Class 81 no. 007 awaits departure from Carstairs with a relief Edinburgh to Birmingham service. The train had few occupants so the passenger in the railway carriage seen reading a book would have been able to enjoy doing so undisturbed.
Date taken: Friday, September 21, 1984
Photo area: Carstairs
(7 photos)
Photo set: British Rail Scotland in the 1980s and early 1990s (150 photos)
Rail photos: Ayrshire (14) - Berwick upon Tweed (6) - Carlisle (6) - Carstairs (7) - Dunblane, Gleneagles, Perth (8) - Edinburgh and Lothians (6) - Falkirk, Grangemouth, Larbert and Polmont (20) - Glasgow Area (20) - Glasgow Central (16) - Glasgow Queen Street (3) - Highland Line (8) - North East Scotland (20) - Stirling (16)