Old Photograph Signal Box Railway Station Dalwhinnie Scotland

Old photograph of a Signal Box outside the railway station in Dalwhinnie near Newtonmore, Scotland. The station opened in 1863. The station buildings were completed in 1864 by Joseph Mitchell & Company. Originally, all signalling was done by mechanical means. Points and signals were operated locally from individual levers or handles, requiring the signalman to walk between the various pieces of equipment to set them in the required position for each train that passed. Before long, it was realised that control should be concentrated into one building, which came to be known as a signal box. The signal box provided a dry, climate controlled space for the complex interlocking mechanics and also the signalman. The raised design of most signal boxes, which gave rise to the term " tower " in North America, also provided the signalman with a good view of the railway under his control. The first use of a signal box was by the London and Croydon Railway in 1843 to control the junction to Bricklayers' Arms in London, England.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Forres Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Forres, Moray, Scotland. There are thirteen daily departures from the station westbound and twelve eastbound, Monday through Saturday. Most are through trains between Aberdeen and Inverness, but two westbound trains start from Elgin in the morning and one evening train, which runs through from Kyle of Lochalsh, that terminates there. The first departure to Aberdeen each weekday and Saturday continues south to Edinburgh Waverley and there is a return working in the evening. On Sundays there are five through trains each way to Inverness and Aberdeen, with a through working to Glasgow Queen Street and two more from Glasgow to Elgin via Inverness that call eastbound.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Corkerhill Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train at the railway station in Corkerhill, Glasgow, Scotland. The railway station was built on 1 July 1885. It is on the Paisley Canal Line from Glasgow, and still houses engine sheds and sidings, although Corkerhill signal box was demolished in the late 1970s. In the 1920s building in Glasgow expanded as far as Mosspark making Corkerhill part of the Glasgow conurbation.



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Old Photograph Steam Train Craigentinny East of Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train at Craigentinny, East of Edinburgh, Scotland. Craigentinny depot opened in 1904, and is now home to Virgin Trains East Coast's fleet of InterCity 125 HSTs. It also maintains InterCity 225 sets for Virgin Trains East Coast, Class 220/221 Voyager DEMUs and InterCity 125 sets for CrossCountry, and TransPennine Express Class 350 EMUs, as well as the Network Rail New Measurement Train.



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Old Photograph Ardersier Scotland

Old photograph of the John Ross shop in Ardersier a small former fishing village in the Scottish Highlands on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland. Parts of the land in and about Ardersier were originally owned by the order of the Knights Templar. These lands were referred to as: Temple Land, Temple Cruik, Temple Bank, Bogschand. They were located between Connage and the sea, and between Flemington and the sea. The Temple lands of Ardersier were held by Davidsons and Mackays as portioners. They were acquired by Cawdor in 1626.



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