News

06/05/2021	South Ayrshire transport: Whole host of ideas proposed Ayr Advertiser
	Barrier still in place to new homes development in Aviemore woodland Strathspey and Badenoch Herald
	Appeal to raise £100,000 for Northumberland railway viaduct repairs meets with amazing response Northumberland Gazette
	Jenny Agutter to reprise Railway Children role in film sequel BBC News
	Tyne and Wear Metro gets a new 4.2m CCTV system Tyne and Wear Metro
	The roads, carriages and railway to town: history article Berwick Advertiser
	At-Seat Order rolled out across Avanti West Coast UK network Avanti West Coast
05/05/2021	Scrap ScotRail train fleet involved in Stonehaven crash, rail engineer demands Scotsman
	Rail engineer calls for ScotRail fleet involved in Stonehaven crash to be scrapped Evening Express
	Clanmil surprised at rail line dismay as flats get go ahead following appeal Derry Journal
	ScotRail urge Dumbarton travellers to buy rail tickets in advance Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter
	Refurbishment of Berwick railway station wins heritage award Berwick Advertiser
	Peffery Way path project set to get back on track with volunteer work Ross-shire Journal
	Egg on face for Caledonian MacBrayne after relief ferry suffers 'technical issue' Ross-shire Journal
	HS2 Archaeologists uncover nine centuries of local history in Buckinghamshire HS2

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On this day

1860	Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Opened from Gillingham to Sherborne.
1894	North British Aluminium Co Ltd Company founded. William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, was the technical adviser for the company.
1899	Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Ceases to use the Swansea Harbour Trustees Railway between Danygraig and Riverside.
1919	PS Lady Rowena Steamship Co Ltd Company wound up.
1945	VE Day Germany surrenders to the Allies unconditionally
1945	Vale of Glamorgan Railway Aberthaw High Level renamed Aberthaw
1951	Barnton Branch (Caledonian Railway) Barnton to Craigleith closed to passengers.
1951	Barnton Branch (Caledonian Railway) Barnton to Davidson^s Mains Goods (excluded) closed entirely.
1951	Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway Aberayron closed.
1951	Chard Branch LSWR (London and South Western Railway) Line re-opened.

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This day in history

Kirkcudbright. C.R. 0.6.0 57329 on branch train. G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow (1949)

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Notes and Queries

This rather dapper photographer is a possible candidate for 'Snapper' in a view looking over the east end of Waverley. Does anyone know who this photographer is? [Added 15 October 2020.] [Moved to long term mysteries on 10/02/2021.] Responses so far

Miscellany

Related to Shrewsbury.

Largest lever frame

Notable at the south end of the station is Severn Bridge Junction signal box which is the largest remaining in use lever frame box in Britain. The box is located at the northern apex of the triangular junction. (The western junction is English Bridge Junction and eastern Abbey Foregate Junction.)

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Key events

March 2021	Start of ScotRail conductor strikes on Sundays over rest-day pay.
March 2021	ScotRail to be nationalised from March 2022.
February 2021	Further reduction to 65% of pre-pandemic ScotRail timetable, with many late evening trains withdrawn.
January 2021	Freightliner withdraws (temporarily?) Class 86 fleet (dating from 1966) to be replaced by ex-Anglia Class 90s. Bridge Parapet collapse between Stonehaven and Carmont closes line until February. See image 75504
December 2020	ScotRail timetable reduction.

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Slideshows

Forth and Clyde Junction Railway		36 photos
The Great Britain Railtour		10 photos
The Petite Ceinture Line, Paris.		4 photos
Halbeath Sidings		12 photos
Bridgeton Central to Gallowgate Central Junction (Including Ladywell Tunnel)		36 photos
The Great Siberian Railway		18 photos

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