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Edinburgh Waverley: Power car 41001 is on the rear of the the prototype HST as it heads east out of Waverley in 1973.

Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Bill Roberton [//1973]


Farringdon [EL]: Farringdon station, Elizabeth Line, westbound platform, looking west, at 14.36 on Saturday, 30th November 2024, where I had just arrived on 345 029 from Abbey Wood that had departed the south-east London terminus at 14.17. Take my advice: if you want to change here to Thameslink or the Underground, go in the front carriage travelling west, or the rear carriage travelling east, to avoid a marathon-like walk along the platforms.

Elizabeth Line
David Bosher [30/11/2024]


Winning Junction: Winning signalbox, looking east on the North Blyth freight branch in 1991.

North Blyth Branch (Blyth and Tyne Railway)
Bill Roberton [//1991]


Bathgate Upper: A shot from 1975 of the exterior of Bathgate station, which closed on 9th January 1956 although it still retained a booking office for many years selling tickets / seat reservations etc. The building came to grief following a fire circa 1982. Also in the shot is an Eastern Scottish Bristol Lodekka from Bathgate depot.

Longridge to Bathgate (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway)
John Clark [//1975]


Dinting: L&NWR 2-4-0 'Hardwicke' no.790, later LMS (5031) built in 1873 known as a class called the 'Precedents and took part in the Race to the North. Receiving some TLC in Dinting Railway Centre, prior to its closure in 1990, before being transferred to the National Railway Museum in York.

Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
Gordon Steel [24/09/1983]


Mistley: 31467, 1310hrs Parkeston Quay to Blackpool North, skirts the River Stour near Bradfield, between Wrabness and Mistley, on 24th October 1987.

Manningtree to Harwich Line (Eastern Union Railway)
Roger Geach [24/10/1987]


Crieff [2nd]: This was the view west from the former westbound platform at Crieff [2nd] station in 1988. Much of the westbound platform could be found at the time, the space where three tracks ran between the platforms had been filled in and the eastbound platform had been buried during development work. The telegraph pole on the right survived for many years after line closure, and long after 1988, but it has now gone.

Crieff and Comrie Railway
Ewan Crawford [//1988]


Dalgety Bay: The 1Q77 Measurement Train, running Mossend-Inverness-Aberdeen-Inverness, approaches Dalgety Bay led by Colas 43257 with 43277 on the rear.

Aberdour Line (North British Railway)
Bill Roberton [18/01/2025]