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Offline elaine gray

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Scottish railway workers 1880s-1920s
« on: Friday 07 April 17 23:02 BST (UK) »
Hi, I've two gt grandfather's who worked on the railroads. James Moffat b. 1854,he was a railway guard and lived in the motherwell area. John Hughes who lived in greenock. How can I find out more about them? I'm aware that there was several companies in those days,so I really need to find which company they worked for before looking for employment records. Thanks

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Re: Scottish railway workers 1880s-1920s
« Reply #1 on: Friday 07 April 17 23:22 BST (UK) »
Hi.

The guy in Motherwell probably worked for the Caledonian railway. The guy in Greenock could be one of a couple of railways. I would have to check where the records for those companies are. A lot of railway records are either at Kew, or the national railway museum at York.
https://www.railscot.co.uk/CGI/cgi-bin/cra/archive/

The above link is for the Caledonian Railway society, who may also be able to help.

Regards

Jon
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