Falkirk Provost will stand alone to remember Quintinshill rail victims [Falkirk Herald]
Date: 22/05/2020
Remembering the soldiers who died in the rail disaster in May 1915.
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Falkirk Provost will stand alone to remember Quintinshill rail victims
Falkirk Herald
Remembering the soldiers who died in the rail disaster in May 1915
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Quintinshill - One Morning in May
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Quintinshill Loops - RAILSCOT
Quintinshill Loops
There are refuge loops at Quintinshill on both the north and south bound lines. The location is just north of Gretna Junction. A signal box opened here around 1880. There was a trailing crossover.
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Plaque at Larbert station commemorating those who left on the troop train for Liverpool docks bound for Gallipoli in the early hours of 22nd May 1915 only to perish later that morning at Quintinshill. See image [[4099]]
Location: Larbert
Company: Scottish Central Railway
25/05/2005 John Furnevel
Location: Larbert
Company: Scottish Central Railway
25/05/2005 John Furnevel
Memorial and roll of honour in Rosebank cemetery to the 200+ men of the Leith Territorial Battalion the Royal Scots, killed as a result of the Quintinshill disaster. See image [[4097]]
Location: Rosebank Cemetery
Company: Landmarks
23/06/2005 John Furnevel
Location: Rosebank Cemetery
Company: Landmarks
23/06/2005 John Furnevel
Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 no 92233 powers a freight north past the loops at Quintinshill in November 1964 as the signalman looks out from the open window of Quintinshill signal box.
Location: Quintinshill Loops
Company: Caledonian Railway
28/11/1964 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)
Location: Quintinshill Loops
Company: Caledonian Railway
28/11/1964 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)
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