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Clayhills Yard
Saturday's 07:52 & 09:52 LNER Azuma trains parked up at Clayhills due to cracks being found in the ...
Cheltenham Racecourse
7820 'Dinmore Manor', a GWR Collett 4-6-0 presently running in BR lined black livery, leaves ...
Dalwhinnie
This is the derailed HST at Dalwhinnie viewed from the level crossing to the north. ...
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Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]
The line is open again at Carmont and Colas 70808 was back on its usual route with Cement from ...
Kintore
First trains at Kintore on its day of re-opening. 43003 calls at the station. ...
Balshaw Lane Junction
LSLs 90002 resplendent in Inter City Swallow livery, on the 5Z90 Crewe to Preston test run with DVT ...
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Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]
Access and recovery work ongoing on 23rd August 2020 at the site of the Carmont derailment. ...
Gregson Lane Crossing
RTCs southbound 'Cumbrian Mountain Express' approaches Gregson Lane Crossing with 46115 'Scots ...
Scotland
Transport Scotland - Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan for 2035. Lines shown in red are to ...
Bamber Bridge
The first steam charter since lockdown, Saphos Trains 'The Fellsman' is seen near Bamber Bridge on ...
Euxton Balshaw Lane
87002 with D1935 and a mixed rake of carriages are seen just north of Euxton Balshaw Lane on 25 June ...
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On this day
| 1855 | Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway Act receives Royal assent. |
| 1855 | Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway Act receives Royal assent. |
| 1855 | Swansea Vale Railway Act and official naming as the Swansea Vale Railway. |
| 1869 | Caledonian Railway
North British Railway The North British Railway wishes to withdraw from the ^joint purse^ arrangement then in operation. This was on discovery that the Caledonian Railway and London and North Western Railway were intentionally starving the Border Union Railway (North British Railway) of traffic. |
| 1896 | Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway Clydebank Riverside to Dumbarton East Junction opened for goods. Old Kilpatrick opened to goods. |
| 1896 | Forth and Cart Canal In Clydebank the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway line makes use of some of the former route of the Forth and Cart Canal between Clydebank [CR] and Kilbowie. This swing north under the North British Railway to pass through Kilbowie Road station and then pass back over the NBR was planned to avoid the northern part of the Clyde Bank Iron Shipyard [2nd] and serve the Singer Works. A portion of the canal was left at either end, the southern part on the east side of the Clyde Bank Iron Shipyard [2nd]. |
| 1903 | Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway Falkirk Camelon [1st] opened. |
| 1912 | PS Lady Rowena Steamship Co Ltd Registered by Captain Alexander William Cameron to operate PS Lady Rowena. Used on Clyde excursions such as Glasgow to Dunoon, Rothesay and Millport. |
| 1959 | Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway Partick Central renamed Kelvin Hall. |
| 1959 | Formartine and Buchan Railway Mintlaw South signal box closed. |
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This day in history
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Up Mid-Day Scot passing through Cambuslang in the summer of 1953. The locomotive is Stanier Pacific 46210 Lady Patricia. G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow (1953) |
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Notes and Queries
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One of three old images sent to BMcC around 5 years ago. Unfortunately the sender cannot now be contacted. The other two photographs were taken around Hawick. Can anyone throw any light on this one? Added 11/11/2009. Responses so far |
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Related to Pollokshaws West.Glasgow's Oldest
This is the oldest surviving station building in Glasgow, opened in 1848.
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Key events
| May 2021 | Hitachi Class 80x trains taken out of service on LNER and TPE, also Great Western and Hull Trains, after discovery of hairline cracks. See image 76630 |
| May 2021 | Ticket examiners join ScotRail Sunday strikes. |
| April 2021 | HST derailed at Dalwhinnie by signalling error. See image 76332 |
| March 2021 | Start of ScotRail conductor strikes on Sundays over rest-day pay. |
| March 2021 | ScotRail to be nationalised from March 2022. |
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Narrow Gauge Panorama: Steaming Along the Rustic and Narrow
ASIN B0976ZJ6HD
Publisher Pen and Sword Transport
Published 2021-11-30
Author(s) Waite, James
East and North Eastern Steam - Former LNER Territory 1947-1958: The Railway Photographs of Andrew Grant Forsyth
ASIN 0750998547
Publisher The History Press
Published 2021-11-11
Author(s) Dickson, Brian J.
Lost Railway Walks
ASIN 0008319243
Publisher Collins
Published 2019-02-07
Author(s) Julian Holland
Steam Rally: Robin Grierson
ASIN 1916237320
Publisher Lost Press
Published 2021-10-11
Author(s) Robin Grierson
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