This is a companion page to Far North Express 83, May 2021.

Links mentioned in the magazine and some extra material:

How Did They Do?

Here are links to the Scottish Green's Rail For All report mentioned in the text:

• Full Deltix Report
• Mini-report on Rail Decarbonisation

FoFNL's pamphlet sent to 409 Holyrood candidates:

• Vote For Rail

News Round-up

Pictures of the inter-modal freight trial on 22 April 2021.

66302 passing Achentoul

Preparing to lift the container

Another view of the lift

Driftbusters!

On 17 February intrepid photographer Niall Laybourne braved the elements, walking some 18km, to capture these amazing photos of the Independent Snow Plough unit tackling deep drifts near County March Summit

Disappearing track	Hitting the drift	Breaking through
Working along	Still ploughing	LNER drawing

The history of the Independent Snow Ploughs (ISPs) is surprising and very interesting. The National Railway Museum has this blog page which explains how it was that Network Rail needed to see some engineering drawings produced in Darlington by the LNER in 1924.

For general information about UK snow vehicles visit the scot-rail.co.uk site .

Red Wheels

Take a closer look at the Red Wheel for the Tranent-Cockenzie Waggonway shown in the article being unveiled.

Tranent-Cockenzie Red Wheel

The National Transport Trust has much of interest - including the list of Red Wheels that have been erected so far.

Ben Alder Project

These photos of Ben Alder were supplied by the project group.

54398 - Ben Alder outside Lochgorm, Inverness 04-05-53

54398 Ben Alder stored at Dawsholm shed in Glasgow, beside North British Railway Glen Douglas

Unknown location © Courtesy NBLS and Mike Morant