The Cowlairs railway works was founded in 1841 by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on the west side of the railway at Carlisle Street.
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After nationalisation in 1948, the works became the property of BREL, who used steam locomotives until 1968.
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The works closed in 1968, and contracts were transferred to St. Rollox railway works, which was renamed as BREL's Glasgow works.
Cowlairs Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Works , at Cowlairs in Springburn, an area in the north-east of Glasgow, Scotland, was built in 1841 for the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and was taken over by the North British Railway (NBR) in 1865.