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1831Londonderry Railway: First coal shipped from Seaham Harbour.
1848Edinburgh and Northern Railway: Abernethy Road closed and replaced by Abernethy
1864Rhymney Railway: Act for Caerphilly to Cardiff Line and connection to the Brecon and Merthyr Railways Caerphilly Branch. Traffic agreement made with the London and North Western Railway. Larger company helps finance smaller company's plans.
1864Cambrian Railways
Oswestry Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway
Oswestry and Newtown Railway
Llanidloes and Newtown Railway
Newtown and Machynlleth Railway: The Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway, Oswestry and Newtown Railway, Llanidloes and Newtown Railway and Newtown and Machynlleth Railway merge to form the Cambrian Railways.
1884Pontypridd Caerphilly and Newport Railway: Through route is allowed to operate.

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Poniel Junction. CR 4.4.0 54504 eastbound. Poniel Junction. CR 4.4.0 54504 eastbound.

G. H. Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow. [1953] 		More images
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37 153 runs light engine through Kingussie in November 1988.
Kingussie
Peter Todd
About halfway between Luib and Killin Junction this viaduct still exists in good condition. Beware! A not very well advertised electric fence gave me a shocking experience.
Luib
John Gray
View of the trackbed on the viaduct about halfway between Luib and Killin Junction.
Luib
John Gray
Passing services at Stonehaven on 2 April 2008, with an Aberdeen bound HST alongside 170 428 on a service to Edinburgh.
Stonehaven
David Panton
Approaching the Half way point and a platelayers hut still stands 43 years after the line closed.It is built from railway sleepers and one wall is down.
Luib
John Gray
A view over the west end of Corkerhill shed in July 1962, taken near the end of the cinder road from <I>Corkerhill railway village</I>. Leeds Holbeck Royal Scot 46109 <I>Royal Engineer</I> stands at the head of a line up that includes Heaton A3 60083 <I>Sir Hugo</I> alongside various class 4 and class 5 locomotives.
Corkerhill
Colin Miller
A DMU has just arrived at Springburn platform 2 from Cumbernauld in September 1985 as 303 032 waits in the bay with a Milngavie train.
Springburn
David Panton
It has seen better days but this fogmans hut still stands next to the remains of Killin Junction west distant signal.
Killin Junction
John Gray
About a mile west of Killin Junction this bridge crosses the trackbed.
Killin Junction
John Gray
A detour is required at this spot as the original bridge has been removed for scrap. Crossing the river via stepping stones was easy today but, in winter, who knows?
Luib
John Gray
The prospect of <I>Club Trains</I> to Kirkcaldy has been reported in a recent news item. Here is 47445 at Leyland on a Blackpool to Manchester Victoria <I>Club Train</I> in 1979, a service that started in Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway days and lasted until the 1990s.
Leyland
Mark Bartlett
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June 2008 Aberdeen travel centre fully operational
New NR training centre opened alongside Larbert station.
Laurencekirk station contract placed.
May 2008 Stirling - Alloa re-opens to passengers.
April 2008 First ScotRail franchise extended by 3 years to 2014.

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Station House...or is it?...this house stands by the bridge over the WCML on Station Lane at Barton & Broughton, north of Preston....can anyone confirm its railway origins/connections (or otherwise)?

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