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Saughton Junction
All photographs of this location in date order.
![Haymarket A2 Pacific no 60519 <I>Honeyway</I> is about to take a train past Saughton Junction on the first day of August 1957 and will soon start to turn north towards the Forth Bridge.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 01/08/1957]](/images/27000/27254.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![Gresley A3 no 60099 <I>'Call Boy'</I> brings a train off the Forth Bridge line through Saughton Junction on the first day of August 1957. The Pacific will soon be passing its home shed at Haymarket. <br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 01/08/1957]](/images/37000/37003.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![Haymarket A3 Pacific no 60089 <I>Felstead</I> speeds west through Saughton Junction on Thursday 1 August 1957 at the head of the Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Queen Street leg of the down <I>North Briton</I> ex Leeds City.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 01/08/1957]](/images/37000/37058.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![A Swindon InterCity DMU passes Saughton Junction in August 1957 with a Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh Waverley shuttle service. Note the goods yard (left) and carriage sidings (right) are still in use.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 01/08/1957]](/images/37000/37077.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![An Edinburgh - Glasgow InterCity DMU runs through Saughton Junction on 1 August 1957 passing a K3 2-6-0 with empty stock from Saughton carriage sidings heading for Waverley.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 01/08/1957]](/images/37000/37458.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![One of the first batch of newly delivered Swindon InterCity DMUs runs through Saughton Junction on 1 August 1957 on an Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Queen Street service. <br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 01/08/1957]](/images/38000/38019.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![A2 Pacific no 60507 <I>'Highland Chieftain'</I> runs through Saughton Junction on 11 August 1957 and is about to turn north on the route towards the Forth Bridge. The train has just passed a freight standing at signals on the right beyond the footbridge.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 11/08/1957]](/images/37000/37111.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![A westbound DMU for Glasgow Queen Street about to pass Saughton Junction in June 1958.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) /06/1958]](/images/27000/27111.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![Haymarket A3 Pacific no 60057 <i>Ormonde</i> at Saughton Junction in June 1958 with the down <I>North Briton</I> passing V3 no 67608 with empty stock from Saughton carriage sidings.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 23/06/1958]](/images/26000/26730.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![Gresley V3 no 67608 heads towards Waverley on 23 June 1958, shortly after collecting empty stock from the carriage sidings at Saughton Junction. <br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 23/06/1958]](/images/30000/30121.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![A3 no 60041 <I>Salmon Trout</I> about to take the Forth Bridge route at Saughton Junction in June 1958.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 23/06/1958]](/images/32000/32610.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![View east from alongside Saughton Junction in June 1958 as A2 Pacific no 60509 <I>Waverley</I> approaches with a motley collection of coaching stock heading for the Forth Bridge.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 23/06/1958]](/images/33000/33158.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![A2 Pacific no 60528 <I>Tudor Minstrel</I> about to turn north towards the Forth Bridge at Saughton Junction on 23 June 1958 with a train for Aberdeen.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 23/06/1958]](/images/34000/34918.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![An Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Queen Street DMU photographed heading west through Saughton Junction on 23 June 1958. <br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 23/06/1958]](/images/36000/36267.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![J37 0-6-0 no 64590 passing Saughton Junction on 9 October 1958 with a freight on the E&G line.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 09/10/1958]](/images/27000/27931.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![K3 2-6-0 no 61875 passing Saughton Junction in July 1959 with an eastbound freight.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 03/07/1959]](/images/27000/27182.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![B1 no 61308 is about to turn north at Saughton Junction in July 1959 with a train heading for the Forth Bridge.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 13/07/1959]](/images/33000/33554.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![St Margarets V2 no 60971 heads west at Saughton Junction in the summer of 1959.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 18/07/1959]](/images/31000/31187.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![Black 5 no 44969 takes a train through Saughton Junction in July 1959. <br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 18/07/1959]](/images/32000/32379.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![B1 4-6-0 no 61101 brings a train from the north through Saughton Junction in July 1959.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 18/07/1959]](/images/33000/33944.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![A2 Pacific no 60531 <I>Bahram</I> passes Black 5 no 44796 as it takes an Aberdeen bound train through Saughton Junction in July 1959.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 18/07/1959]](/images/35000/35206.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![St Margarets K3 2-6-0 no 61911 brings an evening freight east through Saughton Junction on 18 July 1959.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 18/07/1959]](/images/35000/35245.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![Polmont shed's J35 0-6-0 no 64531 brings a tank train east through Saughton Junction in July 1959. <br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 18/07/1959]](/images/35000/35403.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![The Leeds - Newcastle - Edinburgh - Glasgow <I>'North Briton'</I> runs west through Saughton Junction on 18 July 1959 behind Gateshead V2 no 60904.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 18/07/1959]](/images/36000/36215.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![Gresley A3 Pacific no 60052 <I>'Prince Palatine'</I> speeds west through Saughton Junction on 18 July 1959 heading towards Glasgow.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 18/07/1959]](/images/36000/36702.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![A westbound train, an ecs working based on the headlamp code, at Saughton Junction on 18 July 1959 headed by Ivatt 2-6-0 no 43132.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 18/07/1959]](/images/36000/36791.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![Thornton B1 no 61403 heads south on the Forth Bridge line past new housing developments at Broomhall on the approach to Saughton Junction in July 1959.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 25/07/1959]](/images/32000/32101.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![B1 4-6-0 no 61307 approaching Saughton Junction light engine from the Forth Bridge direction on 25 July 1959 past new housing developments at Broomhall.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 25/07/1959]](/images/36000/36304.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![Haymarket V2 no 60816 runs past Broomhouse shortly after turning north at Saughton Junction in the summer of 1959 with a stopping train heading for the Forth Bridge.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 25/07/1959]](/images/36000/36339.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![V2 2-6-2 no 60804 of Dundee Tay Bridge shed arrives at Saughton Junction with a freight from the north in July 1959. The train is crossing over to the E&G line and will join the 'sub' at Haymarket West Junction.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 31/07/1959]](/images/29000/29798.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![One of St Margaret's J38 0-6-0s no 65919 takes a freight west through Saughton Junction in July 1959.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 31/07/1959]](/images/30000/30406.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![With just 2 months to go before withdrawal by BR, Gresley K3 2-6-0 no 61876 heads west at Saughton Junction with a freight on 31 July 1959. The train is about to turn north and take the Forth Bridge line. <br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 31/07/1959]](/images/31000/31798.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![Eastfield B1 no 61197 takes a train west at Saughton Junction in July 1959.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 31/07/1959]](/images/32000/32123.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![B1 61340 hurries west past Saughton Junction on 31 July 1959.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 31/07/1959]](/images/32000/32873.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![A3 Pacific no 60100 <I>Spearmint</I> brings a train off the Forth Bridge line at Saughton Junction on the last day of July 1959 and heads east towards Waverley <br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 31/07/1959]](/images/33000/33020.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![Light engine at Saughton Junction in the spring of 1961. D49 4-4-0 no 62729 <I>Rutlandshire</I> passes a group of young enthusiasts standing in the adjacent field. The locomotive was finally withdrawn from St Margarets shed in May 1961 and cut up at Darlington Works later the same month. <br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 31/07/1959]](/images/34000/34260.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![A4 Pacific no 60012 <I>Commonwealth of Australia</I> westbound through Saughton Junction at speed on 31 July 1959. The usual suspects observe the proceedings from the wall on the right.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 31/07/1959]](/images/34000/34344.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![A3 Pacific no 60098 <I>'Spion Kop'</I> is about to turn north at Saughton Junction on the last day of July 1959 and head for The Forth Bridge.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 31/07/1959]](/images/34000/34489.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![Long time Edinburgh resident A1 Pacific no 60162 <I>Saint Johnstoun</I> heads west through Saughton Junction on the last day of July 1959 and starts the gradual turn north with a train for Aberdeen.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 31/07/1959]](/images/36000/36398.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![A fine July day at Saughton Junction in 1959 sees Bathgate shed's J36 0-6-0 no 65341 passing with an eastbound oil train.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 31/07/1959]](/images/37000/37737.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![DMUs race through Saughton Junction in the summer of 1959 with westbound trains on the Forth Bridge and Glasgow lines respectively.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 31/07/1959]](/images/37000/37990.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![A locomotive associated more with the West Highland Line, Gresley K2 no 61789 <I>Loch Laidon</I> heads west approaching Saughton Junction with a freight in August 1959 on her way back to Eastfield.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 26/08/1959]](/images/26000/26807.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![Freights passing at Saughton Junction on 26 August 1959 with A1 Pacific no 60147 <I>North Eastern</I> about to run past the signal box.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 26/08/1959]](/images/29000/29812.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![B1 4-6-0 no 61357 takes a westbound freight through Saughton Junction in August 1959. From the setting of the junction signal the train is about to cross over to the Fife lines and head north.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 26/08/1959]](/images/31000/31678.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![BRCW Type 2 no D5321 photographed at Saughton Junction in August 1959 some 4 months after delivery. The locomotive spent an initial period at the newly converted diesel depot at Leith Central (64H) before being sent north to Inverness. Eventual withdrawal came in October 1991 as no 26021. <br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 26/08/1959]](/images/32000/32004.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![A DMU bound for Larbert passes through Saughton Junction on 26 August 1959.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 26/08/1959]](/images/38000/38176.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![Haymarket J36 no 65243 <I>Maude</I> (once more awaiting her name being repainted on the splasher) brings a freight out of the sidings and past the signal box at Saughton Junction on 27 August 1959.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 27/08/1959]](/images/29000/29832.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![BRCW Type 2 no D5322, delivered new to Haymarket shed some 4 months earlier, photographed with a westbound freight at Saughton Junction in August 1959. The train has recently joined the E&G off the 'sub' at Haymarket West Junction and is about to cross over to the Fife lines before heading north.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 27/08/1959]](/images/38000/38189.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![BRCW Type 2 no D5320 at Saughton Junction with a freight about to cross over to the Forth Bridge line in August 1959. The Haymarket locomotive was just over 4 months old at that time.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 27/08/1959]](/images/38000/38378.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![J37 0-6-0 no 64572 photographed at Saughton Junction on an eastbound freight in September 1959.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 28/09/1959]](/images/38000/38612.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![St Margarets B1 4-6-0 no 61308 takes the down <I>North Briton</I> west on the Edinburgh & Glasgow main line through Saughton Junction on Monday 28 September 1959.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 28/09/1959]](/images/38000/38709.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![Haymarket A2 Pacific no 60536 <I>Trimbush</I> takes a Kings Cross - Aberdeen train west past Saughton Junction on 28 September 1959.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 28/09/1959]](/images/39000/39019.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![A freight from the Forth Bridge direction is about to pass Saughton Junction signal box in 1971 as it crosses onto the Glasgow - Edinburgh line to reach the sub at Haymarket West Junction.<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/11/1971]](/images/1000/1251.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![A pair of class 20s with an MGR coal train from the Fife coalfield to Cockenzie PS passing Saughton Junction box in March 1972. Unusually both locomotives are running 'smokebox first' - presumably there had been a failure and the replacement could not be turned for them to be coupled with the cabs facing outwards as was normal practice.<br><br>[Bill Jamieson /03/1972]](/images/32000/32492.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![View west at Saughton Junction, seen through a telephoto lens, late one afternoon in March 1972. The location was still a junction at that time and the signal box still operational, although the former carriage sidings beyond the box had gone and little remained of the old goods yard off to the left. As for Saughton station, opened in 1842 (as Corstorphine) and closed in 1921, nothing remains (other than the bricked-up entrance on Saughton Road). [See image 25903].<br>
<br><br>[Bill Jamieson /03/1972]](/images/33000/33396.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![The closed signal box at Saughton Junction seen in 1975 looking north across the running lines.<br><br>[Neil McWilliam //1975]](/images/27000/27279.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![A general view west over a <I>remodelled</I> Saughton Junction in 1975 showing the abandoned signal box, with the site of the former carriage sidings beyond.<br><br>[Neil McWilliam //1975]](/images/27000/27305.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![View west at Saughton Junction in late 1975 following resignalling. The semaphore arms have been removed but the old signal posts still stand, the Edinburgh - Glasgow shuttles are in the hands of type 2s, with one at each end operating on the push-pull principle and the large gasometer on Sighthill Industrial Estate dominates the horizon (not far south of what is now Edinburgh Park station).<br><br>[Neil McWilliam //1975]](/images/27000/27321.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![View north across the running lines at Saughton Junction in 1975 with the new cls system fully operational and the redundant signal box closed and shuttered.<br><br>[Neil McWilliam //1975]](/images/27000/27400.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![View west from the footbridge at Saughton Junction in 1975 with a class 27 push-pull service approaching from Glasgow Queen Street.<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1975]](/images/35000/35128.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![25232 approaching Saughton Junction on 14 June 1978 heading north on the Fife Lines with a mixed freight. Trams now pass over the line at this point! [See image 34412]<br><br>[Bill Roberton 14/06/1978]](/images/50000/50835.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![47403 brings an eastbound train past Saughton junction in July 1981.<br><br>[John Furnevel 15/07/1981]](/images/3000/3359.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![Class 40 no 40049 passing Saughton Junction with cars for Bathgate in the summer of 1981.<br><br>[John Furnevel 15/07/1981]](/images/3000/3425.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![One of the Bathgate car trains heading west past Saughton Junction in May 1988.<br><br>[John Furnevel 26/05/1988]](/images/32000/32182.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![Passing 158s at Saughton in December 2002. On the left a train from Dunblane is approaching, while on the right Fife Circle train turns north towards the Forth Bridge.<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/12/2002]](/images/3000/3031.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![A Glasgow - Edinburgh shuttle runs east at Saughton Junction in December 2002. In the right background a train is approaching on the Forth Bridge route.<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/12/2002]](/images/55000/55218.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![A mid-morning Milngavie - Edinburgh Waverley train runs east at Saughton Junction on 31 May and will soon begin to slow for the stop at Haymarket.<br><br>[John Furnevel 31/05/2011]](/images/34000/34336.jpg "Saughton Junction")
![The tram flyover at Saughton looking essentially complete on 31 May 2011 and even possessing its first graffiti. View is from the path up to the footbridge, looking east towards Haymarket, as a Fife bound DMU approaches. [See image 28409]<br><br>[John Furnevel 31/05/2011]](/images/34000/34412.jpg "Saughton Junction")
