nicotina Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 geeks next it will be who is on a flight path i'll start the ball rolling yoker/bankies 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Present day end of the line, historically it was a through line just like East Kilbride.IIRC the tracks still ran to just about the back end of Brig O'Lea into the early 1980s. I'm sure the trains used to run up there to switch tracks for the return trip to Glasgow. I'll get my anorak. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutankhamen Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 59 minutes ago, Spyro said: Could it be down to it being cheap land? Not as profitable to build houses on the land adjacent to the line, so a lot of it got left as green space... Probably as simple as that plus the rent would be as cheap as chips if my old mother's railway uncle's house were anything to go by. He lived in Eglinton St roughly facing the present day O2 Academy in Glasgow. The back windows looked on to the main line leaving Glasgow Central. Haud yur cups that's the 16.02 for London going by, he would shout. We were terrified as kids. The entire block must have been suffering from PTSD. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno marsbar Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Troon juniors ground . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutankhamen Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) 15 minutes ago, peasy23 said: 1 hour ago, Tutankhamen said: Present day end of the line, historically it was a through line just like East Kilbride. IIRC the tracks still ran to just about the back end of Brig O'Lea into the early 1980s. I'm sure the trains used to run up there to switch tracks for the return trip to Glasgow. I'll get my anorak. I've seen an old photo online of Petershill's old old ground in what looks like, I'm guessing here, Edgefauld Rd where the motorbike showroom was. Take it the Railway Works had some connection to Peasy. Vaguely remember a 1960/1970s film and Sean Connery cycling round the disused factory. Edited December 5, 2019 by Tutankhamen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicotina Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 i'm surmising inverurie locos are near a station ? as well as lokomotiv moscow, leipzig,sofia to name but another 3 tunnel vision on my part as i've completely gone off the rails is TJ the fat controller ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wright scores Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 2 hours ago, The Bluebells Are Blue said: Is there any particular reason why many Junior grounds were set beside a railway line, back in the day? Arthurlie, Troon, Irvine Vics, & now Kilwinning's new Buffs Park,by coincidence, are some that spring to mind. Do you know of any others? At one time I believe there were 3 different railway lines running through Barrhead, and they all ran close to where Dunterlie is located. One of the long lost stations was located at the Centre of Barrhead in Cochrane Street, which is about a 3 minute walk from the ground. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wow-wee Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 42 minutes ago, nicotina said: geeks next it will be who is on a flight path i'll start the ball rolling yoker/bankies Annbank prestwick airport 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFW Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Haven't heard it for a while, but the train that used to pass Talbot's ground in the middle of the game always used to blow it's horn if a certain driver was on duty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wright scores Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 36 minutes ago, peasy23 said: 1 hour ago, Tutankhamen said: Present day end of the line, historically it was a through line just like East Kilbride. IIRC the tracks still ran to just about the back end of Brig O'Lea into the early 1980s. I'm sure the trains used to run up there to switch tracks for the return trip to Glasgow. I'll get my anorak. The trains still go beyond the station to turn around for the journey back to Glasgow, but I don't remember them going as far as Brig O'Lea. Not saying that is wrong just that I don't remember it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutankhamen Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, wow-wee said: Annbank prestwick airport Johnston Burgh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wow-wee Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Saltcoats vics, Winton rovers ,girvan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Ironically nowhere near a rail station - nearest one's Perth maybe five or six miles away - but the one thing most folk will remember about a visit to Luncarty's Brownlands Park is the massive railway viaduct that it's located in the shadow of: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northboy Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 26 minutes ago, nicotina said: i'm surmising inverurie locos are near a station ? Near enough, probably 1/2 mile walk up the road. The team names comes from the Loco Works facility which occupied the surrounding area and was naturally next to the railway station/line. I've never thought whether ground are near railway stations/lines. Perhaps some of teams started out as works teams and areas around railway stations tended to be areas of industry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Patterson Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Banks O'Dee is right next to the railway line, but quite far from the station (about a mile) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenmuir Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Glenafton Athletic 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Irvine Vics 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 3 hours ago, The Bluebells Are Blue said: Is there any particular reason why many Junior grounds were set beside a railway line, back in the day? Arthurlie, Troon, Irvine Vics, & now Kilwinning's new Buffs Park,by coincidence, are some that spring to mind. Do you know of any others? Railway companies in the 1800s had to buy more land than they actually needed to get their lines built and that meant they had parcels of cheap land available for sale when football clubs were being set up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobby Dossar Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Lanark United 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monalie Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 1 hour ago, paul wright scores said: The trains still go beyond the station to turn around for the journey back to Glasgow, but I don't remember them going as far as Brig O'Lea. Not saying that is wrong just that I don't remember it. Neilston line used to go all the way to the Ayrshire coast until the cuts in the 60s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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