Burns Line and The Kilmarnock Edition

[cessna152towser]

After mentioning getting a train on the Burns Line in reply to Tartan Hiker yesterday
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=21587
perhaps a brief explanation is called for.

The train service between Girvan and Kilmarnock via Prestwick Airport was improved around ten years ago and relaunched as the Burns Line, as it runs through Burns Country. At Kilmarnock there is a junction and the train will either continue or connect there, either northwards for Glasgow, or south via Dumfries to cross the border at Gretna Green and terminate at Carlisle, just nine miles into England. This is the train service you would use to get from Prestwick Airport to Ferintosh at Dumfries.
The trains used are class 156 diesel powered twin unit SuperSprinters built in 1986 & 1987.
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the bard's death, one of the trains was named The Kilmarnock Edition and a limited edition model of it was produced, as seen here on my home model railway.
The first book of Burns poems to be published, in 1786, was issued at Kilmarnock, and therefore became known as The Kilmarnock Edition. 600 copies were printed and sold for three shillings each. Burns only earned £50 from the Kilmarnock Edition, but it established his reputation as a poet and the following year a further collection was published in Edinburgh from which he earned £800.

[starbkjrus]

Very nice pics Alex. I love model railroads and that looks like a very fine setup.

[Tattoo Bradley]

Very cool. With the recent purchase of our home, I've acquired a rather large wooden "shed." I put shed in quotations because it's a bit more than that. With a bit of dry wall and some tile it could easily be an addition. But, I've been kicking the idea of model rail around a bit. I guess it's the little boy inside...

[Splash_4]

Very cool. With the recent purchase of our home, I've acquired a rather large wooden "shed." I put shed in quotations because it's a bit more than that. With a bit of dry wall and some tile it could easily be an addition. But, I've been kicking the idea of model rail around a bit. I guess it's the little boy inside...

Model rail system???? Come on, you know you want to put a loom and sewing machine in there!

[cessna152towser]

A few more pics of the model railway

Via Rail Budd RDC

How to fill a corner

Village church

The church clock actually works

Streetscape with the railway running behind the buildings. The traffic is at a standstill for a half marathon race and here we have a coffee trolley set up at the finish line! The shops bear the names of border clans; Armstrong; Elliot; Turnbull.

Smokey Joe. The backscene is Haslington in Cheshire in the north of England.

[MacTavishOfJapan]

Great pictures Alex!

I'm hoping to be able to afford to buy an n gauge shinkansen (Bullet Train) model railway set before I come home. You can get the full 16 cars for the Nozomi model and it looks awesome! The 200 pound/400 dollar price tag means may have to settle for 8 cars!