Banff Bridge: Looking north over Banff Bay from the hillside to the east of the town in the spring of 2012. The building is the old Banff Bridge station, last stop before the former branch terminus at Macduff, less than half a mile off to the right. Banff Bridge was closed by BR in October 1951 and is now a private property.

Upper Greenock: Looking east from alongside the signal box at Upper Greenock back towards the station in the summer of 1964.

Rannoch Viaduct: The west side of Rannoch Viaduct, north of the station, in a view looking north. Note the strengthening of three of the piers below the girders.

Edinburgh Waverley: LNER Azumas 801103 and 800202 get intimate at platform 5 in Waverley as they form the 12.00 to Kings Cross on 29th May 2021.

Finsbury Park: 700141, with a Thameslink service to Horsham, arriving at Finsbury Park on 15th May 2021. This service began in 2018 with the belated opening of the Canal Tunnels linking the ECML to the MML north of Kings Cross. Its a pity that Finsbury Park is the only suburban station on the ECML that Thameslink services through the Canal Tunnels stop at. One would have thought some of the other more important stations on the ECML, e.g. Potters Bar and Welwyn Garden City, would have warranted a Thameslink service to ease congestion caused by changing at Finsbury Park. There is no Thameslink service round the Hertford North Loop neither.

Renton: In the absence of any spare 14th century buildings in the Vale of Leven the disused 1970s station building at Renton serves as the King Robert the Bruce Heritage centre and home of the Strathleven Artizans (sic). For myself I'd fill those firebaskets with begonias. KRB would have approved.

Leicester Midland: The story of W H Smith is closely intertwined with railway history. This particular branch at Leicester inspired me to take a professional and commercial interest in the railway business. While travelling home from a job interview in the 1980s, I bought Alan Williams book Not the Age of the Train here; I havent looked back since. Meanwhile, the fashions in clothes and telephone boxes are a sobering reminder of how much has changed in just ten years!

Hunmanby: The 1847 station building at Hunmanby, photographed looking north east over the level crossing in April 2009. This is the point on the Yorkshire Coast route where the long single line running north from Bridlington becomes double once again (junction just off to the right) for the 3 mile section to Filey.

Tay Bridge South Junction: As the sun sets over the Tay Bridge 47710 comes south on an Aberdeen to Edinburgh working through Wormit in December 1989.

Hoghton: A view west from the A674 road bridge towards Hoghton AHBC-X (level crossing) on 5 June 2021 with a Colne to Preston service operated by 150135 approaching the site of the former station, beyond the level crossing.

Slateford: Avanti West Coast 390153 approaches Slateford with the 08.43 from Euston to Edinburgh on 4th June 2021.