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Glenrothes with Thornton: 158731 and 170404, forming the 13.43 from Leven to Edinburgh, call at platform 2. This is the most frequently used side with the addition last week of Leven services via Dunfermline in a reversal of fortunes for platform 1 which is hardly used. I was able to divert a couple of prospective passengers who would otherwise have missed their train.

Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway)
Bill Roberton [24/05/2025]


Percy Main Shed: The remains of Percy Main locomotive shed (52E) in July 1969. Closure is recorded as taking place in February 1965 but I believe this was only to steam locomotives and a small number of diesel shunters continued to be housed there until February 1966.

Seghill Railway
John Clark [/07/1969]


Brucklay [2nd]: Brucklay station, looking towards Maud Junction, on 15th April 2025. It closed to passengers when services from Fraserburgh ceased in October 1965 although goods trains continued to call until March the following year. There was a passing loop here and two platforms but the Aberdeen platform is very degraded. The station is now a private home and the Formartine and Buchan Way passes through the site. See image [[58375]] of this station in 1977.

Formartine and Buchan Railway
Mark Bartlett [15/04/2025]


Beckingham: Beckingham signalbox, on the Doncaster to Lincoln line via Gainsborough Lea Road, on 13th February 2010. The box controls a passing loop as well as the road crossing.

Doncaster to Gainsborough Line (Great Northern Railway)
Roger Geach [13/02/2010]


Rothbury: Rothbury station, photographed in January 1970. Passenger services were withdrawn in September 1952, although goods traffic continued to run until November 1963. For a similar view in 1963 see image [[31617]].

Northumberland Central Railway
John Clark [/01/1970]


Perth: BR Standard 4MT 2-6-4T 80092 in the shed at Perth on 7th September 1966.

Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Roger Geach Collection [07/09/1966]


Glenfarg North Tunnel: Remains of a bridge number on the southern portal of Glenfarg North Tunnel.

Glenfarg Line (North British Railway)
Ewan Crawford [19/12/2023]


Strichen: Strichen Viaduct, at the opposite end of the village to the station, saw its last train in 1979 but still carries the Formartine and Buchan Way over the North Ugie Water.

Formartine and Buchan Railway
Mark Bartlett [15/04/2025]