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Approach to Oban
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Argyllshire - Oban
The approach to Oban about 1980, showing a gantry of semaphore signals.
05 December 2012
Oban Station
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Argyllshire - Oban
Oban Station about 1980, showing the old Caledonian Railway blue colour.
05 December 2012
Oban signal box
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Argyllshire - Oban
Oban signal box about 1980, showing the old Caledonian Railway blue colour.
04 December 2012
Oban from Pulpit Hill
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Argyllshire - Oban
Oban from Pulpit Hill, with McCaig's Tower, Oban railway station, Oban ferry terminal with Calmac ferry MV Coruisk leaving and at the North Pier cruise ship Hebridean Sky, taken by David Palmar
21 May 2023
Oban from Pulpit Hill
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Argyllshire - Oban
Oban from Pulpit Hill, with McCaig's Tower, Oban railway station, Oban ferry terminal with Calmac ferry MV Coruisk and at the North Pier cruise ship Hebridean Sky, taken by David Palmar
21 May 2023
point rodding and signal wire pulleys at Oban
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Argyllshire - Oban
Point rodding and signal wire pulleys at Oban about 1980, before modernisation in 1988. Radio electronic token block signalling with colour light signals was then introduced to replace semaphore signals.
Points (switches or turnouts) are now controlled by a remotely operated electric motor.
05 December 2012
Boat of Garten Railway Station
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Speyside near Aviemore and Newtonmore
The Strathspey Railway runs between Aviemore, Boat of Garten and Broomhill in the Cairngorms. The attraction is run by a group of volunteer train enthusiasts. The steam engine in the photo is BR Ivatt Mogul Class 2MT number 46512, which was built in Swindon in 1952 and moved to Strathspey in 1982. Photo taken at Boat of Garten Railway Station by David Palmar
23 July 2023
Boat of Garten Railway Station
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Speyside near Aviemore and Newtonmore
The Strathspey Railway runs between Aviemore, Boat of Garten and Broomhill in the Cairngorms. The attraction is run by a group of volunteer train enthusiasts. The steam engine in the photo is BR Ivatt Mogul Class 2MT number 46512, which was built in Swindon in 1952 and moved to Strathspey in 1982. Photo taken at Boat of Garten Railway Station by David Palmar
23 July 2023
Railway lines and steel mill at Ravenscraig
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Ravenscraig steelworks in the 1970s
Railway lines and steel mill at Ravenscraig, Motherwell, taken by David Palmar
29 January 2021
Railway line east of Kelvindale station, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Buildings and Scenery
Railway line at Kelvindale, Glasgow, under construction in 2005. The reopened line goes from Anniesland in the west to Queen St Upper via Maryhill.
