Haymarket MPD: The new sheds (and freshly painted doors) at Haymarket on 7 January 2007.

Preston: 390031 City Of Liverpool boarding at platform 3 of Preston station on 7 January 2009 before departing with a service to Glasgow Central.

Preston: 142005 pulls into Platform 2 at Preston with a service for Colne on 7th January 2009.

Blackpool North: 180106 at Blackpool North on 7th January 2009 waiting to form a service to Manchester Victoria. One of the latest additions to the Northern fleet, it was cascaded to Northern when First Great Western took them off lease.

Blackpool North: Blackpool North on 7th January 2008, with a mix or trains waiting their next turn of duty.

Preston: A Colas Rail tamper at Preston awaiting signals to join the main line to the South

Preston: A busy Preston station looking South on 7th January 2009, with 156472 on a local service sandwiched between two Pendolinos, one Northbound and one Southbound

Preston: Looking South at Preston on 7th January 2009. A Northern Pacer about to pass a Class 158 on a service to Blackpool North

Preston: 185103 passes the remains of the Ladywell Sidings to the North of Preston station on a service to Manchester Airport. The sidings are now used as an engineers depot

Preston: Looking south at Preston station, 156424 is stabled at Platform 4B, one of the southern bay platforms.

Preston: Looking north at Platform 7 of Preston station in January 2009. This shows where the lines entered the station to the right before running through the tunnel to the East Lancs platforms, prior to their closure in 1972.

Preston: View south from platform 7 of Preston station, showing the remains of the tunnel through which trains reached the East Lancs platforms. This part of the station was closed in 1972, and the tunnel is now blocked by the car park of the shopping centre that now occupies the site.

Preston: Looking South along Platform 7 of Preston station, with 390027 on a Euston sevice at 6. The south end of Platform 7 still curves to the East from the days when 6 and 7 served the East Lancs lines. These were the only platforms under the main station roof that handled these services. The three other East Lancs platforms were closed in 1972 and that area is now covered by a shopping centre see image [[18734]]

Norwich: A snow-covered train from Lowestoft arrives at Norwich on a wintry 7 January 2009

Cambus: 170 478 approaching Cambus level crossing on 7 January 2009 with a Glasgow Queen Street - Alloa service.

Aberdour: Looking east along the platform at Aberdour on a winter's afternoon in January 2009.

Norwich: Freezing but still on time - the 0900 service to Liverpool Street awaiting its departure time at Norwich behind 90002 on an extremely cold winter's morning in January 2010.

Carrbridge: Carrbridge clearup 2. Articulated lorry with recovered container having problems negotiating the junction on Station Road on 7 January 2010, with traffic halted for a good 30 minutes. [With thanks to Gus Carnegie]

Margam Running Shed: Margam Running Shed was located to the east side of Margam Marshalling Yard and west of the South Wales mainline. In 2010, the shed was closed and was used for stabling scrap 08s and a couple of 56s. A single road servicing shed was established on the west side of the nearby Knuckle Yard.

Norwich: 90002 at a snowy Norwich on the 7th of January 2010.

Carrbridge: Carrbridge clearup 1. Heavy lifting equipment at Carrbridge, having arrived from Aberdeen on 7 January 2010.

Margam Running Shed: The derelict yard signal box which was demolished not long after this picture was taken in January 2010. This was Margam Sorting Sidings South box.

Water Street Junction: 66100 hauls a train of hot rolled coil up Stormy Bank heading for Llanwern. Behind the was Water Street Junction, controlled by Pyle West signal box, which led to the reception sidings for Margam Marshalling Yard, which were off to the left.

Margam Running Shed: Scrapped 08s and two 56s stored at the then closed depot looking towards the signal box and the works.

Norwich: The 09.00 to Liverpool Street leaves Norwich on time in the snows of 7 January 2010

Barassie: Freightliner 70005 passes Barassie with Killoch to Drax loaded FHH at 12.06 on 7 January 2011.

Barassie: The unique Juniper set with blue ends and roof passes through Barassie at 11.36 on 7 January with the 11.00 from Glasgow Central arriving in Ayr at 11.52.

Barassie Junction: 380001 + 380101 pass through Barassie with a return ECS working to Ayr at 09.43 on 7 January 2011.

Barassie: Plasser & Theurer tamper DR73914 Robert McAlpine runs past Barassie heading for Kilmarnock on 7 January 2011. It had arrived from the Irvine direction and reversed in the holding sidings.

Damens Loop: Morning services crossing at Damens loop in the Worth Valley. The railbus is returning to Oxenhope after two shoppers' trips to Keighley and is waiting for the first steam train of the day to clear the southern section of the branch. Midland 4Fs were not huge engines but 43924 dwarfed the little railbus, seen here from the footplate as single line tokens were exchanged.

Haworth: Early morning steam raising in the KWVR yard at Haworth sees Midland 4F 0-6-0 43924 over the inspection/ash pit on 7 January 2012. It sports an 82E Bristol Barrow Road shed plate, where it spent several years, but its final shed was Gloucester. This led to it ending up in Woodham's scrap yard at Barry and its main claim to fame is that it was the first locomotive to be rescued from there, over forty years ago. It has been a regular performer on the KWVR over many years and returned to service again in 2011 after another overhaul. See image [[32012]] Picture by kind permission of KWVR staff.

Padiham: Another missed opportunity. This is the foot of the 1:40 bank from Padiham to Rose Grove and after the last train to Padiham Power Station ran in 1993 the rails were left in place for a further 17 years. That should have been enough time for me to visit but I left it too long and now its a cycleway. In days of steam the banking of trains up this fearsome gradient was a well known spectacle for the residents of the town, vividly described in Stuart Taylor's Foxline series Journeys by Excursion Train from East Lancashire.

Haworth: Morning shed scene at Haworth. As railbus M79964 trundles past on the first train of the day for Keighley locos are being prepared in the yard. Sole surviving Hudswell Clark 0-6-0DM D2511 is just about to leave with a works train while 4F 0-6-0 43924 is raising steam for later passenger duties.

Keighley: Waiting for the off. Driver's view from the cab of Midland 4F 0-6-0 43924 as it waits to depart from Keighley for Oxenhope in January 2012. This ex-Barry loco has now been on the Worth Valley for over 40 years.

Damems: Tiny Damems station, as seen from a passing train (it is a request stop) showing the KWVR passing loop ahead beyond the level crossing. The platform is only the length of one coach but like all KWVR stations Damems is maintained in exceptional period condition.

Oakworth: Unchanged since Jenny Agutter's tearjerker scene in The Railway Children Oakworth is a period gem and lovingly maintained by KWVR members. Seen here from an approaching Oxenhope bound train the station has become so familiar over the years that you half expect it to be Bernard Cribbins opening the gates.

Haworth: Railbus M79964, which has been used by the KWVR for much longer than it was by BR, drops down towards Haworth with a Saturday morning shoppers' service from Oxenhope to Keighley on 7th January 2012. The line on the left is the entrance to Haworth yard where the depot and workshop is situated. In June 2020 the Worth Valley took delivery of Pacer 144011, which will no doubt also be used on these services.

Keighley: A new angle on Keighley station. 43924 has just brought the first train of the day down from Oxenhope and has left the coaches in the platform to run round. This is the view back towards the station. The tracks on the left are the electrified Leeds to Skipton lines, with an EMU just visible on the eastbound platform. The KWVR main line connection is some distance behind the locomotive.

Oxenhope: A different view of Oxenhope station, and the KWVR carriage sheds, from the footplate of 4F 0-6-0 43924 which was running round the stock in the station platform. The single line token in the fireman's hand is also the key for the points and D2511, which can be seen lurking alongside the shed, is locked in to the yard until that token is surrendered, in this case at Damens loop signalbox.

Ingrow West: Drivers eye view from Midland 4F 43924 at Ingrow West station heading for Oxenhope. Although Ingrow Tunnel is only 150 yards long it is on a bend and so the exit cannot be seen from the entrance. The adjacent Ingrow East station, on the long gone GNR line from Keighley to Queensbury, has been swept away but the old embankment can be seen from the Worth Valley trains that run parralel to it.

Haworth: Evening shed scene at Haworth. With services finished for the day most locomotives are back under cover. This view shows BR 4MT 80002, L&YR 0-6-0 957, LMS 2MT 41241 and Railbus M79964 with many other locos also present in the shed. The space in the foreground should have housed Class 25 25059 but this had just been turned out to recover a failed diesel shunter from Ingrow West. Picture taken with kind permission of KWVR staff.

Haworth: A few rounds of Ayrshire (Killoch) coal are expertly placed in the firebox of Midland 4F 43924 by KWVR Fireman Ross Graham. With the loco climbing through the Worth Valley the fire is near white hot. Many of the RHD 0-6-0's controls can be seen including the reverser/cut off handle in the bottom right corner.

Mytholmes Tunnel: Mendips Moment. As former Bristol Barrow Road engine 43924 lifted five coaches towards the short Mytholmes Tunnel it was easy to imagine she was back on the Somerset and Dorset Joint line again. On other KWVR engines this would be a driver's view but the Midland 4F is right hand drive.

Padiham: Padiham station closed to regular passengers services in 1957 but summer excursion trains continued to call here until 1964. The two platforms were situated just beyond the bridge but were swept away many years ago. The goods yard, now awaiting redevelopment, was in the area to the left of the station. The rails from Rose Grove to Padiham Power Station were only lifted recently to create the cycle path shown here in this view looking west towards Great Harwood.

Hythe: A Class 321 EMU slows for the stop at Hythe station on 7th January 2012. It will call after at Colchester Town, reverse and terminate at Colchester. Private housing, a large DIY store and student flats have replaced the industrial sites that used to feature in this view.

Conon Bridge: The almost finished new station at Conon Bridge on 7 January 2013, with 158718 passing the one coach length platform on its way to Kyle of Lochalsh. Utilitarian is probably the kindest description of the new station, which is due to open to the public on the 7th February 2013, by which time it will have a standard waiting shelter and a small car park.

Tickets and labels: Lee-on-the-Solent Railway undated third class day return ticket to Fort Brockhurst. Passenger traffic ceased in 1930 with the branch closing completely in 1935.

Tibshelf and Newton: Looking along Main Street towards Newton Lane through the over-bridge that now forms part of the Silverhill trail created on the trackbed of the former Pleasley Colliery branch.

Barassie: DRS 37609+37607 working the diverted 6M22 south through Barassie from Hunterston LL to Sellafield on 7 January 2016. This train normally runs via Kilwinning

Barassie: DBS 66089 forms the diverted 0R79 Mossend - Falkland through Barassie on 7 January.

Haymarket: A Class 185 at Platform 4 with a service for Manchester Victoria.

Edinburgh Waverley: This notice at the foot of the stairs on the Calton Road entrance to Waverley and is aimed at wheelchair users. I can't help thinking though that anyone who needs to be told to turn left for 1 metre must be so short-sighted that they couldn't even see the notice, let alone read it ...

Morecambe Harbour: The old Morecambe Harbour station still stands on the Stone Jetty. In summer months it is a popular café but was closed on this sunny January afternoon when the Furness coastline and Cumbrian mountains were clearly visible from the jetty. A heritage plaque identifies the historic nature of the building.

Morecambe Harbour: The old Harbour station in Morecambe on a sunny 7th January 2018. Rock armour sea defences now surround the jetty on which it stands but steamers could tie up alongside the building when the station was open. The famous Art Deco styled Midland Hotel, built by the LMS, can also be seen with the old Morecambe Promenade station just visible behind that.

Raskelf: The interior of the weighbridge office for Raskelf Station goods yard is still complete with the clerk's desk and the weighbridge weighing mechanism. The Pooley & Son of Liverpool weighbridge weighing mechanism complete with weights and fine adjustment ball is seen in this view. The end of the desk can be seen at bottom left corner. See image [[67168]] and [[77836]]

Hong Kong: If you like double decker buses and trams with an Asian flavour, try Hong Kong. Their trams were established in 1904, with double deckers following in 1912; and enclosed top decks in 1925. This tram, number 143, was built between 2009 and 2016, with aluminium panels on a teak frame. {photo courtesy of Mark Peare}

Hong Kong: Hong Kong tram 163 heads for Causeway Bay on 7th January 2019. {photo courtesy of Mark Peare}

Raskelf: The still fully complete weighbridge office, and weigh platform, for the former coal depot sited adjacent to the south end of Raskelf Station downside platform. This view looking in a westerly direction from the entrance to the coal depot on 7 January 2019. Nothing exists of the former station proper. See image [[77864]] for a view of the operating instrument for assessing the vehicle weight on the weighbridge.

Raskelf: The former Raskelf Station workers' cottages seen looking in an easterly direction from Hag Lane on 7 January 2019. The ECML runs beyond the far end of the cottages. Nothing exists of the former station platforms. Raskelf village is around a mile away to the north east.

Kinghorn: The 11.02 Aberdeen - Edinburgh service passes through Kinghorn on 7 January 2019, formed by 43169 and 43183 with four coaches, all in new livery.

Raskelf: The access road to the former coal depot sited at the south end of the downside platform at the former Raskelf Station. View looking in an easterly direction from Spring House Lane on 7 January 2019. Nothing exists of the former station proper.

Raskelf: View of the track leading to the down platform at the former Raskelf Station, running by the former workers' cottages. View looking in an easterly direction from Hag Lane on 7 January 2019. Nothing exists of the former station platforms. Raskelf village is around a mile away to the north east.

Raskelf: The interior of the weighbridge office for Raskelf Station goods yard is still complete with the clerk's desk and the weighbridge weighing mechanism. The desk is seen in this view. See image [[67168]]