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Euxton Balshaw Lane
87002 with D1935 and a mixed rake of carriages are seen just north of Euxton Balshaw Lane on 25 June ...
The Balmoral Hotel
It had been 6.25 on the Balmoral clock more or less since the start of lockdown when it stopped and ...
Barton and Broughton
Northern Pacers are back! To create extra space on some Northern services it has been agreed ...
Uffington
'Thank You NHS' is the message carried by Rail Operations Group 47815 'Lost Boys 68-88', seen ...
Glasgow Central
Scotland's biggest stations held a series of events on Friday, May the 8th, to mark the 75th ...
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On this day
| 1847 | Leeds and Thirsk Railway Act gives permission for a number of alterations to the route. |
| 1847 | Chester and Birkenhead Railway Chester and Birkenhead Railway merged with the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway to form the new Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway. |
| 1847 | Mold Railway Company formed |
| 1869 | Cleland and Midcalder Line (Caledonian Railway) Line opened for passengers. |
| 1877 | Wigtownshire Railway Opened from Millisle to Whithorn. |
| 1918 | Stanrigg Colliery (Arbuckle) Subsidence into pit kills 19 men. (Pit owned by McCracken Brothers) |
| 1928 | Peebles Railway Hawthornden re-named Rosewell and Hawthornden. |
| 1929 | Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Williamwood station opened. This obliterated the former Clarkston West Junction. |
| 1934 | Welsh Highland Railway Nantmor Halt renamed Aberglaslyn. |
| 1954 | Ravenscraig Steel Works Works opened by Colvilles Ltd at a cost of £20,000,000, with 2 batteries of 35 coke ovens, a blast furnace and melting shop with 3 furnaces. Colvilles Ltd older furnaces were to be demolished. |
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This day in history
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Unrebuilt Royal Scot 46137 The Prince of Wales^s Volunteers (South Lancashire) on shed at Polmadie in the summer of 1949. G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow (1949) |
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Notes and Queries
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Gary Straiton is looking for help in trying to find out more about this old photograph taken at Perth shed. CR 65 was new in April 1917, although neither the actual date of the picture nor the reason behind it are known. Possibly taken to mark the end of WW1, perhaps as a publicity shot for the CR or even as a private commission. Any contributions at all concerning the picture, including any of the various individuals shown, would be appreciated. Added 19 August 2015. Suggest an answer |
Miscellany
Related to Princes Street Gardens Cutting.Power Magazine
When a railway through Princes Street Gardens was first proposed one of the arguments against the route was that sparks could ignite the powder magazine at Edinburgh Castle above the line.
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Key events
| June 2020 | Face coverings become mandatory on public transport. |
| May 2020 | Travelling by LNER becomes reservation-only. |
| March 2020 | Major changes to railway operations and timetables resulting from impact of Coronavirus pandemic. |
| December 2019 | - opening of Robroyston's new station and Dunbar's second platform - farewell to ScotRail Class 314s and LNER HSTs - TPE introduce Class 397s with new Glasgow-Preston-Liverpool route and Class 802s on new Edinburgh-Leeds-Liverpool route. |
| October 2019 | Almond Chord: £15 million approved to develop options for Waverley approaches. |
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Slideshows
| Strathendrick, Aberfoyle and Blane Valley Lines | 
| 28 photos |
| View from the top - Haymarket platform 0 | 
| 7 photos |
| The Great Britain Railtour | 
| 10 photos |
| DIRFT expansion | 
| 37 photos |
| Nuneaton North Chord construction and traffic | 
| 38 photos |
| Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway | 
| 17 photos |
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Books
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Stratford Depot Locomotives: In the Eighties & Nineties
ASIN 1911658425
Publisher Mortons Media Group
Published 2021-07-28
Author(s) Rounce, Roger
Railway Magazine Archive Collection 1930s
ASIN 1911658514
Publisher Mortons Media Group
Published 2021-10-28
Author(s) Kelly, Peter
Australian Railways
ASIN 1445683709
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2019-09-15
Author(s) Mark Carter
Diesel Retrospective: Class 33
ASIN 1445699923
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2020-10-15
Author(s) John Vaughan
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