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scotty wrote:Hi guys,
I realise this is off topic but the thread on Strathy Cruise also had some decent pics of old Glasgow, including the M8 and Clyde Tunnel construction on it as well if anyones interested http://www.strathycruise.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=103297&start=30&sid=126afaca180ffa9986fbe7e63ac8ca7a
Cheers
Scott
Knightmare wrote:I'm a bit confused. Can someone please clarify:- Did the trains arriving at St Enoch come in from the West ie under what is now the St Enoch Centre, or did they arrive from the south?
Glasgow, according to the schedule, was to be reached about quarter to eight, the only stopping places on the way being Paisley and Eglinton Street, tickets being collected at the latter station.
Surfer Rosa wrote:From Socceroo's newspaper article on the St. Enoch Station accident:Glasgow, according to the schedule, was to be reached about quarter to eight, the only stopping places on the way being Paisley and Eglinton Street, tickets being collected at the latter station.
How would the train have got to St. Enoch from Eglinton Street?
Surfer Rosa wrote:Thanks.
I was getting my Eglinton Street stations mixed up. There was another station of the same name on the main / Cathcart Circle line.
purplepantman wrote:Knightmare wrote:I'm a bit confused. Can someone please clarify:- Did the trains arriving at St Enoch come in from the West ie under what is now the St Enoch Centre, or did they arrive from the south?
Knightmare wrote:[I see. Seems to me that St Enoch was quite a good location for a Station. Perhaps a bit hastie in getting rid of it.
I'm sure i saw some old photos of inside that Hotel. The hotel was closed at the time the photos were taken and it looked like a scene from the shining, interesting all the same!
Mori wrote:The street that runs at the side of the front entrance of the hotel towards Stockwell st, what was it called ? were ther other streets leading to argyle st from here ?
27 July 1903; 16 killed 27 injured
Train ran into buffer stops
William Hunter, 40
Marion James, 42
Robert James, 35
George Edward Darroch, 35
Janet Ewart,34
Mary Duff, 27
Alexander Nutt, [no age]
John L Wilson, [no age]
Hannah Paterson, 24
Charles Wilson, 38
Mary Wilson, 39
Mary Wilson, 7
Charles Wilson, 4
Henrietta Henderson, 26
not killed- Driver, Henry Northcote
In his book on railway accidents, Red for Danger, L. T. C. Rolt
wrote:
A collision with a buffer stop backed by a solid masonry platform
even at relatively low speed, can have most disastrous results.
This was revealed at the St. Enoch terminus of the Glasgow & South
Western Railway on July 27th, 1903, when the worst collision of
this kind on a British main line railway occurred.
The accident was entirely due to an error of judgement on the
part of the inexperienced driver of a special train from Ardrossan
to Glasgow. St. Enoch station had then been recently rebuilt and
Platform No 8 into which the train was signalled was a new platform
not so long as the others and terminating short of the station's
overall roof. The driver was evidently misled by this. He ran in
too fast and was still travelling at ten miles an hour when his
engine hit the stops. No less than sixteen passengers lost their
lives and sixty-four were injured, the first and second coaches
being completely telescoped.
I hope the guy never removes those photos - Holy Grail stuff. A tragedy made even sadder by what sits on the site now. Anyone got any newspaper clippings relating to protests against the demolition? I've always fancied going to the Mitchell and trawling through the Herald from the mid to late 70s to see what I can find.scotty wrote:Hi guys,
Found some good picture of the station just before it was demolished, unfortunately can't post the pics but here' a link to the guys Flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/romari/3164558146/in/photostream/
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