West Hartlepool Shed: A real North Eastern scene inside one of the roundhouses at West Hartlepool. Lineup from left to right is J94 68056, J72 68715, J72 68711 and J94 68051. The photograph is thought to have been taken in March 1961. West Hartlepool shed was officially closed by BR in September 1967.

Thornaby Shed: WD Austerity 2-8-0 no 90435 in the shed yard at 51L Thornaby in March 1961.

Thornaby Shed: A line of mainly Q6 0-8-0 locomotives in the yard at Thornaby in March 1961. 63370 had arrived at its new home in June 1958 from Newport (Teesside), one of the four old steam sheds in the area replaced by the new 51L.

Thornaby Shed: J27 0-6-0 no 65853 et al lined up at 51L Thornaby on 26 March 1961. Britain's last purpose-built steam shed had opened on a 70 acre site here some 3 years earlier as a replacement for the old sheds at Stockton, Haverton Hill, Newport and Middlesbrough. The shed closed to steam in December 1964, some six and a half years after opening. Thornaby closed completely during 2009.

Thornaby Shed: J26 0-6-0 65756 and friends in the yard at Thornaby on Sunday 26 March 1961.

Blaydon Shed: K1 2-6-0 no 62022 stands alongside 52C Blaydon Shed on 26 March 1961.

Tyne Dock Shed: BR Standard class 9F no 92066, one of the batch of powerful 2-10-0s allocated to Tyne Dock shed specifically to handle the gruelling Tyne Dock - Consett iron ore trains. The locomotive is seen on its home shed in March 1961 displaying a 52H shed plate. All 10 of the Tyne Dock 9Fs were fitted with Westinghouse pumps (on the other side of the locomotive) required to operate the pneumatic discharge doors on the iron ore hoppers. See image [[24029]]

Heaton Shed: Locomotives stabled over the weekend in the shed yard at Heaton (52B) on an overcast Sunday 26 March 1961. The coaling stage is visible in the right background. The lineup includes Gresley K3 2-6-0 no 61854, a visitor from Tweedmouth (52D).

Heaton: J21 0-6-0 no 65033 standing in the sidings at Heaton shed, buffered up to an accident damaged K3 2-6-0. Photograph thought to have been taken on 26 March 1961.

Carlisle: Fowler 3F 0-6-0T no 47345 on station pilot duty at the north end of Carlisle, thought to have been taken in March 1964. The locomotive was withdrawn six months later.

Carlisle Kingmoor Shed: The uniquely endowed V2 2-6-2 no 60813 in the shed yard at Kingmoor on 26 March 1964.

Ferguslie Signal Box: 45486 passing Ferguslie signal box, shortly after leaving Elderslie, on 26 March 1964. It is on the line to Paisley Canal and the viaduct carrying the line from Elderslie to Paisley Gilmour Street can be clearly seen in the background.

Carlisle Kingmoor Shed: Old meets new at Carlisle Kingmoor on 26 March 1964, with Gresley V2 2-6-2 no 60864 standing alongside an unidentified EE Type 1 diesel locomotive. The V2 appears to have sustained collision damage at the front end and is recorded as being officially withdrawn by BR 10 days earlier. Its last shed allocation is shown as 50A York. The locomotive was disposed of through Darlington Works the following month.

Ferguslie Viaduct: Plenty of action at Linwood Toll on 26 March 1964. A Pickfords low-loader, a scrapyard (tidied up when the railway bridge was rebuilt in 1962), a bit of roadworks by a red compressor, and a DMU on fire heading west for Elderslie station. The culprit was a Cravens unit (SC 51489) which was leading a Gloucester one. Photograph taken from Ferguslie station with the viaduct off camera to the right.

Carlisle: Relief engine awaiting the arrival of the 9.25am Crewe - Perth at Carlisle on 26 March 1964 is 46257 City of Salford.

Carlisle: Rebuilt Patriot 4-6-0 no 45545 Planet arrives in the west sidings at Carlisle on 26 March 1964 with a terminating parcels train from the south.

Alston: Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0 43121 at Alston with the 'Scottish Rambler No.6 (Day 2) railtour on 26th March 1967. Passengers from the tour, the last ever steam working on the branch, are exploring the station before the return trip.

Langholm: Ivatt 2-6-0 43121 at Langholm on 26 March 1967 with the SLS/BLS Scottish Rambler no 6. Immediately to the right of the tender is a young Bruce McCartney - whose camera was on the blink at the time!

Alston: Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0 43121 at Alston with the 'Scottish Rambler No.6 (Day 2) railtour, the last ever steam working on that branch, on 26th March 1967.

Rutherglen Junction: Britannia 70032 'Tennyson' passing Rutherglen Junction, bound for Carlisle with the 'Scottish Rambler' railtour of Easter Sunday 1967.

Carstairs: 'Scottish Rambler No 6' stands at Carstairs on 26 March 1967, shortly after arrival from Glasgow Central. The locomotive is Britannia Pacific no 70032 Tennyson which hauled the train on the leg from Glasgow to Carlisle (Upperby). See image [[29747]]

Carlisle: BR Standard class 9F 2-10-0 no 92009 waits to leave Carlisle on the evening of 26 March 1967 with Scottish Rambler no 6 bound for Glasgow Central via Dumfries and Kilmarnock.

Polmadie Shed: By March 1967, steam was well through the process of being squeezed out by diesel at Polmadie, and things look rather that way in this shot, with Brush Type 4s on one side and EE Type 1s on the other. In between are Standard 2-6-4T 80116 and Black Fives 45124 and 45013.

Glasgow Central: The BLS/SLS Scottish Rambler No 6 railtour about to get underway at Glasgow Central on 26 March 1967. Britannia Pacific no 70032 Tennyson took the special south to Carlisle via the WCML.

Carstairs: 'Scottish Rambler No 6' stands at Carstairs on 26 March 1967 behind Britannia Pacific no 70032 Tennyson shortly after arrival from Glasgow Central see image [[35364]].

Carstairs: Britannia Pacific no 70032 Tennyson stands at Carstairs station on 26 March 1967 with 'Scottish Rambler No 6', shortly after arrival from Glasgow Central on its way to Carlisle.

Carlisle Upperby Holding Sidings: Britannia 70032 'Tennyson' at Carlisle Upperby with the Scottish Rambler No.6 (Day 2) from Glasgow Central to Carlisle during Easter weekend 1967. The train was worked forward from here to Alston and Langholm by Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0 No. 43121.

Carlisle Upperby Holding Sidings: 4MT 2-6-0 43121, believed to be at Carlisle Upperby taking over the Scottish Rambler No.6 (Day 2) special train to Alston during the Easter weekend in 1967. The Ivatt also took this special along the Langholm Branch before 9F 92009 returned the train to Carlisle via the G&SW route.

Tickets and labels: Memento of a trip on Scottish Rambler No 6 on 26 March 1967. No idea where Longholm might be...

Carlisle: Britannia Pacific no 70032 Tennyson on the Carlisle goods lines heading for Upperby with Scottish Rambler no 6 on 26 March 1967 after bringing the special south from Glasgow Central.

Haltwhistle: 4MT 2-6-0 43121 at Haltwhistle with the Scottish Rambler No.6 (Day 2) special about to traverse the Tyne Viaduct and on down the Alston branch on Easter Saturday 1967.

Alston: Ivatt 2-6-0 no 43121 standing at Alston on 26 March 1967 with the BLS/SLS Scottish Rambler No 6.

Alston: Ivatt 2-6-0 no 43121 stands at Alston station with the BLS/SLS Scottish Rambler no 6 on 26 March 1967. 43121 had brought in this leg of the railtour from Upperby and was now preparing to head for Citadel Station on a circuitous route via the Carlisle goods lines, Riddings Junction and Langholm.

Haltwhistle: Ivatt 2-6-0 no 43121 taking water at Haltwhistle during a break in the BLS/SLS 'Scottish Rambler no 6' railtour on 26 March 1967. The locomotive was in charge for the section which included a return trip over the Alston branch see image [[29676]].

Haltwhistle: Ivatt 2-6-0 no 43121 occupies the Alston branch platform at Haltwhistle on 26 March 1967 as it prepares to take the BLS/SLS Scottish Rambler No 6 on a return trip tover the branch.

Alston: Looking south east towards Alston station on 26 March 1967, with Ivatt 2-6-0 no 43121 at the head of the recently arrived BLS/SLS Scottish Rambler no 6. See image [[35215]]

Glasgow Central: Glasgow Central on 26 March 1974 with a class 27 on ECS duty.

Glasgow Central: 50046 leaves Glasgow Central and heads for Polmadie shed after bringing in a service from the south in March 1974.

Glasgow Central: 83003 prepares to take its train out of Glasgow Central on 26 March 1974.

Glasgow Central: A Class 50 prepares to single handedly take an express south into London Midland Region territory from platform 1 at Glasgow Central in March 1974. Note the BRUTE parcel trolleys on the left which are as much a part of railway history as the Class 50s on WCML expresses.

Glasgow Central: Prior to the introduction of electric services on the WCML there were several test and training runs in and out of Glasgow Central. On 26 March 1974, one of the first generation of 25KV locomotives, no 83003, is seen taking a test set out of platform 11.

Glasgow Central: Class 303 EMU unit 014 arrives at Glasgow Central in March 1974 with other stock stabled in the carriage sidings in the background.

Glasgow Central: Approaching the end of its journey, 50046 brings a train into Glasgow Central in March 1974.

Glasgow Central: Class 303s at Glasgow Central in March 1974 with unit 022 on the left departing for Wemyss Bay.

Glasgow Central: 50046 at Glasgow Central in March 1974.

Glasgow Central: DMU approaching Glasgow Central in 1974. The destination blind is already set for the next trip to Kilmacolm.

Cardross: Cardross station looking east - March 1974.

Glasgow Queen Street Low Level: 303 087 arrives at Queen Street Low Level in 1974 with an Airdrie service.

Gelsenkirchen Bismarck: DB 044-508 caught coming on shed at Gelsenkirchen Bismarck on 26 March 1977.

Duisburg Wedau: The sad sight of an unidentified DB class 50 locomotive in the process of being broken up at Duisberg Wedau in March 1977.

Gelsenkirchen Bismarck: DB 044-508 photographed coming on shed at Gelsenkirchen Bismarck on 26 March 1977.

Harleston: The rather grand frontage of the former Waveney Valley Railway station at Harleston as it appeared on 26th March 1978. Located on the line between Tivetshall and Beccles, it lost its passenger service in 1953 and the remaining freight service ended in April 1966. It later became a listed building in view of its architectural merit.

Wortwell: Still boasting its platform canopy in March 1978, the good condition of the former Wortwell station belied the fact that it had closed to passengers 101 years earlier and trains had stopped passing through in 1960. However, there was no stopping the A143 eventually passing through here, and this view is now one of tarmac and cars.

Ballinluig: 37173 at Ballinluig on 26 March 1982.

Ais Gill Summit: 46229 storms over Ais Gill Summit with southbound Cumbrian Mountain Express.

Fairwood Junction: EE Class 50, 50046 'Ajax' eastbound for London, taking the Westbury avoiding line at Fairwood Junction on 26 March 1986. Ajax lasted in service until 1992 and was subsequently scrapped

Fairwood Junction: 47901, on Fairwood Junction near Westbury in Wiltshire, with a loaded stone train on 26th March 1986. This Class 47 was a trials loco for the power units that went into the Class 56s and 58s but is long since scrapped.

Fairwood Junction: A locomotive with an interesting history, no 47901, seen at Fairwood Junction, Westbury, with a stone train on 26 March 1986. One of the 512 Brush Type 4 diesel electrics built for BR in the 1960s, it began life as D1628. Having been subsequently renumbered as 47046 it was refitted as a mobile test rig for class 56 traction equipment in 1976 and given the number 47601. A further conversion took place 3 years later in 1979, when it was refitted with class 58 test components and given the number 47901. It was finally withdrawn from service in February 1990. See image [[25148]]

Stobs Camp Siding: And finally... a particularly interesting bottle discovered in the undergrowth at the end of the headshunt from the former Stobs Yard in 1987. This bottle displays the embossed markings 'Alexander Scott' and 'Hawick' and it is easy to imagine how it might have arrived here.

Porthmadog Harbour [FR]: Narrow Gauge locomotive Mountaineer heads out onto The Cob as it leaves the Ffestiniog Railway's Porthmadog Terminus in the spring of 1988.

Britannia Bridge: A view looking south west from Ffordd Caergybi / Holyhead Road on Anglesey, along the Menai Straits in 1988, to the lengthy Britannia Bridge that links the Isle of Anglesey main rail line from Holyhead, and the freight line running to Amlwch, into the mainland rail network. The bridge was previously rail only but, following a severe arson fire, was fitted with an upper road vehicle deck to allow an extension of the A55 expressway to be built through to Holyhead.

Ddualt: Ffestiniog Railway's 2-4-0ST+T Blanche traverses the Ddualt incline spiral in 1988 as it heads south on a working from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog

Blaenau Ffestiniog [FR]: This ticket is for a single journey on the Ffestiniog Railway between Blaenau Ffestiniog (old) and Porthmadog on 26 March 1988, for myself and the two sons, whilst my wife drove down with her father.

Grosmont Shed: D821 under the NYMR's coaling stage at Grosmont on 26 March 1989, masquerading as a West German class 220.

Quorn and Woodhouse: D123 Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry at Quorn & Woodhouse on the Great Central Railway on 26 March 2004.

Quorn and Woodhouse: 45305 at Quorn & Woodhouse on the GCR in March 2004.

Allington West Junction: The new replacement signal box at Allington West Junction in March 2004.

Allington West Junction: Old and new signal boxes at Allington West Junction in March 2004.

Haymarket: The exit from platform 1 into the north side car park at Haymarket station on 26 March 2006. Taken through the metal fence along Haymarket Terrace, prior to commencement of work on the station's new bay platform 0.

Edinburgh Waverley: Temporary access to track level on the north side of Waverley station from Calton Road in March 2006. The route is currently being used by the project team working on the station modifications. Note the partially dismantled 'bridge' that once enclosed the cable used to transport mailbags between the GPO HQ on Waterloo Place and the mail distribution centre alongside platform 1.

Edinburgh Waverley: Work continuing on Waverley's north side on Sunday 26 March 2006. Looking west along platform 1 beyond the crossover.

Edinburgh Waverley: View east over the Waverley sub platforms early on Sunday 26 March 2006, with the the car parking area running alongside and Market Street upper right. The old platform canopy looks as though it has seen better days. The train boarding at platform 21 is a GNER service for Kings Cross. See image [[58751]]

Govan Road: Govan Road at Govan Shipbuilders (formerly Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Ltd) looking east. Railway access was along Govan Road using the tramlines from Govan.

Princes Dock: Looking north at where the Princes Dock line entered the Princes Dock area.

Muirhouse North Junction: A junction with three names; Cathcart Junction, Pollokshields East Junction and now Muirhouse North Junction.

Pollokshields West: Looking from Pollokshields West to the booking office of the former Strathbungo station.

Maxwell Park: Footway across Maxwell Park which enters the two-level station building for access to the island platform.

Princes Dock: View across Govan Road showing the former bridge over the Princes Dock Joint Railway at the point where, behind the camera, the line entered the docks. At this point the line ran in a cutting which has been infilled between here and Ibrox. View looks south west on the 26th of March, 2006.

Maxwell Park: Outer Circle train at Maxwell Park.

Maxwell Park: Platform canopies and new lighting at Maxwell Park.

Maxwell Park: Platform access at Maxwell Park. Interesting mini fences.

Maxwell Park: Railway companies and regulators come and go but Maxwell Park, amazingly, still remains.

Maxwell Park: A view from the bridge. From the footbridge looking west.

Maxwell Park: The restored station building at Maxwell Park, seen from the west in March 1988.

Maxwell Park: Star turn. The station building at Maxwell Park seen from the east. Even the grey cabinets are red here!

Maxwell Park: A two tier station building.

Pollokshields West: A lane takes passengers to the bridge over the island platform at Pollokshields West.

Pollokshields West: Pollokshields West now sadly without two tier station building.

Pollokshields West: Pollokshields West now sadly without two tier station building.

Botanic Gardens: Once there was a station here. View north over Great Western Road to the site of Botanic Gardens.

Stobs Camp Siding: A lamp bracket is still attached to the post marking the end of Stobs Camp sidings headshunt. At this point, the Waverley route is behind a small embankment to the left. View south in March 2006.

Edinburgh Waverley: Replacing the crossover on the north side of Waverley in March 2006 prior to commencing construction of the new Balmoral through platform. View is east towards the temporary access created from Calton Road to bring in plant and materials. See image [[7435]]

Pollokshields West: The bridge over Pollokshields West today. No building.

Hamilton Central: A Dalmuir service stands at Hamilton Central on 26 March.

Torwoodlee Tunnel: Northern portal of Torwoodlee tunnel.

Stobs: Boreholes are still visible in the rockface in Colisforth cutting, just north of Stobs, in March 2007, view looking north.

Sighthill West Junction: A train bound for Glasgow Queen Street off the Cumbernauld line heads along the south side of the Cowlairs triangle on 26 March 2007. It has just cleared the temporary level crossing controlling access to the works site for the new MDU and signalling centre.

Blackford: 170 heads north past Carsebreck Loch south of Blackford. A curlers platform existed here way back.

Bridge of Allan: SWT 158786 draws to a stand at Bridge Of Allan. No destination is shown, but it is travelling south.

Torwoodlee Tunnel: Signs of surveyor's paint in Torwoodlee tunnel on 26 March 2007. Trains will pass through here on a reopened Waverley Line to Tweedbank.

Alloa West Junction: Preparations for signal instalation at Alloa West Bridge looking East on 26 March.

Alloa Marshalling Yard: Westerly view from the new Alloa West Bridge towards Stirling. The magnetic speed retarders are in place for use with the forthcoming colour light signalling.

Bridge of Allan: Guard checks for passenger safety, before he bells this 170 off up the hill to Dunblane.

Torwoodlee Tunnel: Southern portal of Torwoodlee tunnel, just north of Galashiels on 26 March 2007 - with signs of (at that time) recent tree clearance.

Dundee Esplanade: Out of the mist a service for Aberdeen comes down the bank off the Tay Bridge into Dundee station.

Bridge of Allan: The sun catches a Dunblane train as it passes the cleared site of the old station north of the bridge. Note the new platform furniture. This is a definite successful re-opening.

Clitheroe: 150276 waits to return from Clitheroe to Manchester Victoria on 26 March. Viewed from the new platform built for the 1987 reopening (initially for Dales Rail services only). The old station building can be seen on the left

Milton of Crathes: A locomotive owned by the Deeside Railway stands at Milton of Crathes on 26 March. (Former BR 0-6-0 diesel D9551)

Montrose: EWS 66178 speeds through Montrose with a train of empty log wagons on 26 March 2008.

Eddleston: The 1855 station building at Eddleston on 26 March 2008, seen platform side looking northeast towards Leadburn. The private property has been extended since line closure in 1962. The former station master's house can just be made out through the trees in the left background see image [[67107]].

Laurencekirk: Interior of the goods shed at Laurencekirk, home of many (soon to be evicted) pigeons.

Eddleston: Site of the level crossing on the Peebles Railway as it entered the village of Eddleston, looking south towards Peebles on 26 March 2008. To the left is Station Road and directly opposite stands the old station masters house. The station itself is in the centre background to the right of the wooden signpost see image [[18469]].

Milton of Crathes: A battery powered Multiple Unit. Units of this type operated on the Deeside Line in the early sixties.

Milton of Crathes: Crest of the Deeside Railway on one of their coaches.

Milton of Crathes: Some of the Deeside Railways rolling stock stands at Milton of Crathes on 26 March.

Milton of Crathes: Work under way on the new station for the Deeside Railway at Milton of Crathes. A notice on the fence gives Sunday April 27th as the opening date.

Montrose: Montrose South signal box on 26 March 2008.

Montrose: Crossing at Montrose, with 170 433 bound for Edinburgh Waverley and 170 419 heading north to Aberdeen.

Laurencekirk: The disused goods shed at Laurencekirk viewed from the north on 26 March 2008.

Eddleston: The old station house at Eddleston, seen looking south west along Station Road in the spring of 2008. Located on the 'Peebles Loop' midway between Leadburn and Peebles, the line arrived from the north via a level crossing on the right and ran beyond the house to reach the station itself see image [[18469]] [Ref query 7 January 2019].

Eddleston: Modified TV aerial mast alongside a former crossing keeper's cottage on the Peebles Railway just north of Eddleston in March 2008.

Milton of Crathes: A view along the line towards Banchory from the Deeside Railways new station at Milton of Crathes on 26 March 2008.

Laurencekirk: The 1849 station building at Laurencekirk which is to be refurbished and is scheduled to re-open before the end of 2008.

Wigan Wallgate: Westbound platform looking east towards Bolton and Manchester under the station booking office and Wallgate

Wigan Wallgate: This LYR station opened in 1896 to replace an earlier structure and still serves trains to Southport, Kirkby, Bolton and Manchester

Laurencekirk: The goods shed at Laurencekirk viewed from the south in March 2008. There are currently plans to dismantle the old shed and re-erect it at Bridge of Dun.

Ribble Viaduct [Preston]: A northbound Voyager crosses North Union bridge over the River Ribble on the approach to Preston on 26 March 2009.

Riddings Junction: Mention of the 8 border crossings undertaken by the Kingmoor - Langholm - Newcastleton freight see image [[24093]] led to one or two queries to Railscot asking ...where did the other 4 come from? Here goes! SW of Riddings Jct, near the confluence of the Esk and Liddel Water, the border deviates south from the river at Liddel Mote, resulting in trains on the Waverley route crossing the border twice within 250 yards. The crossing sequence on the round trip to Langholm and Newcastleton was therefore Liddel Mote (2), Liddel Viaduct (2), Kershopefoot (2) and Liddel Mote again (2). Other than a mention in the A J Mullay book Rails Across the Border I cannot recall any reference to this crossing and, like the author, am grateful to Bruce McCartney for the information. A sketch of the area is attached, together with the relevant extract from the book.

Preston: Having just crossed the Ribble Viaduct, 390045 arrives at Preston with a northbound service on 26 March 2009.

Shap: Some two miles north of the famous summit, Shap station building still stands alongside the Down line as a private residence, seen here looking north in March 2009.

Lochearnhead Viaduct: Immediately to the east of Lochearnhead station the line to St. Fillans crossed the road on a substantial bridge, of which only this east abutment remains although another bridge just beyond is still in place. The entrance to the scout camp, in the old station, is by the tree on the left in this view looking north along the Crianlarich road through Glen Ogle.

Aberfoyle: Looking south from the site of Aberfoyle station, now a car park, along the old trackbed towards Gartmore and beyond. This is now a footpath and cycleway, marked at the start by a replica semaphore signal, which unfortunately has had the signal arm mounted back to front. See image [[28487]] for a 1958 view of the same location.

Strathyre: Nothing remains of Strathyre station but the Old Station Court road sign indicates where it was. This view is towards Balquhidder across the small public park that occupies part of the old station site.

Strathyre: Much of the former Strathyre station is covered by a housing development known as Old Station Court. This view is towards Callander from the junction with the Callander to Crianlarich road that runs past the site.

Preston: Trans Pennine Express double set from Manchester Airport on the final approach to Preston on 26 March 2009. The leading unit is bound for Edinburgh but the rear set will be split at Preston and follow the Edinburgh portion up the WCML as far as Oxenholme where it will branch off to Windermere. To the right of the train is the girder bridge over the River Ribble. This was added to the earlier stone arch bridge which itself was extended to serve the 5 tracks that are in regular use today.

Torwoodlee South Viaduct: Remains of a bridge over the Gala water at Torwoodlee, just south of the tunnel. Just over the water is where the Peebles and Waverley lines diverge - Kilnknowe Jct being a short distance further toward Gala. Apparently removed for unknown reasons long after the closure of the Waverley Line. Strangely, another bridge just north of the tunnel see image [[24427]] has also been removed, (or rather knocked into the Gala water) - again for reasons which aren't altogether clear.

Grosmont Shed: Cleaner at work. A quiet spring afternoon at Grosmont shed in March 2010.

Grosmont: Heading for the shed. Having completed a tour of duty on the NYMR on 26 March, no 7639 traverses the level crossing at the south end of Grosmont station and runs onto the bridge over the River Esk on its way back to Grosmont shed.

Marishes Road: Banksy woz here... or perhaps not... Rear of the platform shelter at the former Marishes Road station, North Yorkshire, on the line between Malton and Pickering. Photographed on 26 March 2010, some 45 years after closure. The faded painting depicts 4468 Mallard carrying the headboard of 'The Scarborough Flyer'. For the front view see image [[29018]].

Grosmont Shed: Standard class 4 no 75029 'receiving attention' alongside Grosmont shed on 26 March 2010. The Not to be moved sign seems a little unnecessary in this case.

Grosmont: Preserved class 50 no 50027, Lion in Network SouthEast livery, stands in the sidings on the east side of Grosmont shed on 26 March 2010.

Grosmont: D5061 standing in platform 4 at Grosmont station on 26 March 2010 awaiting its next tour of duty, having brought in an earlier train from Pickering.

Goathland: D5061 crossing the North York Moors on the southern approach to Goathland on 26 March 2010 at the head of an afternoon Pickering - Grosmont service. The parapets of the abandoned bridge that once carried the original 1836 route can be seen through the trees above the locomotive, with the old level crossing and gatehouse top right.

Grosmont Shed: Ex-GWR Collett 0-6-2T no 6619 has Grosmont shed to itself on 26 March 2010.

Grosmont Shed: BR Standard class 4 2-6-0 no 76079 photographed at Grosmont shed on 26 March 2010.

Grosmont Shed: Looking good from any angle. A view through Grosmont shed on 26 March 2010, showing ex-GWR Collett 0-6-2T no 6619 in residence. Built at Swindon Works in 1928, this preserved locomotive ironically ended its BR operational days at Barry shed (88C) in 1963.

Pickering: NYMR Drewry 0-6-0 DM (ex-BR class 04) no D2207 slowly propels a brake van into the shed at the north end of Pickering station on 26 March 2010.

Grosmont: Part of the cab of stripped down standard class 4 4-6-0 no 75029, photographed in the shed yard at Grosmont on 26 March 2010.

Pickering: Carriage boards, Pickering station, 26 March 2010.

Grosmont Tunnels: 7639 waits at the north portal of Grosmont tunnel in March 2010. Part of the NYMR's Grosmont locomotive depot is visible at the south end of the tunnel.

Goathland: A mid-morning NYMR train to Grosmont about to cross the bridge over the link road off the A169 south of Goathland in the spring of 2010. The train is on the NER 1865 deviation, with part of the original (1836) Whitby & Pickering alignment running just beyond. Above the locomotive is a former gate house standing alongside the original route.

Marishes Road: Prior to 1965, trains heading south from Pickering on the way to Malton passed through Marishes Road. The former station building is seen here looking south from the site of the level crossing on 26 March 2010. A notable structure also stands on the northbound platform see image [[29018]].

Marishes Road: This attractive property contains a long, narrow, terraced, garden to the rear, complete with large garden shed... . Description in 'estate-agent-speak' of the platform area at the former Marishes Road station in North Yorkshire. Photographed on 26 March 2010 looking south east from the site of the level crossing towards Malton.

Machrihanish: Looking east towards Campbeltown from Machrihanish station site along the old trackbed, which is still clearly visible behind the houses on the main road, almost eighty years after final closure. Further east, where the line crossed farmland, its course is much less well defined and large parts have disappeared altogether. See image [[33498]] for a map of the station site and approaches in 1921.

Crookston: 156 439 is about to leave Crookston on its way to Paisley Canal on 26 March.  I'm getting an uncomprehending stare (something with which many of you will be familiar) from a passenger on the platform waiting, presumably, for the train to return from Paisley to take her into Glasgow.  The 'crook' in Crookston refers to a sharp bends in the White Cart Water, rather than suggesting criminal behaviour in former residents.

Bathgate STVA Aborted Siding: White Elephant East Junction....? 334 002 passes the eastern connection to the cancelled STVA car terminal on 26 March with the 17.01 from Bathgate to Edinburgh Waverley.

Crookston: These steps down to what was the north platform at Crookston have not seen a passenger since 1983 when the line to Kilmacolm closed.  Since reopening in the 1990s the former westbound platform handles trains between Glasgow and Paisley Canal in both directions. 

London Road [Glasgow]: The new National Indoor Sports Arena taking shape on the site of the former London Road goods yard on 26 March 2011.

Campbeltown: A view down the 1:35 gradient on the old Campbeltown and Machrihanish trackbed, now a public footpath, looking towards the sea loch. This location is just east of the site of the long gone depot and eighty years after closure is one of the few visible sections of the old line. See image [[33469]] for a map showing the location in 1921.

London Road Tunnel: The ventilation shaft located on the site of Glasgow's new East End Regeneration route has had its protective covering taken off.. from the photograph it may look like some of the retaining wall will soon disappear!!

Barnhill Signal Box: Dusk begins to fall at Perth on 26 March as 170430 passes Barnhill and approaches the Bridge over the Tay with the 16.37 Aberdeen - Glasgow Queen Street.

Blairhill: 334 035 calls at Blairhill on 26 Mar 2011 with a service to Edinburgh.

Blantyre: 318 262 calls at Blantyre on 26 March with a service for Larkhall. Uniquely for the SPT network the station building retains its Strathclyde Red branding, the image before last.

Motherwell MPD: The former EWS-operated Motherwell TMD seen from a passing train on 26 March 2011. The depot was officially closed in 2007 with remaining operations transferred to nearby Mossend.

Campbeltown: A section of the old light railway trackbed in Campbeltown has been converted into a footpath leading from the quayside up towards the High School. The powerful 2'3' gauge Barclay 0-6-2Ts must still have worked hard lifting their trains of day trippers up this 1:35 gradient as the line swung west away from the harbour and towards Machrihanish. See image [[33469]] for a map of the location in 1921.

Bellshill: 318 257 calls at Bellshill on 26 March with a Dalmuir service.

Campbeltown: Trains for Machrihanish ran to and from Campbeltown quayside from 1906 onwards connecting with steamers from Glasgow. The road in this picture had two tracks down the middle. Initially successful the Wee Train later struggled against road competition. It didn't reopen for the 1932 summer season and had been dismantled for scrap by 1934. See image [[33469]] for a map showing the railway in this part of Campbeltown in 1921

Bellgrove Junction: One signal which no driver wishes to see lit: the SPAD indicator YS214 at Bellgrove Junction, installed in the aftermath of the fatal crash in 1989 see image [[20555]]. If activated it would show three flashing red aspects. The surround is blue rather than black. Photographed on 26 March 2011.

Blantyre: Even Blantyre's website is unable to help me with this uncredited and unexplained artwork at the station, saying only 'two silver men clutching a pole between them can be seen heading in a determined fashion for a nearby flowerbed'. Update from David Franks - this is a sculpture of two African tribesmen carrying a rudimentary stretcher or 'litter' at Blantyre station. It was placed there in commemoration of Dr David Livingston - African missionary and explorer and whose visitor centre is just down the road from the station.

Bellgrove: 320 310 emerges from under the Bellgrove Street bridge into Bellgrove station on 26 March.  The fact that it's a 320 reveals that it's not an Edinburgh service: 334s are reserved for those.  In fact it's a Balloch to Airdrie train.

Easterhouse: 320 320 runs into Easterhouse station with an Airdrie service on 26 March 2011.

Glasgow Central: You may have seen portable digital message boards by the side of the road to warn you of roadworks, but this is the first one I've seen for rail passengers.  Situated at the Gordon Street entrance to Glasgow Central on 26 March it gives advance notice of maintenance work on the station entrances.  The end of the whiteboard?

Machrihanish: The site of Machrihanish station, terminus of the narrow gauge railway. The line closed in 1931 but there has been very little development on most of the site although some housing has encroached at the west end. However, early photos show there was very little infrastructure at the station and so little remains to indicate what was once here. The hotel, seen here undergoing refurbishment, predated the railway and has long outlived it. See image [[33498]] for a map showing the station and surrounding area in 1921.

Blairhill: The street-level ticket office at Blairhill in Coatbridge is - shall we say - functional, and there is no enclosed accommodation for passengers here or on the platforms.  However there is no shortage of information with no room for more notices or posters on the Portakabin (TM) which even boasts a clock.

Bellshill: 156 502 approaches Bellshill with a stopping service from Edinburgh to Glasgow Central on 26 March.  Giving a continental flavour this unit has for years sported an 'NL' sticker above the offside window!

Burnside: 314 210 with a service for Glasgow via Maxwell Park calls at Burnside on 26 March 2011.

Bellgrove: Spring sunshine and the birds are twittering in Dennistoun on the morning of 26 March as 334 030 calls at Bellgrove, heading east. The fact that it's a 334 means it's more likely to be an Edinburgh service than a local and indeed it is.

Duke Street: 320 306 calls at the Glasgow-bound platform (which seems to need propping-up) at Duke Street on 26 March.  The train has come all of 600 yards from its last stop, Alexandra Parade.  There are two other pairs of stations in Scotland only 27 chains apart.  If you know which they are your knowledge must be its own reward.  The red silos to the right contain flour for British Bakeries which makes bread for the RHM group.

Campbeltown: Campbeltown Loch, as seen from the bottom of the old railway cutting where the narrow gauge tracks emerged onto reclaimed land and turned left towards Hall St and the quayside, following the line of the footpath that can be seen here. New Quay, which also had railway tracks on it, can be seen in the left background. See image [[33469]] for a map showing the railway layout in 1921.

Bellgrove Junction: 320 321 comes off the Springburn branch at Bellgrove Junction on 26 March 2011 with a Dalmuir service.

Bellgrove: As at March 2011 Bellgrove must be the busiest unstaffed station in Scotland, certainly in terms of train numbers.  It doesn't even have a ticket machine.

Crookston: The station building at Crookston suffered a serious fire one night during the 7 years when the line was closed.  Happily it was rescued by conversion into housing.  It sits on the now disused platform: Glasgow to Paisley Canal trains in both directions have used the former westbound platform since reopening of the line in 1990.  Stout fencing (aided by some self-seeded trees) gives residents some privacy from waiting passengers with nothing else to stare at.  The fact that it is a hindrance to photographing this attractive building is of course a comparative irrelevance.

Skin Works Siding: Looking south east towards Galashiels town centre from the bridge over the Waverley trackbed at Plumtreehall Brae, just south of Kilnknowe Junction. The photograph, taken on 26 March 2012, gives an indication of the massive amount of clearance work that has been carried out along this section of the route in recent months. A photograph from this point would simply not have been possible previously.

Redbridge Viaduct: Heading north out of Tweedbank the Waverley line crossed the River Tweed to reach Galashiels via this substantial 5-arch sandstone structure, (known as the Red Bridge or Redbridge Viaduct), currently part of a walkway. View west along the river on 26 March 2012 with the site of the planned Borders Railway terminus around half a mile off to the left.

Newtongrange: The station site at Newtongrange on 26 March 2012. View is north towards the road bridge carrying the A7. The original Newtongrange station stood on the other side of the bridge see image [[24342]].

Redbridge Viaduct: Shortly after leaving Tweedbank, trains on the Borders Railway will cross the River Tweed via the Red Bridge to reach Galashiels. View north west across the bridge towards Galashiels on the afternoon of 26 March 2012 see image [[38144]].

Paterson's No 2 Siding: Nothing like a stroll in the shade on a hot day. View towards Edinburgh along the Waverley trackbed at the north end of Galashiels on 26 March 2012. This view from the footbridge at Low Buckholmside shows the tree clearance undertaken in connection with the Borders Railway project. See image [[4022]]

Bridge No 95: Northbound trains leaving Galashiels made their first crossing of the Gala Water just under a mile from the station. The photograph looks north along the river in March 2012. To the left the Waverley Route and the Peebles Loop began to diverge at Kilnknowe Junction before the latter turned west towards Clovenfords.

Bridge No 95: View south over the Gala Water from Kilnknowe Junction about a mile short of the site of Galashiels station on 26 March 2012. The road overbridge in the background carries Plumtreehall Brae. See image [[38187]]

Hagside: Hagside signal box was built by BR in 1978 and replaced an old L&YR box at this level crossing near Radcliffe, and others nearby. With conversion to the tram system the crossing, the only one controlled by Metrolink, became automatic and the box redundant although the adjoining relay rooms are still operational. A tram passes heading for Bury on 26 March 2012.

Galashiels: Carriageway width restrictions on the A7 southbound through Galashiels on 26 March 2012, with an accompanying explanatory notice. The new Borders Railway station will be located on this side of the 2-storey building in the centre-right background [currently boarded up awaiting demolition] see image [[28730]].

Hagside: Metrolink No. 1023 leads a brace of trams at maximum speed (50mph) south from Bury towards Radcliffe on a Manchester Piccadilly service. They have just crossed the short viaduct over the River Irwell and are approaching the level crossing at Hagside. The signalling relay rooms can be seen alongside the northbound track.

Paterson's No 1 Siding: Work in progress on the Waverley route trackbed at Galashiels on 26 March 2012. View south east along Ladhope Vale from above the tunnel towards the site of the new station. Note the substantial new wall currently under construction between the trackbed and the A7. See image [[41638]]

Galashiels: Looking north towards the site of the future Galashiels interchange on 26 March 2012. Railway station site on the right, bus station on the left. The walkway is currently closed beyond the yellow sign due to 'Advance Works for the Borders Railway'.

Troon [2nd]: Dundonald Road bridge over the original line, seen from the south in March 2013. Beyond and hidden by fencing and foliage is the original Troon station, built in 1839 and closed in 1892 when the new station on the loop line was opened. The old one became the goods station although the through line was retained for trains avoiding Troon station. No trace remains of the yard - all is now housing.

Didcot Parkway: 66068 at the head of a Network Rail PW train full of concrete sleepers passing through Didcot station on 26 March 2013.

Gleneagles: 170396 arriving at Gleneagles with the 15.13 Dundee-Glasgow Queen Street on 26 March 2013.

Claughton: Welcome back! After a four year period when the site was mothballed during the downturn, Hanson's brickworks at Claughton reopened in 2013 and with it the gravity operated 1 mile aerial ropeway, the last in the UK. A Health and Safety risk assessment has seen the buckets painted yellow but in its 90th year this greenest of greens transport system is otherwise unchanged.

Brunstane: A ScotRail DMU bound for Newcraighall comes off the curve under Milton Road on 28 March 2014 and is about to make its penultimate stop at Brunstane. The single line of the sub to Niddrie West is on the left.

Auchinleck: Looking north through Auchinleck station on 26 March 2015. When Auchinleck reopened in 1984, the footbridge came from Crookston, which had closed the previous year. Crookston itself reopened in 1990 but as a single-platform station.

Edinburgh Waverley: DBS 90020 at platform 11, Edinburgh Waverley, on 26 March, shortly after its arrival from Polmadie carriage sidings with the stock for the Euston sleeper.

Penistone: Seen at Penistone, 'The case of the missing logo'. (Or is that not seen?)

Hadfield: Hadfield, looking east at the closed route to Penistone via Woodhead.

Edinburgh Waverley: Looks like someone had trouble parking the bike. In March 2017 Waverley was used as a Hollywood film location. I can't remember what the film was, but somehow I doubt any review contained the word nuance'.

Edinburgh Gateway: A 4-coach 158 for Inverness calls and picks up the passenger, a little old lady. Just in shot is the bridge repeater for the signal at Maybury. This is a new (to me) sort that shows clear in green, but perhaps oddly the other aspect is still white. Photographed 26/03/2017.

Haymarket: The Haymarket milepost now has an explanatory poster now in place.

Bothwell Junction: View south of the site of Bothwell Junction today. The line from Bothwell station ran through the houses and gardens on the right and continued behind the camera towards Uddingston East. To the left, the line which forked off to run north east towards Whifflet almost followed the bend in the Hume Drive. In between was a series sets of points leading to sidings.

Murrayfield Stadium [Tram]: Seen at Murrayfield.

Berkhamsted: Lower Kings Road entrance to Berkhamsted.

Berkhamsted: North side entrance to Berkhamsted.

Ewood Bridge and Edenfield: The dilapidated old wooden goods shed at Ewood Bridge in March 2017, as seen from a passing train on the East Lancashire Railway. The goods yard actually closed in November 1959, over twelve years before passenger services finished, but has been in commercial use since that time. See image [[58404]] for the view of the building from the other side.

Birstwith: A large retaining wall, incorporating the abutment for a single track rail over-bridge, is still extant on the east side of Clint Bank, at the west end of the former Pateley Bridge branch station at Birstwith. The view is looking north east, with houses built on the former goods yard visible to the right beyond the remaining section of embankment alongside the station site.

Birstwith: A view looking north along Clint Bank, Birstwith where, since removal of the west side bridge abutment and embankment, it is now possible to see both the remaining east side bridge abutment and The Station Hotel which is sited across from the former station site to right of view. My wife is seen approaching to remonstrate with me for not getting back in for the Mothers Day family meal after we had all visited Harlow Carr Gardens in Harrogate. She has appeared in a number of my Railscot views but sadly it turned out this was to be the last one ever, as she was taken from us suddenly on New Years Day 2018. RIP Caroline.

Cardross: A view from the Carman hill. A northbound for Oban and Mallaig has passed Cardross and is now passing the the numerous level crossings just to the west. Gourock and Dunoon can be seen in the background.

Baillieston: By the end of the third consecutive Sunday engineering possession, the old Muirhead Road overbridge has completely gone, the steelwork of the new bridge is in place and it looks like the shuttering has been erected for pouring the concrete deck.

Basingstoke: EWS/DB 66125 westbound for Southampton at Basingstoke.

St Andrew Square [Tram]: Tram 274 in 'Parabola' branding, approaching the St Andrew Square stop.

Sunderland: The last time I visited Sunderland station it was in the open, albeit entirely surrounded by buildings. That was a long time ago though and the Metro had not reached it then. The much less frequent Northern diesels between Newcastle and Middlesbrough still use it however, sharing the Metro line for a few miles until just south of this station. They use separately numbered ends of the same platform here. A (Newcastle) Airport Metro service calls on 26 March 2019. The glass wall is backlit, slightly relieving the gloom.

Basingstoke: GBRf 66704 westbound through Basingstoke with a rake of new heavy duty wagons.

Basingstoke: Freightliner 70020, stopped at signals before heading east.

Tynemouth: Tynemouth Metro station is gloriously overlarge for current railway purpose so can easily accommodate a weekend market. A clockwise (St James) train calls on 26 March 2019. It is showing 'via Whitley Bay' as is standard for coast trains, though it has in fact already passed there.

Basingstoke: South Western Railway 159106 eastbound for London Waterloo.

Chillingham Road: A train for St James pulls into Chillingham Road on 26 March 2019. 'Via Whitley Bay' indicates that it has come via the coast, as do all trains here.

Basingstoke: X-Country 220 022 bound for Manchester Piccadilly ex-Poole. (Perhaps the modern day 'Pines Express'!)

Gateshead [Metro]: The deserted ticket hall at Gateshead Metro station late in the evening of 26 March. The ticket barriers are left open. I'm sure they know what they are doing.

Fawdon: Gateless crossings and staggered platforms are a feature of the Tyne & Wear Metro. Here you see both as an Airport train pulls away from Fawdon on 26 March 2019.

Manors [Metro]: Manors Metro station is normally a great deal busier than the Northen Rail one, but not on this occasion as it is late in the evening. Two students (inevitably) and I await a St James train on 26 March. The platform for the coast is on the left.

Haymarket [Newcastle]: The wrong Haymarket (OK then, the other Haymarket) is in the university quarter of Newcastle. Its tea time and a Pelaw service boards. During peak times the service is boosted with such shorter workings. In earlier days of the Metro there were red and blue lines as well as the current yellow and green. However there were no more tracks and they were really just short workings like this.

Wansbeck Road: An Airport-bound Metro service calls at Wansbeck Road on 26 March 2019.

Monkseaton: A cinnabar moth caterpillar calls at Monkseaton calls with a St James (ie clockwise) service on 26 March 2019. There are fine original buildings on the North Tyneside loop.

Gateshead [Metro]: The underground Metro stations have lettering which reminds me of that Two Ronnies opticians sketch. Its late in the evening of 26 March 2019 here at Gateshead and there is nobody on the southbound platform. Gateshead is in the stretch common to both the yellow and green lines so you have a choice of Souths as your destination. The lesser known South Hylton is at the far side of Sunderland.

Wallsend: A South Shields train pulls into Wallsend on 26 March. The wall in question was of course Hadrian's, and the station has a mocked-up sign with the location's Roman name of Segedunum. To avoid confusion, the sign is not on the platform...

Monument: The southbound platform at Monument Metro station seen between trains on 26 March 2019. A St James - Coast - South Shields train will pass through Monument twice: once going west to east as first stop then again on this platform to complete the loop and go on the South Shields - like a letter 'e'. Oh, look at a map.

West Jesmond: A southbound green line train calls at West Jesmond on 26 March 2019. Note the original station building.

Kingston Park: It looks from this view as though Kingston Park station only has one platform. It does have two, but like several other Metro stations the platforms are fully staggered with a level crossing in between. An Airport train calls on 26 March 2019.

Bank Foot: A Metro train for Newcastle Airport calls at Bank Foot on 26 March 2019. This was the terminus of the line before it was extended to the airport.

Bede: Bede is the nearest station to the ruins of Jarrow Monastery, associated of course with the 'Venomous Bead', as he's called in 1066 and All That. It is also the station for the Barbour factory and retail outlet (aka shop). I can only afford knock-offs. Getting back to railways (if we must) fully staggered platforms are common around here. A South Shields train calls on 26 March 2019.

Benton: A South Shields train calls at Benton on 26 March 2019. Would you just look at the finials on that shelter.

Byker (Metro): An incoming coast train calls at Byker on 26 March 2019. Byker is real but Byker Grove is not.

Pelaw: A service for Mackemland pulls into Pelaw (PEE-law) on 26 March 2019. A man in orange is clearly enjoying playing driver in the coveted front seat. I can't say whether the real driver is quite so happy.

Percy Main: An incoming (St James) coast service calls at Percy Main in North Shields on 26 March 2019. Percy is the surname of the Dukes of Northumberland, colliery owners, and Main was a coal seam. Now you know.

Whitley Bay: On 26 March 2019 a South Shields (therefore anti-clockwise) service calls at Whitley Bay on the coast loop. Accessible seaside for Geordies, but it's a bit chilly for that today.

South Gosforth: A northbound green line train (left) and a southbound yellow line pass at South Gosforth on 26 March 2019. The lines meet just to the north of here (beyond the fine NER footbridge) and remain together south to Pelaw giving a daytime frequency of ten trains an hour each way.

Heaton South Junction: A Northern Rail Class 156 has left Heaton depot and awaits the signal to join the ECML at Heaton South on 26 March 2019.

Ilford Road: A quick check reveals that there are several streets called Ilford Road in England, though none of them are near ‘the’ Ilford in Essex. This station was opened for the then new Metro in 1980. It has no footbridge or crossing. An Airport train calls on 26 March 2019.

Wallsend: A Latin lesson at Wallsend seen on 26 March. The eastern end of Hadrian's Wall was known as Segedunum back in the day, and a mocked-up station name sign can just be seen above the hoodie.

Edinburgh Waverley: LNER 91124 at platform 5 of Edinburgh Waverley.

St James: The station is called just St James, though you'd think otherwise from this view of the back wall of Platform 1 (the tunnel leads only to the buffers). Strangely there is no indicator upstairs to tell you which platform to head for, but it seems usually (or perhaps almost always) to be Platform 1.

Wood Green: Refurbished LUL 1973 stock train 'not in service' passing Wood Green, on the Piccadilly Line, on 26th March 2021. This station was opened on 19th September 1932 with the first stage of the Cockfosters extension from Finsbury Park to Arnos Grove.

Helmsley: The surviving Helmsley signal box has had some attention in recent times, and the operating floor window area has been boarded over with large ply sheets. View looking at the door to the locking room, which would normally be under the access stairs. The lower part of the door to the operating floor can be seen above, together with the rotting remnant of the stairs top platform.

Kirkland Yard: Looking west to the former Kirkland Yard, with the Fife Heritage Railway's base on the right, showing the cleared trackbed in March 2021.

Kirkland Loop: Looking east from the Iron Brig towards Methil East Junction, with track cleared of vegetation in March 2021. Methil Power Station, which once dominated the horizon, has been demolished.

Cadder Yard: New Inter7City stabling facility under construction at former EGIP electrification depot.

Helmsley: The extant signal box by the former Helmsley Station House has had some TLC in recent times, as the operating floor window area has been boarded over with large ply sheets. There is also now a view of the full front as the large elder bush that latterly blocked most of this has been cut down. See image [[72434]]

Bay Horse: 'Lord of the Isles Pullman' tour (Day 1) from Slough to Inverness passing Bay Horse a few minutes early on Saturday 26th March 2022. Day 2 is a return Sunday trip to Kyle of Localsh before heading back south on the Monday.

Carlisle: A wide angle view of 66726 'Sheffield Wednesday', paired with 73970, heading north through Carlisle while I was waiting on the 16:16 TPE service to Edinburgh on 26th March 2022.

Ferryhill Junction: The signal controlling the Down lines towards the former Joint Station coming off the two-track Dee Viaduct seen from within the Ferryhill Railway Trust yard in March 2022. The steel sleepers in the foreground are for use on tracks to be laid down on the site itself.

Ferryhill Junction: The embankment west of Ferryhill Junction on the Deeside Line is still visible between garden fences. The Ferryhill Railway Trust are planning to re-lay tracks on the vegetated area in the foreground. Where the track was at grade the Deeside Railway had a temporary goods station from February to November 1854.

Border Counties Junction: During a wander about Hexham I visited the junction for the old Border Counties Railway. This was a nice banner, explaining the railway's history, on a spot overlooking the site.

Border Counties Junction: This recess in the wall was where the gantry Border Counties Junction signal box was sited, photographed here in March 2022. This controlled the junctions for the Border Counties Railway, and also the Allendale branch, with the surviving Newcastle and Carlisle Railway.

Tyne Viaduct [Border Counties]: The old supports of the Tyne Viaduct of the Border Counties railway, adjacent to Border Counties Junction, in March 2022.