Old Photograph LNER Class K2 Steam Train Eastfield Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of an LNER Class K2 steam train in Eastfield Glasgow, Scotland. The heavy gradients of the West Highland Railway Line demanded powerful locomotives and Nigel Gresley designed firstly a very successful 2 cylinder 2-6-0 loco, classified by the LNER as a K2, then later an even more powerful 3 cylinder version for the purpose. Eastfield was a steam shed under British Railways with the depot code 65A.



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Old Photograph LNER Class J50 Steam Train Eastfield Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of an LNER Class J50 steam train in Eastfield Glasgow, Scotland. These steam locomotive had long side tanks that came to the front of the smokebox, which sloped forwards to improve visibility and had a recess cut in to aid maintenance. Forty were built by the Great Northern Railway between 1913 and 1922, with a further 62 being added by the London and North Eastern Railway between 1924 and 1939. Eastfield was a steam shed under British Railways with the depot code 65A.



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Old Photograph Steam Train Edie Ochiltree Eastfield Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of the steam train Edie Ochiltree in Eastfield Glasgow, Scotland. Eastfield was a steam shed under British Railways with the depot code 65A. Edie Ochiltree is a character in Sir Walter Scott's 1816 novel The Antiquary, a licensed beggar of the legally protected class known as Blue gowns or bedesmen, who follows a regular beat around the fictional Scottish town of Fairport. Scott based his character on Andrew Gemmels, a real beggar he had known in his childhood. Along with Jonathan Oldbuck, the novel’s title character, Ochiltree is widely seen as one of Scott's finest creations.



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Old Photograph LNER Class C16 Steam Train Parkhead Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of an LNER Class C16 steam train in Parkhead North railway station Glasgow, Scotland. Parkhead is a district in the East End of Glasgow. Its name comes from a small weaving hamlet at the meeting place of the Great Eastern Road, now the Gallowgate and Tollcross Road, and Westmuir Street. Duke Street and Springfield Road also meet there, to form a turreted Edwardian five way junction at Parkhead Cross. Glasgow's Eastern Necropolis was laid out in 1847 beside the Gallowgate. The area flourished with the discovery of coal in 1837 and grew into an industrial centre. In 1897 William Beardmore and Company became famous with the production of high grade steel and castings at the local Parkhead Forge, founded about 1837 and extended between 1884 and 1914.





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Old Photograph Railway Station Strichen Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Strichen village located eight miles from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish village got its name from Lord Strichen. It is situated on the River Ugie at the foothills of Mormond Hill. The Strichen White Horse is constructed of quartz on Mormond Hill. Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond MSP, lives in a converted mill in the village with his wife Moira. Strichen railway station closed in 1965.



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