The entrance and exit to the Cowlairs Tunnel on the approach to Queen Street Station in Glasgow.
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April 14, 2026 at 9:07 AM
The entrance and exit to the Cowlairs Tunnel on the approach to Queen Street Station in Glasgow.
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The former Cowlairs Cooperative Society building on Saracen Street in the Possilpark area of Glasgow. This cooperative society was founded the Cowlairs area of the city in 1881 in response to the exploitative practices of the North British Railway Company.
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May 13, 2026 at 8:06 AM
The former Cowlairs Cooperative Society building on Saracen Street in the Possilpark area of Glasgow. This cooperative society was founded the Cowlairs area of the city in 1881 in response to the exploitative practices of the North British Railway Company.
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A ghost sign advertising the Cowlairs Cooperative Society on the side of their former shop on Angus Street in the Springburn area of Glasgow.
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March 24, 2026 at 4:24 PM
A ghost sign advertising the Cowlairs Cooperative Society on the side of their former shop on Angus Street in the Springburn area of Glasgow.
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The former Cowlairs Cooperative Society building on Saracen Street in the Possilpark area of Glasgow.
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March 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The former Cowlairs Cooperative Society building on Saracen Street in the Possilpark area of Glasgow.
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"Each for All and All for Each" inscribed on the Cowlairs Cooperative Society drinking fountain in the Springburn area of Glasgow.
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April 2, 2026 at 11:53 AM
"Each for All and All for Each" inscribed on the Cowlairs Cooperative Society drinking fountain in the Springburn area of Glasgow.
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The production plaque on the Glen Douglas, a steam locomotive built by the North British Railway Company in the Cowlairs area of Glasgow in 1913.
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February 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The production plaque on the Glen Douglas, a steam locomotive built by the North British Railway Company in the Cowlairs area of Glasgow in 1913.
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Celebrating the old Cowlairs Incline engine, which helped haul trains out of Queen Street.
October 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Celebrating the old Cowlairs Incline engine, which helped haul trains out of Queen Street.
Another busy two-hour advice surgery in Springburn today.
It was also great to see restoration work underway on the magnificent drinking fountain that was first commissioned in 1902 to celebrate the 21st anniversary of Cowlairs Co-operative Society. Well done Mandy McIntosh for leading the project!
It was also great to see restoration work underway on the magnificent drinking fountain that was first commissioned in 1902 to celebrate the 21st anniversary of Cowlairs Co-operative Society. Well done Mandy McIntosh for leading the project!
November 15, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Another busy two-hour advice surgery in Springburn today.
It was also great to see restoration work underway on the magnificent drinking fountain that was first commissioned in 1902 to celebrate the 21st anniversary of Cowlairs Co-operative Society. Well done Mandy McIntosh for leading the project!
It was also great to see restoration work underway on the magnificent drinking fountain that was first commissioned in 1902 to celebrate the 21st anniversary of Cowlairs Co-operative Society. Well done Mandy McIntosh for leading the project!
Built at Derby in 1956, this two-car DMU was converted into a battery electric multiple-unit at Cowlairs works, with lead acid batteries and Siemens electrical equipment. Seen at Aberdeen, it waits to depart for its journey along the highly scenic 43½ mile Deeside branch to Ballater in April 1958.
September 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Built at Derby in 1956, this two-car DMU was converted into a battery electric multiple-unit at Cowlairs works, with lead acid batteries and Siemens electrical equipment. Seen at Aberdeen, it waits to depart for its journey along the highly scenic 43½ mile Deeside branch to Ballater in April 1958.
Interestingly, the rope-haulling of trains up the Cowlairs incline may well have provided part of the inspiration for Glasgow's subway system, which was powered by a cable-hauled system from its inception in the 1890s until it was electrified in the 1930s.
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April 14, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Interestingly, the rope-haulling of trains up the Cowlairs incline may well have provided part of the inspiration for Glasgow's subway system, which was powered by a cable-hauled system from its inception in the 1890s until it was electrified in the 1930s.
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Really chuffed. My walk. I reached northern portal of Glasgow Queen Street tunnel (Cowlairs Tunnel) you can see the panoramic spot top of this pic. You have to wade through flytipping in Pinkston and, evidently, not many people are mad enough to urban explore [picture credit Thomas Nugent/Geograph]
May 9, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Really chuffed. My walk. I reached northern portal of Glasgow Queen Street tunnel (Cowlairs Tunnel) you can see the panoramic spot top of this pic. You have to wade through flytipping in Pinkston and, evidently, not many people are mad enough to urban explore [picture credit Thomas Nugent/Geograph]
Cowlairs Incline?
October 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Cowlairs Incline?
Worsdall Wednesday finds Frank in Springburn, taking a closer look at the Scots-baronial Cowlairs Railway Village, designed by architect Andrew Heiton for the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company.
Pic/text: 'The City that Disappeared - Glasgow's Demolished Architecture' by Frank Worsdall (1981)
Pic/text: 'The City that Disappeared - Glasgow's Demolished Architecture' by Frank Worsdall (1981)
April 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Worsdall Wednesday finds Frank in Springburn, taking a closer look at the Scots-baronial Cowlairs Railway Village, designed by architect Andrew Heiton for the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company.
Pic/text: 'The City that Disappeared - Glasgow's Demolished Architecture' by Frank Worsdall (1981)
Pic/text: 'The City that Disappeared - Glasgow's Demolished Architecture' by Frank Worsdall (1981)
Other similar ones existed in other parts of Glasgow, including Shettleston, Kinning Park, Cowlairs, Thornliebank and St George Cross and in the east end. This, in turn, led to the creation of the Scottish Wholesale Cooperative Society to supply goods to all these individual societies.
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January 14, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Other similar ones existed in other parts of Glasgow, including Shettleston, Kinning Park, Cowlairs, Thornliebank and St George Cross and in the east end. This, in turn, led to the creation of the Scottish Wholesale Cooperative Society to supply goods to all these individual societies.
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It was part of Scotland's first intercity railway line connecting its two largest cities (Glasgow and Edinburgh), and the line is almost completely level until it reaches Cowlairs in the north of Glasgow.
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April 14, 2026 at 9:07 AM
It was part of Scotland's first intercity railway line connecting its two largest cities (Glasgow and Edinburgh), and the line is almost completely level until it reaches Cowlairs in the north of Glasgow.
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January 30, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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As a result, the railway had to tunnel under it, creating a slope that was too steep for early steam traction engines to be able to climb. The solution was to install powerful stationary engines at Cowlairs at the top of this slope to haul trains up it using a hemp rope.
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January 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
As a result, the railway had to tunnel under it, creating a slope that was too steep for early steam traction engines to be able to climb. The solution was to install powerful stationary engines at Cowlairs at the top of this slope to haul trains up it using a hemp rope.
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This incline was so steep that the locomotives of the day could not climb it, and until the early 1900s, they were hauled up it using a rope attached to a stationary steam engine at Cowlairs.
So, why did they go to all this trouble and expense when easier options were undoubtedly available?
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So, why did they go to all this trouble and expense when easier options were undoubtedly available?
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April 14, 2026 at 9:07 AM
This incline was so steep that the locomotives of the day could not climb it, and until the early 1900s, they were hauled up it using a rope attached to a stationary steam engine at Cowlairs.
So, why did they go to all this trouble and expense when easier options were undoubtedly available?
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So, why did they go to all this trouble and expense when easier options were undoubtedly available?
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Bloody hell!! My roots are Keppochil Rd, the next street down lol. I played on Cowlairs Park between the 2. Many relatives went to Cowlairs Railway or to the Springburn rail works. It's all flattened now, but when I go up I can still stand on the spot of my Granny's tenement. 491 Keppochill Rd lol
May 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Bloody hell!! My roots are Keppochil Rd, the next street down lol. I played on Cowlairs Park between the 2. Many relatives went to Cowlairs Railway or to the Springburn rail works. It's all flattened now, but when I go up I can still stand on the spot of my Granny's tenement. 491 Keppochill Rd lol
"At Cowlairs, I’ve heard tales of bonfires, cars that have been set ablaze and a group of dirt bike racers who’ve carved out paths that stretch over most of the 74-acre park. It’s this unofficial race track which has brought me up here.
June 4, 2026 at 11:34 AM
"At Cowlairs, I’ve heard tales of bonfires, cars that have been set ablaze and a group of dirt bike racers who’ve carved out paths that stretch over most of the 74-acre park. It’s this unofficial race track which has brought me up here.
