11 Images released on Thursday 01/07/2021

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Law Junction: GNSR 4-4-0 No.49 'Gordon Highlander' pauses at Law Junction, alongside an impressive lattice bracket signal, during a Branch Line Society rail tour on 16th October 1965.

Caledonian Railway
Robin McGregor [16/10/1965]


Symington [2nd]: DRS 66304 passes milepost 66 and three quarters at Symington on 19 June 2021 whilst on a LE move from Carlisle to Millerhill.

Caledonian Railway
John McIntyre [19/06/2021]


Pendlebury: Pendlebury station, on the Salford to Wigan direct route through Atherton, closed in 1960 but the rails still curve round the spot where the island platform stood before removal in the 1970s. The former goods lines were to the right but these were removed around 1968 when this four track main line was reduced to two. The station building was on the main road to the right with a footbridge crossing three tracks to access the platform. This picture, taken from above Pendlebury Tunnel east portal, shows 158754 on a Leeds to Wigan service passing the station site on 30th June 2021.

Windsor Bridge to Hindley Line (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)
Mark Bartlett [30/06/2021]


Lady Victoria Colliery: Another of the information panels attached to the perimeter fence of the Scottish Mining Museum. Of particular note is the seldom photographed high level conveyor system shown on the right. This was part of the improved transshipment facilities introduced during the NCB era to handle coal arriving via the Easthouses tramway. The conveyor brought the coal from a discharge hopper in the north west corner of the site up to the pit head for washing, screening and loading into standard gauge wagons pending disposal via the exchange sidings.

Newbattle Collieries Railway (Lothian Coal Co Ltd)
John Furnevel [09/05/2021]


Renton: The station building at Renton has not been in rail use for some years and it is fair to say that maintenance is suffering as a result. The smell of decay was evident even from the outside. View looks towards Balloch on 9 June 2021.

Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway
David Panton [09/06/2021]


Aberdeen: An unidentified 6 wheel coach in Aberdeen station's north end carriage sidings (on the east side). Early 1960s.

Denburn Valley Line (Great North of Scotland Railway)
David Murray-Smith [//1960]


Brighton: Brighton, looking north from the concourse, at mid-day on 14th June 2021. This station started out with a short line running west along the coast to Shoreham-by-Sea in 1840, which is now part of the much-extended South Coastway Line. The station was designed by London-born architect David Mocatta (1806-1882) and completed on 21st September 1841 with the final extension of the main line from London from a temporary terminus at Haywards Heath. The line to Lewes, including the magnificent London Road viaduct, was opened in 1846.

London and Brighton Railway
David Bosher [14/06/2021]


Dundee: An unidentified 47/0 (with operational steam heating boiler) at Dundee in the Western bay platforms in the 1980s.

Tay Bridge and Associated Lines (North British Railway)
Crinan Dunbar [//1980]


Carstairs: A Trans Pennine Express Class 397, working the 08.12 Liverpool Lime Street to Glasgow Central service, passes through Carstairs on 30th April 2021.

Caledonian Railway
Bill Roberton [30/04/2021]


Glasterlaw Junction: This was the level crossing north east of Glasterlaw Junction where the Strathmore main line was met by the Friockheim Fork. A signal box stood to the left which looks south from the former level crossing.

Aberdeen Railway
John Yellowlees [05/06/2021]


Haymarket: On 16 June 2021 a CrossCountry Class 220 pulls into Haymarket with a train for Plymouth - or was it Penzance? Someone would care.

Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
David Panton [16/06/2021]