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LSLs 90002 resplendent in Inter City Swallow livery, on the 5Z90 Crewe to Preston test run with DVT ...
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Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]
Access and recovery work ongoing on 23rd August 2020 at the site of the Carmont derailment. ...
Gregson Lane Crossing
RTCs southbound 'Cumbrian Mountain Express' approaches Gregson Lane Crossing with 46115 'Scots ...
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Transport Scotland - Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan for 2035. Lines shown in red are to ...
Bamber Bridge
The first steam charter since lockdown, Saphos Trains 'The Fellsman' is seen near Bamber Bridge on ...
Euxton Balshaw Lane
87002 with D1935 and a mixed rake of carriages are seen just north of Euxton Balshaw Lane on 25 June ...
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On this day
| 1865 | Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway) Rutherglen to Coatbridge opened to goods. Whifflet branch also opened. (Alternative date 20/09/1865.) |
| 1873 | Polloc and Govan Railway Decide to build the new Polmadie Shed discussed with William Dixon Ltd. |
| 1886 | Crarae Quarry Following a blast to release 52,000 tons of rock, some of the visitors who were there to witness the blast from the Lord of the Isles and later visit the quarry were killed by the gas produced by gunpowder. |
| 1923 | Redding Colliery Redding Pit Disaster, forty men drowned when water from old workings drains into newer workings at No23 Pit. |
| 1939 | Halls Tramway Passenger service to Penmaen Halt withdrawn. |
| 1950 | Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie Railway Balquhidder [2nd] (excluded) to Comrie closed to freight, but remains open to passengers. |
| 1950 | Wigtownshire Railway Whithorn to Newton Stewart closed to passengers. |
| 1950 | Peebles Railway Peebles [2nd] re-named Peebles (East). |
| 1972 | Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway Craigendoran Pier closed to vessels (Use of the pier was then given over to small craft for a number of years). |
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This day in history
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Boness - Polmont branch trains. At Boness. NB 4.4.2T 7468. (Wet forenoon). G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow (1948) |
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Notes and Queries
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach station - opened in 1987, but with an old traditional style canopy. Does anyone know this came from? Responses so far |
Miscellany
Related to Achallader Viaduct.More
Key events
| August 2020 | Three dead when train derailed hitting landslip near Stonehaven. Union Canal burst its banks, flooding the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway near Polmont. |
| 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. |
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Books
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A Short History of Trains (Short Histories)
ASIN B08H8BNYRC
Publisher DK
Published 2021-12-02
Author(s) Wolmar, Christian
Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America
ASIN 0358567122
Publisher Mariner Books
Published 2021-08-10
Author(s) Hiltzik, Michael
Class 158 and 159 DMUs
ASIN 1445682133
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2020-09-15
Author(s) Andrew Cole
Stratford Depot Locomotives: In the Eighties & Nineties
ASIN 1911658425
Publisher Mortons Media Group
Published 2021-07-28
Author(s) Rounce, Roger
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