Today's banner by Roger Geach: 507001 arrives at Sandhills with the 1121 Hunts Cross to Southport service. It was paired up with 507007. There were a few other photographers out on 25th January chasing the 507 units.

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On this day

1849  Great Southern and Western Railway
Extended from Limerick Junction to Mallow.
1870  Macmerry Branch (North British Railway)
Line opened from Monktonhall Junction [1st] to Macmerry.
1894  Cathcart District Railway
Cathcart (New) opened on extension Line, replacing Cathcart [1st]. The new station was very briefly a terminus.

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This day in history

Former Aspinall design Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Class 27 3F 0-6-0 52355 rests on 56A Wakefield shed on 19 March 1961.

Former Aspinall design Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Class 27 3F 0-6-0 52355 rests on 56A Wakefield shed on 19 March 1961.

David Pesterfield (1961)

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Notes and Queries

A Class 47 loco stabled near a junction in summer 1989 but where and what are those gantries for?
[Added 01 March 2023.]

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Miscellany

Related to Dullator Colliery.

E&G Mileposts

The 'Edinburgh 32 - Glasgow 14' milepost from near Dullator Colliery is at Glasgow Queen Street High Level.

A milepost which was formerly at Cadder Yard, 'Edinburgh 41 - Glasgow 5', is at Haymarket station.

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Key events

February 2024Dunblane resignalling to allow southbound trains to depart from Platform 3
Highland networks closed by storm on 5 February
East Kilbride carpark reduced for new station construction
Addiewell temporarily closed for reconstruction
Brodick ferries diverted to Troon by Ardrossan pier damage
Seawall damage near Helmsdale
January 2024'The Hatch' café opens at Singer
'Reboot your Commute' advertising campaign
Four loops taken out of use during snow on HML
Storms Isha and Jocelyn led to network closures from 1900 on 21 and 23 January
Storm Ingunn on 31 January closed West and North Highland routes
December 2023Further strikes and other action by ASLEF at DfT train operators in first week of December
Glasgow-Barrhead electric services begin
Cathcart Circle and Shotts expresses restored all day
East Linton station opens
'Polar Express' trains on the Edinburgh South Suburban
First Boxing Day trains to Edinburgh since 1981
Storms Pia and Gerritt affect services
November 2023RMT members vote to accept pay offer, but ASLEF announce a rolling programme of strikes in December at DfT operators. Waverley brought to a standstill for rest of day after power-surge fried signals on 2 November. Calls suspended at Altnabreac. New Sleeper lounge at Euston. New coffee-shop at Shettleston.
October 2023Strikes at Anglo-Scottish operators by RMT on 1 October, ALEF on 4 October with ASLEF overtime ban on 2-6 October.
Three weekends of train services suspended to north-east Scotland as a result of heavy rain, with Storm Babet bringing the heaviest to Scotland since 1891.
HS2's Birmingham-Manchester leg cancelled.
Start of six-month trial abolition of ScotRail peak fares.

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DIRFT expansion 42 photos
Edinburgh Trams, Newhaven Extension, 1st Day, 7.6.23[[images]]0 photos
Work at Cowlairs 10 photos
London Underground stations 2010-2023[[images]]0 photos
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Strathspey Railway 34 photos

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Books

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The Railways of Stirling

ASIN 1915069297
Publisher Lightmoor Press
Published 2023-09-20
Author(s) Peddie, Donald

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Class 08 Locomotives in Scotland (Class Locomotives)

ASIN 1398105600
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2023-10-15
Author(s) Howat, Colin J.

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The Dundee & Arbroath Railway

ASIN 1915069173
Publisher Lightmoor Press
Published 2023-02-24
Author(s) Ferguson, Niall

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Edinburgh, Granton and Leith Railways

ASIN 1398108561
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2023-04-15
Author(s) Williamson, Kenneth G.

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