Glasgow Area

British Rail Scotland in the 1980s and early 1990s

20006 Coal Train East Kilbride 1982 British Rail

Class 20 - East Kilbride

Class 20 no. 006 leaves the former coal yard at East Kilbride station with a train of coal wagons on 21 September 1982.

21 Sep 1982

20206 Glasgow Works (BREL) 1983 British Rail

Class 20 - Glasgow Works

Class 20 no. 206 sits amongst the oil barrels at Glasgow Works (British Rail Engineering Limited) at Springburn in Glasgow in 1983.

10 Apr 1983

Mail by Rail The Clansman Motherwell Station 1984 British Rail

Mail by Rail - Motherwell

Railway and postal staff load parcels and mailbags onto the brake van of The Clansman 10.30 Inverness to London Euston service as it pauses at Motherwell. The train was hauled by class 86 no. 258.

05 Apr 1984

87016 The Clansman Motherwell Station 1984 British Rail

Class 87 - Motherwell

Class 87 no. 016 awaits a clear road ahead at Motherwell with The Clansman 09.30 London Euston to Inverness service as EMU class 314 205 crosses the rails in front of it with a local service.

05 Apr 1984

87016 Sir Francis Drake The Clansman Motherwell Station 1984 British Rail

Class 87 & Class 86 - Motherwell

Class 87 no. 016 Sir Francis Drake awaits departure from Motherwell with The Clansman 09.30 London Euston to Inverness service as a class 86 passes it heading south with the 15.10 Glasgow Central to London Euston train.

05 Apr 1984

318268 Paisley Gilmour Street Station 1988 British Rail

Class 318 - Paisley Gilmour Street

Class 318 no. 268 EMU arrives at Paisley Gilmour Street with the 13.34 Ardrossan Town to Glasgow Central train in 1988.

09 Sep 1988

303020 EMU Motherwell Railway Station 1988 British Rail

Class 303 - Motherwell

The driver of the 10.30 Coatbridge Central to Motherwell class 303 no. 070 EMU shields his eyes from the autumn sun as he arrives at Motherwell station in 1988.

26 Oct 1988

20227 & 20114 Coatbridge Central Railway Station 1988 British Rail

Class 20 - Coatbridge Central

Class 20 no. 227 (leading) and class 20 no. 114 head a freight train of aggregates through Coatbridge Central station in October 1988.

26 Oct 1988

87009 Motherwell Railway Station 1989 British Rail

Class 87 - Motherwell

The 14.00 Glasgow Central to London Euston arrives at Motherwell station headed by class 87 no. 009. The tower of the former Dalziel North Church can be seen in the background.

27 Jul 1989

156505 Cumbernauld Railway Station Train Arrival 1989 British Rail

Class 156 - Cumbernauld

Class 156 no. 505 has arrived at Cumbernauld with the 12.14 Glasgow Queen Street to Cumbernauld service and is now in the process of running round to the opposite platform where it will form the 13.05 Cumbernauld to Glasgow Queen Street train.

11 Sep 1989

156505 Cumbernauld to Glasgow Train Railway Station 1989 British Rail

Class 156 - Cumbernauld

Class 156 no. 505 waits to depart from Cumbernauld with the 13.05 service to Glasgow Queen Street in September 1989.

11 Sep 1989

37410 Springburn Railway Station 1989 British Rail

Class 37 - Springburn

Class 37 no. 410 waits for a clear road ahead at Springburn with a freight train of timber in 1989. The train driver walks back to the locomotive after using the line telephone to enquiry of the signalman the reason for being held at the signal.

11 Sep 1989

156504 Springburn Railway Station 1989 British Rail

Class 156 - Springburn

Class 156 no. 504 arrives at Springburn with the 14.05 Cumbernauld to Glasgow Queen Street train in 1989.

Published: Railway World magazine February 1990 p. 83.

11 Sep 1989

Class 318 Paisley Gilmour Street Station Largs Train 1990 British Rail

Class 318 - Paisley Gilmour Street

A trip to the seaside? The 11.45 train from Glasgow Central for Largs on the Ayrshire coast arrives into Paisley Gilmour Street with EMU class 318 no. 268 in the summer of 1990. For the passengers on the platform will it be lunch by the seaside in Largs, followed by an ice cream in the afternoon and then back home by train in time for tea? I do hope so.

26 Jul 1990

Class 318 Paisley Gilmour Street Station 1990 British Rail

Class 318 - Paisley Gilmour Street

Class 318 no. 266 and class 318 no. 270 arrive at Paisley Gilmour Street station with a train service from the Ayrshire coast bound for Glasgow Central in the summer of 1990.

26 Jul 1990

Class 303 Paisley Gilmour Street Station 1990 British Rail

Class 303 - Paisley Gilmour Street

Class 303 no. 020 approaches Paisley Gilmour Street station with the 13.25 Glasgow Central to Gourock service in July 1990.

26 Jul 1990

D6607 Helensburgh Upper 1994 British Rail

Class 37 - Helensburgh Upper

Class 37 no. D6607 awaits departure from Helensburgh Upper station with the 09.50 The Explorer Glasgow Queen Street to Oban service on 4 July 1994. The Explorer was ScotRail's loco-hauled high season service to both Oban and Fort William which ran from 4 July until 3 September 1994. On Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays the train went to Oban and on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays it ran to Fort William.

Published: Rail magazine No. 232 August 3 - 16 1994 p. 10.

04 Jul 1994

Class 303 Helensburgh Central Railway Station 1994 British Rail

Class 303 - Helensburgh Central

Class 303 no. 079 awaits it's next turn of duty at Helensburgh Central station on 4 July 1994.

04 Jul 1994

Class 320 Helensburgh Central Railway Station 1994 British Rail

Class 320 - Helensburgh Central

Class 320 no. 307 arrives at Helensburgh Central station on 4 July 1994.

04 Jul 1994

Class 320 no. 307 Helensburgh Central 1994 British Rail

Class 320 - Helensburgh Central

Class 302 no. 307 awaits departure from Helensburgh Central station with a service to Airdrie on 4 July 1994.

04 Jul 1994