Joe-345556 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Hi everyone I'm trying to find old photographs of Burnside train station, Rutherglen from the 1960's, I can only find one Photo on the internet, which shows an end elevation of the building and the old signal box. Can anyone suggest where I might get other photos Thanks Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellocoloco Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Are you on FB? If so join the Scottish Railways past and present group and post the question there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What About The Bee Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 (edited) The Passenger Entry to the Burnside Platform may be found on Google maps, street view. Clearly by its architecture, this predates 1960s and as it is there now, was there in the 1960s. Other views of the twin bridges as they cross the A749 may be obtained there. Further, we have the track plan and station arrangements in Ordnance Survey maps. To start you off, here is the 1955 survey, show both the Passenger and Goods stations https://maps.nls.uk/view/130374856 Bee Edited April 4 by What About The Bee Goods, instead of Freight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What About The Bee Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Hi Joe I've been back and forth, exploring the entirety of Burnside Station via the Ordnance Survey Maps. At the western end of the platform is a footbridge, its map reference is NS6160SE. This image may show the 1960 footbridge or its replacement https://glasgowtransport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Burnside-Train-Stationn.jpg There is the station building mid platform. You have mentioned that you have an end elevation of that building. Being a fairly small rectangular building, you could reconstruct the other faces by inference. Towards the east end of the platform, there are the stairs that come up from the entrance in my earlier post. If your image is the 1961 image on Wikipedia https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Burnside_railway_station_1950651_7413f165.jpg/550px-Burnside_railway_station_1950651_7413f165.jpg , than you can just see the stairs on the extreme right. You will find the Signal Box on the earlier linked map. You can then pick out the exact location the photograph was taken from, and in which direction. Finally, at the extreme eastern end, are some small boxes, just behind the photographer Joe, there is nothing else on that platform that was noticed by the surveyors. Bee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe-345556 Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 On 04/04/2024 at 17:31, Joe-345556 said: Hi everyone I'm trying to find old photographs of Burnside train station, Rutherglen from the 1960's, I can only find one Photo on the internet, which shows an end elevation of the building and the old signal box. Can anyone suggest where I might get other photos Thanks Joe Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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