Old Photograph Railway Station Newtonmore Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Newtonmore, Scotland. The station was opened by the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway on 9 September 1863. The original station buildings were constructed of wood and destroyed in a fire in April 1893. A replacement station building in stone was erected in 1893. A serious accident occurred on 2 August 1894 when the morning passenger train from Perth to Inverness collided with a goods train. One passenger was killed and several were badly injured. On 13 September 1900, James Ormiston, a brakesman was killed in a shunting accident at the station.



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Old Photograph Sparrow Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Sparrow Castle at the South end of Cockburnspath in Scotland. The old manor house known locally as Sparrow Castle consists in reality of two old houses, one partially abutting on the end of the other and at right angles to it. The windows of the southernmost house are surrounded with a bead-and-hollow moulding, and three large corbels project on the W face of the wall-head. The N house is entered at first floor level by an outside stair. It has a vaulted basement. This building replaced Cockburnspath Castle. The Arnots were in possession in around 1625, when it passed to the Nicolsons, and they built a burial aisle at the nearby parish church. The lands with the tower, fortalice, etc are mentioned in a ratification of 1695 in favour of Sir John Hall of Dunglass


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Old Photograph Dunnichen House Scotland

Old photograph of Dunnichen house located between Letham and Forfar in Angus, Scotland. This was the home of George Dempster of Dunnichen and Skibo, born 1732, died 1818, who was a Scottish advocate, landowner, agricultural improver and politician. Dempster served as Member of Parliament for the Perth Burghs in Perthshire, founded the Dundee Banking Company in 1763, was a Director of the East India Company from 1769, and served as Provost of St Andrews, Fife in 1780 and was a Director of the Highland Society in 1789. He spent the later years of his life improving Scottish fishing and agriculture and improving the living conditions of his tenants. He was a lifelong friend of the philosopher Adam Ferguson and the minister Alexander Carlyle. was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1788, upon the proposal of Dr Anderson, Henry Duncan and John Playfair. He died at Dunnichen, Angus, on 13 February 1818, and was interred at Restenneth Priory, Forfar.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Langholm Scotland

Old photograph of a steam engine in the railway station in Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. A branch of the Carlisle, England, to Hawick railway line to Langholm was completed in 1864, but closed 100 years later. The last regular passenger train was on 13 June 1964, although a special ran in March 1967, complete with restaurant car; the freight service continued until September 1967.



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Old Photograph Steam Engines Queen Street Railway Station Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of steam trains at Queen Street railway station in Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish railway station was built by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and opened on 18 February 1842. The adjacent Buchanan Street station of the rival Caledonian Railway closed on 7 November 1966 as a result of the Beeching axe and its services to Stirling, Perth, Perthshire, Inverness, Dundee and Aberdeen transferred to Queen Street.



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