Falkland Yard
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Falkland Yard
Image: © Richard Webb Taken: 9 Sep 2009
The Ayr to Glasgow railway, once operated by the Glasgow and Southwestern Railway passes through extensive sidings. No doubt these were once very busy handling coal for export by rail, or through the port of Ayr. Today there are still coal trains here, fed by inland opencast mining.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.479631
Longitude
-4.625564