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Chirk Viaduct: Transport for Wales 197050 and 197009 cross Chirk Viaduct on Saturday 10th January 2026 with the 1127 Holyhead to Shrewsbury.

Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway
Mike Jackson [10/01/2026]


Shaft 40 [Loch Katrine Water Supply 1855]: In 1855 an Act was passed for Glasgow Corporation allowing the corporation to build a water supply scheme bringing water from Loch Katrine to a reservoir at Mugdock, a distance of 26 miles. This view looks south east from Shaft 40 (centre of the view) to Ballat and Balfron station where the aqueduct crossed over the line. In this view the underground aqueduct comes in at bottom left, runs towards the field boundary where it turns to the right. The farm track follows a similar route, taking a short cut instead of exactly following the 90 degree bend. The Forth and Clyde Junction Railway had a brief burst of activity delivering supplies for this aqueduct and again in the 1880s for the second aqueduct (not in view off to the right). Temporary ways were used during construction.

Glasgow Corporation Loch Katrine Waterworks Scheme 1855
Ewan Crawford [26/02/2024]


Glasgow Queen Street High Level: 47649 has the empty coaching stock from an Oban service, which is ready to be moved to Cowlairs, on 17th May 1988.

Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Roger Geach [17/05/1988]