Bo'ness: Class V1 2-6-2T no 67622 stands in the 'stored locomotive' sidings at Boness Harbour on 26 February 1962. The locomotive is recorded as being officially withdrawn from Parkhead shed the following month.

Bo'ness: Gresley V3 2-6-2T 67626 standing in a line of stored steam locomotives at Bo'ness Harbour on 26 February 1962.

Bo'ness: Robinson D11 4-4-0 no 62691 Laird of Balmawhapple stands in the sidings alongside Boness Harbour in February 1962 in company with various other steam locomotives stored there awaiting disposal. Built by Armstrong - Whitworth in 1924, no 62691 had been withdrawn from Haymarket shed 3 some months earlier. It was eventually cut up at Connels of Calder the following March.

Buchanan Street: Ferryhill's V2 No 60955 is preparing to leave Glasgow Buchanan Street on the 2.15pm train to Aberdeen on 26 February 1963.

Buchanan Street: A2 No 60527 'Sun Chariot' is about to head back to St Rollox shed from Glasgow Buchanan Street, having brought the morning train from Aberdeen on 26 February 1963. Noteworthy is the cooling tower of the Pinxton power station which was located beside the main line from Queen Street to Edinburgh.

Stirling: 60024 Kingfisher on the 1.30pm Aberdeen - Glasgow Buchanan Street train at Stirling in February 1966.

Beattock Shed: Ivatt class 4 43106, off Kingmoor (12A) on the turntable of Beattock Shed (66F) after working the Border Countryman special from Carlisle.

Doncaster Works: Preserved former LNER Gresley A3 Pacific 4472 'Flying Scotsman' (BR 60103) seen on display in steam, with cab accessible, during an Open Day at Doncaster Works in 1983

Knottingley TMD: Class 56 freight locomotives rest on Knottingley TMD on 26 February 1983 following a week of hard work. On shed on this particular Saturday can be seen large logo examples 56092, 56115, 56093 and 56110, plus 56081.

Basingstoke: Network South East EMUs, with 7001 leading, heading west on the approach to Basingstoke on 26 February 1992.

Basingstoke: Its not the digging that wears me out, its more the constant waving... A Waterloo to Bournemouth service comprised of two 5 car class 442 sets passes a PW gang between Hook and Basingstoke in February 1992.

Basingstoke: An eastbound service destined for Waterloo at speed on the long straight section between Basingstoke and Hook in February 1992.

Basingstoke: Two Class 455 units on the Up Main heading for London after having called at Basingstoke in February 1992. Note the roof profile of the third carriage which is a TSO from a Class 508 when they were reduced to three car sets and sent north to Merseyrail.

Laisterdyke: View along the loading spur at the 'European Metal Recycling' scrap plant at Laisterdyke, Bradford, on 26 February 1998. Immediately to the right is the overgrown run round loop on the former avoiding line, with the running lines beyond. See image [[27177]]

Cumbernauld: Longannet coal empties passing south through Cumbernauld station on their way back to Hunterston in February 2005 behind EWS 66102.

Cumbernauld: A Falkirk Grahamston - Glasgow Queen Street 158 approaching Cumbernauld in February 2005, seen from the station footbridge. The train has just passed a class 150 in the refuge siding which will eventually run back into the station to form the next service to Motherwell.

Cumbernauld: A sunny February afternoon at Cumbernauld station in 2005.

Cumbernauld: Scene at Cumbernauld in February 2005 as an SPT liveried 170 DMU arrives at platform 2 with a service from Glasgow Queen Street.

Edinburgh Waverley: View over the west end of Waverley on Sunday 26 February 2006. The north side through route is closed for the weekend, with work in progress on the base for the new Balmoral platform (1 & 20) on the far left.

Edinburgh Waverley: Sunday morning engineering work on the north side of Waverley in February 2006 in connection with the new 'Balmoral' through platform. Freightliner 66607 edges slowly forward along platform 1 with a ballast train. Note the partially dismantled GPO overhead cableway bridge via which mailbages were once carried from their Waterloo Place HQ alongside the station, through a hole in the station wall, over the tracks and into a rail distribution centre off to the left.

Edinburgh Waverley: More ballast ... another ballast train awaits the call during the north side works at Waverley on 26 February 2006. On the right preparations for construction of the new Balmoral through platform are well underway.

Edinburgh Waverley: A ballast train arrives at Waverley platform 1 on Sunday morning 26 February 2006. View east along platform 1 below the disused GPO cableway 'bridge' with the exit to the works yard and Calton Road on the left.

Edinburgh Waverley: Ballasting in progress, Waverley north side, looking east along platform 1 on 26 February 2006.

Edinburgh Waverley: Quiet Sunday morning at Waverley station on 26 Feb 2006 with work associated with the new north-side through platform just visible on the left of the picture.

Edinburgh Waverley: Looking west along Waverley's platform 19 on 26 February 2006 with work underway in connection with the provision of the additional through platform on the north side.

Edinburgh Waverley: The gloomy south entrance to Waverley station from Market Street on a February afternoon in 2006. As with the Waverley Steps entrance, plans are also currently under consideration with a view to improving access from this side of the station as well as making it look a little more welcoming. See image [[40419]]

Edinburgh Waverley: Preparations for the Edinburgh pasty festival perhaps? No - engineering works on the north side of Waverley - looking east along platforms 1 & 19 on 26 February 2006.

Petteril Bridge Junction: Bridge to nowhere. This bridge, which once carried the road between Harraby and Botcherby over the Newcastle and Carlisle line, was left high and dry following the construction of Carlisles Eastern Way. Photograph taken in February 2007, looking back towards Petteril Bridge Junction, with a Newcastle bound DMU passing below.

Hexham: The view south east over Hexham station from the A6079 road bridge on 26 February 2007. The River Tyne is off to the left and a Pacer is approaching in the distance alongside the signal box.

Hexham: A Scotrail 156 DMU about to pass below the signal box gantry shortly after restarting from Hexham station in February 2007. The train is the 1000 Stranraer Harbour - Newcastle Central. The metal barriers visible at the bottom of the picture are in connection with retail developments on former railway land to the east of the station once occupied by the locomotive shed and goods yard.

Petteril Bridge Junction: 'Green at last...' Northbound coal empties off the Settle & Carlisle line finally get the clear after a lengthy hold up at Petteril Bridge Junction on the eastern approach to Carlisle on 26 February 2007. At the head of the train is Freightliner 66549. The land beyond the trees on the left was once occupied by the Midland Railway's Durranhill Yard, now part of Durranhill Industrial Estate.

Hexham: Remains of Hexham goods yard in February 2007, shortly before redevelopment of the area. View is west towards the main exit, with the former goods shed just off picture to the left and the Newcastle & Carlisle main line running past on the right. For a view from the other side of the goods shed see image [[9297]].

Langside: Looking through the hole in the wood covering up the lost void at Langside.

Langside: 314211 just left Langside downhill for Glasgow Central on the Outer.

Langside: Staircase with canopy to the platform... canopy looks weathered.. looks tho it has stood the test of time!!

Langside: Island Platform at Langside... I like this photo.

Langside: Automatiac Signal C64 showing a Caution aspect.. the signal ahead is Red protecting the junction at Cathcart.

Langside: Was this an old Booking Office?? Anyone know??

Langside: Strathclyde Transport may have been done away with but this station sign reminds us of the old days.

Hexham: A Stranraer Harbour - Newcastle Central service pulls away from Hexham on 26 February 2007.

Hexham: A Hexham - Middlesbrough service waiting to commence its journey on 26 February 2007.

Carlisle Durranhill Goods [NER]: The eastern approach to Carlisle in February 2007. Freightliner 66603 passes Durranhill westbound with empty coal hoppers on the Newcastle & Carlisle route. The suburb of Botcherby stands in the background beyond the partially demolished former road bridge (replaced by Carlisle's Eastern Way from which the photograph was taken).

Carlisle Durranhill Shed: View over the Carlisle eastern approaches in February 2007. Freightliner 66543 is passing the site of Durranhill shed on the S&C route with coal empties returning to Hunterston. The mast in the background stands alongside Upperby depot and the WCML.

Carlisle Durranhill Goods [NER]: An eastbound service leaving Carlisle on the Newcastle line passes the site of London Road yard on 26 February 2007. On the far left running alongside is the Settle & Carlisle route. The two lines meet in the distance at Petteril Bridge Junction.

Carlisle Durranhill Shed: A service from Leeds approaches Carlisle in February 2007 having travelled via the S&C route. Petteril Bridge Junction stands in the distance. Extensive railway facilities once occupied both sides of the running lines in this part of the city.

Carlisle Durranhill Goods [NER]: A First ScotRail class 156 DMU takes the Newcastle line east out of Carlisle through Durranhill on 26 February 2007 with a through service from Stranraer.

Hexham: Train for Middlesbrough leaves Hexham on 26 February 2007.

Hexham: A diverted Voyager eastbound past Hexham signal box on 26 February 2007. The diversions were necessary following the WCML Pendolino derailment at Grayrigg.

Hexham: Looking east over Hexham station in February 2007, with an eastbound DMU preparing to depart. The station once boasted significant goods facilities, bay platforms and a locomotive shed. There were branches south to Allendale and north to Reedsmouth, thence the Wansbeck Valley to Morpeth or Border Counties to Riccarton Junction.

Hexham: Part of the abandoned goods yard at Hexham in February 2007. View is west, with the north wall of the main goods shed on the left and the station located just beyond the rusted high level water tank standing in the background. Much of the former railway land here was earmarked for redevelopment at that time. For the front view see image [[9297]].
See query 2221

Petteril Bridge Junction: A Northern DMU comes off the curve from Petteril Bridge Junction in February 2007 and accelerates east along the Midland route out of Carlisle. At this location the S&C and N&C lines run east from the junction in parallel on either side of the scrub. In the right background are the remains of the NER's London Road goods yard, with the long abandoned Midland Railway Durranhill facilities off picture to the left.

Hexham: A Carlisle bound train arriving at Hexham from the east on 26 February 2007.

Hexham: The 10.00 ex-Stranraer Harbour, formed by SPT liveried 156431, departs from Hexham at 1430 on 26 February 2007, with approximately half an hour still to go on its 5 hour journey to Newcastle Central.

Carlisle Durranhill Shed: An unidentified working formed by a 3-car DMU combination led by 152259 heading off along the Settle & Carlisle line running east from Petteril Bridge Junction in February 2007. At this point the train is running parallel with the Newcastle & Carlisle route, just visible on the other side of the scrub.

Carlisle Durranhill Shed: A Northern DMU passing the site of Durranhill shed (left) on the Midland route out of Carlisle in February 2007. In the background is the remains of the ex-NER goods yard at London Road, now abandoned and lifted.

Carlisle Durranhill Shed: Northern 156470 with an early afternoon service from Leeds approaching Carlisle on 26 February 2007. The train is passing through Durranhill, once the centre of Midland Railway operations in the Border City. To the left of the train stood Durranhill locomotive shed, (closed in 1959) with the MR's Durranhill sidings immediately beyond. The modern logistics depot in the left background is built at the western end of the former yard and is obscuring the site of the Midland's Petteril Bridge goods depot, which stood just beyond on the west side of the River Petteril. These ex-Midland Railway locations now form part of the large Durranhill Industrial Estate.

Mount Florida: Mount Florida station's island platform and booking office building are seen from the northerly staircase entrance looking towards Cathcart as 314209 calls on its way to Neilston.

Neilston: Neilston, now a terminus rather than a through station, has a country branch line atmosphere despite the overhead electrification and suburban EMUs. 314215 has used the shunting neck to cross over to the departure platform and is now waiting to head back to Glasgow.

Dunlop: Dunlop station, looking north on 26 February 2009, showing progress on the dynamic loop and new (or rebuilt) northbound platform. The name dynamic loop sells this a bit short as it's really the reinstatement of several miles of double track covering two stations, the other being Stewarton, and extending to and incorporating the existing loop at Lugton to the north. This will allow a half-hourly service between Glasgow and Kilmarnock, rather than the current often overcrowded hourly service.

Rodney Street Tunnel: View along the trackbed of the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway on 26 February from the north end of Rodney Street tunnel where reopening work is well advanced. The south end exit into the former Scotland Street station and King George V park can now be clearly seen.

Scotland Street: Standing above the north portal of Scotland Street Tunnel looking over the former station site (now a play area) on 26 February 2009. Below is the new pathway and associated works being carried out in connection with the reopening of Rodney Street tunnel which will bring the existing North Edinburgh walkway/cycleway network under Rodney Street and Broughton Road into King George V Park.

Kings Park: Looking west from Kings Park, Cathcart East junction can be seen. The green aspect indicates the next train is going straight ahead and will drop under the Cathcart line to john the inner circle near Mount Florida. The line to the left is the double track link with Cathcart West Juction for the Outer Circle or Neilston. The line on the far right is the chord running in from the Outer Circle to Kings Park and Newton beyond.

Mount Florida: 314203 rolls in to a wet Mount Florida station on a Cathcart outer circle service. This station, in addition to serving Hampden Park, also caters for Langside College, accessed directly from the station footbridge.

Anniesland: Scotrail 158713 pulls away from the bay platform at Anniesland heading back to Glasgow Queen St HL via Maryhill on a wet afternoon. Because the relaid line from Maryhill is a stub and has not been connected into the other lines at Anniesland the signalling has not been complicated by the new service.

Neilston: Having arrived at Neilston from Glasgow Central, 314215 waits in the down platform before drawing forward into the reversing spur and back into the up platform. The line to Neilston is elevated on a hillside and provides excellent views across the Glasgow suburbs to the Clyde.

Motherwell: The Cumbernauld Shuttle, formed by 156435, is ready for another trip from the Hamilton line platform at Motherwell, passing Motherwell shed and Mossend Yard en route.

Springburn: 334020 has arrived in the bay at Springburn from Dalmuir while 170456 runs in on a service from the Cumbernauld line, going forward to Glasgow Queen St HL.

Dunlop: The camber at Dunlop station can make alighting a slightly queasy experience. The driver of a Carlisle to Glasgow 156 495 chats with workers building the new platform to serve the new long loop, or rather whopping 5-mile extension of the existing Lugton loop, which will extend south past Stewarton.  The current long single section between Lugton and Kilmarnock limits frequency and some passenger trains are halted in the manually signalled Lugton loop. A half-hourly service is expected to start from the December 2009 timetable when work should be completed. Isolated stretches of the second track are already in place.

Kilmaurs: The dynamic loop from Lugton to the north will stop short of Kilmaurs, which is just as well as clearly no thought was given to a possible future redoubling when the station was reopened a generation ago. Some expensive and disruptive work would be needed here!  156 514 is seen at the station on 26 February with a Kilmarnock service.

Mount Florida: An Outer Circle service formed by 314203 leaves Mount Florida heading towards Cathcart. With footbridges at each end of the island platform, and this public footpath alongside the line, there are plenty of vantage points here if not a lot of variety among the trains.

Dalry: A Glasgow Central to Largs semi-fast service, formed by unit 303 024, calls at Dalry on 26 February 2009.

Newton: 314209, in the Newton reversing spur, waits for 334027 to leave Newton station for Dalmuir before drawing forward to form a Glasgow Central (via Kings Park/Outer Circle) service. The electrfication masts to the left of the reversing siding show the course of the West Coast Main Line towards Motherwell.

Auchinleck: 156 495 pulls into a rainswept Auchinleck with a Carlisle to Glasgow service on 26 Feb 2009

Prestwick Town: Looking south at Prestwick Town on 26 February 2009. Few minor stations still retain original (or at least old) buildings on both sides.

Auchinleck: 156 430 leaves Auchinleck for Carlisle on 26 February.

Langside: A Newton to Glasgow (via the Outer Circle) train, formed by 314209, pauses by the distinctive entrance to Langside's elevated island platform.

Prestwick International Airport: View north at Prestwick International Airport station, or Glasgow Prestwick Airport as the station signage would have it, photographed on 26 February 2009. Coming under the control of the South Ayrshire local authority, this is one of only two stations in Scotland not managed directly by either First ScotRail or Network Rail (the other being the National Express managed Dunbar station).

Whifflet: Saltire liveried Sprinter 156433 lays over on the branch behind the platform at Whifflet, thus clearing the main line for the Cumbernauld Shuttle in between being used for services to and from Glasgow Central. This view looks south towards Mossend and Motherwell.

Perth: The present day fuelling facilities at Perth are located around the former platforms 8 and 9. This is a view of the 'half shed' and fuelling pumps installed a couple of years ago to handle the servicing of the Class 170s, including their associated CETs (Controlled Emission Tanks). Class 158's have all now been similarly adapted so the toilets can now be safely flushed in stations! The two stainless steel machines beyond the green wheeled bowser are two of the three CET pumps. Needless to say the latter are referred to in more colloquial terms locally.

Perth: Looking south past the fuel road buffers into Perth station in February 2010. Platforms 8 & 9 originally continued under the canopy, a mirror image of platforms 5 & 6.

Towcester: The WCML branch of the S&MJ ambles into Towcester. Behind the photographer, things get worse. A foot crossing of the A43 dual carriageway is available, but not recommended; there is a short, rubbish-filled cutting and dilapidated overbridge; and the station site, comprising a cancelled office development; a Porsche garage; and a Tesco store. Sic transit gloria.

Perth: Signs of times past at Perth station. On the left is the stump of a wooden lamp post, standing alongside the remains of the old water column. The column was burnt off and plugged with part of the lamp post! (The original water column appears in many steam-age pictures taken around the north end of the station.) As for the wooden cabinet - this would originally have contained what? It currently houses a modern water heating thermostat. Photographed in February 2010.

Perth: Nearest the camera is the 1968 Diesel facility at Perth, seen in February 2010. This was built to replace those at Perth MPD and shows the original fuellers bothy alongside. Only having one pump made this inadequate for triple engined modern day DMUs, hence the new facility beyond. However, I still remember fuelling here on the 'disposal' with Class 26, 27, 20 (always needing water!) 37, 47 and the occasional 40. (There always seemed to be a huge brazier flaming away under the fuelling canopy to stop water and men freezing!)

Roade: Ancient and modern: the LNWR is clearly thriving here, although the station platforms (which were on this side, or south, of the road bridge just visible in the background) have been demolished - likewise the Stratford-on-Avon and Midland Joint overbridge, which ran crossways above the fourth coach of the London-bound Pendolino.

Pentland Oil Works: The site of the level crossing linking the former Straiton and Pentland oil works, to the west of Loanhead. The connecting line ran across what is now the A701 dual carriageway and to the right of the white building to reach the Pentland site beyond. View is west on 26 February 2011, with Sainsbury's Superstore and the rest of what is now Straiton retail park, occupying the site of the former Straiton Oil Works behind the camera. The building opposite was most recently used as a pub named 'The Callyr Inn' although it now lies empty. It was once the offices of the Pentland Oil Works (owned by the Clippens Oil Company).

Straiton Oil Works: Alongside the B702 on the northern perimeter of Straiton Retail Park, Loanhead, is a short but very old stretch of wall. The rear of that wall is seen here and below it the sealed portal of a tunnel, lit by the evening sun. This is where a mineral line once left the Straiton Oil Works site to link with the shale and limestone operations further north towards Burdiehouse. The line ran parallel to the Straiton Sidings mineral line for a short distance, although the latter left the works via a level crossing over the B702 rather than a tunnel under it see image [[33023]]. Photographed on 26 February 2011, more than a century after the line closed.

Edinburgh Waverley: Renovation work is underway at the north east quarter Waverley and this entails some pretty dense scaffolding and decks used for work on the roof, obviously cutting out the light.  Platform 2 (left) is still in use but a false wall has been created to go with the false ceiling. View towards the Calton Road on 26 February.

Appin: It wasn't just the Mallaig Extension that used concrete for its major structures as this bridge that carried the Ballachulish branch near Appin shows. The concrete arch has been decorated to simulate stonework and the trackbed here and in nearby Appin station can be walked or cycled. See image [[29772]] for a picture of the station itself and the surviving (concrete) platforms.

Black Dog Halt: This halt in Wiltshire was built for Lord Lansdowne, to serve Bowood House and estate. The platform once extended past the fluorescent chap on his bike. I would love to say that the 'lost pet' notice taped to the nameboard was for a black dog, but it was for a formerly caged bird.

Chippenham: Platform view north east at Chippenham, with the station entrance on the right. The trackless platform is the former westbound main line, while trains on the Calne branch used a bay further along and to the right. Nowadays you have to cross the bridge to catch a train - such as the 15.10 HST to Bristol TM, pictured here on 26 February 2011.

Haymarket: Cab of a 156 on a Glasgow Central semi-fast, seen at Platform 4 at Haymarket on 26 February.  In the background is one of the bilingual name signs showing the Gaelic name 'Margadh an Fheoir'.  Most of Scotland spoke a Celtic language at some time, but names which sound English, with some exceptions, were generally founded when the area was English speaking.  Translating Haymarket into the Gaelic for 'Market of Hay' is interesting, but of little cultural relevance as nobody has ever called it that.  Many would (and do) say it is ridiculous.  I couldn't possibly comment.

Longniddry: Baffling notices on the Up platform at Longniddry seen on 26 February. I can confirm that the mileage accords with the 1/4 milepost which is forming the shadow, though I suspect they are assuming that that is correct, which given the realignment near Prestonpans a few years ago, it won't quite be.  Now if I were in charge...

Edinburgh Waverley: 185 140 on a morning TransPennine service to Manchester Airport preparing to leave Edinburgh Waverley platform 18 on 26 February 2011.

Chapel-en-le-Frith: The Railway Touring Company Buxton Spa Express hauled by Black 5 44871 + Jubilee 5690 Leander working hard through Chapel-en-le-Frith station on the climb towards Dove Holes on 26 February with the outward leg of the tour.

Glasgow Central: 322 481 at Glasgow Central on 26 February with the 15.13 to North Berwick.

Plates, signs, notices etc: Edinburgh's tram project divides opinion - though not very evenly.  This poster in a shop window in West Maitland Street is at the extreme end of the majority view.  The previous director of the project resigned calling it 'hell on wheels'.  Despite the route being scaled back the planned opening date seems to get further and further away.  Some might call the whole thing preposterous.  Photographed on 26 February 2011.

Cowburn Tunnel: After a break at Buxton, Black 5 no 44871 and Jubilee no 5690 Leander are seen with the return leg of the Buxton Spa Express on 26 February heading east near the 2 mile 182 yard Cowburn Tunnel. The tour had followed a stone train down from Great Rocks Junction and as a result was over 30 minutes late getting away from Chinley East Junction.

Edinburgh Waverley: A Network Rail Notice at Waverley on 26 February expains how to access 'princes' st' during the year-long closure of Waverely Steps. There is no apostrophe as the street is named only in honour of George III sons: there's no suggestion that they owned it. And what about the missing initial capitals? They've remembered to include them in Waverley Bridge!

Leicester Midland: The HST - ahead of its time in 1976 (my parents thought it to be ugly), now almost timeless - and hard to replace. This is an East Midlands Trains unit at Leicester in February 2012, heading for Sheffield.

New York 42nd Street: A rather quiet 42nd Street subway station on 26 February 2012. Signage for lines N R and Q can be seen to the left. In the distance a recently departed service enters the tunnel.

Mauchline: 66074 with coal bound for Longannet power station on 26 February 2013. The train is about to pass the bridge carrying the B7036 Mauchline to Ochiltree road.

Selkirk Junction: The shortcut between Galafoot Lane and Woodstock Avenue, Galashiels, crosses both the Gala Water and the Waverley trackbed via this pedestrian bridge. View north over the trackbed towards Woodstock Avenue in February 2014. Note the steam exhaust deflectors still attached to the underside of the bridge. See image [[28753]]

Galashiels [1st]: Work underway on the 'Asda bypass' south of Galashiels station on a wet 26 February 2014. View is south towards Tweedbank from Station Brae road bridge. (See image [[80442]]).

Galashiels: The view north from Station Brae on 26 February 2014 towards the Galashiels station site. Still raining...

Kilnknowe Junction: Wheatlands Road, Galashiels, looking north on 26 February 2014. Construction work is now underway on the bridge which will carry the new line over the road here. The Gala Water is just off to the right. See image [[45757]]

Redbridge Viaduct: View south along the now closed Black Path towards the Red Bridge linking Galashiels and Tweedbank on 26 February. The JCB is standing at the point where the path and the old Waverley trackbed split, with the former climbing to join Winston Road (from which the photograph was taken) and the latter continuing north under the road towards Galashiels station see image [[46466]].

Tweedbank: The station site at Tweedbank on 26 February 2014, looking south east towards Melrose.

Paterson's No 2 Siding: The view north along the trackbed from above Ladhope Tunnel, Galashiels, on 26 February 2014 as work goes on during a lengthy spell of rain. See image [[43490]]

Paris Gare de L'Est: A view north from Boulevard de la Chapelle in February 2015 showing the extensive approach lines running into Gare de l'Est, which is located around a kilometre behind the camera.

Paris Gare du Nord: Looking west to east along the lengthy concourse at Gare du Nord in February 2015. Platforms are numbered 2 to 19, with platforms 2 to 5 for Eurostar services only. The concourse for the easternmost platforms is beyond the main building and is enclosed in a modern glass structure See image [[50643]].

Paris Gare du Nord: The easternmost platforms of Paris Gare du Nord station are outside the main building and are covered by a modern glass structure, as seen in this view of 26 February 2015. Are these platforms a more recent extension of capacity, or were they previously uncovered?

Paris Gare du Nord: Despite new Alstom Regiolis EMUs coming on line see image [[50506]] to supplement older EMUs on the Picardie route services, there are still loco hauled services running alongside the EMUs. Push-pull modified loco 215031R is at the south end of a rake of coaches stabled in Gare du Nord station on the morning of 26 February.

Paris La Chapelle: La Chapelle is one of the elevated stations along Paris Metro Line 2, which runs between Nation and Porte Dauphine, and is seen in this view looking east along the north side of the station in February 2015.

Paris La Chapelle: A Bombardier & Alstom built MF2000 (MF01) EMU runs east across the substantial girder bridge along Boulevard de la Chapelle on 26 February, shortly after leaving La Chapelle station on the elevated Paris Metro Line 2 see image [[50492]]. This is a case of rail over road over rail, as below the road, running left to right, are the approach tracks running into Gare de l'Est station located a short distance to the right.

Slateford Viaduct: Looking south towards Slateford Viaduct from Sainsbury's cafe on 26 February 2016, with the Union Canal aqueduct visible in the background. [Ref query 4547]

Alloa [1st]: A challenging perspective. Model of Alloa station as it was before closure seen at the Model Rail Exhibition at the SECC in Glagow.

Acton Grange Junction: A Colas track machine, heading from Crewe to Warrington, heads north on the WCML near Acton Grange Junction on 26th February 2016. At the junction ahead the line from Chester trails in before the tracks cross the Manchester Ship Canal and then divide for Arpley Yard and Bank Quay station. [Ref query 6388]

Midcalder Junction: On 26th February a Cross Country Voyager passes just beyond Midcalder Junction on its way from Glasgow to Plymouth. This is a cross-country journey in the literal sense and the unit is heading north east towards its Edinburgh stop. This particular train arrived at its destination just two minutes late after covering 624 miles in 9 hours 45 minutes – an average of 64mph including 22 intermediate stops.

Millerhill Yard: View south from Whitehill Road over the north east corner of Millerhill Yard on Sunday 26 February 2017. All was fairly quiet, although some excavation work was taking place further south beyond the fence. Over on the west side of the former yard is the Biogen food waste recycling plant, with construction work in progress on the much larger RERC facility beyond. See image [[58019]]

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The E & G milepost at Glasgow Queen Street.

Buxton Shed (LNWR): A view in the Up Relief Siding of where the Buxton steam shed once stood. An area now covered with silver birch!

Euston: Bronze statue of Robert Stephenson, on the forecourt of Euston Station. The building of the London and Birmingham Railway was only one of many achievements in his comparatively short life. The Grade II listed statue was erected in 1871, Stephenson having died in 1859 just before his 56th birthday.

Buxton Shed (LNWR): In the Up Relief Siding where the Buxton steam shed had been, now covered with silver birch. (On a ISO 1600 day!)

King's Gate Junction: ScotRail 170461 runs south onto the single line section at Kings Gate points on 26 February 2017. The train is the Sunday morning 0911 Edinburgh - Tweedbank.

Millom: 156459 calls at Millom with a Barrow to Carlisle service on 19th February 2018. There is still an engineers siding, accessed under the road bridge, behind the Carlisle platform but it is very overgrown.

Stirling: 365517, on the 11.52 from Edinburgh to Dunblane, passes 170405 on the 10.43 from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street on 26th February 2019.

Stirling: 365513 calls at Stirling with the 11.28 from Dunblane to Edinburgh on 26th February 2019.

Bridge of Allan: 365525 leaves Bridge of Allan with a service to Dunblane on 26 February 2019.

New Brighton: Outside view of New Brighton station buildings.

New Brighton: 507005 newly arrived at New Brighton.

Stirling: DRS 66424 enters Stirling with a well-loaded Grangemouth - Aberdeen Craiginches intermodal train on 26 February 2019.

Liverpool Lime Street: A plaque depicting WW1 scene above the station sign for the entrance to Liverpool Lime St Low Level platforms.

Liverpool Museum: Inside Liverpool Museum with a carriage from the Liverpool Overhead Railway and Liverpool and Manchester railway loco 57 Lion which was built in 1838 and was used in the 1953 film 'The Titfield Thunderbolt'.

Midford: Tucking Mill viaduct nestles into the countryside to the south of Bath. Serene and delightful, even at a distance.

Cambuslang: A Lanark service enters Cambuslang on 26 February 2020.

Bearsden: A Milngavie service approaches Bearsden on 26 February 2020. Signal YH404 protects the single-track section to Westerton Junction and is about to change to clear for a southbound train. Maybe the branch will be redoubled soon. Two single track sections on a busy branch is a bit silly and causes frequent delays.

Kirkhill: A service from Newton to Glasgow via Maxwell Park makes its first stop on 26th February 2020. The platform 'shelter' is of the most basic kind, which is odd because there is a proper shelter on the other side which sees a small fraction of boarding passengers.

Kilmarnock: As a result of the landslip further south, here is the message on screen yesterday at Kilmarnock.

Airdrie: Airdrie's Platform 1 has been the starting point of Balloch services for decades. One such awaits custom on 26 February 2020.

Milngavie: A 334 for Edinburgh and a 320 for Motherwell stand at Milngavie on 26 February 2020. Milngavie has a Waitrose which tells you the sort of place it is.

Airdrie: An Edinburgh pulls into Airdrie on 26 February 2020. Whether this happened at 10:11:53 or 10:11:54 we will never really know, though this may highlight the shortcomings of LCD in cold weather…

Shotts: Despite a signal stop at Rutherglen the crew member of this Glasgow to Edinburgh service still had time to chat briefly while passing through the cabin during the stop at Shotts. The timetable didn't really change when the line was electrified so they seem to be ca'ing canny.

Shettleston: A Milngavie service calls at Shettleston on 26 February 2020. The (female) station hand had been humping sacks of grit to various points along the platform for manual spreading. She told me trolleys were only for the men.

Bearsden: A Motherwell service calls at Bearsden on 26 February 2020.

Stonehaven: A Stobbart tamper arrives at Stonehaven on 26th February 2021 for the works on track to the west.

Crook o' Lune Viaduct [West]: Just to the Halton side of the westerly Crook o' Lune viaduct the old railway cutting was filled in after closure and had to be partially excavated when the Caton to Lancaster trackbed cycle path was opened. This small tunnel replaces an old occupation bridge, part of whose sidewalls can still be seen, and a piece of artwork has been placed over the entrance. Duck as you pass through! View towards Halton on 26th February 2021.

Stonehaven: A special road delivery of a tamper machine to Stonehaven on 26th February 2021. I assume this would soon be followed by a heavy lift crane to get this over and on to the tracks.

Crook o' Lune Viaduct [West]: What a view of the railway this house must have had prior to 1966. [[22834]] This is the westerly Crook o' Lune viaduct in February 2021. The east viaduct is just through the overbridge. Centre to centre they are a mere 200 metres apart but the River Lune flows for a kilometre around the Crook between the two.

Bedworth: Well, they did say that service businesses were going down the tubes during the pandemic. Another LUL trade mark rip-off, this time at Bedworth and so somewhat East of the last one I saw (see image [[65925]])

Finsbury Park: LNER Azuma Not in Service passing Finsbury Park towards Kings Cross, at 07.36 on the bright but cold morning of Saturday, 26th February 2022. Presumably this is on its way from Bounds Green depot to Kings Cross to form a northbound service. Photo taken while I was waiting for UK Railtours' excursion from Stevenage to Hereford which arrived on time and departed at 08.00.

Hereford: Having arrived earlier at platform 1 at Hereford from Paddington, 800020 moved forward south of the station to crossover and is seen here returning to platform 3 to form the 15.13 return journey to the Capital on Saturday, 26th February 2022.

Crossflatts: 333016 on a Leeds to Skipton calls at Crossflatts on 26 February 2022. The station opened in 1982.

Apperley Bridge: 333016 passes non-stop through Apperley Bridge with a Skipton to Leeds service on 26 February 2022. The platforms are either side of the bridge in the photo and the eastbound platform can just be seen to the rear of the EMU.

Baildon: 333007 calls at Baildon on 26 February 2022 while working from Bradford Forster Square to Ilkley. The view is south from the road bridge next to the station.

Bristol Parkway: UK Railtours' excursion from Stevenage to Hereford, behind 67 020, during a signal stop only at Bristol Parkway, looking west, on the morning of Saturday, 26th February 2022. Early arrival here extended into a wait of some 20 minutes but stern announcements over the train's tannoy asked people not to alight to stretch their legs and take photos 'since as we are early, they might like to keep it that way and we could depart at any minute'. But we didn't and eventually left at the appointed time.

Gloucester: The 12.41 to Westbury (see also image [[73340]]) gathers passengers at Gloucester in February 2022. We got off at Bath.

Carnforth: Ex LMS Jubilee 45699 'Galatea' sets off from the loop at Carnforth with the RTC Winter 'Cumbrian Mountain Express' to Carlisle on 26 February 2022. The Jubilee (still running in disguise as 'Alberta/Sierra Leone') had just taken over from 86259 which had brought the tour in from London.

Abergavenny: View from UK Railtours' excursion from Stevenage to Hereford passing Abergavenny signal box, on the east side of the Welsh Marches Line to the south of the station, at 12.48 on Saturday, 26th February 2022.

Acton Main Line: 66168 on siding to the west of Acton Main Line station, seen here from passing UK Railtours' excursion from Stevenage to Hereford on the morning of Saturday, 26th February 2022. Just south of Finsbury Park (where I joined the train) the excursion travelled via the restored Belle Isle curve up to Camden Road and then through Gospel Oak and West Hampstead to just south of Willesden Junction. There it diverged onto the freight only Acton Wells spur to take it down onto the GWR main line east of Acton Main Line.

Wantage Road: Disused up platform of the former Wantage Road station, between Didcot Parkway and Swindon, seen from passing UK Railtours' excursion from Stevenage to Hereford, on the morning of Saturday, 26th February 2022. It was the one-time junction for the roadside Wantage Tramway that opened to goods on 1st October 1875 with passenger services (horse-drawn at first) beginning 10 days later. Passenger services, however, were withdrawn on 1st August 1925, an early example of bus competition, but the tramway remained open for freight until 22nd December 1945. Wantage Road station remained open to passengers until 7th December 1964 and for freight four months later. There have been several proposals to reopen a station here as a railhead for Wantage, the latest suggesting Grove as a name but this is neither here nor there, Wantage Parkway would be much better. But as with many such ideas, this seems to be another case of all talk, no action.

Baildon: A view north at Baildon in February 2022. There is now only one platform in use, with the disused Shipley bound platform on the right. The station building still stands but is now used by a local business. 2023 will be the 50th anniversary of Baildon's 1973 reopening to passenger services, having originally closed in 1953.

Bingley: Trains call at Bingley on 26 February 2022. On the left is 333013 on an early afternoon Leeds to Skipton service while on the right is 158755 on a Morecambe to Leeds service.

Gloucester: The squeaky clean 802 on the left is a service for Cheltenham, about to reverse in Gloucester's platform 3. The 166 on the right is about to leave platform 1 to travel to Westbury on 26th February 2022.

Hereford: 67002 propelling UK Railtours stock out of Hereford to crossover and return to platform 3 in readiness for the return journey to Stevenage on 26th February 2022. The train departed at 15.29 via a different route to the outward journey, heading north to Shrewsbury and then back through the West Midlands and Northampton.

Frizinghall: 331105 on a Leeds to Bradford Forster Square service, arrives at Frizinghall on 26 February 2022. The platforms are staggered with the southbound platform to the south of the bridge and the northbound platform to the north.

Halifax: Late in the afternoon of 26 February 2022, a Leeds to Manchester Victoria service (on the right) calls at Halifax while 195022 arrives with a service towards Bradford.

Severn Bridge Junction: The less photographed face of the iconic Severn Bridge Junction signal box, that stands in the triangle of lines to the south of Shrewsbury station, seen from UK Railtours' return excursion from Hereford to Stevenage rounding the Abbey Foregate spur on the evening of Saturday, 26th February 2022. Grade II Listed, it dates from 1903 and has 180 levers, 89 of which are still working, and is the world's largest operational mechanical signal box.

Halifax: An early evening view of the present Halifax station building from the approach road. This leads to stairs and a lift to the remaining island platform below. The original large stone station building is to the right and is in non-railway use.

Saltaire: 158853 passes Saltaire with a Leeds to Morecambe service on 26 February 2022. The former textile mill of Sir Titus Salt, now a visitor attraction, can be see above the cab of the train. See [[42778]]

Hereford: The grand exterior of Hereford station on 26th February 2022. This station opened as Hereford Barrs Court on 6th December 1853 and became simply Hereford in 1893. Trains still run south to Newport, Cardiff, Swansea and south west Wales, north to Manchester and north-east to Birmingham as well as to and from London Paddington. However the line to Brecon via Hay-on-Wye was closed pre-Beeching on 31st December 1962 while that to Gloucester succumbed to Beeching on 2nd November 1964, isolating the popular tourist town of Ross-on-Wye. The main building to the Severn Valley Railway's Kidderminster Town station is based on the design of the former Ross-on-Wye station.

Lancaster: 86259 passes Lancaster on the down main with the RTC Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express from London to Carlisle. The electric handed over to steam with Jubilee 45699 Galatea for the run over Shap.

Sutton Bridge Junction: Sutton Bridge Junction signal box, south of Shrewsbury, seen from The Railway Touring Company's return excursion from Hereford to Stevenage, on the afternoon of Saturday, 26th February 2022. This is where the Severn Valley Railway diverged until closed in 1963 although, of course, the section south from Bridgnorth has been revived as one of the UK's premier heritage lines. Sadly, the northern section through the popular Ironbridge Gorge remains closed and Ironbridge & Broseley station site is now a car and coach site, another savage act of legalised vandalism.

Carnforth: 87002 hauls the Inter City 'The Clansman' railtour from London to Inverness passed Carnforth on 26 February 2022. The Class 87 worked the train as far as Mossend where it handed over to a pair of Class 47s for the run to Inverness. The return trip to London took place the following day.

Shipley: A Bradford Forster Square to Ilkley service arrives at Shipley on 26 February 2022. This is the south to east platform which is also used by trains from Bradford to Leeds.

Severn Tunnel: Interior view of 1st Class Non-Dining carriage on UK Railtours excursion from Stevenage to Hereford passing through the Severn Tunnel, at lunchtime on Saturday, 26th February 2022. The tunnel was begun in 1872 and took 14 years to complete with the first trains running though on 1st December 1886.