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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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General view over Beamish in the early 1980s, with the replica <I>^Locomotion No 1^</I> standing centre left.
Beamish
Bruce McCartney
BR Standard class 4 2-6-0 no 76079 photographed at Grosmont shed on 26 March 2010.
Grosmont
John Furnevel
An evening view of the Forth Bridge from Dalgety Bay in March 2012
Forth Bridge
Bill Roberton
A head-on view of ^Sir Nigel Gresley^ in repose at Steamtown, Carnforth, on 7th May 1977, the weekend after it took up residence there
Carnforth
Bill Jamieson
60014 <I>Silver Link</I> photographed at Newcastle Central on 24 June 1961 at the head of the 9am London Kings Cross - Edinburgh Waverley.
Newcastle Central
K A Gray
31105 on a departmental working in Didcot sidings on 17 May 2012.
Didcot
Peter Todd
Loch Ken viaduct from the west bank looking north in April 2012. [See image 38829]
Loch Ken Viaduct
John Gray
67026 on the rear of the Royal Train conveying HRH Prince Charles from an earlier engagement in Burnley on 16 May 2012. The train is seen heading from Lostock Hall Jct to Farington Jct before joining the WCML to head south. In the right background is Lostock Hall station on the line to Farington Curve Jct and Preston.
Lostock Hall Junction
John McIntyre
44973 photographed standing in the shed yard at Carstairs on 3 September 1965. The Black 5 was officially withdrawn from here later that same month.
Carstairs
K A Gray
Standard Class 4 2-6-4T no 80008 heads north through Lochside on 20 August 1959 with a Glasgow Bound train.
Lochside
A Snapper [Courtesy Bruce
Freightliner 66540 gets the road east through Didcot on 17 May 2012 with a load of containers from Wentloog, Cardiff, heading for Southampton.
Didcot
Peter Todd
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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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Looks like a special - what, where and when? [Added 14 May 2012]

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