Old Photograph LNER Class N2 Steam Train Parkhead Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of an LNER Class N2 steam train in Parkhead North railway station Glasgow, Scotland. This locomotive was designed by Nigel Gresley and introduced in 1920. They were a common sight in and around Glasgow and Edinburgh operating suburban services, mainly on what is today known as the North Clyde Line. Parkhead was a railway station in the east end of Glasgow. It was opened as Parkhead, by the North British Railway on 1 February 1871. It was renamed Parkhead North on 30 June 1952 by British Railways. This was to differentiate it from the nearby ex Caledonian Railway Parkhead station on the former Glasgow Central Railway. The station was closed to passengers on 19 September 1955.



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Old Photograph LNER Class C15 Steam Train Eastfield Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of an LNER Class C15 steam train in Eastfield Glasgow, Scotland. William Paton Reid, from Glasgow, who designed this locomotive, was born on 8 September 1854, and died on 2 February 1932. He was apprenticed to the Cowlairs railway works of the North British Railway in 1879 and was Locomotive Superintendent from 1903 to 1919. He was awarded a CBE in 1920. Prior to his appointment, he had been Assistant Locomotive Superintendent to his predecessor, Matthew Holmes. Eastfield was a steam shed under British Railways with the depot code 65A.



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Old Photograph Steam Train Glen Fruin Kittybrewster Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of the steam train Glen Fruin in Kittybrewster, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The D34 Class locomotives, commonly known as the Glen Class, were built with superheaters. Glen Fruin, Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Freòin, is a glen in Scotland, adjacent to Loch Lomond. It was the site of the Battle of Glen Fruin, one of the last clan battles in Scotland, in which an estimated 300 warriors on foot from the MacGregor Clan claimed victory over an estimated 600 to 800 men from the Colquhoun Clan on horse back. The road from Glen Fruin to Loch Long was known as Scottish Gaelic: Rathad Mòr nan Gàidheal, in English, The High Road of the Gaels or Highlanders.



Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The traditional industries here were fishing, papermaking, shipbuilding, and textiles Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Old Photograph LNER Class J37 Steam Train St Margaret's Railway Depot Meadowbank Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of an LNER Class J37 steam train in St Margaret's Railway Depot in Edinburgh, Scotland. This is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive designed by William Paton Reid for freight work on the North British Railway. The new locomotives were introduced in 1914 and had superheaters, inside cylinders and piston valves operated by Stephenson valve gear. The locomotives performed admirably on fast mainline freight services, and heavy Fife coal trains. On some parts of the network, notably the West Highland Railway Line, they were used for both freight and passenger duties. The engines have been described as being the most successful and the most powerful 0-6-0 tender engines ever employed in Scotland. The first engine shed, a roundhouse, and the workshops comprising St. Margaret's, were built atop a historic well by the North British Railway in 1845. Mainly associated over the following years with the movement of coal and general freight traffic, the depot was never to match its close Edinburgh Haymarket neighbour in glamour of any form.



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Old Photograph LNER Class J83 Steam Train Eastfield Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of an LNER Class J83 steam train in Eastfield Glasgow, Scotland. Eastfield was a steam shed under British Railways with the depot code 65A. The locomotives were designated NBR D class which was later changed to J83 class by the LNER. The engines were originally intended for shunting and freight transfer duties.



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