Our next stop is the large village of Dalry. It was quite an important place on the Glasgow & South Western Railway. Here's one of the signal boxes, No. 3, around 1971. All gone now.
Dalry staton, February 1979.
Some of the traffic passing through on that occasion.
A bus company called Paterson's Coaches had a depot close to Dalry station. Here's an ex Wallace Arnold coach in 1976.
Some more vehicles in the Paterson's fleet.
Another visit, in Spring 1981, found a former Ribble Leland Leopard in Paterson's Dalry depot.
In 1993 the Valley Bus Company was running a local service in Dalry.
We temporarily leave the valley of the River Garnock to find the settlement of Beith. The station here was at the end of a branch from Lugton. (Ben Brooksbank).
Jackson's of Beith was the local bus company, with only contract services. The owner hated bus enthusiasts and would, let's be diplomatic, deter them from visiting or even taking photos from the public road. I did once find this vehicle in a Beith estate.
The other Beith bus ioerator was Marbill Coaches. The entrance to the yard was through a closed gate with signs indication that one should "Beware of The Dog". However, the dog turned out to very friendly and relaxed.
Here's an ex Southdown Leyland Leopard in the yard, 1981.
Back to the Garnock Valley now, to Kilbirnie, with its station on the G&SWR.
Paterson's had a depot in Kilbirnie, taken over from Garnock Valley Motors.
Paterson's ran a local service in Kilbirnie and it was operated by this Leyland National 2 in 1983. It had been bought new.
Further along the valley is Lochwinnoch, were another local bus company, Waddell's had a depot.
It's been a long time since we've been to a pub, but the Brown Bull in Lochwinnoch will make up for that. It's a great pub! More info on Whatpub.
That's it for now. The next post will find us heading for Paisley.
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