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Caledonian And Dumbartonshire Junction Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Maid of the Loch and the Countess Fiona at Balloch Pier.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/74.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![Looking north at Balloch Central across the level crossing. Class 314 in station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/258.jpg "Balloch Central")
![Looking at a class 303 from under Balloch Centrals canopy.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/259.jpg "Balloch Central")
![Balloch Central viewed from over Balloch (New). View looks north.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/260.jpg "Balloch")
![Balloch Pier, looking north over Loch Lomond, track lifted.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/261.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![Balloch Pier looking south.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/262.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![Class 303 about to cross over the level crossing at Balloch Central.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/264.jpg "Balloch Central")
![Looking south at Balloch Pier, after closure but before track lifting.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/265.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![View from the embankment of the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway looking east over the now lifted tracks of the Mountblow Oil Terminal, Old Kilpatrck.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/266.jpg "Mountblow Oil Terminal, Old Kilpatrick")
![Looking east at Dumbarton across the River Leven.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/893.jpg "Dalreoch")
![Looking west at Dumbarton Central<br><br>[Garth Ponsonby //]](/images/1000/1183.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Looking east at Dumbarton Central<br><br>[Garth Ponsonby //]](/images/1000/1184.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Looking east at Dumbarton Central.<br><br>[Garth Ponsonby //]](/images/1000/1186.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![37 hauled bauxite train heads for Fort William.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/1000/1900.jpg "Bowling")
![Signalbox (now demolished) at Bowling viewed from east.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/1000/1902.jpg "Bowling")
![Hotel (now closed and painted green/blue) by Bowling station which was the eastern terminus of the line from Balloch.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/1000/1905.jpg "Bowling")
![Bowling looking east showing the now demolished station building.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/1000/1907.jpg "Bowling")
![Quayside at the east end of Bowling Harbour where the railway had sidings (note sleepers on right). Most of the vessels in the background have now sunk.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/1000/1908.jpg "Bowling")
![Engineers sidings east of Dumbarton Central.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/4000/4019.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Plaque to the fallen in the First World War in the booking office of Dumbarton Central.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/7000/7041.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Balloch Pier out of use but still intact.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/7000/7299.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![Detail of pipe bridge across the Leven for dyeworks.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/7000/7338.jpg "Alexandria")
![Up ramp to the platforms at Dumbarton Central. You would never guess a Caledonian Railway architect was responsible for the rebuilding of this joint station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/7000/7543.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Dumbarton Central, east end. Shades of Barrhead New?<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/7000/7544.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Looking north from Dumbarton Central. The track in the foreground is the now lifted eastbound slow line platform.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/8000/8724.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Balloch Central after closure.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/10000/10121.jpg "Balloch Central")
![Balloch Pier was the north end of the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway. Old picture from Gardners Guide to Loch Lomond.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie //]](/images/22000/22314.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![Caley 'Jumbo' 17346 at Balloch in the 1930s. Built at St Rollox in 1892, the 0-6-0 became 57346 under BR and operated from Dawsholm shed until its eventual withdrawal in August 1957.<br><br>[Bruce McCartney Collection //]](/images/55000/55732.jpg "Balloch Central")
![LNER Sentinel steam railcar 31873 <I>Quicksilver</I> at Balloch, thought to have been photographed in the 1930s. Built in 1929, the railcar was eventually withdrawn from service in 1947.<br><br>[Bruce McCartney Collection //]](/images/55000/55834.jpg "Balloch Central")
![LMS 0-6-0T 16238 photographed at Balloch in the 1930s. The ex Caledonian McIntosh 3F, dating from 1895, was eventually withdrawn from Yoker shed in September 1958 as BR 56238. <br><br>[Dougie Squance (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/56000/56754.jpg "Balloch Central")
![V1 67621 at Bowling on 19 April 1957 with a train for Helensburgh Central. The train has just passed below the L&D route, with its gantry mounted signal box visible in the background. The location is just east of Bowling station on the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 19/04/1957]](/images/56000/56153.jpg "Bowling")
![View west at Bowling on 19 April 1957. Note the level crossing part way along the platforms.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 19/04/1957]](/images/60000/60136.jpg "Bowling")
![J36 0-6-0 no 65296 stands in the yard at Balloch in April 1957. Balloch shed (BR code 65I) closed in November 1960 only to be reopened shortly thereafter due to problems with the new electric <I>'Blue Trains'</I>. The shed closed for the second and final time in September 1961. [See image 32327]<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 20/04/1957]](/images/49000/49269.jpg "Balloch Central")
![A train for Bridgeton waits to leave Balloch Central on 20 April 1957 behind V1 67601. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 20/04/1957]](/images/55000/55636.jpg "Balloch Central")
![Stanier 3P 2-6-2T 40189 of Dawsholm shed about to run through Dalreoch Junction on 20 April 1957 with a train off the Balloch branch bound for Carmyle. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 20/04/1957]](/images/62000/62339.jpg "Dalreoch Junction")
![V1 67616 leaving Dumbarton Central on 20 April 1957 with a train for Helensburgh. The view is from the signal box and the line on the right dropped down to serve the Leven Engine Works.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 20/04/1957]](/images/62000/62898.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Stanier 3P 2-6-2T 40189 with empty stock alongside Balloch shed in April 1957.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 20/04/1957]](/images/62000/62924.jpg "Balloch Central")
![View south from Balloch in July 1957 over Forth and Clyde Junction. [Ref query 4349]<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 09/07/1957]](/images/50000/50161.jpg "Forth and Clyde Junction")
![Parkhead V1 2-6-2T 67616 at Balloch Pier with empty stock on 9 July 1957. [Ref query 2973]<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 09/07/1957]](/images/53000/53137.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![Scene in the sidings at Balloch on 9 July 1957, featuring Dawsholm shed's ex-Caledonian 3F 0-6-0 57554 with a train of empty stock. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 09/07/1957]](/images/55000/55103.jpg "Balloch Central")
![Fairburn tank 42126 runs south past Forth and Clyde Junction shortly after setting out from Balloch on 9 July 1957 with a train for Rutherglen. [See image 50161] <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 09/07/1957]](/images/55000/55627.jpg "Forth and Clyde Junction")
![Standard 2-6-4T 80006 passing Forth and Clyde Junction on 9 July 1957 with a Rutherglen - Balloch train. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 09/07/1957]](/images/57000/57731.jpg "Forth and Clyde Junction")
![V3 67689 approaching Dumbarton Central on 7 August 1957 with a Bridgeton - Balloch train.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 07/08/1957]](/images/52000/52111.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Looking east towards Dumbarton Central in the spring of 1958. V1 2-6-2T 67613 is leaving with a Bridgeton - Helensburgh train.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 12/04/1958]](/images/38000/38940.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![A down West Highland train coasts through Dumbarton East Junction on 12 April 1958. Locomotives are Black 5 44973 and K2 61787 <I>Loch Quoich</I>. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 12/04/1958]](/images/52000/52530.jpg "Dumbarton East Junction")
![A Bridgeton - Helensburgh train at Bowling on 12 April 1958. In charge is Parkhead V3 67628. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 12/04/1958]](/images/52000/52626.jpg "Bowling")
![J37 0-6-0 64472 passing Dumbarton East Junction in April 1958 with two brake vans. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 12/04/1958]](/images/54000/54693.jpg "Dumbarton East Junction")
![Parkhead V3 2-6-2T 67678 passing Dumbarton East Junction signal box on 12 April 1958 with a Balloch - Bridgeton service. After electrification 67678 was one of a number of V3s moved south to end their careers on Tyneside [see image 28426] <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 12/04/1958]](/images/54000/54712.jpg "Dumbarton East Junction")
![V3 67625 photographed at Dumbarton East Junction on 12 April 1958 at the head of a Helensburgh - Bridgeton train.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 12/04/1958]](/images/56000/56479.jpg "Dumbarton East Junction")
![V3 67632 passing Dumbuck on 12 April 1958 with an up Helensburgh train.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 12/04/1958]](/images/60000/60097.jpg "Dumbuck Signal Box")
![Parkhead V3 67679 photographed near Bowling on 12 April 1958 with a Balloch - Milngavie train. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 12/04/1958]](/images/60000/60635.jpg "Bowling")
![Fort William Black 5 4-6-0 no 44976, photographed near Bowling on 29 September 1959 at the head of a Mallaig - Glasgow train. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 29/09/1959]](/images/49000/49538.jpg "Bowling")
![PS <I>Maid of the Loch</I> alongside Balloch Pier on 24 August 1965. Note the catenary on the Pier and the oil tank. Balloch Pier station closed in September 1986. [See image 16428]<br><br>[G W Robin 24/08/1965]](/images/46000/46846.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![A Helensburgh - Bridgeton Central train arrives at Dalreoch on 20 April 1957 behind V1 67648. Note the Dennystown Forge to the right (north) of the station.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 20/04/1967]](/images/49000/49343.jpg "Dalreoch")
![Looking west along the A811 Balloch Road on 28 June 1971 as a class AM3 electric leaves Balloch Central station via the level crossing on a service to Airdrie.<br><br>[John Furnevel 28/06/1971]](/images/3000/3531.jpg "Balloch Central")
![Looking south along the Glasgow bound platform at Balloch Central station in 1972.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1972]](/images/50000/50442.jpg "Balloch Central")
![A 303 heads for Dumbarton along the recently singled line from Balloch just north of Dalreoch. The disconnected line is still in place. 15 April 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre 15/04/1973]](/images/12000/12255.jpg "Dalreoch Junction")
![Class 303 units 037 and 058 pass on the Balloch line at Dalreoch Junction on 15 April 1973 when engineering works resulted in a shuttle operation running beween Balloch and Dumbarton Central.<br><br>[John McIntyre 15/04/1973]](/images/17000/17651.jpg "Dalreoch Junction")
![Pier in use - see the heaving line being thrown - as PS <I>Maid of the Loch</I> berths in 1976. Note the catenary at Balloch Pier station on the far right. Originally opened as Balloch Wharf in 1850, the station closed to passengers in September 1986.<br><br>[Colin Miller //1976]](/images/27000/27902.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![A 303 unit showing <I>High Street</I> on the destination blind stands at Balloch Central in 1984. <br><br>[Colin Miller //1984]](/images/21000/21706.jpg "Balloch Central")
![View from Balloch Central over the level crossing towards Dumbarton in 1984. Balloch Central was closed in April 1988 following the construction of a replacement station on the other side of the A811 Balloch Road.<br><br>[Colin Miller //1984]](/images/21000/21711.jpg "Balloch Central")
![Misty morning scene at Balloch Pier in October 1984 as an Airdrie service prepares to depart.<br><br>[David Panton /10/1984]](/images/16000/16428.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![Scene at Balloch Central in October 1984.<br><br>[David Panton /10/1984]](/images/16000/16432.jpg "Balloch Central")
![Class 37 with <I>The Royal Scotsman</I> at Dumbarton Central in 1985.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1985]](/images/16000/16680.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![This was the main station in Balloch until 1988 when a new structure was opened on the opposite side of the level crossing [see image 4739]. The relocation became feasible after the extension north to the pier station closed in September 1986, saving all the costs associated with the level crossing and maintenance of the elderly building (now preserved).<br><br>[Mark Dufton 27/05/1985]](/images/35000/35628.jpg "Balloch Central")
![Apart from a skulking dog, there was very little to note at Balloch Pier station on 27 May 1985. You could still catch an occasional train here at the time, and there was still a paddle steamer tied up at the pier. However, the steamer had not moved since 1981, so it was no surprise when the station was finally closed the following year [see image 27902].<br><br>[Mark Dufton 27/05/1985]](/images/35000/35636.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![303 001 repainted in Blue Train livery for the 25th anniversary of the North Clyde Electrics, photographed at a snowy Dumbarton Central in December 1985.<br><br>[David Panton /12/1985]](/images/17000/17366.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Photograph taken in the winter of 1986 from the south shore of Loch Lomond, featuring a sad-looking <I>Maid of the Loch</I> with the <I>Countess of Breadalbane</I> moored alongside. Note the overhead support still in place at the adjacent Balloch Pier station, which had been officially closed in September of that year.<br>
<br><br>[Colin Miller //1986]](/images/26000/26865.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![Balloch Central signal box seen from the old station platforms. After closure of the Balloch Pier line the new Balloch station was constructed on the other side of the road eliminating the need for the level crossing. <br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1986]](/images/59000/59643.jpg "Balloch Central")
![Balloch Pier station, looking towards the buffer stops, taken shortly before closure in 1986<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1986]](/images/59000/59650.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![Frisky Wharf, Bowling. This was the terminus of the line from Balloch. View looks west.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford /12/1986]](/images/13000/13939.jpg "Frisky Wharf")
![Balloch Pier looking north towards Loch Lomond in 1987. The site is completely cleared today. Disused bay platform to the left, electrified track to the right.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/7000/7720.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![Balloch Pier looking from the end of the platform to Loch Lomond. Disused bay to left and electrified line and siding to right. Now completely cleared.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/7000/7721.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![Taking the Balloch route at Dalreoch Junction.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/7000/7773.jpg "Dalreoch Junction")
![Surrendering a ticket at Dalreoch.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/7000/7774.jpg "Dalreoch")
![East end of Dumbarton Central. Signalbox and slow eastbound line still in use.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/7000/7808.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Dumbarton Central looking west. Elegant canopies. The slow eastbound platform was still in use.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/7000/7809.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Ahead is the old NBR route to Dumbarton (by then only Esso oil sidings) and to the right is the connecting line to the CR line to Dumbarton.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/7000/7813.jpg "Dunglass Junction")
![The Maid of the Loch at Balloch Pier. This quiet wooded beach is now the Lomond Shores development and its attendant carparks.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/7000/7842.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![Southbound train leaves Renton station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/7000/7877.jpg "Renton")
![Alexandria looking south.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/7000/7878.jpg "Alexandria")
![Alexandria showing the platform unused since reduction to a single track.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/7000/7887.jpg "Alexandria")
![Train at Balloch Central. Station now closed, stonecleaned and platform area landscaped.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/7000/7888.jpg "Balloch Central")
![Balloch bound at Renton. Disused platform to right.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/7000/7892.jpg "Renton")
![Bowling looking west. Both station building and box have been swept away.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8292.jpg "Bowling")
![Bowling looking east showing the fine and now demolished building.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8293.jpg "Bowling")
![Bowling box, closed as part of the Yoker re-signalling scheme.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8294.jpg "Bowling")
![The former NB mainline at Dunglass looking east. The cut-back line became an ESSO terminal. Closing this section and retaining the L&DR section added Dumbarton East to the Electrified network.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8296.jpg "Dunglass Esso Sidings")
![Closed NB line in Dumbarton; looking east by the bonded warehouse east of Dumbarton Central.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8297.jpg "Dumbarton East Junction")
![Looking south at 303 approaching Dumbarton East. Viewed from the closed NB line in Dumbarton. Dumbarton Central and the former junction are to the right.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8298.jpg "Dumbarton East Junction")
![Eastbound 303 crossing the Leven Viaduct.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8299.jpg "Leven Viaduct [Dumbarton]")
![Westbound train crosses Leven Viaduct. Right hand side of photograph spoiled by double exposure ... very cheap camera.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8300.jpg "Leven Viaduct [Dumbarton]")
![Dalreoch looking east over the Leven Viaduct to Dumbarton Central.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8301.jpg "Dalreoch")
![A Helensburgh train heads west at Dalreoch Junction viewed from the station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8302.jpg "Dalreoch")
![The signalbox just east of Dumbarton Central. Closed by the Yoker re-signalling scheme it still stands but is now boarded up.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8303.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Dumbuck quarry from the former NB line. The plant shown here has been demolished. This was served by the NBs Dumbuck Siding which has a long loading bank.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8304.jpg "Dumbuck Siding")
![Dumbuck Siding; the siding ran off to the left to a loading bank, but did not join the L&DR route. The NB mainline ran away to Bowling straight ahead and the CR line crossed over the top.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8305.jpg "Dumbuck Siding")
![Bowling looking west. Since the photograph was taken the Arnott Young depot to the left has been demolished (recently 02/08), the signalbox has gone and the station building too. Bowling was a terminus for the line from Balloch originally and tracks ran down the left side of the station to Frisky Wharf.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/17000/17954.jpg "Bowling")
![The MV <i>Countess Fiona</i> on the maintenance slipway at Balloch Pier. She was built by William Denny in 1936 and was originally the <i>Countess of Breadalbane</i> operating on Loch Awe, moved overland to Loch Fyne in 1952, renamed <i>Countess of Kempock</i> in 1971 and finally became <i>Countess Fiona</i> when moved to Loch Lomond in 1982. Her back was broken by a derailment caused by vandals and she was scrapped on site in 1999 after lying derelict for several years. The view is from the railway pier.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/52000/52661.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![The PS <i>Maid of the Loch</i> at Balloch Pier after closure of the station but before lifting of the line. The removed overhead equipment between the Pier and Central stations at Balloch was used to electrify the line between Whifflet to Coatbridge Sunnyside.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/52000/52669.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![303 029 about to leave with a service to Airdrie in May 1987.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 12/05/1987]](/images/25000/25457.jpg "Balloch Central")
![Three trains in Dumbarton Central.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1988]](/images/9000/9010.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Heading for the Western Highlands at Dumbarton Central in 1988. Sprinters were to replace 37s shortly afterwards.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1988]](/images/9000/9011.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![A 303 in the dark at Dumbarton Central.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1988]](/images/9000/9012.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![A 37 heads for Glasgow at Dumbarton Central. Not long before Sprinters took over the WHL.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1988]](/images/9000/9013.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![View from the signalbox of the level crossing at Balloch Central in 1988 with work on the new station almost complete. The control panel for the crossing barriers is in the centre foreground. [See image 8333]<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1988]](/images/42000/42219.jpg "Balloch Central")
![The lever frame in Balloch Central box. Photographed during the last day of operations on 23 April 1988, by which time all levers were painted white and out of use.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 23/04/1988]](/images/8000/8332.jpg "Balloch Central")
![303 071 enters Balloch Central by the level crossing. View from the signalbox on 23 April 1988 - the last day of both it and Balloch Central.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 23/04/1988]](/images/8000/8333.jpg "Balloch Central")
![The recently opened Balloch station almost completed in October 1989. The former Balloch Central station across the Main Street behind camera will be replaced soon, and the level crossing removed.<br><br>[Brian Forbes /10/1988]](/images/11000/11181.jpg "Balloch")
![Last week of the old Balloch Central Station.<BR/> New SPTE livery for 314.208.<br><br>[Brian Forbes /11/1988]](/images/11000/11420.jpg "Balloch Central")
![Eastbound 303 passing Bowling Harbour. Arnott Youngs yard is in the background. <br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8667.jpg "Bowling")
![Eastbound ship passing westbound train at Bowling Harbour.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8668.jpg "Bowling")
![Eastbound 303 passes eastbound ship at Bowling Harbour. Nice tensioners on the catenary.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8669.jpg "Bowling")
![Westbound train entering Bowling station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8670.jpg "Bowling")
![156 449 passes Bowling station with a West Highlands-Glasgow train. Arnott Youngs works to left.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8671.jpg "Bowling")
![Putting redundant levers to good use. Interior of Bowling signalbox where the levers were used to display the gradient profiles. Access by kind permission of British Rail.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8672.jpg "Bowling")
![Bowling box interior showing just how few levers were still used. Obligatory nasty carpet by frame. Access by kind permission of British Rail.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8673.jpg "Bowling")
![314 212 passes Bowling signalbox with a Drumgelloch service. Access by kind permission of British Rail.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8674.jpg "Bowling")
![The line is effectively closed while the level crossing gates are opened to let an Arnott Young truck into the yard on the sea side of the railway. Access by kind permission of British Rail.<br>
<br>
The shed seen here was full of traction engines.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8675.jpg "Bowling")
![The line is effectively closed while an Arnott Young truck crosses the railway to reach the yard on the sea side of the railway. Access by kind permission of British Rail.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8676.jpg "Bowling")
![A 311 on an eastbound service approaches Bowling signalbox. Access by kind permission of British Rail.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8677.jpg "Bowling")
![37 406 heads west with a West Highland timber train.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8678.jpg "Bowling")
![Dunglass Junction showing the L&D line (nearer) leaving the older NBR route (single track) which entered the Dunglass ESSO terminal. This terminal is now much cut back and no longer rail connected. Note wagon in siding.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8679.jpg "Dunglass Junction")
![37 406 heads east through ESSOs Dunglass oil depot.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8680.jpg "Dunglass Junction")
![Switches in Bowling Signalbox. Despite the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway having closed in 1964 the switches for the signals remain. Access by kind permission of British Rail.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8681.jpg "Bowling")
![Bowling panel. The swingbridge route (the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway) has been painted out. Interior of Bowling signalbox. Access by kind permission of British Rail.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8682.jpg "Bowling")
![This is the Mossend to Arrochar and Tarbet and Crianlarich Speedlink service. This dealt with timber traffic at the two stations. It always ran, even if it ran light engine. Access by kind permission of British Rail.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8683.jpg "Bowling")
![303 crossing the River Leven just west of Dumbarton Central.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8685.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Afternoon Fort William-Mossend freight crosses the River Leven just west of Dumbarton Central.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8686.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![In sweltering heat the afternoon Fort William-Mossend freight crosses the River Leven just west of Dumbarton Central.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8687.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![<i>Ive been working on the railroad ...</i> using pneumatic drills and earmuffs to cover the sound of 37s at Dumbarton Central.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8721.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![37 406 enters Dumbarton Central with a Mossend-Fort William freight.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8722.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Cool dude at Dumbarton Central.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8723.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![A 311 heads west over the River Leven.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8725.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Eeek ... tight squeeze at Dumbarton Central.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8726.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![The rather short Speedlink from Crianlarich passes east through Dumbarton Central.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8727.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![A light 26 passes Bowling box at speed. Bowling box was swept away in the Yoker resignalling. Access by kind permission of British Rail.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/10000/10835.jpg "Bowling")
![An eastbound sprinter at Dumbarton Central with work on the fast westbound track.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 30/04/1990]](/images/8000/8712.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Dumbarton Central looking east at the maintenance sidings. The slow eastbound platform still existed (see points extreme left). A growing 37 is approaching ...<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 30/04/1990]](/images/8000/8713.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![65I Balloch Shed was barely a shed, consisting of the turntable seen here to the west of the Balloch Central - Balloch Pier line and, at Balloch Central, a water tank and covered siding behind the northbound platform. The shed closed in November of 1960 but re-opened for the period when electric trains were temporarily withdrawn before closing again in 1961. This photograph was taken early in 1991 after the Balloch (New) to Balloch Pier line was entirely lifted and looks towards the former Balloch Central station. The trackbed has subsequently been landscaped. [See image 32345]<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1991]](/images/32000/32327.jpg "Balloch Central")
![Looking south towards the site of Balloch Central along the former Balloch Pier branch on a winter's day in 1991. The station had closed 3 years earlier when a replacement opened on the other side of Balloch Road, enabling removal of the busy level crossing.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1991]](/images/52000/52076.jpg "Balloch Central")
![Alongside the Clyde at Bowling in July 1991.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /07/1991]](/images/32000/32025.jpg "Bowling")
![A Glasgow bound train alongside the Clyde at Bowling in July 1991.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /07/1991]](/images/32000/32245.jpg "Bowling")
![Summer evening at Bowling station, view east in July 1991.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /07/1991]](/images/37000/37203.jpg "Bowling")
![320319 heads east towards Glasgow on 14 September 1991 past the now demolished Bowling signalbox.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 14/09/1991]](/images/36000/36517.jpg "Bowling")
![Looking towards the former Balloch Pier station and Loch Lomond in September 1993. Only the north end of the platform remains with the rest of the site having been landscaped by this stage. [Compare with image 7721 & 16428.] <br><br>[David Panton /09/1993]](/images/21000/21982.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![320 302 with an eastbound service at Dumbarton Central on 17 Jul 1997<br><br>[David Panton 17/07/1997]](/images/27000/27268.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![A Drumgelloch service stands at Balloch station on 30 September 1998 formed by unit 320 305.<br><br>[David Panton 30/09/1998]](/images/21000/21990.jpg "Balloch")
![Track remains embedded at the disused Dalquhurn Dye Works.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 03/10/2004]](/images/26000/26058.jpg "Dalquhurn Dye Works")
![The abandoned through platform with track lifted on the north side of Dumbarton Central in July 2005 looking towards Glasgow. The adjacent platform to the right is currently platform 1.<br><br>[John Furnevel 10/07/2005]](/images/4000/4659.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![320307 leaving Dumbarton Central with a service for Airdrie on 10 July 2005. The train is about to pass the redundant signal box located just east of the station.<br><br>[John Furnevel 10/07/2005]](/images/22000/22082.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![An Airdrie - Helensburgh service arrives at Dumbarton Central station on a fine July morning in 2005.<br><br>[John Furnevel 10/07/2005]](/images/34000/34230.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![View west at Dumbarton Central in July 2005 with a Glasgow bound train standing at platform 1. The original platform 1, on the extreme right, is closed and the track lifted [see image 4659].<br><br>[John Furnevel 10/07/2005]](/images/37000/37545.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![An early afternoon Balloch - Airdrie service crossing the viaduct over the River Leven on 10 July 2005 shortly after leaving Dalreoch on the short hop to Dumbarton Central.<br><br>[John Furnevel 10/07/2005]](/images/51000/51290.jpg "Leven Viaduct")
![The former Dumbarton Central signal box looking east from the station in July 2005. Although not used for signalling purposes since the late 1980s the large structure on Bankend Road still sees use by Network Rail staff from time to time.<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/07/2005]](/images/56000/56211.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Buffer stops, Balloch, July 2005.<br><br>[John Furnevel 28/07/2005]](/images/4000/4656.jpg "Balloch")
![Balloch old and new in July 2005. The site of the old station, which required a level crossing over the A811 road, can be seen in the centre background. The current station, with an Airdrie train at the platform, came into operation in April 1988. <br><br>[John Furnevel 28/07/2005]](/images/4000/4739.jpg "Balloch")
![The former Balloch Central station, with the main station building on the left, looking south along the trackbed in July 2005. The A811 runs across the picture behind the trees with the new station standing on the other side of the road.<br><br>[John Furnevel 28/07/2005]](/images/4000/4742.jpg "Balloch Central")
![A train for Airdrie stands at the terminus at Balloch in July 2005. Visible above the train in the background is part of the former station on the north side of Balloch Road. The 1850 station was replaced by the current terminus in April 1988 and the old building was subsequently put to use as a tourist information centre [see image 21711].<br><br>[John Furnevel 28/07/2005]](/images/36000/36694.jpg "Balloch")
![Mossend - Fort William Junction freight heads west through Bowling.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 06/10/2006]](/images/11000/11431.jpg "Bowling")
![The track 'doubles' at the southern end of the Balloch line. View looks north from by Dalreoch Junction.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 04/11/2006]](/images/12000/12080.jpg "Dalreoch Junction")
![Heading for Balloch at Dalreoch Junction.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 04/11/2006]](/images/12000/12082.jpg "Dalreoch Junction")
![Large group at Dalreoch heading for Helensburgh disappointed by the arrival of a Balloch train.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 04/11/2006]](/images/12000/12083.jpg "Dalreoch")
![Standing on what would have been the edge of the platform looking north at Balloch Pier.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 20/12/2006]](/images/12000/12764.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![Maid of the Loch and Balloch Pier.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 20/12/2006]](/images/12000/12765.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![Balloch Pier showing short section of surviving platform and Maid of the Loch.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 20/12/2006]](/images/12000/12766.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![Incident room, diggers and some of the vehicles parked at the mudslide just to the west of the twin Dalreoch tunnels.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 18/01/2007]](/images/17000/17763.jpg "Dalreoch Tunnels")
![Balloch goods yard area looking North-west from site of former Balloch Central Station.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 17/02/2007]](/images/13000/13713.jpg "Balloch Central")
![Balloch Central Station now Tourist Board office and was National Park Headquarters till 21st April 2008.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 17/02/2007]](/images/13000/13714.jpg "Balloch Central")
![<B>Black Bridge</B> carried the branch from the LMS/LNER joint branch line over the River Leven to the Dillichip Dye Works, now bonded whisky warehouses.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 02/04/2007]](/images/17000/17518.jpg "Dillichip Dye Works Branch")
![<B>LMS/LNER</B> joint branch. Bridge over mill lade at Dalquhurn Dye Works, now being developed for housing.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 02/04/2007]](/images/17000/17524.jpg "Dalquhurn Dye Works Branch")
![Closed NBR line where Greenhead Road Dumbarton crosses, looking West.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 14/04/2007]](/images/14000/14578.jpg "Dumbarton East Junction")
![Closed NBR line where Greenhead Road Dumbarton crosses, looking East.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 14/04/2007]](/images/14000/14579.jpg "Dumbarton East Junction")
![Former Allied Distillers yard at Castle Street with rails on siding of NBR Glasgow Dumbarton & Helensburgh line. As of December 2007 the site has been cleared for redevelopment.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 18/08/2007]](/images/16000/16245.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![A Glasgow bound train pulls away from Dalreoch station on 9 September.<br><br>[John Furnevel /09/2007]](/images/16000/16709.jpg "Dalreoch")
![Having just crossed the bridge over the River Leven on the short section from Dumbarton Central, 320305 runs into Dalreoch on 9 September with a westbound service destined for Helensburgh.<br><br>[John Furnevel /09/2007]](/images/17000/17040.jpg "Dalreoch")
![The station building at Renton on 9 September 2007, looking west along Station Street.<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/09/2007]](/images/16000/16526.jpg "Renton")
![<I>Maid of the Loch</I> berthed at Balloch Pier in September 2007 alongside the remains of the former station platform.<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/09/2007]](/images/16000/16529.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![A Sunday morning service to Balloch runs into Alexandria station on 9 September.<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/09/2007]](/images/16000/16542.jpg "Alexandria")
![The Sunday morning 10.39 Balloch - Motherwell service approaching the junction with the Helensburgh line at Dalreoch on 9 September 2007.<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/09/2007]](/images/16000/16890.jpg "Dalreoch Junction")
![Looking south along the single line towards Dalreoch Junction on Sunday 9 September 2007 from the platform at Renton.<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/09/2007]](/images/17000/17045.jpg "Renton")
![View northeast across the car park at Alexandria on 9 September with a train for Balloch standing at the platform.<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/09/2007]](/images/17000/17141.jpg "Alexandria")
![A Helensburgh service stands at Dalreoch on 9 September 2007. Dalreoch Junction and the line turning north to Balloch lie just beyond the end of the platform.<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/09/2007]](/images/18000/18848.jpg "Dalreoch")
![A Glasgow bound service enters Alexandria and a number of passengers walk purposefully along the platform on New Years Eve 2007. A short portion of the old disused northbound platform remains on the bridge.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 31/12/2007]](/images/18000/18113.jpg "Alexandria")
![On the last day of 2007 a train heads for Balloch. The old northbound platform has largely disappeared now.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 31/12/2007]](/images/18000/18116.jpg "Renton")
![View south towards Balloch Central showing the landscaped former trackbed. The turntable was located to the right. [See image 32327].<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 31/12/2007]](/images/32000/32345.jpg "Balloch Central")
![An Airdrie bound service comes off the Helensburgh line and into Dalreoch station on 9 September.<br><br>[John Furnevel 9/9/2007]](/images/16000/16578.jpg "Dalreoch")
![320304, in SPT carmine and cream livery, pauses at Dumbarton Central with an eastbound service in April 2008. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 17/04/2008]](/images/49000/49233.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![320 317 at Bowling on 14 June with an Airdrie service.<br><br>[David Panton 14/06/2008]](/images/19000/19477.jpg "Bowling")
![156 sets at Dumbarton Central on Saturday 28 June.<br><br>[Veronica Inglis 28/06/2008]](/images/19000/19703.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![334 008 at Dumbarton Central on 28 June 2008.<br><br>[Veronica Inglis 28/06/2008]](/images/19000/19708.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Balloch Central Station, now Tourist Information Offices. View from rear after National Park portacabins removed. The current Balloch station is off to the left on the other side of the former level crossing over the A811 road.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 29/07/2008]](/images/20000/20057.jpg "Balloch Central")
![Balloch Central Station, now Tourist Information Offices. View from rear after National Park portacabins removed. The grass area is the original track bed with the slabbed area having been platform. The present Balloch Station is across the road behind the hedge.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 28/01/2009]](/images/22000/22276.jpg "Balloch Central")
![Balloch Pier in 2007, formerly the north end of the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway, looking along the remains of the former platform. Picture shows The Maid of the Loch steamship, currently being restored.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 31/01/2009]](/images/22000/22315.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![A large area of land between the line at Dalreoch and the A814 has been cleared of trees. About three feet of tarmac roadway leads to it from the car park and surveyors are at work. Could it be ... a new expanded car park?<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 30/03/2009]](/images/23000/23055.jpg "Dalreoch")
![Platforms at Dumbarton Central are being re-surfaced. Even the trees in the former platform to the left are being cut back.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 30/03/2009]](/images/23000/23057.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![The box has seen a lick of paint and the CCE sidings are buried under ballast and equipment.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 30/03/2009]](/images/23000/23084.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Rear view of 320 311 as it pulls out of Alexandria on 1 April 2009 with the last leg of a service to Balloch.<br><br>[David Panton 01/04/2009]](/images/23000/23107.jpg "Alexandria")
![320 303 pulls away from Dalreoch with a Balloch service on 1 April 2009, while electricians install new platform cameras and monitors.<br><br>[David Panton 01/04/2009]](/images/23000/23138.jpg "Dalreoch")
![A Balloch - Airdrie train, formed by 320 311, arives at Renton on 1 April 2009.<br><br>[David Panton 01/04/2009]](/images/23000/23141.jpg "Renton")
![Looking north towards Balloch from the platform at Renton on 1 April 2009. The building is no longer in rail use, but occupied and fairly well maintained.<br><br>[David Panton 01/04/2009]](/images/23000/23441.jpg "Renton")
![The station and junction at Dalreoch, looking west on 2 June 2009. To the left is the route to Helensburgh and to the right the Balloch branch.<br><br>[David Panton 02/06/2009]](/images/24000/24922.jpg "Dalreoch")
![The 1037 hrs Saturdays only service from Glasgow Queen Street to Oban calls at Dumbarton Central on 25 July 2009.<br><br>[John McIntyre 25/07/2009]](/images/24000/24776.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![320301 enters Dumbarton Central with a Glasgow bound service on 25 July 2009. When I think of Dumbarton Central back in the 60s, the sight looking west from the platform was one of factories and housing. The former has long gone but there is still housing to the left of the shot. The vegetation seems to be taking hold again on the north side of the station.<br><br>[John McIntyre 25/07/2009]](/images/24000/24808.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Station building and platform remains [and the Maid] at Balloch Pier being inspected by fox terrier on 20 September 2009.<br>
<br><br>[Colin Miller 20/09/2009]](/images/25000/25509.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![Platform view at Dumbarton Central on 21 September as 320 313 arrives with an eastbound service 21 Sep 2009<br><br>[David Panton 21/09/2009]](/images/25000/25522.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Dalreoch's new extension to the station carpark is open. The line is to the left. This carpark features a very pleasant area complete with picnic benches down by the River Leven.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/09/2009]](/images/25000/25580.jpg "Dalreoch")
![Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway. Bridge over Greenhead Road, Dumbarton.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 10/11/2009]](/images/26000/26303.jpg "Dumbarton East Junction")
![Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway Line. Route now through bonded warehouses, Dumbarton, lookng east.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 10/11/2009]](/images/26000/26309.jpg "Dumbarton East Junction")
![320 302 with a Helensburgh - Drumgelloch service at Dalreoch on 17 February<br><br>[David Panton 17/02/2010]](/images/27000/27743.jpg "Dalreoch")
![Lord Elgin inside the King Robert the Bruce Heritage Centre created by Strathleven Artizans in the former booking office at Renton Station.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 27/03/2010]](/images/28000/28277.jpg "Renton")
![Lord Elgin opening the King Robert the Bruce Heritage Centre created by Strathleven Artizans in the former booking office at Renton Station.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 27/03/2010]](/images/28000/28278.jpg "Renton")
![Quiet interlude between trains at Balloch. This view, taken from the former level crossing, looks south along the branch. The line, and overhead wires of course, once continued over the level crossing to the original Balloch station and then on to the Pier station.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 26/05/2010]](/images/30000/30860.jpg "Balloch")
![Dumbarton Central Station. The 'grew-some' abandoned through platform looking east on 28 May. Three platforms remain in use here.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 28/05/2010]](/images/29000/29145.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![View up the ramp from lower street access level to the platforms at Dumbarton Central in May 2010.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 28/05/2010]](/images/29000/29148.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![A West Highland Line DMU service for Oban and Mallaig arrives at Dumbarton Central on 28 May 2010.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 28/05/2010]](/images/29000/29159.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Dumbarton Central Station on 28 May 2010. Looking south east over the three remaining operational platforms.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 28/05/2010]](/images/29000/29165.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![View east at Dumbarton Central Station on 28 May 2010, with an EMU destined for Airdrie at the platform.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 28/05/2010]](/images/29000/29173.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![The driver of 320 318 has just switched from tail to driving lights in readiness to depart Balloch for Airdrie on 14 June. Twelve years on from a visit in 1998 [see image 21990] and little has changed apart from the livery of the 320. <br>
<br><br>[David Panton 14/06/2010]](/images/29000/29495.jpg "Balloch")
![334 010 clatters over the junction pointwork at Dalreoch on 15 June with a Helensburgh - Airdrie service (Drumgelloch temporarily closed due to A-B works).<br><br>[David Panton 15/06/2010]](/images/29000/29457.jpg "Dalreoch")
![320 315 arrives at Dumbarton Central on 19 June with a Balloch to Airdrie service.<br><br>[David Panton 19/06/2010]](/images/29000/29595.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![On 19 June a Class 320 on a Helensburgh to Airdrie service crosses the River Leven (one of three in Scotland) between Dalreoch and Dumbarton Central. At less than 600 yards this is the equal shortest distance (shared with two other pairs) between Scottish network stations. If you happen to know what the others are, your reward is your own satisfaction. <br>
<br><br>[David Panton 19/06/2010]](/images/29000/29650.jpg "Dalreoch")
![ScotRail units 156 474 + 156 476 forming the 12.21 Glasgow Queen Street - Oban/Fort William, photographed entering Dumbarton Central station on 15 March 2011.<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton 15/03/2011]](/images/33000/33208.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![334 001 on the 12.40 Helensburgh Central - Edinburgh Waverley calls at Dumbarton Central on 15 March.<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton 15/03/2011]](/images/33000/33257.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![61994 <I>The Great Marquess</I> + 37676 <I>Loch Rannoch</I> (in place of the failed 45231) with 'The Cathedrals Explorer' at Bowling on 8 May 2011. The train was on its way from Stirling to Fort William.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 08/05/2011]](/images/33000/33978.jpg "Bowling")
![334 009 leaves Bowling with an eastbound service on 8 May.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 08/05/2011]](/images/33000/33987.jpg "Bowling")
![It's out with 'Strathclyde Red' and in with 'ScotRail Blue' for Dumbarton Central's canopies. It's all looking rather smart with the new paint and resurfaced platforms.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 12/05/2011]](/images/34000/34238.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![320304 approaches Bowling station with a westbound service on 30 <br>
May 2011.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 30/05/2011]](/images/34000/34349.jpg "Bowling")
![A Helensburgh Central to Edinburgh Waverley service photographed on 30 May 2011 passing non-stop eastbound through Bowling station. <br><br>[John McIntyre 30/05/2011]](/images/34000/34583.jpg "Bowling")
![320304 departs westwards from Bowling station with a service for Balloch on 30 May 2011.<br><br>[John McIntyre 30/05/2011]](/images/45000/45969.jpg "Bowling")
![View north east from the 'new' road bridge over the River Leven at Dumbarton on 22 November 2011 as a westbound Class 320 crosses the river on the approach to Dalreoch station.<br><br>[John McIntyre 22/11/2011]](/images/36000/36529.jpg "Leven Viaduct")
![With the route west from Dalreoch currently closed to traffic the lines are becoming rusty. Meanwhile the Balloch line is open and here 334 029 turns north.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 05/01/2012]](/images/37000/37102.jpg "Dalreoch Junction")
![Platform scene at Balloch on a fine 19 June 2012 looking north towards Loch Lomond.<br><br>[Andrew Wilson 19/06/2012]](/images/39000/39283.jpg "Balloch")
![All aboard the 10.53 to Airdrie on a grey Monday morning at Balloch on 30 July 2012.<br><br>[Andrew Wilson 30/07/2012]](/images/39000/39772.jpg "Balloch")
![A train for Airdrie awaiting its departure time at Balloch station on the afternoon of 18 August 2012.<br><br>[John Steven 18/08/2012]](/images/40000/40022.jpg "Balloch")
![PS <I>Maid Of The Loch</I> at Balloch on 18 August 2012 operating as a tea room while undergoing restoration and repairs.<br><br>[John Steven 18/08/2012]](/images/40000/40032.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![The 13.58 Partick - Balloch crossing the River Leven between Dumbarton Central and Dalreoch on Sunday 9 September 2012 in light but persistent rain.<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/09/2012]](/images/40000/40278.jpg "Leven Viaduct")
![A North Clyde electric service stands alongside the eastbound platform at Dumbarton Central on 6 March 2013. The photograph is taken from <I>'The Coffee Station'</I> which opened here on 19 February.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 06/03/2013]](/images/42000/42281.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![K4 no 61994 brings the West Highland portion of <I>Great Britain VI</I> through Bowling on 27 April 2013 heading for Edinburgh.<br><br>[John McIntyre 27/04/2013]](/images/42000/42893.jpg "Bowling")
![Having just called at Bowling on 27 April, an eastbound service pulls away on the short leg to Kilpatrick.<br><br>[John McIntyre 27/04/2013]](/images/43000/43139.jpg "Bowling")
![320310 is seen passing Bowling with a Glasgow bound service on 27 April 2013.<br><br>[John McIntyre 27/04/2013]](/images/53000/53636.jpg "Bowling")
![334034 passes Bowling at speed on its way east with a service from Helensburgh on 27 April 2013.<br><br>[John McIntyre 27/04/2013]](/images/62000/62881.jpg "Bowling")
![The Armed Forces Veterans Association now has an office on Dumbarton Central Station, pictured here on 29 October 2014.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 29/10/2014]](/images/49000/49364.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Taking the Helensburgh route from Dalreoch, 66736 heads the Alcan tanks towards the West Highland line and Fort William.<br><br>[Malcolm Chattwood 21/04/2015]](/images/51000/51057.jpg "Dalreoch")
![Looking south from the Loch Lomond end of the platform at Balloch Pier on 15 July 2015. The platform and former station building both appear to have been well looked after. [See image 22314]<br><br>[Ken Strachan 15/07/2015]](/images/52000/52181.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![Surely one of the last locations retaining 'Strathclyde Red' imagery - this bridge over the B857 at Alexandria, with the 1980s livery still in good condition (certainly compared to the advertisement on the left...) <br><br>[Andrew Wilson 28/07/2015]](/images/52000/52139.jpg "Alexandria")
![Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities, Keith Brown, seen here with Paul Cross during the official opening of the Armed Forces Veterans Association drop-in centre at Dumbarton Central station on 18 August 2015. <br><br>[John Yellowlees 18/08/2015]](/images/52000/52288.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Recent timetable changes have beefed up Dumbarton's service, with trains extended from Dalmuir and using the normally quiet Platform 3. 320 313 waits with a Cumbernauld service on 30/04/2016.<br><br>[David Panton 30/04/2016]](/images/54000/54996.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![In readiness for the summer season, LMS Class 5MT 4-6-0 no 44871 takes an overnight pause in the down goods loop at Dumbarton Central (actually in the small PW depot at the east end of the station). The locomotive continued north to Fort William the next day. (Apologies for quality - low light and phone camera).<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 03/05/2016]](/images/54000/54973.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![K1 62005 passes Bowling basin en route from Grosmont to Fort William in heavy rain.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 17/05/2016]](/images/55000/55137.jpg "Bowling")
![A mixed livery train crossing the River Leven viewed from the Dumbarton bank.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 20/06/2016]](/images/55000/55693.jpg "Leven Viaduct [Dumbarton]")
![The hanging gardens of Dumbarton. This is the disused eastbound platform at Dumbarton Central viewed from the north west. It was platform 4 at time of track lifting. In the subsequent renumbering the remaining eastbound platform became platform 1.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 29/07/2016]](/images/56000/56497.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![An Airdrie train comes off the Balloch branch into Dalreoch station on the afternoon of 08/10/2016.<br><br>[David Panton 08/10/2016]](/images/56000/56796.jpg "Dalreoch")
![The old SPT livery is still around, though it has an increasingly retro look. The driver of 318 261 climbs aboard to take a train back to Airdrie, having arrived (late) at exactly the moment it was due to depart. The Balloch branch is a long siding, so late running can become compounded.<br><br>[David Panton 08/10/2016]](/images/56000/56825.jpg "Balloch")
![318 265 reaches journey's end at Balloch on 08/10/2016. The green notice attached to the fence is for the Samaritans. Comment is superfluous.<br><br>[David Panton 08/10/2016]](/images/56000/56836.jpg "Balloch")
![Old staircase from eastbound platform at Dumbarton Central. The main entrance was closed in the 1992 refurbishment which saved the main buildings. The buildings date from the major re-construction of the station around the time the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway was built and line to Balloch went into joint NBR/CR ownership.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 20/10/2016]](/images/56000/56961.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![An Helensburgh to Edinburgh service draws to a stop at an autumnal Dalreoch.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 21/11/2016]](/images/57000/57279.jpg "Dalreoch")
![A Balloch to Airdrie service calls at Dumbarton Central on 01/04/2017.<br><br>[David Panton 01/04/2017]](/images/58000/58839.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![A Cumbernauld service starts it's journey from Platform 3 at Dumbarton Central on 01/04/2017. To the left Dumbarton Municipal Buildings undergo restoration.<br><br>[David Panton 01/04/2017]](/images/58000/58843.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![The old Balloch Central closed in 1986 is now operated by Visit Scotland as a tourist information centre. In this picture Caroline is showing a photo of how things used to look, with a view of <i>Maid of the Loch</i> in the background.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 09/05/2017]](/images/59000/59306.jpg "Balloch Central")
![A westbound train at Dalreoch viewed from the station footbridge. The view shows just how close to the end of the platform the station building is, the junction between the Helensburgh and Balloch lines being just behind the camera.<br><br>[Beth Crawford 18/05/2017]](/images/59000/59263.jpg "Dalreoch")
![A Helensburgh bound train draws to a stop at Dalreoch on 18th May 2017.<br><br>[Beth Crawford 18/05/2017]](/images/59000/59392.jpg "Dalreoch")
![New high tech bike rack / sculpture at Dalreoch.<br><br>[Beth Crawford 18/05/2017]](/images/59000/59397.jpg "Dalreoch")
![Eastbound 334 train pulls into Dalreoch.<br><br>[Beth Crawford 18/05/2017]](/images/59000/59453.jpg "Dalreoch")
![A station building at platform level of Dumbarton Central. A fishing boat peeps out the window.<br><br>[Beth Crawford 18/05/2017]](/images/59000/59600.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![334 heads into the setting sun at Dalreoch.<br><br>[Beth Crawford 18/05/2017]](/images/59000/59627.jpg "Dalreoch")
![The westbound island platform building seen from an eastbound train at Dumbarton Central.<br><br>[Beth Crawford 22/05/2017]](/images/59000/59486.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![334017 takes the Helensburgh line at Dalreoch Junction.<br><br>[Beth Crawford 25/05/2017]](/images/59000/59508.jpg "Dalreoch Junction")
![Paddle Steamer <I>Maid of the Loch</I>, still berthed alongside Balloch Pier in August 2017and acting as a cafe while awaiting operational restoration. The station finally closed in 1986 but the line of the old platform, minus its canopy, is shown by the white railings. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 01/08/2017]](/images/60000/60356.jpg "Balloch Pier")
![Tantalisingly close ... 'Lancashire Fusilier' en route north presumably from working the Tweedbank railtour in August.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 14/08/2017]](/images/61000/61463.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Barrel train, advert for the coffee shop and tree clearance in the disused platform.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 14/08/2017]](/images/62000/62136.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![Dreich at Dalreoch. Helensburgh Central to Edinburgh Waverley train drawing to a stop.<br><br>[Beth Crawford 20/11/2017]](/images/61000/61806.jpg "Dalreoch")
![334 027 in a sudden snow shower at Dalreoch forming the 10.09 to Edinburgh.<br><br>[Beth Crawford 19/01/2018]](/images/62000/62556.jpg "Dalreoch")
![Quirky pedestrian barriers outside the entrance to Dumbarton Central in January 2018.<br><br>[Beth Crawford 19/01/2018]](/images/62000/62671.jpg "Dumbarton Central")
![A Balloch bound train leaves Dalreoch as seen from the Carman Hill Fort. At the bottom right is Dalmoak House. The view includes the flats at Dennystown, the Old Dumbarton Bridge, Dumbarton, the Clyde, Dumbarton Castle, Dumbarton FC's stadium and the meandering River Leven.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 16/02/2018]](/images/62000/62950.jpg "Dalreoch Junction")
![Bonhill Bridge seen from the west with Alexandria station closer to the camera. Bonhill Bridge was the last bridge fabricated by William Arrol at the Dalmarnock Works.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 16/02/2018]](/images/62000/62979.jpg "Alexandria")
