Caledonian Railway

Historic station for sale for £1!

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Mark Lancaster

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9th May 2026

GLASGOW’S C-listed semi-derelict Possil station, built by the Caledonian Railway in 1897, can now be bought for just £1 as it has been officially declared ownerless. This move is thanks to it passing into Crown ownership under the King’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer scheme, meaning it could be purchased by a community group and restored…
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New platform at Dunbar as Robroyston and Warrington West stations open

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Sam Hewitt

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6th January 2020

TWO new stations opened for the start of the winter 2019/20 timetable, with a new platform at a third. Robroyston, between Stepps and Springburn on the former Caledonian Railway line to Cumbernauld, has been built close to the site of its predecessor, which closed on June 11, 1956. It serves a new development of 1,600…
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Sulzer Type 2s in spotlight at Caledonian weekend event

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Sam Hewitt

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30th October 2019

THE Caledonian Railway, running between Brechin and Bridge of Dun, held a diesel weekend on August 17-18. All trains were worked by a pair of Sulzer Type 2s – Class 26 No. D5314 and Class 27 No. D5370. Only one was double headed on the Saturday, returning top-and-tailed. All other trains were headed by one loco or…
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UK railway news round-up

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Sam Hewitt

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27th September 2019

This week we cover Stephenson’s Rocket returning to the National Railway Museum, a senseless attack at a tube station in London, a Caledonian sleeper service strike and a UN report that claims hundreds of miles of coastal railways are at risk of flooding by 2100.
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‘B1’ and ‘Caley’ tank add soul to Gloucs-Warks steam festival

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Sam Hewitt

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15th July 2019

CLOSE to 5,000 passengers travelled on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway’s trains during the three-day Cotswold Festival of Steam on May 25-17, sponsored by The RM. The successful event, which featured eight locomotives in steam, including three visitors, proved to be very profitable for the railway, attracting more visitors than in 2017, although not quite as…
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‘Caley’ tank for NNR, East Lancs and Swanage lines

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Sam Hewitt

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13th March 2019

THE Caledonian Railway’s No. 419 played a starring role at the Churnet Valley Railway’s Winter Steam Gala on February 23-24, and the Scottish Railway Preservation Society is capitalising on the 0-4-4T’s presence in England by adding in further visits to heritage lines. First up for the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway-based loco is the East Lancashire Railway’s…
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‘Caley’ No. 419 in for unavailable ‘Manor’ at Churnet Valley gala

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Sam Hewitt

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18th February 2019

CALEDONIAN Railway ‘439’ class 0-4-4T No. 419 will journey to England later this month to deputise for ‘Manor’ No. 7827 Lydham Manor at the Churnet Valley Railway’s Winter Steam Gala on February 23-24. The Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS) loco, which returned to service following overhaul last October, has been released by the Bo’ness & Kinneil…
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Beautiful Bo’ness blues as ‘Caley’ duo unite for gala

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Sam Hewitt

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12th December 2018

PRESERVATION history was made at the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway (BKR) in early November when two of only three preserved Caledonian Railway locomotives were united for the first time in steam and on a complete ‘Caley’ train. The BKR’s Caledonian Reunion gala on November 2-4 provided the perfect welcome for its freshly overhauled John F…
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