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1815Battle of Waterloo:
1838Newcastle and Carlisle Railway: Greenhead to Haydon Bridge opened.
1842Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway: Company incorporated.
1844Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway: Train runs from London (Euston Square) to Gateshead in 9 hours and 21 minutes (with stops totalling 70 minutes).
1846North British Railway: Opened from Edinburgh North Bridge to Berwick and the branch from Longniddry to Haddington.

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A3 Pacific no 60075 <I>St Frusquin</I> climbs away from the Hawick stop past Loch Park PW depot with the up <I>Waverley</I> in June 1959. [With thanks to Alasdair Taylor, William Oliver and Bill Roberton] A3 Pacific no 60075 St Frusquin climbs away from the Hawick stop past Loch Park PW depot with the up Waverley in June 1959. [With thanks to Alasdair Taylor, William Oliver and Bill Roberton]

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Deltic D9000 <I>Royal Scots Grey</I> running round Juniper 334030 at Kilmarnock station on 17 June following the EMU^s refurbishment at at the nearby Brodie Rail Works.
Kilmarnock
Ken Browne
The 13.17 Newcraighall - Glenrothes with Thornton passing the site of St Margarets shed on 17 May 2013 and just about to enter the tunnel under London Road. [With thanks to Harry Knox]
St Margarets
John Furnevel
Painted in early B.R.Express Passenger Blue, A1 Pacific No 60163 Tornado hauls the <I>Cathedrals Express</I> south on 15 June passing Balavil Cottage near Kingussie.
Kingussie
John Gray
DRS 47832 is seen on the rear of a <I>Northern Belle</I> charter (from York to Bingley via Skipton, Carnforth and Hebden Bridge) passing through Bamber Bridge station heading east towards Blackburn on 16 June 2013.
Bamber Bridge
John McIntyre
A well kept Canadian secret that I happened upon by chance. This is the Kaoham Shuttle that runs one return trip a day for local people on the scenic line from tiny Seton to not much bigger Lillooet. The train is a privately operated twin-car DMU but it runs in CN colours on CN tracks and is seen here on layover prior to returning to Seton in the afternoon.
Lillooet
Mark Bartlett
Part of the concourse and footbridge at Tynemouth station in June 2013. The station recently underwent a major refurbishment.
Tynemouth
Veronica Clibbery
Cambridge station seen from the South-West at dusk in June 2013. This view was impossible while the grain warehouse (or flour mill?) stood in the way. The street in the foreground forms a non-guided part of the guided busway and has sensibly been kitted out with bus stops to relieve congestion at the end of Station Road.
Cambridge
Ken Strachan
View east along Princes Street past The Mound tram stop on 18 June 2013.
The Mound
Bill Roberton
A1 Pacific 60163 <I>Tornado</I> passing Dalgety Bay with the SRPS Forth Circle tour on 16th June.
Dalgety Bay
Brian Forbes
Juniper EMU 334003 arrives at Kilmarnock for refurbishment at Brodie Rail Works on 17 June behind D9000 <I>Royal Scots Grey</I>.
Kilmarnock
Ken Browne
On 29th October 1983, Mallet 2-4-6-0T 079 214 / E214 (which unusually had managed to retain its chimney-mounted numberplate) looks in fine condition in the yard at Regua. The locomotive would later be transferred to Pocinho for service on the twice-weekly goods along the Linha do Sabor to Duas Igrejas.
Regua
Bill Jamieson
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May 2013 Glasgow Central - Whifflet line to be electrified by summer 2014
March 2013 Virgin Trains WCML franchise extended to April 2017
January 2013 HS2 phase 2 links to Manchester/Leeds announced
Cumbernauld line electrification contract placed
December 2012 BAM Nuttall appointed main contractor for Borders Railway

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