Date: 09/02/2022

For 36 years, the sounds and sights of ships being broken up dominated the Faslane area, and many a famous vessel ended its days there.

Furniture and furnishings from many ships went on sale and found their way to Helensburgh and district homes and gardens.

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View over Faslane Exchange Sidings, photographed around 1978.This was a fascinating place - like something out of Casey Jones. It was laid during WW2 as Military Port No 1 Railway using wartime continental standards (light flat bottom rail spiked through baseplates onto the sleepers, staggered joints, right-hand running, etc). The yard had 7 lines at one time I believe, although latterly only one track was used for traffic to and from Shipbreaking Industries Ltd. The line was felt to pose a potential security threat as it ran through the Faslane Base and its last chance of survival went when the option to use it during the rebuilding of Faslane for Vanguard was rejected in the 1980s.
Location: Faslane Junction Yard
Company: Military Port Number 1 Railway
//1978 Johnny Trippick

The bridge which formerly crossed the A814 next to Faslane Port. The bridge carried the Military Port #1 Railway down from Shandon to the port. The bridge was required when the road was diverted to the north of the port.
Location: Faslane Military Port
Company: Military Port Number 1 Railway
//1989 Ewan Crawford

A LNER wagon label in my collection, dating from 1945, for a journey despatched from Haverhill in Suffolk to Faslane via Berwick and Cadder yards. (What does the Fort Pine mean?)
Location: Faslane Port
Company: Military Port Number 1 Railway
12/12/1945 Douglas Blades

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