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Category: Transport

Iconic Swedish Car’s Scottish Connection

Developed in the late 1950s, the Volvo P1800 was the Swedish car maker’s second attempt to launch a sports touring … More

cars, Linwood, Motoring, Pressed Steel, Transport

World’s Smallest Working Lighthouse

The tiny lighthouse on the pier at North Queensferry lays claim to being the world’s smallest working light tower. Built … More

abandoned, ferry, fife, Forth Railway Bridge, lighthouse, River Forth

Abandoned Fife Quarry Conveyor Pier

A gaunt metal pier projecting into the waters of the River Forth offers a reminder of industry on the Fife … More

abandoned, fife, pier, quarry, River Forth, urbex

Waulkmill Ferry

Journeying across the Tay is easy now, thanks to the numerous bridges that span Scotland’s longest river. However, in days … More

bothy, chapel, ferry, perthshire, River Tay, walk

Ghostly Tracks of Abandoned Military Railway

The ghostly tracks of an old railway built to serve a naval armaments and supply depot remain in place on … More

abandoned, fife, military, railway, war

Abandoned Boats

These images show just a few of the abandoned boats hauled out of the water at Charlestown Harbour, in Fife. … More

abandoned, boats, fife, harbour, River Forth

Gorton – a lost halt on the West Highland Railway

Gorton was, without a doubt, the most isolated of the halts on the West Highland Railway, the result of its … More

abandoned, Lost, railway station, rannoch moor, West Highland Line

Secrets of the Succoth Glen Superfortress

On a remote Scottish hillside lie the remains of a USAF aircraft which crashed to earth, killing all passengers and … More

abandoned, aircrash, Argyll, cold war, memorial, military, war

Ben Nevis in a Nutshell

Henry Alexander’s Ford Model T was not the only vehicle to scale Britain’s highest mountain, Ben Nevis. Almost 50 years … More

Ben Nevis, caravan, Dundee

The Mini rival that failed to spark

While the Rootes Group was busy developing the Hillman Imp as a small car to rival the Mini and put … More

automotive, Books, cars, Dundee, news, travel

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