The Caledonian Railway. ...

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Certainly historic and nostalgic! ...

Wikipedia tells us that “The Caledonian Railway (CR) was one of the two biggest of the five major Scottish railway companies prior to the 1923 Grouping. It was formed in 1845 with the objective of forming a link between English railways and Glasgow. It progressively extended its network and reached Edinburgh and Aberdeen, with a dense network of branch lines in the area surrounding Glasgow. It was absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. Many of its principal routes are still used, and the original main line between Carlisle and Glasgow is in use as part of the West Coast Main Line railway (with a modified entry into Glasgow itself).”

The linked article looks at the development of the Caledonian Railway. ...

The Caledonian Railway

The featured image above shows a Caledonian Railway West Coast Dining Train hauled by Caledonian Railway 4–6–0 Locomotive No. 49. Wikipedia tells us that “The Caledonian Railway (CR) was one …

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Other articles which focus on different parts of the Caledonian Railway include:

The Callander and Oban Railway

In July 1923, The Railway Magazine carried an article about the Callander & Oban Railway (C&O) written by G.F. Gairns. [1] Gairns commented that the C&O constituted the third of the thr…

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The Caledonian Railway Rail-motor Car

In June 2024, I picked up a few copies of the Railway Magazine from the early 20th century. In July 1909, the Railway Magazine noted that the Caledonian Railway had inaugurated a motor car service …

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The Ballachulish Railway Line – Part 1

An old copy of Hornby Magazine fell open at a modelling idea – the creation of a model representing the Ballachulish line in Western Scotland. Having walked a length of this line in the past,…

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The Ballachulish Railway Line – Part 2

In Part 1 we covered much about the history of the line between Connel Ferry and Ballachulish. We start Part 2 with a few reminders of what was covered in Part 1 and provide some additional materia…

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The Ballachulish Railway Line – Part 3

Part 3 of our study of the Ballachulish line will include material from some present day pictures from along the National Cycleway which follows the line together with parts of a description of tha…

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