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Stepends Junction
View north east near the former Stepends Junction showing the sinkhole between the former stations ...
Croy
A £3.5m programme to improve the resilience of the railway between Croy and Dullatur in extreme ...
Ayr Station Hotel
I have been following the progress of destruction at Ayr but decided not to submit each and every ...
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Newtyle [1st]
The new housing development at Newtyle, incorporating the surviving railway buildings, seen on 25th ...
Rannoch Viaduct
Network Rail has completed its £1.6m project to complete essential upgrade works on Rannoch ...
Moy
Double headed by Black 5s 44871 and 45407, 'The Great Britain XVI' is welcomed by a heavy sleet ...
Troon
Network Rail welcomed Siobhian Brown, Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Ayr, to Troon ...
Bay Horse
Snowploughs on the move. Having travelled down from Carlisle to Crewe a couple of nights earlier, ...
Hindley
This is Deep Pit footbridge, just to the west of Hindley station, and in September 2023 it became a ...
Leven
Colas power cars 43321 and 43285 pass the Fife Heritage Railway compound with a route learner from ...
Cameron Bridge
It begins! 158704 draws away from Cameron Bridge 2nd station with a crew training run from Leven to ...
Retford High Level
The River Idle has flooded again at Retford. Some flood water can be seen alongside the East Coast ...
Woodacre Crossing
DB Cargo to re-gear ten Class 66/0 locos. To allow the withdrawal of their remaining Class 60s, DBC ...
Leven
Looking east from the Fife Heritage Railway compound, to the inner crossover on the new Leven ...
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On this day
| 1869 | Devon Valley Railway Opened from Tillicoultry to Dollar. |
| 1908 | Glasgow Central Station (Caledonian Railway) New signal box comes into full operation at Glasgow Central. |
| 1943 | Airdrie Branch (Caledonian Railway) Airdrie [CR] to Whifflet Upper closed to passengers |
| 1943 | Catrine Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Catrine to Mauchline (Brackenhill Junction) closed to passengers. |
| 1943 | Cairn Valley Light Railway (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Moniaive to Dumfries (Cairn Valley Junction) closed to passengers. |
| 1954 | Dingwall and Skye Railway Lochluichart (new) and diversion open. |
| 1958 | Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway Forth and Clyde Junction Railway Blane Valley Railway Campsie Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) The Stevenson Locomotive Society runs a six coach railtour from Glasgow to Aberfoyle behind NBR locomotive 65315. (This tour also visited Kilsyth (Old)). The number 189 was shown on the locomotive's buffer beam. The locomotive was not turned at Aberfoyle and returned tender first. (Also sometimes listed incorrectly as the 15th of May.) |
| 1965 | Kirkcudbright Railway Kirkcudbright to Castle Douglas closed to passengers. |
| 1965 | Dundee and Perth Railway Dundee West to Buckingham Junction closed to passengers. With both Dundee West and Dundee Tay Bridge [Station] having lost services the latter was able to take on the traffic of the former. Dundee West Goods remains open and Tay Bridge Goods closed (although much remains open as sidings). |
| 1965 | Aberfeldy Branch (Inverness and Perth Junction Railway) Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Aberfeldy branch closed, along with the closure of stations on the Highland Main Line with the withdrawal of local trains. On the branch Aberfeldy, Grandtully, Balnaguard Halt closed along with the junction station Ballinluig. South of the junction, on the main line, Dalguise and Murthly closed. To the north Killiecrankie, Struan, Dalnaspidal, Tomatin, Moy, Daviot, and Culloden Moor closed. |
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This day in history
![A4 Pacific no 588 <I>Merlin</I>, in wartime black livery, is pulled from the East Coast Main Line at Donibristle Halt on May 3 1946 and is about to cross the A921 road. The locomotive was being taken into ^HMS Merlin^, the Royal Naval Air Station at Donibristle on the East Ness Jetty Branch (later ^HMS Cochrane^). An unveiling ceremony was later carried out there by Captain Chatwin, the base commanding officer, revealing the ^HMS Merlin^ crest on the locomotive cab side (later relocated to the boiler casing). The level crossing post in the picture still stands see image [[32454]].](/__cache/thumbnails/32000/x32608.jpg.pagespeed.ic.I9eGwsqTMG.jpg)
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A4 Pacific no 588 Merlin, in wartime black livery, is pulled from the East Coast Main Line at Donibristle Halt on May 3 1946 and is about to cross the A921 road. The locomotive was being taken into ^HMS Merlin^, the Royal Naval Air Station at Donibristle on the East Ness Jetty Branch (later ^HMS Cochrane^). An unveiling ceremony was later carried out there by Captain Chatwin, the base commanding officer, revealing the ^HMS Merlin^ crest on the locomotive cab side (later relocated to the boiler casing). The level crossing post in the picture still stands see image [[32454]]. Andy Carr Collection (1946) |
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Notes and Queries
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A Class 47 loco stabled near a junction in summer 1989 but where and what are those gantries for? |
Miscellany
Related to Fraserburgh.Beach Train
A narrow gauge 'Fraserburgh Beach Train' was formerly located near the esplanade bringing the total number of railways in the town to 3!
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Key events
| March 2024 | Alex Hynes departure announced from Scotland for DfT Jacobite suspended |
| February 2024 | Dunblane resignalling to allow southbound trains to depart from Platform 3 Highland networks closed by storm on 5 February East Kilbride carpark reduced for new station construction Addiewell temporarily closed for reconstruction Brodick ferries diverted to Troon by Ardrossan pier damage Seawall damage near Helmsdale |
| January 2024 | 'The Hatch' café opens at Singer 'Reboot your Commute' advertising campaign Four loops taken out of use during snow on HML Storms Isha and Jocelyn led to network closures from 1900 on 21 and 23 January Storm Ingunn on 31 January closed West and North Highland routes |
| December 2023 | Further strikes and other action by ASLEF at DfT train operators in first week of December Glasgow-Barrhead electric services begin Cathcart Circle and Shotts expresses restored all day East Linton station opens 'Polar Express' trains on the Edinburgh South Suburban First Boxing Day trains to Edinburgh since 1981 Storms Pia and Gerritt affect services |
| November 2023 | RMT members vote to accept pay offer, but ASLEF announce a rolling programme of strikes in December at DfT operators. Waverley brought to a standstill for rest of day after power-surge fried signals on 2 November. Calls suspended at Altnabreac. New Sleeper lounge at Euston. New coffee-shop at Shettleston. |
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Books
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The Railways of Stirling
ASIN 1915069297
Publisher Lightmoor Press
Published 2023-09-20
Author(s) Peddie, Donald
Class 08 Locomotives in Scotland (Class Locomotives)
ASIN 1398105600
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2023-10-15
Author(s) Howat, Colin J.
The Dundee & Arbroath Railway
ASIN 1915069173
Publisher Lightmoor Press
Published 2023-02-24
Author(s) Ferguson, Niall
Edinburgh, Granton and Leith Railways
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Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2023-04-15
Author(s) Williamson, Kenneth G.
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