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Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]
The line is open again at Carmont and Colas 70808 was back on its usual route with Cement from ...
Kintore
First trains at Kintore on its day of re-opening. 43003 calls at the station. ...
Balshaw Lane Junction
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 ...
Scotland
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
| 1890 | Forth Bridge Railway Bridge opened by HRH Prince of Wales driving the last rivet. |
| 1903 | Callander and Oban Railway Oban station enlargement authorised. |
| 1964 | Dalry Road Lines (Caledonian Railway) Stirling and Falkirk trains diverted from Edinburgh Princes Street to Edinburgh Waverley. |
| 1972 | Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway Keswick to Penrith closed completely. |
| 1998 | Sutherland Railway Station building at Golspie sold at auction in Glasgow (as was a former railway cottage at Dalwhinnie). |
| 2020 | West Highland Railway A Class 55 ^Deltic^ visits Fort William for the first time (55019 ^Royal Highland Fusilier^) on a tour from Cardiff. |
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This day in history
![NB J36 0-6-0 no 65293 photographed in the sidings alongside Eastfield shed on 4 March 1963. The locomotive had been officially withdrawn from Carlisle Canal shed approximately 4 months earlier and was eventually cut up at Motherwell Machinery & Scrap, Wishaw, in April 1965. [Additional: Peter Hughes noticed the locomotive at Gourock in April 1963 in use as a stationary boiler for carriage heating].](/__cache/thumbnails/44000/x44965.jpg.pagespeed.ic.9K7blV6oV7.jpg)
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NB J36 0-6-0 no 65293 photographed in the sidings alongside Eastfield shed on 4 March 1963. The locomotive had been officially withdrawn from Carlisle Canal shed approximately 4 months earlier and was eventually cut up at Motherwell Machinery & Scrap, Wishaw, in April 1965. [Additional: Peter Hughes noticed the locomotive at Gourock in April 1963 in use as a stationary boiler for carriage heating]. K A Gray (1963) |
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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 Meigle [3rd].Belmont Castle
To the south is Belmont Castle, once the home of James Key Caird, jute baron and mathematician. His name was given to the whaleboat James Caird, famous for the Voyage of the James Caird which led to the rescue of the members of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance expedition.
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Key events
| February 2021 | Further reduction to 65% of pre-pandemic ScotRail timetable, with many late evening trains withdrawn. |
| January 2021 | Freightliner withdraws (temporarily?) Class 86 fleet (dating from 1966) to be replaced by ex-Anglia Class 90s. Bridge Parapet collapse between Stonehaven and Carmont closes line until February. |
| December 2020 | ScotRail timetable reduction. |
| November 2020 | ScotRail alcohol ban introduced. |
| October 2020 | Kerr^s Miniature Railway closed. Kintore station opens. |
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Slideshows
| Class 37s in the Far North before withdrawal | 
| 35 photos |
| Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway | 
| 17 photos |
| Kelvindale Tunnel | 
| 12 photos |
| Class 47s at Carlisle due to diversions | 
| 28 photos |
| Halbeath Sidings | 
| 12 photos |
| Bath and Bristol since 2008 | 
| 113 photos |
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Books
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Greatest British Railway Journeys: Celebrating the greatest journeys from the BBC's beloved railway travel series
ASIN 147227928X
Publisher Headline
Published 2021-09-02
Author(s) Portillo, Michael
The Times Train Tracks Book 4: 200 challenging visual logic puzzles
ASIN 0008470138
Publisher Times Books
Published 2021-09-02
Author(s) The Times Mind Games
E-Logistics: A guide to supply chain information systems and technology
ASIN 0749496886
Publisher Kogan Page Ltd
Published 2020-10-03
Author(s)
The Times Railway Stories: Tales from the tracks
ASIN 0008467951
Publisher Times Books
Published 2021-09-16
Author(s) Holland, Julian Times Books
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