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17/10/2024	It's full steam ahead for Greenock model railway show this weekend Greenock Telegraph
16/10/2024	Levenmouth Rail Link: new book celebrates positive impact of return of trains after five decades Fife Today
	First freight service launched using track access charge discount scheme Railway Gazette
	London's Elizabeth Line wins 2024 Riba Stirling Prize for architecture BBC News
	Surprising history of Glasgow's Botanic Gardens station Glasgow World
	HS2 lays the foundations for Birminghams new rail hub - Curzon Street Station HS2
	Scots couple get engaged 361ft in air at top of iconic Forth Rail Bridge Daily Record
	Rush hour services in Glasgow cancelled after train breaks down at Shawlands STV
	From bin to cup: Network Rail tracks the journey of a coffee cup from its station bins as part of new recycling effort to divert 100% of all waste from landfill Network Rail
15/10/2024	Permanent exhibition opened at Lathalmond Railway Museum Dunfermline Press
	Sadness as 'pioneer' behind Wemyss Bay railway station volunteer group passes away Greenock Telegraph
	West Midlands bids farewell to its workhorse Class 323s RAIL
	Demand for Irish rail freight increases RAIL
14/10/2024	Northern broke rail fare evasion rules: Everything you need to know Manchester Evening News
	Stations to host free CPR demonstrations Glasgow Times

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On this day

1898	Wemyss Coal Company West Wemyss Harbour and the timber viaducts were badly damaged in storms of the 18th to 19th.
1965	Strathspey Railway Advie [2nd] closed.
1965	Strathspey Railway Boat of Garten to Craigellachie closed to passengers.
1965	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Forres [2nd] to Aviemore closed to passengers. Stations closed at Boat of Garten, Broomhill, Grantown-on-Spey West, Dava and Dunphail. Dallas Dhu Siding (excluded) to Boat of Garten (excluded) closed to all traffic. Both Forres West Junction and Forres East Junction to Forres South Junction closed to passengers. Further south on the retained line Kincraig closed.
1965	Douglas Branch (Caledonian Railway) Lanark Racecourse to Smyllum West Junction closed to freight but is retained for turning engines.
1965	Strathspey Railway Aberlour closed.
1967	Formartine and Buchan Railway Ellon south signal box closed.
1971	Barry Pier Branch (Barry Dock and Railways) Last standard passenger train to Barry Pier.
2002	Sutherland and Caithness Railway Car struck by train at Halkirk level crossing.
2010	New Monkland Line (Monkland Railways) Torbanehill and Bathgate Branch (Monkland Railways) Opened for driver training between Airdrie and Bathgate.

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This day in history

Freight workings at Portobello. N.B. 0.6.2T 69222. G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow (1952)

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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.] Responses so far

Miscellany

Related to Monkton Oil Sidings.

Trip wire

North of the former Monkton station is a 800 yard long trip wire alongside the west end of the Prestwick Airport runway. If the wire is broken nearby signals go to danger.

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Key events

May 2024	50th anniversary of the Electric Scots Continuing ASLEF dispute at DfT operators overtaken by general election Barrhead/East Kilbride conductor dispute resolved Peak fares trial extended to August First Minister officially opens £116M Levenmouth Railway
April 2024	New active travel route at Gourock 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
March 2024	Alex Hynes departure announced from Scotland for DfT Jacobite suspended
February 2024	Dunblane 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

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The Great Britain Railtour		10 photos
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First Day of Elizabeth Line "core" section, 24.5.22	[[images]]	0 photos
Crouch Valley Line,Essex, 1972-2014	[[images]]	0 photos
Talyllyn Railway, 1980 and 2016	[[images]]	0 photos

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