Historic Photo of the Day: 2025-12-01

Today's historic photo of the day: British Rail Diesel loco 37422 and its Glasgow-bound train await departure from Oban, Scotland, UK, April 22 1988. Oban is on the West coast of Scotland, about 3 hours from Glasgow by train at the terminus of the southern branch of the West Highland line. It is the port for connecting ferries to the Isle of Mull and the Hebrides. The rail service to and from Glasgow Queen Street station runs through some spectacular highland scenery and is a favoured tourist route. In 1988 the handful of trains each day were hauled by venerable English Electric class 37 diesel locomotives. Today, the service run by Scotrail offers six return services each day operated by modern railcars. Whilst today's trains are less characterful than the class 37s of thirty years ago, and you can no longer stick your head through the window, they are certainly better heated, and the West Highland scenery is no less spectacular.