DAILY RECORD, WEDNESDAY 25TH AUGUST 1982
PETROL DANGER AT RAIL CRASH
The main Glasgow to Fort William railway line was blocked last night when 18 tank wagons were derailed near Shandon, Dunbartonshire.
Four were carrying 24,000 gallons of petrol and one ended up on its side leaking fuel.
Firemen dug ditches to catch the escaping petrol and stop it running towards Blairvadach Children’s Home where 47 children are resident.
The school’s depute head and his wife were evacuated from their cottage.
The derailed wagons ripped up almost half a mile of track and a British Rail spokesman said early today: ‘It will be later today before the line is likely to be reopened.’
A bus service will operate to by-pass the damage.
Shandon People and History 
This is now known as Garelochead Station, it was called Shandon Station to encourage people to travel to the HydroTherapy Hotel around 1900
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