being and becoming in the world
The above photograph was taken in 1950 by Tom E, Gray 23 April 1898, The Ambulance Crew, Princes Street Station: 1959, Princes Street Station to be closed: All photographs from … Continue reading Princes Street station was closed in 1965 and has since been demolished
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
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
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
This post is for Florence Embla Leslie:
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
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!
As featured in yesterday’s Scotsman: