Date: 27/10/2021

The Union Canal has been flowing through Falkirk with a slight gap for almost two centuries and is now home to two world famous icons the Falkirk Wheel and the Kelpies.

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ScotRail 158782 drops down from Larbert Junction towards Carmuirs East on 20 May 2015 with a Dunblane - Edinburgh service. Over on the right is the route to Carmuirs West, also on a falling gradient in order to pass below the Forth and Clyde Canal, above which stands the Falkirk Wheel in the right background.
Location: Larbert Junction
Company: Scottish Central Railway
20/05/2015 John Furnevel

The Leamington Lift Bridge on the Union Canal has been awarded a 'Red Wheel'.
Location: Leamington Lift Bridge
Company: Union Canal
14/07/2021 John Yellowlees

View east on the Union Canal where the 1847 Slamannan Junction Railway crossed overhead, forming a link between the Slamannan Railway and the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
Location: Almond Junction
Company: Slamannan Junction Railway
06/08/2020 Duncan Ross

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