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Fife Coastal railway ((Part 3)) Methil Leven To St andrews SQ2009 Cameron Brig



In 1854 the Leven Railway opened, linking the town with Thornton Junction on the Edinburgh - Aberdeen main line. This helped it to become a tourist resort popular with visitors from the west of Scotland, and particularly Glasgow. Later in the 19th century the Leven Railway became part of a loop line of the North British Railway linking Thornton Junction and Leuchars Junction via St Andrews. The railway between Leven and St Andrews closed in 1964/65. The railway between Leven and Thornton Junction closed to freight in 1966 and passengers in 1969.A project into the reopening of the line is under consideration. See Leven rail link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L... _Fife

Channel: Film & Animation
Uploaded: August 7, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Author: quinnman1971

Length: 09:11
Rating: 4.904762
Views: 20800

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RECKANOWHERE (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Just kidding M

RECKANOWHERE (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Fiona F is a Trainspotter ; p

quinnman1971 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
glad you enjoyed pal...

lonelyzenith (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This is amazing - it's hard enough to find good photos of these old lines, let along videos! Cheers for posting it.

quinnman1971 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Cheers mate... share it with the people eh..........

TiggerScotland (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This footage is amazing .. I'm grateful to you for sharing such an amazing glimpse back into my childhood. I grew up in Elie but now live in Edinburgh.

TiggerScotland (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
we used to stand on the bridge into Elie station to get lost in the smoke from the engines .. we had fun jumping up to pull the chains for lighting the gas lamps, to help Mr Paton the station master .. once I was allowed on to the goods engine to throw coal on the fire but the shovel was too heavy so I needed help - it was my birthday .. those were the days!! Stupid short-sighted Beeching took it all away.

May11th1983 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Don't know why it took me so long to discover this vid. Fantastic footage. Missed that era by a decade or so and I wish I hadn't....in some ways ;-)

quinnman1971 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thats Amazin mate, glad it gave you a great buzz... Wire in about savin it to your PC , then you can whip it onto a disc....Fab though pal, glad it made ye happy...

Scottishguyusa (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Woah, my dad is at 2.45! He was a signal man in Fife, and I've just found this video for the first time. My folks passed away in the 90s.This is wonderful! Thank you so much for posting it. What a lovely surprise to see my dad on film!I live in the USA now, but my sister and family are in Glenrothes.
 

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