High Marnham Power Station: High Marnham power station viewed from the west. At the time of the photograph (January 2005) the site was relatively intact - only the chimneys had been demolished. At present (July 2009) only the cooling towers remain. The railway sidings were located to the distant left.

Thoresby Colliery: Thoresby Colliery viewed from the south west. This mine is served by a short branch from Thoresby Colliery Junction on the former Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway.

High Marnham Power Station: Looking west to the shell of High Marnham signalbox in January 2005. This box controlled the approach to the powerstation sidings and junction with the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway. The LD&ECR is on the right hand side of this photograph. High Marnham is the end of the line from Shirebrook. Not far to the west the line crosses over the East Coast Mainline at the former Dukeries Junction but there is no connection. The former Tuxford north to west connecting curve was lifted in 1969 and the west to south curve lifted considerably earlier.

Edinburgh Waverley: Changes underway at the east end of Waverley in January 2006. At the bottom left New Street bus depot is now boarded up ready for demolition, while across the road the new Edinburgh Council headquarters is under construction. In the background, work is in progress on the IECC extension to the Edinburgh signalling centre.

Edinburgh Waverley: Track lifting underway on the north side of Waverley in January 2006 in preparation for work on the new Balmoral platform. View from a Saturday morning City Tours bus parked on Waverley Bridge (the tour guide was between trips and kindly invited me to use his open top deck for the photograph - having obviously become more and more concerned at my failed attempts to find a foothold on the wall). View is over the west end of platform 19 towards The Mound tunnel.

Edinburgh Waverley: Track alterations in progress at the west end of Waverley in January 2006 as part of the preparations for construction of the new northside through platform (codename Balmoral).

Edinburgh Waverley: The former booking office and later parcels office on Waverley Bridge, standing between the ramps running down to the station concourse. Recently refurbished and in use as a Chinese restaurant in January 2006.

Edinburgh Waverley: Looking east along Waverley platform 2 on 14 January 2007 showing the link from Calton Road yard now fenced off. The location of the former gap in the new 'Balmoral' platform, which permitted access for plant and equipment at track level, can also be clearly seen see image [[10831]].

Perth: Take your pick from the liveries of these 170 turbostars.

Perth: Leaking canopy on Perth Down Side. This has been like this for many months.

Perth: The bay window of Perth station's down centre signal box, and the famous clock are ignored by an intending passenger anxiously looking at the timetable in January 2007.

Perth: Different Scotrail liveries seen at Perth.

Edinburgh Waverley: A GNER ECML service on Sunday 14 January running as far as Newark North Gate (due to engineering works) pulls into Waverley's platform 11.

Edinburgh Waverley: With more engineering work underway at the west end of Waverley, Glasgow shuttle services are seen here using the northside through platforms 19 and 20 on 14 January 2007.

Edinburgh Waverley: An Aberdeen - Kings Cross HST service arrives at Waverley platform 11 on 14 January 2007.

Perth Carriage Sidings: 158 super sprinters within Perth carriage sidings on 14 January.

Perth: Gleaming after a clean up, 170s and 158s at Perth.

Perth: Eight 158s are cleaned and fuelled here during a Sunday. This one sits in Platform 3 waiting its turn.158709

Perth: The 1305 service to Glasgow leaves from Platform 1. The hoarding intrigues.

Perth: Looking north at the bay window of the former Perth Down Centre signal box. The clock is very famous.

Edinburgh Waverley: The Calton Road 'works entrance' to Waverley, previously used to bring in plant and equipment to the north side of the station, photographed on 14 January 2007. The route is no longer in use and the new Balmoral platform base is now complete. See image [[13184]]

Edinburgh Waverley: A Waverley - Newcraighall shuttle using the east end of the old 'sub' platform 9 in January 2007 during major works at the station.

Edinburgh Waverley: The finished doorways in the south wall which now provide a route between platform 10 and the cross - station walkway. See image [[13248]]

Edinburgh Waverley: View east on 14 January 2007 showing the extension added to through platform 2 from which a Voyager is just leaving for Plymouth.

Paisley Gilmour Street: 66207 at Paisley Gilmour Street heading East with a coal train for Longannet PS

Paisley Gilmour Street: 334013 departing Paisley Gilmour Street in the rain heading for Glasgow Central

Paisley Gilmour Street: 66234 passing through Paisley Gilmour Street in the rain heading for Longannet PS

Cartsdyke: Glasgow Central bound 334004 passing through Cartsdyke on 14th January

Paisley Gilmour Street: 334020 sitting at Platform 3 of Paisley Gilmour Street on an evening service to Glasgow Central

Sheringham: Buffer stops on the North Norfolk Railway at Sheringham being removed on Thursday 14 January 2010 in preparation for reconnection to the National Rail Network via the Bittern Line to Norwich. The first train to use the new crossing (which is due to be installed next month) will be a DRS class 37 and a Network Rail inspection saloon on 24th February. The formal opening will be on Thursday 11 March when a Railway Touring Company charter with 70013 Oliver Cromwell hauling The Broadsman, will arrive with a through train from London. This will be the the first public excursion to use the new crossing. See image [[26074]]

Euston: Virgin Trains is currently using a Freightliner Class 90, no 90045, to power its loco hauled set (previously a DBS class 90). The loco is seen here at Euston on 14 January at the head of the 10.43 service to Birmingham New Street.

Kirkham and Wesham: A Class 156/142 double act heads west from the station stop at Kirkham and Wesham en-route to Blackpool North on 14 January 2012. The train is about to cross Kirkham North Jct where the line to Blackpool South diverges and, once upon a time, the direct line to Blackpool Central.

Northallerton East Junction: Low Gates signalbox, Northallerton. Looking towards the town centre in January 2012.

Northallerton: The late running 15.50 ex Middlesbrough TransPennine Express service to Manchester Airport rushes past Low Gates signalbox on 14 January as it approaches Northallerton Station.

Haymarket: The 10.00 Kings Cross - Aberdeen East Coast service departs Haymarket on 14 January. Above right is the 'hole in the wall' where the old footbridge exited the booking hall.

Hounslow Central: The rising sun reflects off the leading car as a Heathrow-bound Piccadilly line service is seen at Hounslow Central through a hotel corridor window on 14 January.

Morecambe: A more unusual combination on the Heysham flask train draws to a halt at Morecambe prior to reversing onto the branch. ETH fitted 37402 leads a single flask wagon with 57008 bringing up the rear.

Haymarket [Tram]: Interchange between buses, trains and (in May) trams at Haymarket. View towards Princes Street on 14 January 2014.

Haymarket: View west over Haymarket Station on 14 January 2014, with the old footbridge now removed.

Gourock: A view of the brand-new 385102 parked at Gourock while stationed there for night-time testing in January 2017

Newington [NBR]: A poster from the unofficial Newington ScotRail Poster Museum.

Methil: Demolition of an adjacent building has opened up a view of the facade of Methil Station.

Auchtermuchty: Auchtermuchty station building, incorporated into a larger 'Sterling' Depot building.

Kirkland Yard: Andrew Barclay 1890 of 1926 (ex-[[Granton Gasworks]], Edinburgh) inside the shed at the Kingdom of Fife Railway Preservation Society's Kirkland Yard site. It was restored to working order in 2016. 14 January. Thanks to Peter Westwater and the gang.

Kirkland Yard: Ruston Hornsby 88DS 421415 of 1958 shunts former RAF Leuchars NBL 27421 of 1955 'River Eden' at Kirkland Yard, the KFRPS site.

Kirkland Yard: Ruston Hornsby no.4 (ex-[[North British Distillery]], Edinburgh) shunts a 'shark' brake van at Kirkland Yard, the KFRPS site. All 14 January. Thanks to Peter Westwater and the gang.

Newington [NBR]: This set of posters at Newington on the Edinburgh South Suburban are at least ten years old but Scotrail show no inclination to remove/update them. They include a Caledonian Sleeper poster offering bargain berths from £19 - I wish!

Torside Reservoir: Here is the formation of the narrow gauge railway used to construct and maintain the Torside reservoir. View looking west. The Pennine way crosses at this point.

Torside Reservoir: Here is the formation of the narrow gauge railway used to construct and maintain the Torside reservoir. The view looks east. The Pennine way crosses at this point.

Croston: A new structure appeared on the disused former northbound platform during the second half of 2017, a greenhouse. Donated by a village resident to the Friends of Croston Station volunteers who maintain the flowerbeds and vegetable patch. Trains on the Ormskirk line will move from a ninety minute interval to an hourly service from May 2018.

Balgonie Colliery Julian Pit: Looking west as a class 170 passes over the former branch line to Balgonie Colliery (Julian Pit), behind the camera, on 14th January 2020. The pit was located between the main line to Dundee and the Leven branch but was served by a line from Thornton Junction, to the south.

Earlseat Loading Pad: Looking east towards the former Earlseat Loading Pad which adjoined the Methil branch. The loop and points have been removed and the branch plain-lined, with the coal stocking area and loading area returned to agriculture. See image [[40284]] for the scene in 2012.

Gilderdale: During a few days based in Alston I ran along the South Tyne Trail, which shares the trackbed of the South Tynedale Railway. No trains were in service although there was some activity at the engine shed in Alston. This is the viaduct over the Gilderdale burn, which is also the border between Cumberland and Northumberland and has an attractive sign fixed to the railing.

Barton and Broughton: 87002, on a test run from Crewe to Carlisle on 14th January 2022, during a scheduled stop in the Barton and Broughton Down Loop. LSL crew members disembarked and examined the rake of MkIII 1st Class coaches and DVT during the stop. Various railtours with this loco and stock are advertised for 2022, including the 'Electric Scot' to Glasgow on 26th January and 'The Clansman' to Inverness on 26th/27th February. 195119 passes the scene with a Barrow to Manchester Airport service.

Leyland: Inter City liveried 87002 leads the 5Z50 Crewe to Carlisle test run on 14 January 2022 with matching Mk 3 set and DVT. This was the second day of testing the set in preparation for 'The Electric Scot' railtour to Glasgow on 26 January 2022. The train is seen passing Leyland with slightly better lighting conditions than the day before.

Old Street [CSLR]: View from pedestrian subway leading from the ex-GNCR platforms at Old Street station towards the Northern Line with the northbound platform visible in the background on 14th January 2022. These platforms opened as part of the City & South London Railway in 1901 with the extension from Moorgate Street (renamed Moorgate in 1924) to Angel. The GNCR platforms were opened in 1904.

Crouch Hill: After standing derelict and boarded-up for more years than I care to remember, despite being still open to passengers, the former ticket office at Crouch Hill station (see image [[73301]]) on the London Overground GOBLIN section from Gospel Oak to Barking, has had a makeover and been transformed into a very nice coffee bar, as seen here on the afternoon of Friday, 14th January 2022.

Borough: Temporary Northern Line closure. Southbound platform at Borough, Northern Line Bank branch, looking south on 14th January 2022. This station, and the Bank branch between Moorgate and Kennington, was temporarily closed the following day until May 2022 to allow extensive reconstruction work at Bank station. That should be ample time to give Borough, that opened with the first section of the City & South London Railway from King William Street (replaced by Bank in 1900) and Stockwell on 18th December 1890, some much needed cosmetic surgery too.

Brock Water Troughs: 87002 'Royal Sovereign', on its second loaded test run to Carlisle in January 2022, heading north at Brock. Lineside trees prevented photos looking south from Badger Bridge for a long time but Network Rail has cleared the trackside opening things up. See image [[24032]] taken from this spot around sixty years earlier.

Barton and Broughton: LSL Driving Van Trailer 82139, paused in Barton Down Loop during a test run from Crewe to Carlisle with the LSL 1st Class MkIIIs and 87002. One of the issues being tested during this run on 14th January (and the previous day) was the DVT operation when being propelled on the return legs. I had not previously noticed the subtle livery on the DVT to match the coaching stock.

Elephant and Castle: LU 1972 stock, now the oldest trains on the Underground having finally achieved their 50 years of service, waiting to depart for Queen's Park from the Bakerloo Line's southern terminus at Elephant & Castle, on 14th January 2022. The Northern Line platforms at this station closed on the following day along with the section from Moorgate to Kennington, to allow for a massive rebuilding of Bank station, and which will not reopen until May 2022.

Lambeth North: LU 1972 stock, now 50 years old and the oldest trains on the London Underground, heading away from its penultimate stop at Lambeth North with a Bakerloo Line service to Elephant & Castle, on 14th January 2022. This station could also do with some refurbishment. It opened as Kennington Road on 10th March 1906, the temporary terminus of the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway. It was renamed Westminster Bridge Road on 5th August that year when the line was extended to Elephant & Castle and became Lambeth North on 15th April 1917.

West Hampstead: 66606 passing West Hampstead London Overground station towards Willesden Junction, on the afternoon of Friday, 14th January 2022. This line opened as the Hampstead Junction Railway in 1860 but this station did not open until 1888 as West End Lane. When part of the Broad Street to Richmond line, it was listed for closure by Beeching in 1963. Such was the outcry that the line was reprieved and in 1975 the station was renamed West Hampstead to bring it in line with the other two stations on the same thoroughfare. Rebuilding with a new entrance and the footbridge (with lifts), was completed in December 2019.

Barton and Broughton: The last operational 87 in the UK, 87002 'Royal Sovereign', splendidly liveried in Inter-City Swallow colours and paused for stock inspection in Barton loop during a test run from Crewe to Carlisle on 14th January 2022. This was the second test run in two days, ahead of a railtour programme in 2022.

Old Street [CSLR]: LU 1995 stock with a Northern Line service to Morden departing from Old Street on 14th January 2022. This was the last day, for five months, of through trains to Morden via the Bank branch with its temporary closure between Moorgate and Kennington for reconstruction of the platforms at Bank station.

Barton and Broughton: 90019 and 90036 head through the site of Barton and Broughton station with containers from Mossend to Daventry on 14th January 2022. This location changed significantly with the demolition of the station in 2013. See image [[24852]] from 2009.

Old Street [GNCR]: The atmospherically gloomy pedestrian subway, from the foot of the steps leading down from the ex-Great Northern & City Railway platforms at Old Street station, on 14th January 2022. Passengers interchanging with the LU Northern Line carry on going down but those who wish to head for the street find that, after descending a considerable distance, they then have to go back up again to the exit but at least at that point there is an escalator.