Carlisle Upperby Shed: Stoke based Black 5 no 45037 alongside Carlisle no 12 box opposite Upperby shed in March 1964.

Carlisle Kingmoor Shed: The shed yard at Kingmoor on 7 March 1964, with A2 Pacific no 60524 Herringbone centre stage.

Carlisle Upperby Shed: 46225 Duchess of Gloucester photographed in the yard at Carlisle Upperby shed on 7 March 1964.

Carlisle Upperby Shed: Stanier Princess Pacific no 46200 The Princess Royal (or most of her) stands in a siding at Carlisle Upperby shed in March 1964 having been officially withdrawn by BR in November 1962. It was almost two years from withdrawal to eventual disposal at the hands of Messrs Connell & Co of Coatbridge, in October 1964.

Carlisle Upperby Shed: Fowler 3F 0-6-0T 47614 alongside Carlisle no 12 box in March 1964 about to cross onto Upperby shed.

Carlisle: Ivatt class 4MT no 43045 photographed shortly after arrival at Carlisle on 7 March 1964 with the 10.48 branch train from Langholm.

Rosehall Junction: Approximately midway along the south-western side of the Whifflet North Jn. / Langloan West Jn. / Coatbridge Jn. triangle was Rosehall Junction which gave access to the CR's Airdrie branch via Whifflet Upper see image [[32680]]. This view, on Sunday 7 March 1971, looks northwest-ish towards Langloan West Junction - the box there can just be discerned to the right of the tower block.

Bathgate Junction: The light was very poor on the approach to Bathgate (now Newbridge) Junction on Sunday 7 March 1971 necessitating the use of a rather slow shutter speed - which is only too obvious here. The train, a diverted Glasgow Queen Street (Low Level on this occasion) - Edinburgh Waverley service, is about to join the E&G main line eastbound towards Edinburgh. See image [[35524]]

Langloan West Junction: The signal box at Langloan West Junction stood at the western point of the triangle of lines also bounded by Coatbridge and Whifflet North Junctions. This view is looking west in the direction of Rutherglen Junction in March 1971 with the road set towards Coatbridge Junction (it being a Sunday, the box was switched out). This was another casualty of the opening of Motherwell Power Box.

Bathgate West Junction [2nd]: A diverted Glasgow Queen Street (Low Level) to Edinburgh Waverley train approaches Bathgate Upper station on Sunday 7th March 1971. The most likely train is the 16.30 departure from Glasgow (which would seem to be borne out by the rather dark original slides).

Bathgate Upper: Looking back along the train as it passes through the partly demolished Bathgate Upper Station on 7 March 1971 see image [[36926]]. The junction for Bathgate Lower can be seen immediately beyond the trailing driving car.

Bathgate Central Junction: Passing Bathgate Central Box on 7 March 1971 with the disused engine shed visible over to the left. See image [[36936]]

Whifflet North Junction: Located on the west side of the CR main line through Coatbridge, immediately to the north of the bridge carrying Whifflet Street, Whifflet North Junction was another casualty of Motherwell Power Box scheme in December 1973. The old box is seen here on 7th March 1971. See image [[10715]]

Whifflet East Junction: The signal box at Whifflet East Junction, as viewed from Whifflet Street bridge on 7 March 1971, with the RB Tennent works in the background. It appears to have been replaced by a ground frame on the opening of Motherwell Power Box.

Coatbridge Junction: Coatbridge Junction signalbox was located immediately south of Coatbridge Central station on the west side of the ex-CR main line through the town. When photographed in March 1971 it still had over two years of life ahead of it before being made redundant by the opening of Motherwell Power Box in December 1973.

Dumfries: D437 passes through Dumfries with a northbound Freightliner in March 1972, passing a Type 2 on the centre road.

Aberdeen: Aberdeen March 1973 - demolition of the northside entrance and walkway - view northwest.

Aberdeen: Still no sign o yon contact lens Jim? Aberdeen north end, March 1973.

Aberdeen: Looking over the parapet of Guild Street bridge in Aberdeen in March 1973 as the platform canopies and covered footbridge at the north end of the station are demolished.

Gateshead MPD: 37242 ambles past 55012 Crepello in the yards at Gateshead shed on 7 March 1981. The Deltic had gone for scrap within 6 months.

Wensley: Crossing - keeper and local swap news at Wensley LC in March 1982. View looks west along Wensleydale towards Redmire and Hawes. The old station (now a holiday cottage) is directly behind the box (now demolished).

Finghall Lane: Finghall Lane station from the level crossing in March 1982.

Leyburn: Leyburn station looking east in March 1982.

Leyburn: With Leyburn station a few hundred yards behind the camera, this wintery view looks west from the A684 road bridge towards Wensley and Redmire in March 1982. The Leyburn up home signal is to the left of the next bridge.

Eastfield MPD: The east end of Eastfield shed on 7 March 1992, dominated by classes 08, 26 and 37.

Ravenscraig Steel Works: A shot from 7 March 1992 with the works still in production. Coke ovens can be seen to the left and the BOS plant to the right.

Burton Salmon: National Power's 59205 approaching Burton Salmon with a coal train from the Selby coalfield Gascoigne Wood loading point to Drax Power Station in March 1997. The front two wagons appear to be recently into service.

Burton Salmon Junction: National Power liveried 59201 heads north with a rake on the Castleford line at Burton Salmon on 7 March 1997, making for Milford Junction.

Burton Salmon: 09014 hauls an MGR rake south at Burton Salmon on 7 March 1997. The wagons are on their way to Knottingley for servicing.

Curriehill: Platform view east at Curriehill station on a cold March morning in 2006 as ScotRail 156450 calls with a Glasgow Central - Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts service.

Curriehill: A train for Waverley arriving to pick up the passenger at Curriehill station on 7 March 2006.

Curriehill: The 10.10 Virgin Trains Edinburgh Waverley - London Euston Pendolino westbound through Curriehill on 7 March 2006. This is the second station to stand on this site, having been officially opened in 1987.

Curriehill: Looking west from the bridge carrying Curriehill Road over the station which reopened in 1987 after closing 36 years earlier. Photograph taken in March 2006 showing a Glasgow Central - Edinburgh Waverley service pulling away from the platform.

Yorkhill: View over the Govan dry docks and entry to the former Queens Dock of train passing Yorkhill.

Anderston: Into the gloom ... Anderston.

Cardross: Drumgelloch service at Cardross.

Johnstone: New toilets at Johnstone station, March 2007.

Bangour Junction: The 1255 ex Bathgate approaching the former Bangour Junction on 7 March 2008. The dressing stone on the overbridge in the background is the original, having been sandblasted and refitted.

Conder Green: This station on the Lancaster to Glasson Dock branch closed in 1930 although goods trains passed through until 1964. The line is now a cycle path along the River Lune. The station house is still in use and the level crossing gate posts are in situ but the station site is a picnic area and car park. View towards Lancaster.(SD 457561)

Elgin Junction: Chance discovery of the remains of an old water tower near the site of Elgin Junction, north of Dunfermline, where once the Elgin Railway met the West of Fife (later NBR). Other colliery branches also met here at various times over the years.

Tay Viaduct [Perth]: North view of Perth city centre showing the River Tay and of course the Wee Tay Brig. A wooden bridge was opened here by the D&PR in 1849 so that trains could reach Perth, having originally terminated at Barnhill. The first bridge was twice washed out by flooding and, circa 1865, this steel girder replacement was opened - and still stands ...apart from a few scares.

London Road Junction [Glasgow]: Elevation of Bridge No. 05 Dated 1872. This bridge lay between Dalmarnock Road and London Road Mineral yard. Baltic Street Bridge No 5 (Dalmarnock).

London Road [Glasgow]: East End Regeneration ... plans stating that the bridge at Baltic Street and arches are to be demolished.

London Road Junction [Glasgow]: East End Regeneration Route... Work starts on demolition of the bridge, Baltic Street Bridge No 5 (Dalmarnock).

London Road Junction [Glasgow]: Work starting to demolish the bridge... notice the centre parapet which was added later for extra support. Baltic Street Bridge No 5 (Dalmarnock).

London Road Junction [Glasgow]: Heavy lifting gear brought in to remove the main sections of the bridge. Baltic Street Bridge No 5 (Dalmarnock).

London Road Junction [Glasgow]: Rubble of the bridge on the ground below. Baltic Street Bridge No 5 (Dalmarnock).

London Road Junction [Glasgow]: The end of the line is nigh... Opened in 1841, the Riddrie Branch Line is about to become a road. Most probably this is the first time the road below has seen full daylight since 1872. Baltic Street Bridge No 5 (Dalmarnock).

London Road Junction [Glasgow]: North abutment ... Notice the concrete block that was fitted into the existing stonework to support the centre girder. This abutment will go along with the attached arches. Baltic Street Bridge No 5 (Dalmarnock).

London Road Junction [Glasgow]: South abutment ... it is not clear if this will remain. Baltic Street Bridge No 5 (Dalmarnock)

Dunfermline Upper: Dunfermline relic. Phoenix Lane footbridge on 7 March 2008, standing west of the site of Dunfermline Upper station on the former route to Alloa.

Dunedin: The ornate, Flemish style, Dunedin station, New Zealand photographed on 7 March 2008. Designed by George Troup and opened in 1906, the building earned its architect the nickname Gingerbread George.

Dunedin: A returning excursion train from Taieri Gorge at Dunedin, New Zealand, on 7 March 2008. The train is standing at the countrys longest railway platform measuring 1 kilometre.

Livingston North: View west from Deans North Road bridge, Livingston, in March 2009.

Longniddry: Eastbound 322 481, heading for North Berwick, pictured from the trackbed of the former Haddington branch at Longniddry on 7 March 2009.

Burntisland: Daylight brilliance at Burntisland on the evening of 7 March 2009 from the 24 lights under the canopy.

Musselburgh: A few tentative daffodils greet passengers arriving at Musselburgh on 322 483 bound for North Berwick on 7 March 2009. 322s are the only 4-car units in Scotland. They are also the only ones never paired up in service as they would be too long for platforms. The North Berwick line is again unique in that it has a half-hourly service on Saturday (as here) but only an hourly one Monday to Friday.

Longniddry: 322 483 pulls into Longniddry on 7 March 2009 with a North Berwick to Edinburgh service. This is the only EMU operated service in the east of Scotland and the sets are maintained at Shields depot in Glasgow. The stock is transferred to and from Shields by two revenue-earning trips a day, travelling of necessity via Carstairs. Those trips aside 322s are used only on the North Berwick line which sees no other electric stock.

Musselburgh: Class 322 services operating on the North Berwick route pass at Musselburgh station on 7 March 2009.

Expo Depot: An aerial view looking north west over the depot by Singapore Expo (which is off to the right, mostly out of sight).

Livingston North: While the second platform at Livingston North has been in use for some time, construction work around the station is far from complete. Wide view showing the general surroundings on Saturday afternoon 7 March as a train for Waverley approaches from Bathgate.

Lumphinnans Central Junction: 60163 Tornado passing Lumphinnans en route to Edinburgh on 7 March 2009.

Ladybank: The Spitfire Tours Celtic Growler special passing south through Ladybank on 7 March behind 37676+37606 having arrived off the Perth line. it is abou to cross over to the main up line. (Seen from Heatherinch level crossing.)

Fouldubs Junction: A trainload of oil tanks from the INEOS Grangemouth refinery destined for Dalston Oil Terminal in Cumbria, photographed on the approach to Fouldubs Junction on 7 March 2009. EWS 60068 was just over two miles into its journey before experiencing what would turn out to be a particularly lengthy signal check here.

Dubai Airport: Dubai Metro is under construction with a projected opening date of 09/2009 for the Red Line. This aerial view looks SW over the depot at Dubai Airport.

Inverkeithing: Class A1 Pacific 60163 Tornado runs through Inverkeithing on 7 March 2009 (with the little girl screaming!) on its way south to Edinburgh.

Longhoughton: Passengers on a northbound train get a close up view of the runners in a point-to-point race at Ratcheugh Farm, on the outskirts of Alnwick, on 7 March 2010.

Alnmouth: East Coast HST photographed near Alnmouth, Northumberland, on 7 March 2010

Longhoughton: Spring time in Northumberland, an unidentified CrossCountry express races north near Alnwick on 7 March 2010.

Haltwhistle: Makers plate on water tower alongside Haltwhistle station, Northumberland, in March 2010.

Alnmouth: Unidentified Inter City Express heading south towards Alnmouth.

Drumgelloch: The 10.10 Helensburgh Central - Edinburgh Waverley emu accelerates east away from the new (opened the previous day) Drumgelloch station on 7 March 2011 and is about to pass under the new Towers Road bridge. The train is passing the site of the platforms of the former Clarkston (Lanarks) station (1862 - 1956).

Caldercruix: With Main Street road bridge now reopened and the surrounding streets almost back to normal the 12.03 train to Helensburgh Central pulls into the westbound platform at Caldercruix on 7 March 2011, some three weeks after the official opening of the new station.

Drumgelloch: The 10.10 Helensburgh Central - Edinburgh Waverley arrives at Drumgelloch station on 7 March 2011. Weekday service frequency on the line has been increased co-incident with the opening of the last of the new stations.

Armadale: The 10.21 ex-Edinburgh Waverley calls at Armadale on 7 March, prior to continuing on its journey to Helensburgh Central. Work on the access roads and general infrastructure surrounding the new station continues.

Canfranc: French end of the Trans Pyrenees Tunnel on the SNCF-RENFE Pau - Canfranc - Saragossa Line

Armadale: A mid-morning service for Helensburgh Central calls at Armadale in the spring of 2011, formed by a class 334 EMU 6-car combination in SPT livery. Ongoing construction work was still very much in evidence around the new station and car park, whose delayed opening had taken place four days earlier.

San Juan Spain: Viaduct de San Juan on the SNCF-RENFE Pau - Canfranc - Saragossa Line

Caldercruix: The 10.39 Helensburgh Central - Edinburgh Waverley pulls away from the Caldercruix stop on 7 March 2011.

Armadale: The 10.21 Edinburgh - Helensburgh Central runs into Armadale on 7 March 2011

Caldercruix: The 10.39 from Helensburgh Central meets the 11.21 from Edinburgh Waverley just to the east of Caldercruix station on 7 March 2011.

Drumgelloch: The 1010 Helensburgh Central - Edinburgh Waverley pulls away from the eastbound platform of the relocated Drumgelloch station on 7 March 2011, the day after it had been officially opened to passengers. The train is about to pass below the new bridge carrying Towers Road, which replaced the old stone arch structure that had spanned the original line. (For a view of the old bridge see image [[70579]].)

Shanghai: This Shanghi Maglev train covers the 30KM to Pudong Airport in 7 min 20 sec with a normal maximum speed of 433 km/h. Passing another train is quite an experience but otherwise it rides like a Pendolino. The train has a maximum service speed of 433Km/H or 268mph. A speed indicator is shown in each carriage [lower panel] and a speed of 311 mph was reached on a non commercial run.

Drumgelloch: A mid-morning Edinburgh Waverley - Helensburgh Central emu picks up a passenger at Drumgelloch on 7 March 2011. This was one of two new stations on the reopened Airdrie - Bathgate route whose completion had been delayed (the other being Caldercruix) with the official opening to the public having taken place the previous day.

Caldercruix: 'This can't be Caldercruix, surely....' A look of surprise on the face of a passenger arriving at Caldercruix on a mid-morning train on 7 March 2011, three weeks after the new station's official opening. The train is the 10.39 ex-Helensburgh Central, ultimate destination Edinburgh Waverley. See image [[21918]]

Canfranc: Canfranc International Station on the SNCF-RENFE Pau - Canfranc - Saragossa Line

St Leonards: The Engine Shed, a refurbished former goods shed standing in the yard of the old Edinburgh & Dalkeith Railway terminus at St Leonards, photographed on 7 March 2012. See image [[17655]].

St Leonards: The St Leonard's Street entrance to the former goods depot in March 2012. See image [[17615]] for the view looking back from the other side of the yard.

Milton Keynes Central: The 19.15 Southern Trains Cross-London service to Clapham Junction waits to depart from platform 2a at Milton Keynes Central on 7 March 2012. The train runs via the West London Line and has a journey time of 1 hour 18 minutes. See image [[4945]]

Lindau: On a pleasant afternoon with no hint of the severe winter weather which would sweep across Europe a week later, ÖBB 'Taurus' electric No. 1016 038 is about to leave Lindau Hbf with train EC194, 12:33 München Hbf - Zürich Hbf. On this occasion the train would terminate just over the Austrian border in Bregenz, about ten minutes away, as bus substitution applied onwards to Zürich because of engineering work in Switzerland (hence the use of an ÖBB rather than the normal SBB loco).

Lindau: Just half an hour after arrival in Lindau, 218 404 (leading) and 400 are already attached to their returning working to München, train EC195 from Zürich Hbf. The emu on the right is an Austrian class 4024 set on a stopping service to Bludenz.

Lindau: Lindau Hbf is a terminus on an island in the Bodensee (Lake Constance) so that through trains have to reverse direction here. With EC194 now on its way to Bregenz behind Austrian electric power, diesel-hydraulics 218 400 and 404, which brought the train in from München, have been released from the buffer stops and are now awaiting their return working to the Bavarian capital.

Tay Bridge: View from an Aberdeen to Edinburgh service on the north curve of the Tay Bridge. The stumps of the original structure, in various stages of decay, can be seen clearly from southbound trains all the way across the firth.

Fenny Compton: Chiltern Railways DMU No.168113 heads south at Fenny Compton whilst working a Birmingham to Marylebone service on 7th March 2014.

Kenya Railway Museum: A 1st class coach on display at the Kenya Railway Museum in Nairobi.

Glasgow Central: Newly arrived from Crewe at Glasgow Central on 7 March, Voyager 221118 in Platform 1 will head for London Euston via Birmingham at 10am. Pendolino 390156 in Platform 2 is forming the 9.40am Euston departure via the traditional direct route.

Fenny Compton: A CrossCountry Voyager on the late running 1035 Newcastle to Reading service heads south at Fenny Compton on 7 March 2014.

Fenny Compton: Classic diesel traction on both ends of a northbound engineers train at Fenny Compton on the afternoon of 7 March 2014. On the front is DCR 56312 and on the rear 31190.

Balshaw Lane Junction: A Coatbridge to Daventry container train comes off the slow lines at Balshaw Lane Jct on 7 March 2015. There has been considerable clearance of vegetation in the area and it is now possible to see the station at Euxton Balshaw Lane on the slow lines in the right background.

Ulnes Walton: An Ormskirk to Preston service passes Ulnes Walton on 7 March 2015. The railcar has just passed the site of the junction that led to the Ulnes Walton ammunition storage site, constructed in the early 1940s and before that a siding to the Littlewood Brick and Tile Works.

Ulnes Walton: On 7 March 2015 a railtour visited the Ormskirk branch from Preston. An 8 coach train with Class 37 locos at each end was quite a sight for a line that is used to one or two coach railcars and brought out many locals to see this unusual spectacle. The tour is seen here at Ulnes Walton returning to Preston with 37419 on the rear for this leg of the journey.

Balshaw Lane Junction: Pathfinders 'The Lancs Links' railtour on 7 March 2015 is seen at Balshaw Lane Junction with 37604 leading and 37419 on the rear. At this point the tour was heading to Preston and, after a reversal, travelled to Ormskirk followed by a trip to Preston Docks before heading south.

Blunsdon: The Swindon and Cricklade Railway's new loco at work. Recently puurchased from the Spa Valley Railway, it is a Polish TK 0-6-0T, imported sometime in the 1990's. The new addition is seen here departing Blunsdon station with a train on 7 March.

Goathland: Fifty years and one day after BR closure of the line from Grosmont to Rillington Junction, K4 The Great Marquess and K1 62005 re-unite to storm the 1 in 49 to Goathland with the 10.00 Whitby to Pickering, just as they had done in 1965. Somehow the moguls designed for the West Highland Line look completely at home on the North Yorkshire Moors.

Grosmont: Gresley K4 61994 The Great Marquess stands at Grosmont on 7 March 2015 with the 09.18 to Whitby, half a century after hauling the 'closure special' over the line. 62005 is at the other end of the set. 61994 will enter Whitby tender first and run round to pilot 62005 on the return to Pickering. See image [[50597]]

Blunsdon: Polish TKH 0-6-0T No 3135 Spartan in action on 7 March 2015 after leaving Blunsdon.

Glasson Dock: The still active Glasson Dock, seen from the swing bridge above the Lancaster Canal Basin lock in March 2016. The tracks of the Glasson branch continued beyond the station down the right hand quay and also behind the buildings on the right See image [[66272]] for a map from that period. On the left of the picture the blue vessel being loaded is the MV Silver River, which operates a daily general cargo service between Glasson and Ramsey in the Isle of Man.

Cowlairs Incline: The 10:30 Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh service climbs up the Cowlairs incline on 7th March 2016 and past the site of the EGIP depot which will service the tunnel improvement works.

Lanark: New boards have been put up at Lanark on the station building - and they look fantastic!

Lanark: 380.022 at a very smart looking Lanark station, with new display boards, in March 2016.

Conder Green: A rising tide flows into the Conder estuary and under the old railway bridge. The highest tides will almost touch the deck but the bridge takes on a completely different appearance when the water has receded See image [[25872]]. Glasson Dock, once the branch terminus can be glimpsed between the bridge piers and the sole intermediate station at Conder Green was just to the right of the bridge.

Shenton: The southern terminus of the Battlefield Line Railway is at Shenton on the former LNWR & Midland Joint line between Coalville and Nuneaton. The station, seen here in March 2016, was closed by BR in 1968, but later resurrected by the heritage railway which takes it's name from the battle of Bosworth Field, the final battle of the Wars of the Roses. [Ref query 42512]

Cowlairs Incline: The 10:00 ex-Waverley passes the Fountainwells EGIP depot which is under construction by the side of the line. The depot will be used as a base for the demolition work on the pedestrian overbridge 123 as well as the Queen Street High Level Tunnel Improvement works. Part of the redundant overbridge can be seen above the train.

Shenton: Now fenced off from the platform edge, this building stands on the former down platform at Shenton station on the Battlefield line. This is the southern terminus of the heritage railway and only the former up platform was in in use when the photo was taken. [Ref query 19 November 2018]

Cowlairs Incline: 170403 on a service from Dunblane to Glasgow Queen Street passes overbridge 123, a structure which is shortly (March 2016) to be removed as part of the EGIP works.

Grafton East Junction: HST 43126, passing Crofton, in the 'Bristol Green City' colours. West bound trailing power car.

Grafton East Junction: HST 125 W43002, 253 001 Sir Kenneth Granger in the original HST colour scheme. Westbound, trailing power car.

Grafton East Junction: A quick trip to Crofton on the GWR Berks and Hants line to see 34052 Lord Dowding (aka 34046 Braunton) pass by westbound to Bristol on a Cathedrals Express.

Grafton East Junction: Bulleid Pacific 34052 Lord Dowding (aka 34046 Braunton) passing Crofton westbound on 7 March 2017 with a 'Cathedrals Express' special heading for Bristol Temple Meads.

Grafton East Junction: A quick trip to Crofton on the GWR Berks and Hants line on 7 March to see 34052 Lord Dowding (aka 34046 Braunton) pass by westbound towards Bristol with a 'Cathedrals Express'.

Grafton East Junction: Lord Dowding (aka 34046 Braunton) has just passed by westbound to Bristol on a 'Cathedrals Express', with a WCRC class 47 bringing up the rear of the special, wreathed in smoke.

Interiors: 'Superior Class' (naturally) in double - deck stock on a Helsinki - Turku train on 7th March 2017.

Dundee: The new building at Dundee is taking shape. View east.

Langho: Storming up the bank through Langho station, 35018 British India Line was out on a further loaded test run on 07 March 2018. Appearances can be deceptive but it certainly looked impressive as passed on the Carnforth-Hellifield-Blackburn-Preston-Carnforth circuit. Nice one 10A, hopefully all faults fixed and 35018 will be out on revenue earning service very soon.

Salwick: Under the new wires at Salwick, 150211 hurries through the refurbished station on a Preston to Blackpool South service on 7th March 2018. See image [[46105]] for a similar view in 1981.

Edinburgh Waverley: Construction by numbers. The Platforms 5 and 6 extension work is not as easily visible at it was with Platform 12, but a walk to the end of Platform 4 reveals that construction is proceeding despite the hiatus caused by the Carillion collapse. Tracks are temporarily removed, edging is being reconstructed and it looks as though excavation is under was at the western end. Completion is scheduled for July. Photographed on 7 March.

Galashiels: 158708, forming the 1103 for Edinburgh, pulls into the part cleared platform at Galashiels on a bright 7th March 2018. As we travelled north the fields and embankments were still well covered with snow all along the route.

Edinburgh Waverley: I was surprised to see GBRf 92028 stabled on the centre siding at Waverley on 7th March 2018.

Narbonne: Passengers on the RENFE Alta Velocidad Español (AVE) from Marseilles to Madrid were probably surprised to see a dusting of snow on the platform as they arrived at Narbonne on 28th February 2018.

Sighthill East Junction [1st]: The long single carriageway tunnel which currently takes Darnick Street under the railway from Spingburn to Cumbernauld, but in the past burrowed under 10 tracks including those leading to St. Rollox works. Above to the left is the junction for the line leading to Glasgow Works which at the time of writing (March 2019) is scheduled to close.

Fort Matilda: A Glasgow bound semi-fast approaches its first stop on 7 March 2019. The town of Gourock and its hills form the backdrop.

Sighthill East Junction [1st]: The long single carriageway tunnel which takes Darnick Street under the railway from Spingburn to Cumbernauld is quite intimidating for pedestrians even in the middle of a busy working day. Overhead to the west (left) is the junction for the line leading to Glasgow Works which at the time of writing (March 2019) is scheduled to close.

Paisley Gilmour Street: When ScotRail decided not to paint all 314s out of SPT carmine and cream I don’t suppose they expected them to last this long. A Gourock semi-fast noses out of Gilmour Street on 7 March 2019.

Port Glasgow: A Wemyss Bay service calls at Port Glasgow on 7 March.

Bogston: A Gourock to Glasgow stopper (showing Glasgow Central twice) calls at Bogston on 7 March 2019. The parallel Wemyss Bay branch can be seen climbing away.

Cartsdyke: Although superficially similar to its coevals in Glasgow and Lanarkshire Cartsdyke's station has a ticket window separate from the waiting room. I'm sure they knew what they were doing.

Bogston: A Gourock service calls at Bogston between Port Glasgow and Greenock on 7 March 2019. The station appears to have once had a ticket office in the overbridge. The Wemyss Bay branch on the embankment descends to Wemyss Bay Junction in Port Glasgow.

Fort Matilda: A Gourock service calls at its penultimate stop on 7 March 2019. Fort Matilda station is unstaffed, but the fine building is in good repair. Note the pitch of the roof and the height of the chimneys.

Gourock: Class 314s are only slowly disappearing, and on 7 March 2019 there seemed to be more of them on Inverclyde services than ever. I notice that they are preferred for the semi-fast services; maybe the acceleration of 380s better suits the more frequent stops. 314210 stands at Gourock Platform 1 with the doors open to the bracing sea air - there are no buttons to close them!

Bamber Bridge: Bamber Bridge SB, relegated to the status of a gate box back in the 1970s with the Preston area resignalling has in the last few weeks received some extra support in the shape of a steel frame. Local reports have suggested that the box has developed a list towards the tracks and hence the Meccano style structure to prevent any further movement. One local correspondent has suggested that the leaning signalbox of Bamber Bridge won't get the same tourist attention as another leaning structure in Pisa.

Glasgow Central: Class 314s were supposed to have all gone by the end of 2018, but delays in the Class 385 rollout mean that scrapping has barely begun. 314210 stands at Glasgow Central's Platform 14 with a Gourock semi-fast on 7 March 2019.

Clifden: Clifden Station looking west. The Galway to Clifden Branch (sometimes called the Connemara Railway) was built as a light railway but to standard Irish gauge opening on 1 January 1895 and closing in April 1935. Clifden station has been reveloped as the restaurant and bar for the Station House Hotel. A massive new signal box style upper floor has been added at the buffer stops end. In fact the actual signal box was at the Galway end of the station. Photographed on 7 March 2020 but see image [[19746]] taken in 1988.

Bradford Forster Square: As new CAF Civity EMUs continue to be delivered to Northern the days of the Class 322s must be numbered but they continue to serve the Airedale lines in 2020. 322484 stands at the Bradford Forster Square buffers, newly arrived from Ilkley, on 7th March.

Charing Cross [CCE and HR]: LUL 1995 stock on Northern Line service to Edgware departing north from Charing Cross station, on 7th March 2020. This station was opened by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway as Charing Cross in 1907, renamed Strand in 1915 and reverted back to Charing Cross in 1979.

Clifden: Clifden Station looking east along the platform and showing the signal box-style upper floor added to the station as a bar - it is now part of the Station House Hotel. The track appears to have been added during the redevelopment of the area as no tracks survived here following closure in 1935. 7 March 2020.

Clifden: Clifden Station in March 2020, with its Water Tower that has now been converted into a cafe. The whole station area has been redeveloped and all surrounding streets are called Platforms. So, whereas Clifden Station originally had one platform, it now has eight! The Connemara Railway and this station closed in 1935.

Covent Garden: Exterior (exit only) of Covent Garden station, LUL Piccadilly Line, on 7th March 2020. Opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway with the original section of the line from Finsbury Park to Hammersmith on 15th December 1906, it was designed by Leslie W. Green, the London Underground's Chief Architect of the Edwardian period who died in 1908, aged only 34. In 1958, London Transport (as it then was) wanted to close this station completely but it was reprieved, although it was closed on Sundays for many years, but is now open full time again. It is only 280 yards from Leicester Square station, the next Piccadilly Line station when heading towards Heathrow or Uxbridge.

Ilkley: Former North Berwick unit 322483 stands in Platform 2 at Ilkley on 7th March 2020, waiting to form a service to Bradford Forster Square. Although Class 331 and 333 EMUs were in use on Airedale lines on this day I also saw four out of the five members of this elderly class, which stand out with their plain blue livery, and may well be in their last year of operation.

Charing Cross [CCR]: The main frontage of Charing Cross station, London, on 7th March 2020, just before lockdown. Situated at the western end of the thoroughfare called Strand (NOT The Strand), it was opened by the South Eastern Railway in 1864 with the extension of the line from London Bridge. In 1958, it was suggested that the station should be closed and the railway bridge across the Thames with the Hungerford pedestrian bridge alongside be converted into a road bridge but these plans were rightly condemned. The narrow and by then quite shabby pedestrian bridge disappeared at the Millennium and was replaced by two new footbridges, either side of the railway bridge, much wider and a lot easier to navigate, although I remember the old one well.

Hutton Cranswick: Hutton Cranswick, around mid way between Driffield and Beverley, looks to be a well used intermediate station in a thriving village, with a small car park and better than normal shelters. The southbound shelter contains a ticket machine. The former station house and goods shed are both sited alongside the northbound platform. Station Road level crossing is at the south end of the platforms. View is of the former station house roadside facade with the platforms to its right.

Hutton Cranswick: Hutton Cranswick, around mid way between Driffield and Beverley, looks to be a well used intermediate station in a thriving village, with a small car park and better than normal shelters. The southbound shelter contains a ticket machine. The former station house and goods shed are both sited alongside the northbound platform. Station Road level crossing is at the south end of the platforms, as seen in this view looking north.

Cairneyhill: Caledonian Sleeper locos 73971 and 73968, near Cairneyhill with the 6K10 Dalmeny - Millerhill engineers train giving the rusty rails a bit of a polish on 7 March 2021.

Hutton Cranswick: Hutton Cranswick, around mid way between Driffield and Beverley, looks to be a well used intermediate station in a thriving village, with a small car park and better than normal shelters. The southbound shelter contains a ticket machine. The former station house and goods shed are both sited alongside the northbound platform. Station Road level crossing is at the south end of the platforms. The view is of the former goods shed which appears to now be in residential use, after being used as a plastics factory in previous years.

Arram: Arram Station is sited on a country road leading to the remote Arram village and is located to the rear of, and connected by a lane to, the Leconfield Airfield and army base north of Beverley. The platforms are offset either side of a level crossing, with the southbound platform and station house to the south of the crossing. I had just parked up and was approaching the crossing when the barriers were activated and a northbound ex Scotrail Class 170 3-car DMU approached at speed before I turned on the camera. No sooner had this passed, and I had starting walking onto the southbound platform, before the barriers came down again for a further ex Scotrail 170 to race through southbound. 170460 is seen approaching the level crossing heading for Beverley and Hull.

College Goods: The triangular patch of land between the railways was the fan of lines approaching the G&SWR's College Goods yard (which was to the left) and the approach to the original College station terminus. An unidentified class 334 unit approaches High Street from the east. Beyond the 334 was High Street Goods. The CGU can be seen bottom right. Photograph taken during a site inspection of the adjacent building site in March 2021.

Driffield: View looking south from Beverley Road junction to Skerne Road level crossing and Driffield signal box alongside. The crossing is around 100 metres south west of River Head level crossing sited at the west end of Driffield station platforms.

Arram: Arram Station is sited on a country road leading to the remote Arram village and is located to the rear of, and connected by a lane to, the Leconfield Airfield and army base north of Beverley. The platforms are offset either side of a level crossing, with the southbound platform and former station house to the south of the crossing, as seen in this view.

Cherry Burton: View looking easterly to Etton Road overbridge, across the former York to Beverley line, just north of Cherry Burton village as seen from the Hudson Way Trailway that runs along the unsurfaced former trackbed from Beverley to Market Weighton. A path runs down from the south end of the bridge to access the trackbed west of the bridge. Cherry Burton station closed to passengers in 1959 but trains continued to pass through for a further six years.

Sledmere and Fimber: Looking north across the route of the level crossing over the Wetwang to Malton Road to the Fimber Gatehouse situated immediately south of the site of the former Sledmere & Fimber Station which was sited in what is now the wooded area beyond the gatehouse. The line then crossed the Sledmere to Fridaythorpe Road just after leaving the station heading towards York.

Rose Grove: A Colne to Preston service with 158909 calls at Rose Grove on 7 March 2022. Access to and from the island platform is via the steps and the road bridge. See image [[27219]] taken from this platform in 1970.

Rose Grove: A view east towards Gannow Junction from the steps down to the platform off Rosegrove Lane road bridge at Rose Grove. Passing platform 1 on 7 March 2022 is the late running 1422 hrs Blackpool North to York service with a pair of two car Class 195 units. To the left of the train, the Down Goods line does not appear to have had anything pass over it for quite some time with some saplings taking hold in the four foot.