Channel Tunnel Shakespeare Cliff: This image shows the early type of motive power that was in use and, as far as I know, is not shown elsewhere. A typical underground construction train consisting of flatbed wagons stacked with sacks of cement and bentonite clay (followed by empty muck wagons not shown) heading for the TBM. The loco was designed to operate either from overhead power supply (pantograph shown folded down behind driver's cab next to the orange light) or from the large onboard batteries. At the time of this shot battery-power was in use due to salty water dripping in from the tunnel crown making the catenary system inoperable. Another similar loco was marshalled on at the rear end of the consist. Thus, if one were very sneaky, I mean careful, one could get an (unofficial) hurl in the empty cab to save the hour of walking back to the Marshalling Area but one still needed to climb out of the tunnel up the steep ramp see image [[76831]]. This type of loco was the predecessor of the Hunslet electric locos which took over the underground haulage later in the project see the background of Colin's image [[50172]]

Basingstoke: London bound service arriving at Basingstoke on 26 January 1990.

Ealing Broadway: A 3 car DMU in Network South East livery calls at Ealing Broadway platform 4 on 26 January 1990 with a stopping service for Paddington.

Prestonhall Level Crossing: Attending to the gates at Prestonhall level crossing on 26 January 1990 as 08710 works the Thornton - Tullis Russell trip. See image [[39844]]

Basingstoke: A class 50 no. 50007 Sir Edward Elgar stops at Basingstoke on 26 January 1990 with a westbound service for Salisbury and Exeter.

Basingstoke: A Waterloo - Bournemouth service heads west at Basingstoke on 26 January 1990.

Ealing Broadway: The Greenford Railcar arrives at Ealing Broadway on 26 January 1990.

Auchmuty Paper Mill: 08710 near Prestonhall level crossing on a cold January day in 1990 with the Thornton - Tullis Russell trip freight. See image [[39870]]

Ealing Broadway: An eastbound InterCity 125 HST service heading for Paddington runs through Ealing Broadway at speed on 26 January 1990 see image [[34422]].

Basingstoke: Driver of class 47 The Commonwealth Spirit looks back down the platform for the guards signal at Basingstoke on 26 January 1990.

Basingstoke: A cross - country service pulls into Basingstoke behind a class 47 on 26 January 1990.

Basingstoke: A class 205 DMU stands at Basingstoke with the Reading shuttle on 26 January 1990.

Ealing Broadway: A first generation railcar calls at Ealing Broadway amid reconstruction work on 26 January 1990 with the shuttle service to Greenford.

Ealing Broadway: Pressed Steel single car no 55024 departs from platform 4 at Ealing Broadway on 26 January 1990 with the Greenford - Paddington shuttle. Central and District line trains stand in the background.

Reading: A class 205 DEMU sits alongside a class 108 DMU in the bay platforms at the west end of Reading station on 26 January 1990.

Ealing Broadway: A westbound HST passes through Ealing Broadway station at speed on 26 January 1990.

Basingstoke: A view east from platform 4 at Basingstoke on 26 January 1990 as a westbound service arrives at platform 2.

Reading: Looking north across the platforms at the west end of Reading station on 26 January 1990. A 117 DMU is boarding in one of the bays as an InterCity 125 HST starts to move off on the final leg of its journey to Paddington.

Tarbrax Oilworks: North end of the site of the former oil works at Tarbrax, Lanarkshire, in January 2003, looking north to where the railway once entered the works. The 'road' is a later addition in connection with the removal of old shale waste material for use in road building. See image [[25513]].

Powderhall Loop: Scene at Powderhall on a Sunday morning in January 2003, looking east towards Leith Walk, with ongoing clearance and decontamination work in progress on the former industrial engineering site to the left, pending redevelopment for housing. The disused Shrubhill tram depot stands beyond Dryden Street bridge in the left background.

Tarbrax Oilworks: The remains of Tarbrax Oilworks viewed from the bing in January 2003 looking north east over the remains of the main works buildings. Tarbrax was served by two lines, one to the Caledonian Railway at Woolfords and a second private line to a shale mine at Cobbinshaw Hill. A further link from the Tarbrax branch ran to South Cobbinshaw mine close by Cobbinshaw Reservoir. The works closed in the 1920s. See image [[37838]]

Stirling: A recently arrived First ScotRail service from Glasgow Queen Street stands in the rain at Stirling's bay platform 10 on a wet Wednesday in January 2005 awaiting its departure time with the return service.

Glasgow Central: 37410 at Platform 1 of Glasgow Central.

Millerhill Yard: EWS 37406 The Saltire Society , lit by a low winter sun, arrives back at Millerhill on 26 January 2007 having worked the early morning Powderhall - Oxwellmains Binliner.

Dalwhinnie: 67003 heads south through Dalwhinnie with five utility vans on 26 January.

Earn Viaduct [Forgandenny]: Flooding under the new Earn Viaduct. 26th January 2008.

Wemyss Bay: After the arrival of DSMV Bute at Wemyss Bay pier the connecting train heads for Glasgow.

Carnforth: In its now out of date Stobart livery DRS 66411 Eddie the Engine takes a train of Malcolm containers south through Carnforth station. This picture was taken from the cut back Up Main Line platform. All stopping services now use the Furness Line platforms that are only accessible through the subway.

Carnforth: Coaling towers were once a distinctive skyline feature in many places but are very rare now. The tower at Carnforth is a concrete post-war structure and survives in the West Coast Railway depot although it is no longer operational. It is seen here from Carnforth station car park with the depot water tower alongside. The old main line platforms and the subway entrance can be seen to the left of the station building, which now houses a travel centre booking office and small businesses.

Rugeley: Freightliner 90046 heads north near Rugeley on 26 January, with Hamburg Sud containers predominant at the front of the train.

Preston: Preston's impressive trainshed, or at least the western half of it, as seen from the north end of Platform 3. 150146 has just arrived in Platform 2 on the hourly Blackpool North to Liverpool Lime Street service.

Kilmarnock Junction: DBS 66041 waits in Killmarnock Long Lyes after running round for a journey to Greenburn from Drax PS on 26 January. The line to the right of the train leads north to Kilmaurs, Stewarton and Glasgow Central.

Preston: A reduced requirement for Thunderbirds has seen some Virgin Class 57s recently reported as stored but there is usually one on standby at Preston. Others are used on the Holyhead to Cardiff loco hauled passenger service. 57313, reliveried in Neutral Blue, is in the short siding at the north end of Platform 3 as 150146 runs in to Platform 2 on a Blackpool to Liverpool service.

Carlisle: A Kingmoor - Chirk log train about to pass below Victoria Viaduct on the northern approach to Carlisle station on 26 January 2012. A class 66 locomotive, sporting the subtle hues of 'Colas Rail Freight', leads the way.

Rufford: Has the cascade of Centro Sprinters to Northern allowed the Ormskirk bubble cars to be replaced or was this appearance of 150269 a one-off? The 150 has just arrived in the Rufford passing loop heading for Ormskirk on one of the twelve return trips that make up its diagram for the day.

Dent: A snowy Dent station on 26 January 2013, with Black 5s 44871+45407 passing with the winter 'Cumbrian Mountain Express'.

Starr Gate: Passing the Blackpool Solarium, heading for the Starr Gate terminus in January 2013, is Flexity 013 on a service from Fleetwood Ferry. The Art Deco style Solarium was derelict for many years but is now an Eco Centre with cafe, park, exhibition and conference centre.

Drei Annen Hohne: Making a brisk departure from Drei Annen Hohne station in 2013.

Watford: Two trains of LUL S8 stock at Watford station, on 26th January 2013. Under long-standing plans to divert trains via a new link to the old Croxley Green branch, relay that to Watford High Street and run Metropolitan trains to Watford Junction, this station would be closed and the go-ahead for this was given but later cancelled before any work was done. Although this terminus is somewhat remote from Watford town centre, it serves a large residential catchment area so just as well it is staying open.

Brocken: Climbing through a snowy landscape near Brocken on 26 January 2013.

Headstone Lane: Station building at Headstone Lane, opened on 10th January 1913 on the New Lines of the LNWR, seen here just over 100 years later on 26th January 2013. This station was also served by LUL Bakerloo Line trains that became peak hours only north of Queens Park in 1965 and ceased altogether in 1982. A limited service of Bakerloo trains was reinstated to Stonebridge Park before a regular service was extended to Harrow & Wealdstone, not including Headstone Lane, in 1984.

Brock: As in 2012, the first WCML steam of 2013 was a Manchester Victoria to Carlisle train on 26 January, out via Shap and returning over the S&C. The train was again double headed by Ian Riley's Black 5s 44871 and 45407 and is seen here passing the site of Brock station on the outward leg.

Pleasure Beach [Tram]: Tram trap? As Flexity 016 travelled south towards Starr Gate I wondered if the speed enforcement officer in the yellow van was tempted to check tram speeds as well as the passing cars. A 10 minute interval timetable has been maintained by the new trams throughout the winter season and they seem to have generally settled down to give reliable performance, including during the previous week when there was also snow to contend with.

Brock: Early DBS/EWS Class 66 No. 66003, then in its 15th year of service, heads an infrastructure train north on the WCML at Brock on 26th January 2013. The early sun was already thawing the overnight snow as this train followed the preceding steam special.

Prologis Park: The mud, grass, and snow on the rails tell a sad story of non-use in this view looking ESE towards Coventry City's Ricoh Stadium, just visible on the skyline see image [[35643]]. The Stadium station is now due to be built in 2014. A second pair of rails is set in the tarmac to the left of this crossing, at the evocative-sounding junction of Winding House Lane and Wheelwrights Lane.

Grayrigg: Black 5s 44871+45407 working hard with the winter 'Cumbrian Mountain Express' photographed just north of Grayrigg on Saturday 26 January 2013.

Northwick Park: Class 165 unit on a Chiltern Line service to Marylebone, heading away from the camera as it passes the LUL Metropolitan Line station at Northwick Park, on 26th January 2013.

Dalmeny Junction: Renewal of Standingstane Road bridge - a little south of Dalmeny Junction - on 26 January 2014. The old structure lies to the right.

Milton Keynes Central: A Euston bound Pendolino arrives at Milton Keynes Platform 4 on the afternoon of 26 January 2014.

Birmingham New Street: Three for the price of two - west end of Birmingham New Street, 26 January 2014.

Edinburgh Gateway [Tram]: A city bound tram pulls away from the platform at Edinburgh Gateway in bright late morning sunshine on 26 January 2017 and turns sharp right to pass below the A8 (top left). The tracks in the foreground run to the tram depot. Edinburgh Gateway Interchange was officially opened on 11 December 2016.

Botanique: Busy lunchtime at Botanique, an interchange between tram and underground systems in Brussels. The smart looking 3001, in silver and gold livery, was the first tram into the station for quite a while as there had been a police incident blocking the tracks. Several more trams were queuing behind it and the car on the line belonged to a Metro supervisor who had arrived to sort things out. 26th January 2017

Edinburgh Gateway: New station entrance. The pedestrian underpass that now provides a direct connection below the A8 between the Gyle retail park and Edinburgh Gateway Interchange, seen here on 26 January 2017 looking north from the Gyle Centre car park.

Edinburgh Gateway [Tram]: An airport bound tram arrives at Edinburgh Gateway on 26 January 2017.

Edinburgh Park Central [Tram]: A cold and misty January morning on Edinburgh's west side, where a hard overnight frost has left the grassy shoulders of the tramway with a strangely satisfying 'crunch' underfoot. The tram pictured has just left Edinburgh Park Central and is running alongside some of the numerous office blocks that line this section of the route on its way to Gyle Centre.

Edinburgh Gateway [Tram]: Officially opened in December 2016, Edinburgh Gateway train/tram interchange was quickly dubbed a 'multi-million pound white elephant' by the media. The south face of the interchange building is seen here bathed in January sunshine one month after opening, with a tram leaving for York Place amid landscaping works still in progress. Note the passengers through the glass on the left descending the escalator from the main station to reach the tram platforms. The lines passing below the railway/tramway link bridge continue as far as Gogar tram depot.

Gyle Centre [Tram]: A city bound tram crosses the dual carriageway shortly after leaving Gyle Centre on 26 January 2017.

Ferrybridge Power Station: Never used sidings at Ferrybridge 'C' Power Station which closed in March 2016.

Edinburgh Gateway [Tram]: A tram swings left after running below the A8 on 26 January 2017 on the approach to Edinburgh Gateway station with an airport bound service. View is from the upper level of the station, showing part of the elevated covered walkway which links the main concourse and the tram platforms via escalators situated off to the right. The lines in the foreground continue behind the station and into Gogar tram depot.

Loughborough Central: Resident Jinty 0-6-0T 47406 at Loughborough shed on Friday 26th January 2018. The loco was being cleaned for the Saturday services.

Green Road: The station building at Green Road is considerably more modern than most on the Cumbrian Coast line. However, it is not only unstaffed but is also only a request stop.

Leicester North: 9F 2-10-0 92214, newly arrived at Leicester North on 26th January 2018.

Flimby: Flimby southbound platform, seen from a northbound service in January 2018.

Barrow-in-Furness Carriage Sidings: 37401 draws the push-pull set into the carriage sidings at Barrow-in-Furness, on 26 January 2018, after having arrived from Preston.

Carlisle: 37402 propels the mid afternoon service to Barrow in Furness away from Carlisle on a sunny 26 January 2018. Pairs of Class 68s (in top and tail mode) were expected to be taking over some if not all the Class 37 diagrams from 29 January 2018 but that did not happen.

Carlisle: 37402 on the blocks at Carlisle on 26 January 2018 with a service that had just arrived from Barrow-in-Furness.

Millom: Millom signalbox on a sunny January day in 2018.

Barkston South Junction: DB 67030 heads north light engine along the ECML on 26th January 2018. The locomotive has just passed the former Barkston South Junction, where the chord to the Skegness line branched off until 2005. It is just about to cross the Skegness to Nottingham line on the bridge shown. Trains from Skegness to Grantham now also run this way using the new Allington Chord. [Ref query 31 January 2018]

Sellafield: Sellafield SB just to the north of the station seen from a departing train on 26 January 2018. The significant steel platform allows for the exchange of the single line token for the section to St Bees. Another feature of the station is the water crane next to the platform although it didn't look as if it had been used for a while.

Foxfield: Looking along the island platform at Foxfield, with the signalbox at the northern end, in January 2018

Caledonia Works: Notice displayed in the offices of the Klin Group at Kilmarnock in January 2018.

Loughborough Central: Guest engine at the GCR from the East Lancashire Railway, LMS Crab 2-6-0 13065 is seen in the yard at Loughborough Central with the sun lighting up its crimson paintwork.

Quorn and Woodhouse: LNER B12 4-6-0 8572, one of two guest engines at the Great Central Railway on 26th January 2018, is seen here departing from Quorn for Leicester North.

Parton [WJR]: The southbound platform at Parton viewed from a northbound service on 26 January 2018. Facilities for the passenger are basic but it does have a 'Harrington Hump'.

Whitehaven: 37402 waits patiently with the late running Barrow to Carlisle service at Whitehaven on 28 January 2018. The cause of the late running was nothing to do with the train on this occasion but a problem with the points on the single line section between Parton and Harrington. The local signalbox (Bransty) can be seen in the distance behind the lamp post.

St Bees: St Bees SB seen from a service departing northwards on 26 January 2018.

Quorn and Woodhouse: 9F 2-10-0 92214 takes a non-stop freight through Quorn & Woodhouse station on 26th January 2018. Note the rake of Windcutter 16T mineral wagons stabled in the yard.

Grantham: Looking north towards Newark along the main platform at Grantham during a quiet period on 26th January 2018.

Grantham: Looking south at Grantham on 26th January 2018. Over on the right EMT 158813 has called at the island platform on a service for Norwich that will shortly join the main line for the sprint to Peterborough.

Harrington: The station with a hump, well Harrington was where the hump was developed to save having to raise the whole platform to allow better access to the train. The southbound platform is seen in January 2018 with the hump just beyond the footbridge.

Quorn and Woodhouse: Standard 2MT 78018 approaching Quorn and Woodhouse with a non-stop freight on the Great Central Railway, 26th January 2018.

Arnside: Signalbox with a view - Arnside on the edge of the Kent estuary, between the station and the viaduct over the river. The location could be described as a little exposed but on this bright and sunny day in January 2018 it looked like the place to be.

Bunsall Incline: The Bunsal Inclines were two of five inclines that took the Cromford and High Peak Railway from Whaley Bridge up to the plateau. Bunsall Lower at around 455 yards and with a gradient of 1 in 7 was combined in 1852 with Bunsall Upper (660 yards at 1 in 18). In this view in a south easterly direction, the upper incline goes from the point marked A (centre of photo) to B, upper right. This part of the railway was abandoned in the 1890s when the L&NWR made a connection to the upper section at Harpur Hill. This provided a connection to the Manchester area without the need of to use the northern inclines.

Loughborough Central: Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn 0-6-0T Works No. 7684/1951 seen undergoing a contracted overhaul at Loughborough Central in January 2019. In October 1951 the locomotive was moved to Nechells Power Station in Warwickshire and became 'Nechells No 4'. It spent the rest of its working life there until it was withdrawn from service in June 1972 when steam operations ceased. In October 2018 the locomotive moved from the Chasewater Railway to the GCR following the locomotive being sold. The locomotive will be based on the Great Central Railway where it is expected to be fully overhauled.

Loughborough Central: Black 5 45305 poses for the camera in Loughborough yard during the GCR Gala on 26th January 2019.

Loughborough Central: Standard 5MT 73156 running through the platforms at Loughborough during the January 2019 Gala event.

West Croydon: 377430 at rear (with 377325 at head) of a Southern service to London Bridge at West Croydon, on 26th January 2019.

Quorn and Woodhouse: A 'Grampus' wagon at Quorn station on the GCR is a reminder of the host of Engineering Department wagons, with a huge variety of sealife names, that used to be seen on British railways.

Leicester North: GWR 4-6-0 7802 'Bradley Manor' running around its train at Leicester North during the GCR Gala on 26th January 2019.

George Street [Tram]: London Tramlink tram no. 2553 to West Croydon heading away from the camera as it departs from George Street stop in Croydon town centre, on 26th January 2019.

Quorn and Woodhouse: 46521 running into Quorn & Woodhouse with a demonstration goods train at the January 2019 gala.

Quorn and Woodhouse: Two of the recently upgraded Class 769 Flex EMUs (also now fitted with diesel engines) have been on test at the Great Central Railway. 769434 (the former 319434) is seen near the turntable at Quorn & Woodhouse during the January 2019 Gala.

Loughborough Central: A very clean looking 8F 2-8-0 48624 running through the platforms at Loughborough Central on 26th January 2019.

Loughborough Central: Resident Jinty 47406 running through the platforms at Loughborough Central during the GCR Gala on 26th January 2019.

Scotland Street Tunnel: A 'Red Whee'l has been unveiled at Scotland Street. The text reads: 'Scotland Street Railway Tunnel 1847-1868 Built to link Waverley with the Fife ferries, this tunnel was so steep that it required trains to be cable-hauled by a stationary steam engine.'

Kilmarnock: The BAM Nuttall Partnership Award plaque presented to the Kilmarnock Station Railway Heritage Trust on 26th January 2022, marking the station's high quality refurbishment.

Dumbarton Central: The early afternoon Glasgow to Oban & Mallaig calls at Dumbarton Central on 26 January 2022. 156477 leads sister unit 156476, at least as far as Crianlarich where the former headed to Oban and the latter to Mallaig.