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</nav> <div class='cent' style='text-align:center'><h3>This day in history 12 December<br></h3></div> <center><a target="contactnews" href="/pm.php?whoto=Ewan%20Crawford"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-pencil" aria-hidden="true"></span> Contact the news and picture editor.</a></center> <nav aria-label="..."> <ul class="pager"> <li><a href="/onthisday/12/11">11/12</a></li> <li><a href="/onthisday/12/13">13/12</a></li> </ul> </nav> <div>  <ul class="nav nav-tabs" role="tablist"> <li role="presentation" class="active"><a href="#images" aria-controls="images" role="tab" data-toggle="tab">Images</a></li> <li role="presentation"><a href="#events" aria-controls="events" role="tab" data-toggle="tab">Events</a></li> <li role="presentation"><a href="#news" aria-controls="news" role="tab" data-toggle="tab">News</a></li> </ul>  <div class="tab-content"> <div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane active" id="images"> <div><ul class="pagination" role="tablist"><li role="presentation" class="active"><a 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(What does the Fort Pine mean?) </font></p><center><a href='/companies/M/Military Port Number 1 Railway'>Military Port Number 1 Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Douglas Blades'>Douglas Blades</a> 1945</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/37/396/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/37000/x37396.jpg.pagespeed.ic.Lw0IrXOc13.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/A/Alves'>Alves</a>: <font size=-1>View east at Alves station on the Aberdeen - Inverness line on 12 December 1978. The station closed in May 1965 and the station building is now a private residence. The track has also been relaid through the centre of the formation since the photograph was taken see image [[6173]]. </font></p><center><a href='/companies/I/Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway'>Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Peter Todd'>Peter Todd</a> 1978</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/13/565/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/13000/x13565.jpg.pagespeed.ic.MWP9AHqkrZ.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/B/Balgray_Tunnel'>Balgray Tunnel</a>: <font size=-1>This <i>10</i> and similar plates were in the Balgray tunnel northwards from former Kelvinside Station, Great Western Road, Glasgow. They were a distance of 1 chain (1 chain = 20.1168 meters) apart, showing the distance through the tunnel to assist rail staff. Other signs seen were <i>7</i>, <i>14</i>, <i>17</i> and <i>21</i>.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/L/Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway'>Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Alistair MacKenzie'>Alistair MacKenzie</a> 1979</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/19/786/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/19000/x19786.jpg.pagespeed.ic.GJ6xqD-p76.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/T/Tamshill_Tunnel'>Tamshill Tunnel</a>: <font size=-1>This <i>17</i> plate was in the Tamshill Tunnel northwards from former Maryhill [Barracks] Station to Possil Station, Glasgow. They were a distance of 1 chain apart, showing the distance through the tunnel to assist rail staff. Other signs seen were <i>7</i>, <i>14</i> and <i>21</i>.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/L/Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway'>Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Alistair MacKenzie'>Alistair MacKenzie</a> 1979</center><br></div></div><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/13/654/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/13000/13654.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/B/Balgray_Tunnel'>Balgray Tunnel</a>: <font size=-1><i>21</i> in Balgray tunnel north of Kelvinside Station.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/L/Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway'>Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Alistair MacKenzie'>Alistair MacKenzie</a> 1979</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/33/393/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/33000/33393.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/H/Houston'>Houston</a>: <font size=-1>View west over Houston station in December 1982. The station, along with the rest of the branch to Kilmacolm, closed the following month.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/B/Bridge of Weir Railway'>Bridge of Weir Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Colin Miller'>Colin Miller</a> 1982</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/35/334/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/35000/35334.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/H/Holborn_Viaduct'>Holborn Viaduct</a>: <font size=-1>Last days at Holborn Viaduct, December 1989.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/L/London, Chatham and Dover Railway'>London, Chatham and Dover Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Ian Dinmore'>Ian Dinmore</a> 1989</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/35/275/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/35000/35275.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/H/Holborn_Viaduct'>Holborn Viaduct</a>: <font size=-1>Last days at Holborn Viaduct, with 4EPB and 2HAP units standing at the buffer stops in December 1989. The station finally closed at the end of January 1990 following the opening of the new City Thameslink station on the revived north - south route through Snow Hill tunnel see image [[5243]].</font></p><center><a href='/companies/L/London, Chatham and Dover Railway'>London, Chatham and Dover Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Ian Dinmore'>Ian Dinmore</a> 1989</center><br></div></div></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="2"><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/35/732/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/35000/35732.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/H/Holborn_Viaduct'>Holborn Viaduct</a>: <font size=-1>Near the end. Holborn Viaduct (1874 - 1990) bathed in winter sunshine. Photographed in December 1989, a month before final closure. See image [[35334]]</font></p><center><a href='/companies/L/London, Chatham and Dover Railway'>London, Chatham and Dover Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Ian Dinmore'>Ian Dinmore</a> 1989</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/36/886/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/36000/36886.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/S/Shippea_Hill'>Shippea Hill</a>: <font size=-1>Across the Fens. Shippea Hill, Cambridgeshire, December 1993.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Eastern Counties Railway'>Eastern Counties Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Ian Dinmore'>Ian Dinmore</a> 1993</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/65/998/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/65000/65998.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/H/Hamilton_Central'>Hamilton Central</a>: <font size=-1>Poster at Hamilton Central advertising the new timetable. Larkhall services began on the 12th December 2005</font></p><center><a href='/companies/H/Hamilton to Ferniegair (Caledonian Railway)'>Hamilton to Ferniegair (Caledonian Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Gordon Steel'>Gordon Steel</a> 2005</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/6/163/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/6000/6163.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/L/Larkhall'>Larkhall</a>: <font size=-1><I>'Well it definitely says platform 1 on the screen...'</I> Arrival from Dalmuir at Larkhall platform 2 on a sunny 12 December 2005, first day of the new service. Still a few teething problems with the platform information display.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/M/Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)'>Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Furnevel'>John Furnevel</a> 2005</center><br></div></div><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/6/164/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/6000/6164.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/L/Larkhall'>Larkhall</a>: <font size=-1>First day of service at the new Larkhall station on 12 December 2005 with 318255 arriving at platform 2.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/M/Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)'>Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Furnevel'>John Furnevel</a> 2005</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/66/192/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/66000/66192.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/L/Larkhall'>Larkhall</a>: <font size=-1>'The Second Coming and the First Going'. On the 12th December 2005, the first morning of services on the reopened line from Larkhall to Haughead Junction, 334022 waits at Larkhall terminus to take the 06.05 first service train to Dalmuir.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/M/Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)'>Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Gordon Steel'>Gordon Steel</a> 2005</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/6/166/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/6000/6166.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/B/Broomhill_Viaduct'>Broomhill Viaduct</a>: <font size=-1>To the south of Larkhall stands Broomhill Viaduct, built by the Arrol Brothers between 1898 and 1904 and claimed to be the tallest viaduct in Scotland. (The structure is also referred to as Larkhall Viaduct, Avon Viaduct and Morgan Glen Viaduct.) View north across the valley towards Larkhall in December 2005.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/M/Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)'>Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Furnevel'>John Furnevel</a> 2005</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/6/167/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/6000/6167.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/S/Stonehouse_Viaduct'>Stonehouse Viaduct</a>: <font size=-1>The remaining piers of Stonehouse Viaduct on 12 December 2005, looking east, showing its full 450+ yard span across the Avon valley. See image [[9171]]</font></p><center><a href='/companies/M/Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)'>Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Furnevel'>John Furnevel</a> 2005</center><br></div></div></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="3"><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/6/168/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/6000/6168.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/S/Stonehouse_Viaduct'>Stonehouse Viaduct</a>: <font size=-1>Piers of the former Stonehouse Viaduct stand on the north bank of the River Avon in December 2005.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/M/Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)'>Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Furnevel'>John Furnevel</a> 2005</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/6/195/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/6000/6195.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/L/Larkhall_Central'>Larkhall Central</a>: <font size=-1>A service from Dalmuir enters a busy Larkhall station on its first day of public service.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/M/Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)'>Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Ewan Crawford'>Ewan Crawford</a> 2005</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/6/196/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/6000/6196.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/L/Larkhall_Central'>Larkhall Central</a>: <font size=-1>A train leaves Larkhall heading north.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/M/Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)'>Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Ewan Crawford'>Ewan Crawford</a> 2005</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/6/197/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/6000/6197.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/M/Merryton_Junction'>Merryton Junction</a>: <font size=-1>On the first day of public service a train passes Merryton Junction joining the former Mid Lanark lines route to Larkhall Central.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/M/Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)'>Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Ewan Crawford'>Ewan Crawford</a> 2005</center><br></div></div><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/6/198/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/6000/6198.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/C/Chatelherault'>Chatelherault</a>: <font size=-1>Northbound service enters Chatelherault.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/L/Lesmahagow Railway'>Lesmahagow Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Ewan Crawford'>Ewan Crawford</a> 2005</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/6/199/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/6000/6199.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/A/Allanton_Loop'>Allanton Loop</a>: <font size=-1>A Larkhall service from Dalmuir enters the passing loop to the south of Ferniegair.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/L/Lesmahagow Railway'>Lesmahagow Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Ewan Crawford'>Ewan Crawford</a> 2005</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/6/201/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/6000/6201.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/H/Haughhead_Junction'>Haughhead Junction</a>: <font size=-1>A Dalmuir bound train joins the Hamilton Branch Extension (Hamilton West - Ross Junction) at Haughhead Junction.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/H/Hamilton to Ferniegair (Caledonian Railway)'>Hamilton to Ferniegair (Caledonian Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Ewan Crawford'>Ewan Crawford</a> 2005</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/6/202/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/6000/6202.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/M/Merryton'>Merryton</a>: <font size=-1>A southbound service enters the wholly new station at Merryton.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/M/Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)'>Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Ewan Crawford'>Ewan Crawford</a> 2005</center><br></div></div></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="4"><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/6/203/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/6000/6203.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/A/Allanton_Loop'>Allanton Loop</a>: <font size=-1>Passing south a train from Dalmuir heads for Larkhall.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/L/Lesmahagow Railway'>Lesmahagow Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Ewan Crawford'>Ewan Crawford</a> 2005</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/6/205/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/6000/6205.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/L/Larkhall_Central'>Larkhall Central</a>: <font size=-1>1231 Dalmuir-Larkhall just arrived.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/M/Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)'>Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Andy Kirkham'>Andy Kirkham</a> 2005</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/6/207/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/6000/6207.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/L/Larkhall_Central'>Larkhall Central</a>: <font size=-1>1337 Larkhall-Dalmuir about to depart.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/M/Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)'>Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Andy Kirkham'>Andy Kirkham</a> 2005</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/6/208/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/6000/6208.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/L/Larkhall_Central'>Larkhall Central</a>: <font size=-1>Topical headlines.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/M/Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)'>Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Andy Kirkham'>Andy Kirkham</a> 2005</center><br></div></div><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/6/209/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/6000/6209.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/L/Larkhall_Central'>Larkhall Central</a>: <font size=-1>1301 Dalmuir-Larkhall arriving.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/M/Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)'>Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Andy Kirkham'>Andy Kirkham</a> 2005</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/66/225/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/66000/66225.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/L/Larkhall'>Larkhall</a>: <font size=-1>'The Second coming and the First arriving'. 334040, on the first day of the reopened line to Larkhall, arrives at the terminus at 06.28 with a train from Dalmuir. 12th December 2005 </font></p><center><a href='/companies/M/Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)'>Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Gordon Steel'>Gordon Steel</a> 2005</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/6/210/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/6000/6210.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/L/Larkhall_Central'>Larkhall Central</a>: <font size=-1>1301 Dalmuir-Larkhall on arrival.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/M/Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)'>Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Andy Kirkham'>Andy Kirkham</a> 2005</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/6/211/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/6000/6211.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/C/Chatelherault'>Chatelherault</a>: <font size=-1>1331 Dalmuir-Larkhall approaching Chatelherault.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/L/Lesmahagow Railway'>Lesmahagow Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Andy Kirkham'>Andy Kirkham</a> 2005</center><br></div></div></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="5"><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/6/212/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/6000/6212.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/C/Chatelherault'>Chatelherault</a>: <font size=-1>1331 Dalmuir-Larkhall at Chatelherault</font></p><center><a href='/companies/L/Lesmahagow Railway'>Lesmahagow Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Andy Kirkham'>Andy Kirkham</a> 2005</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/6/213/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/6000/6213.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/C/Chatelherault'>Chatelherault</a>: <font size=-1>1331 Dalmuir-Larkhall at Chatelherault.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/L/Lesmahagow Railway'>Lesmahagow Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Andy Kirkham'>Andy Kirkham</a> 2005</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/17/448/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/17000/17448.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/C/Carlisle'>Carlisle</a>: <font size=-1>First TransPennine services for Manchester Airport and Edinburgh Waverley meet at Carlisle on 12 December - both on schedule.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/C/Caledonian Railway'>Caledonian Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Brian Smith'>Brian Smith</a> 2007</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/0/6/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/0/6.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/B/Bathgate'>Bathgate</a>: <font size=-1>Platform scene at Bathgate on 12 December 2010 with Karen Whitefield MSP and Mary Mulligan MSP awaiting departure of the first train of the day.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway'>Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=First ScotRail'>First ScotRail</a> 2010</center><br></div></div><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/31/908/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/31000/31908.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/E/Edinburgh_Waverley'>Edinburgh Waverley</a>: <font size=-1>New destinations appear on the Edinburgh Waverley travel indicator on Sunday 12 December 2010.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/N/North British Railway'>North British Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Andrew Wilson'>Andrew Wilson</a> 2010</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/31/316/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/31000/31316.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/B/Bathgate'>Bathgate</a>: <font size=-1>The electronic departure board at Bathgate on 12 December 2010, first day of through services on the reinstated route via Airdrie.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway'>Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=First ScotRail'>First ScotRail</a> 2010</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/10/46/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/10000/10046.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/B/Blackridge'>Blackridge</a>: <font size=-1>A chilly Blackridge on the morning of 12 December 2010, the first day of passenger services from the new station. </font></p><center><a href='/companies/N/New Monkland Line (Monkland Railways)'>New Monkland Line (Monkland Railways)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=First ScotRail'>First ScotRail</a> 2010</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/31/900/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/31000/31900.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/S/Scale_Hall'>Scale Hall</a>: <font size=-1>Site of a short lived station. Scale Hall opened in 1957 to serve a suburb of Lancaster but closed with the line in 1966. There were substantial concrete platforms and a footbridge but now just a mound of earth where the Lancaster platform was and a single surviving overhead catenary mast base. View towards Morecambe along the trackbed cycle path in December 2010. </font></p><center><a href='/companies/N/North Western Railway'>North Western Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Mark Bartlett'>Mark Bartlett</a> 2010</center><br></div></div></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="6"><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/31/905/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/31000/31905.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/S/Scale_Hall'>Scale Hall</a>: <font size=-1>As far as I can ascertain this catenary mast base at Scale Hall is the only one surviving from the eight miles of Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham lines that were electrified until 1966. View towards Lancaster Green Ayre along the trackbed cycle path. I assume the railway tracks were straighter than the path that has replaced them. </font></p><center><a href='/companies/N/North Western Railway'>North Western Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Mark Bartlett'>Mark Bartlett</a> 2010</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/31/920/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/31000/31920.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/B/Becconsall'>Becconsall</a>: <font size=-1>One of the West Lancashire Light Railway's tinsel-wrapped Santa Specials in action on the evening of Sunday 12 December 2010. </font></p><center><a href='/companies/W/West Lancashire Light Railway'>West Lancashire Light Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John McIntyre'>John McIntyre</a> 2010</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/2/801/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/2000/2801.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/B/Broughty_Ferry'>Broughty Ferry</a>: <font size=-1>Sign of a revival at Broughty Ferry station on 12 December 2011.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/D/Dundee and Arbroath Railway'>Dundee and Arbroath Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Yellowlees'>John Yellowlees</a> 2011</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/41/354/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/41000/41354.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/E/Edinburgh_Waverley'>Edinburgh Waverley</a>: <font size=-1>The long-term improvement programme at Waverley includes the station access from Market Street. The position is shown on 12 December 2012, with various enhancements already in place, including a new glass roof over the entrance hall and footbridge link. Although work is still in progress a general improvement is already apparent.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/N/North British Railway'>North British Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Furnevel'>John Furnevel</a> 2012</center><br></div></div><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/41/360/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/41000/41360.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/P/Princes_Street_Tram'>Princes Street [Tram]</a>: <font size=-1>Sign of the times... west end of Princes Street on 12 December 2012, looking north.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh Trams'>Edinburgh Trams</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Furnevel'>John Furnevel</a> 2012</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/41/365/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/41000/41365.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/H/Haymarket_Tram'>Haymarket [Tram]</a>: <font size=-1>Looking west along Shandwick Place towards Haymarket station on 12 December with tramworks in full swing. In the background, work is also underway on Haymarket station and interchange, with the jib of the 1,000 tonne capacity crane now on site protruding well above the station roof.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh Trams'>Edinburgh Trams</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Furnevel'>John Furnevel</a> 2012</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/41/372/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/41000/41372.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/E/Edinburgh_Waverley'>Edinburgh Waverley</a>: <font size=-1>The pedestrian link between Waverley station and Princes Street via Waverley Steps in December 2012. The 145 year old steps continue to perform their function admirably, while the escalators, installed earlier this year, could never be so reliable. Princes Mall stands on the left with the Balmoral Hotel to the right. </font></p><center><a href='/companies/N/North British Railway'>North British Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Furnevel'>John Furnevel</a> 2012</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/41/394/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/41000/41394.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/E/Edinburgh_Waverley'>Edinburgh Waverley</a>: <font size=-1><I>It can't be... it is..!</I> The new entrance to 'sub' platforms 8 and 9 from the cross-station walkway at Waverley on 12 December 2012. Work on the platforms themselves is currently underway.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/N/North British Railway'>North British Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Furnevel'>John Furnevel</a> 2012</center><br></div></div></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="7"><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/41/401/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/41000/41401.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/P/Princes_Street_Tram'>Princes Street [Tram]</a>: <font size=-1>Tracks laid and supports in place, but buses still rule on Princes Street. View east on 12 December 2012.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh Trams'>Edinburgh Trams</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Furnevel'>John Furnevel</a> 2012</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/41/414/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/41000/41414.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/H/Haymarket_Tram'>Haymarket [Tram]</a>: <font size=-1>The 1842 station building at Haymarket on 12 December 2012, with tramworks in the foreground and station/interchange extension work in progress beyond.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway'>Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Furnevel'>John Furnevel</a> 2012</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/41/440/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/41000/41440.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/E/Edinburgh_Waverley'>Edinburgh Waverley</a>: <font size=-1>View east from Edinburgh's North Bridge towards the Calton Tunnel on a dismal 12 December 2012, with work on the new canopy over the 'sub' platforms well advanced. A Virgin Voyager is at platform 8. For the previous version of the canopy see image [[7446]].</font></p><center><a href='/companies/N/North British Railway'>North British Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Furnevel'>John Furnevel</a> 2012</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/72/341/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/72000/72341.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/E/Edinburgh_Waverley'>Edinburgh Waverley</a>: <font size=-1>New roof canopy sections ready to hoist into place in the temporarily closed off south side car park at Waverley on 12 December 2012. For the view 6 years earlier see [[8252]].</font></p><center><a href='/companies/N/North British Railway'>North British Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Furnevel'>John Furnevel</a> 2012</center><br></div></div><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/41/476/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/41000/41476.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/W/West_End_-_Princes_Street_Tram'>West End - Princes Street [Tram]</a>: <font size=-1>View south west along Shandwick Place from Princes Street West End on 12 December 2012 with temporary pedestrian 'bridges' crossing the tramworks at various points. Haymarket station stands in the background. In the centre of the picture work is progressing on the Shandwick Place tram stop (later changed to West End). Note the crossover just beyond.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh Trams'>Edinburgh Trams</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Furnevel'>John Furnevel</a> 2012</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/41/484/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/41000/41484.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/E/Edinburgh_Waverley'>Edinburgh Waverley</a>: <font size=-1>No entry. Resurfacing work in progress on the north ramp at Waverley on 12 December 2012. View west from the cross-station walkway towards Waverley Bridge.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/N/North British Railway'>North British Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Furnevel'>John Furnevel</a> 2012</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/41/494/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/41000/41494.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/W/West_End_-_Princes_Street_Tram'>West End - Princes Street [Tram]</a>: <font size=-1>Work in progress on Shandwick Place tram stop on 12 December 2012, with William Ewart Gladstone surveying the scene (top right) from his plinth in the adjacent Coates Crescent gardens.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh Trams'>Edinburgh Trams</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Furnevel'>John Furnevel</a> 2012</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/80/557/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/80000/80557.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/E/Edinburgh_Waverley'>Edinburgh Waverley</a>: <font size=-1>Resurfacing work on the north ramp in progress at Waverley in December 2012. View from the cross-station walkway looking out towards Waverley Bridge.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/N/North British Railway'>North British Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Furnevel'>John Furnevel</a> 2012</center><br></div></div></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="8"><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/80/622/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/80000/80622.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/R/Rodney_Street_Tunnel'>Rodney Street Tunnel</a>: <font size=-1>The approach to Rodney Street tunnel from the north on a rainy December afternoon in 2012. The path running off to the left climbs up to meet Broughton Road. </font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway'>Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Furnevel'>John Furnevel</a> 2012</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/41/338/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/41000/41338.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/E/Edinburgh_Waverley'>Edinburgh Waverley</a>: <font size=-1>Work on the stairway and canopy over the former 'sub' platforms 8 & 9 alongside Waverley's south wall is now underway. View from the car park stairway on 12 December with a Helensburgh Central train waiting at platform 8. </font></p><center><a href='/companies/N/North British Railway'>North British Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Furnevel'>John Furnevel</a> 2012</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/41/349/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/41000/41349.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/H/Haymarket_Tram'>Haymarket [Tram]</a>: <font size=-1>View west over what is normally one of Edinburgh's busiest road junctions, seen here on 12 December 2012, with tramworks having taken over completely. Beyond the station building work is underway on expansion of the existing facilities to cope with future train/tram/bus/taxi interchange traffic.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh Trams'>Edinburgh Trams</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Furnevel'>John Furnevel</a> 2012</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/55/231/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/55000/55231.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/W/Wuhan'>Wuhan</a>: <font size=-1>Wuhan station showing the futuristic airport-like departure hall. The departure board helpfully has column headings in English, although train details may present some difficulties to English only speakers.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/C/China Railways'>China Railways</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Mark Poustie'>Mark Poustie</a> 2014</center><br></div></div><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/55/496/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/55000/55496.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/W/Wuhan'>Wuhan</a>: <font size=-1>Taken in the futuristic airport-like Wuhan station. The train is the G84, 10.20 from Wuhan to Beijing West.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/C/China Railways'>China Railways</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Mark Poustie'>Mark Poustie</a> 2014</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/49/737/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/49000/49737.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/B/Bargeddie'>Bargeddie</a>: <font size=-1>156503 heads away from Bargeddie during the early morning of 12 December 2014, two days before the end of scheduled diesel passenger services on the newly electrified Whifflet line.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/R/Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway'>Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Colin McDonald'>Colin McDonald</a> 2014</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/49/738/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/49000/49738.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/P/Princes_Street_Gardens'>Princes Street Gardens</a>: <font size=-1>Unidentified train passing through Princes Street Gardens on 12 December 2014. Merry Christmas.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway'>Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=F Furnevel'>F Furnevel</a> 2014</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/49/739/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/49000/49739.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/S/Saltmarket_Junction'>Saltmarket Junction</a>: <font size=-1>Strolling along to the camera shop in Parnie Street on 12 December when a sudden rumble announces a train on the City of Glasgow Union overhead - a Deltic no less, with two coaches in tow, heading south ... the rest is a mystery</font></p><center><a href='/companies/C/City of Glasgow Union Railway'>City of Glasgow Union Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Colin Miller'>Colin Miller</a> 2014</center><br></div></div></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="9"><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/49/743/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/49000/49743.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/G/Galashiels'>Galashiels</a>: <font size=-1>The new transport interchange takes shape in Galashiels on 12 December. </font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)'>Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Bill Roberton'>Bill Roberton</a> 2014</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/49/745/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/49000/49745.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/B/Bargeddie_Bridge'>Bargeddie Bridge</a>: <font size=-1>Just after crossing the Cutty Sark bridge on 12 December, 156503 passes the spot where the M8 extension will pass under the Whifflet line. The 156s will be displaced by electric trains on this route within days. </font></p><center><a href='/companies/R/Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway'>Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Colin McDonald'>Colin McDonald</a> 2014</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/49/753/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/49000/49753.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/T/Tweedbank'>Tweedbank</a>: <font size=-1>View over Tweedbank terminus on 12 December with platform construction well advanced.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)'>Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Bill Roberton'>Bill Roberton</a> 2014</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/49/754/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/49000/49754.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/A/Ayr'>Ayr</a>: <font size=-1>The 14.33 ex Girvan departs Ayr at 15.18 on 12 December for Glasgow Central via Kilmarnock.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/A/Ayr and Dalmellington Railway'>Ayr and Dalmellington Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Colin Miller'>Colin Miller</a> 2014</center><br></div></div><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/49/766/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/49000/49766.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/B/Braehead_Viaduct'>Braehead Viaduct</a>: <font size=-1>66077 with a train of coal empties near the spot where the planned M8 extension will pass below the Whifflet line. Photograph taken on 12th December 2014.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/R/Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway'>Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Colin McDonald'>Colin McDonald</a> 2014</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/49/770/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/49000/49770.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/S/St_Andrew_Square_Tram'>St Andrew Square [Tram]</a>: <font size=-1>Edinburgh Tram 260 at St Andrew Square on 12 December 2014.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh Trams'>Edinburgh Trams</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Bill Roberton'>Bill Roberton</a> 2014</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/49/778/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/49000/49778.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/S/St_Enoch_Subway'>St Enoch [Subway]</a>: <font size=-1>Progress on St Enoch subway entrance, 12 December 2014. Not quite there yet.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/G/Glasgow District Subway'>Glasgow District Subway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Colin Miller'>Colin Miller</a> 2014</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/49/836/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/49000/49836.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/P/Preston'>Preston</a>: <font size=-1>DRS 57304 <I>Pride of Cheshire</I> on standby in the north bay at Preston late in the evening of 20 December.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/N/North Union Railway'>North Union Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John McIntyre'>John McIntyre</a> 2014</center><br></div></div></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="10"><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/65/870/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/65000/65870.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/R/Rottweil'>Rottweil</a>: <font size=-1>A HzL unit, Hohenzollerische Landesbahn AG the largest privately run railway in Germany sits in Rottweil's platform 4 with the HzL88070 Regio Shuttle 11.53 service to Braunlingen, it will also depart exactly on time!!! These class 650 units were built by Stadler Rail AG and are quite commonly used by privately run companies on rural lines in Germany.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/D/Deutsche Bahn'>Deutsche Bahn</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Gordon Steel'>Gordon Steel</a> 2015</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/53/565/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/53000/53565.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/G/Govan_Subway'>Govan [Subway]</a>: <font size=-1>Glasgow Subway modernisation is nearing its end with only Govan station not fully made over. Here it is at half-way stage in December 2015 with only glimpses of the once ubiquitous 70s beige tiling. Note also the ceiling suspenders with nothing attached yet.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/G/Glasgow District Subway'>Glasgow District Subway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=David Panton'>David Panton</a> 2015</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/53/575/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/53000/53575.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/G/Glasgow_Queen_Street_High_Level'>Glasgow Queen Street High Level</a>: <font size=-1>Pre-dawn on Saturday 12 December 2015 - but there are already excitable children around a festive-looking Queen Street station.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway'>Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=David Panton'>David Panton</a> 2015</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/57/512/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/57000/57512.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/B/Barton_and_Broughton'>Barton and Broughton</a>: <font size=-1>Recent tree clearance has made the shallow cutting near the St Heliers Place footbridge a much brighter place, even on a dull day. See image [[46627]] for an earlier view. DBS 90029 and 90024 pass heading south with a fully loaded Mossend to Daventry container train on 12th December 2016.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/L/Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway'>Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Mark Bartlett'>Mark Bartlett</a> 2016</center><br></div></div><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/58/83/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/58000/58083.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/E/Edinburgh_Gateway_Tram'>Edinburgh Gateway [Tram]</a>: <font size=-1>Tight curve at Edinburgh Gateway.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh Trams'>Edinburgh Trams</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Yellowlees'>John Yellowlees</a> 2016</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/57/633/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/57000/57633.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/E/Edinburgh_Gateway_Tram'>Edinburgh Gateway [Tram]</a>: <font size=-1>An Edinburgh bound tram arrives at Edinburgh Gateway.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh Trams'>Edinburgh Trams</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Yellowlees'>John Yellowlees</a> 2016</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/57/427/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/57000/57427.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/P/Perth'>Perth</a>: <font size=-1>158712 at the north end of Perth on the inaugural run of the new 0508 Perth-Inverness service, arriving at 0749.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/S/Scottish Central Railway'>Scottish Central Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Yellowlees'>John Yellowlees</a> 2016</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/76/66/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/76000/x76066.jpg.pagespeed.ic.X-G8brcbUd.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/C/Colne_Valley_Viaduct'>Colne Valley Viaduct</a>: <font size=-1>Colne Valley Viaduct concepts created for HS2 by Grimshaw Architects.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/H/HS2'>HS2</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=HS2'>HS2</a> 2017</center><br></div></div></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="11"><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/62/108/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/62000/62108.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/F/Falkirk_High'>Falkirk High</a>: <font size=-1>With all the excitement about electrics now on the EGML let's not forget that most services are still diesel and will be until, when, May 2018 perhaps? 170 473 calls at Falkirk High with a Glasgow service on 12 December. (The following train was a 7-car electric).</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway'>Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=David Panton'>David Panton</a> 2017</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/63/101/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/63000/63101.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/P/Polmont'>Polmont</a>: <font size=-1>Its 12th December 2017 and some EGML services had just been temporarily put into the hands of seven-car Class 380s. Three out of four were still diesel however, and a Class 170 calls at Polmont with a Glasgow service. At time of writing, 27 February 2018, nothing has changed and there's no firm date for full electric services.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway'>Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=David Panton'>David Panton</a> 2017</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/62/140/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/62000/62140.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a>: <font size=-1>DRIFTs at DIRFT: DRS loco' 66.434 loads its train at the Tesco sidings. 68.003 can be seen in the background.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/D/Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Ken Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a> 2017</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/62/198/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/62000/62198.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/G/Glasgow_Queen_Street_High_Level'>Glasgow Queen Street High Level</a>: <font size=-1>Nah - nothing to see here, same old, same old. In fact, a quick glance over the parapet of Cathedral Street bridge does now reveal how things are changing to those with an eye for detail. 380020 on a Glasgow - Edinburgh service prepares to depart from Platform 4 on 12th December 2017.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway'>Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Colin McDonald'>Colin McDonald</a> 2017</center><br></div></div><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/62/216/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/62000/62216.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/G/Glasgow_Queen_Street_High_Level'>Glasgow Queen Street High Level</a>: <font size=-1>380020 departs from Platform 4 at Queen Street on the third day of partial introduction of electric services on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk route - 12th December 2017.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway'>Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Colin McDonald'>Colin McDonald</a> 2017</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/63/240/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/63000/63240.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a>: <font size=-1>Looking the other way from image 62140, a couple of Class 90s can be seen in the headshunt at DIRFT, with a down 350 passing on the Northampton loop.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/D/Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Ken Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a> 2017</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/1/658/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/1000/1658.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/A/Aviemore'>Aviemore</a>: <font size=-1>Aviemore 12 December 2017.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/I/Inverness and Perth Junction Railway'>Inverness and Perth Junction Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Yellowlees'>John Yellowlees</a> 2017</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/1/659/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/1000/1659.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/K/Kingussie'>Kingussie</a>: <font size=-1>Kingussie 12 December 2017.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/I/Inverness and Perth Junction Railway'>Inverness and Perth Junction Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John Yellowlees'>John Yellowlees</a> 2017</center><br></div></div></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="12"><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/66/874/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/66000/66874.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/S/Scotland_Street'>Scotland Street</a>: <font size=-1>A December 2018 view of what would be my local station if it hadn't closed a mere 150 years previously. It stayed in use as a goods yard for a further 99 years, until 1967 See image [[36593]]. The view looks north to Heriothill tunnel. The curved stairway is not original; the stairs to the (rather short) platforms ran down from where I am standing. Alexander McCall Smith fans may already know that there isn't really a 44 Scotland Street, but No 43 is more or less behind me.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway'>Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=David Panton'>David Panton</a> 2018</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/66/885/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/66000/66885.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/G/Granton_Gasworks_Station'>Granton Gasworks [Station]</a>: <font size=-1>This building at the former Granton gasworks (note clues), seen here in December 2018, was not a station building as such, more an admin building with a workers' platform running through it. The platform went through the structure via a subsequently bricked-up arch (painted white) and workers then walked through the building and across a footbridge to the left. Trams never reached here and there was little housing nearby at the time the station was active, so the halt would have once been vital. My father remembers this building being a canteen in the late 1950s. </font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh and Leith Gas Commissioners'>Edinburgh and Leith Gas Commissioners</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=David Panton'>David Panton</a> 2018</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/66/895/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/66000/66895.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/W/Warriston_Junction'>Warriston Junction</a>: <font size=-1>The site of Warriston Junction, where the Leith line left the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton 'main' line to Granton (ahead) at the end of Warriston viaduct. This is probably the busiest stretch of railway walk I know; it is used locally as a shortcut to Canonmills Tesco, which boosts numbers. Seen in December 2018.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway'>Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=David Panton'>David Panton</a> 2018</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/66/967/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/66000/66967.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/C/County_March_Summit_West_Highland'>County March Summit [West Highland]</a>: <font size=-1>A Sprinter on the climb northwards from Upper Tyndrum to County March Summit approaches the former overbridge. When the line opened the road north of Tyndrum crossed over the railway to run on its east side (left side of this view) until the summit when it recrossed the line. The old road is now the West Highland Way and passes under the line via a cattle creep near the missing bridge. Other nearby road improvements around the 1930s led to Bridge of Orchy station being on a side road instead of the main road north.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/W/West Highland Railway'>West Highland Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Ewan Crawford'>Ewan Crawford</a> 2018</center><br></div></div><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/75/292/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/75000/75292.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/B/Bay_Horse'>Bay Horse</a>: <font size=-1>Locomotive Services Ltd's acquisition of Driving Van Trailers, to complement its new fleet of AC electrics and MkIII coaches, will surely simplify their future charter operations. DVT 82139 was on the rear of the Euston - Glasgow Central excursion on 12th December 2020 but would later lead the return leg. </font></p><center><a href='/companies/L/Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway'>Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Mark Bartlett'>Mark Bartlett</a> 2020</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/82/706/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/82000/82706.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/N/Nuneaton'>Nuneaton</a>: <font size=-1>The ersatz Midland Pullman shows a clean pair of heels as it leaves Nuneaton platform 5 (see image [[75173]]) in December 2020.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/T/Trent Valley Railway (London and North Western Railway)'>Trent Valley Railway (London and North Western Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Ken Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a> 2020</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/75/334/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/75000/75334.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/B/Blunsdon'>Blunsdon</a>: <font size=-1>The boiler and firebox from Bulleid Merchant Navy 4-6-2, 35011 'General Steam Navigation', awaiting repair at Blunsdon on the Swindon and Cricklade in December 2020. </font></p><center><a href='/companies/S/Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway'>Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Peter Todd'>Peter Todd</a> 2020</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/75/357/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/75000/75357.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/C/Causewayhead'>Causewayhead</a>: <font size=-1>Presumably on a driver training run for future diversions, DRS 68004 'Rapid' took two up and two down trips between Stirling and Dunfermline on Saturday 12th December 2020. Starting at Grangemouth, it ran through to Perth, backtracked to Stirling, returned to Dunfermline and finally headed home to Grangemouth. This photo shows the loco scooting past the Wallace Monument near Causewayhead on the first leg of its journey.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/S/Stirling and Dunfermline Railway'>Stirling and Dunfermline Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Mark Dufton'>Mark Dufton</a> 2020</center><br></div></div></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="13"><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/75/394/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/75000/75394.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/N/Nuneaton'>Nuneaton</a>: <font size=-1>This sort of thing will happen if you stable a locomotive next to a primary school. 66720, a GB Railfreight loco, doesn't seem to have a name; but is quite unmistakable in its rainbow livery as it passes Platform 6b at Nuneaton. The photographers thrown into sharp relief by the low sun were waiting for the ersatz Midland Pullman (see image [[75173]]).</font></p><center><a href='/companies/W/Whitacre Junction to Nuneaton (Midland Railway)'>Whitacre Junction to Nuneaton (Midland Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Ken Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a> 2020</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/75/168/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/75000/75168.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/B/Bay_Horse'>Bay Horse</a>: <font size=-1>A LSL post-lockdown excursion from Euston to Glasgow ran in dreadful weather on the morning of 12th December 2020. 90002 headed a sparkling set of first class MkIII coaches, with a DVT on the rear, seen passing Bay Horse on the outward leg. </font></p><center><a href='/companies/L/Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway'>Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Mark Bartlett'>Mark Bartlett</a> 2020</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/75/169/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/75000/75169.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/E/Euxton_Junction'>Euxton Junction</a>: <font size=-1>90002 'Wolf of Badenoch' heads an immaculate Inter City set of Mark III coaches on a Euston to Glasgow charter near to Euxton Junction on 12 December 2020. While the train was perfectly turned out, unfortunately the same couldn't be said of the weather.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/N/North Union Railway'>North Union Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=John McIntyre'>John McIntyre</a> 2020</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/75/173/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/75000/75173.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/N/Nuneaton'>Nuneaton</a>: <font size=-1>Well, at least I was on the right platform this time (see image [[74461]]). This is LSLs reproduction Midland Pullman set, out on tour from Crewe to St.Pancras via Hinckley, Leicester, and Harringworth Viaduct on 12th December 2020. You have to squint a bit to imagine this as a Midland Pullman, but I am just happy to see an HST in Nuneaton again. The leading power car appears to be 43055. This was the second tour for this set in this condition; it headed North from London the day before.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/T/Trent Valley Railway (London and North Western Railway)'>Trent Valley Railway (London and North Western Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Ken Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a> 2020</center><br></div></div><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/75/955/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/75000/75955.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/N/Nuneaton'>Nuneaton</a>: <font size=-1>The lettering and heraldry on the ersatz Midland Pullman (see image [[75173]]) certainly looks the part.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/T/Trent Valley Railway (London and North Western Railway)'>Trent Valley Railway (London and North Western Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Ken Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a> 2020</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/75/201/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/75000/x75201.jpg.pagespeed.ic.bhaecAqufx.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/P/Preston'>Preston</a>: <font size=-1>This superb stone bridge carried the East Lancashire line out of Preston and I travelled over it many times before it closed in 1972, when trains were diverted to run via Farington Curve. A low December sun illuminates the patterns in the stonework, the craftsmanship reflecting its position separating two adjacent public parks. This view looks from Avenham Park into Miller Park, which sits between this railway and the WCML. </font></p><center><a href='/companies/P/Preston Branch (East Lancashire Railway)'>Preston Branch (East Lancashire Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Mark Bartlett'>Mark Bartlett</a> 2020</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/75/467/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/75000/75467.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/P/Preston_Old_Tram_Bridge'>Preston (Old Tram Bridge)</a>: <font size=-1>A view from the top of the rope worked canal tramway incline in Preston. A winding house stood near this point to lift wagons up from the river bridge to a level where they could continue to the canal basin near the town centre. The incline closed in 1864 and has now been landscaped into the park features but the replica tramroad bridge over the Ribble can be seen through the trees in this view from December 2020. </font></p><center><a href='/companies/P/Preston to Walton Tramroad (Lancaster Canal)'>Preston to Walton Tramroad (Lancaster Canal)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Mark Bartlett'>Mark Bartlett</a> 2020</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/75/222/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/75000/75222.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/B/Bay_Horse'>Bay Horse</a>: <font size=-1>I was looking forward to trying the new Blackpool-Euston Grand Central services with ex-ECML MkIV coaches and Class 90s but Covid put paid to all that. 90026 was fully reliveried in anticipation but has since been debranded and returned to DB. The black and orange loco is paired with 90036 on a southbound intermodal at Bay Horse on 12th December 2020. </font></p><center><a href='/companies/L/Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway'>Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Mark Bartlett'>Mark Bartlett</a> 2020</center><br></div></div></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="14"><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/76/516/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/76000/76516.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/N/Nuneaton'>Nuneaton</a>: <font size=-1>The ersatz frosted glass drop glasses on the doors of the ersatz Midland Pullman (see image [[75173]]) look rather good, actually.</font></p><center><a href='/companies/T/Trent Valley Railway (London and North Western Railway)'>Trent Valley Railway (London and North Western Railway)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Ken Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a> 2020</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/75/258/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/75000/75258.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/P/Preston'>Preston</a>: <font size=-1>The imposing Park Hotel in Preston was jointly owned by the LYR and LNWR, passing in turn to the LMS and then British Transport Hotels. It was connected by a covered footbridge to the present day Platform 4 at the station. The hotel was closed and sold in 1950 and became offices of Lancashire County Council but the bridge remained open until around the time of the 1972 electrification. The building is presently being refurbished to become a hotel again with a new conference centre attached. </font></p><center><a href='/companies/N/North Union Railway'>North Union Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Mark Bartlett'>Mark Bartlett</a> 2020</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/75/267/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/75000/75267.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/B/Blunsdon'>Blunsdon</a>: <font size=-1>A former Balfour Beatty 12T rail crane, DRP 81522, now working on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway, an excellent asset. 12th December 2020. </font></p><center><a href='/companies/S/Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway'>Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Peter Todd'>Peter Todd</a> 2020</center><br></div><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/75/274/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/75000/75274.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/P/Preston_Old_Tram_Bridge'>Preston (Old Tram Bridge)</a>: <font size=-1>On the Preston side of the old tram bridge over the River Ribble there was a rope worked incline. The winding engine building was just in front of the white Italianate style house but was demolished in 1869, five years after the tramroad closed. This view, with the (presently closed) bridge immediately behind, shows a path in Avenham Park that generally follows the route of the incline. At the top the tramroad continued through the town to the canal basin just to the north of the present Preston station. </font></p><center><a href='/companies/P/Preston to Walton Tramroad (Lancaster Canal)'>Preston to Walton Tramroad (Lancaster Canal)</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Mark Bartlett'>Mark Bartlett</a> 2020</center><br></div></div><div class='row'><div class='col-md-3'><center><a target='img' href='/img/75/280/'><img src='/__cache/thumbnails/75000/75280.jpg'></a></center><br><p class='text-justify'><a target='location' href='/locations/B/Blunsdon'>Blunsdon</a>: <font size=-1>Christmas Mail on the platform at Blunsdon, waiting for the Santa Special on 12th December 2020. </font></p><center><a href='/companies/S/Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway'>Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway</a></center><center><a href='/imageenlarge/photographer.php?loc=Peter Todd'>Peter Todd</a> 2020</center><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="events"><br><center><h3>Events</h3></center><br><div class='container'><p>Events from the chronology which occured on this day. This generally lists events before 1995, the creation of the website.</p><table class='table table-striped table-hover'><tr><th>Year</th><th>Companies</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>1840</font></td><td><font size=-1><a target=_top href=/locations/[Stockton_and_Hartlepool_Railwa>Stockton and Hartlepool Railway</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Opened to freight.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>1870</font></td><td><font size=-1><a target=_top href=/locations/[City_of_Glasgow_Union_Railwa>City of Glasgow Union Railway</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Opened between <a target=_top href=/locations/Pollok_Junction>Pollok Junction</a> (on the <a target=_top href=/locations/Glasgow_and_Paisley_Joint_Railway>Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway</a>) and the new temporary four platform terminus at <a target=_top href=/locations/Dunlop_Street>Dunlop Street</a> (replaced by <a target=_top href=/locations/Glasgow_St_Enoch>Glasgow St Enoch</a>). <a target=_top href=/locations/Glasgow_and_South_Western_Railway>Glasgow and South Western Railway</a> main line services start to use the new station, local services continue to use <a target=_top href=/locations/Bridge_Street>Bridge Street</a>. Stations opened at <a target=_top href=/locations/Shields_Road_<a target=_top href=/CGU>CGU</a>_>Shields Road <a target=_top href=/CGU>CGU</a> </a> (interchange with <a target=_top href=/locations/Pollokshields>Pollokshields</a>) and <a target=_top href=/locations/Dunlop_Street>Dunlop Street</a>.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>1885</font></td><td><font size=-1><a target=_top href=/locations/[Leven_Railwa>Leven Railway</a> <a target=_top href=/locations/[East_of_Fife_Railwa>East of Fife Railway</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>New <a target=_top href=/locations/Leven_<a target=_top href=/2nd>2nd</a>_>Leven <a target=_top href=/2nd>2nd</a> </a> station opened on the former <a target=_top href=/locations/East_of_Fife_Railway>East of Fife Railway</a>, east of the 1st station. <a target=_top href=/locations/Leven_<a target=_top href=/1st>1st</a>_>Leven <a target=_top href=/1st>1st</a> </a> closes.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>1889</font></td><td><font size=-1><a target=_top href=/locations/[City_of_Dublin_Junction_Railway>City of Dublin Junction Railways</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Opened to mail traffic from <a target=_top href=/locations/Kingstown_Harbour>Kingstown Harbour</a> to the <a target=_top href=/locations/Great_Northern_Railway_<a target=_top href=/Ireland>Ireland</a>_>Great Northern Railway <a target=_top href=/Ireland>Ireland</a> </a>. Contractor <a target=_top href=/locations/M_Mead_&_Sons>M Mead & Sons</a>.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>1911</font></td><td><font size=-1><a target=_top href=/locations/[Forth_and_Cart_Cana>Forth and Cart Canal</a> <a target=_top href=/locations/[Clydebank_Engineering_and_Shipbuilding_Work>Clydebank Engineering and Shipbuilding Works</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Southern portion of canal leased to <a target=_top href=/locations/John_Brown_and_Company>John Brown and Company</a>.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>1964</font></td><td><font size=-1><a target=_top href=/locations/[Vale_of_Llangollen_Railwa>Vale of Llangollen Railway</a><a target=_top href=/locations/[Llangollen_and_Corwen_Railwa>Llangollen and Corwen Railway</a><a target=_top href=/locations/[Corwen_and_Bala_Railwa>Corwen and Bala Railway</a><a target=_top href=/locations/[Bala_and_Dolgelly_Railwa>Bala and Dolgelly Railway</a><a target=_top href=/locations/[Aberystwyth_and_Welch_Coast_Railwa>Aberystwyth and Welch Coast Railway</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Closed to all freight, GPO mails contract expired.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>1988</font></td><td><font size=-1><a target=_top href=/locations/[London_and_South_Western_Railwa>London and South Western Railway</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Three trains are involved in crash at <a target=_top href=/locations/Clapham_Junction>Clapham Junction</a> killing 35 and injuring 500 due to a signal failure caused by incorrect wiring. A <a target=_top href=/locations/Poole>Poole</a> to <a target=_top href=/locations/London_Waterloo>London Waterloo</a> and a <a target=_top href=/locations/Basingstoke>Basingstoke</a> to <a target=_top href=/locations/Waterloo>Waterloo</a> ran into empty stock. Signalling engineers were found to be working exceptionally long hours in the area.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2005</font></td><td><font size=-1><a target=_top href=/locations/[Lesmahagow_Railwa>Lesmahagow Railway</a> <a target=_top href=/locations/[Mid_Lanark_Lines_(Caledonian_Railway>Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway)</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Line opened from <a target=_top href=/locations/Haughhead_Junction>Haughhead Junction</a> via <a target=_top href=/locations/Chatelherault>Chatelherault</a> and <a target=_top href=/locations/Merryton>Merryton</a> to terminate at <a target=_top href=/locations/Larkhall>Larkhall</a>. Total cost was 脗拢35M.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2010</font></td><td><font size=-1><a target=_top href=/locations/[New_Monkland_Line_(Monkland_Railways>New Monkland Line (Monkland Railways)</a> <a target=_top href=/locations/[Boghead_to_Cowdenhead_Branch_(Monkland_Railways>Boghead to Cowdenhead Branch (Monkland Railways)</a> <a target=_top href=/locations/[Torbanehill_and_Bathgate_Branch_(Monkland_Railways>Torbanehill and Bathgate Branch (Monkland Railways)</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Opened between <a target=_top href=/locations/Airdrie>Airdrie</a> and <a target=_top href=/locations/Bathgate>Bathgate</a>. Stations at <a target=_top href=/locations/Drumgelloch>Drumgelloch</a>, <a target=_top href=/locations/Caldercruix>Caldercruix</a> (delayed opening until 13 February), <a target=_top href=/locations/Blackridge>Blackridge</a>, <a target=_top href=/locations/Armadale>Armadale</a>.</font></td></tr></table></div></div><div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="news"><br><center><h3>News</h3></center><br><div class='container'><p>These are old news items which which occured on this day. This generally lists events after 1995, the creation of the website.</p><table class='table table-striped table-hover'><tr><th>Year</th><th>Companies</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2004</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/0/743>Great train robbery: Scots lose out on direct link to France [Scotsman]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>CROSS-channel rail operators were last night condemned for refusing to run direct trains between Scotland and the Continent - even though Scots taxpayers stumped up 拢200m towards the cost of a link in London that could pave the way for a non-stop service.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2006</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/6/644>Blitz launched on Christmas railway crime [Scotsman]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>A CRACKDOWN on Christmas crime on the railways was set to be launched at Waverley Station today.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2006</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/6/645>Lib Dems welcome business case for trams scheme [Scotsman]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>THE city^s Liberal Democrat group has welcomed the business case for Edinburgh^s tram network, which claims the scheme will deliver hundreds of millions of pounds in benefits.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2006</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/6/646>MSP helps get new rail service on track [Scotsman]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>A NEW rail service for commuters travelling into Edinburgh from East Lothian was flagged off from Dunbar today by local MSP John Home Robertson.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2006</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/6/647>Rail work on track for the festive break [Scotsman]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>ENGINEERING work on the main railway line between Edinburgh and Glasgow will take place over the Christmas and New Year period.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2006</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/6/650>Union leaders^ warning to rail giant over redundancies [Scotsman]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>UNION leaders have vowed to fight any attempt by rail giant GNER to impose redundancies on its staff.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2008</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/8/373>We^ll buy UK share of Eurostar and run it better say Germans [Times]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Germany is seeking to buy Britain鈥檚 share of Eurostar in a move that would leave the high-speed international train service entirely under foreign control. [from Mark Bartlett] </font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2008</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/8/374>New rail link exceeds expectation [BBC News Article]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>A new study has shown the number of people using the new Alloa rail link has exceeded all expectations.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2010</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/9/665>New 拢300m Airdrie - Bathgate rail ink reopens [BBC News]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>A 拢300m rail link has opened that re-establishes passenger services between North Lanarkshire and West Lothian for the first time in 54 years. </font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2011</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/10/386>Walking the line: Uncovering the work of the Upper Tweed Railway Paths group [Scotsman]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Next year marks a century since one of the most remarkable railway lines in Britain was torn up for scrap. Now plans are being laid to bring it back to life as part of a railway path network, finds Alastair Dalton</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2011</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/10/387>Northern Rail adds 50 more carriages to commuter trains [BBC News]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Fifty more carriages are being put on some of the busiest Northern Rail routes providing more than one million extra seats a year, the company says. The second-hand stock will see more capacity on trains serving five key urban centres: Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield. [From Mark Bartlett]</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2011</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/10/388>Railway will give long term boost to Borders [Border Telegraph]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>MIDLOTHIAN South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale MSP Christine Grahame is welcoming the announcement that Capital spending worth up to 拢60 billion will mean investment in Scotland^s rail network, including the Borders Railway. The Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment made the pledge as he published the Scottish Government^s Infrastructure and Investment Plan, which details plans for up to 拢60 billion of spending right up until 2030. </font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2012</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/10/986>First glimpse of New Street^s bright future [Network Rail]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>An early glimpse of Birmingham New Street鈥檚 bright future appeared this week as the first sections of the station and new retail destination^s stunning new fa莽ade were installed. Workers have started the huge task of installing 8,000 reflective stainless steel panels which will eventually envelop the entire building. When complete in 2015, the fa莽ade will transform the drab, grey station building which has dominated the city centre for the last 40 years into a futuristic transport hub and aspirational retail destination for Birmingham.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2012</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/10/987>Plans for wi-fi on ScotRail trains due to be announced [BBC]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Plans to roll out wi-fi on more ScotRail trains are expected to be announced by the Scottish government.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2013</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/11/574>Reopening east-west railway line between Cambridge and Oxford wins Government backing [Cambridge News] </a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Reopening of the railway line between Cambridge and Oxford has been backed by the Government. Local authorities have commissioned a report with the backing of ministers into the economic benefits of eastern section of the link, between Bedford and Cambridge. Reopening the western end in 2017 has already been agreed. </font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2013</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/11/575>Kenilworth station: Government funds for trains by 2016 [BBC News]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Plans to reintroduce a railway station to a town which lost its rail link in the 1960s have been given final government approval. The Department for Transport has announced it will give 拢5m towards the 拢11.3m railway station in Kenilworth. It said it hoped local services between Coventry, Kenilworth and Leamington Spa could start in December 2016. These could be followed by rail services between Kenilworth and Birmingham in 2019. [From Mark Bartlett] </font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2014</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/12/23>Edinburgh tram inquiry: Key figures refused to co-operate [BBC News]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>The man leading the public inquiry into the Edinburgh trams fiasco has told how key figures refused ^point blank^ to co-operate. In a BBC Scotland interview, Lord Hardie pledged his investigation would be tough and effective. The Scottish government said last month the inquiry was to be given the power to compel witnesses to participate.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2015</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/12/527>London Marylebone Station closed after train fire [BBC News]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Up to 700 people were evacuated from London Marylebone station after a fire onboard a train that pulled into a platform. An air conditioning unit is believed to have caught fire, police said. No injuries were reported. Chiltern Railways suspended services leaving the station. Light smoke could be seen on the concourse and appeared to be coming from platform one, BBC World Service presenter Danny Cox said. The station was evacuated shortly after 21:00 GMT and five fire crews were called to the station.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2016</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/13/135>Oxford to London Marylebone railway line opens [BBC News]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Trains have started running on a second line between London and Oxford city centre following a 脗拢320m project. Chiltern Railways said its new service to London Marylebone would offer ^genuine competition^. Great Western Railway already runs a service between Oxford and London Paddington. The new service started running from the new station Oxford Parkway, when it opened a year ago, but was extended to the city centre from Monday. Network Rail contributed 脗拢190m towards the project, with Chiltern Railways investing 脗拢130m. More than 850,000 journeys are expected to be taken to or from Oxford on the new services in the next year.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2017</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/13/631>Investigation ordered into ^misleading^ festive tickets [BBC News]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has ordered an investigation after reports rail firms ^misled^ customers. The watchdog Transport Focus said companies were selling tickets for services over Christmas, despite knowing they will not run. Mr Grayling said was ^unacceptable^ for passengers to have to pay higher ^walk-up^ fares at Christmas. Industry body the Rail Delivery Group said its members would ^develop a plan^ to address the complaints. Mr Grayling said: ^It would be totally unacceptable if any passenger has to pay walk-up fares this Christmas because advance tickets were not available.^ ^I expect passengers to be offered the highest standards of customer service and have ordered an immediate investigation into this report.^</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2017</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/13/632>West Midlands Trains and London Northwestern launch first services [RTM]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>The new West Midlands franchise officially launched this weekend as West Midlands Trains and London Northwestern began operations. The new operator is a joint venture between Abellio, JR East and Mitsui which won the contract from London Midland in August. Splitting the franchise into two sections means that, while west coast services will be controlled through the usual TOC system, West Midlands Trains will be operated by the JV and managed jointly by West Midlands Rail (WMR), a consortium of 16 councils, and the DfT. After the award of the contract, the new operators announced £680m worth of spending on 107 new diesel and electric trains, with space for extra 85,000 passengers.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2017</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/13/633>DRS traction policy [Rail]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Direct Rail Services has developed a business plan for the next 20 years, but admits that the use of heritage vehicles (20s, 37s, 57s) is no longer economically, technically or environmentally viable for the entirety of the current strategy period.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2018</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/14/371>Amco awarded Dunbar station upgrade contract [Network Rail]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Network Rail has appointed Amco as the main contractor for the planned £13m enhancement of Dunbar station.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2018</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/14/372>ScotRail introduces EMUs onto newly-wired Central Belt routes [RAIL]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Electric trains start serving Alloa, Dunblane and Stirling as ScotRail brings more Class 385s into traffic</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2019</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/15/399>Long-awaited Kilcreggan ferry transfer ^to happen in new year^ [Helensburgh Advertiser]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Years of campaigning by fed-up Kilcreggan ferry users are set to pay off in the new year when oversight of the route is transferred to Scotland^s national transport agency.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2019</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/15/400>Work progressing on Levenmouth rail link reopening [Fife Today]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>Network Rail has started development work to choose the most appropriate scheme to reopen the Levenmouth rail link.</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2019</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/15/401>Shops empty and seafood rots as Barra^s ferry lifeline fails [The Herald]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>A winter gale howled across the Western Isles this week. So too did a crescendo of protest. </font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=-1>2019</font></td><td><font size=-1><a href=/news/15/402>Plans on track for return of Bonnybridge rail station [Falkirk Herald]</a></font></td><td><font size=-1>A new railway station for Bonnybridge could finally be on track following a long-awaited report presented to Falkirk Councils executive.</font></td></tr></table></div></div></div></div> </div> <img style="width: 100%;" src="/xfooter-bw.jpg.pagespeed.ic.eSSsw8dlsI.jpg"> <div class="row footer" style="background-color: #000; color: #FFF !important; font-size: 90%; padding: 30px;"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <h4>Quick links</h4> <a href="/">Home</a><br> <a href="/news/">News</a><br> <a href="/contributorlista.html">Contributors</a><br> <a href="/onthisday.php">On this day</a><br> <a href="/latest.php">Latest</a><br> <a href="/articles">Articles</a><br> <a href="/slideshow/">Slideshows</a><br> <a href="/_maps/">Maps</a><br> <a href="/railways.php">Companies</a><br> <a href="/a2z.php">Sitemap</a><br> <a href="/pano/">Panoramic views</a><br> <a href="/tags/">Image tags</a><br> <a href="/privacy.html">Privacy</a><br> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <h4>The Big Five</h4> <a href="/companies/C/Caledonian_Railway/">Caledonian Railway</a><br> <a href="/Glasgow_and_South_Western_Railway/">Glasgow and South Western Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/G/Great_North_of_Scotland_Railway/">Great North of Scotland Railway</a><br> <a href="/Highland_Railway/">Highland Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/N/North_British_Railway/">North British Railway</a><br> <h4>The Big Four</h4> <a href="/companies/G/Great_Western_Railway/">Great Western Railway</a><br> <a href="/London_and_North_Eastern_Railway/">London and North Eastern Railway</a><br> <a href="/London_Midland_and_Scottish_Railway/">London, Midland and Scottish Railway</a><br> <a href="/Southern_Railway/">Southern Railway</a><br> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <h4>Photographs</h4> <a href="/search/">Search</a><br> <a href="/latest.php">Latest</a><br> <a href="/onthisdayimg.php">On this day</a><br> <a href="/queries/">Notes and Queries</a><br> <a href="/newsinpictures.php">News in pictures</a><br> <h4>Share</h4> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php" target="external">Facebook</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/share" target="external">Twitter</a><br> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <h4>Scenic Lines</h4> <a href="/companies/W/West_Highland_Railway/">West Highland Railway</a><br> <a href="/Mallaig_Extension_Railway/">Mallaig Extension Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/C/Callander_and_Oban_Railway/">Callander and Oban Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/D/Dingwall_and_Skye_Railway/">Dingwall and Skye Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/I/Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway/">Inverness and Perth Junction Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/G/Girvan_and_Portpatrick_Junction_Railway/">Girvan and Portpatrick Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/S/Strathspey_Railway/">Strathspey Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/E/Edinburgh_and_Hawick_Railway_North_British_Railway/">Edinburgh and Hawick Railway</a><br> <a href="/routes/F/Far_North_Line/">Far North Line</a><br> <h4>Contact</h4> <a href="/pm/?img=&whoto=Ewan%20Crawford" target="editor">News and picture editor</a><br> <a href="/pm/?img=&whoto=Ewan%20Crawford" target="editor">Technical issues</a><br> </div> <div class="col-xs-12"><br></div> <p style="color: #555 !important">Content © Copyright 1995 to present</p> </div> </body> </html>