I scanned some images of locomotives this week and thought it would make a nice change to use one for the Friday Photo this week rather than more ships.
This is an image of the Gordon Castle, a Highland Railway locomotive built in 1900 by Dübs & Co., Glasgow.
Today's photo is of the Queen Alexandra Built by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton in 1902.
Full specification details available from Clydebuilt database here and more information about her career here, including the fact that she ended life as the Princess Patricia presumably after this Princess Patricia.
This week's Friday Photo is of the Queen Empress. A paddle steamer built by Murdoch & Murray of Port Glasgow in 1912.
Specification details and career history are available on the Clydebuilt site here. More information about her can be found here and information about Murdoch and Murray here.
The Ballast Trust is a charitable foundation established in 1988 that provides a rescue, sorting and cataloguing service for business archives with an emphasis on technical records such as shipbuilding, railway and engineering plans, drawings and photographs.
