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The QE2 and John Brown’s

The QE2 returned to the Clyde for her 40th birthday in September 2007.  This is an archive of information about the ship and the yard that built her, supplied by Glasgow University Archives.

The QE2 made her last visit to the Clyde in October 2008 and will now become a floating hotel in Dubai.  Here is the Herald’s tribute to her:- (when you reach the site, click on it to start the slideshow)

Glasgow’s Underground Railway (1)

This is a fairly technical view of the Glasgow Undeground in the 1930s by Michael J. Irlam.  There are lots of other pages to visit concerning Railways of the 1930s, but this link will open on the Glasgow Underground page.

Glasgow Central Station

James Howie looks at Glasgow Central past and present.

Queen Street Station

James Howie looks at Glasgow Queen Street Station then and now.

Glasgow Transport Badges

Tons of information on this site about Glasgow Transport badges, uniforms and miscellany related to trams, buses and the subway, past and present , in Glasgow.  Also, lots of links to sites about transport.

Clydeside

‘The Clyde made Glasgow and Glasgow made the Clyde’ - this site incorporates the ‘Clydeside Magazine’.  There are articles, archive pictures, lots about the history of the Clyde when Glasgow was a great shipping hub.

Glasgow’s Underground Railway (2)

This site gives a history of the Underground (or Subway) and is part of the SPT (Strathclyde Passenger Transport) site.  There are great pictures of the old trains and stations and lots of information on just about anything you might want to know about the Subway.

Shipping Times

The Clydebuilt database is a cornucopia of information about individual vessels built on the Clyde, with photographs where available and everything pertinent to that ship, including its owners and history.  There’s lots more info, too, relating to ships built on the Clyde.