Glasgow
Museums and the Clyde
Kelvingrove Gallery and Museum (left);  Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The West Court with its Supermarine Spitfire of 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The Organ in the Centre Hall (left);  The East Hall (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Glasgow University (left);  traditional red tenements (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
This museum is now closed and has been replaced by Glasgow Riverside Museum (see below) on the north bank of the River Clyde.  Glasgow Transport Museum was one of the finest of its kind in the world. The old Transport Museum was spacious and the exhibits were not crammed together - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The famous number plate G0 on the Rolls Royce which was the official car of the Lord Provost for many years (left);  tram line-up (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
"Room and Kitchen" car (above) - only one compartment had glass in the windows;  for many years the route could be identified by the colour round the top deck (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The famous Caledonian Railway 4-2-2 locomotive 123 (left);  Highland Railway 4-6-0 Jones Goods (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Standard Vanguard and rare Sunbeam Talbot are among an impressive collection of motorcars (left);  Messerschmitt (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Like the times it depicted, this Glasgow Transport Museum is also no more. It was replaced by the Riverside Museum in July 2011 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Original Subway train in mock-up station in the Museum of Transport (left);  present day subway train arriving at Kelvinhall subway station (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The new Glasgow Riverside Museum which replaced the Glasgow Transport Museum opened on 21 June 2011 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Most of the exhibits from the old Glasgow Transport Museum have been incorporated into the displays - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The emphasis is now on Glasgow's heritage and no longer specifically on transport - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
It is no longer possible to get clear views of the exhibits, in this case, a North British built Class 15F of the South African Railways/Suid Afrikaanse Spoorwee - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The Class 15F (left) with other exhibits edited out of the picture and Caledonian Railways No 123 (right) as it appears in the Riverside Museum - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The River Clyde and a former Ferry - Kelvinhaugh No 8 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The Subway trains are remarkably small and run in opposite directions around  a loop in opposite directions referred to the Inner and Outer Circles - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The "Squinty" Bridge over the Clyde near the Exhibition Centre was opened on 18 Sep 2006 and was the first new vehicular bridge to be built over the Clyde in 30 years - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Properly known as the Clyde Arc, the "Squinty" Bridge is the first vehicular bridge to be built over the Clyde in thirty years - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
One of the massive cranes used to lift locomotives for export aboard ships - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Part of the modern Glasgow skyline viewed from the south bank of the Clyde walkway (left); the preserved heavy lift crane and Armadillo - SECC and Clyde Auditorium - (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Bell's Bridge (left) and Millennium Bridge (right), both for pedestrians - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
BBC Scotland (left); Glasgow Science Centre (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The new Transport Museum building under construction in May 2010 (left);  reminders of the Clyde's past (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Scottish Ambulance and Strathclyde Police helicopters at Glasgow Heliport - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Sailing Vessel GLENLEE, now berthed by the Riverside Museum, was rescued from Spain and restored on the Clyde - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The GLENLEE alongside the Riverside Museum (left) from which a new ferry (right) operates across the river - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Magpies on Glasgow Green (left);  duck and drake by the GLENLEE (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Glasgow Central Mosque - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Sheriff Court in Gorbals Road (left);  Carlton Place viewed from the South Portland Street Suspension Bridge (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The River Clyde in the City Centre, June 2009 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
One of several modern pedestrian bridges (left);  rail and road bridges viewed from the north (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
South Portland Suspension Bridge (left);  River Walkway (left) under the tracks connecting Central Station to the south bank of the Clyde (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
South Portland Street Suspension Bridge - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
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