Glasgow, Eastfield: westbound freight on Balornock Junction - Maryhill line, 1961
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Glasgow, Eastfield: westbound freight on Balornock Junction - Maryhill line, 1961
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 5 Oct 1961
View eastward on the ex-Caledonian Railway, Lanarkshire & Dumbartonshire section (subsequently closed), on the viaduct crossing the ex-NBR main line from Glasgow Queen Street and the exit from Eastfield Locomotive Depot. The westbound Class J freight is hauled by ex-CR McIntosh '812' class 3F 0-6-0 No. 57592 (built 1900, withdrawn 8/63).
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Image Location
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55.892483
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-4.238657