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Addiewell
Work on a £500k platform upgrade, to install a new platform and easily maintained surface at ...
Leven
Leven station, looking to Cameron Bridge. ...
Dunblane
Network Rail has completed works as part of an £11.2m investment at Dunblane station that will ...
Kingscote
In early 2024, after long term storage on the Bluebell Railway, ex-GWR 'Dukedog' outside frame 4-4-0 ...
Sandhills
Merseyrail's Class 507 EMUs continue to be scrapped as the fleet runs down and at the beginning of ...
Woodacre Crossing
When the preceding Inverness to Queen St DMU hit a deer near Kingussie on 8th May 2024 it caused ...
Alves
66746 passes East Cloves, between Elgin and Alves, on 7th May 2024 with the 08.40 Keith - Kyle of ...
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 ...
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On this day
| 1842 | Stanhope and Tyne Railway Northern portion taken over by the newly formed Pontop and South Shields Railway. Southern portion by the Derwent Iron Company. Line divided at Carr House. |
| 1844 | Pontop and South Shields Railway Act gives permision for south to west curve at Brockley Whins. Also permission is given to widen the railway from there to Washington. |
| 1844 | Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Forms the Hartlepool West Harbour and Dock Company to build a new dock at Stranton near Hartlepool. |
| 1844 | Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Act for terminus at Gateshead. Was reached via the Pontop and South Shields Railway and the Brandling Junction Railway. |
| 1844 | Durham Junction Railway George Hudson's purchase of line ratified by Act which gave permission to bridge the River Tyne. |
| 1860 | Cork and Youghal Railway Extended to Killeagh to Youghal. |
| 1887 | Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway Opened as a coal line which would later become the Campbeltown and Machrihanish Railway. |
| 1947 | Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours Fishguard Harbour to Rosslare Pier steamer service restored. (See also Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours [Ireland] .) |
| 1948 | Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway Allanshaw Signal Box (Peacock Cross) closed. |
| 1949 | West Highland Railway Passenger services between Glasgow Queen Street High Level, Crianlarich [WHR] and Oban start. |
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This day in history
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At Alloa. NB 4.4.0 62436 Lord Glenvarlich on Perth-Glasgow train. G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow (1949) |
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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 Peelwalls Bridges.Dedication to a contractor
The west bridge is noteworthy for an inscription on its northern side: 'North British Railway, Ayton Contract, ROBERT DODDS Contractor 1845'. Far and few are bridges with dedications to the contractor.
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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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Books
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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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