RETRO DUNDEE

Part of the fun of collecting vinyl records is that moment when you come into possession of a rare recording, and this one here is so rare,...

Got a rare, recently discovered colour photo from the 1960's of Lochee West Station at the junction of Elmwood Road and South Road. Stil...

As I bring the recent railway theme to a halt, I'm going to end it with the same topic I started it off with - the Lochee line. ...

On the 28th December 1979, the Courier brought out this special 4 page supplement to coincide with the 100th Anniversary of the...

Not exactly a brilliant picture this one but to be fair my brother was on board a train when he snapped it. It was taken in the early 70...

The top ad from 1979 has quite a lot of well known, but now long gone, BR services on display - Railfreight, Motorail, Red Star, Sealink ...

Here's a nice wee collection of old BR tickets that were on the go in the mid 80's. The large red & white ticket was probably th...

There doesn't appear to be much of a difference with the view along Douglas Terrace nowadays and when the above photo was taken - the m...

Well I've passed it often enough, but I've never actually had any reason to use Broughty Ferry Station - so for those of you ...

Dundee used to have a Recording Booth (like the one above) at the rail station in the 60's and 70's. Just like a photo booth, ...

The top photo is a nice reminder of how Tay Bridge Station looked before it became the design it is today. The one on top being a basic ...

Lochee by rail? Well you could once upon a time. The top picture is Lochee Station, taken around 1970-ish. It had been closed down...

You're guess is as good as mine as to whether these 2 lads are law -breakers up to no good, or law -abiding citizens doing some research...

I started using Inter Rail cards in 1980, and this one from 1983 was my 4th and last year of travelling this way. I chose to go to Greece g...

It was good to get away from Dundee from time to time. I enjoyed travelling by train, so in the early 80's I pounced on the chance to g...