During a recent walk around Greenhall and through the Calder, my history enthusiast (and friend) Jim Brown pointed out to me that there was still fruit growing on the old Greenhall orchard. I’d walked past the location a hundred times, yet never stopped to appreciate that there were beautiful apple trees there. There is a […]
This excellent diagram not only indicates the route of local historical railway lines, (including how the railway ran from Bothwell over the Craighead Viaduct then along to Burnbank to Peacock station), but it also gives exact dates of closure for each various line. A very useful reference tool. Click For example: High Blantyre line running […]
At the farthest Northern extent of Blantyre on the River Clyde is the Clyde Railway Bridge. This was modeled in a similar style to Bothwell Bridge, but was located far downstream spanning between Blantyre and Uddingston. Located just North of Boat Jocks house, the Railway Bridge was constructed in 1849 for the Caledonian Railway. A […]
This photo is dated 1963. Pictured from Greenhall, looking Eastwards, is the line of tall Railway Viaduct pillars at High Blantyre. You can see the Blantyre Old Parish Church in the background. The Railway pillars allowed the Busby and East Kilbride train lines to connect to Blantyre and onwards either to Glasgow or Hamilton. The […]
Pictured in the background of this 1950’s photograph is Craighead Railway Viaduct. This structure carried trains from Hamilton over to Bothwell across the River Clyde on the L.N.E Railway, all at an impressive height of 180 feet! It would surely have been an impressive journey or sight from a rail carriage window. The old walkway at […]
Most Blantyre residents are aware of the old stone pillars that remain of the Craighead Viaduct (pictured here in 2010). They once belonged to the North British Railway. In the early 1900’s the viaduct was a busy thoroughfare, allowing not only rail, but pedestrian crossing too. Located behind the current Whistleberry Estate, in a North […]