d9009alycidon
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Hi all - I am trying to find out a bit more about how general freight was handled in Glasgow during the 1960s and 1970s. It is an era and area of work that doesn't seem to be well covered in books or on the internet. What I do know is as follows:
The vast majority if not all container traffic went to Gushetfaulds
Parcels Traffic was handled at Salkeld Street from about 1958 until the 1980s
After the closure of the smaller freight depots around the city, Sundries Traffic was concentrated on High Street and Sighthill with these two closing around 1982 and 1981 respectively. Sighthill was completely rebuilt between 1958 and 1961 as a modern depot, and the sidings were all realigned to be approached form the Caledonian lines instead of the NB lines towards Springburn. There was also the "Glasgow International Freight Terminal", initially at Barrack Street where it took the place of a mineral depot that closed in 1964 and closed in 1980, this traffic then appears to have relocated to part of the Salkeld Street site
What I am interested to know is if anyone has more detailed information regarding the above and how the freight traffic was split between High Street and Sighthill, was it regional or was it by traffic type. I do remember there being two evening fitted freights that used to hammer through Whifflet heading south of an evening and the signalman informed me that these were from Sighthill.
Thanks
The vast majority if not all container traffic went to Gushetfaulds
Parcels Traffic was handled at Salkeld Street from about 1958 until the 1980s
After the closure of the smaller freight depots around the city, Sundries Traffic was concentrated on High Street and Sighthill with these two closing around 1982 and 1981 respectively. Sighthill was completely rebuilt between 1958 and 1961 as a modern depot, and the sidings were all realigned to be approached form the Caledonian lines instead of the NB lines towards Springburn. There was also the "Glasgow International Freight Terminal", initially at Barrack Street where it took the place of a mineral depot that closed in 1964 and closed in 1980, this traffic then appears to have relocated to part of the Salkeld Street site
What I am interested to know is if anyone has more detailed information regarding the above and how the freight traffic was split between High Street and Sighthill, was it regional or was it by traffic type. I do remember there being two evening fitted freights that used to hammer through Whifflet heading south of an evening and the signalman informed me that these were from Sighthill.
Thanks
