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The Season
Trains operated for six days over the Easter period from 30th March t0 4th April inclusive before the main season started up on 5th May running daily until 26th September with extra trains running Sundays to Thursdays during July and August only.
The Station
The red scheme was carried by the station having been applied the previous year, superceding the short-lived blue which persisted on the goods shed at this time.
Other Notes
The was designated as Heritage Year on the island and saw year-long celebrations marking the ocassion although there was nothing specific on the railway itself.
The Locomotives
No.4 Loch was in regular operation and largely the south-based motive power under the care of regular driver Jeffrey Kelly, carrying the non-standard maroon livery with bell-mouth dome.
No.11 Maitland was generally the other main service locomotive and carried the post-war Indian Red livery, the 0nly service locomotive to do so for several years.
No.12 Hutchinson with larger square cab, enlarged tanks and blue livery was a mainstay of the fleet at this time.
No.13 Kissack completed the quartet of locomotives, in the darker green livery with straw lining detail.
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