The Invergordon Archive

Good photo Duncan, instantly recognize Alistair,Michael (the black prince) and John Campbell, not clear on others..might be Allan Brown next to Kenny Maclean?
The Black shed was also known as the cement shed. I also remember the sign but not the wording on it, might have been warning of the shunting on the dockyard line..?

Regarding the sign, I vaguely remember a sign saying 'No Locomotives beyond this point' or words to that effect. It was possibly a sign marking the boundary line between the dockyard and national rail systems. I have no recollection of seeing BR locos east of the black shed. Wagons for the dockyard used to lie in the sidings on Shore road and get pulled/pushed in to or out of the dockyard. Was that one of the tasks of the steam cranes based in the dockyard?

Hi Ron yes you are correct re the sign, it did mention Locomotives. You are also correct regarding the shunting of wagons into the dockyard, sometimes by the steam crane you mentioned and other times by a smaller shunting vehicle..

The sign at the Black Shed / Cement Shed reads:

L.M.S. Engines are prohibited from working over this siding.

This is from a photo taken at the same time as above (No. 1871).

We used to love seeing the trains crossing from the station to the shore line.

Yes Liz, I remember them well, used to watch them as a boy on Shore road..With the sad decline of the dockyard, they got fewer and fewer..

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