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Polmadie Bridge (see pic) This view from the south-east was taken on 30 May 1962 from the bridge carrying Polmadie Road over the main Glasgow-Carlisle railway, and lines for local use. The locomotives are of the rebuilt 'Royal Scot' and 'Black 5' classes, used for express and mixed traffic trains respectively. The motive power depot is a short distance to the south-east of the locomotives seen here, on the other side of Polmadie Road. After steam traction ceased it was used by diesel locomotives, and is now used for the maintenance of main-line rolling stock. Polmadie Motive Power Depot was the largest steam locomotive shed in Scotland. It was originally built in about 1879, by the Caledonian Railway, and was completely rebuilt by the London, Midland & Scottish Railway in the 1940s. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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