Twenty-six years ago, but a totem was already a rarity worthy of a
photograph.  Hardly surprising when the image was supposed to have been consigned to history 20 years before that. There was just the one left at West Calder in May 1984: I suspect the only reason it was still there was that on removal day they hadn't brought a ladder long enough. I believe the few remaining totems in Scotland were gone by the end of that year. The building in the background is the now demolished eastbound waiting room see image 20611.

Location: West Calder

Original line: Cleland and Midcalder Line (Caledonian Railway)

Photographer: David Panton

Contact photographer: David Panton

Contact editor

Date: 05/1984

Image number: 31931

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