8 Images released on Saturday 31/01/2026

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Aberdeen: Track renewal Aberdeen station. A long rake of wagons being loaded with spent ballast during the weekend possession on 31st January 2026.

Denburn Valley Line (Great North of Scotland Railway)
Duncan Ross [31/01/2026]


Appleby: First S and C steam of 2026! SR Battle of Britai 34067 'Tangmere' passing through Appleby on Saturday 31st January with the first railtour on the S&C this year. This was the return leg of the 'Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express' running as 1Z63, 1428hrs Carlisle to Manchester Victoria. West Coast Railway's 47746 'Chris Fudge 29.7.70 - 22.6.10' was on the rear.

Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway)
Oliver Wilkinson [31/01/2026]


Old Harpur Siding: Exploring old railways may present a number of physical hazards and this stretch of the Cromford and High Peak Railway at Old Harpur is no exception but you can’t say you weren’t warned!

Ashbourne Branch and Cromford and High Peak Railway Doubling and Deviations (London and North Western Railway)
Malcolm Chattwood [27/12/2025]


Clitheroe: 156414 departs Clitheroe station, on the curve behind the train, heading for Rochdale via Manchester on 14th January 2026. The train is passing the site of the old goods yard, now occupied by a supermarket and public car park. Clitheroe Castle, on a hill in the town is a well known local landmark but the parish church is on a similar hill and so also stands out.

Blackburn, Clitheroe and North Western Junction Railway (Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway)
Mark Bartlett [14/01/2026]


Goodge Street: Goodge Street, LU Northern Line, southbound platform looking south, on 17th January 2026. See image [[79990]] for the history of this station and an exterior view.

Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
David Bosher [17/01/2026]


Rosyth: DBC 66128 nears Rosyth with 6K10 from Dalmeny to Carlisle New Yard, passing 158721 on the 12.06 from Inverkeithing to Leven, on 21st January 2026. Perfect timing...

Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway
Bill Roberton [21/01/2026]


Murrayshall Siding: View of the bridge over the Touch Burn looking north, with the River Forth beyond.

Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Ewan Crawford [07/03/2024]


Coatbridge Central: Coatbridge Central station looking south. There is no recorded date for the shot but at a guess it was taken in either 1972 or 1973. Semaphore signalling is still in use with the signal box visible to the extreme right of the shot, although the up platform building looks in poor condition, certainly at the north end. From memory there were very few passenger trains calling at that time so it is possible the station was unstaffed.

Whifflet Extension (Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway)
John Clark [//1972]