Today's banner by Mark Bartlett: Viewed from the Huddersfield platform at Mossley, 802217 snakes through passing close by the terrace of cottages overlooking the line. The impending electrification will change the residents' view. This was a TPE Newcastle to Liverpool service on 6th March 2024.

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On this day

1859  Somerset Central Railway
Branch to Wells opened
1886  Glasgow City and District Railway
Yorkhill (Finnieston East Junction) to Glasgow Queen Street Low Level to High Street (College East Junction) opened. A third rail was used for train lighting.
1886  Coatbridge Branch (North British Railway)
College [1st] terminus closed.
1899  London Extension (Great Central Railway)
Line opened from Annesley North Junction to Quainton Road, and from Canfield Place to London Marylebone.
1941  End of Clydebank Blitz

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This day in history

Snow in evidence at West Kilbride on 15 March 1963 as BR Standard class 4 no 80049 brings a Largs train under Law Brae and into the platform.

Snow in evidence at West Kilbride on 15 March 1963 as BR Standard class 4 no 80049 brings a Largs train under Law Brae and into the platform.

R Sillitto/A Renfrew Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) (1963)

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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 Glen Falloch Viaduct.

Surprisingly high

The Glen Falloch Viaduct crosses the gorge of the Eas Dubh (black waterfall). So far above is the span crossing the gorge, at 144 ft high, that it is only 12 ft lower than the deck height of the Forth Bridge. It is, not surprisingly, the highest bridge on the West Highland Railway.

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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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Strathendrick, Aberfoyle and Blane Valley Lines 28 photos
Track renewals in the Arbroath and Montrose Area 14 photos
Grand Scottish Tour No 1[[images]]0 photos
Class 376 Southeastern units[[images]]0 photos
Kelvindale Tunnel 12 photos
Disused Scottish stations and railways 2015-2022[[images]]0 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

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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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