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Author | : Gordon Stansfield |
Publisher | : Stenlake Publishing |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : 9781840332353 |
Glasgow is unique among British cities in that it has the largest rail network outside of London, and there was once a time when the city had four very grand stations - Central, Queen Street, St Enoch's and Buchanan Street. Two of these have gone and with them the heyday of the city's railways. Those times are captured for us in this collection of fifty-two photographs, accompanied by a history of each of the city's lines. The neighbouring region of Dunbartonshire is also covered and was itself unique in that Milngavie was the home of one of the world's first monorail systems. Stations featured in the book - many of them long gone - include Cowlairs, Possilpark, Eglinton Street, Buchanan Street, Dalmuir Riverside, Stobcross, Bellahouston, Summerston, Maryhill Central, St Enoch's, Partick West, Cumberland Street, the Singer Terminal (Clydebank), Rutherglen and Strathbungo.
Author | : Alasdair Wham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 103 |
Release | : 2000-06-01 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : 9781872350080 |
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Release | : 2004-01 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : Julian Holland |
Publisher | : Waverley Books Limited |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : 9781902407807 |
Author | : Michael Mather |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 2017-03-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1445655683 |
Michael Mather explores eastern Scotland's disused railway lines.
Author | : Iain R. Smith |
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Release | : 1982 |
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Author | : Stewart Noble |
Publisher | : History Press (SC) |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : 9780750950961 |
Illustrated with 200 photographs, this book depicts the rich scenery and history of the old Western Dunbartonshire railway, which stretched from Clydebank with its shipyards and other heavy industries to the north end of Loch Lomond, now part of Scotland's first National Park. The railways which served this area reflected its landscape; some, such as the West Highland Railway, are still in use, although parts have been lost and the nature of traffic today has changed substantially. Other routes have disappeared completely - thus today's commuters on the busy electric train service from Helensburgh to Glasgow are frequently unaware that an alternative route existed for much of its length. An extensive network of industrial railways, often running along cobbled roads, has vanished. A railway which meandered eastwards from Balloch to Stirling across the flat farmlands to the Forth Valley was closed to passengers in the 1930s, and a short but busy branch from the West Highland Railway, built during the Second World War to service the military port at Faslane on the Gareloch, has also been taken over by the overgrowth. Other parts, now disappeared, had been built to bring the workers of the Glasgow area down to the fresh air of the coast or the lochs for a trip on the paddle steamers.This book will be a treat for anyone who remembers the golden age of trainspotting, and for anyone keen to capture the essence of those bygone days.
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Total Pages | : 656 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : Ellie Harrison |
Publisher | : Luath Press Ltd |
Total Pages | : 437 |
Release | : 2019-11-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1912387646 |
How would your career, social life, family ties, carbon footprint and mental health be affected if you could not leave the city where you live? Artist Ellie Harrison sparked a fast-and-furious debate about class, capitalism, art, education and much more, when news of her year-long project The Glasgow Effect went viral at the start of 2016. Named after the term used to describe Glasgow's mysteriously poor public health and funded to the tune of £15,000 by Creative Scotland, this controversial 'durational performance' centred on a simple proposition – that the artist would refuse to travel beyond Glasgow's city limits, or use any vehicles except her bike, for a whole calendar year.
Author | : Anthony Slaven |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2013-11-05 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1136588744 |
The economic and social problems of modern Scotland are at the centre of current debate about regional economic growth, social improvement and environmental rehabilitation. In this book, as relevant today as when it was first published in 1975, Anthony Slaven argues that the extent and causes of these problems are frequently underestimated, thus making development policies less than fully effective. The major economic and social weaknesses of the west of Scotland are shown to be rooted in the regions former strengths. The author demonstrates how, although the region and its people have resisted change, a thriving and self reliant nineteenth-century economy , based on local resources and manpower, has given way in the present century to vanishing skills and products, unemployment and social deprivation. Since 1945 economic and social planning has helped to improve the situation, although many difficulties remain. Seen in the historical perspective provided by this revealing study, the present industrial problems of the west of Scotland, and their remedies, become clearer. Mr Slaven argues that the older industries deserve more help, for without this, he believes, the ineffectiveness of development policies is likely to be perpetuated. This book was first published in 1975.