#otd in 1964, Cowlairs railway station was closed. Springburn railway station is now the nearest station, 1km away.
Abbeyhill railway station, Joppa railway station, Bankfoot railway station, etc. closed on the same day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowlairs_railway_station
#ScottishHistory […]
Abbeyhill railway station, Joppa railway station, Bankfoot railway station, etc. closed on the same day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowlairs_railway_station
#ScottishHistory […]
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September 7, 2026 at 1:57 PM
#otd in 1964, Cowlairs railway station was closed. Springburn railway station is now the nearest station, 1km away.
Abbeyhill railway station, Joppa railway station, Bankfoot railway station, etc. closed on the same day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowlairs_railway_station
#ScottishHistory […]
Abbeyhill railway station, Joppa railway station, Bankfoot railway station, etc. closed on the same day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowlairs_railway_station
#ScottishHistory […]
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.
British Railways Steam Locomotive 68353 a Reid North British Railway (NBR) Class F, later LNER/BR Class J88.Wheel Arrangement: 0-6-0T (six-coupled tank engine). Built at Cowlairs Works November 1919 as NBR No. 271. Renumbered to LNER No. 9271 in 1925, LNER No. 8353 in 1946, and finally British…
British Railways Steam Locomotive 68353 a Reid North British Railway (NBR) Class F, later LNER/BR Class J88.Wheel Arrangement: 0-6-0T (six-coupled tank engine). Built at Cowlairs Works November 1919 as NBR No. 271. Renumbered to LNER No. 9271 in 1925, LNER No. 8353 in 1946, and finally British Railways No. 68353. It was famously photographed at depots like Thornton and Eastfield during the 1950s and 1960s.
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August 29, 2026 at 1:32 PM
British Railways Steam Locomotive 68353 a Reid North British Railway (NBR) Class F, later LNER/BR Class J88.Wheel Arrangement: 0-6-0T (six-coupled tank engine). Built at Cowlairs Works November 1919 as NBR No. 271. Renumbered to LNER No. 9271 in 1925, LNER No. 8353 in 1946, and finally British…
Plans for a historic partnership that will unlock around 1,000 new homes at the long derelict Cowlairs site in north Glasgow have been backed by the council’s City Administration Committee.
Council backs investment partnership seeking to build 1,000 homes in Possilpark
Plans for a historic partnership that will unlock around 1,000 new homes at the long derelict Cowlairs site in north Glasgow have been backed by the council’s City Administration Committee.
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August 24, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Plans for a historic partnership that will unlock around 1,000 new homes at the long derelict Cowlairs site in north Glasgow have been backed by the council’s City Administration Committee.
🏘️ A huge transformation could be coming to Glasgow.
Plans to build 1,000 homes on a derelict site that has sat vacant for decades are set to be approved this week as part of a £270 million development at Cowlairs.
Full story: www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news...
Plans to build 1,000 homes on a derelict site that has sat vacant for decades are set to be approved this week as part of a £270 million development at Cowlairs.
Full story: www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news...
August 17, 2026 at 11:10 PM
🏘️ A huge transformation could be coming to Glasgow.
Plans to build 1,000 homes on a derelict site that has sat vacant for decades are set to be approved this week as part of a £270 million development at Cowlairs.
Full story: www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news...
Plans to build 1,000 homes on a derelict site that has sat vacant for decades are set to be approved this week as part of a £270 million development at Cowlairs.
Full story: www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news...
Council response times questioned over increase in fly-tipping
A sharp rise in fly-tipping in north Glasgow has put council response times and enforcement under scrutiny. The Canal ward — covering Possilpark, Milton and Cowlairs — has seen reported incidents increase from 738 in 2021/22 to 1,236…
A sharp rise in fly-tipping in north Glasgow has put council response times and enforcement under scrutiny. The Canal ward — covering Possilpark, Milton and Cowlairs — has seen reported incidents increase from 738 in 2021/22 to 1,236…
Council response times questioned over increase in fly-tipping
A sharp rise in fly-tipping in north Glasgow has put council response times and enforcement under scrutiny. The Canal ward — covering Possilpark, Milton and Cowlairs — has seen reported incidents increase from 738 in 2021/22 to 1,236 in 2025/26, a rise of around 67 per cent. Cllr Fiona Higgins raised the issue at a full council meeting, pointing to the increase in cases and questioning how quickly dumped waste is being cleared in affected neighbourhoods.
theglasgowreporter.co.uk
June 29, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Council response times questioned over increase in fly-tipping
A sharp rise in fly-tipping in north Glasgow has put council response times and enforcement under scrutiny. The Canal ward — covering Possilpark, Milton and Cowlairs — has seen reported incidents increase from 738 in 2021/22 to 1,236…
A sharp rise in fly-tipping in north Glasgow has put council response times and enforcement under scrutiny. The Canal ward — covering Possilpark, Milton and Cowlairs — has seen reported incidents increase from 738 in 2021/22 to 1,236…
The cowboys of Cowlairs
https://www.glasgowbell.co.uk/cowlairs-park-dirtbikes-possil/
No police, no rules: North Glasgow’s teens are building secret hideouts and race tracks
https://www.glasgowbell.co.uk/cowlairs-park-dirtbikes-possil/
No police, no rules: North Glasgow’s teens are building secret hideouts and race tracks
The cowboys of Cowlairs
No police, no rules: North Glasgow’s teens are building secret hideouts and race tracks
www.glasgowbell.co.uk
June 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The cowboys of Cowlairs
https://www.glasgowbell.co.uk/cowlairs-park-dirtbikes-possil/
No police, no rules: North Glasgow’s teens are building secret hideouts and race tracks
https://www.glasgowbell.co.uk/cowlairs-park-dirtbikes-possil/
No police, no rules: North Glasgow’s teens are building secret hideouts and race tracks
Almost on cue, three more boys appear over the hill and the original pair quickly disappear with them. I wait for their return for a bit, before deciding to keep walking. Roughly 20 minutes later, I stumble across something I wasn’t expecting at all.
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/cowlairs-par...
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/cowlairs-par...
The cowboys of Cowlairs
No police, no rules: North Glasgow’s teens are building secret hideouts and race tracks
www.glasgowbell.co.uk
June 4, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Almost on cue, three more boys appear over the hill and the original pair quickly disappear with them. I wait for their return for a bit, before deciding to keep walking. Roughly 20 minutes later, I stumble across something I wasn’t expecting at all.
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/cowlairs-par...
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/cowlairs-par...
My first interaction with the Cowlairs cowboys (actually teenagers) is when two of them on a blue dirt bike come flying over a rise, sunlight behind them, dirt spraying from the back wheel. Both are wearing balaclavas.
June 4, 2026 at 11:34 AM
My first interaction with the Cowlairs cowboys (actually teenagers) is when two of them on a blue dirt bike come flying over a rise, sunlight behind them, dirt spraying from the back wheel. Both are wearing balaclavas.
"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.
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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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]
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
Loughbrorough, Leicestershire. ADE 321073. London North Eastern Railway 4w Steam Heating Boiler van. Darlington, 1942. Originally 250919. 22t plate wagon. Converted at Cowlairs Works 1966. To Rushden Station, Northamptonshire, 2014. Photo: 06.11.1992. #Loughbrorough #railway #departmental
April 17, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Loughbrorough, Leicestershire. ADE 321073. London North Eastern Railway 4w Steam Heating Boiler van. Darlington, 1942. Originally 250919. 22t plate wagon. Converted at Cowlairs Works 1966. To Rushden Station, Northamptonshire, 2014. Photo: 06.11.1992. #Loughbrorough #railway #departmental
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.
#glasgow #glasgowgistory #railwayhistory
#glasgow #glasgowgistory #railwayhistory
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.
#glasgow #glasgowgistory #railwayhistory
#glasgow #glasgowgistory #railwayhistory
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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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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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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In unsurprising news, unknown to Canmore/Trove, the National Record of the Historic Environment in Scotland.
April 2, 2026 at 12:19 PM
In unsurprising news, unknown to Canmore/Trove, the National Record of the Historic Environment in Scotland.
"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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#glasgow #springburn #cooperativesociety #fountain #sculpture
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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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#glasgow #ghostsign #cooperativesociety #springburn #glasgowhistory
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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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#glasgow #ghostsign #cooperativesociety #springburn #glasgowhistory
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Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of Glen Douglas steam locomotive outside #Glasgow. It was built at Cowlairs Works in #Springburn in September 1913 and entered service as GNR 256 tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2019/07/old-...
Old Photograph Glen Douglas Steam Locomotive Glasgow Scotland
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January 30, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of Glen Douglas steam locomotive outside #Glasgow. It was built at Cowlairs Works in #Springburn in September 1913 and entered service as GNR 256 tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2019/07/old-...