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1835	Slamannan Railway Act receives Royal assent.
1835	Preston and Wyre Railway, Dock and Harbour Act passed.
1837	Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Act passed for short (8.5 miles) Wingate to Ferryhill line.
1848	Great Southern and Western Railway Extended from Thurles to Limerick Junction.
1854	Leven Railway Line opened from Thornton Junction to Leven [1st].
1860	Jedburgh Railway North British Railway Jedburgh Railway absorbed by North British Railway.
1860	Inverness and Ross-shire Railway Inverness and Ross-shire Railway Act received; line to be built from Inverness to Invergordon. Engineer : Joseph Mitchell. Contractor (Inverness to Dingwall) : Meakin.
1860	Montrose and Bervie Railway Act receives Royal assent. Agreement gives running powers from Broomfield Junction to Montrose [CR] and use of the terminus.
1860	Morayshire Railway Elgin East to Rothes via Longmorn authorised (avoiding difficulties using the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway's Elgin to Orton section).
1862	Formartine and Buchan Railway Old Deer and Mintlaw to Peterhead opened. Stations opened at Longside, Newseat, Inverugie, Peterhead.

H.R. 0.4.4T 55051 on Dornoch Branch train.

G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow (1950)

A Class 47 loco stabled near a junction in summer 1989 but where and what are those gantries for?
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Ticket Platform

For northbound trains heading to Dundee over the Tay Bridge St Fort was effectively the ticket platform where the tickets of the passengers were collected.

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Key events

December 2024	Travel 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 2024	150th 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 2024	Temporary 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 2024	Active 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 2024	Accessible 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 2024	Stranraer 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.

Epping Ongar Railway 1981-2021	[[images]]	0 photos
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Books

Selected from Amazon's New Releases.

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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01/07/2025	Airdrie freight train driver wins Woman of the Year honour at everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards Daily Record
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Today's banner by Colin Kirkwood: It is 1 May 1967, and the last Scottish Region steam train had departed from Gourock on the previous day. Steam, however, was still present at Gourock in the shape of TS 'Duchess of Hamilton' seen here at Gourock Pier.

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