Opening of the Edinburgh and Glasgow
Opening of the Edinburgh and Glasgow , white metal medal, 1842, published by S. Woolfield, view of a viaduct, GREAT VIADUCT OVER THE VALLEY OF THE ALMOND/ NEAR EDINBURGH/ TO COMMEMORATE THE OPENING OF THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY/ FEBRUARY 18. 1842, rev. a tunnel with twin tracks and an engine, to either side monuments to Sir Walter Scott and James Watt. ENTRANCE TO THE GLASGOW RAILWAY STATION AND TUNNEL/ PUBLISHED BY S. WOOLFIELD/ ROYAL EXCHANGE SQUARE/ GLASGOW. 49 mm(BHM. 2068). Minor surface marks, otherwise extremely fine and rare, especially in this condition. £Sold
The line roughly followed the route of the Forth and Clyde and Union canals. The most significant of the engineering achievements needed for the project was the thirty-six arch viaduct over the Almond valley.
The total cost of construction of the forty-six-mile track was £1,200,000.
The initial service comprised four trains daily traveling in both directions, taking 21/2 hours each way.First-class, traveling in some comfort cost 8/- single. Third class was 4/-. These passengers stood throughout the journey in trucks and there was no roof.
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