Today's banner by G. H. Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow.: C.R. Pickersgill 4.4.0 54499 entering Rumbling Bridge on a Queen Street to Perth train.

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A Girvan to St Enoch train passing east through Port Eglinton Junction on 21 November 1958. The locomotive is one of Corkerhill shed^s Fairburn 2-6-4Ts no 42229.

A Girvan to St Enoch train passing east through Port Eglinton Junction on 21 November 1958. The locomotive is one of Corkerhill shed^s Fairburn 2-6-4Ts no 42229.

G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow (1958)

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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 Elgin Shed [2nd].

Two sheds

Unusually both of the former sheds at Elgin East still stand, both Elgin Shed [1st] and its replacement Elgin Shed [2nd]. Both are now in non railway use.

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Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central the first stations in Britain to have British Sign Language on their main departure screens
Joanne Maguire new interim ScotRail MD, Liam Sumpter to head Network Rail in Scotland
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Jacobite suspended
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
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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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