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The 'Bowline' was created using a disused railway viaduct, and has created a new linear park connecting to the National Cycle network. [The trackbed of the former Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway/CR/LMS crosses over the Forth and Clyde Canal, open railway (the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway/NBR/LNER) and A814 in quick succession. -RS]
(Permalink) Bowline Bowling Swing Bridge Greenway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway  Bowling Swing Bridge: Bowling Swing Bridge has been cleaned and repainted. All the former Caledonian viaducts through Bowling are being converted into a new walkway. In addition the customs house building is being restored ...  Bowling Swing Bridge: Poster showing details of the repairing of the viaducts through Bowling, in preparation for reopening the route as a footpath.  Bowling [CR]: The course of the Caledonian line to Dumbarton sweeps past the western end of the Forth & Clyde Canal at Bowling on 14 June. |
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A rare, high-definition slideshow reveals a disused rail which linked West Dunbartonshire together.
(Permalink) 1982 Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway  Auchentorlie Tunnel: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, bridge built 1895. Detailed stone facing and cast-in-situ concrete lining. |
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A 212ft-long ramp is being installed in the latest stage of a new section of cycle path between Glasgow and Loch Lomond.
(Permalink) Bowling Bowling Swing Bridge Forth and Clyde Canal Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway  Bowling Swing Bridge: The view east to the Bowling Swing Bridge. The viaducts through Bowling are undergoing repair for reopening as a footpath. In the foreground is the deck of the bridge over the A814, followed by the br ... Bowling Swing Bridge: Poster showing details of the repairing of the viaducts through Bowling, in preparation for reopening the route as a footpath.  Bowling Swing Bridge: Bowling Swing Bridge with its impressive signal box on a gantry viewed from the south side. This looks like a construction recording photograph of 1896 or thereabouts (note the group standing on the b ... |
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A major industrial and commercial development at ExxonMobil's former Esso site in Bowling can move forward after a deal to transfer ownership of the land to West Dunbartonshire Council was completed. The transfer marks a significant milestone for the £34 million Glasgow City Region City Deal project. The 150-acre site is currently undergoing extensive remediation to prepare it. [The out of use alignment of the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway runs through the site, which it served. Trains now follow the former Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway alignment around the northern edge.]
(Permalink) Bowling Oil Terminal Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway |
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