There is no doubting as to where this picture is

taken with its huge running in signs at ninety degrees to where they are usually placed. HST power car 43272 brings up the rear of the 07.55 Inverness to King's Cross 1E13 service as it leaves Gleneagles' impressive station. For such an undefined location and with there being no settlement of that name, Gleneagles station obviously has an interesting history. It was opened as Crieff Junction in 1856 to be renamed by the Caledonian Railway in 1912 and then comprehensively rebuilt in 1919 following the end of World War One. The purpose of the rebuild was that the very grand Gleneagles Hotel had just opened very close by to the north and it was felt that a station of suitable stature should match the opulence of the hotel. Last year (2014) the hotel and golf course hosted The Masters won by Bubba Watson at eight under. In preparation for this event, the station underwent a one million pound improvement package that included a new link road (seen in the far right of the photograph) and car parking. In the past, the hotel has also hosted the G8 meeting of political leaders in 2005 hosted by the then prime minister Tony Blair.