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Alloa Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Alloa Swing Bridge seen from the south bank at Throsk. The photograph is taken from the trackbed of the line into the Bandeath Depot.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/8000/8869.jpg "Alloa Bridge")
![Rails remain in the level crossings within the Bandeath Depot.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/8000/8870.jpg "RNAD Bandeath")
![Rails remain in parts within the Bandeath Depot near Throsk.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/8000/8871.jpg "RNAD Bandeath")
![90553 comes off Alloa swing bridge and into Throsk with coal empties in June 1963<br><br>[John Robin 07/06/1963]](/images/6000/6480.jpg "Alloa Bridge")
![Throsk signal box looking north to Alloa Swing Bridge.<br><br>[John Robin 07/06/1963]](/images/15000/15272.jpg "Throsk")
![NB 256 approaching Alloa swing bridge from the north in March 1964.<br><br>[John Robin 30/03/1964]](/images/19000/19166.jpg "Alloa Bridge")
![On an overcast March day in 1964, with snow on the Ochil Hills, ex-NBR 256 <I>Glen Douglas</I> brings the Scottish Rambler No 3 railtour south over Alloa swing bridge into Throsk. In the foreground is the line to the former Royal Naval Armament Depot at Bandeath, now an industrial estate and general storage complex.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 30/03/1964]](/images/20000/20991.jpg "Throsk")
!['The other Forth Bridge', opened by the Alloa Railway in 1885, photographed looking north from Throsk towards Alloa and the Ochil Hills in 1966. The central 'swing' section of the bridge, incorporating a signal box mounted above the line, can be clearly seen. The last scheduled passenger train crossed the bridge in 1968 and the last freight two years later. Removal of the deck and superstructure took place during 1971, but the piers remain in the Forth to this day [see image 8843]<br>
<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1966]](/images/27000/27630.jpg "Alloa Bridge")
![Last day of service at Throsk station (just out of sight to the right) in April 1966, latterly the only intermediate station on the Larbert-Alloa line. The signalman hands over the token for the single-track section over the bridge across the Forth (with its central swing section just visible). Passenger services continued over the bridge until 1968, with freight trains from Larbert to the Bandeath military depot (private siding connection at the bottom left) surviving until 1978.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) /04/1966]](/images/27000/27199.jpg "Throsk")
![The last train to call at Throsk - the 5.52pm Alloa-Glasgow Buchanan Street - pulls into the rudimentary Up platform on Saturday 16 April 1966. In conversation on the platform are the photographer's father and a fellow enthusiast. The latter and the photographer indulged in an on-the-train / off-the-train / on-the-train competition to claim the title of 'last ever passenger', with the photographer claiming this dubious accolade! <br>
<br><br>[David Spaven 16/04/1966]](/images/35000/35376.jpg "Throsk")
![View of Alloa swing bridge from the air looking north in 1969.<br><br>[John Robin 23/08/1969]](/images/19000/19142.jpg "Alloa Bridge")
![Longcarse Junction. This was a double track passenger railway. To the left were the routes to Alloa and Alloa Marshalling Yard and to the right the route to Alloa West.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1988]](/images/8000/8404.jpg "Longcarse Junction")
![Longcarse Junction looking south to the other Forth Bridge. The site was latterly used as a reversing spur to reach Alloa West Coal Yard from the Alloa Marshalling Yard.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1988]](/images/8000/8405.jpg "Longcarse Junction")
![Trackbed of the line looking east approaching Alloa (CR). The indentations of the sleepers were still visible.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1988]](/images/8000/8406.jpg "Alloa (Caledonian)")
![This was the view south in 1993 at the site of Forth Bridge Signal Box looking to Alloa Bridge. The box controlled the northern approach, the line singling over the bridge. Unfortunately little remains with embankment removal. The signal base seen here is probably that which controlled the approach of southbound trains, displaced with the earthworks.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1993]](/images/62000/62745.jpg "Forth Bridge Signal Box")
![Just north of Throsk station was the signal box controlling the approach to Alloa Bridge where the double line dropped to single. To the left was the signal box and approach to RNAD Bandeath. The latter kept the line open here until 1978.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1993]](/images/62000/62768.jpg "Throsk")
![View north of the gently curving southern end of the Alloa Bridge in 1993. The southern part of the River Forth is largely mudflats with the navigable channel, and former swinging portion of the bridge, in the northern part of the river.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1993]](/images/62000/62781.jpg "Alloa Bridge")
![View south over the former Throsk station towards Dunmore Junction in 1993. This was a two platform station. Behind the camera the line continued over the River Forth by the Alloa Bridge to Alloa.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1993]](/images/62000/62803.jpg "Throsk")
![The northern abutment of the old swing bridge at Alloa - April 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/04/2006]](/images/6000/6292.jpg "Alloa Bridge")
![Remains of Alloa swing bridge in April 2006 looking across from the abutment on the north bank of the Forth towards Throsk.<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/04/2006]](/images/8000/8843.jpg "Alloa Bridge")
![Piers of the former Alloa swing bridge stand in the Forth in April 2006 - view south towards Throsk.<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/04/2006]](/images/8000/8844.jpg "Alloa Bridge")
![Abutment and two of the piers of the former Alloa swing bridge on the north shore of the Forth in April 2006 - looking west along the river towards Stirling.<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/04/2006]](/images/8000/8874.jpg "Alloa Bridge")
![The other Forth Bridge - Alloa - April 2006. View from the north shore of the Forth.<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/04/2006]](/images/8000/8875.jpg "Alloa Bridge")
![<I>Aha - this must be the right path!</I> Remains of Longcarse Junction on the route south from Alloa towards the Forth during the search for the old swing bridge in April 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/04/2006]](/images/8000/8876.jpg "Longcarse Junction")
![Looking across acres of ploughed field (well..a lot) in April 2006 at the embankment running south to Alloa swing bridge (far left). The public path ends at the pile of earth by the tree on the right and to the right of that is the raised dyke. <br><br>[John Furnevel 27/04/2006]](/images/8000/8877.jpg "Longcarse Junction")
![View south west across the Forth towards Throsk in April 2006 showing the surviving piers of the old swing bridge. The lower piers supported the steam driven opening span with the control cabin / signal box mounted above. <br><br>[John Furnevel 27/04/2006]](/images/56000/56951.jpg "Alloa Bridge")
![Remains of Alloa swing bridge seen from the north side of the Forth in 2006, showing the rail-banded northern abutment and surviving piers. Opened in 1885, the 21 span, wrought iron structure carried a single line 1,615 across the river linking Throsk and Alloa. The bridge incorporated a rotating span to permit passage of shipping, with a combined control cabin and signal box mounted above the rails . (The shorter piers – the fifth set out from the north shore – supported the mechanism used to rotate the opening span). Passenger services ceased in 1968, while the last freight to use the bridge brought a final consignment of coal for the steam driven turning mechanism in May 1970. Dismantling took place during 1971. <br><br>[John Furnevel 27/04/2006]](/images/62000/62680.jpg "Alloa Bridge")
![The surviving piers of Alloa swing bridge are reflected in the still waters of the Forth on an autumn afternoon. View south across the river towards Throsk on 12 November.<br><br>[Grant Robertson 12/11/2011]](/images/36000/36388.jpg "Alloa Bridge")
![The substantial northern abutment of the former Alloa swing bridge stands alongside the Forth on 12 November 2011.... and will doubtless continue to do so for many a year.<br><br>[Grant Robertson 12/11/2011]](/images/36000/36470.jpg "Alloa Bridge")
