A chance find at a Perthshire car boot sale has aroused interest from railway enthusiasts across the country.
Antique dealer Joe Richards from Coupar Angus recently purchased a suitcase containing thousands of old 35mm black and white negatives.
Dating from the 1940s and 50s, once Mr Richards began to sort them out he found that the photographer, who came from Burntisland, had a particular interest in railways.
Around 500 of the negatives had a railway theme and included a number of pictures of accidents.
Many of the pictures relate to incidents and scenes in Fife but other examples included views at Dundee Central station in 1949.
Once he had sifted through them, Mr Richards began selling the negatives on eBay and found that many recorded working railway yards, and area not normally photographed at the time.
“I would say the man who took them was an enthusiastic amateur or semi-professional photographer,” said Mr Richards (62).
“There has been a lot of interest with people contacting me to see if there are pictures from other areas, but they are mainly Fife.”Click here for a gallery of more of the photosWhen The Courier first featured a selection of the images earlier this month, many readers contacted us with information about the scenes shown.
Now, an eye witness to a rail crash more than 60 years ago has come forward after seeing the incident captured in one of the images we carried.
The photograph showed a derailment at Mawcarse junction, which was on the main Edinburgh/Perth line north of Milnathort in March 1947.
Blocked by snow, three locomotives were propelling a snowplough through the station when they came to grief.
The picture brought memories flooding back for 80-year-old Ian Cook, who lives near Milnathort.
He tells Saturday’s Courier: “Sleepers were flying in all directions. “We got such a fright we ran all the way home. I don’t know how there was no loss of life.”
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