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1825Nantlle Railway: Act passed. The engineers were George and Robert Stephenson.
1850Darvel Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway): Galston to Newmilns opened.
1850Buckinghamshire Railway: Verney Junction to Oxford opened.
1901Bideford, Westward Ho! And Appledore Railway: Abbotsham Road opened
1921Solway Junction Railway: Abbey Junction closed

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Stanier 2P 0-4-4T no 41908 stands on Buxton shed in May 1960 nearly 6 months after withdrawal. The locomotive was eventually cut up at Gorton works in the spring of 1961. Stanier 2P 0-4-4T no 41908 stands on Buxton shed in May 1960 nearly 6 months after withdrawal. The locomotive was eventually cut up at Gorton works in the spring of 1961.

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Closing the level crossing gates at Oakwaorth, April 2013.
Oakworth
Colin Alexander
An AMG 800 unit waiting to leave Ajaccio, Corsica, in May 2013 with the 16.35 service to Bastia.
Ajacciio
John Thorn
Having just called at Bowling on 27 April, an eastbound service pulls away on the short leg to Kilpatrick.
Bowling
John McIntyre
Kyle of Lochalsh bound 158707 heads away from the camera after calling at Attadale Halt with an afternoon service from Inverness in July 2012. Taken from the north (sea loch) side, with the A890 road on the other side of the line.
Attadale
Mark Bartlett
Gresley A3 Pacific no 60037 <I>Hyperion</I> about to leave Hawick with an unidentified southbound train in the early 1960s. The locomotive was eventually withdrawn from St Margarets shed at the end of 1963.
Hawick
K A Gray
Looking west along York Place on 17 May 2013 from what will become the Edinburgh Trams eastern terminus. St Paul^s and St George^s Church is on the right.
York Place
John Furnevel
Kate and Nigel Bowman on the footplate at Newmills, on the Launceston Steam Railway, in 1986. [See image 40403]
Newmills
Ian Dinmore
Lindau Hbf is a terminus on an island in the Bodensee (Lake Constance) so that through trains have to reverse direction here. With EC194 now on its way to Bregenz behind Austrian electric power, diesel-hydraulics 218 400 and 404, which brought the train in from München, have been released from the buffer stops and are now awaiting their return working to the Bavarian capital.
Lindau
Bill Jamieson
A Birmingham bound Pendolino leaving platform 4 at Preston on 23 April 2013 as two young enthusiasts head away having been shown the pair of Black 5s on the <i>Great Britain VI</i> railtour out of the shot to the right.
Preston
John McIntyre
A train stands at the platform at Oakworth on 27 April 2013. On the front is preserved diesel locomotive 25059.
Oakworth
Colin Alexander
High level talks. Looking east from Waverley Bridge on 17 May 2013 as a discussion group meets on the new canopy over ^sub^ platforms 8 and 9. Skulking below in the shadows is a Voyager, boarding as the 10.51 Virgin Trains service to Birmingham New Street.
Edinburgh Waverley
John Furnevel
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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
November 2012 Electric trains operational on Paisley Canal branch.

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A closed station.... where? [Added 15 May 2013]

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