Alex Coomber
The Clyde Valley. Glasgow to Carlisle. 96 Miles. Glasgow Central, Motherwell, Carstairs, Symington, Elvanfoot, Beattock, Lockerbie, Gretna and Carlisle. Opened by the Caledonian Railway in 1848. The gruelling Carlisle to Glasgow Line is a fitting memorial not only to the great railway engineer Joseph Locke. But also to the legendary locomotives designs of John Mcintosh, William Stanier and Robert Riddles.