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Leominster
The recently renewed footbridge with lifts at Leominster, seen looking West into the sunset on 12th ...
Glasson Dock
After nearly sixty years service, thirty eight of them operating from Ramsey, mainly to Glasson ...
Inverkeithing South Junction
GBRf 66739 leads the 3Q99 Weedkiller train past Inverkeithing South Junction with the disconnected ...
Buckshaw Parkway
The 2025 May Day Bank Holiday saw various engineering closures on the WCML. With Dallam Junction at ...
Mirfield
Mirfield is being rebuilt as part of the Trans-Pennine Upgrade project and a hoarding now stretches ...
Inverkeithing South Junction
60163 'Tornado' descends towards Inverkeithing with the 'Great Britain XVII' on 30th April 2025. ...
Appleby
Locomotive Services Ltd 37409 'Loch Awe' (front) and 37401 'Mary Queen of Scots' stand in Appleby ...
Cumberland Street
Historic rail bridges near Glasgow Central Station are standing the test of time with a £1.5 ...
Slochd Viaduct
20th April 2025 was day 3 of Pathfinder Railtours 'Easter Highlander' trip and 37518 plus 37516 are ...
Clifton and Lowther
An extensive construction site has been created in the fields alongside the M6 Motorway to the south ...
Eastleigh Works
47593, just repainted, is pulled out of the shed at Eastleigh Works for offical pictures to be taken ...
Bledlow
31108, at the Chinnor Diesel Gala weekend, in nice sunshine near Bledlow on 5th April 2025. ...
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On this day
| 1862 | Newcastle and Carlisle Railway An agreement that the North Eastern Railway, which will take over the N&C, can have access to Carlisle Citadel. |
| 1885 | Blaenavon Tramroad Abersychan renamed Abersychan Low Level |
| 1902 | Dundee Corporation Tramways Last steam tram, Albert Square to Fairmuir [Tram]. |
| 1914 | Meadowside Quay The Meadowside Granary opens, its first ship to be emptied was the tramp steamer Hornby. The original brick clad building, parallel to the river, consisted of a group of grain silos 100 ft high and, to the east, a eleven floor building for bagged or un-bagged grain. Two rail mounted elevators with a ladder of buckets emptied ships. The granary was rail served. The granary was to be vital in the forthcoming Great War. |
| 1984 | Aberystwyth and Welch Coast Railway Last train at Abertafol. |
| 1990 | West Highland Railway Motorail service commences running to Fort William. |
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This day in history
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Locomotives stored in the shed yard at Polmadie in the spring of 1960 include ^Jumbo^ 0-6-0 57418, followed by 0-4-4Ts 55237 and 55223. G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow (1960) |
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Notes and Queries
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A Class 47 loco stabled near a junction in summer 1989 but where and what are those gantries for? |
Miscellany
Related to Queen^s Bridge.Celebrating Queen Victoria
The Queen's Bridge's name is to celebrate the coronation of Queen Victoria on the 28th of June 1838, when the foundation stone of the bridge was laid.
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Key events
| December 2024 | Travel Safe team boosted. Cardiff-Edinburgh train, Lanark half-hourly in evenings, Gleneagles extra calls. Boxing Day trains to Leven, Dundee, Arbroath, Alloa. Traincrew cancellations hit Tweedbank and South Electrics (on an 'Auld Firm' Day). Lorry on line at Gretna, bus hit Cook Street bridge. Roseburn to Union Canal active travel route opens to the public. |
| November 2024 | 150th anniversary plaque unveiled at Wick. Glasgow Central new travel centre and lounge. Troon restored station opened. Dalwhinnie clock. Consecutive cancellations at North Berwick on a rugby day. Storm Bert - Oban suspended. Inverness signalling centre twice evacuated owing to fuel spill. |
| October 2024 | Temporary timetable ended. Accessible footbridge opened at Anniesland. Tuckshop opened at North Berwick. Greggs at Queen Street. Track circuit failure at Finnieston. Storm Ashley. Poor unit availability in leaf-fall season. Bomb alert at Dalmuir, power failure at Waverley both on 28 October. |
| September 2024 | Active travel route opened at Cameron Bridge. Grab and Go opens at Falkirk Grahamston. Temporary timetable introduced. Royal Mail ceased using rail. ScotRail's peak fare trial ended. |
| August 2024 | Accessible footbridges provided at Dumfries and Uddingston. TPE 2300 Edinburgh-Newcastle for Edinburgh Festivals. Temporary timetable and reduced ScotRail festival extras. Kirkhill overhead line damage. |
| July 2024 | Stranraer trains resumed. Troon rebuilt station opened in time for Open. Railway Heritage Centre opened at Dumfries. Lord Hendy appointed rail minister. Temporary timetable introduced because of driver shortage. |
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Slideshows
| Class 150 units 2015-2019 | [[images]] | 0 photos |
| Loughborough Midland | 
| 29 photos |
| LU 1972 stock, currently oldest trains on Bakerloo Line | [[images]] | 0 photos |
| Edinburgh Trams, Newhaven Extension, 1st Day, 7.6.23 | [[images]] | 0 photos |
| South Wales, ancient and modern | 
| 125 photos |
| The Stainmore line | 
| 19 photos |
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Books
Selected from Amazon's New Releases.
The Railways of Stirling
ASIN 1915069297
Publisher Lightmoor Press
Published 2023-09-20
Author(s) Peddie, Donald
Class 08 Locomotives in Scotland (Class Locomotives)
ASIN 1398105600
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2023-10-15
Author(s) Howat, Colin J.
The Dundee & Arbroath Railway
ASIN 1915069173
Publisher Lightmoor Press
Published 2023-02-24
Author(s) Ferguson, Niall
Edinburgh, Granton and Leith Railways
ASIN 1398108561
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2023-04-15
Author(s) Williamson, Kenneth G.
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