The Multiverse
60056 heads 6S36, the 0832 Dalston - Grangemouth tanks, diverted over the G&SW route on 3 February 2016. This picture is taken from one of a group of former colliery spoil heaps or "Bings" as they are known in Scotland.
Unlike most spoil heaps the Gateside Bings - located either side of the G&SW railway between Sanquhar and Kirkconnel, were retained as part of the the areas industrial heritage. The horizon - dusted with snow - is formed by the Lowther Hills. Immediately below those hills - on the left of the picture - several strange conical mounds can be seen, on and below the escarpment that was formed by opencast mining. This is part of an ongoing land art project; "The Crawick Multiverse" by American landscape architect and artist Charles Jencks, the Gateside Bings are seen as an integral element of the project.
The Multiverse
60056 heads 6S36, the 0832 Dalston - Grangemouth tanks, diverted over the G&SW route on 3 February 2016. This picture is taken from one of a group of former colliery spoil heaps or "Bings" as they are known in Scotland.
Unlike most spoil heaps the Gateside Bings - located either side of the G&SW railway between Sanquhar and Kirkconnel, were retained as part of the the areas industrial heritage. The horizon - dusted with snow - is formed by the Lowther Hills. Immediately below those hills - on the left of the picture - several strange conical mounds can be seen, on and below the escarpment that was formed by opencast mining. This is part of an ongoing land art project; "The Crawick Multiverse" by American landscape architect and artist Charles Jencks, the Gateside Bings are seen as an integral element of the project.