Date: 28/03/2010

At quarter to 11 yesterday morning, the Morayshire, an octogenarian steam engine, painted a smart deep green, is about to depart Bo^ness for Manuel, five miles down the line. Apologies for any inconvenience caused but the train is experiencing a slight delay - some 53 years, 10 months and 22 days.

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A westbound Edinburgh - Glasgow shuttle passing the site of Manuel station in July 2007. Originally opened as Bo'ness Junction in 1842, the station was eventually closed in March 1967. The line to Boness, now owned and operated by the SRPS, can be seen on the left beyond the wire fence.
Location: Manuel High Level
Company: Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
07/07/2007 John Furnevel

In a scene reminiscent of the 1950s caley tank 55189 does a run past for a photo charter at Birkhill station.
Location: Birkhill
Company: Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway
24/02/2009 John Robin

There were two stations at Manuel, located between Polmont and Linlithgow. A high level station (closed to passengers in 1967) stood on the E&G main line, with a low level station (closed as long ago as 1933) located on the Monkland line. Both stations were situated on the north side of what became the village of Whitecross, built in the 1930s to house employees of the enormous Manuel brickworks (now abandoned) that stood alongside and to the west of the village.
Location: Manuel
Company: Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
// David Panton

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