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If my memory serves me correctly, the stationmaster at Skelbo in 1950 was a Mr MacLachlan and he had a son then my age (10 years) called Lachlan MacLachlan. We often spoke to them on our way to the upper reaches of Loch Fleet (the Little Ferry) to compete with the seals and Arctic terns in capturing some succulent golden spot flounders stranded in the sandy tidal pools at low tide.

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I remember the MacLachlans well, the son's name was Martin who served an apprenticeship as a plumber and moved to London as a young man.

Thanks John. Of course the correct name was Martin MacLachlan. I got mixed up between Martin and a Lachlan MacLachlan that I knew in my years in Rhodesia.

Train guard would be Davy Laird around that time

The locomotive is one of the Great Western designed but BR built 0-6-0PT. Both built at Swindon May 1951. 1646 came north in 1957 and 1649 July 1958. The line closed on 13th June 1960. ~ Thank you for the information ~ Administrator.

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