Collapsed Spey Viaduct
As reported in The Herald, 27 January 2026. The Spey Viaduct: The present seemed vulnerable to the past: To play this short film please click here. Credits: Piano Theme by … Continue reading Collapsed Spey Viaduct
Tag: railway
The Spey Viaduct
The Spey Viaduct, an iron girder railway bridge near Garmouth. Construction began in 1882. This week, on the 14th of December 2025, a section of the Spey Viaduct collapsed. I … Continue reading The Spey Viaduct
Heading Due North
Three short films of an old railway tunnel in the centre of Edinburgh: Due North [in its ending: Scotland Street Station]: Smash out into the sunshine [in its ending: Scotland … Continue reading Heading Due North
‘she was learning music’
This post is for Florence Embla Leslie:
The Night Mail to the North
This evocative image was painted by Waller Hugh Paton in 1872. It depicts an evening steam train leaving Bridge of Allan station, heading North. Waller Hugh Paton [1828-1895] was a … Continue reading The Night Mail to the North
‘Change here for Blairgowrie’
John Robertson [1830-1920]. Like his Angus compatriot, Rashiebog, I would loved to hae nattered awa’ wi him aboot a’ the planets, comets an stars!
NOW & THEN
As featured in yesterday’s Scotsman:
Shocking death at Bridge of Allan Station
When I was last up to Lecropt, and having time on my hands, I slowly wandered around a meadow of graves. I came across this one: Defaced by time I … Continue reading Shocking death at Bridge of Allan Station