- TITLE
- LMS 14279 at Inverness, June 1927
- EXTERNAL ID
- PC_HRS_LOCOMOTIVES_001_250A
- PLACENAME
- Inverness
- OLD COUNTY/PARISH
- INVERNESS: Inverness and Bona
- DATE OF IMAGE
- 17 June 1927
- PERIOD
- 1920s
- SOURCE
- Highland Railway Society
- ASSET ID
- 24722
- KEYWORDS
- railway locomotives
Highland Railway locomotives
The 'Skye Bogie' class of locomotive were designed for the Highland Railway by its chief locomotive superintendent David Jones. They were built primarily to work on the Dingwall and Skye line. Nine were built at the company's Lochgorm Works in Inverness between 1882 and 1901. The last four were overseen by Jones' replacement, Peter Drummond, who made some alterations to the original design. None of the Skye Bogies were given names and all transferred to the LMS in 1923.
This photograph shows LMS 14279 at Inverness in June 1927. It was completed in February 1893 and originally carried the number HR 86. It was renumbered twice: to 86A in April 1918 and back to 86 in September 1919. After the grouping it became LMS 14279 and continued in service until being withdrawn in October 1927.