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A new book on the Sirhowy Tramroad has just been published by the Railway & Canal Historical Society. It will be of interest to members interested in Early Railways (and railways in Wales). Details are on the RCHS website: https://rchs.org.uk/product/steam-on-the-sirhowy-tramroad-and-its-neighbours-...

Can anyone recommend any books dealing the complex history of Carlisle's Railways?

Any references to serious magazine articles on Carlisle railway history would also be appreciated.

From BBC Wales: Several Welsh stations are to lose train services for a "short time" because their platforms have raised social distancing concerns. They are either too short or too curved to allow the opening of two train doors, Transport for Wales (TfW) said. Services will no longer stop at Llanfa...

One of the latest reprints of old Ordnance Survey Maps by Alan Godfrey is of considerable railway interest. This 1890 edition is in full colour, taken from the beautiful 1st Edition OS handcoloured map. The maps cover most of Bolton Town Centre, with coverage stretching from Dobson Road eastward to ...

I addition to the letter codes (such as ABDR for Aberdare) the GWR also used numeric codes for their running sheds.

A list of these (together with a lot of other useful information) can be found in the following link:

http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/m_in_gwr_sheds.htm

Four new railway stations could open in Wales by 2024 if the UK government agrees to a request by the Welsh Transport Minister, Ken Skates. All of equal priority, the stations would be: Deeside Parkway , on the Borderlands Line in North Wales Carno , on the Cambrian Mainline in Mid Wales St Clears o...

The website www.railadvent.co.uk reports that Class 142 Pacers are being used to the end of the year. According to a Government letter, 13 Class 142s have been granted permission to continue in passenger service until December 2020. The letter from the Department for Transport to Northern Trains Lim...

I give below the link to the Department for Transport's 'Restoring Your Railway Fund': https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/re-opening-beeching-era-lines-and-stations/re-opening-beeching-era-lines-and-stations This website was updated on 23rd May 2020 when the Dft announced the shortlist of su...

Phil, Book received safely today. Thanks. Richard

If it is still available I would be interested in this book.

Richard Coulthurst (RCTS Member 12348)
97 Green Pastures, Stockport, SK4 3RB