John Mitchell,Grangemouth
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just over the horizon is Grangemouth refinery which along with a long exposure and high wind makes for the somewhat surreal sky
Au revoir, Sun - see you tomorrow. Taken looking over the River Forth towards Grangemouth - taken with my phone (to get it all in - I only had my big lens with me)
Them smokestacks reachin' like the arms of God
Into a beautiful sky of soot and clay
: Bruce Springsteen - Youngstown
The Kelpies are a pair of monumental steel horse-heads between the Scottish towns of Falkirk and Grangemouth. Each head is 30 metres high. The sculptures, designed by sculptor Andy Scott, represent kelpies, a shape-shifting spirit inhabiting lochs in Irish and Scottish folklore. It is usually described as a grey or white horse-like creature.
After visiting the architectural splendours of the station at Wemyss Bay, we called in at Paisley Gilmour Street where the building style is different but equally distinctive and appealing - it’s also Category B Listed status.
I opted to take this shot under the glass panelled roof knowing there'd be a few awkward shadows over the cab, but trusting too that the hi-speed burst would deliver a few frames where it was acceptable. As it turned out there were just a couple of frames that were usable.
The train is the 1.14pm Prestwick - Grangemouth Refinery discharged tanks (6N47), hauled by Colas Grid 56090. The outbound service carries aircraft fuel to Prestwick, perhaps better known as Glasgow's second and smaller international airport. Currently owned by the Scottish Government, I understand they announced recently their intention to sell the facility - if you're a potential buyer committed to developing the business whilst maintaining current levels of employment, then this could well be the opportunity for you.
2.15pm, 14th June 2019
The Kelpies are a pair of monumental steel horse-heads between the Scottish towns of Falkirk and Grangemouth. Each head is 30 metres high. The sculptures, designed by sculptor Andy Scott, represent kelpies, a shape-shifting spirit inhabiting lochs in Irish and Scottish folklore. It is usually described as a grey or white horse-like creature.
0Z83 Grangemouth Ineos to Aberdeen Waterloo. Class 70 in Colas Rail Freight livery heads north towards Aberdeen to collect the slurry tanks, that will then head south later in the afternoon.
Construction has been completed on Scotland's newest landmark, two 100ft-tall horse head sculptures, called The Kelpies.
The dramatic horse heads are made of 600 tonnes of steel and can be seen from the M9 motorway in Falkirk.
Glasgow artist Andy Scott was inspired by the tradition of working horses in Scotland which used to pull barges along canals and worked in the fields where The Kelpies now stand.! Apr 27, explore 2014 #21
The Kelpies are a pair of monumental steel horse-heads between the Scottish towns of Falkirk and Grangemouth. Each head is 30 metres high. The sculptures, designed by sculptor Andy Scott, represent kelpies, a shape-shifting spirit inhabiting lochs in Irish and Scottish folklore. It is usually described as a grey or white horse-like creature.