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Firth
of Clyde,
Scotland
British
Transport Commission (1948 -
1951)
Following
nationalisation of the railways of Britain in 1948, the vessels of
the London & North Eastern Railway were transferred to the
British Transport Commission. The vessels of the LMS railway were
fully integrated into the Caledonian Steam Packet subsidiary. BTC
vessels remained semi-independent from the "south bank" fleet in
their operation, but this increasingly inefficient operation ceased
when the ships were transferred to the CSP on 5/11/1951.
Ex-BTC steamers, whilst losing their woodgrain effect deckhouses,
continued to fly the BTC pennant and were not marketed as CSP ships -
publicity referred to "Clyde Shipping Services" a measure of the
continuing loyalties and rivalries of steamer passengers and
operators. This anamalous situation was finally altered for the 1957
season.
Lucy Ashton, the veteran of 1888 was withdrawn in
1949.
PS
Lucy Ashton
PS Jeanie Deans
DEPV Talisman
PS Waverley
PS Maid of the
Loch on Loch Lomond, entered service in 1953
registered with the BTC and not transferred to the CSP until 1957. As
an inland lake steamer she carried a special all-white hull and all
buff (originally buff and black) funnel.
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