View of Govan Goods Railway Yard, Glasgow from S showing cranes about to lift locomotive number 123 with loading shed in background.

Description View of Govan Goods Railway Yard, Glasgow from S showing cranes about to lift locomotive number 123 with loading shed in background.

Date 7/6/1966

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 588439

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Govan Goods Station, Govan Road, Glasgow (City of Glasgow council area) The Govan branch from the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway was opened to both passengers and goods, but passenger services were badly affected by the electrification of the Glasgow tramways in 1901-2, and ceased in 1921. This view shows the station being used for the transfer of the former Caledonian Railway locomotive number 123 from railway to a heavy road trailer for movement into the Glasgow Transport Museum at Coplawhill, with the goods shed behind. Between the locomotive and the cranes in this view is the heavy tractor which was to haul the trailer to the museum. It was itself almost a museum piece by 1966. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H66/31/1D

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/588439

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap