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* Caledonian Steam Railway Steam railway in the heart of Brechin.
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The Caledonian Steam Packet Company was formed in May 1889 to operate steamer services to and from Gourock for the Caledonian Railway and soon expanded by taking over rival steamer operators.
The Caledonian Steam Railway ( Brechin ) Ltd is a private limited company formed by a group of steam railway enthusiasts, the Brechin Railway Preservation Society, with the object of operating a railway service on the former Caledonian Railway line between Brechin and Montrose, Angus, Scotland.
It started its own shipping services from Gourock with a subsidiary company, the Caledonian Steam Packet Company in 1889.
The Isle of Man run was operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company during the summer holiday season with the last service in 1985, although Caledonian MacBrayne later experimented with a smaller vessel to the Isle of Man for a couple of seasons, which ran one return service per week.
Steam sailings have been available to the public from 1979, latterly as cruises on the Caledonian Canal.
* Caledonian Steam Packet Company
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* Caledonian Railway ( Brechin )
The line was built to carry iron ore from the Whitehaven area to Lanarkshire and was financed and operated by the Caledonian Railway of Scotland.
* Caledonian Railway Diesel Group
** BR Bo-Bo Class 27 ( visiting from Caledonian Railway ( Brechin )).
* Caledonian Railway, early 19th century Scottish railway
* Caledonian Railway ( Brechin ), private company by steam railway enthusiasts
In 1842 an Act of Parliament was obtained authorising the Caledonian Railway to take over the Forth and Clyde Canal along with the Forth and Cart Canal, although this did not take effect until 1853.
* The Argyle Line was further extended in December 2005 when a four-mile ( 6. 4 km ) section of the Mid Lanark Lines of the Caledonian Railway was reopened, serving, and.
North of, the Caledonian Railway remained independent, and opened its main line from Carlisle to in September 1847, Edinburgh in February 1848 and Glasgow in November 1849.
Because the cross-border trains ran over the LNWR and Caledonian Railway, through trains consisted of jointly-owned " West Coast Joint Stock " to simplify operations.
It served most of Britain's largest cities: Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, and ( through co-operation with the Caledonian Railway ) Edinburgh and Glasgow.
* Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railway, 1885 ( jointly with Midland Railway, Caledonian Railway and Glasgow and South Western Railway )
Seeing itself as part of a grand railway network, it encouraged the development of the North Union Railway which took the tracks onward to Preston, and it also invested in the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway and the Caledonian Railway.
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* Caledonian Road & Barnsbury railway station
The companies merged into the LMS included the London and North Western Railway, Midland Railway, several Scottish railway companies ( including the Caledonian Railway ), and numerous other, smaller ventures.
The Midland was also under pressure from Scottish railway companies which were eagerly awaiting the Midland traffic reaching Carlisle as it would allow them to challenge the Caledonian Railway's dominance over the west coast rail traffic to Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The estate was sold after his death to the Caledonian Railway Company, which divided it in two to accommodate the new railway.
The Caledonian Railway used the motto as part of its crest, until " grouped " into the London, Midland and Scottish railway in 1923.
Gretna ( Caledonian ) railway station was opened on 9 September 1847 by the Caledonian Railway on its main line between Carlisle and Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The North British Railway built Gretna ( Border Union ) railway station next to the Caledonian station, at Gretna junction, on its short link to the Border Union Railway.
The Caledonian Railway was a major Scottish railway company.
Before the Caledonian railway, the quickest journey between Glasgow and London would have been Glasgow to Liverpool by sea and then Liverpool to London by train.
This route was opened up as a railway line, the Caledonian Railway.
The Caledonian wished to ensure that it was the only railway line built between Carlisle and Scotland, but they did not succeed in this.
When first opened, the Caledonian Main Line represented the only railway link between England and Scotland, running from Carlisle to ; and then to both Edinburgh and Glasgow.
A branch of the Caledonian railway, known as the Solway Junction Railway, at Kirtlebridge, led down to Annan and crossed the Solway Firth, by a 1, 940 yard ( 1, 791 m ) viaduct, to Bowness-on-Solway and Whitrigg.
Another branch of the Caledonian railway at Lockerbie, known as the Dumfries, Lochmaben & Lockerby Railway ( sic ), led to Dumfries, with intermediate stations at Lochmaben, Shieldhill, Amisfield and Locharbriggs.
In 1873 the Caledonian Railway finally obtained an Act to build a railway bridge across the Clyde, and initially planned to widen Glasgow Bridge and use part of this ; however, their plans were changed in 1875, when a new Act was obtained to build a separate railway bridge.
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On the outskirts of Brechin, beside the A90 dual carriageway, is the Pictavia Visitors Centre ( covering Pictish culture and displaying several carved stones ), a small museum in the former town house, and an Award Winning Tourist attraction the Caledonian Railway ( Brechin ).
* Caledonian Railway ( Brechin ), preserved steam railway
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Smaller transportation canals can carry barges or narrowboats, while ship canals allow seagoing ships to travel to an inland port ( e. g., Manchester Ship Canal ), or from one sea or ocean to another ( e. g., Caledonian Canal, Panama Canal ).
Scotland is home to the international governing body for curling, the World Curling Federation, Perth, which originated as a committee of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club, the mother club of curling.
Although the Romans inflicted heavy losses on the enemy, two-thirds of the Caledonian army escaped and hid in the Scottish marshes and Highlands, ultimately preventing Agricola from bringing the entire British island under his control.
The fortress at Inchtuthil was dismantled and the Caledonian forts and watchtowers abandoned, moving the Roman frontier some 120 kilometres ( 75 mi ) further south.
The army command may have resented Domitian's decision to retreat, but to him the Caledonian territories never represented anything more than a loss to the Roman treasury.
The Caledonian Canal connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William.
Göta Canal is a sister canal of Caledonian Canal in Scotland, which was also constructed by Thomas Telford.
Geelong travelled to Melbourne to become the second winner of the Caledonian Challenge Cup in 1863, played under compromise rules.
In 84 the Caledonian tribes, led by Calgacus ( known as " the swordsman "), were defeated at the Battle of Mons Graupius by the Romans ' superior tactics and use of professional troops.
The economy grew thanks to higher wages, as well as large scale infrastructure spending such as the Caledonian Canal project.
Roads and quays were built ; the slate industry became a significant employer on Easdale and surrounding islands ; and the construction of the Crinan and Caledonian canals and other engineering works such as Telford's " Bridge across the Atlantic " improved transport and access.
In 1973 CSP and MacBraynes commenced joint Clyde and West Highland operations under the new name of Caledonian MacBrayne.
The New Caledonian archipelago is a microcontinental island chain which originated as a fragment of Zealandia, a nearly submerged continent or microcontinent which was part of the southern supercontinent of Gondwana during the time of the dinosaurs.
As of 1993, 12 % of New Caledonian land is used for permanent pasture, with 39 % occupied by forests and woodland.
A New Caledonian " citizenship " has also been introduced: only New Caledonian " citizens " have the right to vote in the local elections.
Their toppling of the RPCR ( that was until then seen as the only voice of New Caledonian whites ) was a surprise to many, and a sign that the society of New Caledonia is undergoing changes.
" Future together ", as the name implies, is opposed to a racial vision of New Caledonian society, which divides into opposing camps Melanesians native inhabitants and European settlers, and is in favor of a multicultural New Caledonia, better reflecting the existence of large populations of Polynesians, Indonesians, Chinese, and other immigrants.
Unlike its predecessors, in which competitors navigated the Caledonian Canal, the 2012 race will entail a complete circumnavigation of Britain making it, without doubt, the toughest endurance powerboat race in the world.
In Great Britain, it was first practiced at the Caledonian Games.
One, that Tacitus says is by the Caledonian chieftain Calgacus, ends Auferre trucidare rapere falsis nominibus imperium, atque ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.
The airline British Caledonian, named a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 ( G-BHDI ) after Robert the Bruce.
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