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1851Kelso Branch (North British Railway): Wallace Nick station, by Kelso, closed.
1931West Highland Railway: De-railment in Rannoch Moor.
1947Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway: Kilwinning East to Stevenston closed. Boat trains diverted to the Glasgow and South Western Route from 16 June.
1964Dingwall and Skye Railway: Lochluichart (New) closed to goods
1964Dingwall and Skye Railway: Achnashellach closed to goods
J39 0-6-0 no 64844 of Tweedmouth shed awaits its departure time from the terminus at Eyemouth with the mid-afternoon train to Burnmouth on 27th January 1962, one week before the branch was closed to all traffic. J39 0-6-0 no 64844 of Tweedmouth shed awaits its departure time from the terminus at Eyemouth with the mid-afternoon train to Burnmouth on 27th January 1962, one week before the branch was closed to all traffic.

Frank Spaven Collection [Courtesy David Spaven] [1962] 		More images
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A northbound freight hammers through Fearn in summer 1974. While working as a ‘Senior Railman’ for the BR Area Manager Invergordon in his student holidays, the photographer spent one day deputizing for the usual BR employee at Fearn. Not a ticket was sold – so no surprise that Fearn is now an unstaffed halt!
Fearn
David Spaven
A well-patronised tram heading out of Gdansk city centre on 10 March 2010.
Gdansk
Colin Miller
This pair of Krieglok 2-10-0s standing on Linz MPD show the difference in appearance brought about by the fitting of a Giesl ejector. 52 3816 on the left is so fitted while 52 4364 on the right has the original exhaust arrangement, albeit its ^face^ has been altered by the fitting of a feedwater heater in the smokebox, the casing for which is visible in front of the chimney. It is also unusual in displaying the then current ÖBB logo on its smokebox door - the only loco so adorned which I photographed on this trip.
Linz
Bill Jamieson
View from the staggered westbound platform at the closed Woodhead Station on 15 August 1979 as 76034+76031 emerge from Woodhead tunnel with a Trans - Pennine coal train from Wath yard [see image 20995].
Woodhead
Peter Todd
Ardrossan shed^s Black 5 no 45463 emerges in style from the south portal of Fairlie tunnel and runs through the station on 24 November 1962 at the head of a Glasgow bound boat train.
Fairlie High
R Sillitto/A Renfrew Coll
The immaculate Peckett 0-4-0ST <I>May</I> looks a picture while employed on brake van rides at Bury Bolton Street during the East Lancs autumn gala. Having worked for many years at nearby Yates & Duxbury^s paper mills [See image 33097] she is very much at home in Bury.
Bury Bolton Street
Mark Bartlett
The former Great Eastern Railway terminus at Ongar on 23 July 1993 with a London Underground Central Line train at the platform. The station officially closed on 30 September the following year but is now the headquarters of a preservation group. The objectives of the group, <I>^The Epping Ongar Railway Ltd^</I> include the reinstatement of scheduled passenger services between the two locations.
Ongar
Bill Roberton
New delivery. Scene in the sidings at Eastfield on 23 May 1959. Sc56480 centre stage.
Eastfield
A Snapper [Courtesy Bruce
INFORMATION. Last day at Rosewell, 10 September 1962. [See image 37320]
Rosewell and Hawthornden
R Sillitto/A Renfrew Coll
Class 50 no 50002 <I>Superb</I> at Exeter St Davids on 20 January 1991 in Network SouthEast livery.
Exeter St Davids
Ian Dinmore
Old wooden high capacity coal wagon in the sidings at Marley Hill in May 2006.
Marley Hill
John Furnevel
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December 2011 Painting of Forth Bridge completed [for at least 25 years]
November 2011 Last ferry sails from Stranraer Harbour
October 2011 Scottish Government decides to use Network Rail to deliver Borders Rail project.
September 2011 Edinburgh Council agrees to complete tram link between airport and St Andrew Square
August 2011 Edinburgh Council decides to terminate airport tram link at Haymarket

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Old signal box - where is this? [Added 26 January 2012]

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