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Glasgow and South Western Railway

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Glasgow and South Western Railway formed part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

It was formed on 28th October 1850 by the merging of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway and the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway which was opened the same day.

The GSWR (the "Sou'West") was a bitter rival of the Caledonian Railway and it is surprising that the two had so many joint lines, while the GSWR and the NBR who were natural allies had only the one.

Many GSWR staff were very surprised that their company was merged into the LMS with the Caledonian.

Out on the road the GSWR seems to have been a pretty wild and wooly lot. A lot of the atmosphere of the old company has been preserved by David L Smith in his Tales of the Glasgow and South Western Railway (Ian Allan 1st edn 1961, republished 1970 SBN 7110 0168 5)

[edit] Glasgow and South Western Railway Constituents

During its existence it absorbed the following companies:

Additionally, the following companies were vested jointly in the Glasgow and South Western Railway and the Caledonian Railway.

Also the City of Glasgow Union Railway was shared with the North British Railway.

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Major constituent railway companies of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway:

Caledonian | Furness | Lancashire & Yorkshire | Glasgow & South Western | London and North Western | Midland | North Staffordshire |

(Full list of constituents)

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