Hawthorns of Leith was a significant locomotive builder in the 19th century (not to be confused with the more prolific R & W Hawthorn's of Newcastle)

Ellesmere is an interesting 0-4-0 well tank from 1861, restored for the Museum after a long career as an industrial shunter

The restoration has made the locomotive fully operational as a running chassis although the boiler is not functional

Cylinders and motion. The vermilion paint on the wheels is a little gaudy

Ellesmere is unusual in its outside Stephenson's link motion, a valve gear more common used with inside cylinders on British locomotives

Dome and cab. There is an interesting set of information on this locomotive at http://scran.ac.uk/

Cab and controls. The beautiful brasswork has of course never been used in working conditions

Typical, and original, boiler clack valve (one-way valve) on the boiler side

Dugald Drummond supplied drawings for a class of small 4-4-0s with 17" cylinders for the building of this model. The class was never built in this form in full size.

The model is cut away on the left hand or driver's side

The beautifully engineered motion and valve gear are fully operational

Many of the cab controls are replicated

Closer view of the boiler and motion

Cab and numberplate. The pale blue lining on the panels is a puzzle for locomotive historians

The name and number on the model are misleading. The real Abbotsford had driving wheels spaced a foot further apart and a slightly broader as well as longer boiler than on the design used for this model

Self-portrait with locomotive model

This model of one of W. P. Reid's impressive Atlantic 4-4-2 express locomotives is a beautiful reminder of a class that narrowly escaped being preserved in full size

Unfortunately there are some mistakes: no engine had the narrower cab and mechanical lubricator, both shown on this model, at the same time; no engine of the first set appeared unrebuilt in LNER green

Many Andrew Barclay locomotives survive, but this builders plate comes from a very early example

The company founded by Henry Dübs at Glasgow in 1865 was distinctive for its lozenge-shaped works plate

Grant Ritchie of Kilmarnock was an interesting small locomotive builder that imitated the neighbouring Andrew Barclay's products

The North British Locomotive Company was founded by the amalgamation of three Glasgow builders in the early 1900s and lasted until an unsuccessful venture into diesel building in the 1960s

Neilson and Co. was one of the earliest Glasgow locomotive builders