Image courtesy of Simon Beedie

Bookings are steaming in for the first ever Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway ‘Fish & Chip Steam Train Specials’ as part of their Autumn Steam Gala. On Saturday 19 October, visitors can enjoy real ale from a local brewery and award-winning fish & chips, brought in especially for passengers on the evening steam hauled trains. There will be an on train buffet car available and services depart Bo’ness at 18:30, 19:40 & 20:50, something a bit different to enjoy with friends and family at this steam heritage railway.

The train travels along the spectacular foreshore at Bo’ness and in and out of woodland, across the Avon Viaduct and through the open fields to their new station Manuel and back and visitors are welcome to enjoy all three departures with their tickets and take in the scenery, good food and drinks as well as enjoy the rare opportunity to ride behind a nostalgic steam engine by night. The cost of enjoying a fish & chip supper on the journey between Bo’ness and Manuel is £18 per person with concessions available and must be pre-booked in advance.

The Autumn Steam Gala runs over the weekend of 19 & 20 October and will see an intensive timetable with many different steam trains in action, the icing on the cake for many train fans is a visiting steam locomotive which is the only surviving Great Northern Railway (GNR) Class N2, No. 1744.

A booking form and further information can be found on their new website www.bkrailway.co.uk.’