News
| 17/08/2017 | Viaduct paint job high above Highlands river BBC News |
| 16/08/2017 | Virgin Trains Azuma crosses Border for first time Scotsman |
| 15/08/2017 | Train derails outside London Waterloo station BBC News |
| 15/08/2017 | Meeting over Glasgow train violence concerns BBC News |
| 15/08/2017 | Rail fares to rise by up to 3.6% BBC News |
| 12/08/2017 | Egypt trains collide in Alexandria killing dozens BBC News |
| 11/08/2017 | Rail violence prompts urgent action call BBC News |
| 10/08/2017 | London Midland loses West Midlands rail franchise BBC News |
| 09/08/2017 | Work to extend Edinburgh trams to Leith could start in 2019 Scotsman |
| 09/08/2017 | Aberdour station up for top award ScotRail |
KML Version-
Wemyss Bay Pier
PS Waverley at speed off Wemyss Bay on 11 July 2017. Unfortunately she has been off service for several days now due to repairs to her air-pump. Not ideal at the height of the Clyde season. -
Lostock Hall
Royal Scot 4-6-0 46115 'Scots Guardsman' charges through Lostock Hall station on 1 August 2017 with the northbound leg of 'The Fellsman' railtour. -
Bargeddie Bridge
Not quite yet matching up to the artist's impression [see image 46140], the view across the M8 from the replacement Bredisholm Road bridge currently features the renovation work on the old A8 Cutty Sark bridge. -
Alston
'Barber', an 0-6-0ST built by Greens of Leeds (441/1908), photographed at Alston on the South Tynedale Railway on 22 July 2017. Note the new station roof, bought with the help of National Lottery funding. For a look at the original [see image 7147]. -
Cambridge North
I am reliably informed that in a city of 130,000 people, Cambridge has 55,000 'knowledge intensive employees', and 4,400 'knowledge intensive employers'. Which could explain, indirectly, why this new station, opened on 21 May 2017 close to Cambridge Science Park, practically smells of money. Speaking of computers, the disabled parking symbol in the foreground appears to be pixellated. -
Mountsorrel Bond Lane
The new GCR branch terminus at Mountsorrel is both basic and forbiddingly secured when not in use. But it allows the Great Central to be one of the few preserved railways with an active branch line. The original line, which was built to transport stone from the Mountsorrel quarries, fell into disuse in the 1950s and was lifted in the 1960s. -
Edinburgh Waverley
Work well underway on extending platform 12 at Waverley, seen here on 13 July 2017 from the position previously occupied by the buffer stops. (Photographed through a gap in the safety barrier). Demolition of the platform buildings directly behind the camera position is due to commence shortly. -
Edinburgh Waverley
Layout at Waverley following platform extension work currently in progress. Platform 12 is due for completion by the end of the year, followed by 5 and 6 by July 2018. -
Forres
Work on the new station at Forres is progressing well, platforms are nearly complete, the footbridge is being erected and track laid. View west through the site on 7 July 2017. -
Cranmore
Over the last two years, the East Somerset Railway has carried out the restoration from Barry scrapyard condition to full working order of 41313. Today was its introduction back into service. Crewe built to an Ivatt design in 1952. It came out of Barry many years ago and went to the Buckinghamshire Rly. Centre, Quainton. Eventually an agreement was struck whereby 41298, 41313 and 46447 went to the Isle of Wight. The latter two were restored by the ESR and 41298 restored by the IOWRly. Here they are in action on the ESR. Admired by two coach loads of IOWRly supporters.
On this day
| 1858 | Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway: Opens from Elgin to Keith |
| 1865 | Rosedale Branch (North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway): Line extended from Blakey Junction to Rosedale (East). |
| 1898 | East Fife Central Railway: Line opened from East of Fife Central Junction to Lochty for goods only. |
| 1915 | Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway (North British Railway): Methil Dock No. 3 closed for repairs. |
| 1971 | Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway: Last freight runs between Greenside Junction and Kipps Junction, line closed. |
Images from this day in history
 |
J36 0-6-0 65303 leaving Fraserburgh on 18 August 1959 with a goods train. G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow [1959] More images from this day in history. |
Magazine
More articles.
Latest photographs
![AVG Railcar VT452 approaching Dahn Süd with a service from Bundenthal-Rumbach, the terminus of the Wieslauterbahn, to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof. The railcar was built by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen in 1958 for the Deutsche Eisenbahn-Betriebs-Gesellschaft (DEBG). The AVG (Albtal Verkehrs Gesellschaft - a railway company owned by the city of Karlsruhe) acquired it in 1994 along with the Kraichtal and Katzbachtal lines (Ubstadt to Menzingen and Bruchsal to Odenheim respectively). It remained in regular service until 2000 and was restored to its original condition in 2009/10. [With thanks to Bill Jamieson for loco information.]](/images/60000/x60400.jpg.pagespeed.ic.cKFuTvC0TK.jpg "AVG Railcar VT452 approaching Dahn Süd with a service from Bundenthal-Rumbach, the terminus of the Wieslauterbahn, to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof. The railcar was built by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen in 1958 for the Deutsche Eisenbahn-Betriebs-Gesellschaft (DEBG). The AVG (Albtal Verkehrs Gesellschaft - a railway company owned by the city of Karlsruhe) acquired it in 1994 along with the Kraichtal and Katzbachtal lines (Ubstadt to Menzingen and Bruchsal to Odenheim respectively). It remained in regular service until 2000 and was restored to its original condition in 2009/10. [With thanks to Bill Jamieson for loco information.]")
![Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0ST nO 2 (2859/1911) ex-Keighley Gas Works, in action at Marley Hill on the Tanfield Railway in May 2014. [Ref query 1672] [See image 42645].](/images/60000/x60397.jpg.pagespeed.ic.p_Vdwz-kYz.jpg "Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0ST nO 2 (2859/1911) ex-Keighley Gas Works, in action at Marley Hill on the Tanfield Railway in May 2014. [Ref query 1672] [See image 42645].")
Click here for more images.
KML versionImage Statistics and Trends.
Key events
| June 2017 | HS2/WCML franchise - shortlist of bidders announced. |
| March 2017 | Settle & Carlisle Line reopens after more than a year following landslip |
| Feb 2017 | Commencement of work on HS2 phase 1 formally approved |
| Complete overhaul of rail ticketing system announced | |
| Dec 2016 | Government announces Network Rail to cease responsibility for UK rail network |
The past year.
Notes and Queries
Slideshows
| Bath and Bristol since 2008 |    | [78] |
| Cumbernauld |    | [4] |
| Kenya National Rail Museum Nairobi |    | [16] |
| Milton Keynes |    | [49] |
| Paris |    | [18] |
| The Stainmore line |    | [16] |
More slideshows.
