Slateford Junction: Slateford on 13th December 1975, with a DMU working from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh taking the line to Niddrie West as a result of signalling alterations at Haymarket.

Wigan Wallgate: 'Lion' with two replica Liverpool and Manchester Railway carriages is making its way to the Rocket 150 celebrations in 1980. Somehow I cannot imagine this taking place for the 200th anniversary in 2030! The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR) 57 Lion is an early 0-4-2 steam locomotive, which had a top speed of 40 mph and could pull up to 200 tons. One of a pair designed for hauling freight (the other, number 58, was called Tiger), Lion was built by Todd, Kitson & Laird of Leeds in 1838. It featured in the 1953 Ealing comedy, The Titfield Thunderbolt.

Figgate Burn Bridge [E&DR]: The Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway bridge over the Figgate Burn which carried the original route between Niddrie West and Leith. The section running south from here was closed following the opening of the NB direct link from Portobello, which joined the Leith route via a second bridge (built in 1858) just beyond the vegetation on the left. To the right is Baileyfield S&C works. For a wide view of the location see image [[75167]].

Reddish North: Looking north towards the city, from an aircraft on the approach to Runway 23R at Manchester on 13th February 2024. In the foreground is Reddish Viaduct, carrying the line between Reddish North and Brinnington and on to Sheffield via the Hope Valley. The railway running across the picture is the Stockport to Guide Bridge line, singled at this point between Reddish South and Denton.

Blairenbathie Colliery: The overgrown bing of Blairenbathie Colliery remains in a forest. The mineral line which served it is now a forest track.

Keppel Pier: The 'Duchess of Hamilton' approaching Keppel pier, catching some fine evening sunlight in late summer 1968. Having taken black and white photographs of sister ship 'Duchess of Montrose' seven years earlier (see images [[77681]] and [[78764]]) I had for some time wanted to get shots of the 'Hamilton' at Keppel also, before she too was taken out of service. Accordingly, armed with my father's 35mm colour slide camera and starting as the Duchess appeared round Farland Point, I took seven successive pictures of her arrival. A 1960s substitute for video, I suppose.