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THe ALR's Superintendent of Motive Power, Doogie Drummond, has responded to requests from the Operating Department for a new locomotive. Doogie commented:
"Yon buffer-bashers were bellyachin' aboot wantin' a new loco, so ah looked aroond and found yin fra' yon Sassenach ootfit Roundhouse, awa' doon south somewhere. She's a braw wee engine, but yon wagon-worriers are tellin' me they're havin' a few problems wi' ra steam trials. Ah'm tellin' 'em ye dinnae jest drive ra thing - ye have tae unnerstan' it - a bit like ra wimmin...."
He added " Ah'm hearin ra high heidyin o' ra ALR is wantin' tae name ra loco after his wifey - he's thinkin' it will get him in her guid books. Ah'm thinkin' ah've got more chance o' scorin' ra winnin' try a' Murrayfield than he has o' gettin' brownie points."
Doogie also pointed out improvements to the line's Caradoc-class locomotive: "Ah finally dragged ma fitters, Hughie an' Big Wullie, oot o' ra bar o' ra Station Hotel long enough fer them tae put linin' and nameplates on Princess Louise. It's nae St. Rollox standard, but it'll do fer noo."
"Yon buffer-bashers were bellyachin' aboot wantin' a new loco, so ah looked aroond and found yin fra' yon Sassenach ootfit Roundhouse, awa' doon south somewhere. She's a braw wee engine, but yon wagon-worriers are tellin' me they're havin' a few problems wi' ra steam trials. Ah'm tellin' 'em ye dinnae jest drive ra thing - ye have tae unnerstan' it - a bit like ra wimmin...."
He added " Ah'm hearin ra high heidyin o' ra ALR is wantin' tae name ra loco after his wifey - he's thinkin' it will get him in her guid books. Ah'm thinkin' ah've got more chance o' scorin' ra winnin' try a' Murrayfield than he has o' gettin' brownie points."
Doogie also pointed out improvements to the line's Caradoc-class locomotive: "Ah finally dragged ma fitters, Hughie an' Big Wullie, oot o' ra bar o' ra Station Hotel long enough fer them tae put linin' and nameplates on Princess Louise. It's nae St. Rollox standard, but it'll do fer noo."
