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1841Bolton and Preston Railway: Adlington opened
1861Rhondda Valley Branches (Taff Vale Railway): Pontypridd to Ystrad opened to passengers.
1963Waterford and Limerick Railway: Abbeydorney closed
1963Waterford and Limerick Railway: Abbeyfeale closed
1965Ardrossan Railway: Saltcoats Central re-named Saltcoats.
K3 2-6-0 no 61968 stands alongside the coaling stage at Heaton shed on a chilly February day in 1961. 61968 spent most of its life at St Margarets, from where it was eventually withdrawn 8 months after the photograph was taken. K3 2-6-0 no 61968 stands alongside the coaling stage at Heaton shed on a chilly February day in 1961. 61968 spent most of its life at St Margarets, from where it was eventually withdrawn 8 months after the photograph was taken.

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The 0940 from Carlisle to Lancaster via the Cumbrian Coast nears the end of its 3 hour 36 minute journey as it passes Hest Bank on 28 January 2012 having called at 34 stations en-route. The rear destination blind has already been changed in preparation for the return journey.
Hest Bank
John McIntyre
Milk tanks for Kensington Olympia awaiting collection at St Erth in July 1974.
St Erth
Ian Dinmore
Scene at Newcastle Central station on the morning of Saturday 2 May 1964. Gresley A3 Pacific no 60051 <I>^Blink Bonny^</I> is awaiting its departure time with the first leg of the RCTS <I>North Eastern Ltd</I> bound for York.
Newcastle Central
K A Gray
The station building at Downpatrick on 24 May 2008. This is actually the house of the manager of the local gas company, moved from the other side of Market Street and rebuilt. The original station is long demolished, and its site and yards are now buried under a supermarket. [See image 37451]
Downpatrick
Colin Miller
The north end of Kilwinning station on a grey and overcast Saturday 25 May 1963. A standard class 5 4-6-0 is running into the Largs platform with a train from Glasgow.
Kilwinning
R Sillitto/A Renfrew Coll
Locomotives in the shed yard at Stratford in April 1969 including (left to right) D6748, D1795, D8030 and D5639.
Stratford
John Furnevel
37520 draws away from Inverkeithing Yard with a train of fly ash from Longannet Power Station to Westbury Cement Works, Wiltshire, in July 1998.
Inverkeithing
Bill Roberton
A pair of class 76 locomotives, nos 76023 +76022, run west through Dinting station on 28 May 1981, probably heading for Reddish depot.
Dinting
Peter Todd
A southbound Pendolino rushes towards Carnforth past Yealand Steps on 28 January 2012.
Carnforth
John McIntyre
An Edinburgh - Glasgow InterCity DMU runs through Saughton Junction on 1 August 1957 passing a K3 2-6-0 with empty stock from Saughton carriage sidings heading for Waverley.
Saughton Junction
A Snapper [Courtesy Bruce
46002 powers a NE - SW express south on the former MR main line just south of Goose Hill Junction, Normanton, in April 1976. It is passing Lockes Sidings signal-box, located on the adjacent ex L&Y main line to Wakefield and Manchester.
Normanton
Bill Jamieson
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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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Shed scene - where and when? [Added 30 January 2012]

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