Today's banner by Colin Kirkwood: A4 4-6-2 No 60019 'Bittern' is preparing to leave Eastfield Shed, before moving to Glasgow Queen Street to head a special train to Edinburgh Waverley on 11 April 1966.

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1692  Massacre of Glencoe
1866  North British Steam Packet Company
SS Dunlop and SS Black Dwarf launched by A & J Inglis for the Silloth services.
1877  Blane Valley Railway
Blanefield station's headshunt is extended east and sidings laid into the Blanefield Print Works to the north.
1998  Glasgow Central Station (Caledonian Railway)
Last mail train runs from the station to Cardiff.
2000  Deeside Railway
Last delivery of a set of track panels to Milton of Crathes for partial re-instatement of the line by the Royal Deeside Railway Preservation Society.
2010  Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway (Highland Railway)
Derailed 66048 retrieved from foot of embankment at Carrbridge.
2011  New Monkland Line (Monkland Railways)
Caldercruix station opened.

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This day in history

Seen from Elderslie golf course, Royal Scot No 46166 ^London Rifle Brigade^ is creeping along the line from Paisley Canal on 13 February 1964, with the roof of the former Elderslie tram depot in the background. This view is no longer possible, due to the closure of the line and also to the forest of trees which has grown up on the embankment in the meantime.

Seen from Elderslie golf course, Royal Scot No 46166 ^London Rifle Brigade^ is creeping along the line from Paisley Canal on 13 February 1964, with the roof of the former Elderslie tram depot in the background. This view is no longer possible, due to the closure of the line and also to the forest of trees which has grown up on the embankment in the meantime.

Colin Kirkwood (1964)

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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 Strathpeffer [2nd].

Peffery Way

A foot/cyclepath along the course of the former branch is to be established, beyond the former Fodderty Junction it wll continue into Dingwall parallel to the still open Kyle of Lochalsh Railway.

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Key events

December 2024Travel Safe team boosted. Cardiff-Edinburgh train, Lanark half-hourly in evenings, Gleneagles extra calls. Boxing Day trains to Leven, Dundee, Arbroath, Alloa. Traincrew cancellations hit Tweedbank and South Electrics (on an 'Auld Firm' Day). Lorry on line at Gretna, bus hit Cook Street bridge. Roseburn to Union Canal active travel route opens to the public.
November 2024150th anniversary plaque unveiled at Wick.
Glasgow Central new travel centre and lounge.
Troon restored station opened.
Dalwhinnie clock.
Consecutive cancellations at North Berwick on a rugby day.
Storm Bert - Oban suspended.
Inverness signalling centre twice evacuated owing to fuel spill.
October 2024Temporary timetable ended.
Accessible footbridge opened at Anniesland.
Tuckshop opened at North Berwick.
Greggs at Queen Street.
Track circuit failure at Finnieston.
Storm Ashley.
Poor unit availability in leaf-fall season.
Bomb alert at Dalmuir, power failure at Waverley both on 28 October.
September 2024Active travel route opened at Cameron Bridge.
Grab and Go opens at Falkirk Grahamston.
Temporary timetable introduced.
Royal Mail ceased using rail.
ScotRail's peak fare trial ended.
August 2024Accessible footbridges provided at Dumfries and Uddingston.
TPE 2300 Edinburgh-Newcastle for Edinburgh Festivals.
Temporary timetable and reduced ScotRail festival extras.
Kirkhill overhead line damage.
July 2024Stranraer trains resumed.
Troon rebuilt station opened in time for Open.
Railway Heritage Centre opened at Dumfries.
Lord Hendy appointed rail minister.
Temporary timetable introduced because of driver shortage.

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