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tollcross railway station

PostPosted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 3:16 pm
by stranger
does anyone have any information about
tollcross station i used to play there as a kid
and have always wanted to see a photograph of it before
it closed i have managed to get carmyle junction and
parkhead stadium on either side of it but info on tollcross seems
non existant

Re: tollcross railway station

PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:10 pm
by dry boak

Re: tollcross railway station

PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:02 pm
by dimairt
Try here for some photos of it after closure and some info about the area. I've posted some pics on the site of Easterhill St in the 1950s.

Le durachd,
Eddy

http://www.glasgowhistory.co.uk/Photos.htm

Re: tollcross railway station

PostPosted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:24 am
by Caltonboy
I used to play there too, great pic in that link

i probably threw stones at ye mate! :)

Re: tollcross railway station

PostPosted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:04 am
by stranger
Wow you wait 4 years for a reply and 3 come along at once :D

Dry Boak; Thanks mate, I have seen this, I think it was only posted recently, it is still the only photo I have seen of the station open. (one day I need to spend some time at the Mitchell looking for more of these)

Dimairt; I have been on your site several times, I love those pictures they remind me of how it was when I went there. Do you have any more, I would love to see them

Caltonboy; I used to play there too perhaps you threw stones at me too ::):

Re: tollcross railway station

PostPosted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:37 am
by Caltonboy
pm me stranger, i might know ye, i used to walk away along to covilles and play doon the slag heaps , then i went oot with some :)

Re: tollcross railway station

PostPosted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 4:00 pm
by enailer
I know it closed around Aug/ Oct 1964 I used to play in the Station itself and then the entrance became a "scrappies" If you remember the Caravans at the corner of Corbett St we might know each other.
Try Googling Glasgow East and follow the link to Tony Jaconelli there you will find the Picture you are lookig for . I only have pics of the bridge at my sisters wedding.

Re: tollcross railway station

PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:26 pm
by shug+burns1961
does any 1 remember also; that there was an munitions dump? we used to play wi aw the guns and helmets .and aw sortz
::):

Re: tollcross railway station

PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:00 pm
by Lord God Bazooka Joe
We also used to play with detonators and stock up on iron-ore for our slings!!! :twisted:

Re: tollcross railway station

PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2009 4:26 pm
by enailer
Was the munitions place not at the old sand pits? I can remember going to school with a gas mask on ma heid and getting two of the belt off Mr Berman at Tollcross Primary . We used to swim there too before they filled it in.
We also had a freind drown there too (John Bell) that I think is the reason they filled them in. :roll: 8O

Re: tollcross railway station

PostPosted: Sun May 17, 2009 9:20 am
by Caltonboy
Ah memories, I remember all of this, there was like wee plots near the station and I used to find old bullet casings, helmets and even shells in them......it was a magical place

Re: tollcross railway station

PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2009 8:50 am
by donnaegan1
Does anyone here know of a thomas egan who was killed by his own train think it may of been in the 60s been trying to find out anything he was my granddad not sure wat railway it was if any one can help thankyou

Re: tollcross railway station

PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2009 3:51 pm
by Alycidon
There is a repository of Railway Accident Reports at http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/, if you could narrow the search down to where the accident happened you might get a result.