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Passenger services ended in 1964 with the withdrawal of services from Ayr - Dalmellington.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/302'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92302.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92302.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92302.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92302.jpg 200w' width='11.554107938948%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Mark Bartlett 14/02/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='Holts is a well known Manchester Brewery and this is their Railway Hotel at Newton Heath. Bearing in mind that the entrance to the depot at Newton Heath is by the sign on the left of this picture you might have thought they could have had a better pub sign than this American style locomotive. '></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/301'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92301.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92301.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92301.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92301.jpg 200w' width='30.296850612141%' style='margin: 1px;' title='David Bosher 24/02/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='View of Birmingham city centre, looking west, from Snow Hill station during a signal stop only for UK Railtours' "Shakespearean Sonnet", at 12.39 on Saturday, 22nd February 2025.'></a><br><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/300'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92300.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92300.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92300.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92300.jpg 200w' width='24.284246964587%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Stephen Willetts 15/03/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='Visiting B1 loco 61306 'Mayflower' heads the 10:05 Bury - Rawtenstall, crossing Brooksbottom Viaduct in Summerseat. This was the ELR Legends of Steam Gala on 15th March 2025.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/299'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92299.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92299.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92299.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92299.jpg 200w' width='24.284246964587%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Bill Roberton 23/03/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='37401 and 37403 near Dalgety Bay with the Branch Line Society's 'The Far North' excursion on its way from Inverness to Linlithgow (then Bo'ness).'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/298'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92298.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92298.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92298.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92298.jpg 200w' width='22.037541122965%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Ewan Crawford 14/12/2023' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='View east from Balgowan Level Crossing towards the site of the station, about 125yds to the east. The trackbed is partly overgrown (left) and partly incorporated into a garden (right).'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/297'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92297.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92297.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92297.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92297.jpg 200w' width='24.393964947861%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Roger Geach 18/02/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='59204 passing Swindon for a second time after running round in the sidings at the London end on 18th February 2025. This is the 6B12 1143 Merehead to Wooton Basset stone service. Looking good in the nice winter sunshine. '></a><br><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/296'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92296.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92296.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92296.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92296.jpg 200w' width='30.131147172902%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Oliver Wilkinson 19/03/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='Coupland Beck Viaduct (also known as Hilton Beck Viaduct or just Coupland Viaduct) is situated 1.7 miles south of Appleby East on the former Eden Valley Railway between Penrith and Kirkby Stephen. It has five arches and carries the line over Coupland Beck. The viaduct was designed by Sir Thomas Bouch in 1861 before being constructed by Lawton Brothers of Carlisle. The structure was Grade II listed by Historic England in May 2012 and remains largely as built despite the line closing to all traffic in 1995. '></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/295'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92295.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92295.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92295.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92295.jpg 200w' width='13.910546278157%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Colin Kirkwood 11/04/1966' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='Class 29 Bo Bo No. D6101 emerges from the Buchanan Street Tunnel on a northbound express on 11th April 1966. '></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/294'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92294.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92294.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92294.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92294.jpg 200w' width='16.562019821884%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Ken Strachan 30/11/2024' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='The student flats behind the Class 197 unit for Llandudno add light and drama to this after-dusk scene, on a side trip to Oxford Road on my way home from Buxton at 17.49 on 30th November 2024.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/293'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92293.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92293.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92293.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92293.jpg 200w' width='34.396286727057%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Roger Geach Collection //1973' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='Looks like a bit of a dull day. A southbound service leaves Balloch Central in 1973.'></a><br><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/292'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92292.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92292.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92292.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92292.jpg 200w' width='23.388042919375%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Network Rail //2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='Busby railway bridge is to be upgraded at a cost of 拢1.8m. 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The railway was in front of the crossing keeper's cottage seen here, with the line east to Perth going off to the left and to Crieff going to the right.'></a><a target='enlarge' href='/img/92/289'><img class='lazy' src='/images/92000/92289.jpg' srcset='/images/92000/92289.jpg 800w,/images400/92000/92289.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/92000/92289.jpg 200w' width='25.291055731441%' style='margin: 1px;' title='David Bosher 01/02/2025' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='top' data-content='700044, Thameslink to Sutton via Wimbledon, arriving at Cricklewood at 13.41 on Saturday, 1st February 2025.'></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>1861 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/R/Rosedale_Branch_North_Yorkshire_and_Cleveland_Railway/">Rosedale Branch (North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway)</a><br>Line reaches Rosedale.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1871 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/G/Glasgow_and_Kilmarnock_Joint_Railway/">Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway</a><br>Opened from the north to <a role="location" href="/locations/S/Stewarton/">Stewarton</a>. Stations opened at <a role="location" href="/locations/N/Neilston_2nd/">Neilston [2nd]</a>, <a role="location" href="/locations/C/Caldwell/">Caldwell</a>, <a role="location" href="/locations/L/Lugton/">Lugton</a>, <a role="location" href="/locations/D/Dunlop/">Dunlop</a>, <a role="location" href="/locations/S/Stewarton/">Stewarton</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/P/Penicuik_Railway/">Penicuik Railway</a><br><a role="location" href="/locations/H/Hawthornden_Junction/">Hawthornden Junction</a> to <a role="location" href="/locations/E/Esk_Mills/">Esk Mills</a> paper mill closed to freight.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><a role="company" href="/companies/P/Peebles_Railway/">Peebles Railway</a><br>Line closed from <a role="location" href="/locations/H/Hawthornden_Junction/">Hawthornden Junction</a> to <a role="location" href="/locations/H/Hardengreen_Junction/">Hardengreen Junction</a> (excluded). The route was latterly used by freight trains for access to the <a role="company" href="/companies/P/Penicuik_Railway/">Penicuik Railway</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td>Mallow to Fermoy (Great Southern and Western Railway) Fermoy and Lismore Railway Waterford, Dungarvan and Lismore Railway<br>Waterford (excluded) to Mallow (excluded) via Lismore closed. 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