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Burnmouth closed on 5th February 1962, the same day as the Eyemouth branch for which it was the junction station. 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A photograph taken on an Eastern Region Rover in March 1980.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/91/434'><img class='lazy' src='/images/91000/91434.jpg' srcset='/images/91000/91434.jpg 800w,/images400/91000/91434.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/91000/91434.jpg 200w' width='25.361942963271%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Roger Geach 10/04/1987' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='The signalbox at Tondu in April 1987. At this time, before the passenger service returned to Maesteg, there were about two coal trains a day from Maesteg, all very different to how it was before the 1984 miners' strike. '></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/91/433'><img class='lazy' src='/images/91000/91433.jpg' srcset='/images/91000/91433.jpg 800w,/images400/91000/91433.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/91000/91433.jpg 200w' width='22.386141655581%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Duncan Ross 03/12/2024' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='Temporary bridge being erected just south of Craigo 'Box for access into Craigo village. I assume the old stone bridge will then be demolished.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/91/432'><img class='lazy' src='/images/91000/91432.jpg' srcset='/images/91000/91432.jpg 800w,/images400/91000/91432.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/91000/91432.jpg 200w' width='22.267382283402%' style='margin: 1px;' title='David Bosher 23/11/2024' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='378209, just arrived at Crystal Palace, alongside the south side wall of the 1854 station, with a London Overground service from Highbury & Islington and waiting to return thereto, at 12.07 on Saturday, 23rd November 2024. The walls of this station, the surviving former Low Level, once supported a magnificent iron and glass trainshed covering the entire station but this was removed as a precaution in 1905, following the collapse of a similar roof at Charing Cross station in central London. The so-called new roof seen in the background was not put up until 2015.'></a><br><a target='enlarge' href='/img/91/431'><img class='lazy' src='/images/91000/91431.jpg' srcset='/images/91000/91431.jpg 800w,/images400/91000/91431.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/91000/91431.jpg 200w' width='22.868891915538%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Bill Roberton //2010' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='Blackpool Centenary Car 642 pauses on the old centre road at North Pier before heading back towards the Pleasure Beach in 2010. 642 entered service in 1986, one of seven in the class, which was designed for 'one-man operation'. They were all withdrawn in 2011, when the tramway was closed for modernisation, and have all escaped the scrapman although not all are operational. 642 was one of two retained for heritage operations in Blackpool and ran as recently as 2021. North Pier is now the site of the triangular junction with the Blackpool North branch that opened in 2024.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/91/430'><img class='lazy' src='/images/91000/91430.jpg' srcset='/images/91000/91430.jpg 800w,/images400/91000/91430.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/91000/91430.jpg 200w' width='26.653245915795%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Ewan Crawford 24/11/2023' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='Dalchonzie looking east towards towards Comrie. Some blurring added for privacy.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/91/429'><img class='lazy' src='/images/91000/91429.jpg' srcset='/images/91000/91429.jpg 800w,/images400/91000/91429.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/91000/91429.jpg 200w' width='22.290363399817%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Mark Bartlett 18/11/2024' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='220006 and 220031 form a Cross Country service from Edinburgh to Penzance, seen passing through the site of Burnmouth station on a sunny 18th November 2024. Burnmouth closed on 5th February 1962, the same day as the Eyemouth branch for which it was the junction station. See image 81526 from the same spot just before closure.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/91/428'><img class='lazy' src='/images/91000/91428.jpg' srcset='/images/91000/91428.jpg 800w,/images400/91000/91428.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/91000/91428.jpg 200w' width='23.18749876885%' style='margin: 1px;' title='John Clark /06/2003' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='Having run round at Townhill, a train of empty HAAs from Longannet PS heads out of Dunfermline for reloading at Hunterston. Behind the gasworks the bridge which carries the railway to Longannet can be seen crossing the road with Charleston Junction hidden behind the modern brick structure.'></a><br><a target='enlarge' href='/img/91/427'><img class='lazy' src='/images/91000/91427.jpg' srcset='/images/91000/91427.jpg 800w,/images400/91000/91427.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/91000/91427.jpg 200w' width='22.592210356597%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Roger Geach 02/12/2024' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='View of the former road entrance to Paddington in Praed Street on 2nd December 2024. I well recall the taxis and the parcel vans racing down here, especially late at night when the newspapers were delivered from Fleet Street.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/91/426'><img class='lazy' src='/images/91000/91426.jpg' srcset='/images/91000/91426.jpg 800w,/images400/91000/91426.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/91000/91426.jpg 200w' width='24.452347436856%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Mark Bartlett 02/11/2024' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='323234 pulls away from the 1985 built station at Flowery Field, a residential district of Hyde, on 30th October 2024. This station, on the Hadfield Glossop line, is a short walk from Hyde North station on the Hyde Loop to Romiley.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/91/425'><img class='lazy' src='/images/91000/91425.jpg' srcset='/images/91000/91425.jpg 800w,/images400/91000/91425.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/91000/91425.jpg 200w' width='21.778890783759%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Duncan Ross 03/12/2024' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='This is a view of the bridge at Craigo which will be demolished and replaced.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/91/424'><img class='lazy' src='/images/91000/91424.jpg' srcset='/images/91000/91424.jpg 800w,/images400/91000/91424.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/91000/91424.jpg 200w' width='26.176551422788%' style='margin: 1px;' title='David Bosher 23/11/2024' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='Sydenham, south-east London, up platform, as resited slightly to the north in 1982, seen from 378209 with a London Overground service from Highbury & Islington to Crystal Palace, arriving at its penultimate stop at the original down platform at 12.03 on Saturday, 23rd November 2024. This station is one of the original stations opened with the London & Croydon Railway on 5th June 1839, and is now served by National Rail Southern and London Overground trains. The latter began here on 23rd May 2010 when control passed to TfL.'></a><br><a target='enlarge' href='/img/91/423'><img class='lazy' src='/images/91000/91423.jpg' srcset='/images/91000/91423.jpg 800w,/images400/91000/91423.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/91000/91423.jpg 200w' width='22.305408928822%' style='margin: 1px;' title='John Yellowlees 09/05/2024' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='Waverley's forgotten face: this is the dropping-off point on Calton Road.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/91/422'><img class='lazy' src='/images/91000/91422.jpg' srcset='/images/91000/91422.jpg 800w,/images400/91000/91422.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/91000/91422.jpg 200w' width='25.118703748674%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Ewan Crawford 24/11/2023' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='A view looking east over the former level crossing at Dalchonzie Platform. The line was to the left of the signal box with the timber platform of the halt on its left. There was a siding too, beyond the signal box. Dalchonzie Siding was the original name of the halt. The walk east to Comrie along the line is fairly difficult with long ploughed out sections, missing bridges and forestry. Going west to St Fillans is considerably easier as there is a small frequently used car park at Dalchonzie and the route is an official footpath.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/91/421'><img class='lazy' src='/images/91000/91421.jpg' srcset='/images/91000/91421.jpg 800w,/images400/91000/91421.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/91000/91421.jpg 200w' width='25.270478393681%' style='margin: 1px;' title='John Clark 30/11/2024' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='43132 heads the 13.41 Aberdeen - Inverness as it enters Huntly station on 30th November 2024. The station building dates from 1999 and replaces what was left of the original structure from 1854 when the line opened.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/91/420'><img class='lazy' src='/images/91000/91420.jpg' srcset='/images/91000/91420.jpg 800w,/images400/91000/91420.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/91000/91420.jpg 200w' width='22.305408928822%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Network Rail /12/2024' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='Network Rail revisited Port Glasgow station to mark the first anniversary of the 拢5m accessibility upgrade.'></a><br></div><script>$(function() { $('[data-toggle="popover"]').popover({ trigger: 'hover', html : true }); });</script> <div class="row" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div class="col-md-4"> <a href="/latestmapkml.php"><img width=15 src="/railscoticons/googleearthlogo.gif" alt=""></a> <a href="/latestmapkml.php">KML version</a><br> <a href="/statstrends.php">Image Statistics and Trends</a> </div> <div class="col-md-8"> <center><a class="btn btn-primary" href="/latest.php">More</a></center> </div> </div> <br> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6"> <h3><a href="/onday">On this day</a></h3> <table> <tr> <td>1857 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/D/Dundee_and_Arbroath_Railway/">Dundee and Arbroath Railway</a> <a role="company" href="/companies/T/Trades_Lane_and_Carolina_Port_Railway/">Trades Lane and Carolina Port Railway</a><br><a role="location" href="/locations/D/Dundee_East/">Dundee East</a> opened and <a role="location" href="/locations/D/Dundee_Trades_Lane/">Dundee Trades Lane</a> closed.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1858 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/J/Junction_Line_Dundee_and_Arbroath_Railway/">Junction Line (Dundee and Arbroath Railway)</a><br>Permanent <a role="location" href="/locations/A/Arbroath_Junction/">Arbroath Junction</a> station opened.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1871 </td> <td><a role="person" href="/people/H/Hudson,_George/">George Hudson</a><br>Death of <a role="person" href="/people/H/Hudson,_George/">George Hudson</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1894 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/R/Rhondda_and_Swansea_Bay_Railway/">Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway</a><br>Extended from Briton Ferry Dock over the Neath Swing Bridge to Swansea.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1894 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/R/Rhondda_and_Swansea_Bay_Railway/">Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway</a><br>Opened to freight in Swansea.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1896 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/G/Glasgow_District_Subway/">Glasgow District Subway</a><br>Cable hauled double track circular line opened. (An accident on opening day leads to immediate closure, with re-opening the following month.)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1916 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/E/Edinburgh_and_Hawick_Railway_North_British_Railway/">Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)</a><br>A major landslip at <a role="location" href="/locations/L/Ladhope_Tunnel/">Ladhope Tunnel</a>, just west of <a role="location" href="/locations/G/Galashiels_1st/">Galashiels [1st]</a> station, blocks line.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1964 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/L/Lanarkshire_and_Ayrshire_Railway/">Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway</a><br><a role="location" href="/locations/L/Lugton_L_and_A_Junction/">Lugton L and A Junction</a> (on the <a role="company" href="/companies/G/Glasgow_and_Kilmarnock_Joint_Railway/">Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway</a>) to <a role="location" href="/locations/U/Uplawmoor_1st/">Uplawmoor [1st]</a> closed to all traffic (<a role="location" href="/locations/L/Lugton_East_Sidings/">Lugton East Sidings</a> were used to round <a role="location" href="/locations/U/Uplawmoor_1st/">Uplawmoor [1st]</a> trains).</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><a role="location" href="/locations/G/Govan_Shipyard/">Govan Shipyard</a><br><a role="location" href="/locations/F/Fairfield_Shipyard/">Fairfield Shipyard</a> bought by BAE Systems and Clydeport from Kvaerner.</td> </tr> </table> <br> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="/onday">More</a> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <h3><a href="/onday">This day in history</a></h3> <table width="100%"> <tr> <td> <a target='enlarge' href='/img/28/451'><img alt="Crossing from New Holland to Hull on PS Lincoln Castle on 14 December 1974. Launched at the Pointhouse yard of A&J Inglis on the Clyde in 1940 and operated by the LNER (and latterly BR) the Lincoln Castle was eventually withdrawn from service in 1978. The ferry service between New Holland and Hull ceased in 1981 on the opening of the Humber bridge. " src='/__cache/thumbnails/28000/28451.jpg' style='padding-right:5px;'></a> </td> <td valign=top> <p class="text-justify">Crossing from New Holland to Hull on PS Lincoln Castle on 14 December 1974. Launched at the Pointhouse yard of A&J Inglis on the Clyde in 1940 and operated by the LNER (and latterly BR) the Lincoln Castle was eventually withdrawn from service in 1978. 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