the Wemyss Coal Company in Fife.
When the coal industry was nationalised in 1948, Captain Wemyss, the owner of the Wemyss Coal Company, successfully argued that the railway linking the Wemyss mines was not included, and this became the Wemyss Private Railway. It carried coal to the washer at Wellesley and the docks at Methil. No.20 was one of its last working locomotives, and continued in service until the railway closed in June 1970. This is an example of a large locomotive used on a private railway with a reasonably long haul, rather than simply for shunting.
It was purchased by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society in 1970 and is based on the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway.
No.20 was out of use, awaiting a heavy general overhaul for some time but in January 2020 it was reported that the boiler had been removed from the frames as part of the overhaul process.

[@robertcrawford4702]

Can l be cheeky and ask what date was this video taken?

[@ecksfilesbonyuk8]

Robert, thank you for watching my video, Whenever I visit my local Bo'ness railway I try to capture everything I can on video of railway interest in this case from the 12th of September to the 19th September 2024 . I then edit all my clips to make a video to add to my railway collection and to share with you all on KZbin 😄👍🚂

[@LeoR11]

Does Tom Clift run on all steam days?

[@ecksfilesbonyuk8]

Thank you for your comment 26038 Class 26 Bo-Bo Diesel Locomotive " Tom Clift " seen here at the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway busy shunting railway carriages it could of course run the last evening train of the day but unfortunately I'm never around in the evenings to see this. 😀👍🚆