SOUTH QUEENSFERRY, Scotland — Crossing Scotland’s iconic Forth Rail Bridge takes just two minutes. Painting the Victorian-era wonder takes forever. Or so the story goes.

The Forth Bridge, which spans the estuary (Firth) of the River Forth in eastern Scotland to link Fife to Edinburgh by railway, was the world’s earliest great multispan cantilever bridge, and at 2,529 ...

This weekend will mark ten years since one of Scotland’s most iconic landmarks, the Forth Bridge, was officially inscribed as ...

The newly announced Forth Bridge Lunchtime Tour will travel through the picturesque region of Fife and its surrounding ...

THE FORTH RAILWAY BRIDGE. Share full article. July 23, 1883. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from July 23, 1883, Page 5 Buy Reprints.

This iconic cantilever railway bridge located across the Firth of Forth, is such a part of Scotland’s pride and cultural ...

Billed as a "truly unforgettable rail journey" by operator Steam Dreams Rail Co., the service will first depart on November ...

Maintenance has continued on the Forth Bridge since its completion in 1890. But despite the terrible risks of toiling 300ft above the sea, the men who work on the structure consider themselves a ...

The railway needed to cross the Forth, but had to do so in a way that would be acceptable to a public still shocked by what was then the worst bridge disaster in history.

The Forth Rail Bridge as seen from South Queensferry. Picture: Wiki Commons ON 4 March 1890, the Forth Bridge was formally opened by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), who drove home the ...

The Forth Rail Bridge will be free of scaffolding and painters from 9 December The painting of the Forth Bridge, a job that is famously never finished, is about to come to an end. Network Rail ...

Reporting from South Queensferry, Scotland — Crossing Scotland’s iconic Forth Rail Bridge takes just two minutes. Painting the Victorian-era wonder takes forever. Or so the story goes. Since ...