nbr660_rebuild_late_livery_dwg.JPG Holmes's 0-6-0 No. 660 as rebuilt 1913 nbr660_original_Holmes_livery_dwg.JPG Holmes's 0-6-0 No. 660 as built 1891 nbr354_second_rebuilding_dwg.JPG Edinburgh and Glasgow 2-4-0 No. 354, built 1863 and as rebuilt 1897 nbr038_Holmes_rebuild_dwg.JPG.jpg Wheatley's 2-4-0 No. 38 built 1869 from older parts and as rebuilt 1893 nbr476_Holmes_rebuild_dwg.JPG Drummond's 4-4-0 No. 476 built in 1877 as rebuilt 1902 nbr765_original_dwg.JPG Holmes's 4-4-0 No. 765 built 1899 nbr700_original_dwg.JPG Holmes's 4-4-0 No. 700 built 1894 nbr566_140_rebuild_late_livery_dwg.JPG.jpg Holmes's 566 class 0-6-0 (later J33) No. No. 140 as rebuilt 1912 nbr589_rebuild_late_livery_dwg.JPG Holmes's 0-4-4T No. 589 as rebuilt 1912 nbr634_original_Holmes_livery_dwg.JPG Holmes's 4-4-0 No. 634 as running c. 1895 nbr641_Reid_rebuild_late_livery_dwg.JPG Holmes's 4-4-0 No. 641 as rebuilt 1918 and without smokebox wingplates nbr237_Drummond_rebuild_dwg.JPG Beyer, Peacock 2-4-0 No. 237, built 1859, as rebuilt by Drummond 1881 nbr213_original_dwg.JPG Beyer, Peacock 2-2-2 No. 213 as first built 1856 as E&GR No. 6 nbr600_rebuild_first_livery_dwg.JPG Holmes's 4-4-0 No. 600 built 1887 and as rebuilt 1911 nbr587_original_livery_dwg.JPG Holmes's 0-4-4T No. 587 as first built 1886. These tanks extended the Drummond version (see 480) with a 3" longer wheelbase and a larger bunker with lower side-tanks nbr465_Holmes_rebuild_dwg.JPG "Big Drummond" 0-6-0 No. 465 as rebuilt by Holmes to resemble his standard goods, but with original tender nbr418_425_early_Wheatley_livery_dwg.JPG.jpg Wheatley's 418 class 2-4-0 No. 425 as first built 1873 nbr420_as_built_421_first_livery_dwg.JPG Wheatley's 4-4-0 No. 421 as built 1873 with air brakes added 1876 nbr354_first_rebuilding_Drummond_livery_dwg.JPG Edinburgh and Glasgow 2-4-0 No. 354 built 1863 and as first rebuilt 1882 nbr351_Drummond_rebuild_Holmes_livery_dwg.JPG Edinburgh and Glasgow 2-4-0 No. 351 built 1862, as first rebuilt 1882 in c. 1890 livery nbr356_Holmes_rebuild_Johnson_tender_dwg.JPG Edinburgh and Glasgow railway No. 356 as rebuilt by Holmes in 1889 nbr207_Holmes_rebuild_dwg.JPG Dübs-built goods 0-6-0 from 1865/6 as rebuilt in 1892, the Inverbervie branch pilot nbr566_081_original_Drummond_livery_dwg.JPG.jpg Holmes's 566 class 0-6-0 (later J33) No. 81 as first built nbr038_1869_rebuild_Drummond_livery_dwg.JPG Wheatley's 2-4-0 No. 38 built 1869 from older parts as running before 1893 rebuilding nbr264_original_Drummond_livery_dwg.JPG Wheatley's 4-4-0 No. 264 as built 1871 and running c. 1880 nbr430_second_rebuild_Holmes_livery_2c_dwg.JPG Wheatley's goods engine No. 430 as converted to saddletank and subsequently reboilered in 1898 nbr264_rebuild_Holmes_livery_2c_dwg.JPG Wheatley's 4-4-0 No. 264 built 1871 as rebuilt 1893 nbr039_rebuild_Holmes_livery_detailed_c_dwg.JPG Wheatley's 0-6-0ST No. 39 as rebuilt by Holmes in 1895 and in the period livery nbr358_final_rebuild_as_1011_c_dwg.JPG Wheatley's 0-4-0 No. 358, duplicate No. 1011, after its final rebuilding in 1911 with smaller wheels and roofed cab nbr228_Holmes_rebuild_c_dwg.JPG Wheatley's 0-6-0ST No. 228 after rebuilding by Holmes in 1901. This was the last surviving large Wheatley saddletank, withdrawn by the LNER in October 1924 nbr159A_1886_hybrid_livery_d_dwg.JPG.jpg Ex-Edinburgh, Perth & Dundee Railway 0-6-0 No. 159A. This locomotive was built on the frames of a Neilson & Co. 0-6-0 of 1861, with components from a 0-6-0 built at Burntisland nbr001_1898_rebuild_Holmes_livery_dwg.JPG This shows No. 1 after a reboilering and modernization in 1898. It surrendered its number to a new 4-4-2T in 1911 and was withdrawn as No. 1150 in 1916 nbr383_Drummond_livery_dwg.JPG Neilson 2-4-0 No. 383 with Wheatley modifications, in the plain olive Drummond used for low-status locomotives in his superintendency nbr382_rebuild_Holmes_1888_livery_worksplate.JPG A typical Cowlairs rebuild worksplate from No. 382. The NBR discarded the original worksplates of locomotives when they were rebuilt, and did not assign works numbers of any kind nbr141_164_original_Wheatley_worksplate.JPG Wheatley Cowlairs Worksplate on No. 164: size of plate 7" x 4¾" nbr602_original_Holmes_pow_livery_dwg.JPG Holmes's 4-4-0 No. 602 hauled the train that opened the Forth Bridge in 1890. It was decorated with the emblem of the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII, who presided at the ceremony nbr001_1870_original_DD_livery_dwg.JPG Some railways kept number 1 for elite engines. On the NBR this No. 1 (the second to carry the number) was a humble coal 0-6-0 built in 1870 with 4'2" wheels designed by Thomas Wheatley nbr602_original_Holmes_pow_livery_heraldry.JPG This is a simplified graphic representation of the hand-painted emblem of the Prince of Wales on No. 602's splasher: approximate size of emblem 1' 4" square nbr426_1915_rebuild_late_livery_dwg.JPG Wheatley's 2-4-0 No. 426 as rebuilt a second time in 1915 nbr602_original_Holmes_pow_livery_worksplate.JPG Cowlairs worksplate on No. 602: size of plate 8¾" x 5" nbr420_1873_original_DD_livery_dwg.JPG Wheatley's 4-4-0 No. 420 as built 1873 and as running c. 1880 nbr600_original_Holmes_livery_dwg.JPG Holmes's 4-4-0 No. 600 as built 1887, in the quite showy livery Holmes applied to his high-status locomotives nbr213_Wheatley_rebuild_DD_livery_dwg.JPG Beyer, Peacock 2-2-2 No. 213 as rebuilt by Wheatley 1875 and as running in the early 1880s, with brass dome-cover and no brakes on the engine nbr478_rebuilt_Holmes_numberplate.JPG Typical Holmes numberplate as on rebuilt Abbotsford 478: original size of plate 18" x 11¼" nbr633_original_Holmes_livery_dwg.JPG Holmes's 4-4-0 No. 633 of 1890 in the first livery the class received, the bright Holmes brown of the late 1880s nbr211_rebuild_DD_livery_dwg.JPG Beyer, Peacock 2-2-2 No. 211 of 1861 as rebuilt by Drummond in 1880 nbr382_original_worksplate_Neilson_2.JPG Neilson worksplate from No. 382: original size of plate est. 12½" x 7½" nbr420_1887_rebuild_Holmes_livery_dwg.JPG Wheatley's 4-4-0 No. 420 as rebuilt 1887 by Matthew Holmes with the same boiler used in his 17" 0-6-0s nbr419_original_condition_DD_livery_named_dwg.JPG Wheatley's 418 class 2-4-0 No. 419 as built 1873 and running c. 1880 with one of the local names favoured by Drummond even for his predecessors’ engines nbr426_1890_rebuild_Holmes_livery_dwg.JPG Wheatley's 2-4-0 No. 426, built 1873, as rebuilt 1890 nbr141_rebuild_Holmes_livery_dwg.JPG Wheatley’s 2-4-0 No. 141 as rebuilt by Holmes in 1890 nbr032A_Holmes_livery_dwg.JPG This toy-like shunter was one of six built by Thomas Wheatley in 1874 for shunting the docks either side of the Firths of Tay and Forth. Most had 3’6” H-section wheels as shown here. The engines were never rebuilt and lasted into the early 1900s nbr141_164_original_Drummond_cab_livery_dwg.JPG Wheatley’s 2-4-0 No. 164, the twin of 141, as running in the early 1880s in mostly original condition but with a Drummond cab and livery nbr135_1869_Wheatley_version_DD_livery_dwg.JPG Wheatley 0-6-0 No. 135 built 1869 at Cowlairs from spare parts. These engines were known as 'Longbacks' and included wheels without crankpins from scrapped Hawthorn engines nbr135_1890s_rebuild_Holmes_livery_dwg.JPG Wheatley's 0-6-0 No. 135 as rebuilt by Holmes with new boiler and cab in the mid-1890s nbr317_326_Holmes_rebuild_dwg.JPG Beyer, Peacock 0-4-2 No. 326 as rebuilt by Holmes in 1895 and coupled to an ex-E&GR Johnson tender nbr317_317_Wheatley_rebuild_dwg.JPG Ex-E&GR Beyer, Peacock 0-4-2 No. 317 of 1859 as rebuilt by Wheatley in the early 1870s with a new boiler and a wooden-framed tender nbr146A_Holmes_livery_dwg.JPG No. 146 was the only Wheatley dock shunter known for certain to have carried T-section 4’2” wheels, typical of slightly larger Wheatley tanks and coal engines, throughout its existence. It is shown as running around 1890 nbr497_as_rebuilt_1900_Holmes_livery_dwg.JPG.jpg This shows the first of the Dubs batch as reboilered by Holmes in 1900 nbr524_1892_rebuild_Holmes_livery_dwg.JPG Contrary to appearances this is not a Holmes goods but the only "Wee Drummond" rebuilt with the round cab. It received this when rebuilt after a collision on the Bo'ness branch in late 1890 nbr480_1881_rbd_DD_livery_dwg.JPG Dugald Drummond created six of these 0-4-4Ts by rebuilding the top-heavy 0-4-2Ts built in imitation of William Stroudley's D1 class on the LB&SCR. The resulting passenger tanks were the remote ancestors of the LSWR M7 class nbr430_440_1873_original_DD_livery_dwg.JPG.jpg Thomas Wheatley built 20 of these short-wheelbase goods engines in 1873. They were first converted to tanks with the old boilers, then reboilered without changing the tanks, resulting in 0-6-0ST No. 430 nbr155_1869_Wheatley_version_DD_livery_dwg.JPG Double-framed 0-6-0 No. 155 was built at Cowlairs, like 135 in 1869. Although technically replacements of two EP&DR 0-6-0s by Hawthorn of Leith, 154 and 155 were made to the ‘Longback’ design with whatever materials were to hand nbr055_1897_rebuild_final_number.JPG.jpg 2-2-2 No. 55 built 1867 from older parts, as rebuilt 1897 with a Drummond boiler and Holmes cab, numbered 809 in 1895-1901 and thereafter 1009 nbr070_1874_original_Drummond_livery_dwg.JPG Wheatley's 0-6-0 No. 70 in 1874 form and in Drummond goods livery nbr283_Holmes_rebuild_livery_dwg.JPG Wheatley's 0-6-0 No. 283 as rebuilt 1889 with standard Holmes boiler and round-topped cab nbr415_Wheatley_original_DD_goods_livery_dwg.JPG Wheatley 0-6-0 No. 415 in mostly original condition, with wrought-iron rather than cast wheels and Drummond's goods livery. Compare with No. 70 earlier in this collection nbr155_1898_rbd_dwg.JPG Despite their antiquated appearance and miscellaneous origins, most of the 1860s ‘rebuilt’ 0-6-0s were reboilered and modernized by Holmes. No 155 received this treatment in 1898 and lasted in traffic until 1914. nbr454_470_DD_livery_dwg.JPG.jpg Drummond ‘Big goods’ No. 470, one of the later Neilson batch built in 1876-7. This drawing shows the locomotive after the original crosshead pump water feed had been replaced with injectors in the early 1880s. This type used the same boiler as the ‘Abbotsford’ 4-4-0s and when built was claimed to be the most powerful goods locomotive in the UK. nbr474_DD_livery_dwg.JPG Drummond's 2-2-2 No. 474 as running after injectors fitted. This shows the wooden brake blocks fitted to engine and tender as built. nbr330_1892_rbd_dwg.JPG 0-4-2 No. 330 is here shown as rebuilt by Holmes in 1892. Holmes supplied these engines with a newly-designed tender at rebuilding. This example worked the Edinburgh suburban lines nbr022_DD_livery_noname_png.jpg Dugald Drummond designed these cute passenger tanks and built 24, variable as to details, between 1875 and 1878. This example was built 1877-8 and originally called 'Langholm': the drawing shows it as in the late 1880s nbr216b_1885_rbd_Holmes_livery_png.jpg Beyer, Peacock 2-2-2 No. 216 after it received a very heavy rebuild by Holmes in 1885. The fully enclosed splasher had been fitted earlier by Drummond. This was the last NB single in operation, withdrawn late 1912 nbr017_1869_rbd_DD_livery_png.jpg In 1869 St Margaret's works built this 0-6-0 with a set of "Longback" frames and a domeless boiler, incorporating parts of older Hawthorn engines. This drawing is somewhat conjectural and any further information will be greatly appreciated nbr080_1872_rebuild_Holmes_livery_png.jpg In 1872-3 Thomas Wheatley rebuilt 80 and 81, two 0-6-0s built 1861 by Hawthorns of Leith, extending the frames and fitting his own boiler and cab. The resulting rebuilds lasted until the early 1900s nbr330_1864_form_DD_livery_PNG.jpg 0-4-2 No. 330 was one of a class of six, Nos. 329-34, built by the E&GR at Cowlairs in 1864. William Stroudley reportedly had a hand in the design, remote ancestors of his LB&SCR 'Como' class nbr017_1896_rbd_PNG.jpg St Margaret's-built 0-6-0 No. 17 as thoroughly reconditioned by Holmes in 1896. The locomotive received a new boiler and platework, steam brakes and a Neilson tender. It ran as 818 until 1901 and as 1018 until the First World War nbr055a_1867_rebuild_DD_livery_png.jpg 2-2-2 No. 55 as built at St Margaret’s from older parts in 1867 and as running c. 1890. This engine was rebuilt with parts from a Crampton 2-2-2-0 of some twenty years earlier nbr055a_worksplate_png.jpg Enlargement of the worksplate on No. 55. St Margaret's Works in Edinburgh had its own distinctive design of plate in the 1860s, approx. 11" long nbr224_1887_rebuild_MH_livery_PNG.jpg After two years with the Nisbet four-cylinder tandem compound arrangement, 224 was rebuilt with the forward pair of cylinders removed. At the same time it was repainted into the then standard Holmes mustard livery with red and yellow lining nbr002_1888_rebuild_Holmes_livery_PNG.jpg NBR No. 2 was somewhat like No. 1, except that it was 6" shorter in the wheelbase and probably had a domed boiler as built. This view shows it as rebuilt by Holmes, one of the first of the Wheatley coal engines to receive the standard rebuilding treatment nbr497_500_original_DD_livery_PNG.jpg Dugald Drummond designed these very neat little 17" 0-6-0s, and 101 "Wee Drummonds" were built in all. Here we have one of the first Dübs batch as originally built nbr038_numberplate_png.jpg Wheatley numberplate on No. 38: original size of plate 16" x 12" nbr036_1880s_condition_DD_livery_png.jpg This rather elegant 2-2-2 was built in the late 1860s, reportedly at St Margaret's Works. By the 1880s it had acquired a chimney from a Dübs & Co. 341 class 2-4-0 and a Drummond round cab nbr430_440_first_rbd_original_boiler_PNG.jpg The entire 430 series was rebuilt by Holmes as saddletanks with lengthened frames and new cabs while retaining the original boiler and fittings. Several of these engines shunted at Waverley East End for many years nbr091A_1874_rbd_Holmes_livery_dwg.JPG This shows one of the Neilson 90 Class 2-4-0s of 1861 as rebuilt by Wheatley in 1874 with a domed boiler pitched higher than the original, and Wheatley's design of weatherboard and cab top nbr345A_Holmes_livery_dwg.JPG Among the first products of Dübs & Co in 1865 were the six 2-4-0s of the 341 class based very closely on the 90 class by Neilsons. These locomotives remained unaltered except for superficial details until withdrawal in the 1880s and 1890s nbr574_original_GA_livery.jpg Holmes's 4-4-0 No. 574 as first built 1884 in Drummond livery. This locomotive design was adapted from an unexecuted design for a light 4-4-0 by Dugald Drummond, of which a model is to be seen in the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh nbr382_original_livery_dwg.JPG Neilson 2-4-0 No. 382 as delivered 1866. The running number was painted below the worksplate on delivery as shown; cast numberplates were fitted later nbr090_093_GA_livery.jpg This drawing shows the first 2-4-0s delivered by Neilson & Co. to the N.B.R. in 1861. These engines were some of the first in Scotland to be fitted with an injector on the right-hand side nbr574_rebuild_GA_livery_AMEND.jpg Holmes's 4-4-0 No. 574 as first rebuilt 1911: the first six rebuilt to this design had a valve gear arrangement differing from others of the same class nbr382_rebuild_Holmes_1888_livery_dwg.JPG Neilson No. 382 as rebuilt 1888 by Holmes with new boiler and platework, but largely retaining the frames and tender of the original design nbr479a_GA_livery.jpg Drummond’s 4-4-0 No. 479 ‘Abbotsford’ as first built by Neilson & Co. in 1877 nbr491b_rbd_10387_GA_livery.jpg Drummond's No. 491 as rebuilt 1904 with side-window cab, renumbered 1387 in 1920 and refurbished in LNER livery in 1924 nbr479b_rbd_GA_livery.jpg Drummond's 4-4-0 No. 479 as rebuilt by Holmes in 1902 and reframed with Holmes-style framing in 1909-10 nbr491a_ga_livery.jpg Drummond's 4-4-0 No. 491 as first built in 1879 nbr161_DD_livery_named_PNG.jpg The Drummond 0-6-0 passenger tanks were quite variable as to details. No. 161 was one of those originally fitted with crosshead pumps and later altered with injectors inboard of the front wheels. It is here shown in Drummond livery and still with Adams safety valves on the dome nbr224_1878_GA_livery_1.jpg Thomas Wheatley's No. 224 was the first inside-cylindered 4-4-0 tender locomotive to run in Britain. It was also the locomotive that hauled the train lost in the Tay Bridge disaster of 1879. This drawing shows the locomotive in what is believed to be the condition and livery that it carried at the time of the accident nbr224_1880_rpr_GA_livery.jpg Wheatley's 4-4-0 No. 224, recovered after the Tay Bridge disaster and repaired in mostly original condition in 1880, but with an enlarged cab and minor modifications nbr224_1885_rbd_GA_livery.jpg Wheatley's 4-4-0 No. 224, rebuilt 1885 as a tandem compound with Joy's valve gear on the W. H. Nisbet system. Drummond livery was carried until further rebuilding in 1887 nbr224_1897_rbd_GA_livery_crest.jpg Wheatley's 4-4-0 No. 224 after its final rebuilding in 1897 with larger, lower boiler and larger tender, here shown with final detail modifications including front footsteps and steam heating