Hi all. I have had a lot of hassle recently regarding my website and other every day - to - day essentials which appeared has been hacked into. I have not had time to inform everyone of my site being no longer available due to me taking up the time to deal with the matter with the Police and the fact I have been busy doing a lot of non - railway photography work. However, the new website is now set up and I will get everything that was on the now old website back up as soon as I can whenever I get the spare time.
It has been very busy in the Scottish railway world with the Airdrie - Bathgate Project track laying commencing heavily and with the announcement for the go ahead for the £9 million refurbishment project which will be delivered to Dalmarnock station for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Below are links to the photographs I have taken over the past couple of weeks which realte to the above mentioned and other odds and ends. Photographs are now taken with a rather expensive Canon 7D which has been a great investment so far and meets my expectations in photography
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NOTE: full captions can be found by clicking the links below
Bridgeton Yard / Rutherglen station - Bathgate Engineers (Sleeper Delivery) Train:
D.B. Schenker Class 66 095 + 106 arrive into Bridgeton Yard - 0K89 from Mossend:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652693.html
The Balfour Beatty Sleeper wagons are seen inside the yard waiting to be delivered to Bathgate by two D.B. Scenker locomotives:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652694.html
Class 66 095 side view with its load in the background waiting to be attached:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652695.html
Class 66 106 & 095 waiting to go and collect the sleeper wagons:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652696.html
Class 334 036 and Class 66 106 / 095 at Rutherglen station / Brdigeton Yard:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652697.html
Class 66 106 / 095 again showing Ruthglen station signs:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652698.html
Class 66 106 going through into the yard to pick up the sleeper wagon load (3 pics):
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65653310.html
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652752.html
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652753.html
Class 66 095 sitting solo:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652751.html
Class 66 106 being attached with the sleeper wagons load at Bridgeton Yard (2 pics):
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652754.html
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652755.html
An unusual photograph - Class 318 258 coming into stop at Rutherglen station and Class 66 106 seen inside Bridgeton Yard:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652756.html
Class 66 106 finally leaves the yard slowly with its sleeper wagon load of which Class 66 095 attached onto and then went onwards to Bathgate:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652757.html
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652758.html
Airdrie - Bathgate Updates from Tuesday 15th June 2010:
Bathgate:
Class 66 090 (018 at the rear) is seen on the curve at Bathgate with an engineers train:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652555.html
Bathgate station is now more or less complete - Bathgate L.M.D to the right:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652687.html
Class 158 721 + 712 sitting inside what will be the old and demolished Bathgate station come December 2010 when the new line opens:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652744.html
Temporary points for the engineers trains west of Bathgate??:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652745.html
A landscape view of the full engineers train sitting on the curve at Bathgate consisitng of Class 66 018 & 090:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652746.html
Armadale - Station and railway line taking shape well:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652747.html
closer view of the above:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652748.html
Looking west from Armadale towards Blackridge:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652749.html
General view of Blackridge station, which is more or less complete with Overhead Line Portals erected:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652750.html
THE MACHINE!!!: The impressive Balfour Beatty track laying machine is seen stabled just east of Blackridge station:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652556.html
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652557.html
Glasgow Central Low Level Tuesday 15th June 2010 - odds and ends shots:
Class 318 254 & 258 call at the station:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652558.html
Class 318 258 calls at the station en - route to Lanark:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652559.html
Glasgow Central High Level Thursday 17th June 2010:
Class 90 036 in Railfreight Distribution livery is seen sitting inside platform 10 waiting to work the 23.40 1M11 ScotRail Sleeper to London Euston:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652560.html
Edinburgh Waverley Friday 18th June 2010:
Class 185 132 awaits to work an early evening First Transpennine Express service to Manchester Airport:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652561.html
BON VOYAGE - A young couple say goodbye as one is en - route to Manchester while the other stays behind. The light was very nice and the atmosphere of the couple caught my attention:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652562.html
Glasgow Central commuters (busy times) on Saturday 19th June 2010 are seen walking along the new platform 13 having just came off a 6 car train from Ayrshire:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652563.html
Class 334 025 + 030 are seen sitting inside the new platform 13 bound for Ayr:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652688.html
Dalmarnock Station on Saturday 19th June 2010 - This station has just been given the go - ahead by the Scottish Parliament to undergo a £9 million refurbishment project in aid of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. You can see why in the photograph below:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652689.html
same photograph with Class 318 254 coming into stop at the station en - route to Dalmuir:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652690.html
Holytown Monday 21st June 2010:
Class 158 728 calls at platform 1 en - route to Glasgow Central:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652691.html
Class 156 506 in S.P.T. livery calls at platform 2 en - route to Edinburgh Waverley:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652692.html
I am pleased to be back in touch with a lot of you and thanks for the support some of you have gave who know that the past couple of months have not been easy for myself / day - to - day life, much appreciated
Best Regards
Jonathan McGurk
It has been very busy in the Scottish railway world with the Airdrie - Bathgate Project track laying commencing heavily and with the announcement for the go ahead for the £9 million refurbishment project which will be delivered to Dalmarnock station for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Below are links to the photographs I have taken over the past couple of weeks which realte to the above mentioned and other odds and ends. Photographs are now taken with a rather expensive Canon 7D which has been a great investment so far and meets my expectations in photography
. NOTE: full captions can be found by clicking the links below
Bridgeton Yard / Rutherglen station - Bathgate Engineers (Sleeper Delivery) Train:
D.B. Schenker Class 66 095 + 106 arrive into Bridgeton Yard - 0K89 from Mossend:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652693.html
The Balfour Beatty Sleeper wagons are seen inside the yard waiting to be delivered to Bathgate by two D.B. Scenker locomotives:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652694.html
Class 66 095 side view with its load in the background waiting to be attached:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652695.html
Class 66 106 & 095 waiting to go and collect the sleeper wagons:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652696.html
Class 334 036 and Class 66 106 / 095 at Rutherglen station / Brdigeton Yard:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652697.html
Class 66 106 / 095 again showing Ruthglen station signs:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652698.html
Class 66 106 going through into the yard to pick up the sleeper wagon load (3 pics):
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65653310.html
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652752.html
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652753.html
Class 66 095 sitting solo:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652751.html
Class 66 106 being attached with the sleeper wagons load at Bridgeton Yard (2 pics):
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652754.html
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652755.html
An unusual photograph - Class 318 258 coming into stop at Rutherglen station and Class 66 106 seen inside Bridgeton Yard:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652756.html
Class 66 106 finally leaves the yard slowly with its sleeper wagon load of which Class 66 095 attached onto and then went onwards to Bathgate:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652757.html
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652758.html
Airdrie - Bathgate Updates from Tuesday 15th June 2010:
Bathgate:
Class 66 090 (018 at the rear) is seen on the curve at Bathgate with an engineers train:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652555.html
Bathgate station is now more or less complete - Bathgate L.M.D to the right:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652687.html
Class 158 721 + 712 sitting inside what will be the old and demolished Bathgate station come December 2010 when the new line opens:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652744.html
Temporary points for the engineers trains west of Bathgate??:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652745.html
A landscape view of the full engineers train sitting on the curve at Bathgate consisitng of Class 66 018 & 090:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652746.html
Armadale - Station and railway line taking shape well:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652747.html
closer view of the above:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652748.html
Looking west from Armadale towards Blackridge:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652749.html
General view of Blackridge station, which is more or less complete with Overhead Line Portals erected:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652750.html
THE MACHINE!!!: The impressive Balfour Beatty track laying machine is seen stabled just east of Blackridge station:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652556.html
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652557.html
Glasgow Central Low Level Tuesday 15th June 2010 - odds and ends shots:
Class 318 254 & 258 call at the station:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652558.html
Class 318 258 calls at the station en - route to Lanark:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652559.html
Glasgow Central High Level Thursday 17th June 2010:
Class 90 036 in Railfreight Distribution livery is seen sitting inside platform 10 waiting to work the 23.40 1M11 ScotRail Sleeper to London Euston:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652560.html
Edinburgh Waverley Friday 18th June 2010:
Class 185 132 awaits to work an early evening First Transpennine Express service to Manchester Airport:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652561.html
BON VOYAGE - A young couple say goodbye as one is en - route to Manchester while the other stays behind. The light was very nice and the atmosphere of the couple caught my attention:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652562.html
Glasgow Central commuters (busy times) on Saturday 19th June 2010 are seen walking along the new platform 13 having just came off a 6 car train from Ayrshire:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652563.html
Class 334 025 + 030 are seen sitting inside the new platform 13 bound for Ayr:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652688.html
Dalmarnock Station on Saturday 19th June 2010 - This station has just been given the go - ahead by the Scottish Parliament to undergo a £9 million refurbishment project in aid of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. You can see why in the photograph below:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652689.html
same photograph with Class 318 254 coming into stop at the station en - route to Dalmuir:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652690.html
Holytown Monday 21st June 2010:
Class 158 728 calls at platform 1 en - route to Glasgow Central:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652691.html
Class 156 506 in S.P.T. livery calls at platform 2 en - route to Edinburgh Waverley:
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/p65652692.html
I am pleased to be back in touch with a lot of you and thanks for the support some of you have gave who know that the past couple of months have not been easy for myself / day - to - day life, much appreciated
Best Regards
Jonathan McGurk
