The Glasgow and South Western Railway was the third biggest of the five major Scottish railway companies prior to the 1923 Grouping. It served a triangular area of south-west Scotland between Glasgow,
Dumfries station pilot in BR days
Kilmarnock station in 1957
The Prince's Pier, Greenock, in use today as a shipping terminus
A stub of the G&SWR route relaid at Kilmarnock for coal traffic in 2010
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act 1921, which required the grouping of over 120 separate railways into four
Glasgow and South Western Railway
…Caledonian Railway and its English partner, the London and North Western Railway, who had an easier route. In 1923 the G&SWR formed a constituent of the London Midland and Scottish Railway group. Much of the network remains active at the present day; Glasgow commuting particularly has developed, and parts of the network have been electrified…
Crest of the LMS on a railway carriage
LMS crest, carved into the stonework at Leeds station
LMS monogram at Llandudno Station
An LMS sleeping car in the standard maroon livery