Haymarket MPD: 5068 at Haymarket MPD on 25 January 1970.

Haymarket MPD: What could be mistaken for a super snowplough in the sidings alongside Haymarket depot on 25 January 1970. The locomotives are, front to rear, 8580, 8615, 8614 and 6850.

Marple Wharf Junction: A winter afternoon in fading light sees the 15.00 DMU service ex-Manchester Piccadilly approaching Marple Wharf Junction. Thought to have been taken on Saturday 25 January 1975.

Springs Branch Shed: Impressive motive power line up at Springs Branch steam shed, which was an unusual weekday occurrence but this was an ASLEF strike day. Stabled left to right are 25288, 40133, 40042, 40141, 40055, 47298 and 25149. The Class 47 was the longest lived of these engines. Formerly D1100 it was later used by Direct Rail Services and only withdrawn in 2006 but cut up the following year. The SP diesel shed, still in existence as Wigan CRDC, is to the right of the picture and the WCML wires can be seen on the left.

Culham: 50048+31135 southbound through Culham on the Oxford - Didcot line in January 1983.

Barnhill [P&DR]: A 1989 forward view from a DMU showing the end of the single track from Perth at Barnhill.

Aberdeen: The driver of an Aberdeen-Glasgow train poses by his charge before departure. 47 703 St Mungo was at the rear.

Inchture: A view from an eastbound DMU approaching Inchture Level Crossing in January 1989. The box was subsequently demolished. The driver's newspaper provides an alterative destination blind!

South Esk Viaduct: Sunset over the Montrose Basin as a 477 propelled train crosses the South Esk Viaduct southbound. Sea birds scatter before the train.

Perth: Driver Ronnie Guthrie poses next to a Perth - Dundee service DMU which is about to set off on 25 January 1989.

Kinnaber Junction: View south at Kinnaber Junction from a northbound train in 1989. British Rail closed what had become the goods only branch to Brechin in 1981.

Aberdeen Guild Street: The Red Star parcels office, which was situated between Aberdeen station and Guild Street goods, seen in January 1989.

Ealing Broadway: A class 47 brings a Paddington bound express through Ealing Broadway at speed in January 1990.

Ealing Broadway: With the light starting to fade, a class 47 brings a westbound express from Paddington through Ealing Broadway on the afternoon of 25 January 1990.

Ealing Broadway: A class 117 DMU service for Paddington heads east away from Ealing Broadway on 25 January 1990, just as a terminating Central Line underground train arrives in one of the bay platforms.

Ealing Broadway: 47238 heads west on the down slow line through Ealing Broadway on 25 January 1990 hauling a single tank.

Kinneil: 158725 runs up to High Bridge on the SRPS Boness & Kinneil line in January 2006 while undertaking reduced adhesion training with VT and FSR staff.

Millerhill East Junction: EWS 66080 reverses a trainload of ballast spoil for unloading at the mound at the top end of Millerhill yard in January 2006. See image [[13620]].

Slateford: The morning Waverley - Euston Pendolino passes through Slateford on 25 January 2007.

Glasgow Central: 37410 hauling away the empty Caledonian Sleeper from Glasgow Central. To show how long the train was, 37410 is in the middle distance while 90018 has just cleared Platform 11.

Glasgow Central: 37410 hauling away the empty Caledonian Sleeper from Glasgow Central. On this particular day the Sleeper filled the whole of Platform 11.

Slateford: A GNER Kings Cross - Glasgow Central service heads west through Slateford station on 25 January 2007 and is just about to cross Slateford Road.

Kingsknowe: Fu-fur-fu-fur-fu-freezing cold morning at Kingsknowe on 25 January with the predominant sound being the crunch of shoes (mine) on rocksalt. Thoughts start to stray towards warmer hobbies...when an eastbound coal train clatters over the crossing...

Alloa Harbour Junction: Alloa, 250107. Tracklaying progress to the west of the old station site.

Slateford: A Westbound Virgin Voyager about to cross the bridge over Slateford Road, Edinburgh in January 2007.

Rawtenstall: Standard Class 4 no 76079 pictured at Rawtenstall on 25 January 2008.

Basingstoke: A class 444 unit, on a service for London Waterloo, calls at Basingstoke on 25 January.

Rawtenstall: Jubilee 5690 Leander at Rawtenstall on 25 January 2008.

Corrie Harbour: The Corrie Sandstone Quarry Railway, Arran, 1882-1928, ran from the quarry to this harbour, the southernmost in Corrie. The quarry provided stone for various Clyde Coast villas. The photograph is taken standing on the trackbed.

Wrexham General: Looking along the new footbridge extension at Wrexham General which now provides step free access to Platform 4 for the Bidston Line services. At the far end of the bridge a lift is available to the left, with steps to the right. See image [[36118]]

Bay Horse: Running almost 30 minutes early, having missed out a planned stop in Barton & Broughton loop, B1 61264 and 5MT 45407 hurry the first 2014 Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express north through Bay Horse on 25 January 2014. The B1 replaced 5MT 44871 which was being overhauled.

Inverkeithing East Junction: With engineering work at Dalmeny on 25 January causing closure of the line over the Forth Bridge, such trains that ran through Fife had to take the Inverkeithing East/North chord. 170433 was photographed crossing onto the chord at Inverkeithing East Junction on the 2Z64 Dundee - Dunfermline Town service.

Kew Bridge: 455 5849 with a London Waterloo to London Waterloo service, clockwise via the Hounslow Loop, arriving at Kew Bridge station on 25th January 2014.

Stokesley: View north east from alongside the A172 along the trackbed heading towards Stokesley Station on the former route between the east coast main line at Picton and Battersby Junction.

Kew Bridge: 455 5859 with a London Waterloo to London Waterloo, anti-clockwise service via the Hounslow Loop, departing from Kew Bridge station, on 25th January 2014.

Hounslow: Exterior of Hounslow station on 25th January 2014. This opened on 1st February 1850 with the completion of the LSWR loop from a temporary station that was called Hounslow but was actually situated in Isleworth and which had opened from Barnes on the Reading line on 22nd August 1849. With completion of the loop, the temporary station was replaced by the present Isleworth station but since Hounslow was the main town then served by the line, not surprisingly it became known as the Hounslow Loop. (Hounslow is also served by the LUL Piccadilly Line at Hounslow East, Hounslow Central and Hounslow West stations.)

South Ealing: Refurbished LUL 1973 stock, with a Piccadilly Line service to Cockfosters, arriving at South Ealing station on 25th January 2014. This station was originally opened in 1883 with the Metropolitan District Railway's Hounslow branch from Mill Hill Park (renamed Acton Town in 1910). Piccadilly Line tube trains were promoted on west from Hammersmith in 1933 which saw the line between Turnham Green and Northfields quadrupled with rebuilt stations at Acton Town, South Ealing and Northfields. Today, the north side of the quadrupled line between Northfields and Acton Town is used as a test track only although in the opposite direction the two Heathrow bound tracks are still available for passenger trains. (Chiswick Park station was also rebuilt in 1933 but is served exclusively by District Line trains running to and from Ealing Broadway. The last District Line trains along the Hounslow branch ran in 1964.)

Chiswick: Chiswick station, on the Hounslow Loop, looking towards Hounslow on 25th January 2014. This station opened on 22nd August 1849 with the first section of the LSWR's Hounslow Loop from the Richmond line at Barnes to a temporary station called Hounslow, but actually situated north-east of the present Isleworth station. The line was extended to Hounslow itself, and on to a triangular junction between Whitton and Feltham on the Reading line, on 1st February 1850, when the temporary terminus was abolished and replaced by the present Isleworth station.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: New signalling in action on platform 6 as an Anniesland service departs: to the left in each photo is the banner repeater CQ86BR and to the right in each is the starter signal CQ86 which is a 3 aspect single head LED. The route indicator shows either U for the Up line or D for the Down, and below the main signal there is also an indicator showing CD (close door) or RA (right away).

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: A pigeon's eye view of the progress of the conversion of the ground floor of Dundas House to the temporary Travel Centre see image [[57343]]. This will come into use shortly after the next phase of the Queen Street redevelopment work starts (revised date still to be announced).

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Diesel under the (still partly insulated) wires as 158710 prepares to leave for Alloa. Work is progressing on the EGIP electrification but the installation in Queen Street High level is not quite ready yet for energising.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The Saltires at the end of the platform 2 and 3 roads as restored after the recent work at Queen Street High Level. But after the next phase of the station redevelopment, will we have extended patriotic platforms?

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: A typical mid-afternoon scene at Queen Street in January 2017, with four 3-car class 170 DMUs under the near complete EGIP wiring.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Preparations for the demolition of Consort House in late January 2018. Three specialist lightweight excavators have now been lifted on to the roof and the main structural demolition work should be apparent shortly,

St Pancras: The main entrance and the Barlow train shed are the more commonly photographed side of St Pancras. Here is a view of the west side entrance with the new section of roof created with the remodelling for the Eurostar services. The photo is taken from The British Library during a visit in January 2018.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: View over the partly completed staff accommodation building at the east side of the station. Work on this has been suspended pending a decision involving a revised proposal for an extension to Buchanan Galleries. This may involve the demolition of the partly completed new staff building. Meanwhile, station staff are using temporary cabins alongside platform 7 see image [[61069]]

Euston: Voyager on 6, Pendolino on 5 at Euston in the early afternoon of 25 January 2018.

Musselburgh: An Edinburgh to Dunbar Scotrail service calls at Musselburgh on 25th January 2018. This is the only stop for these few daily services, though it's not clear why. A sign at the top of the ramp tells you it's a mile and a half to the town centre. If only you could catch a train, as local wags no doubt say.

Adlington [Lancashire]: Electrification completed on the Bolton to Euxton Junction line, including this substantial bridge rebuild at Adlington, but still diesel services for the time being. 142027 and 150276 slow to call on a Buckshaw Parkway to Manchester Victoria stopping service. From May 2019 there will be through electric trains from Blackpool North to Macclesfield. This should bring a first opportunity (for those who like that sort of thing) to catch a train from Adlington (Lancashire) to Adlington (Cheshire)!

Kilmarnock: 73966 with an eight coach set of new Caledonian Sleeper stock at Kilmarnock on 25th January 2019. The stock was going for testing at Brodie's.

Farington Curve Junction: A pair of Colas Class 56s approach Farington Curve Jct whilst working the Preston Docks to Lindsey Oil Refinery empty tar tanks on a rather dismal morning of 25 January 2019.

Kilmarnock: Close up of new Caledonian Sleeper coach 15005, displaying its full European number, seen at Kilmarnock on 25th January 2019 being transferred to Brodie's for testing.

Nuneaton: GBRf 66727 MARITIME ONE bustles through platform 7 at Nuneaton on 25 January 2019 with a Birch Coppice to Felixstowe working.
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Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The assembled main truss (centre right) of the new extension to Glasgow Queen Street lies waiting to be lifted into place overnight on 26th-27th January 2019. According to Network Rail, two 500 tonne cranes will be used in a tandem lift, requiring 'close coordination & skill from crane operatives to lift & position the 66 tonne - 53 metre main truss section so it can be fixed to supporting steel.' The structure on the left is the west truss which was lifted into place in mid-December 2018.

Adlington [Lancashire]: 150276 is on the rear of a Pacer Sprinter combination as it calls at Adlington, heading for Bolton, on 25th January 2019. These services went over to EMUs from May that year allowing the withdrawal of the Pacer trains to commence.

Nuneaton: Freight Central - 66743 pulls its train through the reverse curves into platform 6 at Nuneaton, heading the 4M29 Felixstowe to Birch Coppice; while in platform 1, train 474x from Southampton to Trafford Park has stopped for a driver change. Those pink containers are a bit of an 'acquired taste'.

Brough: A former ScotRail Class 170 unit, refurbished in Northern livery and engaged on driver training between York and Hull. Seen between Welton and Melton near Brough on 25th January 2019. [Ref query 27 January 2019]

Nuneaton: A DB liveried 66 hauls ballast out of platform 7 towards Leicester. Real Time Trains showed the origin of this working as Tyseley, so I waited quite a while to see it, hoping for steam!

Nuneaton: Apart from two bridges being demolished, here is another reason why the Nuneaton avoiding line is gone forever: eleven houses have been built on the trackbed, in a development called Crossing Gates. View looks towards Hinckley in January 2020.

Bamber Bridge: 35018 'British India Line' hauls the first steam special of 2020, the 'Cumbrian Mountain Express' from Manchester Victoria to Carlisle, through Bamber Bridge on 25th January. The train had routed up through Bolton to Euxton Junction and then turned right at Farington Junction towards Blackburn, Hellifield and the S&C.

Ilkley: 333001 rests briefly at Ilkley before returning to Leeds on 25th January 2020. The former through platforms now form a car park.

Prestonpans: These substantial bits of kit are mounted on the footbridge at Prestonpans station, one above each track. They can detect faulty pantographs even when the train is passing at speed. Thanks to Andy Arthur for the information.

Longniddry: A North Berwick to Edinburgh service calls at Longniddry on 25 January 2020.

Nuneaton: The only relic of Oaston Road level crossing is now this concrete gatepost. View looks South. Residential development to the right of this view is symptomatic of abandonment of the former Nuneaton Avoiding Line.

Bamber Bridge: The 1:1 scale Meccano model at Bamber Bridge is still supporting the signal box, and in fact has been strengthened since first installed See image [[67902]]. 158843 passes underneath the structure as it slows to call at the station with a York to Blackpool North service on 25th January 2020.

Guiseley: Refurbished 333013 pulls away from Guiseley with a Northern service for Ilkley on 25th January 2020. Half hourly services from both Leeds and Bradford mean there is a fifteen minute interval service from here to the branch terminus.

Prestonpans: A North Berwick to Edinburgh service pulls into Prestonpans on 25 January 2020. The '40' applies to the loop which once also gave access to the Cockenzie Power Station branch. The remains of the branch are rusting away nicely, but the loop itself is in frequent use.

Harringay Green Lanes: 66426 heading west towards Gospel Oak, having just passed Harringay Green Lanes station on the GOBLIN section of the London Overground, on the bitterly cold morning of 25th January 2022.

Becontree: Becontree, seen from a train of S7 stock on a District Line service to Upminster arriving on 25th January 2022. Behind the fence are the disused platforms on the ex-LTSR (now C2C) line from Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness that were closed in 1962 when the Tilbury system was electrified.

Harringay Green Lanes: View east towards Barking, from the platform ends at Harringay Green Lanes on the London Overground GOBLIN section, on the morning of 25th January 2022. This station was known as Harringay Stadium from 1958 to 1991 and had extra long platforms to cater for the crowds to events there. Even though the stadium was demolished circa 1990, the long platforms remained intact until 2003 when, due to subsidence, the far ends were demolished, leaving only the stilts on which they stood, although they were later partially extended back again to take five car trains.