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Glasgow Live
National
David McLean

Ex-British Rail worker shares amazing 1980s images of Glasgow's railway stations

Sifting through Michael Patterson’s Flickr photos feed featuring scenes in UK railway stations in the 1980s, you might be forgiven for thinking he's something of a train buff.

And while he's clearly got a penchant for rail-related matters, there is a reason behind his large collection of fascinating captures.

Starting in the late 1970s, Michael was employed by a British Rail heritage watchdog to record the nation's train stations in a bid to improve public relations with passengers. Along the way, he stopped off in Glasgow to snap a number of photographs of the city's two mainline railway terminals: Queen Street and Central Station.

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