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Stepends Junction
View north east near the former Stepends Junction showing the sinkhole between the former stations ...
Croy
A £3.5m programme to improve the resilience of the railway between Croy and Dullatur in extreme ...
Ayr Station Hotel
I have been following the progress of destruction at Ayr but decided not to submit each and every ...
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Newtyle [1st]
The new housing development at Newtyle, incorporating the surviving railway buildings, seen on 25th ...
Rannoch Viaduct
Network Rail has completed its £1.6m project to complete essential upgrade works on Rannoch ...
Moy
Double headed by Black 5s 44871 and 45407, 'The Great Britain XVI' is welcomed by a heavy sleet ...
Troon
Network Rail welcomed Siobhian Brown, Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Ayr, to Troon ...
Bay Horse
Snowploughs on the move. Having travelled down from Carlisle to Crewe a couple of nights earlier, ...
Hindley
This is Deep Pit footbridge, just to the west of Hindley station, and in September 2023 it became a ...
Leven
Colas power cars 43321 and 43285 pass the Fife Heritage Railway compound with a route learner from ...
Cameron Bridge
It begins! 158704 draws away from Cameron Bridge 2nd station with a crew training run from Leven to ...
Retford High Level
The River Idle has flooded again at Retford. Some flood water can be seen alongside the East Coast ...
Woodacre Crossing
DB Cargo to re-gear ten Class 66/0 locos. To allow the withdrawal of their remaining Class 60s, DBC ...
Leven
Looking east from the Fife Heritage Railway compound, to the inner crossover on the new Leven ...
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On this day
| 1833 | London and Birmingham Railway Line authorised. |
| 1833 | Grand Junction Railway Line authorised. |
| 1850 | Belfast and County Down Railway Opened from Belfast [Queen's Quay] [South] to Comber and Newtownards [1st] . (Two sets of platforms at Queens Quay were maintained - the originals for the Holywood line and new platforms, to the south, for the Newtownards [1st] line.) |
| 1896 | West Highland Railway Derailment at Banavie Junction [1st] (now Fort William Junction). |
| 1968 | Leith New Lines (Caledonian Railway) Leith Walk West Goods to Seafield Junction [CR] (excluded) closed. |
| 1968 | Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier to Stevenson No 1 Signal Box [2nd] closed to all traffic, (Ardrossan North Goods coal yard and Ardrossan Refinery's bitumen depot remained accessible through harbour sidings from Ardrossan Town). |
| 1968 | Alloa Railway Longcarse Junction (excluded) to Throsk (excluded) closed to freight. |
| 1968 | Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway Banff to Tillynaught closed to freight. |
| 1968 | Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Dunfermline; Townhill Junction to Touch North Junction closed to passengers. |
| 1968 | Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
Moray Coast Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway)
Morayshire Railway Elgin East to Buckie [GNSR] to Cairnie Junction closed to passengers. |
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This day in history
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Platform scene at Castle Douglas in May 1949, looking east towards Dumfries. Compound 4-4-0 no 1139 is approaching with a train for Stranraer. G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow (1949) |
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Notes and Queries
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A Class 47 loco stabled near a junction in summer 1989 but where and what are those gantries for? |
Miscellany
Related to Boat of Garten.Long way round
Despite the route being an extremely long way round the Great North of Scotland Railway advertised its route to the south via Aberdeen.
This was despite departure being north east via Speyside, east via Craigellachie, Keith and Aberdeen before finally turning south having changed over to the Caledonian Railway or North British Railway.
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Key events
| March 2024 | Alex Hynes departure announced from Scotland for DfT Jacobite suspended |
| February 2024 | Dunblane resignalling to allow southbound trains to depart from Platform 3 Highland networks closed by storm on 5 February East Kilbride carpark reduced for new station construction Addiewell temporarily closed for reconstruction Brodick ferries diverted to Troon by Ardrossan pier damage Seawall damage near Helmsdale |
| January 2024 | 'The Hatch' café opens at Singer 'Reboot your Commute' advertising campaign Four loops taken out of use during snow on HML Storms Isha and Jocelyn led to network closures from 1900 on 21 and 23 January Storm Ingunn on 31 January closed West and North Highland routes |
| December 2023 | Further strikes and other action by ASLEF at DfT train operators in first week of December Glasgow-Barrhead electric services begin Cathcart Circle and Shotts expresses restored all day East Linton station opens 'Polar Express' trains on the Edinburgh South Suburban First Boxing Day trains to Edinburgh since 1981 Storms Pia and Gerritt affect services |
| November 2023 | RMT members vote to accept pay offer, but ASLEF announce a rolling programme of strikes in December at DfT operators. Waverley brought to a standstill for rest of day after power-surge fried signals on 2 November. Calls suspended at Altnabreac. New Sleeper lounge at Euston. New coffee-shop at Shettleston. |
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Slideshows
| Welsh Highland Railway 2016 and 2019 | [[images]] | 0 photos |
| Class 150 units 2015-2019 | [[images]] | 0 photos |
| LU Northern Line + 1938 and 1995 stock, 1973-2022 | [[images]] | 0 photos |
| Tunisia | 
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| Kyle of Lochalsh Line, 1974/2019 | [[images]] | 0 photos |
| Kelvindale Tunnel | 
| 12 photos |
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Books
Selected from Amazon's New Releases.
The Railways of Stirling
ASIN 1915069297
Publisher Lightmoor Press
Published 2023-09-20
Author(s) Peddie, Donald
Class 08 Locomotives in Scotland (Class Locomotives)
ASIN 1398105600
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2023-10-15
Author(s) Howat, Colin J.
The Dundee & Arbroath Railway
ASIN 1915069173
Publisher Lightmoor Press
Published 2023-02-24
Author(s) Ferguson, Niall
Edinburgh, Granton and Leith Railways
ASIN 1398108561
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2023-04-15
Author(s) Williamson, Kenneth G.
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