Forth Rail Bridge
At the beginning of June, Liz and I spent two weeks on holiday in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. On the journey up we stopped at South Queensferry, just outside Edinburgh, so I could take a few shots of the world-famous Forth Rail Bridge. Opened in 1890 the iconic cantilever design stretches some 2.5km across the Firth of Forth and is 110m high. It’s a truly impressive piece of Victorian engineering and worth every penny of the £130 million, decade long restoration project that finished in 2012:
Over the coming weeks I’ll be sharing more of the images I took whilst on holiday on the east coast of Scotland.
© Mark Simms Photography (2016)
Mark Simms Photography 
7 Responses to “Forth Rail Bridge”
I was there two weeks ago! But the weather was so poor I couldn’t see the bridge properly….. Beautiful photos! Looking forward to see the rest of your trip!
Thanks….we were pretty fortunate with the weather for the whole two weeks were there 😊
What an interesting looking bridge! Love how you captured it.
Thanks Laura 😊
Truly an interesting bridge Mark. Such lines.
It’s an incredible sight from South Queensferry Mark isn’t it. When I was a post-graduate at Stirling University I had a friend who kept a small 2 berth yacht at South Queensferry and I was invited several times to go sailing with her and her husband and you couldn’t wish for a grander start to a good days sailing that sailing beneath these bridges. Thanks for stirring that wonderful memory! 🙂
Oh wow, that must have been amazing Adrian, great memories I’m sure 😊