Crossing, Gatehead
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Crossing, Gatehead
Image: © Richard Webb Taken: 21 May 2013
The railway from Troon to Kilmarnock crosses the A759 at Gatehead. This was the first railway to use a locomotive in Scotland when in 1817 there was a trial of a Stephenson locomotive. There were several horse drawn railways in Scotland as far back as the early 18th century.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.59468
Longitude
-4.553561