View looking WSW showing steam train with passenger station in background

Description View looking WSW showing steam train with passenger station in background

Date 1965

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

Catalogue Number SC 659166

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Buchanan Street Station, Buchanan Street, Glasgow This station was opened in 1849 by the Caledonian Railway, and was its main terminus in the city until Central Station opened in 1879. Buchanan Street then became the terminus for services to Perth, Aberdeen and Inverness. It was rebuilt by the London, Midland & Scottish Railway in the 1920s. This shows part of the station from the end of number 5 platform looking towards the buffer stops, with the steel-framed awnings of the 1920s station in the background. The goods station is on the left, and the carriage sidings are on the right. The train in this photograph is heading for Inverness. The original station was to have been an elaborate stone-built one, but the money ran out, and a temporary wooden one was built. It was this station that was replaced in the 1920s, also by a wooden one, but with a steel frame. The 1920s station closed in 1967 and was quickly demolished. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/65/21/16

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/659166

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap