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Cowlairs Incline
All photographs of this location in date order.
![A hard working Pacific with the Glasgow Queen Street - Leeds City <I>Queen of Scots</I> Pullman receives banking assistance up to Cowlairs.<br><br>[John Robin //]](/images/6000/6895.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Empty coaches banked by Director Class 4-4-0 2680 <i>Lucy Ashton</i> on Cowlairs Incline in September 1948. On the front of the train is N15 0-6-2T 9127. [See image 15567]<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 20/09/1948]](/images/15000/15566.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Empty coaches hauled by N15 0-6-2T 9127 and banked by Director Class 4-4-0 2680 <i>Lucy Ashton</i> ascending Cowlairs Incline on 20 September 1948. [See image 15566]<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 20/09/1948]](/images/15000/15567.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![N.B. 4.4.0 62498 <i>Glen Moidart</i> banked by 0.6.2T 9148 on Polmont Train.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 20/09/1948]](/images/15000/15568.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Leaving Tunnel - north end. N.B. 4.4.0 2427 <i>Dumbie Dykes</i>.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 20/09/1948]](/images/15000/15569.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Looking west across the E&G near the top of the Cowlairs incline in the spring of 1952. An unidentified J36 0-6-0 is backing a brake van along the parallel Port Dundas branch heading for Craighall goods depot. [Ref query 1423] [See image 33527]<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 08/04/1952]](/images/53000/53772.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![A Fife bound train being banked out of Queen Street, photographed climbing Cowlairs incline on 8 April 1952. Locomotive in charge is 'Director' 4-4-0 62697 <I>Lord James of Douglas</I>. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 08/04/1952]](/images/58000/58747.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Ex-NB 4-4-0 62496 <I>Glen Loy</I> tops Cowlairs Incline on 26 April 1952 with a Glasgow - Perth train. [See image 32914] <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 26/04/1952]](/images/54000/54650.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Gresley A4 Pacific 60004 <I>William Whitelaw</I> on Cowlairs Incline with the 5.15pm ex-Edinburgh Waverley on 5 August 1952. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 05/08/1952]](/images/53000/53890.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Robinson 'Director' 4-4-0 no 62671 <I>Bailie Macwheeble</I> descending Cowlairs Incline on 5 August 1952 with a train from the Fife Coast. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 05/08/1952]](/images/55000/55442.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![B1 4-6-0 61197 approaching Queen Street Tunnel with a train from Edinburgh on 20 April 1954.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 20/04/1954]](/images/9000/9183.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![B1 4-6-0 61260 with a down train on Cowlairs incline in May 1954. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 18/05/1954]](/images/61000/61056.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![D11 'Director' 4-4-0 no 62675 <I>Colonel Gardiner</I> photographed on Cowlairs incline in the spring of 1955 with a Fife train. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 09/04/1955]](/images/58000/58566.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![D49 4-4-0 62704 <I>Stirlingshire</I> ascending Cowlairs incline on 19 April 1955 with a Fife train. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 19/04/1955]](/images/53000/53977.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Scene on Cowlairs Incline on 11 May 1955, with A4 Pacific 60031 <I>Golden Plover</I> descending with a train towards Queen Street. (The more distant of the two bridges in the background carried a connection from the Port Dundas Branch to Tennant's Works, off to the right.)<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 11/05/1955]](/images/54000/54784.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![An unidentified class D49 4-4-0 climbing Cowlairs incline with a train in May 1955.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 11/05/1955]](/images/62000/62935.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![A locomotive quartet on its way from Eastfield shed to Queen Street station descending Cowlairs Incline on 6 September 1955. Leading is N15 69179, followed by B1s 61396 and 61134. Bringing up the rear is D49 62716 <I>Kincardineshire</I>. The first three are residents of 65A, while the D49 is a visitor from Thornton Junction.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/09/1955]](/images/54000/54035.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![The up <I>Queen of Scots</I> Pullman climbing Cowlairs Incline on 5 May 1956. Locomotive in charge is A2 Pacific 60535 <I>Hornet's Beauty</I>, with N15 0-6-2T 69188 working hard at the rear. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 05/05/1956]](/images/54000/54934.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![BR Standard class 5 4-6-0 no 73105 photographed on Cowlairs incline in the summer of 1956 at the head of the <I>Fife Coast Express</I>.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 10/07/1956]](/images/60000/60276.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![A Swindon DMU on test on the Cowlairs Incline in September 1956. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 13/09/1956]](/images/61000/61788.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![A BR Swindon built DMU descending Cowlairs Incline on 17 May 1957 with the 2pm Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Queen Street.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 17/05/1957]](/images/54000/54255.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![B1 61134 pilots Standard class 5 73077 with a train on Cowlairs Incline in June 1957. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 21/06/1957]](/images/62000/62311.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![The 10.21 am West Highland train climbing Cowlairs Bank shortly after leaving Queen Street on 3 August 1957. Black 5 44908 is piloting K2 61785.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 03/08/1957]](/images/60000/60454.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![The 4pm ex-Waverley descending Cowlairs Incline towards Queen Street on 21 August 1957. The locomotive is Haymarket A2 Pacific 60507 <I>Highland Chieftain</I>.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 21/08/1957]](/images/56000/56126.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![A2 60527 <I>Sun Chariot</I> storms up Cowlairs Incline shortly after leaving Glasgow Queen Street on 28 March 1964 with <I>Scottish Rambler No 3</I>. The Pacific took the special as far as Dundee.<br><br>[John Robin 28/03/1964]](/images/50000/50877.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![DMU struggles up the Cowlairs incline.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/7000/7895.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Edinburgh train comes up the Cowlairs Incline. Note the recently lifted track of the Port Dundas mineral branch on the right.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/7000/7896.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Smoke pours out of the north end of the Cowlairs tunnel mouth. Something is coming ...<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/7000/7897.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![A DMU bursts smokely out of Cowlairs tunnel. The line here was crossed by a freight branch of the Caley now closed and removed.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/7000/7943.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![101.340, on the way to Dunblane, climbs up the Cowlairs incline in 1987. The remains of the Pinkston Iron Works are on the right. This stretch of the incline used to be crossed by a road bridge and a link between the NBR's Pinkston branch and the CR's St Rollox Goods West.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/54000/54271.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Since my last visit to this spot the rolling stock has been entirely renewed. The arrival of a train is not preceded by smoke erupting from the tunnel.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 28/10/2006]](/images/11000/11951.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Southbound train entering the tunnel on the Cowlairs Incline heading for Queen Street High Level.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 04/11/2006]](/images/12000/12091.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![A service on the bidirectional track of the Cowlairs Incline which is overlooked by high flats.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 04/11/2006]](/images/12000/12859.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![158 723 descends Cowlairs Incline towards Glasgow Queen Street on 9 October 2011.<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton 09/10/2011]](/images/35000/35967.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Unusually, the far end of the tunnel can be seen as 170411, forming the 1245 service to Edinburgh via Falkirk High, heads up the Cowlairs Incline on 30th January 2016. The tunnel is due to be closed for track replacement in March 2016.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 30/01/2016]](/images/54000/54056.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![In this photograph, the light at the end of the tunnel really is that of an approaching train but the crossover in the tunnel which is about to put the two ScotRail services safely on separate lines is not visible. The Queen Street High Level Tunnel is due to be closed from 20th March - 8th August 2016 for trackbed replacement work.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 30/01/2016]](/images/54000/54074.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Not actually black cats at midnight in a coal cellar, but two Glasgow-Edinburgh trains passing in the tunnel leading to Queen Street High level on a sunny day. The crossover is just visible in the headlight of the approaching train.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 30/01/2016]](/images/54000/54089.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![The north portal of the Queen Street High Level Tunnel during a quiet moment in late February 2016 before commencement of the improvement work. <br><br>[Colin McDonald 25/02/2016]](/images/54000/54325.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![The 10:00 ex-Waverley passes the Fountainwells EGIP depot which is under construction by the side of the line. The depot will be used as a base for the demolition work on the pedestrian overbridge 123 as well as the Queen Street High Level Tunnel Improvement works. Part of the redundant overbridge can be seen above the train.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 07/03/2016]](/images/54000/54407.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![170403 on a service from Dunblane to Glasgow Queen Street passes overbridge 123, a structure which is shortly (March 2016) to be removed as part of the EGIP works.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 07/03/2016]](/images/54000/54412.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![The 10:30 Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh service climbs up the Cowlairs incline on 7th March 2016 and past the site of the EGIP depot which will service the tunnel improvement works. <br><br>[Colin McDonald 07/03/2016]](/images/54000/54428.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![A Glasgow Queen Street to Falkirk Grahamston service on the crossover approaching Cowlairs South Junction passes under Fountainwell bridge which is due to be demolished shortly (March 2016.) Photographed from Sighthill cemetery grounds. <br><br>[Colin McDonald 14/03/2016]](/images/54000/54489.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![156458 descends Cowlairs incline, seen from Pinkston Road bridge.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 18/03/2016]](/images/54000/54617.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![The 'Cowlairs Incline' mural on Endrick Street displays some artistic licence in celebrating the railway history of Springburn.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 19/03/2016]](/images/54000/54642.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Works have commenced on the Cowlairs Incline out of Glasgow Queen Street.<br><br>
<br><br>
66.520 (and another unidentified 66) with a PW train on the Cowlairs Incline viewed looking south from Keppochhill Road. Some track lifting has already occurred near to the camera.<br><br>[Rod Crawford 20/03/2016]](/images/54000/54528.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![66.520 with a PW train on Cowlairs Incline. Beyond the railway is Sighthill Cemetery, established in 1840 around the time the railway was under construction.<br><br>[Rod Crawford 20/03/2016]](/images/54000/54529.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Solum being excavated to reduced levels after track removal on the up line.<br><br>[Martin MacGuire 21/03/2016]](/images/54000/54640.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Redundant ballast being loaded onto works train.<br><br>[Martin MacGuire 21/03/2016]](/images/54000/54643.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Track renewal taking place between the Queen Street High Level Tunnel and Cowlairs South Junction during the period of closure of Queen Street High level station.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 29/03/2016]](/images/54000/54623.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![View south to the Fountainwells bridge as track renewal takes place during the period of closure of Queen Street High level.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 29/03/2016]](/images/54000/54626.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![This road bridge over the Cowlairs Incline on Gourlay Street is due to be closed in April 2016 and replaced with a service bridge. It is not clear if there are any plans to preserve the artwork on the parapets.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 29/03/2016]](/images/54000/54629.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![A class 66 hauled works train slowly creeps up the newly laid track on the Cowlairs Incline.<br><br>[Martin MacGuire 30/03/2016]](/images/54000/54636.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Evening shift clipping new rails onto sleepers set at new lower level to accommodate OHLE.<br><br>[Martin MacGuire 30/03/2016]](/images/54000/54646.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Busy works traffic on Cowlairs Incline - several PW trains stacked on the up main.<br><br>[Martin MacGuire 01/04/2016]](/images/54000/54676.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![DBS 66114 patiently awaits loading with spoil from trackside drainage excavations.<br><br>[Martin MacGuire 02/04/2016]](/images/54000/54679.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Road rail excavator working on diggings for new trackside drainage. OHLE mast surveyor setting out on the embankment behind.<br><br>[Martin MacGuire 02/04/2016]](/images/54000/54687.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![SB Rail ballast tamping machine inches up the down line and 'commits a SPAD' in the line of duty.<br><br>[Martin MacGuire 06/04/2016]](/images/54000/54703.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![SB Rail ballast tamping machine inches up the down line and 'commits a SPAD' in the line of duty.<br><br>[Martin MacGuire 06/04/2016]](/images/54000/54708.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![View up the Incline from Pinkston Road. Rail mounted cement mixers and Road/Rail Vehicles can be seen parked at the Keppochhill Drive/Fountainwells access point. Above them can be seen the blue painted Fountainwells overbridge which is scheduled for demolition soon.<br>
<br><br>[Colin McDonald 15/04/2016]](/images/54000/54783.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![The north portal of the Queen Street High level Tunnel showing the up line removed in the tunnel itself. The trackwork on both lines of the incline was replaced at an early stage of the works. <br><br>[Colin McDonald 15/04/2016]](/images/54000/54787.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![View of the Fountainbridge and Keppochhill Drive works depots with<br>
rail mounted cement mixers and Road/Rail Vehicles parked at the new access point. The arch seen on the upper left is Pinkston Road overbridge.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 15/04/2016]](/images/54000/54792.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![The new access point for the Cowlairs Incline and Queen Street High Level Tunnel works recently constructed at the Fountainbridge and Keppochhill Drive works depots. <br><br>[Colin McDonald 15/04/2016]](/images/54000/54796.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![View down the Incline from Keppochhill Road. Rail mounted cement mixers and Road/Rail Vehicles can be seen parked at the Keppochhill Drive/Fountainwells access point. The north portal of the tunnel can be seen in the centre distance above the blue Fountainwells overbridge which is scheduled for demolition soon.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 15/04/2016]](/images/54000/54800.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Rail mounted cement mixers and Road/Rail Vehicles parked at the Keppochhill Drive/Fountainwells access point. <br><br>[Colin McDonald 15/04/2016]](/images/54000/54803.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Rail mounted cement mixers and Road/Rail Vehicles parked at the Keppochhill Drive/Fountainwells access point on 15th April 2016.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 15/04/2016]](/images/54000/54808.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![These 'gallus' cartoon characters are apparently unaware of their impending demise as they disport themselves on the parapet of Gourlay Street overbridge on the day work started on preparations to demolish the bridge as part of the EGIP electrification.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 25/04/2016]](/images/54000/54935.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Assorted plant for the Queen Street High Level Tunnel works assembled at the Keppochhill Drive/Fountainwells access point on 25th April 2016.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 25/04/2016]](/images/54000/54947.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![May 2016 - Slab track panels stacked on up line of Cowlairs Incline awaiting transfer into the tunnel.<br><br>[Martin MacGuire 18/05/2016]](/images/55000/55415.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![What looks like the first of the OHLE foundations has sprouted in the embankment at Cowlairs – looks like it will be single leg lattice masts supported from the East side only? Does anyone know?<br><br>[Martin MacGuire 27/05/2016]](/images/55000/55258.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![View north from Keppochhill Road past the site of the now demolished Gourlay Street bridge. I wonder where the 'gallus boys' are now? [See image 54629].<br><br>[Colin McDonald 30/05/2016]](/images/55000/55281.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![The site of the now-demolished Gourlay Street bridge over the Cowlairs Incline as abutments are rebuilt and new parapets are constructed.<br>
(My thanks to the residents who were replacing their 3 piece suite which helped me take photos over the fence).<br><br>[Colin McDonald 30/05/2016]](/images/55000/55286.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![With the Fountainwells overbridge [see image 54489] now demolished, there is a clear view from Keppochhill Road down the incline towards the bridge at Pinkston Road and the north portal of the Queen Street High level tunnel (if you are over 8 feet tall, that is). The Fountainwells bridge was just past the crossover in the centre of the photo.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 30/05/2016]](/images/55000/55290.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![The north portal to the Queen Street High level Tunnel on 30th May 2016 showing the up line slabtrack completed and the down line now removed for replacement.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 30/05/2016]](/images/55000/55301.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![66597 'Viridor' heads a works train up Cowlairs on the new up line on 2 June 2016.<br><br>[Martin MacGuire 02/06/2016]](/images/55000/55337.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Freightliner 66597 'Viridor' crawls out of Queen Street tunnel on the newly completed up line with a train of spent ballast.<br><br>[Martin MacGuire 02/06/2016]](/images/55000/55357.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Slab track panels neatly stacked on recently lowered down line at North portal of Queen St tunnel.<br><br>[Martin MacGuire 15/06/2016]](/images/55000/55458.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![New rail awaiting transfer and laying on new slab panels for down line in Queen St tunnel. Note headless post for signal CO24B.<br><br>[Martin MacGuire 15/06/2016]](/images/55000/55469.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![The first of the OHLE masts has sprouted from the founds I photographed previously, seen here on 19 July 2016, heading towards the tunnel to connect with the bar system used there.<br><br>[Martin MacGuire 19/07/2016]](/images/55000/55857.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Installation of signalling equipment at the north portal of the Queen Street High Level Tunnel on 21st July 2016. Just visible in the highlighted area is the tunnel's OHLE conductor bar recently installed as part of the EGIP electrification work. <br><br>[Colin McDonald 21/07/2016]](/images/55000/55858.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![The 1358 service from Queen Street to Edinburgh climbs smoothly up the new track of the Cowlairs Incline on the second day of operations from the reopened High Level station. The work in the tunnel finished ahead of schedule, allowing some services to resume 2 days earlier than originally planned. [See image 54489] for a pre-closure view from the same location. <br><br>[Colin McDonald 07/08/2016]](/images/56000/56049.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Sighthill in the summer sunshine as a Dunblane bound Class 156 DMU approaches the location of the demolished Fountainwells footbridge. [See image 54412]. Photograph taken on the day the full service resumed at Queen Street High Level after the successful completion of the High Level Tunnel works. <br><br>[Colin McDonald 08/08/2016]](/images/56000/56063.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![A guard gazes at the gantries which now grace the Cowlairs Incline as a Class 170 DMU from Aberdeen decends towards Queen Street.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 17/08/2016]](/images/56000/56241.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Were it not for the cemetery on the hill in the background, it would be hard to believe that this is a view of Sighthill. The empty cable drum seen under the new OHLE gantry is in the Fountainwells EGIP depot and the Alloa bound 170 is half hidden by the recently planted lush greenery on Keppochill Drive.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 17/08/2016]](/images/56000/56248.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Final concrete bases on the stretch of track down to the tunnel were poured over the weekend - metalwork and wires to link to the bar system can't be far away now. Looking forward to spotting my first AT200!<br><br>[Martin MacGuire 15/09/2016]](/images/56000/56534.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![Shiny new cantilever at Keppochhill Road on 5 November. Must be nearly a whole Meccano No. 10 outfit in there.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 05/11/2016]](/images/57000/57030.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![The wiring on the north end of the Cowlairs Incline looks almost complete as the 1306 arrival from Edinburgh descends in the afternoon sunshine on 5th November 2016. However, the supports cease before the Pinkston Road overbridge and there's no knitting yet for some distance up the hill from there.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 05/11/2016]](/images/57000/57037.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![View north of the Cowlairs Incline from Pinkston Road in the afternoon sunshine on 5th November 2016. Foundations for the last few stanchions before the tunnel all appear to be ready for the metalwork to be fitted. Further up the hill the OHLE is at a much more advanced stage. To the right at the top of the photo lies the Sighthill <i>Transformational Regeneration Area</i><br><br>[Colin McDonald 05/11/2016]](/images/57000/57043.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![An update on the final stretch of OHLE wiring between the top of the incline and the tunnel... Catenary wires and hangers have now appeared and just the contact conductor to be strung now so can't be long now until the line goes live and we see how the 385's handle the climb from Queen St.<br><br>[Martin MacGuire 17/01/2017]](/images/57000/57810.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
![With a few days to go before the wires were energised, 156500 on an Anniesland service climbs noisily out of the tunnel and under the substantial metalwork which is now a feature of the line. The OHLE remains under test until October 2017, with no electric traction permitted before then. <br><br>[Colin McDonald 30/08/2017]](/images/60000/60673.jpg "Cowlairs Incline")
