Date: 18/04/2023

It suffered years of neglect, vandalism and fire-raising before its unlikely rescue in 1988.

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Monifieth railway station rose from the ashes and went from bust to bloom

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It suffered years of neglect, vandalism and fire-raising before its unlikely rescue in 1988.

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The former station building from Monifieth now stands at Birkhill on the SRPS system, following its appearance at the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988. The much travelled structure is seen here on 7 August 2007 looking south west towards Manuel.
Location: Birkhill
Company: Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway
07/08/2007 John Furnevel

'Heart of Scotland' station was a fine mishmash, care of Central Regional Council, at the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988. Rowrah and Kelton Fell locomotive No 13, an old BP wagon, the station building from Monifeith (now at Birkhill) see image [[16125]] and the signal from ... no doubt someone knows. The view looks south east, the Princes Dock canting basin is seen to the left and the Govan graving docks are behind the camera.
Location: Princes Dock
Company: Glasgow Garden Festival
//1988 Ewan Crawford

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