Today's banner by Stephen Willetts: George England & Co Locomotive "Palmerston" heads a Tan-y-Bwlch - Porthmadog demonstration freight train on Whistling Curve.

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1907  Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway
Singer station on new loop line skirting round the north of the Singer Works opened. The old course of the line becomes a goods line to the west of Kilbowie Road and the old station becomes a terminus for worker's trains, Singer Workers Platforms, and is expanded to 6 platforms.
1909  Dunfermline and District Tramways
Branch of tramway opened from Dunfermline to Townhill.
1914  Caledonian Railway
Improvements to Thankerton station authorised.
1932  Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway
Blantyre Pits Signal Box closed.
1958  Strathspey Railway
Royal Railbus introduced on Aviemore to Elgin [East] service via the Speyside line. This leads to a near doubling of the passenger traffic.
1985  West Highland Railway
Rannoch signal box closed.

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This day in history

End of the road for Corkerhill^s 2P 4-4-0 No. 40621 at Lugton East on 3 November 1962. Its companion is Jubilee No 45711 ^Courageous^.

End of the road for Corkerhill^s 2P 4-4-0 No. 40621 at Lugton East on 3 November 1962. Its companion is Jubilee No 45711 ^Courageous^.

Colin Kirkwood (1962)

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Notes and Queries

A Class 47 loco stabled near a junction in summer 1989 but where and what are those gantries for?
[Added 01 March 2023.]

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Miscellany

Related to Elrick Signal Box.

Eyesight tests

South of the former box was a set of eyesight check signals - a lineside shed on the west side and a gantry with six signals also on the west side.
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Key events

May 202450th anniversary of the Electric Scots
Continuing ASLEF dispute at DfT operators overtaken by general election
Barrhead/East Kilbride conductor dispute resolved
Peak fares trial extended to August
First Minister officially opens £116M Levenmouth Railway
April 2024New active travel route at Gourock
Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central the first stations in Britain to have British Sign Language on their main departure screens
Joanne Maguire new interim ScotRail MD, Liam Sumpter to head Network Rail in Scotland
March 2024Alex Hynes departure announced from Scotland for DfT
Jacobite suspended
February 2024Dunblane 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

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Slideshows

Cumbernauld 5 photos
Bridgeton Central to Gallowgate Central Junction (Including Ladywell Tunnel) 36 photos
Edinburgh Trams, Newhaven Extension, 1st Day, 7.6.23[[images]]0 photos
Somerset and Dorset 85 photos
Southend Cliff Railway 2019[[images]]0 photos
Class 158s from all over the place! 2015-2021[[images]]0 photos

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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

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Class 08 Locomotives in Scotland (Class Locomotives)

ASIN 1398105600
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2023-10-15
Author(s) Howat, Colin J.

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The Dundee & Arbroath Railway

ASIN 1915069173
Publisher Lightmoor Press
Published 2023-02-24
Author(s) Ferguson, Niall

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Edinburgh, Granton and Leith Railways

ASIN 1398108561
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2023-04-15
Author(s) Williamson, Kenneth G.

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