Extensive file of notes, cuttings and correspondence relating to the Monkland Railways and constituent lines
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TitleExtensive file of notes, cuttings and correspondence relating to the Monkland Railways and constituent lines
ReferenceT25/3/37
Scope and ContentIncluding: typescript narratives on the 'Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway', 'The Ballochney Railway' and the 'Slamannan Railway/Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway'; typescript chronology of the 'Monkland Railways'; typescript notes on 'Locomotive Power applied to Canal Transit' (Forth & Clyde Canal, 1839); drawing of early Monkland & Kirkintilloch Railway locomotive, with drawing of NBR wagon and diagram of Ballochney Incline; sketch of M & K locomotive 'Sirocco'; drawings of Monkland Railways 0-4-2 engine, from the Practical Mechanics Journal, Vol. 1, 2nd series (1856-7); volume of Monkland Railways Acts of Parliament, 1846-1865; paper on The Slamannan Railway, by D. Martin; copy of Monklands Guidebook, with chapter on 'Railways in the Monklands'; copy of Jordanhill College project book Early Transport in the Monklands; letter from Mr James Watson re altered railway layout at Coatbridge; correspondence between J.F. McEwan and D. Martin, locomotive lists, and other papers.
LanguageEnglish
Level of descriptionfile
Repository nameEast Dunbartonshire Archives - Kirkintilloch