Vinegarhill Switchback Railway
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Vinegarhill Switchback RailwayDescription
Glasgow's annual carnival was displaced from place to place over time. In the 1890s there was a Switchback Railway on the east side of Vinegarhill Street.
This was relocated to the west side of Vinegarhill Street by the time of the 1912 Ordnance Survey map, formerly the site of the Camlachie Foundry and later Camlachie Steel Works. By this time there was one linear and one oval Switchback Railway.
The name Switchback may have, with its proximity, applied to the Caledonian Railway's Glasgow Lines, better known as The Switchback (Caledonian Railway).
| Nearby stations Duke Street London Road [Glasgow] Parkhead North Bellgrove Parkhead Stadium Alexandra Parade Bridgeton Bridgeton [2nd] Gallowgate Central Bridgeton [1st] Dalmarnock Bridgeton Goods Glasgow Green Gallowgate High Street | Camlachie Foundry Alma Boiler Works Camlachie Chemical Works Whitevale Chemical Works Camlachie Goods Yard Camlachie Foundry [Duncan McArthur] Parkhead Junction [CR] Mountblue Engineering Works Mountblue Pottery Crown Point Foundry Duke Street Tunnels Fordneuk Factory Netherfield Chemical Works Tourist/other Loch Katrine Distillery Camlachie Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
