Queens Dock Railway Lines





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  /  /1904Queens Dock Railway Lines
New dock tramways and a diversion of Pointhouse Road authorised by the Queens Dock.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

The west part of this quay is the site of Glasgow's Riverside Museum, the transport museum.
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Looking at the site of the former approach lines to Yorkhill Quay, now the Clydeside Expressway. View looks east. ...
Ewan Crawford //
The Anchor liner 'Caledonia' berthed at Yorkhill Quay. The photograph, no doubt snapped from a passing 'Blue Train', was taken some time during 1964. ...
Brian Haslehust //1964
Yorkhill Quay looking south. This was once served by the railway from Queens Dock - until recently disconnected track remained within the docks. ...
Ewan Crawford //1988
Looking at Yorkhill Quay from the Clydeside Expressway to the north. ...
Ewan Crawford //
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This was a large dock to the west of central Glasgow on the north bank of the River Clyde. It was served by the Stobcross Railway. The dock was infilled and is now the site of the Scottish Exhibition Centre.
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Stobcross Railway
Puffers 'Cuban' and 'Slav' in Queens Dock, Glasgow in September 1958. Photo by G H Robin ...
G W Robin 09/09/1958
Puffer 'S S Glenrosa' in Queens Dock, Glasgow in 1955. Photo by G H Robin. The University of Glasgow spire peeps out, top left. ...
G W Robin //1955
A fine assembly of Clyde steamers in Glasgow's Queen's Dock during winter lay-off. 'Waverley', 'Queen Mary II', 'Caledonia' and 'Duchess of Hamilton' ...
Brian Haslehust //1968
Looking at the site of the former approach lines to the Queens Dock, now the Clydeside Expressway. View looks east. ...
Ewan Crawford //
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This quay was on the north bank of the River Clyde opposite Plantation Quay. At the east end of the quay is the Stobcross Crane used to load locomotives onto ships. (This was not the only quay used for this, locomotives were also exported through Plantation Quay on the opposite, south, bank of the Clyde.) Some dockside lines remain, disconnected from the network. The Queens Dock ...

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Stobcross Railway
The Stobcross (or Finnieston) crane, grade A listed building, erected 1931 by Clyde Navigation Trust to load locomotives onto ships. Glasgow was the ...
Alistair MacKenzie //2006
Stobcross Crane with George Wylie's Straw Locomotive. [Thanks for the additional information CRM]. ...
Ewan Crawford //1987
This photograph was a publicity shot by the North British Locomotive Company. It was used in a commemorative book; North British Locomotive Company ...
Ewan Crawford Collection //1952
The Stobcross (or Finnieston) crane, grade A listed building, erected 1931 by Clyde Navigation Trust. Domed building (on the left) was southern access ...
Alistair MacKenzie //2006
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This crane is a Glasgow landmark. It was built for the Clyde Navigation Trust. It was used for loading cargo, notably locomotives, onto ships at Stobcross Quay. It was also where marine engines from the Finnieston Diesel Engine Works were fitted to vessels built at Harland & Wolff's Govan Ship Yard [1st]. Engines from the nearby David Rowan and Co works were also fitted ...

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Stobcross Railway


This quay was on the north bank of the River Clyde opposite Mavisbank Quay.
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This quay was on the north bank of the River Clyde. Anderston Quay was to the east and Finnieston Quay to the west.
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The Finnieston foot passenger ferry operated from Lancefield Quay to Finnieston when I came upon it in the early 1970s and this is no. 10 heading off ...
John Clark //1970
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This engine works was owned by Harland & Wolff of Belfast and the Govan Shipbuilding Yard. It was nicknamed 'The Diesel'.
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Stobcross Railway