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On this day
| 1855 | Aberdare Valley Railway Act for the Vale of Neath Railway to connect from Aberdare to Middle Duffryn Colliery. Chairman: Henry Austin Bruce. |
| 1857 | Keith and Dufftown Railway Act receives Royal assent. |
| 1885 | Gwendraeth Valleys Railway Abbeydore closed |
| 1955 | Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway Line closed to passengers. Also given as 4 July. |
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This day in history
![Footplate photocall at East Kilbride station in the summer of 1949. The locomotive is Fairburn 2-6-4 tank no 42244 and the small face at the cab window will be familiar to Railscot aficionados see image [[50951]].](/__cache/thumbnails/67000/x67342.jpg.pagespeed.ic.sA0pB7BPOK.jpg)
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Footplate photocall at East Kilbride station in the summer of 1949. The locomotive is Fairburn 2-6-4 tank no 42244 and the small face at the cab window will be familiar to Railscot aficionados see image [[50951]]. G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow (1949) |
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Notes and Queries
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A cosy scene in the Guards van on the way back to Galashiels from Kelso with the last freight on 29 March 1968. Who is that on the right of the picture? He joined us at St Boswells and had a pass for the freight. He wasnt local, and the name Craig seems to ring a bell. Responses so far |
Miscellany
Related to Kingswood Tunnel.Great Birnam Wood
Between Kingswood Tunnel and Dunkeld and Birnam station the line runs through Birnam Wood, of Shakespeare's MacBeth fame. (Dunsinane Hill is over 12 miles East South-East.)
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Key events
| June 2020 | Face coverings become mandatory on public transport. |
| May 2020 | Travelling by LNER becomes reservation-only. |
| March 2020 | Major changes to railway operations and timetables resulting from impact of Coronavirus pandemic. |
| December 2019 | - opening of Robroyston's new station and Dunbar's second platform - farewell to ScotRail Class 314s and LNER HSTs - TPE introduce Class 397s with new Glasgow-Preston-Liverpool route and Class 802s on new Edinburgh-Leeds-Liverpool route. |
| October 2019 | Almond Chord: £15 million approved to develop options for Waverley approaches. |
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Slideshows
| Kenya National Rail Museum Nairobi | 
| 16 photos |
| Paris | 
| 11 photos |
| Nuneaton North Chord construction and traffic | 
| 38 photos |
| Wagon Plates | 
| 18 photos |
| Class 37s in the Far North before withdrawal | 
| 35 photos |
| Work at Cowlairs | 
| 10 photos |
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Books
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Diesel Retrospective: Class 33
ASIN 1445699923
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2020-10-15
Author(s) John Vaughan
Settle & Carlisle Revival: The Line that refused to die
ASIN 1911658549
Publisher Mortons Media Group
Published 2021-06-28
Author(s) Sharpe, Brian
No 122 Road Transport Recollections: East Midlands from the 1950s to the 1990s
ASIN 1857945832
Publisher Silver Link Books
Published 2021-08-02
Author(s) Edge-Stenson, Peter
Steaming over the North Yorkshire Moors: The World's most popular Heritage Railway
ASIN 1911658646
Publisher Mortons Media Group
Published 2021-08-28
Author(s) Jones, Robin
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