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Viewing Album:  Riverside Museum of Transport and Travel, Glasgow
 
By:Dave Carson
Dates:5/11/2012 - 5/11/2012
Album Info:£77m of public money wasted on this museum. See my Tripadvisor review extract: Riverside is an impressive looking building externally, but once inside you think "Oh dear, what went wrong?" There was only one real plus in that museum and that was Main Street 1895-1930, where a typical Glesga' cobbled street displayed some fantastic places like the Mitre Bar, Le Rendezvous Cafe, and the pawnbroker - all being original and noted Glasgow businesses. This must be a contender for an award within its own right, especially with the 1896-style Glasgow Subway station as home to one of the railway cars restored to original condition, this display was very well thought out, even down to the feeling of travelling on it! Then you come to the rest of the museum and wonder what kind of medication the museum team are on, because the side-effects are alarming! In the 1930-1960 and 1960-1980 streetscenes, the Subway station in the 1930s streetscene bore no resemblance to anything like the old Subway - at least at the old Kelvin Hall museum the old Merkland Street subway station was faithfully recreated, here at Riverside all that is in store along with over half of the Subways artifacts. Riverside Museum, hang your heads in shame. The museum prides itself with its largest exhibit - The South African steam locomotive, built in Glasgow in 1945 but again the museum team are clueless about displaying it properly. It should be a tribute to Glasgow's engineering history, NOT a platform for South Africa's previous politics. Like all other exhibits away from the 1895-1930 Main Street, it was surrounded by irrelevant information, irrelevant exhibits, and little space to photograph it. City of Glasgow - You invested a lot into this golden opportunity and you blew it! Hang your heads in shame and one day be prepared to answer lots of embarrasing questions to the Scottish Parliament.
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Main hall of Riverside Museum
Title:  Main hall of Riverside Museum
Description:  Yes the cars on ledges are real!
Photo Date:  5/11/2012  Upload Date: 5/25/2012 3:14:55 PM
Location:  Glasgow, UK
Author:  Dave Carson
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Inside Riverside Museum
Title:  Inside Riverside Museum
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Photo Date:  5/11/2012  Upload Date: 5/25/2012 3:15:44 PM
Location:  Glasgow, UK
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Glasgow Subway Cable Grip dirplay
Title:  Glasgow Subway Cable Grip dirplay
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Photo Date:  5/11/2012  Upload Date: 5/25/2012 3:33:16 PM
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Glasgow Subway Car 4 in 1930s livery in a very un-1930s setting
Title:  Glasgow Subway Car 4 in 1930s livery in a very un-1930s setting
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Photo Date:  5/11/2012  Upload Date: 5/25/2012 3:34:27 PM
Location:  Glasgow, UK
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Caledonian Railway 123 and Highland Railway 103 prepare to catch G&SWR 9 if she jumps!
Title:  Caledonian Railway 123 and Highland Railway 103 prepare to catch G&SWR 9 if she jumps!
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Photo Date:  5/11/2012  Upload Date: 2/22/3986 3:25:55 PM
Location:  Glasgow, UK
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A suicidal Glasgow & South Western Railway No.9
Title:  A suicidal Glasgow & South Western Railway No.9
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Photo Date:  5/11/2012  Upload Date: 5/25/2012 3:24:27 PM
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Glasgow Horse Tram 543 at the top of the wonderfully recreated Victorian Stveet
Title:  Glasgow Horse Tram 543 at the top of the wonderfully recreated Victorian Stveet
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Photo Date:  5/11/2012  Upload Date: 5/25/2012 3:27:58 PM
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South African Railways 15F No. 3002
Title:  South African Railways 15F No. 3002
Description:  Built by North British Locomotive Works, Glasgow 1945. Information panels beside loco are all about Apartheid.
Photo Date:  5/11/2012  Upload Date: 5/25/2012 3:21:23 PM
Location:  Glasgow, UK
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1896 Subway entrance in Victorian Street
Title:  1896 Subway entrance in Victorian Street
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Photo Date:  5/11/2012  Upload Date: 5/25/2012 3:29:04 PM
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Main Hall of Riverside Museum
Title:  Main Hall of Riverside Museum
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Photo Date:  5/11/2012  Upload Date: 5/25/2012 3:13:29 PM
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Glasgow Horse Tram 543 with my late friend Deborah Anne Crawford (1960-2019)
Title:  Glasgow Horse Tram 543 with my late friend Deborah Anne Crawford (1960-2019)
Description:  Glasgow Horse Tram 543 with my late friend Deborah Anne Crawford (1960-2019)
Photo Date:  2/20/2015  Upload Date: 3/18/2019 7:33:31 AM
Location:  Glasgow, UK
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Glasgow Subway Trailer Car 39T in original 1898 livery
Title:  Glasgow Subway Trailer Car 39T in original 1898 livery
Description:  Glasgow Subway Trailer Car 39T in original 1898 livery
Photo Date:  2/20/2015  Upload Date: 12/28/2016 5:49:58 AM
Location:  Glasgow, UK
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Glasgow Subway 1898 Trailer Car 39T interior
Title:  Glasgow Subway 1898 Trailer Car 39T interior
Description:  Glasgow Subway 1898 Trailer Car 39T interior
Photo Date:  8/30/2015  Upload Date: 12/28/2016 5:44:35 AM
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Glasgow Tram 672
Title:  Glasgow Tram 672
Description:  Glasgow Tram 672
Photo Date:  8/30/2015  Upload Date: 12/28/2016 5:47:18 AM
Location:  Glasgow, UK
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Glasgow Tram 1392 looking ott of place
Title:  Glasgow Tram 1392 looking ott of place
Description:  Glasgow Tram 1392 looking out of place
Photo Date:  5/11/2012  Upload Date: 5/25/2012 3:23:19 PM
Location:  Glasgow, UK
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