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3 unusual facts about St. Rollox railway works


Cowlairs

The works closed in 1968, and contracts were transferred to St. Rollox railway works, which was renamed as BREL's Glasgow works.

St. Rollox railway works

During this period the site was reduced in size and the surplus land was sold off and is now the site of a large Tesco, Costco and Lidl.

Rollox Locomotive Works and St Rollox Carriage and Wagon Works were built in 1856 in Springburn, an area in the north-east of Glasgow, Scotland, for the Caledonian Railway, moving away from their works at Greenock.


John F. McIntosh

Born in Farnell, Angus, Scotland, in February 1846, MacIntosh would be famous for working at St. Rollox railway works, in Springburn, in Glasgow.

Test Dept

The group were noted for large-scale events in unusual site-specific locations, such as Waterloo station, Cannon Street station, Stirling Castle and the disused St Rollox Railway Works in Glasgow.


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