With travel currently disrupted for millions as the biggest rail strike in decades ripples across the UK network, we look back to 1890 when striking Glasgow rail workers brought Scotland to a standstill at Christmas.
Just like their modern counterparts, rail workers in Glasgow in 1890 were fed up with working conditions and miniscule pay increases.
In those days, the majority of rail employees worked at one of three rival firms: the Caledonian, North British and Glasgow & South Western railway companies.
