Who is this Railway Snapper?

He took photos in and around Edinburgh in the 1950s and 1960s

Please email me if you can suggest who this photographer might be.    Thank you.

  Peter Stubbs:  October 10, 2014

The Railway Snapper

In 2003, Archie Foley, Joppa, Edinburgh bought a collection of negatives taken by this photographer

Please click here to read about an Exhibition to be held in October 2014 that includes some of these photos.

The Railway Snapper who took Railway Photos in and around Edinburgh in the 1950s and 1960s. Who was he?

© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Archie Foley, Joppa, Edinburgh

 

Photos

1950s and 1960s

Here are some of the photos that this photographer took on the railways in and around Edinburgh in the 1950s and 1960s. 

Please click on the thumbnail images below to enlarge the pictures and to read some comments about them.

A railway worker stands beside the track as a train passes heading towards a signal box. Where is it? ©

Beside the Railway

Loco No 47163 at Colinton Station on 19 June 1958 ©

Colinton Station

A railway worker stands beside the railway in front of Woodmuir Junction signal box in West Lothian ©

Woodmuir Junction

Six railway workers on a trolley - Photograph probably taken in the 1950s ©

6 workers

 

The end of the line at Corstorphine Station in the 1950s ©

Corstorphine Station

National Coal Board loco No 13 and three railway workers ©

NCB No 13

Ten railway cleaners - Photograph probably taken in the 1950s ©

10 cleaners

A group of fourteen railway workers at Craigentinny, with Arthur's Seat in the background ©

Craigentinny

A group of six railway cleaners at Craigentinny ©

Craigentinny

 

Loco 61407 and a shunter ©

Loco 61407 + shunter

Loco No 47163 at Colinton Station on 19 June 1958 ©

Colinton Station

Six railway workers on the steps of Woodmuir Junction Signal Box in West Lothian ©

Woodmuir Junction

 

 

  

Where and When?      More photos

 

 

Edinburgh Railway Lines and Stations

Edinburgh

 Central

North

 West

East

South

SW

Leith

  

Scottish Railway Lines and Stations
East Lothian

Midlothian

 West Lothian

Borders

Around Edinburgh

 Accidents Equipment

Scottish Railway Stations - from 1990s

 

  

 

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