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Dundee Harbour Line
Angus Railway Group JOU No 155 SUMMER 2001 ERROL STATION (ALMOST) SOLD We are reliably informed that after many months and several interested parties, Errol Station is at last about to be sold. It would appear that only a minor formality with the bank involved. needs to be clarified and the sale can go ahead. This has been quite a fraught saga for those immediately involved, but it ,I would seem that their efforts are about to be repaid. i 'CARMYLLIE PILOT' TO STEAM iAGAIN? [ Tayside's much loved but greatly neglected asset, the Ivatt 2-6-0, No 46464, may yet be returned to steam. A newly formed group has been set up to over- see the work on the not so old lady, who has just turned 50. David Fraser, the son of the late Ian Fraser, who purchased the locomotive from BR in the mid The southern spans of therr.. arch viaduct which car- sixties, has agreed to handing over part ownership to ried the Dundee and Forfar Direct Railway over the the new group. Work is estimated to cost £40,000 and Dighty Water at Barnhill. This view looking to the north, is expected to take five years. was taken in June 1973. (photograph, Jim Page.) L ~ ~ ~ I- IBROUGHTY FERRY REFURBISHMENT IS UNDERWAY - AT LAST! ! Work has finally started on the restoration of the station, and is expected to take 26 weeks. At the Itime of writing, part of the canopy over the southbound platform has been removed along with the roof I of the signal box. -
A Railway to Regenerate Levenmouth
A railway to regenerate Levenmouth This booklet shows the benefits of reinstating the mothballed Levenmouth railway and how this would transform the A project that ticks local community. all the boxes Scottish National Transport Policy LMRC High Level Promote economic growth √ Objectives Promote social inclusion √ Protect environment and improve health √ Improve safety of journeys √ Improve integration √ Key Strategic Improved journey times and connections √ Outcomes Reduced emissions √ Improved quality, accessibility and affordability √ CONTENTS Page 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Executive Summary 1 1.2 The Vision 2 1.3 The Proposal 3 2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION 2.1 The mothballed Leven line 4 2.2 Population 6 2.3 Previous studies 8 2.4 Potential rail freight 10 2.5 Support for Levenmouth rail link 11 3. BENEFITS 3.1 Personal stories 12 3.2 What makes a good rail reopening project? 14 3.3 Delivering Scottish Government policy 15 3.4 Freight 16 3.5 Land Value Capture 17 3.6 Tourism 18 3.7 Wider economic and regional benefits 20 3.8 The business case - Benefit to Cost ratio 21 4. RE-INSTATING THE RAILWAY 4.1 Construction costs - Comparing Levenmouth with Borders 22 4.2 Timetable issues 24 4.3 Other project issues 25 5. MOVING FORWARD 5.1 Conclusions 26 5.2 The final report? 26 6. LEVENMOUTH RAIL CAMPAIGN 6.1 About our campaign 27 6.2 Our Charter 28 6.3 More information 29 - 1 - 1. Introduction 1.1 Executive Summary This booklet has been produced by the Levenmouth Rail Campaign (LMRC) with the support of a group of railway professionals who wish to lend their expertise to the campaign. -
Updating and Screening Assessment 2012
2012 Air Quality Updating and Screening Assessment for Scottish Borders Council In fulfillment of Part IV of the Environment Act 1995 Local Air Quality Management April 2012 Scottish Borders Council Local Authority David A Brown Officer Department Environment & Infrastructure Council Offices, Rosetta Road, Peebles, Address EH45 8HG Telephone 01721 726 358 ext 6462 e-mail [email protected] Report Reference SBC/USA/2011/1 number Date May 2012 Scottish Borders Council USA 2012 1 Scottish Borders Council Executive Summary Scottish Borders Council undertakes a program of Air Quality Assessment in accordance with the Guidance produced by the UK Government and Devolved Administrations. Reports are produced annually on a rolling program. Earlier rounds of review and assessment have shown that the main industrial pollutants are unlikely to exceed the UK Air Quality Objectives at any location within the Council’s area. And that only NO2 from road traffic and PM10 from domestic fuel consumption still required to be considered. A Detailed Assessment of PM10 levels was subsequently undertaken at a location agreed with the Scottish Government and Scottish Environmental Protection Agency as a worst possible case. This work has shown that no part of the Councils area was at risk of exceeding the Air Quality Objective for PM10. As part of the air quality monitoring programme, the Council monitored nitrogen dioxide (NO2) using diffusion tubes at 19 different locations. The monitoring of NO2 has shown no exceedences of the NO2 Objectives, with levels on average decreasing annually. In 2010 the number of sites was reduced to 14 with the background sites at Peebles, Kelso and Melrose being discontinued. -
Appendix: Statistical Information
Appendix: Statistical Information Table A.1 Order in which the main works were built. Table A.2 Railway companies and trade unions who were parties to Industrial Court Award No. 728 of 8 July 1922 Table A.3 Railway companies amalgamated to form the four main-line companies in 1923 Table A.4 London Midland and Scottish Railway Company statistics, 1924 Table A.5 London and North-Eastern Railway Company statistics, 1930 Table A.6 Total expenditure by the four main-line companies on locomotive repairs and partial renewals, total mileage and cost per mile, 1928-47 Table A.7 Total expenditure on carriage and wagon repairs and partial renewals by each of the four main-line companies, 1928 and 1947 Table A.8 Locomotive output, 1947 Table A.9 Repair output of subsidiary locomotive works, 1947 Table A. 10 Carriage and wagon output, 1949 Table A.ll Passenger journeys originating, 1948 Table A.12 Freight train traffic originating, 1948 TableA.13 Design offices involved in post-nationalisation BR Standard locomotive design Table A.14 Building of the first BR Standard locomotives, 1954 Table A.15 BR stock levels, 1948-M Table A.16 BREL statistics, 1979 Table A. 17 Total output of BREL workshops, year ending 31 December 1981 Table A. 18 Unit cost of BREL new builds, 1977 and 1981 Table A.19 Maintenance costs per unit, 1981 Table A.20 Staff employed in BR Engineering and in BREL, 1982 Table A.21 BR traffic, 1980 Table A.22 BR financial results, 1980 Table A.23 Changes in method of BR freight movement, 1970-81 Table A.24 Analysis of BR freight carryings, -
Prince of Wales’ Saloon”
Great Northern Railway Society Transcript of an article in the Great Northern News The Great Northern Railway “Prince of Wales’ Saloon” by Sandy Maclean & Bill Shannon Ed's introduction: The "Royal Train Special" issue of GNN (No. 118) contained as much as I then was able to find out about the GNR's 1889 Prince of Wales' Saloon. However, as a result of contacts with colleagues in the North British Railway Association and the Scottish Railway Preservation Society, I can now publish further information on this unique vehicle. We begin with the vehicle's history, compiled by Sandy Maclean of the North British Railway Association and a former Coaching Rolling Stock Officer at BR Scottish Region HQ, from various sources including records in the National Archives of Scotland. According to F A S Brown in his book GREAT NORTHERN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS, it came about when the General Manager told his Board on 31st May, 1888 that the London & North Western Railway, in addition to the suite of coaches provided for Queen Victoria, had built a new carriage for the Prince of Wales. He considered that the then Great Northern equivalent "did not shine by contrast". In view of the known preference for the Royal Household to travel to Scotland by the West Coast route, it appears that the decision to build this car at all was perhaps more one of faith and hope, than operational or commercial necessity. Royal saloons were strictly for royalty! Patrick Stirling stated that he could not build a suitable coach at Doncaster Works, and suggested that Messrs Craven Brothers of Sheffield, could do the job. -
Railways List
A guide and list to a collection of Historic Railway Documents www.railarchive.org.uk to e mail click here December 2017 1 Since July 1971, this private collection of printed railway documents from pre grouping and pre nationalisation railway companies based in the UK; has sought to expand it‟s collection with the aim of obtaining a printed sample from each independent railway company which operated (or obtained it‟s act of parliament and started construction). There were over 1,500 such companies and to date the Rail Archive has sourced samples from over 800 of these companies. Early in 2001 the collection needed to be assessed for insurance purposes to identify a suitable premium. The premium cost was significant enough to warrant a more secure and sustainable future for the collection. In 2002 The Rail Archive was set up with the following objectives: secure an on-going future for the collection in a public institution reduce the insurance premium continue to add to the collection add a private collection of railway photographs from 1970‟s onwards provide a public access facility promote the collection ensure that the collection remains together in perpetuity where practical ensure that sufficient finances were in place to achieve to above objectives The archive is now retained by The Bodleian Library in Oxford to deliver the above objectives. This guide which gives details of paperwork in the collection and a list of railway companies from which material is wanted. The aim is to collect an item of printed paperwork from each UK railway company ever opened. -
Railfuture Scotland News Issue 67
SCOTTISH BRANCH NOTES No 67: March 2009 Spring Meeting & AGM Sat 21st March at 14:00 Railfuture Scotland Press Release Railfuture Scotland has submitted a five point strategy to Transport in Royal Over-Seas League, 100 Princes St., Edinburgh Scotland outlining five new strategies to encourage greater use of Scotland’s publicly supported rail network. Topic : Rail Development Projects in Scotland (1) Last minute ‘turn up and fill up’ otherwise empty seats at bargain fares, as a pilot scheme on selected longer distance trains currently leaving with ‘empty seats’. Programme: (2) Removing the unnecessary and unfair ticket 09.15 ticket restric- tion applied in remoter areas with very infrequent services and long • Talk - speaker from Transport Scotland distances to major population centres in central Scotland. • Questions to the speaker (3) Ending the perverse fare discrimination against single journey • Coffee/Tea break rail tickets which only serves to discourage use of rail travel in many situations. • Branch AGM - a chance for members to vote for office-bearers, (4) Removing the peculiar and irrational discrimination against those ask questions, and to provide guidance to the Committee for who don’t return by train the same day. policy and activity for the future (5) Extending the National Concession Travel Scheme to include rail ROSL: Just west of Frederick Street junction with Princes St. travel as an alternative to the current bus-only travel scheme. Full details of those proposals have been submitted to Transport Editorial Scotland as part of the Consultation Document on the ScotRail’s Franchise Extension from 2011 to 2014. Its Consultation Question It’s been quite a busy period since the last issue of Branch Notes. -
Library List : May 2011
The Highland Railway Society Library List : May 2011 Members are welcome to borrow any items in the library, subject to the Rules printed on page 4. The collection is currently held by Keith Fenwick - address in the Journal. Books 37s in the Highlands, Roger Siviter, Kingfisher 100 years of the West Highland Railway, John McGregor, ScotRail Angus Railway Group Steam Album, Vol 3 Perthshire An Inverness Lawyer and his Sons, Isabel Anderson, 1900 Behind the Highland Engines, Scrutator, Dornoch Press (2 copies) BR Diesels, Class 24/25, Class 26/27 Brighton Terriers, C J Binnie, Ravensbourne Press BRILL Summer Special, No.4, 1996 British Locomotive Catalogue, Vol 4, D Baxter, Moorland BR, Form of Examination for Signalmen, etc, Dec 1973 BR, Instructions respecting Signalling during fog and falling snow, Scottish Region, 1954 BR, Instructions for trains designated Grove, Deepdeene or Deeplus, 1957 BR, Royal Train working instructions, 1956 BR, Rule Book, 1950 BR, Scottish Region, Appendix to WTT, Section 3 – North, 1960 Caledonian - The Monster Canal, Hutton Caledonian Railway Index of Lines, Connections, Amalgamations, etc. Carriages and Wagons of the Highland, D L G Hunter, Turntable Coal Mining at Brora 1529-1974, John S Owen Cock o’the North, Diesels Aberdeen - Inverness – Kyle (2 copies) Cromarty & Dingwall Light Railway, Malcolm Diesels in the Highlands, G Weekes, Bradford Barton Dingwall & Ben Wyvis Railway, Prospectus, 1979 Dingwall Canal, Kenneth Clew, Dingwall Museum Trust Disused Railway Stations in Caithness Dornoch Light Railway, B Turner, 2nd, 3rd, 4th editions, Dornoch Press Dunkeld, Telford’s Finest Highland Bridge Eastgate II, Highland Railway Society Fifty Years with Scottish Steam, Dunbar and Glen, Bradford Barton Findhorn Railway, I K Dawson, Oakwood Garden Railway Manual, Freezer Garve and Ullapool Railway, reprint of plans and sections (in Strathspeffer Spa) George Washington Wilson and the Scottish Railways, Aberdeen University Great North Memories, the LNER Era, GNSRA Great North of Scotland Railway, H A Vallance, 2nd Edition. -
PENMANSHIEL WIND FARM Environmental Statement 2011
PENMANSHIEL WIND FARM Environmental Statement 2011 Volume 1 : Non-Technical Summary CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................1 2 RES.............................................................................................................1 3 DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT .................................................................................2 Site Location ........................................................................................................ 2 Environmental Sensitivity ........................................................................................ 2 4 THE NEED FOR THE PROPOSED WIND FARM ..........................................................3 5 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED WIND FARM ........................................................3 Wind Turbines ...................................................................................................... 3 Site Access........................................................................................................... 4 Electrical Connection, Substation and Control Building .................................................... 4 Masts ................................................................................................................. 4 6 CONSTRUCTION AND DECOMMISSIONG OF THE PROPOSED WIND FARM ........................5 Construction ........................................................................................................ 5 Decommissioning .................................................................................................. -
SCOTTISH INDUSTRIAL HISTORY Volume 6.1 1983 S C 0 T T I S H
SCOTTISH INDUSTRIAL HISTORY Volume 6.1 1983 S C 0 T T I S H I N D U S T R I A L H I S T 0 R Y Volune 6. 1 1983 Scottish Indystrial Hi2tory is published twice annually by the Scottish Society for Industrial History, the Scottish Society for the Preservation of Historical Machinery and the Business Archives Council of Scotland. The editors are: Mrs. S. Clark, Paisley; Dr. C.W. Munn and Mr. A.T. Wilson, University of Glasgow. Proof-reading was carried out by Mr. M. Livingstone, Business Archives Council of Scotland. Front (;over: Paddle Steamer Engine Back Cover: Horizontal Driving Engine Both constructed by A.F. Craig and Company Ltd., Paisley. (Our thanks to Mr. W.S. Harvey for lending the original photographs) . S C 0 T T I S H I N D U S T R I A L H I S T 0 R Y Voltllle 6.1 1983 Content.s Some brief notes on the History of James Young Ltd., and James Young and Sons Ltd., Railway and Public Works Contractors. N.J. Horgan 2 The Iron Industry of the Monklands (continued): The Individual Ironworks George Thanson 10 Markets and Entrepreneurship in Granite Quarrying in North East Scotland 1750-1830 Tan Donnelly 30 Summary Lists of Archive Surveys and Deposits 46 Book Reviews 60 Corrigenda 65 2 Sane brief notes on the history of Janes Young Ltd, and Janes Young & Sons Ltd, Railway and Public Works Contractors by N.J. K>RGAN During the late nineteenth century the Scottish contracting industry was effectively dominated by a handful of giants. -
Grantshouse Community Council
Grantshouse Community Council Thursday 14th April 2016 at 7.30pm in Grantshouse Village Hall If anyone attending these meetings, whether addressing the Community Council or not, should let the Chairman, Vice Chairman or Secretary know if they wish to have their names omitted from any comments. If there are no declarations, it will be presumed that there are no objections. AGENDA Approximate Time 1. Apologies 1 min 2. Police Scotland 5 min 3. Neighbourhood Watch Report 5 min 4. NTR 15 min 5. Previous Minutes 5 min 6. Matters Arising 20 min 7. Treasurers Report 5 min 8. Correspondence 10 min 9. Drone Hill Apps 10 min 10. Broadband 5 min 11. Any Other Business 10 min 12. Date of Next Meeting Thursday 12th May 2016 Anyone is welcome to attend and contributions are encouraged from anyone in the community. 1 Grantshouse Community Council Thursday 10th March 2016 in Grantshouse Village Hall Present: John Prentice (Chairman), Kym Bannerman, Marion Donovan, Pat Durie, Ian Fleming, Margaret Fleming, Walter Wyse (NHW Coordinator), Joan Campbell (Councillor), Martin Sweeney (NTR Plc), Robert Thomson (NTR Plc) Apologies: Pat Durie, PC Richard Toward (Police Scotland) and Michael Cook (Councillor) NTR Plc: Martin Sweeney (NTR) wanted to introduce himself and Robert Thomson (NTR) as Manager and Site Manager of the Quixwood Wind Farm Development. Martin has asked if there are any issues relating to the installation of the Wind Farm to be contacted by the CC. NTR started off as National Toll Roads in Dublin but now they invest in Wind Farms and build and run them for their lifespan. -
1 MINISTERIAL ENGAGEMENT BRIEFING: KEITH BROWN Copied
MINISTERIAL ENGAGEMENT BRIEFING: KEITH BROWN Copied to: Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities Engagement Title Meeting with RAILQWEST. Timing Routine Organisation/Venue and full Scottish Parliament address including postcode Room – TG 22 Date and Time of Engagement Date: 11 March 2014 Time: 12:00 – 12:30 Background/Purpose MCS Ref (If appropriate) N/A MCS Letter reference: (If appropriate) Purpose/Invitation History: The meeting was arranged at the request of RailQwest to allow the group to put forward its case for the electrification of the City Union Line (Glasgow CrossRail) in Control Period 5. Relevance to Core Script Smarter, Wealthier and Farer Greeting Party and specific RailQwest attendees to be met at visitor meeting point on arrival (if services, where a member of the Minister’s event is at a non SE Building private office will escort them to the meeting room. Specific entrance for None Ministerial Car/parking arrangements Venue contact Number N/A Special Dress Requirements None Event Programme 1. Introductions 2. RailQwest presentation 3. General discussion 1 Summary Page (key issues, Annex A - Summary of Issues lines to take if pressed and Annex B - Biographs of attendees issues to avoid) Annex C - Map showing City Union Line Annex D - Other information Speech/Speaking Points Lines to take provided in Annex A Guest List or Meeting Ian Richard – Secretary of RailQwest Attendees Roddy McDougall – member Ken Sutherland – member William Forbes - member Supplementary Info: None Directions