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1841	Manchester and Leeds Railway Line opened throughout; Walsden to Littleborough through the summit tunnel opened.
1848	Scottish Central Railway Opened from Scottish Central Junction (Greenhill) to Stirling. Stations at Scottish Central Junction, Larbert, Bannockburn and Stirling.
1849	Dundee and Perth Railway Line extended from Barnhill [D&PR] over the River Tay via the Tay Viaduct [Perth] to Perth Princes Street.
1851	Glasgow and South Western Railway Agrees to access to Carlisle Citadel for £1000 per annum.
1852	Midland Railway Worcester Junction renamed Abbots Wood Junction.
1856	Torbanehill and Bathgate Branch (Monkland Railways) Bathgate Lower opened without Board of Trade approval.
1862	Findhorn Railway Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway Findhorn Railway operation taken over by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway.
1862	West Midland Railway Addlestrop and Stow Road renamed Addlestrop.
1862	Border Union Railway (North British Railway) The line is extended from Scotch Dyke to Newcastleton. (Goods only?)
1864	London and North Western Railway, South Wales Extension from Brynmawr to Nantybwch.

An extract from the LNWR timetable for 1916 showing services on the Longridge branch during WWI. The line closed to passengers in 1930 but since that time Longridge has continued to expand and the road to Preston is very congested. 100 years later, what wouldn^t the town^s residents give for a 22 minute journey time into the centre of Preston?

Mark Bartlett (1915)

Portrait of Caley single 123. No details known but headboard reads 'Royal Train Pilot'. Can anyone provide any info re date, location or occasion? See similar image 59856.

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Miscellany

Related to Ravenscraig No 1 Yard.

Roman Road

A Roman Road, Watling Street, once ran here. Oddly enough the orientation of the road was not far off the orientation of the much later sidings.

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Key events

February 2021	Further reduction to 65% of pre-pandemic ScotRail timetable, with many late evening trains withdrawn.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.
December 2020	ScotRail timetable reduction.
November 2020	ScotRail alcohol ban introduced.
October 2020	Kerr^s Miniature Railway closed. Kintore station opens.

Glasgow Central Railway		16 photos
Royal Deeside branch - after closure		19 photos
Jamestown Viaduct		14 photos
DIRFT expansion		37 photos
Way down south (South West!)		51 photos
The Petite Ceinture Line, Paris.		4 photos

Books

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Greatest British Railway Journeys: Celebrating the greatest journeys from the BBC's beloved railway travel series

ASIN 147227928X
Publisher Headline
Published 2021-09-02
Author(s) Portillo, Michael

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The Times Train Tracks Book 4: 200 challenging visual logic puzzles

ASIN 0008470138
Publisher Times Books
Published 2021-09-02
Author(s) The Times Mind Games

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E-Logistics: A guide to supply chain information systems and technology

ASIN 0749496886
Publisher Kogan Page Ltd
Published 2020-10-03
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The Times Railway Stories: Tales from the tracks

ASIN 0008467951
Publisher Times Books
Published 2021-09-16
Author(s) Holland, Julian Times Books

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01/03/2021	Llangollen heritage railway operator goes into receivership BBC News
	ScotRail confiscate 10,000 tickets with 17k in fines to lockdown fare-dodgers The Scottish Sun
	Rail fares to rise by 2.6% in England and Wales The Guardian
28/02/2021	Largs line will be closed 'well into March' after landslide Largs and Millport Weekly News
	Online public meeting on future of Clacks rail services Alloa Advertiser
	Selby rail crash: Disaster remembered 20 years on BBC News
	The rugged wilds of Corrour: Trainspotting, movie monologues and Munro bagging Herald Scotland
	ScotRail could woo passengers back with tickets that cost less the more you travel Scotsman
27/02/2021	Lost lines: Mold to Denbigh by rail pre-1962 The Leader
	Comhairle say no to limited timetables Stornoway Gazette
	Scotrail bid to encourage more female train drivers The Herald
	Gender equality author Sara Sheridan asks: Should Dundee rail station be renamed Slessor Station? The Courier
26/02/2021	Man paints 'welcome to hell' on house after station next door 'ruined his life' The Scottish Sun
	Heritage railway get a boost from Metros 70m depot project Tyne and Wear Metro
	Russian diplomats and families leave North Korea by hand-pushed rail trolley due to Covid-19 restrictions CNN

Today's banner by Network Rail: Ribblehead viaduct sunset Jan 2021.

Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]

Kintore

Balshaw Lane Junction

Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]

Gregson Lane Crossing

Scotland

Bamber Bridge

Euxton Balshaw Lane

Greatest British Railway Journeys: Celebrating the greatest journeys from the BBC's beloved railway travel series

The Times Train Tracks Book 4: 200 challenging visual logic puzzles

E-Logistics: A guide to supply chain information systems and technology

The Times Railway Stories: Tales from the tracks

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