This method of getting trains up the steep incline out of Queen Street Station continued until 1908 when cable-hauling was finally replaced by banking engines. The Avon Viaduct still forms part of the mainline route between Glasgow and Edinburgh to this day, more than 160 years after it was first built.

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@thisismyglasgow and they had special rules for that tunnel for a very long time. there was a special hazard where a departing train could be slipping on the rails and the train crew can't tell in the smoke and the dark if they're still moving forwards or if they're sliding backwards downhill