East Kilbride: Artist's impression of the new station building at East Kilbride.

Southport: A reminder that the Merseyrail 507s are not quite done yet. On the weekend the 507 Farewell special tour was taking place, 507003 was brought out to cover for a failed Stadler 777 on 2nd November 2024, and is seen here at Southport waiting to form a service to Liverpool Central. It has been reported that the few remaining 507s will remain on the books into December on these standby emergency duties.

Carlisle Kingmoor Shed: It is 26 May 1964, and Stanier 2-8-0 No 48426 is sporting a Fowler tender as it faces up to an Austerity 2-8-0 at Carlisle Kingmoor shed.

Southport: 507001 and 507023 stabled in the Wall Siding at Southport on 2nd November 2024, ahead of working the 'Sefton Sparkler' railtour the following day. 507001 is going into preservation in Wales eventually but it has been announced that it is first to go into warm storage at Derby before taking part in the Rail 200 celebrations in 2025.

Woodacre Crossing: Ahead of its planned use on the 'Blackpool Can Can' railtour from Euston on 9th November 2024, 86401 'Mons Meg' had a test run from Carnforth to Preston on the 6th. 47802 was taken along and towed the electric back from Preston after a quick turnaround.

Southport: The 'Sefton Sparkler' ran on 3rd November 2024 to commemorate the final withdrawal of the Class 507 EMUs. It toured the Hunts Cross to Southport and Ormskirk lines plus a number of sidings around Southport and Kirkdale Depot. Various headboards appeared during the day, including this one from the first day of service of these trains, forty six years and two days earlier.

Craigendoran Junction: 66010 joins the Helensburgh line from the West Highland, on the return leg of a trip from Mossend to Crianlarich on 29th October. The yellow ramps in the West Highland Loop draw attention to the 'Approach Lit' signalling system in the bi-directional loop. The aspects of the signals controlling movements out of the loop in either direction are not illuminated until a train is signalled into the loop or is occupying it. This is to avoid confusion for drivers approaching from both directions who would be running under clear signals when passing the loop. The blank colour light signal can be seen to the left of the light-coloured stanchion.

Rhiw Goch Loop: Ffestiniog Railway loco E190 "Lyd" at Rhiw Goch shortly after sunrise with the first train of the day 07:40 Porthmadog - Blaenau Ffestiniog. "Lyd" is a narrow gauge steam locomotive built by the Ffestiniog Railway in their Boston Lodge shops over a period of 15 years and which came into service in 2010.

Hatfield and Stainforth: 56118, in Loadhaul livery, has the return empty bins from Roxby heading back to Northenden in November 2003. This was once a regular flow across the Pennines. Hatfield mine is in the background.

Lydgate Viaduct: Viewed from Knots Road, 195130 has emerged from Kitson Wood Tunnel to cross Lydgate Viaduct on the climb to Copy Pit Summit with a service from York to Blackpool North on 12th October 2024. For many years this line had no scheduled passenger services but now there are two each way per hour throughout the day.

Strowan Tunnel: This tight curve was just east of Strowan Tunnel, where the line west briefly turned north to pass through the tunnel before turning west again.

Enfield Town: Consecutively numbered class 305 EMUs at Enfield Town station on a wet Sunday in 1978. To view a shot from a similar position in 2016 see image [[74868]].