When St Enoch's Station in Glasgow was closed in 1967, the collection of maps of Scottish Railways was saved by a lecturer at Paisley College of Technology, who had been a British Rail employee. The maps illustrate the history of Civil Engineering in Scotland and the history of Engineering drawing. The earliest documents show the temerity of the men who planned the first railways in Scotland. The viaducts of the Aberdeen Railway were an enormous undertaking for the contractors of the day. Unfortunately, not all of them were well constructed, as is illustrated by the over-use of cast-iron in bridge engineering. A timber viaduct once existed on the Glasgow, Barrhead & Neilston Direct Railway, which has since been replaced by one of stone.
From the guide to the Maps of Scottish Railways, c.1839-1924, c.1839-1924, (University of the West of Scotland, Robertson Trust Library)
