Photographs of Buchanan Street Extension
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Buchanan Street: ScotRail House, built on the site of the former Buchanan Street Station.
Ewan Crawford [//] Ref: 249 |
Buchanan Street: 45016 entering Glasgow Buchanan Street
Roy Lambeth [//] Ref: 971 |
Buchanan Street: 60532 Blue Peter backing out of Buchanan Street.
K A Gray [//] Ref: 23372 |
Buchanan Street: 60034 Lord Farringdon at Buchanan Street
K A Gray [//] Ref: 23377 |
Buchanan Street: Black 5 no 45295 takes a train out of Buchanan Street in the 1960s.
K A Gray [//] Ref: 23534 |
Buchanan Street: Black 5 no 45084 of Stirling South shed brings a train into Buchanan Street station in the early 1960s.
K A Gray [//] Ref: 23764 |
Buchanan Street: Black 5 no 45084 of Stirling South shed stands at the buffer stops after bringing a train into Glasgow Buchanan Street in the early 1960s.
K A Gray [//] Ref: 24806 |
Buchanan Street: Built at Gorton Works in 1949, Thomson B1 4-6-0 no 61347 spent almost its whole life in Scotland. The locomotive is pictured here on a train at Glasgow's Buchanan Street station in the 1960s at which time home was at Thornton Junction. A part of what became Scotrail House can be seen under construction in the background. 61347 was withdrawn from 62A in April 1967 and cut up at McLellans at Langloan some 3 months later. [With thanks to John Robin]
Robin Barbour Collection [Courtesy Bruce McCartney] [//] Ref: 25688 |
Buchanan Street: A2 Pacific no 60530 Sayajirao gets ready to take a train out of Glasgow's Buchanan Street station in the 1960s. [With thanks to John Robin]
K A Gray [//] Ref: 27240 |
Buchanan Street: Black 5 no 44794 bides its time with a train waiting to leave Glasgow's Buchanan Street station in the 1960s.
K A Gray [//] Ref: 29043 |
Buchanan Street: A BR Standard class 5 about to take a train out of Buchanan Street in the 1960s.
K A Gray [//] Ref: 29117 |
Buchanan Street: Scene at Buchanan Street in the mid sixties with A4 Pacific no 60026 Miles Beevor about to reverse back from the buffer stops.
K A Gray [//] Ref: 30270 |
Buchanan Street: View from top of tunnel. [Railscot note: extensive goods yard to left and centre, approach lines to station right-centre and former engine shed right. Site infilled and built on.]
G. H. Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow. [21/04/1954] Ref: 9181 |
Buchanan Street: Stanier Black 5 no 45468, immaculately turned out by St Rollox shed, takes the Fife Coast Express out of Buchanan Street in 1959 at the commencement of its cross-country journey to St Andrews. Even the signalman seems impressed.
Gordon Smith Collection [Courtesy Ken Browne] [//1959] Ref: 26205 |
Buchanan Street: Jubilee 45697 Achilles stands in the carriage sidings outside Buchanan Street station in 1962.
Colin Miller [//1962] Ref: 19586 |
Buchanan Street: 6119 and 6126 leaving with 2.18 pm for Aberdeen. Buchanan Street.
G. H. Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow. [11/04/1962] Ref: 15542 |
Buchanan Street: 44960 for Inverness and 44998 for Aberdeen at Buchanan Street.
John Robin [16/08/1963] Ref: 6816 |
Buchanan Street: BR Caprotti standard class 5 4-6-0 no 73149 gets ready to leave Glasgow's Buchanan Street station in 1964 with a train for Dundee.
K A Gray [//1964] Ref: 27950 |
Buchanan Street: One of the St Rollox batch of BR Caprotti class 5s no 73149 takes a Dundee train out of Buchanan Street in 1964
K A Gray [//1964] Ref: 28352 |
Buchanan Street: One of the St Rollox batch of Caprotti valve-geared BR Standard class 5s, no 73149, prepares to take a Dundee train away from Glasgow's Buchanan Street terminus around 1964.
K A Gray [//1964] Ref: 24959 |
Buchanan Street: A4 Pacific no 60034 Lord Farringdon backs out of Glasgow's Buchanan Street station around 1964 having recently arrived on one of the fast services from Aberdeen.
K A Gray [//1964] Ref: 24842 |
Buchanan Street: Black 5 no 44998 stands at Glasgow's Buchanan Street station c 1964.
K A Gray [//1964] Ref: 27889 |
Buchanan Street: 44722 has arrived at Buchanan St station in Glasgow.
John Robin [25/03/1964] Ref: 6876 |
Buchanan Street: 60027 leaves Buchanan St with Aberdeen train.
John Robin [28/03/1964] Ref: 6891 |
Buchanan Street: 73152 leaves Buchanan St with the 09.15 to Dundee.
John Robin [20/06/1964] Ref: 6815 |
Buchanan Street: 73152 leaves Buchanan St with the 09.15 to Dundee.
John Robin [20/06/1964] Ref: 6815 |
Buchanan Street: 60027 approaching Buchanan St. with 10.00 am ex Dundee (West). Merlin.
G. H. Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow. [19/08/1964] Ref: 8868 |
Buchanan Street: A4 60031 at Buchanan Street in the winter of 1965.
Roy Lambeth [//1965] Ref: 979 |
Buchanan Street: 60009 backs out of Buchanan Street on a misty February morning in 1965.
John Robin [07/02/1965] Ref: 6880 |
Buchanan Street: V2 no 60919 with the ubiquitous Scottish Rambler No 5, seen at Buchanan Street on 9 April 1966. The V2 made it as far as Falkirk Grahamston where valve-gear problems resulted in its replacement by D6115, which took the train on to Dunfermline Lower.
K A Gray [09/04/1966] Ref: 23947 |
Buchanan Street: A2 Pacific no 60532 Blue Peter has just arrived at Buchanan Street with the 17.15 from Aberdeen in July 1966. Note the porters (remember porters?) retreiving postbags off the line where a barrow had fallen.
Colin Miller [/07/1966] Ref: 25419 |
Buchanan Street: A2 Pacific 60532 Blue Peter brings a train into Buchanan Street in August 1966. The locomotive was at that time allocated to 62B Dundee Tay Bridge shed, from which it was officially withdrawn by BR 4 months later on 31 December 1966. Named after the winner of the 1939 Derby, the now preserved Blue Peter is the sole survivor of the 15 original Peppercorn A2s.
GW Robin [/08/1966] Ref: 21336 |
Buchanan Street: The 17.15 Aberdeen - Glasgow train arrives at Buchanan Street station in August 1966 behind NBL Type 2 locomotive no D6106.
Colin Miller [/08/1966] Ref: 26452 |
Buchanan Street: 60019 ready to leave Buchanan Street with last public run to Aberdeen.
John Robin [03/09/1966] Ref: 6882 |
Buchanan Street Tunnel: South Portal Of the former Buchanan Street Tunnel in November 2007.
Colin Harkins [22/11/2007] Ref: 17314 |
Buchanan Street Tunnel: Closer view of the Tunnel Mouth... notice the rubbish starting to build up.
Colin Harkins [22/11/2007] Ref: 17315 |
Buchanan Street Tunnel: Stairs leading down to a fence... notice the arched support for Queen Street Tunnel at the base of the steps.
Colin Harkins [22/11/2007] Ref: 17316 |
Buchanan Street Tunnel: View inside the Rotunda building, believed to be part of the infilled North Portal of the tunnel on Pinkston Road, Glasgow. Notice the netting.
Colin Harkins [22/11/2007] Ref: 17319 |
Buchanan Street Tunnel: Looking down from the decaying roof of the Rotunda building at the site of the infilled North Portal of the Tunnel... there looks to be some sort of circular metal (this contains the netting). Between this and the external wall lies what looks to be debris.
Colin Harkins [22/11/2007] Ref: 17320 |
Buchanan Street Tunnel: This shows the extent of the land infill around the tunnel.
Colin Harkins [22/11/2007] Ref: 17323 |
Buchanan Street Tunnel: Student Halls now standing on the site of the tunnel throat... goods lines once occupied this site.
Colin Harkins [22/11/2007] Ref: 17324 |
Buchanan Street Tunnel: The M8 Motorway now runs above the southern portal of the tunnel.
Colin Harkins [22/11/2007] Ref: 17327 |
Buchanan Street Tunnel: Another view of the Queen Street tunnel support arch.
Colin Harkins [22/11/2007] Ref: 17328 |
Buchanan Street Tunnel: View into the tunnel... track bed looks amazingly dry. Notice the accumulated rubbish.
Colin Harkins [22/11/2007] Ref: 17330 |
Buchanan Street Tunnel: Closer view of the supporting arch for Queen Street tunnel. Slippery stairs bottom left of photograph.
Colin Harkins [22/11/2007] Ref: 17333 |
Buchanan Street Tunnel North: 73120 leaving Buchanan Street tunnel on 10.00 Highland train.
G. H. Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow. [21/08/1957] Ref: 15543 |