Ardlui

Click Here Ardlui (Ard Laoigh) is a hamlet at the north end of Loch Lomond, Britain’s largest freshwater loch. The station is across the busy A82 road from the hotel, holiday lodges and marina. The picture shows north and southbound trains crossing at Ardlui Station – a procedure which has…

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Glasgow Queen Street

Trains depart from Queen Street through a long tunnel with a 1:42 gradient. The picture above was taken from Glasgow’s Buchanan Galleries shopping centre which straddles the departure lines as they enter what is known as the Cowlairs tunnel. The platforms were recently extended to accommodate longer trains as part…

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