Slides — 1992 - ’95

Life continues as normal, sailing on Waverley, chasing steam trains and little else.

And that's the last of the slides for 1995 but I continued taking photographs on negative film for reasons which will become clear later. So, for the time being, I have included links here for other major events.

The Grand Canal — from Thursday, 9 May 1995

The Antrim Way — from Thursday, 19 October 1995

5407 on the G&SWR Line — Saturday, 4 January 1992

Ticket

Depart from Edinburgh at 08:49 (I had been staying with Dave for the New Year) behind 37401 "Mary Queen of Scots" and travelled via Linlithgow and Larbert to Stirling (09:50 - 10:40) where 5407 was inserted behind the diesel. Then on via Cumbernauld and Carmyle before dropping 37401 near Strathbungo and steaming on to Kilmarnock (12:56 - 14:03) and Dumfries (16:00 - 16:15) where we picked up 47475 for the last leg into Carlisle (17:08 - 17:30) where 37401 awaited us for the return by the main line over Beatock, turn right at Carstairs and so to Waverley at 19:20 where I got off and caught the 21:30 to Glasgow.

Click here for the published route information.

5407 in the north-west bay platform at Stirling
North-bound ScotRail 158 Express at Stirling A mistake

5407 and 37401 "Mary Queen of Scots"
back down onto the train at Stirling
5407 coming off the train at Kilmarnock

A drouthy 5407 goes looking for water
Strathclyde-liveried 156 Super Sprinter 5407 returns after watering at Kilmarnock
or is it Carlisle?

Waverley in the Western Isles

Friday, 1 May – Tuesday, 5 May 1992

Glasgow Streets — Sunday, 10 May 1992

I have no idea why I went into town this fine Sunday morning unless it was to take these photos.

The Tolbooth, Glasgow Cross
from the bottom of High Street
Looking along Ingram Street to Stirling's Library Looking along the north side of
George Square to St George's Kirk

Unflattering view of the Glasgow Concert Hall
across a car park
Stock Exchange, St George's Kirk
and a bit of the old RSAMD Glasgow Stock Exchange
at the corner of Nelson Mandela Place

The old underground station entrance,
Royal Bank of Scotland, and Teacher's building
on the west side of St Enoch's Square

East side of The Heilanman's Umbrella
(Central Station Bridge), Argyle Street

The old RSAMD
at the foot of Buchanan Street

Atlantic Quay and not much of the CPA building
on the Broomielaw
The High Court, Saltmarket

Glasgow & Millport — Sunday, 21 June 1992

Some urban scenery on the way to sail on Waverley.

Front elevation of The Peoples' Palace, Glasgow Green
G&SW Railway bridge over the Clyde

The SCWS Headquarters, Morrison Street,
now beside the Kingston Bridge.
Allegedly the runner-up in a competition
to design the Glasgow City Chambers.

St Andrew's RC Cathedral
and the Glasgow Diocesan Offices, Clyde Street

And on to Millport.

Glasgow & Millport — Sunday, 5 July 1992

Much the same a fortnight later.

The High Court, Saltmarket
G&SW Railway bridge over the Clyde
and the old Merchants' House clock tower Clyde shipping today -
the Renfrew Ferry and Tuxedo Princess
(formerly Caledonian Princess), both night-clubs,
and Waverley below the Kingston Bridge

And on to Millport.

Belfast to Campbeltown — Wednesday, 8 July 1992

Helensburgh — Saturday, 22 August 1992

Class 320 trains were new at this time so I paused briefly at the station to record this one on my way to catch the Waverley to Tighnabruaich.

Class 320 EMU in Strathclyde livery forming the 1121 ex Helensburgh for Airdrie

Largs — Sunday, 23 August 1992

Waverley at Tarbert, Loch Fyne — Tuesday, 25 August 1992

Waverley at Tighnabruaich — Saturday, 29 August 1992

Waverley at Yorkhill — Sunday, 30 August 1992

Ravenglass Railway — Saturday, 12 September 1992

The ticket above belongs to another visit in 1994 but since I took no photos on that occcasion (probably inclement weather), I have included it here.

In the company of friends, I caught the 08:22 train (to Bournemouth I think - it was a 125) from Glasgow having paid �25 for a SuperSaver Return to Barrow in Furness, which allowed travel round the Cumbrian Coast route. Having arrived in Lancaster at 10:44, we had time for a small refreshment before catching the 12:01 to Barrow where we had 5 minutes to change trains for Ravenglass arriving there at 13:50.

The original 3' gauge line up Eskdale was opened on 24 May 1875 to transport hematite iron ore from mines around Boot to the Furness Railway standard gauge line at Ravenglass. It closed in 1913 and reopened two years later as a 15" gauge line to service the Beckfoot granite quarry.

Most of the rolling stock has been heavily modified over the years, parts of River Irt date from 1894 when it was named Muriel, rebuilt and renamed in 1927, modified in 1972 and reboilered in 1977. Northern Rock is an exception, it was built at Ravenglass in 1976.

Pseudo-Sprinter 153332
at Ravenglass BR Station
River Irt (I think)
on the turntable at Ravenglass Looking along Ravenglass Station
from the footbridge

Steam locomotive Northern Rock on the turntable at Eskdale
Crossing River Irt at Irton Road Station

After further refreshment in the Ratty Arms, we caught the 17:55 to Carlisle (19:26 - 20:05) whence to Glasgow arriving at 21:27.

Waverley at Carradale — Sunday, 27 September 1992

Glasgow East End — Sunday, 18 October 1992

I don't know why, but I drove up to the East Kilbride road above Cambuslang and took a few photos.

Carntyne mostly
Looking over Castlemilk to the Kilpatrick Hills Cathkin, Gorbals etc towards the Blane Gap

Carntyne to Sandyhills
Looking west down the East Kilbride road Central and east end of Glasgow

And then I went to York ...

York — Saturday, 31 October 1992

Another ridiculous idea - let's go to York for lunch, taking advantage of a promotion offering two tickets for the price of one, reducing the cost to �24 per head. Three of us got a London train at 08:30 from Glasgow via the East Coast main Line, Dave & Richard boarded the same train at Edinburgh, and off we went. At Berwick the train filled up and we offered our spare seat to a young woman who, after overhearing our conversation for a while, twigged that we were just going to York for a change of pub. She thought we were nuts.

Anyway, we arrived in York at 12:10, had lunch (in a pub), had a quick look round, and spent the rest of the afternoon in another pub until it was time to catch a train at 18:27 which carried us back to Edinburgh whence we caught another train back to Glasgow, arriving at 21:53. I made that 514 miles.

South main door
South-west side South-east side

West end
The north tower at the west end Window above the West Door

End of 1992

Waverley to Otter Ferry — Easter Sunday, 11 April 1993

Waverley on the Clyde — Saturday, 24 April 1993 & Sunday

Waverley in the Western Isles — from Sunday, 2 May 1993

Balmoral to Rathlin — Saturday, 12 June 1993

Waverley to Millport — Wednesday, 23 June 1993

Belfast to Campbeltown — Wednesday, 30 June 1993

Balmoral to the Farnes — Monday, 12 July 1993

Waverley at Tighnabruaich — Tuesday, 20 July 1993

Waverley & Goat Fell — Thursday, 12 August 1993

Waverley at Brodick — Thursday, 26 August 1993

Waverley at Dunoon — Saturday, 28 August 1993

Caledonian Isles at Brodick — Monday, 30 August 1993

Glasgow — Monday, 4 October 1993

Glasgow University towers over Partick Bridge

I decided to go for a walk and left the house at 09:30, wandered down to the Clyde at Carmyle then down the river bank into the city, arriving at St Enoch's Square at 12:30. After a couple of pints and a cheese and onion toastie for lunch, I continued downstream at 13:30 and picked up the recently opened Kelvin Walkway, passing Partick Bridge at 14:20 (and took a photo) and reached Milngavie at 17:40, having walked about 20 miles. After another couple of pints, I caught the train at 18:52, changed at Hyndland (19:05 - 19:34) and reached Shettleston at 19:52 (fare �1.65 single).

Next stop Dumbarton.

Dumbarton — Thursday, 21 October 1993

Another walk. I caught the 09:16 train from Shettleston to Dumbarton Central (�2.15) arriving at 09:56 and ambled down through the town to the Rock, arriving there at 10:40. A quick run up to the top to take a few photos and at 11:20 I set off along the Glasgow - Balloch cycle path towards Glasgow. At 12:00, I decided to leave the path where it turned inland under the railway and follow a less well defined path closer to the river but it petered out and I failed to find a way through the derelict oil terminal just downstream of Bowling and had to retrace my steps, having wasted half an hour. I reached Bowling at 13:00 and stopped for a couple of pints in the Station Hotel before continuing at 13:40 along the edge of the harbour to pick up the canal towpath, passing Dalmuir at 14:45, Clydebank at 15:05 and reaching Temple at 16:20. After a couple of pints in Lock 27, I restarted at 17:10 and reached Maryhill (Stockingfield Junction) at 17:40 where I decided 14 miles was enough. I boarded a 61 bus at 17:48 and was back in Tollcross at 18:30.

The Leven flows past Hiram Walker's Distillery
Denny's Shipyard below Dumbarton Rock

Upstream - The Clyde at low tide - downstream

Next stop - Kingussie.

Kingussie — Saturday, 6 November 1993

SRPS Railtours - The Highlander — Click here for the published route information.

An SRPS Railtours trip to Inverness for a mere �36. I started early on the 06:22 train to Edinburgh (�7.00 cheap day return) arriving there at 07:16 for the 07:40 departure behind 37404 arriving at Stirling at 08:31. There, the loco was replaced by 45871 "Sovereign" and we continued at 09:11. After stops at Perth (10:07 - 10:22), Blair Atholl (11:11 - 11:28) and Dalwhinnie (12:27 - 12:58) we reached Kingussie at 13:14, where I took a couple of photos. We continued at 13:34, passing Aviemore at 13:50 and reached Inverness at 14:40. The return journey left Inverness at 17:08 behind 37404 (did it follow us up to Inverness or precede us?) and we were back in Edinburgh at 21:38 where I caught a train at 21:53 to reach Glasgow at 22:52.

Stanier Black Five 44871 "Sovereign" crosses the 1220 Inverness-Glasgow ScotRail Express at Kingussie

And that's the last of the slides for 1993.

Gourock — Wednesday, 13 April 1994

Gourock from Lyle Hill

I decided to go for a walk, starting on the 10:05 train from Glasgow to Greenock West (�2.90 single) arriving at 10:55 and ambling up Lyle Hill to admire a fine view over Cardwell & Gourock Bays and Gourock itself. Then back down to the shore and on through Gourock (12:05) and Inverkip (14:10) to reach Wemyss Bay (12 miles) at 15:15. After some refreshment, I caught the 16:45 train back to Glasgow (�3.30 single), arriving there at 17:41.

Dumbarton & Balloch — Friday, 15 April 1994

Another walk. I caught the 09:33 train from Shettleston (�3.60 cheap day return to Balloch) and alighted at Dumbarton East at 10:16. After another ascent of Dumbarton Rock, I set off at 11:20 along the banks of the Leven and arrived at Balloch (7 miles) at 13:10. Then a stroll for a mile or so up to the pier to photograph the Maid of the Loch (and Countess Fiona). Back in Balloch, after some refreshment, I caught the train at 16:38 arriving back at Shettleston at 17:35.

Downstream from Dumbarton Rock The Leven Valley and Ben Lomond
beyond the Hiram Walker Distillery

PS Maid of the Loch at Balloch Pier in PSPS colours
Loch Lomond

Maid of the Loch and Countess Fiona

Boats moored in the River Leven at Balloch

Balmoral in the Western Isles — from Saturday, 30 April 1994

Balmoral at Lamlash, Arran — Saturday, 14 May 1994

North Antrim Coast Path — from Tuesday, 7 June 1994

Waverley at Ayr — Sunday, 3 July 1994

Balmoral at St Andrews — Monday, 11 July 1994

Views from Berwick Law — Thursday, 22 September 1994

I caught the 09:30 Edinburgh train from Queen Street paying �11.50 for a cheap day return to North Berwick, changing at Edinburgh (10:13 - 10:47) to travel on 305502, one of several EMU sets acquired second-hand from down south when the North Berwick line was electrified as part of the East Coast Main Line electrification, and arrive in North Berwick at 11:12. I enquired at the Tourist Office about the possibility of following the shore out to Tantallon Castle and was advised against it as there was no path and at any time I could be cut off by the tide. So, having utilised the facilities of the local public convenience (recently voted best in Scotland, if not the UK) I set off at 11:45 for the three miles along the road arriving at the castle at 12:33. After an hour there, I returned to Berwick and ascended the Law from the east (30 minutes), took a few photos, and descended (12 minutes) into Berwick at 15:30.

The east end of North Berwick and the Bass Rock
Craigleith beyond North Berwick

The Bass Rock
A distant Tantallon Castle, from Berwick Law

After checking out a couple of local hostelries, I caught a train (305501) at 17:20 arriving in Edinburgh at 17:54 where I partook of further refreshment (and possibly met friends) before catching the 19:30 train to Glasgow. Now, according to my diary, I arrived in Glasgow at 22:11 so this may have been the occasion when the train spent a considerable period sitting beside Linlithgow Rugby Club while the line was blocked by a failed locomotive attempting to get into the SRPS siding serving Bo'ness. Another loco had to come from Motherwell to move it. If I remember rightly, I got a �5 voucher in compensation.

And that's the last of the slides for 1994

Waverley in the Western Isles — from Sunday, 23 April 1995

I took no more slides in 1995, instead I used colour negative film for a walk in Ireland, during which the shutter jammed on this camera, and before I got around to replacing it, I needed a camera at short notice, bought a cheap one and continued with prints for the rest of the year. For the foreseeable future, these can be found elsewhere.

To proceed to 1996, click here.

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5407 in the north-west bay platform at Stirling	North-bound ScotRail 158 Express at Stirling	A mistake


5407 and 37401 "Mary Queen of Scots" back down onto the train at Stirling	5407 coming off the train at Kilmarnock


A drouthy 5407 goes looking for water	Strathclyde-liveried 156 Super Sprinter	5407 returns after watering at Kilmarnock or is it Carlisle?


The Tolbooth, Glasgow Cross from the bottom of High Street	Looking along Ingram Street to Stirling's Library		Looking along the north side of George Square to St George's Kirk


Unflattering view of the Glasgow Concert Hall across a car park	Stock Exchange, St George's Kirk and a bit of the old RSAMD	Glasgow Stock Exchange at the corner of Nelson Mandela Place

	The old underground station entrance, Royal Bank of Scotland, and Teacher's building on the west side of St Enoch's Square	East side of The Heilanman's Umbrella (Central Station Bridge), Argyle Street
The old RSAMD at the foot of Buchanan Street


Atlantic Quay and not much of the CPA building on the Broomielaw	The High Court, Saltmarket


Front elevation of The Peoples' Palace, Glasgow Green		G&SW Railway bridge over the Clyde

		The SCWS Headquarters, Morrison Street, now beside the Kingston Bridge. Allegedly the runner-up in a competition to design the Glasgow City Chambers.
St Andrew's RC Cathedral and the Glasgow Diocesan Offices, Clyde Street


The High Court, Saltmarket	G&SW Railway bridge over the Clyde and the old Merchants' House clock tower	Clyde shipping today - the Renfrew Ferry and Tuxedo Princess (formerly Caledonian Princess), both night-clubs, and Waverley below the Kingston Bridge


Pseudo-Sprinter 153332 at Ravenglass BR Station	River Irt (I think) on the turntable at Ravenglass	Looking along Ravenglass Station from the footbridge


Steam locomotive Northern Rock on the turntable at Eskdale		Crossing River Irt at Irton Road Station


Carntyne mostly	Looking over Castlemilk to the Kilpatrick Hills	Cathkin, Gorbals etc towards the Blane Gap


Carntyne to Sandyhills	Looking west down the East Kilbride road	Central and east end of Glasgow


West end	The north tower at the west end	Window above the West Door


The Leven flows past Hiram Walker's Distillery	Denny's Shipyard below Dumbarton Rock


Downstream from Dumbarton Rock	The Leven Valley and Ben Lomond beyond the Hiram Walker Distillery


PS Maid of the Loch at Balloch Pier in PSPS colours		Loch Lomond


The east end of North Berwick and the Bass Rock	Craigleith beyond North Berwick