THE Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway continued to run 'shakedown trains' during September ahead of a potential reopening at the end of the year.
Crew familiarisation runs began in August to ensure footplate crews and guards are fit to work passenger services once the railway is able to reopen.
The trains ran from Bo'ness to a point about half a mile from the site of the landslip near milepost 28½. The runs featured former Caledonian Railway 0-4-4T No. 419, 1899-built Neilson Reid 0-o-OT No. 1, and Class 37 No. 37703.
Landslip repairs
At the time of writing the railway was still closed between Bo'ness and Birkhill while landslip repairs are affected. The Scottish Railway Preservation Society's Emergency Landslip Appeal, which was launched following the washouts of August 11-12, raised more than £118,000, smashing its original £100,000target.