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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
| 1859 | West Somerset Mineral Railway Line officially opened to Brendon Hill. |
| 1895 | Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway First Sod of Talla Railway cut by Lady McDonald, wife of the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. |
| 1905 | Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway Talla Railway closed. |
| 1905 | Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway Talla Dam officially opened; two trains run from Edinburgh Princes Street. |
| 1907 | South Wales Railway Accident at Ebbw Junction when freight over-runs signal and hits passenger train. |
| 1936 | Welsh Highland Railway Aberglaslyn closed. |
| 1936 | Swansea and Neath Railway Swansea East Dock closed to passengers. |
| 1939 | Valleyfield 35 men killed by gas explosion |
| 1952 | Ynysybwl Branch (Taff Vale Railway) Closed to passengers. |
| 1960 | Dundee and Perth Railway Errol closed to passengers. |
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This day in history
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Extract from a letter of 1881 from the Montrose and Bervie Railway to the North British Railway regarding the handling of mail, which reads: Brotherton: 28 Sept 1881: Mailbags: My dear sir, I have yours of yesterday. We do carry Her Majestys Mails ^in a sense^ but receive remuneration and undertake obligation only on the same footing as though they were ordinary parcels. Ian Dinmore (1881) |
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Notes and Queries
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Miscellany
Related to Challoch Junction.Bridge Strikes
Challoch Bridge, just to the west of the former junction where the railway passes over the A75, was the most hit bridge by road vehicles in Britain.
Fortunately the road has been realigned A75 Dunragit bypass .
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Key events
| August 2020 | Three dead when train derailed hitting landslip near Stonehaven. Union Canal burst its banks, flooding the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway near Polmont. |
| 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. |
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Slideshows
| Paris | 
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| South Wales, ancient and modern | 
| 118 photos |
| Kenya National Rail Museum Nairobi | 
| 16 photos |
| Cumbernauld | 
| 5 photos |
| New Street No More | 
| 10 photos |
| Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway | 
| 14 photos |
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Books
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East Lancashire Coachbuilders
ASIN 139810227X
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2021-11-15
Author(s) Barrow, David
A Short History of Trains (Short Histories)
ASIN B08H8BNYRC
Publisher DK
Published 2021-12-02
Author(s) Wolmar, Christian
Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America
ASIN 0358567122
Publisher Mariner Books
Published 2021-08-10
Author(s) Hiltzik, Michael
Class 158 and 159 DMUs
ASIN 1445682133
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2020-09-15
Author(s) Andrew Cole
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