This day in history 03 March
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Carlisle: LMS 2P 4-4-0 no 40670 stands alongside platform 4 at Carlisle in March 1960. The locomotive was allocated to 68B Dumfries at that time, the shed from which it was eventually withdrawn in December 1962.
Glasgow St Enoch: The bright colours of a Class 126 DMU show up well against the backdrop of a rather dark Glasgow St Enoch station on 3 March 1962. It will almost certainly be heading for Ayr, and the 'B' on the front suggests that it will not be an express. Note the attractive Speed Whiskers. Sent from my iPad
Birkenhead Woodside: Scene at Birkenhead Woodside station with Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42086 standing in the foreground as a Black 5 takes a train out of the terminus towards Woodside Tunnel. The photograph is thought to have been taken on 3 March 1967.
Swalwell: Scene at the former NCB Opencast Executive Swalwell Disposal Point in March 1971, with ex-WD 75167 (Bagnall 2755/1944) shunting wagons. The terraces of Swalwell and Whickham form the backdrop to the south, with the River Tyne behind the camera. Today, the collieries, yards, coke ovens and coal staiths that once dominated the area have given way to new housing, roads and retail outlets - not to mention the Metro Centre!
Hilton Junction: The driver of EE Type 4 No. 367 has judged things nicely and has managed to avoid coming to a complete stop at Hilton Junction on 3 March 1971 with the 13.02 Millerhill to Inverness class 8 freight. The freight was conveying extra brake vans for the use of members of the EURS see image [[37208]].
Swalwell: Ex-WD 75167 (Bagnall 2755/1944) shunts another rake of mineral wagons at the former Swalwell Disposal Point on the western edge of Gateshead in March 1971.
Ladybank: EE Type 4 No. 367 at Ladybank on 3 March 1971 with the 13.02 Millerhill to Inverness class 8 freight. The train was conveying extra brake vans for the use of members of the EURS, who joined the train here, having travelled to Ladybank via scheduled passenger services.
Earn Viaduct (Bridge of Earn): With the rear of the afternoon Milerhill to Inverness class 8 freight on the River Earn bridge, EE Type 4 No. 367 is invisible as it crawls towards Hilton Junction on 3 March 1971, having received a cautionary aspect at the down distant signal see image [[36298]].
Bridge of Earn: Bridge of Earn signalbox is the focus of attention for the camera toting members of the EURS party as the afternoon Millerhill to Inverness freight passes on the line from Ladybank on 3 March 1971. The disused double track of the Glenfarg line, closed some fourteen months previously can be glimpsed between the box and train.
Bridge of Earn: In March 1971 Bridge of Earn signal box no longer had any traffic off the Glenfarg line but was still required as this was the point where the double track from Hilton Junction reduced to single towards Newburgh and Ladybank. The track layout between here and Hilton Junction would later be altered so that control passed to the latter, following which Bridge of Earn box was closed.
Perth Power Box: The then still fairly new power box at Perth on 3 March 1971, with part of the former NBR locomotive shed visible in the background.
Ladybank Shed: Once a busy sub-shed of Thornton (62A), those days were long gone at Ladybank by March 1971 - except that a class 08 shunter stabled near the former coaling stage. The old EP&D works building in the background continued in use for several years as a wagon repair workshop, following official closure of the shed by BR in 1958 see image [[35520]].
Hilton Junction: EE Type 4 No. 367 leaves a blue haze over Hilton Junction on 3 March 1971 with the afternoon Millerhill to Inverness freight. The train, complete with extra brake vans conveying members of the EURS, is about to join the ex CR main line and follow the preceding Glasgow - Dundee passenger train into Perth see image [[37572]].
Ladybank: While the up station building at Ladybank has survived into the 21st century, the early BR enamel running in board has long gone, so it's a pity that I contrived to include only part of the latter in this study taken from the down platform in March 1971.
Bridge of Earn: EE Type 4 No. 367 and its Millerhill to Inverness freight are cautioned by the Hilton Junction distant signal in anticipation of being stopped to give the 15.10 Glasgow to Dundee train precedence. The semaphore distant to the right was for Bridge of Earn. 3rd March 1971
Ladybank Shed: The disused coaling stage at Ladybank shed photographed on the occasion of an EURS brake van trip over the then freight only line to Hilton Junction on 3 March 1971. Ladybank still operated a class 08 DE pilot at that time and this is stabled just out of frame next to the brake van on the right. Latterly a sub shed to 62A Thornton Junction, Ladybank shed was officially closed in December 1958 and demolished during the 1970s.
Perth New Yard: EE Type 4 No. 367 has arrived at Perth Yard with the afternoon Millerhill to Inverness class 8 freight on 3 March 1971 and is seen here standing alongside its train after uncoupling. The three extra brake vans had been provided to convey an EURS party from Ladybank.
Ladybank: Ladybank Junction signalbox in March 1971. The photograph is taken from a passing Millerhill to Inverness freight, to which a number of extra brake vans had been attached for the benefit of an Edinburgh University Railway Society party anxious to 'bash' the freight line through Newburgh.
Newburgh: The EURS brake van trip from Ladybank to Perth on 3 March 1971 behind EE Type 4 No. D367 passing Lindores Loch on the approach to Newburgh. The distinctive building above the locomotive is Abdie and Dunbog Church. [With thanks to Messrs Leiper, Brown and Gall]
Hilton Junction: A delay on the approach to Hilton Junction from Ladybank see image [[36331]] on 3 March 1971 as the 15.10 Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee sweeps past. At this distance identifying the locomotive was obviously impossible but it is almost certainly class 27 No. 5396, which worked the 17.40 Dundee - Queen Street, the train used by our party on the first leg of our return from Perth to Edinburgh.
Sandy: The signal box at Sandy, Bedfordshire, on the ECML in 1974.
Perth Holding Sidings: 27033 shares company with 26015 at Perth in March 1979, following attempted self destruction. The Class 27 was repaired and operated for almost another 7 years (see image [[41128]]).
Glasgow Central: 'Ethel 2' (Electric Train Heating Ex Locomotive No 2 ADB 97251) is propelled into Glasgow Central by 47 320 during the evening of March 3rd 1985. The Ethel units were former Class 25s that had been converted into mobile generators for heating Mk III coaching stock. They were used in situations where the train engine was unable to provide electrical heating (eg Class 37 hauled sleeper services over the West Highland line).
Glasgow Central: Electronic train indicator boards were installed at Glasgow Central in the mid 1980s - this photograph shows the old manual system as it approached the end of its life in March 1985. Printed paper train notices were displayed in the windows, sometimes roughly cut and pasted, at other times replaced by hurriedly chalked notices that produced cricked necks in travellers attempting to decipher them. By 2009, the upper floor was in use as the Central Bar and the ticket office underneath had become an M&S Simply Food outlet.
Waterloo: 50046 Ajax stands at London Waterloo awaiting departure for Exeter in March 1991, just over a year before its withdrawal. The end came at MC Metals, Springburn, in June 1992.
Euston: Looking across the platforms at the north end of Euston station on Monday 3 March 1991.
Waterloo: 50030 Repulse at the buffer stops following arrival at Waterloo Station on a Network South East service from Exeter late on a Sunday afternoon in March 1991.
Tickets and labels: Part of ticket from Helsinki to St Peterburg (NB no 's') for 3 March 1992. As I recall the journey took about 7 hours (two hour time difference), and at the end two Lada taxis to the hotel had to have external mirrors and windscreen wipers attached before setting off! The new Allegro trains seem to take around half that time.
Carlisle: A northbound train stands alongside Carlisle platform 3 on 3 March 1993 behind InterCity liveried 86233 'Sir Laurence Olivier'.
Carlisle: BR InterCity liveried 86233 'Sir Laurence Olivier' stands at Carlisle platform 3 in March 1993, having recently arrived with a train from the south.
Craiglockhart Junction: Southbound coal empties on the Edinburgh sub at Craiglockhart Junction behind EWS 66103 about to pass under the Union Canal on 3 March 2002. The line turning off to the left leads to Slateford Junction.
Gorgie East: A southbound freight between Gorgie East and Craiglockhart on the Edinburgh sub in March 2002, seen here shortly after passing below Slateford Road.
Dalmally: The newly(ish) reglazed canopy at Dalmally station looking west to Oban.
Dalmally: The granite heron on the westbound platform at Dalmally.
Whifflet Upper: View west over the A725 roundabout at Whifflet from alongside Faraday Retail Park in the summer of 2006. The lattice girder bridge and truncated embankment once carried the Caledonian line on towards Ardrie, crossing the area on the left now occupied by the roundabout. The cut back branch, which latterly served the BSC's Imperial Tube Works, ([[52902]]), finally closed east of Rosehall Junction ([[37130]]) in 1990. The abandoned island platform of Whifflet Upper station still survives amongst the undergrowth ([[32680]]).
Craighead Viaduct: View south over Craighead Viaduct from Bothwell towards Hamilton in March 2006. The 727 feet span viaduct was the first major project of Sir William Arrol of Dalmarnock Ironworks who went on to construct the Forth Bridge and Tower Bridge. Dismantling of the piers is being planned.
Torwoodlee North Viaduct: Just north of Torwoodlee tunnel, on the approach to Galashiels, in March 2006 showing the remains of a second bridge that once crossed the Gala water in the local area see image [[23353]]. Several large sections have been dislodged, with some now on the river bank and others in the water.
Stobs Camp Siding: The remnants of the signal box at Stobs on 3 March 2006. Situated on the up side of the Waverley route the box also controlled the sidings at Stobs Yard part of which is just visible to the extreme left. The mainline solum is visible to the left. Amongst the general remains, part of the cabin's chimney pot rests atop a small pile of debris.
Craighead Viaduct: Part of the surviving northern abutment and piers of Craighead Viaduct on 3 March 2006, looking across the Clyde from Bothwell.
Stobs Camp Siding: A portion of the trackbed has been taken for other purposes near Stobs in March 2006.
Stobs: Remains of the loading bank in Stobs Yard, 2006.
Flex: Found in March 2006 lying just off the down side cess near Flex, the end of a [Steam Pipe...?]. Goodness knows how it got there or how long it's spent under the stars....
Torwoodlee North Viaduct: Near Torwoodlee the Gala water makes several turns before it runs into Galashiels. Immediately north and south of Torwoodlee tunnel were two bridges, both of which have been partially demolished. This is the bridge (a substantial structure) to the north of the tunnel. The Cattle creep through the southern section survives, with astounding masonry and pointing which looks almost as good as new.
Glasgow Central: Looking down Platform 9 with 221122 Doctor Who at the rear and 221102 John Cabot in the distance.
Glasgow Central: New LED signals in place at Glasgow Central.
Glasgow Central: 156476 pulling into Glasgow Central.
Johnstone: 156450 racing through Johnstone with the early morning Stranraer service.
Glasgow Central: Part of the updating of the signalling at Glasgow Central. New LED signals in place at Platform 1 & 2.
Craigentinny Depot: Network Measurement Train stopped at Craigentinny Depot for fuel on 3 March photographed through the window of a passing Newcraighall service.
Edinburgh Waverley: South West Trains liveried 158 forming the 1403 service to Dunblane stands at Waverley platform 13 on 3 March 2007.
Glasgow Central: 90035 and 91127 Edinburgh Castle at Platform 1 & 2 of Glasgow Central.
Edinburgh Waverley: Waverley west end seen through the window of a train approaching platform 14 on 3 March with new track laid up to the end of platform 15 in the foreground.
Edinburgh Waverley: Sleeper locomotives stabled in the short bay at the east end of Waverley on 3 March 2007, with 90024 in First ScotRail/EWS Sleeper livery and 90039 in standard EWS colours.
Brussels: Scene at Brussels Central on 3 March 2008.
Blackburn: 158790 rolls into the east end of Blackburn station for a Then and Now comparison with See image [[22848]]. The mill has been replaced by housing but the trackwork and signals are unchanged. Because I was more interested in Class 40s than station architecture in 1982 the pictures do not show the dramatic changes to Blackburn's now demolished trainshed.
Princes Street [Tram]: Mock-up tram exhibit on Princes Street, 3 March 2009.
Clackmannan and Kennet: A track machine approaches Clackmannan from the Longannet direction on 3 March.
Blackburn: A York to Blackpool North service, formed by Northern promotional liveried 158790, calls at Blackburn in this view towards Preston. The feathers on the signals are for the junction with the line to Darwen and Bolton.
Blackburn: Blackburn tunnel lies immediately east of the station, as can be seen in this 2009 view, taken from the end of the island platform, of 158756 just departing on a Blackpool North to York service. See image [[26964]]
Kelty: Looking west over the trackbed of the West of Fife Mineral Railway from the B917 south of Kelty in March 2009.
Princes Street [Tram]: The mock-up static tram exhibit open to the general public alongside Jenner's department store at the east end of Princes Street on 3 March 2009.
Clackmannan and Kennet: Track machine heading for the hills at Clackmannan on 3 March 2009.
Elderslie: Main Road in Elderslie looking west in March 2009. On the right stand the bricked up remains of the entrance to Elderslie station, which was closed in 1966.
Needlefield Carriage Sidings: 66048 at Inverness depot on 3 March following arrival from Carrbridge on a low-loader. Photographed looking east from Longman Road with Stobart containers being trans-shipped in the background.
Warrington Central: No doubt about which company originally owned this goods shed. The Cheshire Lines Committee, jointly operated by the Great Central, Great Northern and Midland Railways (the names of which are displayed on the south wall). The building dates from 1897 and stands alongside Warrington Central station. However it is no longer in use as a goods shed, having been converted into flats and now going by the name of Barton Court. See image [[34741]]
Warrington Bank Quay: DB 59206 approaches Warrington Bank Quay station with a coal train heading to Fiddlers Ferry power station in March 2010. The power station has now closed and the once frequent coal trains are no more at Warrington.
Warrington Central: A TPE service from Liverpool to Scarborough crosses the viaduct on the approach to Warrington Central on 03 March 2010.
Warrington Central: Looking at the north side of Warrington Central station from the station forecourt on 3 March 2010. Most of the building is now used by YMCA Training and station passenger facilities are now located at the west end at street level below the tracks. See image [[28060]]
Needlefield Carriage Sidings: Damaged class 66 locomotive no 66048 on a low loader at Inverness where it will be partially stripped down before being taken to Derby for further attention.
Sanquhar: EWS 66030 with northbound coal empties passing Sanquhar on 3 March 2010. Restoration and refurbishmnet work on the station building is now well underway. [Editors Note: The building was purchased in 2008 by Peter Rushton see image [[23565]] who has plans to turn it into a holiday let. He has kindly supplied the website with a number of photographs showing progress on the project.]
Warrington Bank Quay: A busy period at Warrington Bank Quay on 3 March 2010 as an Arriva Trains Wales Llandudno - Manchester Piccadilly service waits at platform 4, a northbound Pendolino arrives on Platform 3 and a southbound Pendolino to Euston arrives at Platform 2. Out of sight on Platform 1 is a 2 car Class 150 waiting to return to Liverpool Lime Street with a shuttle service.
Arpley Junction: One of the new Freightliner class 70 locomotives brings a coal train for Fiddlers Ferry power station west through Arpley Junction, Warrington, on 3 March 2010. The power station operated from 1971 to 2020 and its closure has significantly reduced the freight movements at this location.
Warrington Central: Platform view west at Warrington Central on 3 March 2010 as a Northern service from Liverpool to Manchester Oxford Road (in the hands of 142053) calls at the station. The main station building is on the right, with most of it now used by YMCA Training.
Warrington Yard: General view south over Warrington yard on 3 March 2010 with 56018 stabled alongside some yellow Network Rail coaches amongst various wagons.
Needlefield Carriage Sidings: 66048 stands on a low-loader at Inverness depot on 3 March 2010 following recovery from the Carrbridge crash site.
Arpley Junction: DBS 59206 hauls a trainload of coal out of Warrington yard towards Arpley Junction on 3 March 2010. Once through the junction the locomotive will run round its train for the second time before setting off west towards Fiddlers Ferry power station.
Whittingham Hospital: Whittingham Hospital passenger station was accessed by a flight of steps that climbed up the left hand side of the bridge abutment seen here. The station was a small but ornate structure with a glass canopy and screens but closed in 1957 and all that remains are a few concrete blocks that used to support the platform and some crumbling brickwork around the old waiting area. Only goods trains continued over the bridge into the hospital yard See image [[33027]]. View towards Grimsargh from alongside the old railway weighbridge office at the yard entrance. Photo taken with kind permission of NHS staff.
Whittingham Hospital: The former engine shed at Whittingham Hospital, which became a workshop after the railway closed in 1957. A goods line to the boiler house continued from this yard past the shed and skirted the ornamental pond as it passed through the gardens. Although this area of the site is still in NHS use most of what was once the largest asylum in the country closed in 1995 and is now derelict and awaiting clearing for residential development. See image [[33240]] for the same view taken around 1950. Photo taken with kind permission of NHS staff.
Darlington [Bank Top]: A disconnected turntable still in situ on the down side of the ECML in March 2011. The location is just south of Darlington Station. The turntable pit was infilled at a later date, but in 2019 the pit was dug out and the full turntable platform and running rails were removed and taken to the Stainmore Railway Company's Kirkby Stephen East station site, for future re-use in a planned new turntable pit.
Heywood: 50015 at the eastern operating limit of the East Lancashire Railway at Heywood on 3 March 2012. The locomotive is running round a train from Rawtenstall. To the east of Heywood the line continues to the main line at Castleton and is used for stock movements and special services to and from the national network.
Summerseat: 50015 enters Summerseat station on the heritage East Lancashire Railway in March 2012 with a Rawtenstall to Heywood service.
Maidens: 'Light railway' engineering north of Maidens in March 2012: masonry bridge with blue engineering brick arch over track from Morriston to Ardlochan looking west.
Bury Interchange: Looking north into Bury Interchange, the terminus on the Manchester Metrolink on 03 March 2012. The station was opened in 1980 by BR with Class 504 EMUs. It was closed and converted for the Metrolink, reopening in 1992. Prior to this station opening BR services from Manchester had used Bury Bolton Street station which is now part of the East Lancashire Railway. With thanks to Alisdair McNicol for correcting the information on the earlier caption.
Bury Bolton Street: There is a distinct Western Region feel to Bury Bolton Street station on the heritage East Lancashire Railway in this view south from the tunnel mouth on 3 March 2012. On the left is Class 14 no D9531, recently extensively overhauled and now running as the 'new' D9556 while on the right is Class 35 no D7076.
St Johns Chapel: In active service, as sheep shelters, some 60 years or so after withdrawal. At 1650ft, by the road from St Johns Chapel in Weardale to Langdon Beck in Teesdale, northern Pennines, March 2013.
Chipping Campden: A First Great Westen HST bound for London Paddington passes the site of Chipping Campden station (closed 1966) between Evesham and Moreton-in-Marsh on 3 March 2014.
Carham: The trackbed through the staggered platforms at Carham, now a pleasant walkway. View back towards Kelso in March 2014.
Bridge No 95: View north across the Gala Water to Kilnknowe Junction on 3 March 2014, showing the bridge works at Wheatlands Road.
Long Marston: Sandwiched between two DMU coaches, 86246 in Anglia livery sits awaiting a new use at Long Marston depot in March 2014. It had been built as E3149 but was withdrawn after service with Anglia in December 2004. After no further work was forthcoming, it was scrapped in February 2017 at Booths in Rotherham.
Harthope Viaduct: A northbound service climbing fast on the reverse curves just north of Harthope Viaduct.
Torwoodlee North Viaduct: This is the road bridge over the line at Torwoodlee Golf Course, just north of the tunnel and river bridges. The parapets have been built up over where the line will run. View looks east.
Galabank Bridge: The southern of the two viaducts at Galabank looking east.
Stow: Looking south over Stow station site on 3 March 2014.
Bowshank South Bridge: View south from the southern portal of the Bowshank Tunnel. The photograph is taken from the approach to the former (removed) occupational bridge which crossed the line here.
Blockley: 180108 heads to Paddington from Great Malvern on 3 March 2014 passing the site of Blockley station (closed January 1966). Off to the left is the Northcot Brickworks.
Carham: The view west from Carham on 3 March 2014, looking back towards Kelso.
Bowland: View north to Bowland from Whitelee in March 2014.
Carham: Remains at Carham station on the Kelso - Tweedmouth line, looking east on 3 March 2014. [Ref query 2383]
West Learmouth Viaduct: West Learmouth Viaduct to the south of Coldstream on the Kelso - Tweedmouth line, photographed on 3 March 2014. The line closed in 1965.
Bowshank Tunnel: View of the southern portal of the Bowshank Tunnel from the approach to the former occupational crossing bridge, now removed.
Moreton-in-Marsh: A First Great Western Hereford to Paddington HST departs from Moreton-in-Marsh on 3 March 2014.
Torwoodlee South Viaduct: The southern of the two bridges at Torwoodlee has been replaced. This view of the viaduct on 3 March 2014 is from the north east.
Moreton-in-Marsh: A London bound HST arrives at Moreton-in-Marsh on 3rd March 2014.
Dumfries Goods: 66053 takes an up coal train south through Dumfries on 3 March 2014 The train has just passed below the A780 Annan Road bridge.
Long Marston: With the site of Long Marston station behind the camera, the rails in the road are a reminder of the former Stratford Upon Avon to Chelteham line. Half a mile beyond the building a single line to Honeybourne remains in use to serve the extensive former Army Depot now used to store rolling stock see image [[46703]]. [Ref query 3902]
Crookston Mill Bridge: The northern of the two viaducts at Crookston, just north of Fountainhall. This bridge is looking grand in its new green paint.
Torwoodlee North Viaduct: View north from Torwoodlee tunnel (entrance bottom left) to the north viaduct works.
Long Marston: Looking towards the entrance to Long Marston ex-MoD Depot and the exchange sidings on 3 March 2014. The former mainline trackbed is to the left of the perimeter fence heading towards the brown and white building in the distance and on towards Stratford-on-Avon.
Bowshank North Bridge: View from the northern portal of the Bowshank Tunnel on 3 March 2014 towards Edinburgh. See image [[54411]] for the view as it is today.
Dumfries: ScotRail 156512 passes some of the former goods facilities to the south of Dumfries station and is about to run below St Mary's Street bridge before drawing to a halt at platform 1. The date is 3 March 2014 and the train is the 13.22 Newcastle Central - Glasgow Central.
Bermuda Park: The pedestrian ramp to the Northbound platform at the new Bermuda Park station taking shape on 3 March 2015 The tarmac path adjacent to the former canal see image [[31054]] has now been re-opened.
Edinburgh Waverley: VTEC 91124 brings up the rear of the 12.00 service to Kings Cross at a wintry Edinburgh Waverley on 3 March.
Coventry Arena: The 1515 from Coventry to Nuneaton passes the Southbound platform at the new Coventry Arena station on 3 March 2015. Official opening is expected to take place in May. see image [[49117]]
Edinburgh Waverley: DVT 82219 at the head of the 12.00 train for London Kings Cross at Waverley on 3 March 2015.
Bermuda Park: The base for the northbound platform at Bermuda Park, Nuneaton, appears to be complete on 3 March 2015, with two months to go before the planned opening of the new station. View is south towards Bedworth. see image [[49030]]
Thongs Bridge: A March 2016 view south east across the infilled Springwood Road overbridge on the former Holmfirth branch. The trackbed is mostly obliterated beyond the A616 Sheffield to Huddersfield Road at Brockholes, with new housing now being built off to the right, on the former Thongsbridge Station site, in the deep cutting existing between this bridge and the nearby Heys Road overbridge. See image [[54402]].
Arbroath: DRS 68001 Evolution heads North out of Arbroath with the afternoon Grangemouth-Aberdeen Intermodal on 3 March 2016.
Thongs Bridge: View north east at the bricked up south portal of the very high Heys Road over-bridge at Thongsbridge near Holmfirth, beyond which new housing is being built in the deep cutting running to the nearby Springwood Road over-bridge, in which Thongsbridge Station was sited. The roofs of those new houses built alongside the bridge can just be seen rising above the parapet. Other than the A616 rail overbridge near Brockholes, these two bridges are the only other structures extant on the former Holmfirth branch in March 2016. See Image [[53296]].
Ashford: A view of the carriage sidings and Hitachi maintenance facility at Ashford where the Class 395 'Javelin' sets are serviced. In the background is the viaduct that carries the HS1 line bypassing Ashford International station. Photo taken from a 'Javelin' heading to Canterbury West.
Canterbury West: The old goods shed at Canterbury West has found a new use as a food hall and restaurant. Seen from a departing train heading eastwards on 03 March 2017.
Garnqueen North Junction: Milngavie to Cumbernald passing Garnqueen North Jct (3/3/17).
Salsta: Infranord, the Swedish contractor which maintains the track on this route, was sending out a snow patrol loco twice a week while there was still snow on the ground. Here the loco in question is type DLL (originally Tb) which was built as both for snow clearance in station yards and as a heavy freight loco. The snowploughs are used to clear tracks not only ahead but also on both sides of the loco; the nearside plough is folded away. The General Motors engine makes it sound like a heavy helicopter such as a Chinook.
Moreton-in-Marsh: Signal to HST: they're going to phase me out soon. HST to signal: tell me about it. The train is the 20.01 Cathedrals Express from Paddington to Hereford. See also image [[53834]].
Moreton-in-Marsh: All quiet on the Western Front. The down Cathedrals Express pauses at Moreton on Friday, the 3rd of March.
Turun Satama: Crowds pour off the 17.37 from Helsinki to catch the overnight cruise-ferry to Stockholm on 3rd March 2017. The station is a two-platform terminus.
Greenfoot Level Crossing: Dumbarton Central to Cumbernauld passing over Greenfoot Level Crossing (3/3/17).
Helsinki: Helsingfors (Helsinki) on 3-3-17. The Allegro for St. Petersburg awaits departure.
Cardross: Southbound alumina empties run alongside the Clyde Cardross on 03/03/2017. The Lochaber Smelter has relatively recently (November 2016) transferred from rio Tinto to a new owner GFG Alliance. The new owner has ambitious plans for an alloy wheel plant and car parts manufacturing at the aluminium works site. Perhaps a future source of freight for the railway.
St Pancras: A pair of Eurostars at the 'country end' of the international platforms at St Pancras on 3 March 2017. Nearest the camera is a first generation set, some of which have already been scrapped, while beyond is one of the replacement sets.
Barton and Broughton: After many years of open storage with West Coast Railways See image [[33916]] 47772 has joined the main line fleet and been named Carnforth TMD. It is seen at Barton & Broughton, on the rear of The Pennine Limited, supporting 45699 Galatea on a Carnforth to Sheffield tour on 3rd March 2018.
Barton and Broughton: Before its recent repaint into BR Green (and before running as 45562 and 45627), 45699 'Galatea' ran in this London Midland Region crimson livery, which it never carried in BR days. The 'Jubilee' is seen passing the St Helier's footbridge heading for Preston on 3rd March 2018.
York: 70013 Oliver Cromwell, newly arrived in York on 3rd March 2018 with a rail tour from Ealing Broadway, its last before withdrawal for overhaul. The Yorkshireman excursion ran via Bedford and Corby.
Barton and Broughton: Despite the severe weather closing many lines in the UK The Pennine Limited steam excursion from Carnforth to Sheffield ran on 3rd March 2018. However, instead of the anticipated double-headed 45407 and 45690, the train was entrusted to 45699 Galatea with diesel support on the rear. Seen here passing the St. Heliers footbridge on the outward leg.
Slateford: A Glasgow Central stopper comes to a halt at Slateford on 3rd March 2020.
York: DB 66107 runs through York Station with a Newbiggin British Gypsum to Tees Dock train on 3rd March 2020.
York: DB 66053 passes York with a Lackenby to Scunthorpe empty steel train on 3rd March 2020.
Brafferton: Long distance pocket camera view, looking south south west from the road between Brafferton and Cundall, of the extant three arch stone viaduct, over the River Swale, on the former line from Pilmoor to Boroughbridge. This is located around 750 metres west of the former Brafferton Station on the section towards Boroughbridge.
York: Pacer 142071, stabled at the north end of York Station on 3rd March 2020, in between route learning journeys on the Scarborough line.
Slateford: Is it the lack of yellow flash that makes these things look so striking - and almost sinister? A TPE service for Edinburgh slices through Slateford on 3rd March 2020.
York: 68023 'Achilles' brings up the rear of a Liverpool Lime Street to Scarborough Trans Pennine Express service on 3rd March 2020.
Events
Events from the chronology which occured on this day. This generally lists events before 1995, the creation of the website.
| Year | Companies | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1818 | Union Canal | First Sod cut at Hopetoun Basin, Edinburgh. |
| 1843 | Padarn Railway | Re-routed and re-opened as the Padarn railway. Stations opened: Gilfach Ddu, Quarry, Penllyyn, Pontrhythallt, Crawia, Pensarn, Bethel, Cefn Gwyn, Penscoins and Port Donorwic. |
| 1847 | Drumpeller Railway | Line partly opened to minerals. |
| 1847 | Seghill Railway Blyth Extension (Seghill Railway) | Opened to passengers. |
| 1896 | Kirkcaldy District Railway (North British Railway) | Line opened as a goods relief line between Invertiel Junction (Kirkcaldy) and Foulford Junction (Cowdenbeath) with a goods station at Auchtertool Goods. |
| 1952 | Glasgow Central Railway | CR_>Parkhead CR renamed Parkhead Stadium. |
| 1954 | Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway | Accident with banking engine at Glasgow Queen Street High Level station demolishes destination board. |
| 1954 | Glasgow District Subway | Livery changes from red and cream to red. |
| 1963 | London Extension (Great Central Railway) | Local services withdrawn and local stations closed. |
| 1969 | Kilmarnock and Troon Railway | Barassie to Kilmarnock closed to passengers. |
| 2010 | Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway) | First sod cut by Scottish Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson at Galashiels. |
| 2015 | Hawes Branch (North Eastern Railway) | Last military train (for Catterick Camp) runs to Redmire (until 2019). |
News
These are old news items which which occured on this day. This generally lists events after 1995, the creation of the website.
| Year | Companies | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | City rail chaos as train stays still for hour [Scotsman] | TRAIN passengers were stuck in a tunnel at Haymarket for almost an hour this morning after a train lost power. |
| 2008 | Rail route through Lancashire reopens [Lancashire Evening Post] | The west coast main railway line has been reopened. |
| 2009 | Derailed - ^Silent rave^ at train station sparks police warning [BBC News Article] | Plans are uncovered to stage an illegal ^silent rave^ in Glasgow^s Central Station at the weekend. |
| 2009 | Vandals target model tram on Princes Sreet [Evening News] | A MODEL tram currently on display in Princes Street has been vandalised twice in the last few days, despite being provided with round-the-clock security. |
| 2010 | Work begins on new Gourock station [Network Rail] | Network Rail has today (March 3) begun construction work on the site of the new £5m Gourock station. Scheduled for completion in November 2010, the new station will greatly improve facilities for passengers at Gourock and allow for better integration of road, rail and ferry links. |
| 2010 | Fire causes London train chaos [Guardian] | Hundreds of thousands of London commuters faced delays this morning as three mainline train stations were closed due to a fire |
| 2010 | Image reveals avalanched railway [BBC News] | A picture showing a slide of snow that has closed the West Highland Line is released by Network Rail. |
| 2010 | Borders railway project gets underway [BBC News] | The project to reopen a rail line between Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders has officially started. |
| 2010 | China to form world^s largest high speed rail network by 2012 [SIFY News] | The Chinese Railways Ministry has said the operating length of the country^s high-speed railway will reach 13,000 km by the end of 2012, forming the world^s largest high-speed railway network. |
| 2011 | Hopes stay high for tram link to station [Gazette] | Blackpool still has ambitions of extending the tram track up Talbot Road.[From Mark Bartlett] |
| 2011 | Public ScotRail investment across Glasgow stations [Rail.co] | An investment programme at stations in the Glasgow area is announced today by ScotRail. |
| 2011 | Preston station delivers a brighter welcome [Network Rail] | An increasingly busy Lancashire railway station has received more than £1 million of improvements to help provide a better welcome for record numbers of passengers. |
| 2012 | Midland Railway^s ^Royal^ steam locomotive can ride again [BBC News] | A 1930s steam locomotive which has been used to pull the Royal Train is being rolled out following an overhaul. The Duchess of Sutherland became the first steam locomotive to haul the Royal Train for 35 years when it transported the Queen as part of her Golden Jubilee in 2002. The locomotive has been taken apart, put back together in safe working order and restored to an authentic green. Crowds are expected at Midland Railway, near Ripley, Derbyshire to see it. |
| 2013 | Plaque for Sir Nigel Gresley railway pioneer unveiled [BBC News] | A blue plaque to commemorate the man who designed the Mallard steam locomotive has been unveiled in a Derbyshire village. The tribute to Sir Nigel Gresley, who helped modernise the rail network in the early 20th century, was placed on his former home in Netherseal. |
| 2013 | Fifty years on from Beeching - North York Moors Railway is world^s busiest heritage line [Northern Echo] | A RAILWAY line axed during Beeching^s brutal cuts 50 year ago this month has survived to become the world^s busiest steam heritage route. The North Yorkshire Moors Railway was amongst 5,000 miles of track and 2,300 stations closed by Dr Richard Beeching following his report released on March 27, 1963. |
| 2014 | ^Rail revolution^ demand from Transform Scotland [BBC News] | Transport campaigners have called for a "rail revolution" to make train travel in Scotland faster, safer and greener. Transform Scotland said urgent investment and upgrades were needed. It has issued a list of key developments it said could help "bring cities closer together" and provide travellers with a "safe, civilised and sustainable" mode of transport. Transport Scotland said record levels of funding were being invested in the rail network. Transform Scotland is an independent charity that advocates sustainable travel and has a membership of about 60 organisations. |
| 2015 | Britain anticipates major expansion of train fleet [IRJ] | BRITAIN^s Rolling Stock Strategy Steering Group (RSSSG) chaired by Mr Richard Brown has published its third annual update of its passenger rolling stock strategy for the next 30 years which calls for the national fleet to be expanded by between 52% and 99% to meet growing demand. The strategy says between 13,000 and 19,000 new electric coaches will be needed between now and 2045. This means that the number of new vehicles being delivered each week will need to be stepped up from four during the five years up to April 2014 to between eight and 12. [From Richard Buckby] |
| 2016 | DB Schenker Rail rebrands as DB Cargo [Railway Gazette] | Deutsche Bahn^s rail freight business DB Schenker Rail AG was renamed DB Cargo AG with effect from March 1. All DB Schenker Rail companies in Germany and elsewhere are to be rebranded by the end of 2016. DB^s passenger and rail freight transport business units were combined into a Traffic & Transport Division in August 2015, and will now use the DB logo as a single ‘more straightforward’ brand. ‘The aim is to improve the product portfolio and service quality we offer our customers, and having the business units in the rail system partnering together will further that aim’, said Andreas Busemann, Head of Sales at DB Cargo. |
| 2016 | World^s costliest station opens in New York | New York on Thursday opens the most expensive train station in the world, on the site of the World Trade Centre destroyed 14 years ago in the 9/11 attacks. |
| 2017 | MPs cast doubts over rail electrification timetable [BBC News] | A committee of MPs has cast doubt over whether the £2.8bn rail electrification scheme between London and Cardiff can be delivered by 2018. The £2.8bn Great Western Mainline electrification project has suffered ^serious management failings^, according to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). One Welsh member of the group called the project an embarrassment. Network Rail said it has learned lessons from the project. |
| 2018 | Siemens signals its backing of a post-Brexit UK as it reveals plans for £200m train factory which will generate 700 skilled jobs [Daily Mail] | Siemens signalled its commitment to Britain yesterday as it revealed plans to build a train factory in East Yorkshire. The German engineering giant is proposing to build a £200million plant in Goole to manufacture and commission trains, generating 700 skilled jobs. Another 250 could be employed in the construction phase, with an estimated 1,700 indirect jobs created throughout the UK supply chain. |
| 2018 | UK weather: Rail passengers face continued disruption [BBC News] | Rail passengers are facing continued disruption as weather warnings for snow and icy roads remain in place across much of the UK. Thousands of people remain without power and motorists have also been warned of delays on the roads. Meanwhile, the Environment Agency has 14 flood warnings in place in south-west and north-east England as temperatures are forecast to increase. Many rail lines across the UK are still blocked with widespread cancellations. |
| 2018 | Video: Inquiry call over snowmaggeddon train service meltdown in Scotland [Herald] | Calls have been made for an inquiry into the performance of Scotland^s train network as services were being decimated for a fourth day in the wake of the ^beast from the east^. It comes as Scotrail Alliance - the partnership between the train operator Abellio ScotRail and Network Rail Scotland - said that they had faced ^unprecedented^ weather issues. ScotRail which does not expect to run trains across its full network until Monday were due to run seven services in Scotland on Saturday morning including a limited service planned to be every half-hourly on the key Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh via Falkirk service. |
| 2020 | Could you be a signaller? Network Rail is recruiting 60 across Yorkshire and the North East [Network Rail] | Network Rail is inviting people in Yorkshire and the North East to a recruitment event next month to find out more about careers in signalling. |
| 2020 | Further CalMac ferry contract delays causing ^major disruption^ for islanders [The Herald] | Ferry bosses have warned that further delays to two new vessels being introduced to Scottish waters is contributing to ^major disruption^ for islanders. |
| 2020 | Network Rail admits online exposure of Wi-Fi user data [Railway Technology] | UK-based Network Rail has confirmed that the personal details of commuters using free Wi-Fi at railway stations were exposed online. |
| 2020 | Talgo make big impression at Holyrood reception [Dunfermline Press] | Talgo went on the road with their train coach last week with visits to [[Kincardine]] and the Scottish Parliament. |
| 2020 | Rare version of Harry Beck^s iconic Tube map emerges for sale for £20,000 [Daily Mail] | The poster, which was printed in 1934, shows Harry Beck^s revolutionary layout of the capital^s underground stations. It will go on sale tomorrow with auctioneers Dominic Winter in Cirencester. |
| 2020 | Bid launched to improve Gourock-Dunoon ferry route [Greenock Telegraph] | Beleaguered ferry users who have suffered thousands of cancelled services on the Gourock-Dunoon route are to finally be officially consulted on improvements. |
| 2020 | Railway station branded ^death trap^ after masonry plunges onto platform [Greenock Telegraph] | A crumbling Inverclyde railway station became a ^potential death trap^ after a large lump of masonry broke off from the top of the building and plummeted around 20 feet onto a platform. |
| 2020 | Successful emergency landslip repair reopens southbound West Coast main line to passengers a day early [Network Rail] | Emergency work to secure a landslip hit section of the West Coast main line near [[Warrington]] has successfully reopened the railway for passengers a day ahead of schedule. |
