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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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 The locomotive had been officially withdrawn from Carlisle Canal shed approximately 4 months earlier and was eventually cut up at Motherwell Machinery & Scrap, Wishaw, in April 1965.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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Blackpool Pleasure Beach station - opened in 1987, but with an old traditional style canopy. Does anyone know this came from? Responses so far |
February 2021 | Further reduction to 65% of pre-pandemic ScotRail timetable, with many late evening trains withdrawn.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. |
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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