Preston Maudlands: 142046 has just arrived at Preston Maudlands with a terminating service from Blackpool on 11 March 1991. Passengers are in the process of changing onto a shuttle bus service outside the temporary station in order to complete the journey to Preston.

Preston Maudlands: Is this the shortest lived station in BR history to be used by a scheduled service? Preston Maudlands was located between Blackpool and Preston and, according to the RVJ Butt directory, opened on 9 March 1991 and closed on 11 March 1991... with a note stating Temporary station during bridge rebuilding. The station, with a shuttle-bus waiting outside, is seen here looking east towards Preston on 11 March 1991, the last day of passenger services!

Mount Florida: A Cathcart Outer Circle train formed by 303 027 calls at Mount Florida in March 1998.

Port Carlisle: The former canal basin at Port Carlisle viewed from the railway which replaced the canal. The view looks north.

Port Carlisle: The remains of the former terminus at Port Carlisle in the spring of 2002. The area beyond the fence is now the car park for the local bowling club, while the sign on the left belongs to 'The Hope & Anchor'. [Ref query 697]

Clifton: Entrance to the Clifton Rocks Railway, Bristol, a hydraulically powered funicular within the cliff face of the Avon Gorge, closed in 1934. See image [[33145]]

Newmill Bridge: Remains of bridge on former Bankfoot Branch.

Dunkeld and Birnam: Inverness service passing through Birnam Woods. Awa wi ye Macbeth

Glasgow Central: Activity at Glasgow Central Platform 1 during engineering work on 11th March.

Glasgow Central: Scene outside Glasgow Central during engineering work on 11th March.

Glasgow Central: Work taking place out side Glasgow Central during engineering work on 11th March.

Glasgow Central: View south from Glasgow Central during engineering work on 11th March. Taken from Platform 11. A Class 334 departs for Largs.

Cumberland Street: Rear view of the former Cumberland Street station on 11 March 2007, looking west towards Eglinton Street.

Cumberland Street: After crossing north-south over the Clyde the CGU line turned west at Gorbals Junction and shortly afterwards passed through Cumberland Street station. Originally opened as Eglinton Street by the GSW in 1900 the station was renamed in 1924. View south east across Cumberland Street towards the old station in March 2007 with the CGU line from Gorbals Junction and the viaduct over the Clyde coming in from the left.

Cumberland Street: Cumberland Street, main station entrance, March 2007.

Cumberland Street: Cumberland Street - view west, 11 March 2007.

Glasgow Central: Bus timetable - Glasgow Central closure for resignalling - Sunday 11 March 2007.

Glasgow Central: All quiet on the east side of Glasgow Central on 11 March 2007 during resignalling work.

Glasgow Central: A totally deserted and eerie Glasgow Central east side on 11 March 2007, with resignalling work underway on the station approaches.

Glasgow Central: Nothing happening... Glasgow Central west side stands empty on 11 March 2007 during resignalling work.

Kinclaven Crossing: Kinclaven crossing. between Stanley & Murthly.

Bathgate Lower: Site of the former Bathgate Lower station looking north west in March 2008 The surrounding area has been completely redeveloped around what is now a road named Newlands Court. The car is approaching the site of the level crossing and signal box that stood at the north end of the station at what is now a T-junction with Burnside Road. (See image [[29357]]).

Ropley: Merchant Navy class locomotive 35005 Canadian Pacific stands alongside BR standard class 5 73096, pictured on the Mid Hants Railway on 11 March 2008

Ulm: Despite the continued decline in the amount of loco haulage of passenger services in Germany, the city of Ulm remains a relative hot-spot for class 218. On the afternoon of 11 March 2008, 218 240 sets off from Ulm Hbf with the 15:51 stopping service to Illertissen (on the non-electrified secondary route to Kempten), while on the right station pilot (remember these!) 364 533 positions the locos (218 436 and 438) and stock for the 16:12 inter-regional express to Lindau.

Ropley: Gresley A4 pacific 60019 Bittern on the Mid Hants Railway on 11 March.

Kingston: Locomotive tender of the Kingston Flyer operating on New Zealands South Island in March 2008.

Fairlight: A New Zealand AB Pacific locomotive leaving Fairlight on 11 March 2008 with The Kingston Flyer excursion.

Bathgate Yard: Memories of Rennies Bridge II. View south across the A89 Edinburgh Road in March 2008, with Bathgate station a quarter of a mile off to the right. For details see image [[76987]].

Bathgate Lower: View north west towards Burnside Road over the site of the former Bathgate Lower station in March 2008 with new roads in evidence and housing developments in progress. The new road built over part of the old trackbed is known as Newlands Court.

Bathgate Yard: Memories of Rennies Bridge. The bridge stood just east of Bathgate station, overlooking the STVA car terminal ([[18357]]). It linked Edinburgh Road with the south side of the line ([[77175]]). (Even from old maps its hard to see a specific purpose; latterly it ran out in a wooded area to the east of Bathgate golf course.) While I visited it on many occasions over the years, I only ever saw it used by dog walkers and the odd railway photographer (no offence Jim). The side walls and parapets on the bridge and its lengthy approaches incorporated a fascinating range of materials including stonework, wire mesh, shrubbery, wooden fencing, concrete blocks, plate girders, nettles, brickwork, metal slats etc ... etc. The structure was sadly demolished in May 2008 during electrification of the Airdrie - Bathgate - Edinburgh route. For a view of the bridge itself see [[18542]].

Livingston North: The 13.55 Bathgate - Newcraighall service, formed by SWT liveried 158 786, photographed on 11 March shortly after leaving Livingston North.

Bathgate Yard: A mid afternoon Edinburgh - Bathgate service, formed by South West Trains liveried 158786, passing the STVA car terminal as it approaches its destination on 11 March 2008. Photographed from the soon-to-be-demolished Rennies Bridge.

Conwy: View east from Conwy Castle towards Llandudno Junction in March 2008.

Didcot Parkway: GBRf 66713 on the eastern side of Didcot on 11 March.

Bathgate Lower: The site of Bathgate Lower station in March 2008 looking south east towards the town centre. The 1856 station closed to passengers in 1930 but the line itself continued in use for freight traffic until closure of the nearby Easton Colliery in 1973. Burnside level crossing once occupied the grassy area nearest the camera, with the station footbridge and platforms located immediately beyond.

Tay Bridge South Junction: An Aberdeen - Kings Cross HST service passes Wormit on 11 March 2009 shortly after crossing the Tay Bridge.

Oubeck Loops: Having been held in the down loop at Oubeck to allow a Pendolino, a TPE 185 and a Voyager to pass, Freightliner 66595 eases its infrastructure train back onto the main line and continues its journey northwards.

Oubeck Loops: Transpennine Express 185145, heading north, passes Freightliner 66595 and an infrastructure train in the down loop at Oubeck, just south of Lancaster. The stones on the cutting side mark the site of a previous landslip.

Helsinki: The 13.00 Pendolino from Turku after arrival at Helsinki on time at 14.57 on 11 March 2010

Sheringham: Waiting for the special! The Bittern Line station at Sheringham on 11 March 2010. See image [[28075]]

Forton: The 1240 Glasgow to Euston Pendolino (390014) is on time as it passes over a permanent way slack at Forton between Bay Horse and Scorton. Engineering possessions resulted in weekend closures between Lancaster and Preston in February and March 2010 and the end marker of another temporary restriction on the down line can also be seen.

Sheringham: Looks like the train's late again! Scene at Sheringham station on the North Norfolk Railway on 11 March 2010. The crowd is awaiting the arrival of Britannia Pacific no 70013 Oliver Cromwell with The Broadsman RTC special from Liverpool Street to celebrate the reopening of Sheringham level crossing and reconnection to the national rail network. See image [[28075]]

Sheringham: Celebrating the reopening of Sheringham level crossing, Norfolk, as Britannia Pacific no 70013 Oliver Cromwell arrives with The Broadsman RTC special from Liverpool Street. The banner reads North Norfolk Railway - Reconnected to national network after 46 years - March 11th 2010.

Hotwells: Scaffolding surrounding an old railway tunnel in Bristol on the former branch from Sneyd Park Junction to Hotwells terminus located near the Clifton Suspension Bridge. The line was closed in 1922 and lifted shortly thereafter with the tunnel being put to other uses, not least as an air raid shelter during World War 2. The tunnel is now partially collapsed causing concerns regarding the stability of the cliff face and work is seen here in progress on 11 March in an effort to remedy the problem.

Clifton: View across the Avon on 11 March, a short distance south of the former Hotsprings railway terminus, showing abandoned landing stages and the lower entrance to the Clifton Rocks Railway, built into the face of the Avon Gorge see image [[17977]]. The former funicular railway, closed in 1934, is currently the subject of considerable preservation activity.

Carrbridge: EWS 67005 hauling the Rail-Blue Charters 'Winter Highlander' from Darlington to Inverness, photographed at Carrbridge station on 11 March 2011

Weybourne: LNER B12 4-6-0 no 8572 with a train near Weybourne on the North Norfolk Railway in March 2012.

Leicester Central MPD: This location in Leicester adjacent to the GC wagon works see image [[38121]] has seen a lot of changes since the GC route closed. These two former railway bridges over the River Soar - the near one to the GC Leicester goods yard, the far one for the GC main line - are now a footpath and cycle path respectively. View looks North West in March 2012.

Crowcombe Heathfield: Former Somerset & Dorset 2-8-0 No 88 arriving at Crowcombe Heathfield Station on 11 March 2012.

Williton: Ex-GWR 2-6-2T no 5553 departing Williton on the West Somerset Railway on 11 March 2012.

Gask Junction: A little south of Gask Junction on the West of Fife Mineral Railway's Lethans No1 branch, and adjacent to the A823, are the remains of Lochend Siding, a loading bank served by a single track spur. View looking south on 11 March.

Longhoughton: Northbound and southbound CrossCountry Voyagers about to pass on 11 March on the ECML at Longhoughton, Northumberland. In the foreground are runners in a point-to-point race taking place at nearby Ratcheugh Farm.

Dunfermline MPD: The site of Dunfermline Locomotive Depot is being redeveloped. View north to the retaining wall below the old main line, now a footpath, on 11 March 2012.

Longhoughton: An East Coast train heading north on the ECML at Longhoughton, Northumberland, on 11 March 2012.

Leicester Central MPD: This is the former Great Central wagon works on Upperton Road, Leicester, in March 2012. The building is currently - and appropriately - in use as a machine shop. See it soon - as it may shortly be demolished and replaced by student flats.

Alloa Loop: Approaching Alloa from the east on 11 March, DBS 66065 passes Alloa loop with the 4J06 Longannet - Hunterston empties.

Kirkby: Having arrived a short time earlier, 142031 now waits at Kirkby on 11 March 2013 to form the 1332 hrs service back to Manchester Victoria. The line was originally a through line from Liverpool Exchange to Manchester via Wigan Wallgate but today the line is split with Merseyrail operating the services into Liverpool from the platform on the other side of the road bridge. 142031 was scrapped in Newport after withdrawal from service.

Kirkby: Looking north east from the buffers at Kirkby as 142031 waits to return to Manchester Victoria on 11 March 2013. This used to be a through route from Wigan Wallgate to Liverpool Exchange but today the line is split with the Merseyrail platform behind the photographer and Kirkby is now an end on - but unconnected - interchange.

Wigan North Western: Although it was a sunny afternoon, the temperature at Wigan North Western on 11 March was around freezing when the windchill factor was taken into account. Here DBS 60011 heads south through the station with the 6G42 Carlisle to Warrington gypsum boxes.

Leyland: Running very late, Pathfinder's rugby special returning from Edinburgh to Carmarthen on 11 March 2013 with 3 locos on the front. 57007 and 57010 provided the traction south from Carlisle while 47818 was on ETH duties by the time the trio were seen heading south at Leyland.

Huyton: Northern unit 150275 calls at Huyton on 11 March 2013 with a Liverpool - Stalybridge service. Huyton is one of the original stations on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway.

Westhoughton: Unit 142031 arriving at Westhoughton, between Bolton and Wigan, on 11 March 2013 with a service to Wigan.

Hindley: The station at Hindley is extremely well looked after. 142052 heads east towards Crow Nest Junction on a service to Manchester Victoria on 11 March 2013.

Hindley: Northern Class 142s pass at Hindley on 11 March 2013. Nearest the camera is a service to Wigan Wallgate while the train departing is heading to Manchester Victoria.

Carmuirs Tunnel: DRS 66432 nears Carmuirs Tunnel under the Forth and Clyde Canal on 11 March with the Daventry - Grangemouth W H Malcolm train.

Kincardine: A coal train from Hunterston Import Terminal destined for Longannet Power Station runs east through the platform remains at Kincardine on a bright and sunny morning in the spring of 2014. The line from Stirling via Alloa had reopened six years earlier enabling these heavy trains to travel via the more direct route avoiding the Forth Bridge.

Gyle Centre [Tram]: An Edinburgh tram heading for York Place arrives at Gyle Centre on 11 March during a testing / familiarisation run. Passenger services are due to get underway in May 2014.

Leigh-on-Sea: Substantial remains of the original LTSR station at Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, on the south side of the line, closed in 1934 when it was replaced by the present station, a short distance to the west. Photograph taken on 11th March 2014. The building is now used by the Leigh-on-Sea Sailing Club. [Ref query 1 January 2019]

Carmuirs West Junction: DBS 66018 climbs away from Carmuirs West on 11 March with empty coal hoppers returning from Longannet to Hunterston.

Leigh-on-Sea [1st]: Exterior of the original 1855 LTSR station at Leigh-on-Sea, seen here on 11th March 2014, replaced by the present station further west in 1934. The old station is now the HQ of the Leigh Sailing Club and has been for very many years, at least since the 1960s. The Essex town of Leigh is not actually 'on Sea' at all but on that part of the Thames Estuary where it widens out to meet the North Sea at Shoeburyness.

Tweedmouth: An evening grab shot from a passing train showing the remains of the old roundhouse at 52D Tweedmouth. The east end section of the roof was badly damaged by a fire in January 2010. See image [[40716]]

Alloa: While the old bridge that once carried the Alloa Waggonway over the S&D survived the 2008 reopening of the line, subsequent preparation work for electrification of the route proved too much. The rebuilt bridge is seen here in March 2014 looking very unwaggonway-like, as a DMU passes below after leaving the station with a service to Glasgow Queen Street. For a view of that which it replaced see image [[80730]].

Alloa: Longannet empties heading back to Hunterston rumble west through Alloa station on 11 March 2014 behind EWS liveried 66018. Standing at the platform is the 11.41 ScotRail service to Glasgow Queen Street, scheduled to follow 4 minutes later.

Gyle Centre [Tram]: The green green grass of the South Gyle. An Edinburgh tram emerges from the tunnel under the A8 on a testing / familiarisation run on 11 March and slows as it approaches the tram stop at Gyle Centre.

King Edward Bridge North Junction: View along the spur, from King Edward Bridge North Junction, that along with the spur from King Edward Bridge South Junction gives access to the line running towards Chaytors Bank and Greensfield, passing the former 52A Gateshead Shed site, on the Gateshead side of the Tyne.

Kincardine: A Hunterston - Longannet coal train approaching its destination about to pass below the 1936 Kincardine Bridge, on 11 March 2014. The bridge is much less busy these days thanks to the neighbouring Clackmannanshire Bridge in the background, which opened in 2008. See image [[8861]]

Edinburgh Gateway [Tram]: View north east from alongside the A8 over the site of the planned Edinburgh Gateway Train / Tram interchange on 11 March 2014. On the lower level a tram is passing the location of the tram stop. In the background the ScotRail 13.57 service from Edinburgh Waverley to Glenrothes with Thornton is heading for the Forth Bridge past the site of the proposed new railway station. Linking structures including walkways, lifts and escalators will eventually connect the split level sites. Edinburgh Gateway is scheduled to open by December 2016.

Leigh-on-Sea: 357 034 with a C2C service from London Fenchurch Street to Southend Central via Ockendon departing from Leigh-on-Sea station, on 11th March 2014. This station opened in 1934, replacing the original station of 1855 that was further east and more conveniently sited for what is known as 'the old village' of Leigh.

Carmuirs West Junction: 170419 takes the Stirling line at Carmuirs West Junction on 11 March 2014 with the Falkirk Grahamston route in the foreground in a view only possible after demolition of the signalbox. See image [[15131]]

Rough Castle Sidings: The south portal of Roughcastle Tunnel on the Union/Forth & Clyde Canal link in March 2014, with a westbound 170 passing on the E & G route.

York: DRS 66431, in front of a propelled snow plough, is stabled alongside a Network Rail MPV unit between the new NR Rail Operating Centre and platform 11 at York Station

Princes Street [Tram]: Tram 272 runs past Waverley Bridge heading west along Princes Street after returning from York Place terminus during an early afternoon test run on 11 March.

Alloa [1st]: Coal empties from Longannet power station heading west through Alloa on 11 March 2014. The train is about to run through the junction with the Alloa station platform line, with the site of the original station (closed in 1968) on the right. See image [[36171]].

Doncaster: Former Wrexham & Shropshire Railway liveried 67015 was a long way off piste from its more usual route between Marylebone and Moor Street for Chiltern Railways, when noted at Doncaster on Thunderbird stand-by duty along with 67021 on 11 March 2014.

York: DRS 66431 stabled alongside a Network Rail MPV on 11 March 2014 in sidings by the new Area Operating Centre at the west end of York Station.

Alloa: The 11.41 service to Glasgow Queen Street boarding at Alloa on 11 March 2014.

Oskova: The low-level, standard gauge sidings at Oskova were shunted by steam until fairly recently but this duty has now been dieselised. However, there are still two locos held in reserve for when the diesel is out of action, and these are housed in the coal company's rather basic shed, seen here from the narrow gauge yard on 11 March 2014. Standing outside is a woebegone 0-6-0T USA-type tank numbered 62.677. A large number of these were supplied to Jugoslavia after WW2, although this particular example was home-built to the US design, as late as 1960.

Alloa [1st]: The 11.41 ScotRail service to Glasgow Queen Street about to leave the platform line at Alloa on 11 March and head west on the initial 11 minute leg to Stirling.

Thorpe Bay: 357 032 with a C2C service from London Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness via Basildon arriving at its penultimate stop at Thorpe Bay on 11th March 2014. The LTSR reached what is now Southend Central in 1856 but was not extended to Shoeburyness until 1884. However, it was not until 1st July 1910 that the station seen here was opened on the 1884 section and for its first few weeks it was known as Southchurch-on-Sea but was quickly renamed Thorpe Bay on 18th July of the same year.

Edinburgh Gateway [Tram]: A tram stands on the concrete pad that will eventually become part of the Edinburgh Gateway tram stop. View north west on 11 March 2014 - the tram depot is on the other side of the bridge.

Edinburgh Gateway [Tram]: A tram emerges from below the A8 at Gogar on 11 March and swings sharp left towards the site of Edinburgh Gateway tram stop. The tracks to the north lead into Gogar tram depot, now protected by the green gates top left.

Preston: Driver training unit 319366 waits at Preston on 11 March 2015 between runs to Carnforth. Still in FCC livery with Thameslink branding.

Kirkby-in-Furness: An afternoon Carlisle to Barrow service arrives at Kirkby-in-Furness on 11 March 2016 with DBSO 9710 leading and 'Concrete Bob' (aka 37425) providing the traction.

Cardross: Round the rugged rocks the GB Railfreight ran.
66736 with empties returning to North Blyth pass Cardross.

Raikes Viaduct: A Northern 153/150 combination crosses the Raikes Viaduct, immediately south of the site of Lower Darwen station, with a Clitheroe to Manchester Victoria service on 11th March 2016.

Foxfield: A Carlisle to Barrow Class 153 railcar attached to a Class 142 calls at Foxfield on 11 March 2016. Access to the island platform is via a board crossing at the north end of the station. The water tank on the left looks complete but I don't know if it still has a use.

Silecroft: A Class 156 DMU approaches Silecroft whilst working a Barrow to Carlisle service on 11 March 2016. The goods shed still stands out of shot to the left beyond the level crossing.

St Bees: A Carlisle to Barrow Class 153 railcar arrives at St Bees on 11 March 2016. St Bees is a passing place on the single line from Whitehaven to Sellafield.

Silecroft: Cumbrian Coast units pass at Silecroft on 11th March 2016. I had arrived on the southbound Class 153 on the right with the intention of crossing over to catch the Class 156 heading north. Unfortunately the southbound train was a few minutes late and there isn't a footbridge so the only way to get between the two platforms is via the level crossing and of course it remained 'closed' to allow the passage of the two trains.

Kirkby-in-Furness: With the Duddon estuary over the platform wall to the right, a Barrow to Carlisle service arrives at Kirkby-in-Furness on 11 March 2016. After departing the train travelled in a long left hand sweep around the estuary eventually arriving at Green Road some 4 Kms away as the crow flies but over 6 1/2 Kms away by train with Foxfield station in between.

Silkstone Common: Compared to the railway, the road passing Silkstone Common station is on a downward gradient towards Dodworth. At the Penistone end of the platform there is level access from both road and car park sides of the line. See image [[54605]]. However, by the middle of the platform there is need for a lengthy flight of steps to reach platform level from the road; although conveniently there is a bus shelter at the bottom, and a platform shelter at the top, of the steps.

St Bees: DRS 37425 prepares to depart from St Bees, Cumbria, on 11 March 2016 with a Barrow to Carlisle service.

Towcester: Trunk route, or branch line? Just West of the site of the former Towcester station, this tree is growing happily from an accommodation bridge abutment. It was the remarkable variety of colours that caught my eye; including red and blue brick, moss, and graffiti!

St Helens Central: With pointwork and signalling for the closed Widnes line still intact 319377 leaves St Helens Central for Liverpool Lime Street on 11 March 2016. See Image [[41688]] for a similar view without the recently erected catenary.

Plates, signs, notices etc: The Northern franchise with Abellio Serco finishes at the end of the month and the operator has started removing it's logo from around the network. Posters have been appearing at stations explaining what is going on with the heading 'The case of the missing logo'! Arriva Rail North takes over the franchise on 1 April 2016.

Silkstone Common: Looking north from the boarded foot crossing along the wooden platform at the current Silkstone Common station sited between Barnsley and Penistone. This is the third station on the site, and was opened on 14 May 1983 when Huddersfield to Sheffield services were diverted away from the Deepcar route to run via Barnsley. This re-opening came 24 years after closure of the previous station in 1959. The small station car park is to left of view and a step free entrance path comes in on the right. However to give access onto the platform mid way, by the waiting shelter, a lengthy flight of steps is needed See image [[54809]].

Fimber Halt: Fimber Halt, the depot of the Yorkshire Wolds Railway who hope to restore at least part of the Malton and Driffield Junction Railway as a heritage attraction.

Fimber Halt: Fimber Halt showing the beginnings of the Yorkshire Wolds Railway.

Towcester: Beeching's conundrum: looking North at the A43, a dual carriageway which at this point runs parallel to the trackbed of the S&MJ, at 3.40 on a Friday afternoon, there is a slow moving queue of HGV's and coaches. Should the railway have been retained? Only if this traffic was available in the mid-1960's, when industry and retail were much less concentrated in regional clusters - and people owned a lot less cars - and commuted over much shorter distances. see image [[27554]] for further debate and conjecture.

Manchester Piccadilly: A bright morning at Manchester Piccadilly shows a Class 142 Pacer having just arrived from New Mills Central ready for a quick turnaround to work a service to Rose Hill Marple. In nearby platforms a Class 323 will shortly work a stopping train to Crewe and the Voyager will start its journey to Bristol Temple Meads. Departing 3 minutes later and running on the Up Fast the Bristol train should pass the Class 323 as it makes its second stop at Heaton Chapel.

Edinburgh Waverley: The Caledonian Sleeper 92 018 at what will soon be the far end of Platform 5. Regular stabling here, and at the new Platform 6 (nearer the camera, and also occupied today) will soon have to come to an end. Photographed 11/03/2017.

Gunnislake: Having reversed at Bere Alston, 150124 has just arrived from Plymouth at Gunnislake, Cornwall, at the end of the truncated Callington branch, with one of my friends and travelling companion, another David, on the left, on 11th March 2017. This was originally an intermediate station but became a terminus when the section onto Callington was closed in 1966. For another 28 years, trains continued to terminate at the original Gunnislake station, serving just one side of its former island platform. This closed on 30th January 1994 to allow nearby road improvements and was replaced by the present single platform about 100 yards closer to Plymouth. The old station was demolished along with a nearby road bridge.

Calstock Viaduct: The impressive view of the Tamar with Calstock on the left, looking north from 150124 on a service from Gunnislake to Plymouth crossing from Cornwall into Devon, on 11th March 2017. The viaduct was constructed between 1904 and 1907, is 800 ft. long and 120 ft. high and consists of 12 arches with a 60 ft. span. It is the largest viaduct in Britain constructed entirely of concrete blocks.

Bere Ferrers: Bere Ferrers was originally an intermediate station on the LSWR main line between Plymouth and Okehampton but is now served by the Gunnislake branch services on the surviving southern stump of the line. The building is no longer in use for passengers but is well preserved in private occupation and the replica BR Southern Region green totem sign gives the station added credence. It is seen here from a Gunnislake bound train on 11th March 2017.

Foxfield: 37402 emerges from behind Foxfield signal box after calling with a Cumbrian Coast service from Barrow to Carlisle on 11th March 2017.

Slateford: The hourly Shotts line stopping service for Waverley calls at Slateford for on 11/03/2017. It picked up not a bad crowd, perhaps people avoiding the packed buses on a match day at Tynecastle. New CIS screens still under wraps. Slateford is the last station on the line to be equipped, if you ignore Breich. With one train a day, Breich can arguably do without!

Oubeck Loops: Grab shot (from the top deck of a Stagecoach bus) of 45690 Leander waiting in the Up Loop at Oubeck on 11th March 2017. The Jubilee was working tender first to Preston with its support coach to pick up a train to Carlisle. It should have been in Preston at this time so a very fortunate encounter.

Edinburgh Waverley: 67 003 in what could almost be Rail Blue. It's occupying the far end of what will be Platform 6 by summer 2018. Waverley currently has a generous 4 stabling points: here, the neighbouring Platform 5 stub, opposite No 7 and between Nos 16 and 17.

Barrow-in-Furness: 37402 has a clear signal for departure from the bay platform at Barrow-in-Furness with a service to Carlisle on a wet 11th March 2017.

Lancaster: 46115 Scots Guardsman takes the Down Fast through Lancaster on 11th March 2017 with a special from Manchester to Edinburgh. The Scot was standing in for the booked Duchess 46233.

Baillieston: The old Muirside Road overbridge at Baillieston station being cut up in situ. The road is due to reopen in September 2018.

Baillieston: The Muirhead Road overbridge deck is cut into sections before being lifted on to waiting lorries.

Millerhill EGIP Depot: The 0931 Millerhill SS - Leuchars ballast train crawls past the new washing plant at Millerhill EMU depot shortly after commencing its journey on 11 March 2018. The locomotive is Freightliner 66547.

Newcraighall North Junction: ScotRail 170450 is about to come off the Borders line at Newcraighall North Junction with the 0845 Tweedbank - Edinburgh Sunday service on 11 March 2018. The train is slowing for the stop at Newcraighall station just beyond the bridge.

Baillieston: Piece by piece removal of the old Muirhead Road overbridge in progress in mid March 2018. As the demolition proceeds southwards, sections of the supports for the new bridge are being installed from the north side.

Largs Pier: An image of 'Southsea's sister ship 'Shanklin' renamed as 'Prince Ivanhoe'. She is approaching Largs in the early summer of 1981. Purchased from Sealink by a company connected to the Waverley operation and operated by Waverley Excursions she was brought to Glasgow on the 21st of November 1980, refurbished and renamed for April 1981. 1981 was her only season, for on 3rd August while under the command of a relief master, she grounded in Port Eynon Bay in the Bristol Channel and became a total loss. All passengers were safely evacuated. By a year later she was a pile of unrecognisable scrap steel.

RNSD Lathalmond: Brake-van ride on Shed 47 standard-gauge line at the M90 Retail Park, to give Lathalmond its modern name.

Manors North: This is all that is left of the North Tyneside Loop platforms at the one-time junction station of Manors, seen from a LNER service passing the remaining and downgraded main line platforms, on 11th March 2019. Heavy trains to the North Tyneside Loop finished in 1978 with the remainder of the loop being given over to the Tyne & Wear Metro which tunnels underground before joining the loop just north of Jesmond.

Garstang and Catterall: These two bridges, one partially filled in and one rebuilt in the early 1970s for electrification, mark the point where the Garstang and Knott End branch veered away from the main line to run west towards Garstang Town. It wasn't a junction as the two railways just ran in parallel from Garstang & Catterall station. Later (LMS days?) a connection from the G&KER line was made back into the main line at this point to form a long Down Goods loop. 11th March 2019.

Lea Road: The old railway cottages at Darkinson Lane were probably for the staff of nearby Lea Road station, reached by the lineside footpath. They are similar in appearance to those at Salwick but there are only five rather than nine in the terrace. 319383 passes with a Blackpool North to Manchester (via Bolton) service, which the EMUs have recently been introduced to, on 11th March 2019..

Pinkhill: Even the most unobservant passer-by must recognise this as a former station. 'Alight here for Zoological Park' said the sign here at Pinkhill. With a junction at Balgreen, Edinburgh Trams might serve it yet, I wouldn't hold your breath though, particularly as reinstating the line to Corstorphine would require many houses being demolished.

Preston: The 6K27 Carlisle NY to Crewe engineers service waits at Preston for the road south on 11 March 2019. DRS 68001 and 66424 are the locos on the front although the 68 appeared to the one doing all the work.

Corstorphine [2nd]: The site of Corstorphine station is completely covered by housing. The sole, rather paltry remnant of railway days is the wall on the right which bounded the sidings to the north of the station. The platforms were to the left.

Cleland: 68006 passing east through Cleland with the Motherwell to Waverley empty stock for the Fife Circle commuter train on 11th March 2019.

Lea Road: Training of Blackpool based Northern drivers on the new CAF EMUs and DMUs is now taking place. 3-car 195113 passes Darkinson Lane bridge near Lea Road on 11th March 2019 heading for Preston.

Inverness: Interesting activity at Inverness. I have never seen a loco on the curve between the Aberdeen / Perth and Far North platforms until this day, 11th March 2020. An 08 shunter was running over, possibly in advance of steam loco turning on the triangle later this year. The photo is of the shunter just coming off the curve.

Inverness: A very unusual move at Inverness, on the curve between the Aberdeen / Perth and Far North Platforms, when a Class 08 was running over the curve on 11th March 2020. The shunter is seen in this view looking down the platform with Class 158s on either side.

Larkhall Central: A plan of a new car parking facility in the old goods yard at Larkhall Central. Work carried out in 1979 by Strathclyde Regional Council Roads Department, Hamilton Area.

Cardross: Hello stranger! 73968 and 73969, drawing ten carriages, come south on a Fort William to Polmadie working passing Cardross. Sleeper services to Fort William have been suspended for some time due to COVID-19. This train is considerably longer than the usual single headed Fort William portion.

Farington Junction: Stanier Coronation class pacific no.6233 Duchess of Sutherland with support coach approaches Farington Junction on 11 March 2022 whilst travelling from Tyseley to Hellifield. This was a positioning move in advance of a railtour that was to be hauled from Hellifield to Carlisle the following day.