This is a companion page to Far North Express 83, May 2021.
Links mentioned in the magazine and some extra material:
Here are links to the Scottish Green's Rail For All report mentioned in the text:
FoFNL's pamphlet sent to 409 Holyrood candidates:
Pictures of the inter-modal freight trial on 22 April 2021.
Take a closer look at the Red Wheel for the Tranent-Cockenzie Waggonway shown in the article being unveiled.
The National Transport Trust has much of interest - including the list of Red Wheels that have been erected so far.
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
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.
These photos of Ben Alder were supplied by the project group.
