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| GB_17_Day_6_Tain_45407_water_tanker. Road water tankers were an essential feature of the GB17 train which was followed throughout its journey. Here, a long way from its home, a Cumbrian-based tanker replenishes 45407 at Tain. 1st May 2025. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| GB_17_Day_6_Tain_station_plaques. Tain railway station has been preserved in excellent condition, with input from the local community. Two wall-mounted plaques tell of the stations Listed status and restoration and also relates the story of the Jellicoe Express. That was the name bestowed upon the many special trains which ran through Tain in both World Wars, transporting Royal Naval crews to and from Scottish naval bases, predominantly the Home Fleet anchorage at Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands. 1st May 2025. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| GB_17_Day_6_Tain_station_1864_sign. Part of the local inclusion in the preservation of Tain station is the adaptation of the main building for a restaurant: Platform 1864. The sign for the restaurant continues the BR Scottish Regional blue colour scheme, but it is a pity that the American-influenced appellation Train Station has been used, instead of the correct Railway Station. 1st May 2025. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| GB_17_Day_6_Tain_restaurant_interior. A view inside the Platform 1864 restaurant shows that much effort has been made to incorporate historical railway artefects: an original BR Tain enamel station sign, another sign, in wood, from Invergordon station, which lies closer to Inverness and many documents, notices and items of station furniture. 1st May 2025. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| GB_17_Day_6_Tain_buffer_detail. Another relic from the past at Tain station lies at the end of a long-disused and overgrown bay platform: a buffer stop formed entirely of old lengths of rail, fishplates and bolts. A very practical, 19th century re-use of redundant materials. 1st May 2025. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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