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1776American declaration of independence: Under provisions of Magna Carta
1831Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway: Opened from St Leonards to Craighall.
1836Manchester and Leeds Railway: Royal assent received.
1836Great North of England Railway: Act for line between Redhaugh Quay, Gateshead, and Croft, Darlington and on to York.
1839Manchester and Leeds Railway: Manchester (Oldham Road) to Littleborough opened.

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Helmsdale - Inverness train approaching Rose Street Junction. 5P 4.6.0 45192. Helmsdale - Inverness train approaching Rose Street Junction. 5P 4.6.0 45192.

G. H. Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow. [1950] 		More images
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DMUs crossing at Elgin in May 1979.
Elgin
Peter Todd
Cross country connection. TGV 507, heading south from Paris, connects with a DMU at Angouleme comprising two single <I>bubble cars</I> with a trailer in between. This will go forward to Cognac, Saintes and Royan. The smaller of the two windows in the DMU is for a bicycle storage area that also contains tip up seats and provides an excellent <I>drivers eye view</I> from the moving train.
Angouleme
Mark Bartlett
A late (1941) addition to the railway network, this station is Hilsea on the busy Portsmouth line. SWT 450075 is heading for Portsmouth as it draws into Hilsea in this view looking northwards.
Hilsea
Mark Bartlett
Class 27 no 5367 heads towards Glasgow after having just passed through Cardross station in May 1972 with a train off the West Highland Line
Cardross
John McIntyre
The BLS <I>Lothian and Fife Wanderer</I> railtour calls at Bogside, Fife, on 23 August 1980, at that time the end of the line from Dunfermline. Two gunpowder vans stand in the siding opposite the old signal box (a <I>sealed</I> version of which still stands alongside what is now a walkway/cycle path). Bogside lost its passenger service in 1958, although freight continued for several years. Official closure of the line between Bogside and Oakley came in 1982.
Bogside
Bill Roberton
Late afternoon sunshine lights up the abandoned station at Ross-on-Wye. Photographed from the old station approach road in 1974, some 10 years after closure.
Ross-on-Wye
Colin Miller
A view northwards at Brock in the 1930s as a <I>Royal Scot</I> class 4-6-0 approaches on a passenger train that also seems to be conveying milk tanks. Comparison with the earlier picture 23684 shows that the signal box has moved from down to up side and the down starter has been replaced by an upper quadrant signal. Just behind that some goods wagons sit in the siding alongside the down line. The stone station building dates from the construction of the line by the L&PJR with the wooden buildings and platforms being later LNWR additions. Photo credited to D. Thompson.
Brock
Rev Ron Greenall Collecti
Looking north as a 3 car Metro-Cammell DMU departs southwards from Aviemore before reversing to access the line to Boat of Garten on 07 April 1973. The railway staff with the hi-vis vests will be applying a point clamp before he DMU runs over the facing points.
Aviemore
John McIntyre
Platform view west under the canopy at Ballater in 1975.
Ballater
Colin Miller
Rebuilt <I>Patriot</I> 4-6-0 no 45545 <I>Planet</I> stands with a train at the north end of Carlisle station circa 1963. The locomotive was transferred from Crewe North to Upperby 12 months earlier and stayed until finally withdrawn by BR in 1964. Disposal was via Connels of Coatbridge in September of that year.
Carlisle
K A Gray
View east over the buffer stops at Paisley Canal on 20 June 2009, with 156 436 about to make the return trip to Glasgow Central.
Paisley Canal
David Panton
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June 2009 Plans for new Gourock station finally submitted
First Group reports bid for National Express rejected
May 2009 Doubts raised over future of National Express East Coast franchise
Laurencekirk station reopens after 41 years
April 2009 Planned revamp of Waverley Steps approved

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No 256 Glen Douglas with a railtour...where and when? [Added 020709]

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