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West Of Fife Mineral Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Open day at Lathalmond, believed to be August 1998. Saddle tank (Barclay?) marooned in the shed. Smoke courtesy of something smouldering in the smokebox. [See image 19167]<br><br>[Colin Miller /08/1998]](/images/29000/29863.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![Exhibits at the Scottish Bus Group depot at Lathalmond. Ex Texaco 0-4-0DM is seen through the saddle tank of ex Barony Colliery no 17. June 2007. <br><br>[Bill Roberton /06/2007]](/images/15000/15503.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![Ex-Texaco, Granton, diesel shunting locomotive on display at the Scottish Bus Museum at the former RNAD Lathalmond. June 2007.<br><br>[Bill Roberton /06/2007]](/images/15000/15504.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![Ex MOD 251 arriving at the <I>Shed 47</I> site at Lathalmond on 18 November 2007.<br><br>[Grant Robertson 18/11/2007]](/images/17000/17274.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![The new arrivals at the <I>Shed 47</I> site at Lathalmond pose alongside the Fowler diesel on 18 November - see news item.<br><br>[Grant Robertson 18/11/2007]](/images/17000/17276.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![Milepost still in situ on the West of Fife Mineral Railway branch north of Dunfermline in March 2008.<br><br>[Grant Robertson 19/03/2008]](/images/18000/18449.jpg "Dunfermline Town")
![The newly repainted and fully operational former MoD Hunslet diesel 250 (ex-Rosyth Dockyard) photographed on 18 May 2008 standing outside Shed 47 at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum site, Lathalmond.<br><br>[Grant Robertson 18/05/2008]](/images/19000/19167.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![The old weighbridge at Lathalmond, with rails still in place and the associated control office standing alongside, photographed on 18 May 2008. The weighbridge was last used for rail traffic using the former RNAD Lathalmond in 1971.<br><br>[Grant Robertson 18/05/2008]](/images/19000/19207.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![Close-up of Hunslet diesel 250, formerly based at MoD Rosyth Dockyard, standing outside Shed 47, at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum, Lathalmond on 18 May, sporting a fresh coat of paint (and a 62C shedplate).<br><br>[Grant Robertson 18/05/2008]](/images/19000/19249.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![Hunslet ex-MOD Rosyth Dockyard 251 in operation at the Shed 47 site, Lathalmond on 18 May 2008. This locomotive is next in line for a repaint.<br><br>[Grant Robertson 18/05/2008]](/images/19000/19276.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![Footplate view from 251 of the Fowler diesel (ex-Texaco Granton) propelling 2 wagons, including a newly aquired Palvan which arrived recently from Dolphinton. [See image 2631]<br><br>[Grant Robertson 18/05/2008]](/images/19000/19293.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![The old embankment which carried the West Fife Mineral Railway north towards Lathalmond and Knockhill. Seen from the B915 road on 10 June.<br><br>[Brian Forbes 10/06/2008]](/images/19000/19386.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![Former junction on the southern slopes of Knock Hill, photographed on 19 November 2008, showing where the West of Fife Mineral Railway branches to North Lethans Colliery (curving to the right) and South Lethans Colliery, Steelend (on a straight line to the left) once diverged.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 19/11/2008]](/images/21000/21533.jpg "Knock Hill")
![Looking west over the trackbed of the West of Fife Mineral Railway from the B917 south of Kelty in March 2009.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 03/03/2009]](/images/22000/22712.jpg "Kelty")
![Old bridge over the trackbed of the West of Fife Mineral Railway's line to North Lethans Colliery, a little to the west of the present day Knockhill Racing Circuit, seen in April 2011. The line closed in 1951. <br><br>[Bill Roberton /04/2011]](/images/33000/33924.jpg "West Lethans")
![NCB pug no 29 arrives at Lathalmond on 18 October 2011 following its journey from Dunfermline's Pittencrieff Park.<br><br>[Jan Littwin (Shed 47 Group) 18/10/2011]](/images/4000/4620.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![Unloading NCB No 29 at on 18 October at Shed 47, Lathalmond.<br><br>[Jan Littwin (Shed 47 Group) 18/10/2011]](/images/9000/9401.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![A repatriated oil tank wagon at the Shed 47 Group site at Lathalmond on 6 November 2011. Recently delivered from Boness but originally from RNSD Lathalmond.<br><br>[Grant Robertson 06/11/2011]](/images/36000/36409.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![View from the footplate of NCB 29, showing sister locomotive NCB 17 at Shed 47, Lathalmond, on 6 November 2011 [see image 29863]. <br><br>[Grant Robertson 06/11/2011]](/images/36000/36531.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![Looking west along the Blairenbathie Colliery branch trackbed from the the site of the level crossing over Main Street, Kelty, in December 2011. The branch closed in 1964.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 04/12/2011]](/images/36000/36699.jpg "Kelty")
![View east from the B915 road along the flooded cutting of the West of Fife Mineral Railway's Gask branch in January 2012. On the left is a bridge abutment with a length of rail propped against it. A hundred years ago this was the terminus of the branch, with a transhipment platform connecting to a 'tramline' to Rescobie limestone quarry. Previously the line had continued to a triangular junction at Lassodie, near Kelty. Behind the camera is the former RN yard at Lathalmond from which rail traffic was withdrawn in 1971. The location is now the home of the Scottish Bus Museum and the Shed 47 Group.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 05/01/2012]](/images/37000/37505.jpg "Gask")
![Memorial to the nine miners killed at the Lindsay Colliery, Kelty, in 1957. The park is located on the infilled course of the West of Fife Mineral Railway which served the pit until its closure in 1965.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 30/01/2012]](/images/37000/37476.jpg "Kelty")
![Looking west along the B914 to the site of Steelend Goods Station in January 2012. The gate at left looks substantial enough to be a railway gate while there is a suspicion of a loading bank beyond. The Lethans/North Lethans line crossed the road at an acute angle in front of the agent's or gatekeeper's house. [See image 21533]<br><br>[Bill Roberton 30/01/2012]](/images/37000/37549.jpg "Steelend Goods")
![A little to the south of Steelend Goods Station itself is the site of the exchange sidings that once served Bandrum Colliery, located just over a mile to the west. The fence on the left marks the course of the line. The pit was sunk in 1907 but abandoned three years later due to geological problems. Photographed in January 2012. <br><br>[Bill Roberton 30/01/2012]](/images/37000/37564.jpg "Steelend Goods")
![Looking east at the site of Gask Junction in February 2012 with the line to Steelend behind the camera. The Gask branch ran to the left of the hut with the route back towards Dunfermline on the right. <br><br>[Grant Robertson 12/02/2012]](/images/37000/37628.jpg "Gask Junction")
![Rail still visible in the road at the former Lathalmond level crossing in February 2012 looking north east. The gates giving rail access to the Royal Naval Stores Depot were straight ahead - note the surviving gatepost. [See image 37667]<br><br>[Grant Robertson 12/02/2012]](/images/37000/37642.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![The site of the level crossing at Lathalmond looking back south west towards Gask Junction in February 2012 [see image 37642]. The embankment that carried the Steelend branch can be seen in the left centre background.<br><br>[Grant Robertson 12/02/2012]](/images/37000/37667.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![A little south of Gask Junction on the West of Fife Mineral Railway's Lethans No1 branch, and adjacent to the A823, are the remains of Lochend Siding, a loading bank served by a single track spur. View looking south on 11 March.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 11/03/2012]](/images/37000/37962.jpg "Gask Junction")
![Newly installed sculpture on Kelty Main Street to commemorate the Blairenbathie branch which crossed nearby at the 'White Gates' and served various collieries and a gasworks. Bears a passing resemblance to a Hunslet 'austerity' 0-6-0ST. [See image 36699]<br><br>[Bill Roberton 07/04/2012]](/images/38000/38300.jpg "Kelty")
![Former Rosyth Dockyard Hunslet MOD 251 running brake van trips at the Shed 47 Group Lathalmond site on 15 June. [See image 17274] <br><br>[Bill Roberton 15/06/2014]](/images/47000/47656.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![Hunslet MOD 251 heads along the western extension to the Lathalmond Shed 47 Group site on 15 June while running brake van trips for visitors.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 15/06/2014]](/images/47000/47676.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![Setting out on a short brakevan tour at Lathalmond ...<br><br>[Rod Crawford 21/08/2016]](/images/56000/56372.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![Open day at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum at Lathalmond bus. View of the Hunslet from the brakevan.<br><br>[Rod Crawford 21/08/2016]](/images/56000/56430.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![Brake-van ride on Shed 47 standard-gauge line at the M90 Retail Park, to give Lathalmond its modern name.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 11/03/2018]](/images/63000/63304.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![Some of the items on display inside Shed 47 at Lathalmond in March 2018.<br>
<br><br>[John Yellowlees 12/03/2018]](/images/63000/63345.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
![This loco, known as <I>Sandra</I>, now in operation by Shed 47 on the Dunfermline and West Fife Munitions Railway at Lathalmond came from a peatmoss line near Penicuik.<br>
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<br><br>[John Yellowlees 12/03/2018]](/images/63000/63384.jpg "RNSD Lathalmond")
