DMU Operations: Scottish Region
Perth - Blair Atholl
Dundee allocated DMUs were introduced to the local service on this 35¼ mile section of the main line to Inverness on Monday 15 June 1959.[1]
The service was withdrawn in May 1965.
Sample Timetables
15th September 1958 to 14th June 1959
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 35 (1.1 mb pdf), this shows the service before the DMUs were introduced.
15th June to 13th September 1959
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 35 (1.2 mb pdf).
2nd November 1959 to 12th June 1960
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 35 (1.1 mb pdf).
13th June to 11th September 1960
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 35 (1.2 mb pdf).
12th September 1960 to 11th June 1961
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 35 (1.2 mb pdf).
12th June to 10th September 1961
In this 6" x 9" booklet it was included in Table 35 (3.3mb pdf).
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 35 (1.1 mb pdf).
11th September 1961 to 17th June 1962
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 35 (1.2 mb pdf).
18th June to 9th September 1962
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 35 (1.2 mb pdf).
10th September 1962 to 16th June 1963
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 35 (1.1 mb pdf).
17th June to 8th September 1963
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 35 (1.0 mb pdf).
9th September 1963 to 14th June 1964
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 35 (1.1 mb pdf).
15th June to 6th September 1964
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 35 (1.2 mb pdf).
7th September 1964 to 13th June 1965
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 35 (1.2 mb pdf).
Images
18th April 1964
A two-car Met-Camm DMU heads south into Perth, probably on a service from Blair Atholl, seen from High Street bridge on 18 April 1964. The DMBS was recorded as SC51246, which was allocated to Dundee depot at the time. Stuart Mackay Collection.
19th September 1964
A Type 2 (Class 24) on goods passes a Met-Camm unit at Murthly on 19 September 1964. The station would close the following year. The DMU, with set number 55 in the cab window and probably allocated to Dundee, is working a Perth - Blair Atholl local service. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa 1965
A two car Met-Camm (presumably Dundee-based) calls at Dunkeld & Birnam en route to Blair Atholl. This was probably in the latter days of the local service which ceased in May 1965 - there appears to be a “Withdrawal of Services” notice on the opposite platform. Uploaded by kind permission of Graham Maxtone. Unknown.
3rd April 1965
A two-car Met-Camm enters Ballinluig Junction station with a Blair Atholl - Perth service on April 3rd, 1965. Hamish Stevenson.
26th April 1965
A Met-Camm twin DMU in Murthly station on 26 April 1965. Likely on a Blair Atholl - Perth service, the DMBS seems to be SC51454, its partner is in Rail Blue livery. Stuart Mackay Collection.
References
- ⋏ "Diesel Services in Scotland", p501 July 1959 The Railway Magazine