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Darlington [Bank Top]: Early January 1981 at Darlington as 55019 awaits departure with 1E61, the 08.50 Aberdeen - Kings Cross. This was the last year of Deltic operation on timetabled workings with 55019 being amongst the last to go surviving until withdrawal on 31/12/1981.

Stockton and Darlington Railway
John Clark [03/01/1981]


Tees Marshalling Yard: DBC 66004 in 'I Am A Climate Hero' livery, running on hydrogenated vegetable oil, stands in Tees Yard with a steel train. 66199 and 66197 are stabled alongside.

Tees Marshalling Yard (British Railways)
Bill Roberton [16/02/2024]


Berlin Hauptbahnhof: Berlin Hauptbahnhof top level. The train on the left is a Berlin S bahn local train.

Deutsche Bahn
Gordon Steel [09/12/2006]


Dalmeny: 20206, on the 1730 Edinburgh - Cardenden, awaits the right away from Dalmeny in July 1981. Always nice to get a Class 20 on these trains rather than the 26 or 27s, the normal motive power. [Roger Geach Collection, John Turner Railimage collections.]

Forth Bridge Railway
Roger Geach Collection [20/07/1981]


Heald Green: Approaching Manchester Airport runway 23R, aircraft pass over Heald Green station (See image [[55815]]). This is the line going north from there towards Slade Lane Junction and then the city itself, whose high rise buildings can be seen in the distance in this February 2024 image.

Styal Line (London and North Western Railway)
Mark Bartlett [13/02/2024]


Eastfield Shed: English Electric Type 3 6848 on display at the Eastfield open day in 1972.

Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Brian Haslehust [16/09/1972]