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1824Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway: Act receives Royal assent.
Engineer : Thomas Grainger and John Miller
Contractors : Thomas Grainger, William Baird & Co & Charles McCaul
1847Edinburgh Leith and Newhaven Railway: Scotland Street to Canal Street opened (Canal Street called Princes Street briefly).
1850Edinburgh and Northern Railway: Opened from Cupar to Ferry-Port-on-Craig for passengers
1853Stockton and Hartlepool Railway
Hartlepool West Harbour and Railway
Clarence Railway: Merge to become the West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company
1861Inverness and Nairn Railway
Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway: Inverness and Nairn Railway absorbed by Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway

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Thompson Class B1 61350 on shed at Keith on 17th May 1952. Photograph by AC Roberts. Thompson Class B1 61350 on shed at Keith on 17th May 1952. Photograph by AC Roberts.

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Polmadie^s Standard Class 5 4-6-0 no 73072 waits to leave Glasgow Central in the summer of 1966. The locomotive was withdraw by BR the following October after less than 12 years of operational service. 73072 was eventually broken up at Arnott Young, Carmyle, in May 1967.
Glasgow Central
K A Gray
The Royal Train, with 67006 leading and 67026 on the rear, takes the line to Farington Junction at Lostock Hall Junction on 16 May 2012. The train was conveying HRH Prince Charles from an earlier engagement in Burnley.
Lostock Hall Junction
John McIntyre
An A4 Locomotive Society railtour from Newcastle approaching Apperley Bridge Junction, east of Shipley, on 30 April 1977 behind 4498 <I>Sir Nigel Gresley</I> [See image 38421]
Apperley Bridge Junction
Bill Jamieson
Remains of Bentworth and Lasham station on the Alton - Basingstoke branch in Hampshire. The station closed to passengers in 1932 with the branch closing completely in 1936. The following year the Will Hay comedy <I>^Oh, Mister Porter!^</I> was filmed on the abandoned branch, with nearby Cliddesden representing the fictional <I>^Buggleskelly^</I> station. [With thanks to Jörg Ehrsam and Mark Bartlett]
Bentworth and Lasham
John Thorn
Colas Rail 47739 hauls Merseyrail emu 507012, sandwiched between two Arlington Fleet Services barrier vehicles, on the 5Z08 move to Kilmarnock from Birkenhead on 16 May. The train is seen heading north on the WCML near Farington Junction.
Farington Junction
John McIntyre
An Alstom Citadis tram on Grenoble^s Line C route passes the 1968 Hotel de Ville (like the railway station, a ^legacy^ building from the 1968 Winter Olympics) on Boulevard Jean Pain on a fine Sunday afternoon in April 2012.
Grenoble
Andrew Wilson
An Inverness BRCW Type 2 and ex-banana van parked at Inverness MPD in the late 1960s. Note the tablet catcher mounted on the loco cab side – these remained in operation until the Highland Main Line switched from token working to tokenless block in 1969.
Inverness
David Spaven
HM The Queen visited Lancashire on 16th May as part of her Diamond Jubilee UK tour. 67026 <I>Diamond Jubilee,</I> in a special silver livery, lifts the Royal Train up the bank at Lancaster with 67006 out of sight bringing up the rear.
Lancaster
Mark Bartlett
Something old (the steps), something new (the replacement deck), something borrowed (that bush certainly shouldn^t be sticking out of the steps), and something distinctly not blue - the weeping sky could conceivably be mourning the loss of the LNWR locomotive testing station, which was just East of this bridge, which is to the West (down side) of the LNWR Rugby station. Unusual to see a new deck and old steps.
Rugby
Ken Strachan
The north end of Dumfries on 13 June 1959 with ex-Great North of Scotland Railway 4-4-0 No 49 <I>Gordon Highlander</I> following arrival with the SLS <I>Golden Jubilee Special</I> from Buchanan Street. The building on the hill is the remains of the old ^lighthouse^ signal box, now sadly demolished. [See image 3568]
Dumfries
A Snapper [Courtesy Bruce
The approach to Alloa from the east on 9 May 2012, with Clackmannan Road roundabout in the background. EWS liveried 66015 is passing with coal empties from Longannet power station heading for Hunterston. The track on the right is part of Alloa East loop.
Alloa
John Furnevel
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March 2012 Design development contract for Borders Railway awarded to BAM Nuttall.
Major revamp of Glasgow Subway announced.
January 2012 Refurbished Waverley Steps reopened.
December 2011 Painting of Forth Bridge completed [for at least 25 years]
November 2011 Last ferry sails from Stranraer Harbour

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An old van photographed at Waterside in 1977 - anyone know its origins? [Added 13 May 2012]

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