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This is a companion page to Far North Express 87, September 2022.

Links mentioned in the magazine and some extra material:

Headcode

These are links to two Transport Scotland documents mentioned in Headcode.


David Shirres on Hydrogen Trains - P12

This is the link for Hydrogen fuel of the future? in Railway Engineer magazine.


FoFNL Station Survey 2022 - P25

The two documents we sent to ScotRail and Network Rail:


Dalcross Blockade - P27

These photos were taken by FoFNL member Sandy Colley.

General view looking West on 3 June 2022 Photo: Sandy Colley

Looking East on 9 July 2022, just after the demolition of the Highland Railway road bridge. Photo: Sandy Colley

Looking East on 10 July 2022 after some tidying up. Photo: Sandy Colley"


Integrated Transport in The Netherlands - P28

The website with details of the Netherlands Railways OV kaart:


Chiltern Railways: The Inside Story - P30

This book can be purchased direct from the publisher.


Jim Welsh Remembered - P32

Here are larger versions of the two photos from the article. Note that, although the train headboard says 29 September 1995, that was the day the train began its journey from Aberdeen to get to the starting point at Inverness.

Jim Welsh (second from left) supervising the loading of the first train at Inverness on 30 September 1995. Photo: Peter Robinson

Caithness Entrepreneur loading at Thurso. Photo: Peter Robinson

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