I STILL havemorerunsbehindMerchantNavyClass pacific No. 35018 British India Line to cover but thought that this time I would look at the work of other locos, should readers be suffering from Bulleid burnout. No. 35028 Clan Line is also undergoing a substantial amount of repair and is unlikely to return for some months.
So, we start by returning to Scotland for the Jacobite from Mallaig to Fort William on Saturday, October 15, 2022. The outward journey was covered in Heritage Railway issue 300. Once again I am indebted to Sandy Smeaton for details of the performance and his superb images of the‘Jacobite’ in the autumn of 2022. Table One shows the section from Morar to Glenfinnan, and Sandy takes up the story:“On the return trip, Nathan Lightowler, also from the Strathspey, took over the shovel. At Mallaig the normal Sprinter services use Platform 2 and the ‘Jacobite’Platform 1, so it is necessary to re-set the points after it has moved
