One for the railway heads

[Josef]

I'm not sure I'd want to store flammable and explosive materials in a rusty old shack next to a heap of old tyres...

Depends what you want to happen next, I suppose.

[tobester]

I'm not sure I'd want to store flammable and explosive materials in a rusty old shack next to a heap of old tyres...

Depends what you want to happen next, I suppose.

Maybe the owners had talked to GCC for some ideas on burning buildings down.

The place is also used by train spotters to park their cars when theyre photographing trains on the E&G and Perth lines

[Dexter St. Clair]

I saw on the news earlier, there had been a trackside conflagration at Bonnybridge this morning. Stopped all movement out of Queens Street for a time. There were pictures of firemen crawling through a heap of corrugated metal on the lunchtime news. There was talk of propane cylinders...

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I'm not sure I'd want to store flammable and explosive materials in a rusty old shack next to a heap of old tyres...

Obviously you would store them under a raised section of the M1.

[BrigitDoon]

I'm not sure I'd want to store flammable and explosive materials in a rusty old shack next to a heap of old tyres...

Depends what you want to happen next, I suppose.

True. An old friend of mine had a neighbour whose young son was fascinated with fire engines. His street used to go on fire quite often.

[Bridie]

[Alycidon]

For those with an interest in BR standard Pacifics, 70000 "Britannia" will be making a trip though Glasgow on the 7th of May

PAISLEY GILMOUR STREET PASS 19:22
ARKLSTON JN PASS 19:24
SHIELDS JN PASS 19:30
GLASGOW HIGH ST JN PASS 19:52
BELLGROVE PASS 19:54
SPRINGBURN PASS 20:04
COWLAIRS WEST JN PASS 20:07
BISHOPBRIGGS PASS 20:09

Thanks to the guys on the Scot-Rail group for posting times

JBH

[delirium]

I was doing some searches for pics related to the electrification of the west coast main line in 1974. I found the ones back on page 11/12 But I wondered if anyone had any others of around then, or any memories of it to recount.

I'm stating an interest... I was there at the opening by the Queen although I was only 3! My grandfather worked for BR and later got a BEM for his part in the electrification. He's long gone now and sadly missed, but I'd love to hear more about it as obviously my memories are a bit vague. I remember the Duke of Edinburgh patting me on the head and that's about it!

[BrigitDoon]

SHIELDS JN PASS 19:30
GLASGOW HIGH ST JN PASS 19:52
BELLGROVE PASS 19:54

Does that mean it goes over Eglinton St, Cumberland St, Gorbals St and past the mosque?

[Alycidon]

SHIELDS JN PASS 19:30
GLASGOW HIGH ST JN PASS 19:52
BELLGROVE PASS 19:54

Does that mean it goes over Eglinton St, Cumberland St, Gorbals St and past the mosque?

Yes Brigit - that is the planned route.

[The_Clincher]

Evening, all.

On the subject of Railways, I was wondering if there was such a thing as a kml or kmz file showing the old routes etc?
I've had a quick search on here & google, can't find anything. I was going to search Google "user created maps" but they're down just now.

Thanks, folks.

[Dexter St. Clair]

SHIELDS JN PASS 19:30
GLASGOW HIGH ST JN PASS 19:52
BELLGROVE PASS 19:54

Does that mean it goes over Eglinton St, Cumberland St, Gorbals St and past the mosque?

So who's covering
which vantage point?

[Haggis]

Why is the route not being turned over to train/light rail metro linking north/south of city.making hub at Glasgow cross linking low level Argyle line.surely this woul help sustain regeneration in Gorbals 9CUMBERLAND ST STATION COULD BE REOPENED.also it would help trongate and collegelands.any city would love to have this infrastructure in place.we could do all this without digging up our streets and not the mess that is eburgh.come on Glasgow.the victorians have left us a great legacy lets use it.

[Alycidon]

Why is the route not being turned over to train/light rail metro linking north/south of city.making hub at Glasgow cross linking low level Argyle line.surely this woul help sustain regeneration in Gorbals 9CUMBERLAND ST STATION COULD BE REOPENED.also it would help trongate and collegelands.any city would love to have this infrastructure in place.we could do all this without digging up our streets and not the mess that is eburgh.come on Glasgow.the victorians have left us a great legacy lets use it.

Search for "Crossrail" this debate has been raised on several occasions, but unfortunately has never reached a materail conclusion.

[BTJustice]

Dont fancy cleaning this;


200 ton fly killer by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr


First fly swat by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr

[hazy]

Hi BT I have seen the shunters wash this off. They spray it first with this chemical TFR and give it a wee brush then leave it for 20 mins then just jet wash them off .