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Stepends Junction
View north east near the former Stepends Junction showing the sinkhole between the former stations ...
Croy
A £3.5m programme to improve the resilience of the railway between Croy and Dullatur in extreme ...
Ayr Station Hotel
I have been following the progress of destruction at Ayr but decided not to submit each and every ...
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Newtyle [1st]
The new housing development at Newtyle, incorporating the surviving railway buildings, seen on 25th ...
Rannoch Viaduct
Network Rail has completed its £1.6m project to complete essential upgrade works on Rannoch ...
Moy
Double headed by Black 5s 44871 and 45407, 'The Great Britain XVI' is welcomed by a heavy sleet ...
Troon
Network Rail welcomed Siobhian Brown, Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Ayr, to Troon ...
Bay Horse
Snowploughs on the move. Having travelled down from Carlisle to Crewe a couple of nights earlier, ...
Hindley
This is Deep Pit footbridge, just to the west of Hindley station, and in September 2023 it became a ...
Leven
Colas power cars 43321 and 43285 pass the Fife Heritage Railway compound with a route learner from ...
Cameron Bridge
It begins! 158704 draws away from Cameron Bridge 2nd station with a crew training run from Leven to ...
Retford High Level
The River Idle has flooded again at Retford. Some flood water can be seen alongside the East Coast ...
Woodacre Crossing
DB Cargo to re-gear ten Class 66/0 locos. To allow the withdrawal of their remaining Class 60s, DBC ...
Leven
Looking east from the Fife Heritage Railway compound, to the inner crossover on the new Leven ...
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On this day
| 1830 | William Baird & Co Production starts of first hot blast furnace at Gartsherrie Iron Works. |
| 1871 | Sighthill Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) Buchanan Street Extension (Caledonian Railway) Sighthill West Junction [1st] laid in and prepared for opening (not opened). |
| 1885 | London and North Western Railway South Wales Dowlais High Street opened, through trains to Merthyr stop using Dowlais Lloyd Street, and Dowlais Top closed. |
| 1920 | Glasgow Central Station (Caledonian Railway) Eglinton Street Shed rented out to West of Scotland Aviation Co. |
| 1926 | Cowbridge and Aberthaw Railway Aberthaw closed. |
| 1942 | Lanchester Valley Railway Extension (North Eastern Railway) High Westwood closed. |
| 1964 | Wilsontown Branch (Caledonian Railway) Wilsontown Junction to Wilsontown closed. |
| 1964 | Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway Banknock to Kilsyth Junction (excluded) closed to freight. |
| 1964 | Kelvin Valley Railway Kilsyth (Old) to Twechar (excluded) closed to freight. |
| 1964 | North British Railway Grantshouse station closed. |
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This day in history
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Although this print of 50651 and its push pull set has no details it is believed to have been taken on the last day of passenger services, just outside the Holcombe Brook terminus at the start of the 1:40 gradient down to Tottington, hence the wagon brakes notice. Unfortunately, this small collection of branch pictures does not contain any of Tottington or Greenmount stations in operation. Does anyone have any that they could supply to our editor to complete the set?. W A Camwell Collection (Courtesy Mark Bartlett) (1952) |
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Notes and Queries
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A Class 47 loco stabled near a junction in summer 1989 but where and what are those gantries for? |
Miscellany
Related to South Esk Viaduct [Tannadice].More
Key events
| March 2024 | Alex Hynes departure announced from Scotland for DfT Jacobite suspended |
| February 2024 | Dunblane resignalling to allow southbound trains to depart from Platform 3 Highland networks closed by storm on 5 February East Kilbride carpark reduced for new station construction Addiewell temporarily closed for reconstruction Brodick ferries diverted to Troon by Ardrossan pier damage Seawall damage near Helmsdale |
| January 2024 | 'The Hatch' café opens at Singer 'Reboot your Commute' advertising campaign Four loops taken out of use during snow on HML Storms Isha and Jocelyn led to network closures from 1900 on 21 and 23 January Storm Ingunn on 31 January closed West and North Highland routes |
| December 2023 | Further strikes and other action by ASLEF at DfT train operators in first week of December Glasgow-Barrhead electric services begin Cathcart Circle and Shotts expresses restored all day East Linton station opens 'Polar Express' trains on the Edinburgh South Suburban First Boxing Day trains to Edinburgh since 1981 Storms Pia and Gerritt affect services |
| November 2023 | RMT members vote to accept pay offer, but ASLEF announce a rolling programme of strikes in December at DfT operators. Waverley brought to a standstill for rest of day after power-surge fried signals on 2 November. Calls suspended at Altnabreac. New Sleeper lounge at Euston. New coffee-shop at Shettleston. |
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Slideshows
| Class 156 units, 2016-2018 | [[images]] | 0 photos |
| Grand Scottish Tour No 1 | [[images]] | 0 photos |
| Epping Ongar Railway 1981-2021 | [[images]] | 0 photos |
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| Class 455 units, SouthWest Trains, 2013-2022 | [[images]] | 0 photos |
| Glasgow Botanics | 
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Books
Selected from Amazon's New Releases.
The Railways of Stirling
ASIN 1915069297
Publisher Lightmoor Press
Published 2023-09-20
Author(s) Peddie, Donald
Class 08 Locomotives in Scotland (Class Locomotives)
ASIN 1398105600
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2023-10-15
Author(s) Howat, Colin J.
The Dundee & Arbroath Railway
ASIN 1915069173
Publisher Lightmoor Press
Published 2023-02-24
Author(s) Ferguson, Niall
Edinburgh, Granton and Leith Railways
ASIN 1398108561
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2023-04-15
Author(s) Williamson, Kenneth G.
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