ABANDONED & DISUSED RAILWAYS: High St - Bridgeton Central

[browning]

Great photos. You may be interested to hear that a section of the tunnels you photographed was for some time used as a small-bore rifle range.
The Glasgow Railway Rifle Club was sited in the then long-closed westbound south tunnel that ran from Barrack St towards St Enoch. The range closed circa 1980 I think. Entry was from a now bricked-up doorway in Barrack St which led to a steep and dangerously rickety wooden staircase down to the entrance. Trains would often be passing on the north tunnel on the then active line right beside the sealed-off section which contained the range. The "clubhouse" was on 2 levels and fairly rundown when I and fellow members of the Martin Rifle & Piistol Club used the range in the seventies. The tunnel was bricked-up at both ends for a distance of around 150yds. The range had space for 4 target shooters and targets could be positioned at intervals up to 100 yds.
I think the range closed due to dwindling membership in the Railway Club. There must literally be a ton or more of lead from spent bullets lying at the backstop at the end of that tunnel!
Hope this is of interest.

[jonno22]

Thanks very much for that information, it is interesting and benficial to add to my knowledge of what used to eb a railway line that ran here. The Rifle club was unknown to myself and it would explain the holes in the bricks which are part of the brick barrier protecting that tunnel, Many thanks.

Best Regards

Jonathan McGurk

Railway and Freelance Photographer

www.jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net

[Alycidon]

Courtesy of "the other place"

[D17AVD]

What happened to the photos in this topic? Cant view them, and there's nothing on the link to John McGurk's page. I would have liked to see in particular Gallowgate station, as I never knew it exsisted.

[jonno22]

Hi. My website has been hacked into by someone, I don;t know who and I don't know why. The abandoned and disused railway collections have been deleted as well as a few other galleries on my website. The collections are not the ONLY thing to be deleted, amended. I am working hard and will be to upload the galleries again at some point as I do not think I am able to get them restored and viewable online again. Sorry for the inconvenience guys.

Best Regards

Jonathan McGurk

Railway and Freelance Photographer

www.jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net

[D17AVD]

Are you the same John who used to work at Polmadie?

[ccoolc353]

A selection of pics of this line can be found at http://www.railbrit.co.uk/location.php?photographer=Colin_Harkins&loc=Glasgow+City+and+District+Railway

Colin Harkins