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Tourist - Attractions

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

Abbey Hill Golf Centre

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While my colleagues were busy playing crazy golf, I became distracted by this rope hauled people carrier - one of two on site. As you can see, it has ...
Ken Strachan 14/06/2018

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Amberley Museum

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Time for bed, said Zebedee. The Amberley museum Hunslet loco^ and open coaches have come off the main line around the museum, and are about to be ...
Ken Strachan 30/03/2018

The footpath from the station to the Museum is laid on the bed of the siding which connected the former quarry with the main line. View looks towards ...
Ken Strachan 30/03/2018

A steam shunter Jim - but not as we know it. This contraption is an Irish gauge vehicle which was propelled by putting the narrow gauge Guinness ...
Ken Strachan 30/03/2018

This narrow gauge steam engine at Amberley was originally used in the Guinness brewery, and still has a somewhat pie-eyed look. ...
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Balmacara Estate

National Trust for Scotland - Balmacara Estate
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Beamish Open Air Museum

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More than 140 years old, Lewin No.18, dating from 1877, is hauling a goods train at Beamish Open Air Museum on 19th June 2018. This was designed by ...
David Bosher 19/06/2018

Newcastle Corporation No.114, restored to its original 1901 appearance and the oldest vehicle in Beamish Open Air Museum^s tramcar fleet, seen here at ...
David Bosher 17/06/2018

Period piece. Balloon car 101 in Sunderland Corporation livery takes time out at Beamish Open Air Museum on a sunny afternoon in November 2013. ...
John Furnevel 07/11/2013

Sheffield Corporation No.264 at Beamish Open Air Museum on 17th June 2018. This was one of 24 sleek balcony cars delivered to Sheffield by the United ...
David Bosher 17/06/2018

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Bearsden Bath House

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Beveridge Park

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Kirkcaldy Model Engineering Society has operated a dual gauge (5in and 7 1/4in) railway in the town^s Beveridge Park since 1991, with services every ...
Bill Roberton 08/09/2013

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Big Pit Mining Museum

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You can see from this picture that Big Pit Halt is readily visible from the Big Pit mining museum. The branch and halt were built to advertise the ...
Ken Strachan 19/08/2017

^JESSIE,^ a Hunslet 0-6-0ST No. 1837 of 1937, running into the Big Pit Mining Museum station on the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway on 5th May 2019. ...
Peter Todd 05/05/2019

J94 71515 returning from Big Pit to Furnace Sidings, still under full power, on 13 September 2014. ...
Peter Todd 13/09/2014

Rosyth No 1 heading along the branch towards the Big Pit on 13 September 2014. ...
Peter Todd 13/09/2014

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Brodick Castle and Country Park

National Trust - Brodick Castle and Country Park
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Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

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Burghead Fort

Burghead Visitor Centre - Burghead Fort
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Castlecary Roman Fort

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Celtic Park

Celtic Park Football Club
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Centre of Alternative Technology

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Chatelherault Country Park

Chatelherault Country Park
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Cheltenham Racecourse [Racecourse]

The Jockey Club - Cheltenham Racecourse
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Clifton Suspension Bridge

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Some years ago, maintenance workers discovered that the base of one of the towers of the Clifton Suspension Bridge was hollow. Exploration (requiring ...
John Thorn 13/04/2017

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Colzium House

Colzium House
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The narrow gauge railway in the grounds of Colzium House. ...
Rod Crawford 08/04/2018

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Comrie Railroad, House of Ross

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Denver & Rio Grande No.483 being serviced on the House of Ross Miniature Railway in 1989.
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Diesel Rio Grande No.1982 in passenger service on the miniature railway at the House of Ross, Comrie, in 1989.
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Bill Roberton //1989

The substantial engine shed and turntable of the House of Ross Miniature Railway in 1989. Note the elevated servicing road on the right hand side of ...
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Craigtoun Country Park

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A Severn-Lamb steam outline 2-8-0DH works the miniature railway in Craigtoun Country Park near St. Andrews. This forms a 600yd circuit around the ...
Mark Bartlett 24/08/2018

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Croy Hill Roman Fort

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Cruachan Power Station Visitor Centre

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Cubbie Roo's Castle and St Mary's Chapel

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Cunningham Graham Memorial Park

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Between the former Holywood station (to the south) and the former Auldgirth station (to the north) and on the west bank of the River Nith is Ellisland Farm , the farm built by Robert Burns where he farmed and was inspired by the setting. The farm is now a museum. The nearest station is at Dumfries, around six miles to the south.
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Falkirk Wheel

This unique rotating boat lift connects the Forth and Clyde Canal and Union Canal.
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Fingal's Cave

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Fish Ladder

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Fish Pass

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Fossil Grove

Fossil Grove
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Foulden Tithe Barn

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Geilston Garden

National Trust for Scotland - Geilston Garden
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George Square [Glasgow]

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View of Footplate off 3007 amd tender 3079 (Built Springburn 1947-48) ...
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The very cute miniature railway in George Square, part of Glasgow^s Christmas festivities 2011 ...
Beth Crawford 19/12/2011

Full View of Loco 3007 amd tender 3079 ...
Colin Harkins 26/08/2007

Opposite side of Loco. It will go through extensive conservation before going on display at the new Glasgow Riverside Museum in 2010 ...
Colin Harkins 26/08/2007

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Glasgow Green [Park]

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Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
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Glen Affric

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Glen Affric

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Glenarn Garden

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Glenbuchat Castle

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Glencairn Greit Tenement

This was the residence of the Earls of Glencairn in Dumbarton Later it was used by the Dukes of Argyll.
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Glencoe Folk Museum

Glencoe Folk Museum
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Glencoe Mountain Resort

Glencoe Mountain Resort
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Gorton Bothy

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Grassic Gibbon Centre

Grassic Gibbon Centre
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Greenbank Garden

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Greenock Customs House

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Hackness Martello Tower and Battery

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Hamilton Park Race Course

Hamilton Park Race Course
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Hampden Park Stadium

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Hampton Court Palace

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Harmony Garden

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Heavy Horse Centre

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Helensburgh Hill House

This house was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife Margaret for Walter Blackie, of the publishers Blackie and Sons.
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High Bridge

This high two arch masonry viaduct carried one of General Wade^s Military Roads over the River Spean, some 1.5 miles downstream of Spean Bridge. The bridge crosses a gorge.
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Highland Folk Museum

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Hoghton Tower

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Holiday Camp

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Holyrood Park

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Houses of Parliament

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Hugh Miller's Birthplace

National Trust for Scotland - Hugh Miller^s Birthplace
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Ibrox Stadium

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Inchinnan Bridge

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Inveraray Watchtower

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Inveresk Lodge Garden

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Inverewe Gardens

National Trust for Scotland - Inverewe Gardens
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Iona Heritage Centre

Iona Heritage Centre
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J M Barrie's Birthplace

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Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement

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Kelham Island Museum

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Kelvingrove Art Gallery

Kelvingrove Art Gallery
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Kelvingrove Park

Glasgow - Kelvingrove Park
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Kenmore Crannog Centre

The Scottish Crannog Centre
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Killdalton Cross

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King's Knot

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Kinlochleven Climbing Centre

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Kinnaird Head Castle Lighthouse and Museum

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Kinnoull Hill

Visit Scotland - Kinnoull Hill
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Kintail Outdoor Centre

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Laggan Dam

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Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway

Lanark Race Course

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Lands End

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Largs Museum

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Laxey Wheel

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Linn of Dee

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Linn of Tummel Waterfall

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Loch Promenade

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Lomond Shores

Lomond Shores
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MacLean's Cross

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Maids of Bute

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Malleny Garden

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McCaig's Tower

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McCulloch's Tree

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Merkinch Local Nature Reserve

Merkinch Local Nature Reserve
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Merkland Cross

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Mineral Tramways Discovery Centre

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Mitchell Library

Mitchell Library
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Monessie Gorge

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West Highland Railway

Mugdock Country Park Visitors Centre

Mugdock Country Park
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Muir O'Fauld Roman Signal Station

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Muiravonside Country Park

Falkirk Community Trust - Muiravonside County Park
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Murcar Golf Course

Murcar Links Golf Club
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Murrayfield Stadium

Scottish Rugby
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Nardini's

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National Museum of Flight

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National Museum of Rural Life

National Museums Scotland - National Museum of Rural Life
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Nelson's Tower

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New Abbey Corn Mill

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North Berwick Law

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Old Bridge of Doon

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Old Bridge Of Oich

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Old Man of Hoy

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Old Man of Storr

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Orkneyinga Saga Centre

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Ormiston Market Cross

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Osborne House

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Otter Haven

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Pavillion Gardens

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The station in the Pavilion Gardens at Buxton on 1 April 2013 with steam outline 0-6-0 locomotive Edward Milner bringing the last train of the ...
John McIntyre 01/04/2013

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Penryhn Caslte Museum

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Peter Pan Moat Brae

Peter Pan Moat Brae House is about a third of a mile to the west of Dumfries station.
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Peter Pan Park

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Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Pitlochry Festival Theatre
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Pitlochry Fish Ladder

Pitlochry Dam Visitor Centre
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Pitmeddan Garden

National Trust for Scotland - Pitmeddan Garden
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Pittodrie Stadium

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Plock Viewpoint

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Preston Market Cross

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Preston Mill

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Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum

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Narrow gauge 9 ton capacity ^drop-bottom^ mine cars on display at Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum, East Lothian, in 2005. These are the ...
John Furnevel 07/07/2005

^Please mind your fingers...^ Part of the mechanism of the Whitaker Brothers steam crane on display in the yard at Prestongrange Industrial ...
John Furnevel 19/09/2012

Grant Ritchie 0-4-2ST 536 of 1914 in steam at Prestongrange Mining Museum in 1977. It was withdrawn from Lady Victoria Colliery in Newtongrange.
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Bill Roberton //1977

Ex-Tomatin Distillery Simplex shunting at Prestongrange Museum in 1986.
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Bill Roberton //1986

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Princes Street Gardens

Princes Street Gardens
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The Edinburgh Christmas Market narrow gauge railway features a level crossing complete with hand bell and manually operated gates-very Victorian. ...
Charlie Niven 24/11/2019

In Princes Street Gardens East a light railway has been laid to serve Santa^s Train Station. A steam-outline loco heads up a train on 27 December. ...
Bill Roberton 27/12/2016

A steam-outline locomotive draws its train round the narrow gauge circuit of the Christmas Fair in Princes Street Gardens East on 28th November 2017. ...
Bill Roberton 28/11/2017

Princes Street Gardens on 23rd December 2017, and a novelty steam train trundling around as part of the Christmas market with Santa Claus driving. To ...
Alan Cormack 23/12/2017

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Priorwood Garden

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Pulpit Rock

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Rannoch Barracks

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Ratagan Viewpoint

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Rest and be Thankful

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Avon Aqueduct

Union Canal Unlocked - Avon Aqueduct
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Riverside Museum

This museum is in the west of Glasgow not far from Partick station.
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Sou^West on top at the Riverside Museum. The footplate of Caledonian Single No 123 is below. ...
John Yellowlees 15/04/2016

Class 397 TPE EMU cab on display in the Riverside Museum, Glasgow in January 2020. ...
John Yellowlees 23/01/2020

Front entrance of the new Riverside Museum on 11 June 2011 - see news item. ...
John Yellowlees 11/06/2011

HR 4-6-0 ^Jones Goods^ No.103 stuffed and mounted in the Glasgow Riverside Museum in August 2015, with G&SWR 0-6-0T No.9 looking down from the first ...
John McIntyre 02/08/2015

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Rob Roy's Putting Stone

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Robert Burns House

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Robert Smail's Printing Works

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Rockcliffe Coastline

National Trust for Scotland - Rockcliffe Coastline
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Nantyglo Round Towers

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council - Nantyglo Roundhouses
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Rutland Railway Museum

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Scone Palace

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Scottish Event Campus

Scottish Event Campus
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The Aberdeen MRC layout ^City of Tiers^ seen at Model Rail, Glasgow. ...
John Yellowlees 23/02/2019

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Scottish Parliament

Scottish Parliament
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Sea Life Loch Lomond

Sea Life - Loch Lomond
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Seabegs Wood

Historic Environment - Seabegs Wood
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Shard Bridge

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Skye Museum of Island Life

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Snaefell Wheel

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Snibston Discovery Museum

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Soldiers' Trenches

A series of trenches dug by soldiers in 1763 can be seen on the west side of the line between the former Gorton [WHR] station and Abhainn Duibhe Viaduct, to the north.
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Souter Johnnie's Cottage

NTS - Souter Johnnie^s Cottage
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St Abb's Head Viewpoint

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St Enoch Shopping Centre

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St Ninian's Cave

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Staffa

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Staneyhill Tower

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Stanley Mills

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Stephenson's Cottage

This cottage, the Grade II listed National Trust , was located by the Wylam Waggonway, running from Wylam Colliery to the River Tyne on the south side of the cottage. George Stephenson was born here in 1781 and grew up by the waggonway.
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The trackbed of the 1748 Wylam Waggonway looking east towards Newcastle on 8 May 2006. Behind the trees on the right is the River Tyne, while on the ...
John Furnevel 08/05/2006

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Ewan Crawford 09/11/2003

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Stirling Old Bridge

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Stromeferry Viewpoint

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Tam O'Shanter Experience

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Tarbolton Bachelor's Club

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Tarmore Hill Viewpoint

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Tarves Tomb

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Tealing Dovecot

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Tees Transporter Bridge

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Temple of Venus

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The Air Balloon

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The Blackhouse Arnol

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The Hermitage

This is a folly above the Black Linn Falls of the River Braan. The folly was originally built by John Murray, the 3rd Duke of Atholl, in 1758. It was rebuilt grandly as a hall of mirrors reflecting the falls in 1783 as a memorial to the blind bard Ossian. The folly is in the care of the National Trust for Scotland. A pleasant woodland walk approaches the site from a car park and the echo ...

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The People's Palace

Glasgow Life - People^s Palace
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The Pineapple

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The Prince's Cairn

Prince Charles Edward Stuart left Scotland from the shore of Loch nan Uamh in 1746 after the unsuccessful Jacobite uprising. The The Prince's Cairn was built in 1956 by the 1745 Association. 1745 Association
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The Soldier's Leap

The Battle of Killiecrankie, 1689, took place north of the former station and on the north/east side of the line. A Jacobite army under John Graham, Viscount Dundee, defeated General Hugh Mackay^s army, fighting for William of Orange. Graham died in the battle and the Jacobite army was itself later defeated itself at Dunkeld.
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The Stewartry Museum

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Thomas Carlyle's Birthplace

National Trust for Scotland - Thomas Carlyle^s Birthplace
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Thorne Miniature Railway

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Threave Garden

National Trust for Scotland - Threave Garden
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Tongland Dam

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Torridon Mountain Countryside Centre

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Traigh Golf Course

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Tralee Beach

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Tram Inn

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The former Tram Inn station building (now used as part of Mill Garage) and signal box on the ex-GWR line between Hereford and Abergavenny.
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Looking east across the level crossing at Tram Inn on 18 November 2008, with the station and signal box on the left and the old Tram Inn itself ...
John McIntyre 18/11/2008

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Transporter Bridge

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Transporter Bridge

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Transporter Bridge (out of use)

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Trevithick Memorial

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Tugnet Ice House

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University of Glasgow

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Wallace's Statue

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Wanlockhead Beam Engine

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Weaver's Cottage

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West Port St Andrews

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Westquarter Dovecot

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Wheal Martyn Museum

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China clay is sticky stuff, so tilting the load bed is probably quite a good way to persuade it to leave the wagon as required. One of many exhibits ...
Ken Strachan 28/11/2014

A group of Branch Line Society members inspecting a traditional china clay ^hood^ at Wheal Martyn museum, St Austell, on 28 November 2014. The ...
Ken Strachan 28/11/2014

Oh dear, the rats have been at the timbers again. A collection of wheels for narrow gauge wagons see image 50104 displayed informally at Wheal ...
Ken Strachan 28/11/2014

Smaller than the average box - it may be surrounded by distinctly out-of-period accessories, but this box is a rare relic of the Lee Moor Tramway. ...
Ken Strachan 28/11/2014

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Tourist - Attractions

Locations along the line

Abbey Hill Golf Centre

Abernethy Round Tower

Amberley Museum

Anderton Boat Lift

Ardardan Farm

Arduaine Gardens

Ardunie Roman Signal Station

Arthur's Seat

Ba Bridge

Balmacara Estate

Balmacara Viewpoint

Bannockburn Visitor Centre

Bar Hill Fort

Barrow Dock Museum

Barry Mill

Barsalloch Fort

Battle of Prestonpans

Beamish Open Air Museum

Bearsden Bath House

Beatrix Potter Garden

Beveridge Park

Big Pit Mining Museum

Biggar Gas Works Museum

Black Country Living Museum

Black Rock Gorge

Blackpool Tower

Blackrock Cottage

Blenheim Palace

Bluewater Shopping Centre

Boat Cave

Branklyn Garden

Bridge of Oich

Brodick Castle and Country Park

Brooklands Racetrack

Broughton House

Brow Well

Bruce's Camp

Bruce's Cave

Buchanan Galleries

Buckingham Palace

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

Burg

Burghead Fort

Burghead Well

Burn's Cottage

Camera Obscura

Cardoness Castle

Castle Semple Temple

Castlecary Roman Fort

Cathin Braes

Celtic Park

Centre of Alternative Technology

Chatelherault Country Park

Cheltenham Racecourse [Racecourse]

Chesters Bridge

Chesters Hill Fort

Clamshell Cave

Click Mill

Clifton Suspension Bridge

Cluanie Inn

Cockleroy Hill Viewpoint

Colquhoun Square

Colzium House

Comrie Railroad, House of Ross

Corrieshalloch Gorge

Corrour Restaurant

Corstorphine Dovecot

Coulter Motte

Craigower Viewpoint

Craigtoun Country Park

Crarae Gardens

Croy Electric Brae

Croy Hill Roman Fort

Cruachan Power Station Visitor Centre

Cubbie Roo's Castle and St Mary's Chapel

Cunningham Graham Memorial Park

Dalrigh Tyndrum

Darleith Dovecot