This is a wonderful photo. It’s September 1959 and a train from Glasgow is just about to roll into Blantyre Station. In the days well before electrification of the line, carriages still pulled by steam and diesel engines.
Some men in bunnets stand by the edge of the line watching the locomotive, something that reminds us again of how much health and safety has changed, the exclusions zones much further back, fenced off.
On the right, the wee park at Knightswood Terrace can be seen.
To think my mother would have been just 11 years old when this was taken nearly 60 years ago
1959 September. Train
1959 Knightswood Terrace Park
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John Cornfield Cracking pic
The Blantyre Project its a thing of beauty. To have stood by the side of something so everyday and normal and taken a picture back then, now of such great interest today was showing a lot of foresight. Loads more previously unseen photos coming, especially in September and October.
Jan Mckinnon Rock on Blantyre
Anthony Smith I can still remember the steam trains.The carriages all had individual compartments,seating 8 people,with their own doors.Big leather strap to open and shut the window,and if you stuck your head out,getting bits in your eyes,possibly from the engine smoke stack.
The Blantyre Project sounds noisy!!
Anthony Smith The Blantyre Project The only real noise I can remember was the ‘ clacking ‘ of the wheels as they went over every gap where the individual rail sections met.
The Blantyre Project To think this lovely clear blue sunny day was nearly 60 years ago!
Rab Graham I remember standing on the bridge when the trains went past and the steam coming up
Ian McNaughton Probably the last time scotrail ran a train on time
John Lynaghan Remember it well and remember playing in the park my house was 24 knightswood terrace
Isabel Mcneily Remember them well. I would have been eight when this picture was taken, riding in them was the best. Isabel (Clarkin) McNeily