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schiehallion
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Apologies if this should be somewhere else. Here's a collection of 24 images from The Glasgow Works, St Rollox that I've obtained from the original photographer who is happy to share them with the wider world. Some are titled.
Asbestos Shop
Blacksmiths' Shop
Carriage Lift Bogie Road
Carriage Lift Shop
Erecting Shop Bogie Road
Erecting Shop Loco Road
Erecting Shop Traction Motor Section
Lift Shop
Machine Shop
Sawmill
Tin Shop
Traverser Carriage Lift Shop
Wheel Shop
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james73
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| Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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Excellent stuff, schiehallion - thanks for posting.
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falseface
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| Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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belters! cheers
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Fjord
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| Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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Those are brilliant cheers for that 
It's fascinating to see the how many skills and trades were involved in the workshops.
This photo illustrates the scale of the railway industry sadly it's mostly Tesco town up there these days.
St Rollox
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cybers
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Some stunning images well worth the share ... thank you.
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HollowHorn
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| Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:25 am Post subject: Re: Glasgow Industry |
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Apprentices training school?
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StevenJ
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| Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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awesome.
out of interest, where did you aquire these from?
I'm often looking for railway images (negs and slides) for sale........it'd be interesting if there was another avenue I could explore..............if you pardon the punn............ |
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schiehallion
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| StevenJ wrote: | awesome.
out of interest, where did you aquire these from?
I'm often looking for railway images (negs and slides) for sale........it'd be interesting if there was another avenue I could explore..............if you pardon the punn............ |
I got the scans from a guy I work with in the railway industry who started his career at Glasgow Works. |
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Jock58
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| Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:17 am Post subject: Re: Trains |
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| mr.underwood wrote: | StevenJ,Couple of train photos for you.
Taken in Cuba  |
Hi Mr U
Here's another couple from Cuba.
Taken outside Moron, Great place name 
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mr.underwood
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| Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:48 pm Post subject: cuba |
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Hi Jock58,thanks for these.When you see the state of the engines you can understand the name!!
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