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Port Glasgow: An eastbound stopping service arriving at Port Glasgow on 27 June 1964. The train is the Saturday 9.10am Gourock - Glasgow Central, hauled by Black 5 4-6-0 no 45432.

Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow [27/06/1964]


Lammerlaws Yard: Burntisland Dock sidings in 2005, being prepared for removal to the Kingdom of Fife Railway Preservation Society's site at Kirkland Yard, Leven.

Edinburgh and Northern Railway
Bill Roberton [//2005]


Perth: An Inverness to Edinburgh service pulls out of Perth's Platform 3 in February 1999.

Scottish Central Railway
David Panton [27/02/1999]


Motherwell Shed: A variety of front ends on show at Motherwell depot in January 1967: Black 5 45359 attached to one of the depot’s large snowploughs, Britannia Pacific 70039 'Sir Christopher Wren' and an unidentified Clayton diesel.

Motherwell Deviation Line (Caledonian Railway)
Robin McGregor [18/01/1967]


Cholsey: Arriva X-Country 221138, eastbound at Cholsey on the Great Western main line, bound for Reading and probably the south coast on 8 April 2010.

Great Western Railway
Peter Todd [08/04/2010]


Oubeck Loops: The Ou Beck is usually no more than a trickle but carried a little more water on 29th January 2021. 195107 passed through the Oubeck Loops heading for Manchester Airport from Windermere. Photo ancillary to a permitted essential journey under Corona Virus legislation.

Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway
Mark Bartlett [29/01/2021]


Galashiels: Shape of things to come. View south east along Stirling Street, Galashiels, on 4 May 2015, with construction work well advanced on the new interchange.

Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
John Furnevel [04/05/2015]


Berryards Junction: BR Standard 2-6-4T no 80058 approaching Berryyards Junction, east of Upper Greenock, on 11 August 1964 with the 4.25pm service to Wemyss Bay. This was the junction for the steeply graded Overton Paper Mill branch (the 'Puggy Line'), Berryards (later Westburn) Sugar Refinery, Upper Greenock's coal and goods depots, and the Clyde Sugar Refinery. In the distance are the twin Cartsburn Tunnels.

Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow [11/08/1964]


Royal Oak: 360201, on a Heathrow Connect service, just departed from Paddington and passing the LUL station at Royal Oak on 10th January 2013. Although only introduced in 2004 these four non-standard EMUs were withdrawn in 2020. It initially looked like they were gong for scrapping but in February 2021 they are reported heading for the Rail Operations Group as freight/parcels EMUs. See image [[54232]] for a 1980 view from this location.

Royal Oak Subway Line (Great Western Railway and Metropolitan Railway Joint)
David Bosher [10/01/2013]