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Strathendrick And Aberfoyle Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Looking west towards the former station by railway cottages at Aberfoyle. Impressions of sleepers remain on ground.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/142.jpg "Aberfoyle")
![Goods train leaving Aberfoyle. Passenger train in station. Postcard in my collection. [Valentine series]<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/7000/7732.jpg "Aberfoyle")
![Copy of a print showing the original railway bridge at Gartrenich. The print appeared in the Illustrated London News in 1882, the year the Aberfoyle branch was opened.<br><br>[Alan Dowsett Collection //1882]](/images/26000/26075.jpg "Gartrenich Bridge")
![Aberfoyle station. NB 4.4.2T 7488 on branch train.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 28/05/1949]](/images/7000/7423.jpg "Aberfoyle")
![Killearn Station. Ex N.B.R. 0.6.0 64598 Aberfoyle Bound.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 18/09/1951]](/images/6000/6772.jpg "Killearn")
![The branch goods at Aberfoyle station, thought to have been taken in late 1958. The locomotive is B1 4-6-0 no 61118.<br><br>[John Robin //1958]](/images/45000/45016.jpg "Aberfoyle")
![J36 no 65315 stands at Aberfoyle with the SLS <I>Strathendrick Special</I> of 3 May 1958 preparing to return to Glasgow.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 03/05/1958]](/images/26000/26702.jpg "Aberfoyle")
![The SLS <I>Strathendrick Special</I> at Aberfoyle on 3 May 1958 with J36 0-6-0 no 65315 in charge. [See image 26702]<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 03/05/1958]](/images/28000/28487.jpg "Aberfoyle")
![Rear view of the SLS <I>Strathendrick Special</I> at Aberfoyle on 3 May 1958 preparing to return to Glasgow. J36 0-6-0 no 65315 is at the front of the train which ran from Queen Street and concluded at St Enoch. [see image 26702]<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 03/05/1958]](/images/33000/33979.jpg "Aberfoyle")
![J36 0-6-0 no 65315 stands at Aberfoyle on 3 May 1958 with the SLS <I>Strathendrick Special</I> from Glasgow Queen Street. The train will depart shortly on the journey back to Glasgow, where it will terminate at St Enoch. <br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 03/05/1958]](/images/35000/35314.jpg "Aberfoyle")
![Aberfoyle looking to the old station. I took this before I collected a postcard showing an identical view and a goods train - not as original as I thought.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/7000/7775.jpg "Aberfoyle")
![This uninteresting circle of concrete in a wood was in fact the only remains of the terminus at Aberfoyle in 1989. This was the filled in turntable pit. I believe the site has since been built on. View looks away from the terminus.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1989]](/images/20000/20597.jpg "Aberfoyle")
![Killearn Saw Mill was served by a siding off the Glasgow - Aberfoyle line. This view looks west towards the buffer with the line to the right. A pair of ex military trucks could be found here, the other in somewhat poorer condition than the one seen here.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1993]](/images/53000/53170.jpg "Killearn Saw Mill Siding")
![Route of Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway, now walkway, from Gartmore looking toward Aberfoyle.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 22/03/2007]](/images/14000/14152.jpg "Gartmore")
![Strathendrick & Aberfoyle Railway, Lineside hut.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 04/04/2007]](/images/14000/14366.jpg "Flanders Moss")
![Strathendrick & Aberfoyle Railway, replaced bridge.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 04/04/2007]](/images/14000/14367.jpg "Flanders Moss")
![Strathendrick & Aberfoyle Railway, replaced bridge.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 04/04/2007]](/images/14000/14368.jpg "Flanders Moss")
![Strathendrick & Aberfoyle Railway, looking NW.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 04/04/2007]](/images/14000/14369.jpg "Flanders Moss")
![Strathendrick & Aberfoyle Railway, bridge over Kelty Water.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 04/04/2007]](/images/14000/14370.jpg "Flanders Moss")
![Strathendrick & Aberfoyle Railway, bridge over Kelty Water.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 04/04/2007]](/images/14000/14371.jpg "Flanders Moss")
![Strathendrick & Aberfoyle Railway, farm bridge.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 04/04/2007]](/images/14000/14372.jpg "Flanders Moss")
![Strathendrick & Aberfoyle Railway, remains of bridge over River Forth. Se image 30235.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 04/04/2007]](/images/14000/14373.jpg "Flanders Moss")
![Strathendrick & Aberfoyle Railway, remains of bridge over River Forth. Se image 30235.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 04/04/2007]](/images/14000/14374.jpg "Flanders Moss")
![Strathendrick & Aberfoyle Railway, Looking NW<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 04/04/2007]](/images/14000/14375.jpg "Flanders Moss")
![<B>FlandersMoss</B> Strathendrick & Aberfoyle Railway, now a walk through the Flanders Moss Forest.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 04/04/2007]](/images/14000/14376.jpg "Flanders Moss")
![Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Line at Blanefield looking NW.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 12/04/2007]](/images/14000/14517.jpg "Blanefield")
![Strathendrick & Aberfoyle Railway, site of bridge over River Endrick.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 03/05/2007]](/images/3000/3817.jpg "Gartness")
![Strathendrick & Aberfoyle line at Killearn Station site on the road bridge to Killearn village, looking E. Line now part of West Highland Way.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 03/05/2007]](/images/14000/14844.jpg "Killearn Station")
![Strathendrick & Aberfoyle line at Killearn Station site on the road bridge to Killearn village, looking W. Line now part of West Highland Way.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 03/05/2007]](/images/14000/14845.jpg "Killearn Station")
![Strathendrick & Aberfoyle Railway, site of bridge over River Endrick looking E. Remains of sleeper wall.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 03/05/2007]](/images/14000/14847.jpg "Gartness")
![Strathendrick & Aberfoyle Railway, looking W from bridge over River Endrick.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 03/05/2007]](/images/14000/14848.jpg "Gartness")
![Blane Valley - sign on the West Highland Way next to site of Dumgoyne Station.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 15/07/2008]](/images/19000/19828.jpg "Dumgoyne")
![Strathblane on the Blane Valley Line - Brick buttress of long gone road bridge next to site of Strathblane Station.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 15/07/2008]](/images/19000/19829.jpg "Strathblane")
![Blane Valley - Track looking E of Strathblane Station.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 15/07/2008]](/images/19000/19830.jpg "Dumgoyne")
![Blane Valley - Road bridge to Craigend Farm.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 15/07/2008]](/images/19000/19831.jpg "Campsie Glen")
![Blane Valley - Remains of Campsie Glen Station site next to entrance to former Lennox Castle Hospital (LCH).<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 15/07/2008]](/images/19000/19834.jpg "Campsie Glen")
![Blane Valley - Bridge for middle entrance access to former Lennox Castle Hospital.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 15/07/2008]](/images/19000/19835.jpg "Campsie Glen")
![Blane Valley - Rail section milepost.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 15/07/2008]](/images/19000/19837.jpg "Campsie Glen")
![Blane Valley - Road bridge over both Blane Valley line and Glazert Water looking W from site of Lennoxtown Station.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 15/07/2008]](/images/19000/19840.jpg "Lennoxtown [2nd]")
![Looking south from the site of Aberfoyle station, now a car park, along the old trackbed towards Gartmore and beyond. This is now a footpath and cycleway, marked at the start by a replica semaphore signal, which unfortunately has had the signal arm mounted back to front. [See image 28487] for a 1958 view of the same location.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 26/03/2009]](/images/23000/23102.jpg "Aberfoyle")
![The new Gartrenich Bridge over the Forth on the long closed Aberfoyle branch, photographed on 8 September 2009. The new bridge sits on the abutments of the original structure built for the opening of the line in 1882. The former branch is now a popular walking and cycling route.<br>
<br><br>[Alan Dowsett 08/09/2009]](/images/26000/26076.jpg "Gartrenich Bridge")
![The bridge carrying the A81 road over the trackbed at Flanders Moss, Gartmore, in August 2010.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 10/08/2010]](/images/30000/30223.jpg "Gartmore")
![Replacement bridge over the River Forth at Flanders Moss, Gartmore, photographed in August 2010. The new crossing was constructed by the Army. see 14373.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 10/08/2010]](/images/30000/30235.jpg "Gartmore")
![Looking across the replacement bridge constructed by the Army spanning the Forth at Flanders Moss, Gartmore, in August 2010.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 10/08/2010]](/images/30000/30251.jpg "Gartmore")
![An interesting page from Shearers Guide of 1907 giving information about Aberfoyle, reached by The Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 04/11/2010]](/images/31000/31362.jpg "Aberfoyle")
![The railway cottages just east of the site of Aberfoyle station on the trackbed of the former Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway seen on 4th March 2015. The line is now a popular walking route to Buchlyvie.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 04/03/2015]](/images/50000/50548.jpg "Aberfoyle")
![Still partly visible on 4th March 2015 in the woodland which has grown up on the site of the east end of Aberfoyle station, the circle of concrete marks the location of the old turntable. [See image 20597]<br><br>[Colin McDonald 04/03/2015]](/images/50000/50557.jpg "Aberfoyle")
![This curious structure made from old rails is to be found near a path off the trackbed of the S&A near the site of the former Aberfoyle locomotive shed.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 04/03/2015]](/images/50000/50570.jpg "Aberfoyle")
