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17/07/2023 Video: Smardale Gill Viaduct [Rail Engineer] This video looks at the ongoing remedial work to Smardale Gill Viaduct in Cumbria, a magnificent stone structure engineered by Sir Thomas Bouch as part of his erstwhile Stainmore route across the Pennines, built to serve heavy industry on both sides. The railway having long gone, the viaduct remains open to foot traffic, but still ... (Permalink) Smardale Gill Viaduct Thomas Bouch Smardale Gill Viaduct: Viewed close up from the south-west, both the curvature and gradient on the viaduct are fairly obvious - the line climbed from right to left, reaching an 889' summit at Sandy Bank, not far to the west ... Bill Jamieson 25/05/2017 Smardale Gill Viaduct: Smardale Gill Viaduct on the SDLUR trackbed between Tebay and Kirkby Stephen in June 2015. Percy Beck, Tees, Deepdale, (the mighty) Belah, Hatygill, Merrygill, Podgill, Smardale Gill... Bouch ha ... Brian Taylor 08/06/2015 Smardale Gill Viaduct: Photograph taken from the the R.C.T.S. (N.E. Branch) / Stockton & Darlington Locomotive Society J21 rail tour of 7 May 1960. The location is Smardale Gill Viaduct on the Kirkby Stephen to Tebay secti ... K A Gray 07/05/1960 Rail Engineer
26/08/2021 How Forth Bridge and Tay Bridge disaster are linked by engineer Thomas Bouch [The Courier] You could make an argument for Edinburgh Castle, the Scott Monument or Skara Brae being Scotland's most iconic building or structure. But, for many. (Permalink) Forth Bridge Tay Bridge [1st] Thomas Bouch Tay Bridge [1st]: The first Tay Bridge viewed from the north before its collapse. Note the signalbox on the NB line to the left. To the right of the box are buildings at Buckingham Point, lost during the land reclamati ... Ewan Crawford Collection // Tay Bridge [1st]: A damaged beam from the original Tay Bridge. On display in the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. Ewan Crawford //2005 Tay Bridge [1st]: A view of the first Tay Bridge from Wormit with Dundee in the background after the fall of the High Girders. A portion of a contemporary postcard in my collection. Ewan Crawford Collection // The Courier
17/12/2020 Burntisland floating railway gets prestigious recognition [Fife Today] The National Transport Trust has awarded Burntislands 'floating railway' train station a prestigious Red Wheel to commemorate its achievement as the first roll-on/ roll-off seagoing train ferry in the world. (Permalink) Burntisland Granton Thomas Bouch Burntisland [1st]: At the invitation of Ian Archibald from the Burntisland Heritage Trust, the National Transport Trust's latest Red Wheel denoting a site of transport heritage was unveiled on 16th December 2020 by Vice ... John Yellowlees 16/12/2020 Fife Today
08/09/2020 New Fife plaque to mark site of world's first roll-on, roll-off ferry across the Forth [Fife Today] Part of Burntisland's heritage is to be recorded with a new plaque. The National Transport Trust wants to put a red plaque at the Old Station House in Forth Place to commemorate its role as a key transport route between Fife and Edinburgh before the Forth Rail bridge was built. It has applied to Fife Council for permission to add it to the front of the building. (Permalink) Burntisland Granton National Transport Trust Thomas Bouch Train ferry Burntisland New Pier: The passenger paddle steamer 'William Muir' enjoyed a long service between 1879 and 1937. Introduced on the Granton-Burntisland with the increase in traffic after the opening of the first Tay Bridge s ... Ewan Crawford Collection // Burntisland New Pier: The Burntisland Ferry Booking Office in 1973, demolished a few years later to make way for a short-lived hovercraft operation. The lettering on the canopy reads GRANTON - BURNTISLAND FERRY - BOOKING O ... Bill Roberton //1973 Burntisland [1st]: The Edinburgh and Northern 1847 terminus at Burntisland which linked with the train ferry to Granton. All doors and windows are now boarded up, March 2007. John Furnevel 15/03/2007 Fife Today Burntisland [1st]