Switchback Line (including Dalmarnock High and Low)
![Platform 1 sign at Dalmarnock describing length of tunnel to Bridgeton.<br><br>[Colin Harkins //]](/images/13000/13723.jpg "Dalmarnock Road Tunnel")
![Plaform 2 looking towards Rutherglen... this picture gives me goose bumps... there is something about it that draws you in.<br><br>[Colin Harkins //]](/images/13000/13724.jpg "Dalmarnock")
![Looking South on the Rail Bridge over Dalmarnock Rd, Glasgow. Notice the young tree growth.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 04/02/2006]](/images/10000/10358.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![Near to Dalmarnock Station below a section of track suddenly appears complete with Check Rail.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 04/02/2006]](/images/10000/10359.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![Dalmarnock Low Level Station.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 04/02/2006]](/images/10000/10360.jpg "Dalmarnock")
![Looking down on Dalmarnock Low Level from above.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 04/02/2006]](/images/10000/10361.jpg "Dalmarnock")
![Suddenly the line widens and its 4 Foot disappears.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 04/02/2006]](/images/10000/10362.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![Where to now? The line just breaks up before meeting the boundary fence with the operational railway<br><br>[Colin Harkins 04/02/2006]](/images/10000/10363.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![Looking below to the operational railway ... notice the old line to the right.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 04/02/2006]](/images/10000/10364.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![Old LMS Rail Chair just north of Dalmarnock Road<br><br>[Colin Harkins 04/02/2006]](/images/10000/10365.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![Semaphore Signal runner.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 04/02/2006]](/images/10000/10366.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![Semaphore Signal Pulley at the base of severed signal.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 04/02/2006]](/images/10000/10367.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![Another angle of the Semaphore Signal Pulley and severed signal. <br><br>[Colin Harkins 04/02/2006]](/images/10000/10368.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![Bridge support carrying the Switchback line across Duke Sreet, Glasgow.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 31/05/2006]](/images/10000/10404.jpg "Parkhead Junction [CR]")
![Looking up to Switchback Line...notice the plyon and flats in background.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 29/08/2006]](/images/10000/10511.jpg "Parkhead Junction [CR]")
![If you look across the right of the picture you will find the route taken by the switchback line in years gone by... a head for heights was not optional. This must have been an impressive sight!!!<br><br>[Colin Harkins 29/08/2006]](/images/10000/10521.jpg "Parkhead Junction [CR]")
![334021 having just left Dalmarnock.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 10/02/2007]](/images/13000/13605.jpg "Dalmarnock")
![Former Switchback line at London Road with the vegetation and trees removed. This land is now part of the soon to be built Glasgow 2014 Velodrome complex. I wonder if the remains of the line will survive??<br><br>[Colin Harkins 10/02/2007]](/images/13000/13611.jpg "London Road [Glasgow]")
![The former Switchback line at London Road in February 2007... notice that all the vegetation and trees have been removed.. the land is to be part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Velodrome complex.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 10/02/2007]](/images/13000/13612.jpg "London Road [Glasgow]")
![Does anyone know why the trackbed is concrete? Lower line is the Glasgow Central Railway with the redundant Switchback Line rising to Dalmarnock on the right.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 10/02/2007]](/images/13000/13613.jpg "Dalmarnock")
![Buttresses supporting the wall at the high level.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 17/02/2007]](/images/13000/13719.jpg "Dalmarnock")
![Platform 2 Level 2 leaving Dalmarnock - February 2007.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 17/02/2007]](/images/13000/13720.jpg "Dalmarnock")
![334025 approaching Dalmarnock from Bridgeton.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 17/02/2007]](/images/13000/13727.jpg "Dalmarnock")
![Looking towards bridgeton... what an errie place to be on your own!!<br><br>[Colin Harkins 17/02/2007]](/images/13000/13728.jpg "Dalmarnock")
![Ventilation shaft at start of Platform 2. Little light enters the station from it.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 17/02/2007]](/images/13000/13729.jpg "Dalmarnock")
![Rail Embankment being cleared to make way for the New National Indoor Velodrome<br><br>[Colin Harkins /07/2007]](/images/16000/16068.jpg "London Road [Glasgow]")
![Rail Embankment being cleared to make way for the New National Indoor Velodrome<br><br>[Colin Harkins /07/2007]](/images/16000/16069.jpg "London Road [Glasgow]")
![This view taken from the entrance to the former London Road goods yard in March 2008 looking towards Celtic Park stadium shows clearance works carried out in connection with Glasgow's proposed East End Regeneration route and velodrome see image [[38764]].<br><br>[Colin Harkins 15/03/2008]](/images/38000/38770.jpg "London Road [Glasgow]")
![Stripped of all its Glory and Glasgow 2014 Signage ... Dalmarnock Road underbridge waiting to be removed. <br><br>[Colin Harkins 27/04/2009]](/images/23000/23434.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![View from Dalmarnock Road looking east. Traffic cones have closed off the road on both sides of the soon to be dismantled bridge! The new EERR will follow the former route of the switchback line from here through to the M80 at Provan. <br>
<br><br>[Colin Harkins 27/04/2009]](/images/23000/23435.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![Looks like work is finally about to start on the East End Regeneration Route through Glasgow. Dalmarnock Road has been closed off for 2 weeks to allow removal of the redundant bridge that once carried the Switchback. View east on 27 April 2009, with Swanston Street (and Dalmarnock station) off to the right. <br>
<br><br>[Colin Harkins 27/04/2009]](/images/23000/23436.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![Baltic Lane remains of North arch ajacent to Eastend Sawmills. Notice a semaphore signal base near centre of photograph<br><br>[Colin Harkins 02/05/2009]](/images/23000/23770.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![Looking North to Baltic Lane where the arch over the road has been demolished<br><br>[Colin Harkins 02/05/2009]](/images/23000/23771.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![The demolition company had built a temporary road up to the bridge span so that the sides could be cut away.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 02/05/2009]](/images/24000/24157.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![View at top of temporary road onto bridge<br><br>[Colin Harkins 02/05/2009]](/images/24000/24158.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![View facing Rutherglen. Central support in still in place<br><br>[Colin Harkins 02/05/2009]](/images/24000/24159.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![Another view of the old bridge after removal of the arch.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 02/05/2009]](/images/24000/24162.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![Looking toward Mordaunt Street (left hand side). This will become part of Glasgow's East End Regeneration Route (EERR) which will link the M74 at Polmadie with the M8 at Provan.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 02/05/2009]](/images/24000/24164.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![After removal of the bridge, progress had now seen the removal of the arches which carried the railway toward Baltic Street. This is in preparation for the East End Regeneration Route<br><br>[Colin Harkins 28/12/2009]](/images/26000/26962.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![Looking along Dalmarnock Road on a cold December afternoon. The mound on the right is all that remains of the arches that carried the Switchback line. <br><br>[Colin Harkins 28/12/2009]](/images/26000/26963.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![Looking back toward Dalmarnock Road from the location of Bridge No.5, Baltic Street. The arches have now been completely removed.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 10/07/2010]](/images/29000/29790.jpg "Bridgeton [1st]")
![Scene at the former London Road goods depot in April 2012. The East End Regeneration Route is to the left of the pretty landscaping, with the new Velodrome in the background see image [[38770]].<br><br>[Colin Harkins 22/04/2012]](/images/38000/38764.jpg "London Road [Glasgow]")
![Scene just prior to the opening of the 'Clyde Gateway' (Glasgow's East End Regeneration Route). The road is where the embankment that carried the Switchback line into London Road Goods yard once stood. A little of what was left is seen on the right of the picture<br><br>[Colin Harkins 22/04/2012]](/images/38000/38777.jpg "London Road [Glasgow]")
These photographs were taken from the switchback line where the Dalmarnock High Level and Low Level Lines converge up to the waste ground approaching Celtic Park. The pictures also include the Glasgow Central Railway low level.
Colin Harkins
