Carlisle Kingmoor Shed: Clan Pacific 72006 'Clan Mackenzie' on the turntable at Carlisle Kingmoor in 1966.

Galashiels [1st]: A Clayton with the Hawick trip freight passing through Galashiels station in February 1969. See image [[55433]]

Hassendean: Clayton D8578 at Hassendean on 21 February 1969 with a northbound freight - thought to be the daily E 10 freight with redundant track added.

Galashiels [1st]: The Hawick trip freight at Galashiels, thought to be 21 February 1969.

Berwick-upon-Tweed: Deltic D9020 Nimbus approaches Berwick station with the up Flying Scotsman on Saturday 21 February 1970. Taken from the short platform just north of the overbridge.

Berwick-upon-Tweed: A pair of class 40s headed by no 270 comes off the Royal  Border  Bridge and into the down goods loop at Berwick on Tweed on 21 February 1970.

Berwick-upon-Tweed: Brush Type 4 no 1108 opens up as it approaches Berwick on Tweed station off the Royal Border Bridge with the 08.40 Leeds - Edinburgh in February 1970. This service bypassed Berwick but stopped at Dunbar.

Berwick-upon-Tweed: EE Type 4 no 256 stands at Berwick on Saturday 21 February 1970 with what is thought to be an excursion train.

Berwick-upon-Tweed: EE Type 4 no D285 runs off the Royal Border Bridge with a fitted freight, thought to be the 6S68 01.40 Whitemoor - Millerhill, on Saturday 21 February 1970.

Moffat Mills Junction: The Moffat Mills branch, east of Airdrie, survived to carry grain traffic to Inverhouse Distillery until the mid 1980s. View is east over the junction from the road bridge in February 1988, looking along the remains of the Airdrie - Bathgate line between Clarkston (Lanarks) and Plains with the trackbed of the Moffat Mills branch running off to the right. See image [[25408]]

Moffat Mills Junction: The truncated branch that once served Inverhouse distillery, seen looking back to Moffat Mills Junction on 21 February 1988. Running off to the right is the remains of the Airdrie - Bathgate line, which terminates just out of the picture. See image [[24624]]

Hawkeridge Junction: 37131 approaching Westbury station, on the Bath line, heading for Weymouth hauling a coal train from South Wales on 21 February 1990.

Fairwood Junction: 33102 passing Fairwood Junction, Westbury, in February 1990 with a stone train from the Somerset quarries. The train is heading into the Westbury marshalling yards.

Heywood Road Junction: 37131 running into Westbury through Heywood Road Junction from the Bath direction in February 1990 with a loaded coal train.

Haymarket: A class 156 calls at Haymarket with a Glasgow Central stopper in February 1999. These were then only trains to be seen in SPT livery around these parts. Things at platform level have changed a fair bit since those days, though not quite so much as they have at street level.

Niddrie West Junction: Westbound coal empties coming off the line from Millerhill yard at Niddrie West Junction on 21 February 2003 behind an unidentified EWS class 66 locomotive.

Bridge End: Goliath cranes Samson and Goliath at the main Harland and Wolff shipyard. Near Bridge End station on the Bangor line.

Edinburgh Waverley: View north across Market Street showing the dark and unwelcoming south entrance to Waverley station in February 2006. The building in the left background beyond the North Bridge is the former GPO headquarters on Waterloo Place, whose central sorting office was once linked directly with the station at a lower level via an overhead mailbag conveyor system (see image [[73684]]).

Stirling North Junction: The signal box at Stirling North, photographed in February 2006 looking west across the running lines.

Plates, signs, notices etc: An advertisement for The Caledonian Railway. Extract from Blacks Guide to The Trossachs, Loch Katrine and Loch Lomond for the year 1906.

Wallyford: Northbound coal empties through Wallyford in February 2007.

Prestonpans: A low winter sun casts long shadows at Prestonpans in February 2007 as a GNER service speeds through on its way to Kings Cross.

Burntisland: Silverlink 158782 on hire to First ScotRail calls at Burntisland on 21 Feb with the 14.12 Edinburgh - Markinch.

Woodacre Crossing: Virgin class 220 Voyager southbound at Woodacre, Lancs on 21 February 2007.

Kelvin Bridge: Looking to Kelvin Bridge from the west. This short section of open-air track is where the alignment of the line changes from north-south to run westwards under Great Western Road.

Craiginches Yard: A container train being unloaded at the new facilities on the south side of Craiginches yard, Aberdeen on 21 February 2008. These replace the former container handling facilities at Guild Street, with other Guild Street traffic switching to Raiths Farm. On the north side of the main line is the Blue Circle cement terminal

Standish: A Virgin Voyager set heads north on the WCML between the former stations at Standish and Coppull on 21 February 2009. Work is in progress thinning out the trees on the embankments which have taken hold over the past years. The work on the west side of the line is made much easier by the ability to access the site along the trackbed of the former slow lines.

Standish: Framed by the overhead line equipment 156488 heads north from Standish with a service to Blackpool North on 21 February 2009.

Standish: The overbridge that once carried the former WCML slow lines over the B5239 at Standish, with evidence of contact with a vehicle or vehicles. Photographed on 21 February 2009.

Standish: Two bridges on a former 4-track section of the WCML over the B5239 at Standish, with the bricked up arch between once giving access to Standish station (closed 1949). What might appear at first glance to be graffiti plugging a new rock band has been put there to identify the bridge carrying rail traffic for reporting purposes in the event of a bridge strike. The other, out of use, bridge has some severe indentations, suggesting that the road vehicles involved may have needed major surgery! See image [[22604]]

Grange-over-Sands: A small foot crossing just west of the station is one of the access points to Grange promenade. 156454, heading for Carlisle via the coast in February 2009, passes the former crossing keeper's cottage, now in private ownership.

Yoker Depot: First ScotRail Fire & Emergency Evacuation Training coaches nos 10256 & 10260 stand on a plinth at Yoker depot on 21 February 2010. see image [[27811]]. [With thanks to First ScotRail].

Yoker Depot: Mark III coaches 10256 & 10260 photographed at Yoker depot on 21 February 2010. The coaches stand isolated on a short length of rail mounted on a plinth and are used for training purposes. The coaches carry Virgin livery on one side and First ScotRail livery on the other see image [[27810]]. [With thanks to First ScotRail].

Glasgow Museum of Transport: The Glasgow Subway as many of a certain age will remember it - although this was taken in Kelvin Hall Museum in 2010.

Saughton [Tram]: Looking west along the former guided busway at Saughton on 21 February 2010, with track laying for the new tram system well underway.

Saughton: 170402 on an Edinburgh-Glasgow Queen Street service on 21 February passes the abutments of the tramway bridge currently being built across the tracks at Saughton.

Barnstaple: Having arrived with the 13.10 from Exmouth see image [[27927]], 143603 waits at Barnstaple to return there on Sunday 21st February 2010.

Partick: The airport - like entrance to the new Partick station, seen on 21 February 2010 See image [[23501]]

Merkland Street: The way it used to be - Glasgow District Subway - Merkland Street Station (the mock-up in the former Transport Museum). See image [[30665]]

Merkland Street: The 'fuhrerstand' in the old Glasgow Subway driving coach, photographed at Merkland Street (the transport museum version). The driver used to collect the tickets as this was the exit from the train. Little thin pieces of paper - 6d and 8d depending on the number of stations - about 1964, as I recall.

Exmouth: Pacer number 143603 waits departure from Exmouth with the 13.10 service to Barnstaple on Sunday 21st February 2010.

Wolfclyde Viaduct: The remains of Wolfclyde Viaduct, photographed looking south west across the river in February 2011, with the former Coulter station just off picture to the left. The line across the viaduct was closed to all rail traffic in 1966 following the withdrawal of the remaining freight service between Broughton and Symington.

Lostock Hall Gas Works: On the west side of the former East Lancashire line between Preston Junction see image [[32975]] and Preston station were sidings serving the Lostock Hall Gas Works. The entrance to the sidings can be seen on the left of this photograph taken on 21 Februay 2011 where the track leads into the trees. On the right where the tarmaced path now runs was the line to Whitehouse South Junction and Preston station. Many clues to the former railway use an still be found including the base of a signal post, posts and pulleys for signal wires, posts to support multicore cables and even a lamp post. The former railway route has been converted into a bridleway and cycle path along almost the entire route.

Chirk Viaduct: Viaducts in the morning mist. This view looks west to the Chirk Viaduct and beyond it the Chirk Aquaduct.

Straiton Sidings: View north along the trackbed of the Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway in February 2011 between Loanhead and Gilmerton. The substantial modern bridge spanning the abandoned route carries Edinburgh's A720 City Bypass and was brought into use with the new road in late 1988. Final closure of the railway route, latterly serving Bilston Glen Colliery, occurred 6 months later, following closure of the colliery itself. See image [[32922]]

Chirk: A northbound service approaches Chirk station in February 2011. The southern ends of the platforms are out of use. To the right was the former Glyn Valley Tramway's 1885 extension to Chirk and below (and to the right) is the Shropshire Union Canal's Llangollen Branch running through the Chirk Tunnel (the 'Darkie' Tunnel).

Straiton Sidings: View south along the Glencorse branch on 21 February with the bridge carrying the Edinburgh City Bypass behind the camera see image [[32891]]. On the left the 'main line' continued south past what is now Edgefield industrial estate towards Loanhead station and the site of the former Ramsay and later Bilston Glen Collieries. A mineral line on the right ran past Straiton Sidings (now a nature reserve) and on to provide links to the once thriving shale and limestone operations in the area, including oil works at Pentland and Straiton (the latter now a large retail park) and lime works at Burdiehouse.

Mossband Junction: Northbound 4S44 Daventry-Coatbridge heading north from the Esk Viaduct towards Mossband Junction. Above is the M74.

Straiton Sidings: The trackbed of the mineral line running south from Straiton Sidings on the Glencorse branch see image [[32922]] now ends at the site of the level crossing over the B702 that once gave access to Straiton Oil Works. The oil works site is today occupied by a large retail park - which includes the inevitable McDonalds. View south on 21 February 2011.

Chirk Viaduct: Chirk Aquaduct (left) on the Llangollen branch of the Shropshire Union Canal was later paralleled by Chirk Viaduct (right) of the Shrewsbury Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway. The view looks south.

Straiton Sidings: View north over the site of the level crossing linking the mineral line that ran down from Straiton sidings (now a nature reserve) to access Straiton Oil Works (now a retail park) on 21 February 2011. (McDonalds stands immediately behind the camera.) see image [[32985]].

Preston Junction: Site of the 1852 Preston Junction station, renamed Todd Lane Junction in 1952 and eventually closed in October 1968. The view is north along the old East Lancs route towards Preston from where Todd Lane North road bridge once stood. To the left of the tarmac path was the island platform. Behind the camera was the junction itself, with lines going east towards Bamber Bridge and west towards Lostock Hall.

Blindwells Opencast Disposal Site: 380 101 passes Blindwells with the 11.27 from North Berwick to Edinburgh on 21 February.

Gorebridge: Progress at Gorebridge on 21 February 2012. View north from Lady Brae road bridge towards Gorebridge Station with evidence of much tree clearance.

Gorebridge: View south from Station Road bridge along the trackbed of the Waverley Route on 21 February 2012. The foreground houses have been boarded up prior to demolition; just beyond is the former station house and Lady Brae road bridge. See image [[21520]]

Derby: This clock was one of the more attractive parts of the now-demolished second Derby station. Fortunately, they saw fit to relocate it to the far end of the car park. see image [[42250]]

Spondon: View west at Spondon towards Derby on 21 February see image [[42222]] in an area full of history. The Derby-Nottingham canal survives as a path beyond the flats on the right; while the East entrance to Chaddesden yard was just beyond the road bridge (Raynesway) in the distance. The sidings on the left serve the Celanese works, which is under threat of 'lift and shift' to China. Finally, the grey gate on the left used to access a sizeable signalbox. The approaching DMU is heading for Nottingham.

Derby Friargate: There can't be many places in the UK where four platforms have survived closure by nearly 50 years, in a location a mere hundred yards from a busy commercial street. View looks North towards Ashbourne in February 2013.

Derby Friargate: Turning left from the previous view of the Handyside bridge see image [[42175]], this underbridge allowed access to the Handyside foundry sidings [behind the photographer]. There were points to the left of the brick building seen through the arch; the chord to the GNR was approximately on the line of the second tarmac path seen on the left. The angle is deceptive - the path runs up the slope at about a 45 degree angle.

Hassendean: Filming taking place at the former Hassendean station on 21 February. View is south from the footbridge. In the background is the road bridge from which a well-known Robin Barbour mystery photograph was taken many years earlier see image [[28700]].

Derby Friargate: When they say it's a dangerous structure, they're not kidding. This loading alcove attached to the Bonded Goods Depot at Derby Friargate looks distinctly the worse for wear in February 2013.

Derby Friargate: A well preserved station cheers the soul; Derby Friargate, however, is frankly depressing. The former station nameboard supports still stand on the centre platform, while the Bonded Goods Depot awaits refurbishment in the background see image [[42214]]. View south in February 2013.

Melbourne Junction: View south at Melbourne Junction in February 2013, with the Voyager just over a mile short of Derby station. The tracks to the left used to run to Ashby-de-la-Zouch; and are still used to deliver jet fuel to the Rolls-Royce engine test beds. The vestigial passenger service to the Sinfin stations - which was met by RR security staff to let workers through the otherwise locked gates in the factory fences - finished about 20 years ago.

Derby Friargate: This arched bridge over the River Derwent near Derby Friargate station see image [[42539]] was built only 200 yards downstream in the Handyside Foundry. View looks towards Nottingham, in a round about way.

Hawick [1st]: No comment. Producer Esther Johnson and film crew at work on 21 February 2013 on the former goods platform alongside the site of Hawick station. The Teviotdale Leisure Centre now occupies the background. See image [[25301]]

Derby Friargate: The two shallow arch viaducts built to carry four tracks of the GNR towards Nottingham are still elegant in 2013, but look a bit unfocussed; as they are covered in netting to stop bits of iron falling onto the street (Friargate) below. View looks north west away from the town centre towards Ashbourne.

Derby Friargate: The Bonded Goods Depot at Derby Friargate was virtually derelict on my last visit in 1981; so for a brick building without much roof, and with extensive internal arson damage, it's doing well more than 30 years on. This is the East end of the building, which used to include an apartment for the depot manager. One way and another, you wouldn't want to live there now.

Spondon: The Spondon station building (red brick) and station master's house (rendered, and complete with stopped clock) have both been converted to new uses in this view towards Nottingham in February 2013. The train is a Nottingham - Matlock service see image [[40786]].

Derby Friargate: Looking along the south wall of the old station towards the arched bridge over Friargate see image [[42203]]. This was a large station, with ample capacity for holiday makers to travel to Skegness. What is not clear from this angle is that behind the white rectangle on the upper wall, four arches' worth of platform collapsed in about 1980. This was well after the station closed; but quite alarming for the lady who had just put some teabags in the bins.

Derby: If the strapping blokes who forged this coupling from red-hot iron had known it would end up being an ornament in a car park fence, they'd probably have been less than amused.

Derby Friargate: Looking East across the Friargate viaduct see image [[42203]], it seems that all you would need to do to reopen this line is to put some rails down. But this is deceptive, as the arches beyond Friargate were demolished about 20 years ago (the white building in the background is on the trackbed).

Cumbernauld: View from the platform at Cumbernauld on 21 February 2014 as a terminated service from Motherwell enters the refuge siding. Changed days.... with colour light signalling and electrification equipment now installed here see image [[10787]].

Cumbernauld: An updated Cumbernauld station on 21 February 2014, complete with new OLE equipment and a new footbridge. Note the extension to platform 1 to accommodate longer electric units. see image [[19133]]

Cumbernauld: Platform view north east at Cumbernauld on 21 February 2014, with the old footbridge now removed and overhead line equipment installed.

Ayr: The 10.30 ex Glasgow Central snakes across the layout at the north end of Ayr station from the down line into Platform 1.

Grand Junction Canal Viaduct [Northampton]: This is the East chord from the Bedford and Peterborough lines to Northampton (formerly Castle) station. In this direction, the bridge crosses the Grand Union Canal, then the River Nene. Goods sidings to the right and left beyond the bridge have gone, as has the West chord. The trackbed from here to Brackmills see image [[34291]] has been bought by West Northamptonshire Development Corporation for £1.5m for conversion to a footpath and cycleway.

Northampton Bridge Street: The first Bridge Street loco shed was built in 1845, but blew down in 1852. The replacement was started in 1855 and extended in 1870. The building became a carriage shed in 1881 and is now used for storage by Network Rail. The Asda supermarket on the extreme left is on the far side of Bridge Street level crossing see image [[19770]].

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: EGIP consultation poster at Queen Street on 21 February 2014. [See recent news item]

Cumbernauld: Carriage stop markers at platform 2, Cumbernauld. Overhead Line infrastructure in place. See Image [[24882]]

Alloway Junction: View towards Alloway Junction over the Maybole Road on 21 February 2015. The vegetation is cleared - and next probably the bulldozers will be in to remove the embankment. Apparently a new roundabout is being built at the junction of Maybole Road and the A77.

Blackpool (Wilton Parade): Blackpool Flexity 012 heads along the elevated north promenade at Blackpool. Below the promenade the collonades on the Middle Walk can be seen and also the more exposed Lower Walk.

Blackpool (North Pier): High tide at Blackpool as Flexity 003 leaves North Pier heading for Starr Gate. 21st February 2015 saw the highest astronomical tides for around nineteen years but fine weather meant Blackpool promenade was unaffected and tram services ran normally.

Pitsford and Brampton: With the society's class 31 having moved to Rushden, the resident main line diesel on the Northampton and Lamport Railway is now 47395 - and very smart it looks too. View south along the platform towards Northampton on 21 February 2015. See image [[3139]]

Blackpool (North Pier): Starr Gate bound Flexity 002 leaves the Blackpool coastline briefly to go behind the Metropole Hotel before calling at the North Pier tram stop. The long overhang at the front of the Bombardier trams is very noticeable in this side view. North Pier also had its own tramway, but only from 1991 to 2004 when it was unfortunately closed and then scrapped.

Cardross: 73968 brings up the rear of the Polmadie to Oban run of the sleeper stock. This was en route to Oban as empty stock of the Oban-Euston service, diverted from Fort William due to permanent way works. Just no more visible above the locomotive is the new [[MV Lochinvar]] just launched at Ferguson's yard.

Brock: A weekend engineering train returning from Settle to Carlisle via the WCML, the second of two that day, passes through the site of long closed Brock station See image [[24407]] on Sunday 21st February 2016. Freightliner 66524 was in charge with 66544 bringing up the rear.

Kilmarnock: DRS no 57307 drags Pendolino 390006 through Kilmarnock on a very wet and cold Sunday 21 February 2016

Culross [2nd]: DBC 67028 on a Mossend - Townhill - Mossend route learning trip on 21 February. Passing Culross with the closed Longannet Power Station in the background.

Torryburn: DBC 67028 on a Mossend - Townhill - Mossend route learning trip on 21 February. Nearing Newmills with Torryburn in the background.

Carlisle: Colas 60087 passes through Carlisle with a very heavy Kingmoor - Chirk logs train that was routed over the Settle & Carlisle line. 21st February 2018.

Carlisle: Freightliner 90042 and 90047 pause for a crew change in Citadel station with a Daventry - Coatbridge intermodal service. 21st February 2018.

Hilgay: A London to Kings Lynn service approaches Hilgay LC in the late afternoon sunshine of 21 February 2018. There had been a station here until 1963 but no trace was found.

Outwell Village: There is very little to see of the former Wisbech and Upwell Tramway which finally closed in 1966. Beside the canal at Outwell where the tramway had a small yard, local historian and author Mr William Smith stands beside a monument he designed and had erected so that the tramway is not forgotten. The top of the monument is an old signpost which had been found buried after it had been taken down during WW2. The arms of the signpost have been adapted to include some facts about the tramway. The rest of the construction includes a trolley wheel, a piece of 80 lb/yd bullhead rail sat in a chair and attached to a short length of sleeper. The lower part of the post has been adorned with views of the tramway when it was working. Note the connection to Toby the Tram engine!

Lanark: Display panels at Lanark station in February 2018.

Downham Market: What surprised me most about the station at Downham Market was the fact that it seemed to be in a time warp from the late 80s or early 90s. The station signage has retained the Network South East branding over 20 years after privatisation. The view looks south towards Cambridge.

Downham Market: Looking north over the LC at Downham Market in February 2018 with the SB on the left and station buildings beyond. The main station is on the up platform on the right.

Denver [Norfolk]: The station at Denver closed in 1930 but the platform is still present and the station building is now in residential use. The view is north towards Downham Market on 21 November 2018. This was the start of a branch to Stoke Ferry but that also closed to passengers in 1930 but part of it survived for freight until the early 1980s.

Downham Market: Looking south through Downham Market station from Fairfield Rd crossing on 21st February 2018. With the station retaining the Network South East branding and paint scheme, the tall lines of platform lights do add some colour on a rather dull day.

Lanark: Two Class 320 EMUs at Lanark on 21st February 2018. On the right an original Scottish set and on the left one of the refurbished ex-London Midland sets.

Carlisle: Very enjoyable and productive day out in Carlisle, including three class 37s in half an hour! Owned by the Scottish 37 Group, 37025 has been returned to mainline service and propels a Network Rail test train from Mossend to Derby south from Carlisle on 21st February 2018.

Bay Horse: 37424 Avro Vulcan XH558, propelling the Carlisle to Preston service at Bay Horse, meets the northbound Tesco, powered by electro-diesel 88007 Electra. 21st February 2018.

Carlisle: GBRf 92028 and 66720 approach Carlisle with the Wembley - Irvine china clay train on 21st February 2018. The 92 would be detatched at Kingmoor and return to the station for stabling.

Denver [Norfolk]: A service from Kings Lynn passes the former station at Denver in Norfolk on 21 February 2018 heading towards Cambridge.

Carlisle: DRS 37218 opens up after a signal check, on its way from Kingmoor to Crewe, one of three Class 37s seen in the station in a 30 minute period on 21st February 2018.

Carlisle: DBS 66111 passes Platform 3 at Carlisle Citadel with a ballast from Kingmoor to Tyne Yard on 21st February 2018.

Denver [Norfolk]: A Class 387 EMU heads towards Cambridge having just crossed the LC at Denver on 21 February 2018.. The former station building is to the right.

Carlisle: DRS 37401 propels the 14.35 from Carlisle to Barrow-in-Furness out of Platform 1 on 21st February 2018.

Glasgow Queen Street Low Level: Another stage of the refurbishment of Glasgow Queen Street is announced on posters which appeared in mid February 2019 near the Low Level lifts and stairs.

Easterhouse: An Edinburgh to Helensburgh service calls at Easterhouse on 21 February 2019. The diet of 334s on this line seems to be unvarying. The station is overlooked by the M8 which you can see in the background.

Kilmarnock: A Sprinter from Glasgow Central approaches journey's end at Kilmarnock's Platform 2 on 21 February 2019.

Kilmarnock: A Glasgow service waits to depart from its usual Platform 2 at Kilmarnock on 21 February 2019. As far as I can see electrification of this line is no more than a vague aspiration. Will the 156s wear out first?

Kilmarnock: All is retro in this view along the Platform buildings at Kilmarnock on 21 February 2019 - except, mercifully, for the coffee. Note the 'G&SWRCo' roundels on the canopy brackets (take my word for it that it is all there).

Blackfriars [CCR]: Blue plaque outside the former Blackfriars station on the Charing Cross Railway of 1864 which only lasted five years, being replaced by Waterloo Junction station in 1869 (which was renamed Waterloo in 1935 and Waterloo East in 1977).

Bonnybridge High: North side of under bridge UB 75 at Bonnybridge High on 21st February 2019, with remains of the Station building base to the left.

Stewarton: A Glasgow to Carlisle service calls at Stewarton on 21 February 2019. In the early 1970s this station, along with Dunlop, was down to two trains a day and even with those you weren't allowed to travel to or from Kilmarnock. Today there are two trains an hour. You can also easily get to Kilmarnock, so its not all good.

Bonnybridge High: South side of the under bridge at Bonnybridge High on 21st February 2019. South side station foundations to the right and bridge abutment for the separate bridge access to James Dougall and sons Bonnyside brickworks (Now RHI industries).

Birchington-on-Sea: A Ramsgate to St Pancras via Faversham Southeastern Javelin service heads west between Birchington-on-Sea and Herne Bay on 21 February 2019. The location is actually near to the village of Minnis Bay (the houses in the background) however the location has not gained a station during its growth and relies on Birchington-on-Sea approximately a mile to the east.

Dunlop: A Glasgow to Carlisle service calls at the pleasant village of Dunlop on 21 February 2019. Like many such places, it seems to be completely devoid of humans during working hours but things have certainly improved at the station in recent years. See image [[25829]] from 1987.

Bay Horse: 68034 Victorious (but nameplates not yet fitted) and 68018 Vigilant take three flasks from Crewe to Sellafield through Bay Horse on 21st February 2019.

Northampton: On 21st February 2020, I tried the latest timetable for my Nuneaton to Milton Keynes commute. A later start at 0650 is balanced by the need to change twice, at Rugby and Northampton. This photograph shows the risk in this procedure: having watched my connection depart as I arrived, I had time to photograph 66951 heading train 464Z from Garston to London Gateway. The white stuff on the platform is rock salt, not frost.

Coventry: Coventry station is smaller than Nuneaton station (4 platforms instead of 7), and has shorter sightlines off the platforms; so you have to keep your wits about you to shoot freight trains. Here is train 447b from Birmingham Lawley Street to Southampton.

Coventry: The train for Birmingham is welcome to Coventry. As a resident of Nuneaton, I am not so sure about myself, as I live in the rival town. Sad, but true.

Dalguise Viaduct: Flooding of the River Tay at the Dalguise Viaduct, north of Dunkeld, on the Highland Main Line.

Leyland: Network Rail were busy in Leyland in February 2021, with weekend rail replacement and some resleepering taking place on the Down Fast. All traffic was on the Slow lines. In this view, from the road bridge at the north end of the station, an RRV moves south on the Up Fast line with some new sleepers.

Thornton North Junction: Sleepers laid out on the Levenmouth branch at Thornton North Junction, in preparation for new track being laid, on 21st February 2022.

Aberdeen: NWT liveried GBRf 66747, with Caledonian Sleeper 73967 out of sight behind, pushing the sleeper stock back to Clayhills sidings on a very wet 21st February 2022.

Rotherham Central: Rotherham Central remains closed on Monday 21 Feb 2022.