Tebay: Down midday Scot passing Tebay. LMS 4.6.2 46257 City of Salford.

Darlington [Bank Top]: NER 0.8.0 63465 passing Darlington on down freight.

Darlington Shed: A3 Pacific 60076 Galopin at Darlington Shed in April 1951.

Darlington [Bank Top]: Replica of Locomotion at Darlington station.

Darlington [Bank Top]: Replica of Derwent at Darlington station.

Anniesland: V3 67643 about to leave Anniesland station and cross the bridge over Great Western Road on 13 April 1957. The train is a Helensburgh Central - Bridgeton Central service.

Pitcaple: An EE Type 1 with a westbound freight at Pitcaple in April 1961.
See query 2116

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: 73105 at Queen Street waiting to depart, while 69188 arrives with a West Highland Line service. Photo taken on 13th April 1961, but photographer unknown

Banff: Standard Class 4MT 80114 under the trainshed of the terminus at Banff on 13/04/61.

Fairlie Pier: Tales of Old Fairlie Pier. A photograph taken many years ago by a young man on an outing at Fairlie Pier. A 4F had broken down at the pier station and Caley Jumbo 57348 had been sent from Ardrossan shed to assist, with men soon clambering around under the 4F's boiler among the motion. Photographed with a box camera on 13 April 1962.

Dumfries Shed: Class J72 no 68750 stored out of use awaiting disposal in sidings at Dumfries in April 1963. It is stabled alongside McIntosh Caledonian '812' 3F 0-6-0 57601; one of three of that type, 57600-57602, seen on shed that day.

Melrose: The 3.46pm arrival from Edinburgh approaches Melrose behind an unidentified BRCW Type 2 on 13th April 1963. The Spaven family made an annual pilgrimage from their Edinburgh home to the famous rugby sevens taking place in the background, but the photographer had a habit of slipping away to watch the trains!

Dumfries Shed: McIntosh Caledonian 3F 0-6-0T no 56302 stored in sidings alongside Dumfries shed awaiting disposal in April 1963. Seen alongside it is the former Dumfries station pilot, LMS 2P 4-4-0 tender loco 40670.

Lugton East Sidings: McIntosh 2P 0-4-4T no 55266 awaiting disposal in the sidings at Lugton on 13 April 1963, some 18 months after official withdrawal from Corkerhill shed. The locomotive was eventually cut up at Connels of Coatbridge the following September.

Carstairs Shed: Pickersgill ex-Caledonian 4-4-0 no 54463 stands in sidings at Carstairs on 13 April 1963. The locomotive had been withdrawn from Polmadie shed 4 months previously and was finally cut up at MMS, Wishaw, at the end of 1964.

Dumfries Shed: Pickersgill Caledonian 3F 0-6-0 57661 stands in the shed yard at Dumfries in April 1963.

Carstairs Shed: McIntosh 3F no 57608 in the sidings alongside its home shed at Carstairs on 13 April 1963. The locomotive had been withdrawn 4 months previously and was awaiting disposal. This came about in March the following year in Wards scrapyard at Langloan, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire.

Busby: 73064 arrives at Busby station with a morning train from East Kilbride to St Enoch on 13 April 1966. Photographed during the last week of steam on the branch.

Thorntonhall: BR Standard Class 4 tank 80116 descends to Busby in April 1966 with a morning train from East Kilbride Bound for St Enoch.

Busby: Standard class 5 4-6-0 no 73064 at Busby on 13 April 1955 with a morning train from East Kilbride.

Spring Vale: 70013 Oliver Cromwell approaching the site of Spring Vale station (closed 1958) on the Blackburn - Bolton line south of Darwen. The train is the 'Easter Grand Tour' of 13 April 1968 from Edinburgh Waverley, which the Britannia had taken over at Hellifield. The special is running 'wrong-line' due to roof repairs being carried out in Sough Tunnel. See image [[35567]]

Wigan North Western: Britannia 70013 Oliver Cromwell takes on water at Wigan North Western on 13 April 1968. The Pacific was on its way from Stockport to Carnforth with a return leg of the BR (Scottish Region) Easter Grand Tour from Edinburgh.

Hellifield: Close-up of Britannia Pacific no 70013 Oliver Cromwell with the BR (Scottish Region) Easter Grand Tour at Hellifield on 13 April 1968.

Stockport: 70013 Oliver Cromwell stands at Stockport on 13 April 1968 with the BR Easter Grand Tour from Edinburgh. See image [[31503]]

Blackburn: Britannia Pacific no 70013 Oliver Cromwell heading south from Blackburn on 13 April 1968 with the BR Scottish Region Easter Grand Tour. [Ref query 10856]

Galashiels [1st]: D1110 arrives at Galashiels on 13 April 1968 hauling the BR (Scottish Region) Easter Grand Tour. The special ran Edinburgh - Stafford and return via separate circuitous routes, (which are logged on the SBJ website). [Additional nostalgia note: On the right of the photograph is Ian Bell of local Rock/Country band Johnny & the Roccos widely hailed as ...'one of the finest rock n' roll bands to come out of Scotland']. Thangyuverrymuch...

Preston: BR Scottish Region's Grand Tour no.4 was a 1967 day excursion from Edinburgh to Stafford, with an interesting mixture of diesel, steam and electric haulage. A Brush Type 4 diesel gave way to steam at Hellifield, with Britannia 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' taking the train onwards to Stockport. A class AL5 electric took over for the Stockport-Stafford section. On the return trip, 70013 was photographed taking water at Preston, before continuing to Carnforth for the switch back to diesel.

Hellifield: The BR (Scottish Region) Easter Grand Tour prepares to leave Hellifield on 13 April 1968 behind Britannia Pacific no 70013 Oliver Cromwell.

Achterneed: The level crossing and closed station at Achterneed seen from the 10.40 Inverness-Kyle train on Saturday 13th April 1968, as it battles into the 1 in 50 gradient towards the Ravens Rock summit.

Stockport: BR Scottish Region's Grand Tour no.4 was a day excursion from Edinburgh to Stafford, with an interesting mixture of diesel, steam and electric haulage. A Class 47 diesel gave way to steam at Hellifield, with Britannia 70013 *Oliver Cromwell* taking the train onwards to Stockport, where a class 85 electric took over for the final section to Stafford. 70013 is seen here ready to leave Stockport on the return trip, this time heading for Preston, where diesel haulage resumed.

Stockport Edgeley Shed: Stanier 8F 48437 at Stockport on 13 April 1968, the month of its withdrawal from neighbouring Edgeley shed. Grab shot from the passing BR (Scottish Region) Easter Grand Tour. [Ref query 13962]

Stockport: BR Scottish Region's Grand Tour no.4 in 1968 was a day excursion from Edinburgh to Stafford, with an interesting mixture of diesel, steam and electric haulage. A Class 47 diesel gave way to steam at Hellifield, with Britannia 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' taking the train onwards to Stockport, where a Class 85 electric took over for the final section to Stafford. 70013 is seen here ready to leave Stockport on the return trip, this time heading for Preston, where diesel haulage resumed.

Hellifield: Britannia Pacific no 70013 Oliver Cromwell backs onto the BR (Scottish Region) Easter Grand Tour at Hellifield on 13 April 1968. The Pacific took the train on to Stockport via Blackburn, Bolton and Manchester.

Accrington: Flying Scotsman, at that time the only steam locomotive allowed on BR, runs into Accrington station from the east on The North Eastern railtour. Accrington North signalbox formerly controlled the junction with the Bury line in the foreground, by this time a parcels siding stub See image [[38442]]. This photo was taken by my late father, Tom Bartlett, who although not an enthusiast himself encouraged my hobby and took me to see this train pass through one of our local stations.

Portobello East Junction: The afternoon trip working from Leith Docks taking grain to the North British distillery at Gorgie approaches Portobello East Junction on 13th April 1970 behind Clayton No. 8561.

Portobello East Junction: Clayton No. D8510 brings a load of empty 16t mineral wagons from Portobello power station off the Leith South branch at Portobello East Junction on the afternoon of 13th April 1970.

Portobello East Junction: Clayton No. 8608 passes the Freightliner depot at Portobello as it makes for Millerhill Yard with an afternoon trip working from Leith South in April 1970.

Portobello East Junction: By 1970, the 13.43 Aberdeen to Kings Cross express freight (4E47) is thought to have been the last regular fish train to be operated by BR. Despite a modest load of just ten or so Blue Spot vans it was still considered important enough to qualify for Type 4 haulage. On 13 April 1970 Peak No. D187 is seen accelerating off the reverse curves at Portobello and is about to pass under the box at Portobello East Junction.

Portobello East Junction: Having arrived via the 'Sub', the 14.48 service from Glasgow FLT to Edinburgh FLT crosses over the ECML at Portobello East junction behind Brush Type 4 No. 1992 just prior to reaching its ultimate destination.

Leith Central: Looking back towards the terminus over the turntable well. The is to the north west from what is now Leith Academy.

Leith Central: The signal box at Leith Central in 1971, by which time the station was a diesel depot. The box had closed in 1966 and was probably in use as a bothy.

Leith Central: Sunlight pierces the gloom at Leith Central in 1971, by which time the old station had been closed for 20 years and was in use as a diesel servicing facility. Leith Central was allocated a shed code of 64H. See image [[27361]]

Leith Central: Following its relatively short stint as a passenger terminus (1903 - 1952), Leith Central was subsequently adapted for use as a diesel depot and given the shed code 64H. Part of the converted depot is shown here in 1971 looking out from the former station concourse, with Barclay 0-4-0DM D2435 nearest the camera. Leith Central diesel depot was officially closed in 1972, following which the old building lay derelict for many years. During that period it became something of a haven for drug addicts (and the inspiration for the Irvine Welsh novel Trainspotting). Final demolition and clearance took place in 1989 and the site is now occupied by a supermarket, a swimming pool and associated car parking, although the old station frontage is still a notable landmark at the Foot of the Walk see image [[11184]].

Townhill Wagon Shops: 8325 inside Townhill wagon repair depot, Dunfermline, in April 1972.

Gargrave: Preserved V2 No. 4771 Green Arrow powers westward between Skipton and Hellifield on 13 April 1974 with the LNER Society Railtours The West Yorkshireman returning from Leeds to London Euston via Carnforth. The train is seen here crossing the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and River Aire west of Gargrave. [Ref Query 4369]

Aberdeen: 60009 and the 'Bon Accord' at the Aberdeen buffers on 13 April 1974. Dig those groovy beards and hairstyles...

Edinburgh Waverley: 60009 at Edinburgh Waverley on 13 April 1974 with the 'Bon Accord' to Aberdeen, the first steam loco to run out of the city and over the Forth Bridge since the 'end of steam'.

Aberdeen: 23rd April 2020 marked the end of the main line career of 60009 'Union of South Africa'. However, the A4 will spend some time on preserved railways before its full retirement. John Cameron (on the left) is photographed at Aberdeen in front of his loco, about to return to Edinburgh with 'The Bon Accord' on 13th April 1974. Thanks for the memories ...

Aberdeen: 60009 nears journey's end with the 'Bon Accord' from Edinburgh to Aberdeen, on 13 April 1974, as an expectant crowd awaits.

Vordernberg: Giesl ejector fitted 0-6-2RT No. 97 208 stands beside the coaler at Vordernberg in Steiermark, Austria, in April 1976, prior to heading a mid-morning train of empty iron ore hoppers forward to the workings at Eisenerz. An electric loco will have brought its train from the Donawitz steelworks near Leoben.

Beamish Open Air Museum: No 18 at Beamish in 1979. Built by Lewin & Co of Poole, Dorset in 1877 (works no 683), originally as a well tank, it was rebuilt as a saddle tank at the Seaham Harbour engine works in 1936. No 18 was withdrawn by the SHDC in 1969 and later moved to the collection at Beamish, following which it underwent a conversion to 'original works appearance'. The locomotive has since been rebuilt and restored as a saddle tank. See image [[45409]]

Beamish Open Air Museum: Twizell, a Robert Stephenson & Co 0-6-0T built in 1891, in operation as a stationary boiler at Beamish in April 1979. See image [[29518]]

Slateford Junction: An April afternoon in 1980, standing on the footbridge at Slateford station in the Edinburgh suburbs. Locomotive 47703 'Saint Mungo' is rapidly approaching heading south west towards Carstairs with the 13.22 Edinburgh - Taunton.

Carlisle Kingmoor Marshalling Yard: 85007 and 82006 photographed in the yard at Kingmoor on 13 April 1981.

Edinburgh Waverley: 40145 stands below the cross-station walkway alongside the south wall at Edinburgh Waverley station on 13 April 1982. The locomotive is standing on a spot now occupied by platform 10.

Driffield: A Hull bound dmu runs into Driffield on 13 April 1983. The notable structure on the right is a former sugar beet mill which has since been demolished.

Bridlington: A DMU in the bay platform at Bridlington on 13 April 1983.

Perth: 97250 ETHEL 1 (formerly 25310), and Black Five 44767, on display in the bay platforms at the south end of Perth for the Open Day on 13 April 1985.

Perth New Yard: 20078, 27052 and D9009 lined up at Perth New Yard for the Open Day on 13 April 1985. The Type 1 and Type 2 were later scrapped but the Deltic is still with us.

Perth New Yard: A4 60009 on display at Perth New Yard for the Open Day on 13 April 1985.

Perth New Yard: Jubilee class 5690 'Leander', in steam at Perth New Yard for the Open Day on 13 April 1985.

Millerhill: Looking north with the Waverley Route Up line lifted with the other soon to follow. In the right foreground is the south/east chord (and new route to the yard).

Millerhill Yard: 26027 approaches with an engineers train. The Waverley Route main line has been severed with a modified connection (at 'Millerhill Yard Junction') into the Up Yard.

Lelant: Laburnum at Lelant, April 1995.

Hadfield: View east towards Woodhead from Hadfield in 1998. For a similar view twenty years earlier see image [[28771]].

Kincardine: 66164 passes the former station at Kincardine with empties for loading with opencast coal at the closed power station, then to return to Longannet Power Station. (See image [[54133]]). 13 April 2000

Kincardine Power Station: 66164 propels empty wagons into the closed Kincardine Power Station yard for loading with opencast coal.

Torryburn: 66125 crosses the Bluther Burn at Valleyfield with empties from Longannet Power Station.

Kents Bank: 48151 forges towards Kents Bank on 13 April 2002 with the Steam Along the Cumbrian Coast railtour.

Barrow-in-Furness: A pleasant spring day at Barrow-in-Furness in 2002 with a reasonable amount of traditional signalling equipment still to be seen at the north end of the station. In the background a class 153 single car unit (153 316) waits to form the 14:57 departure to Carlisle.

Carlisle: Rail Express Systems liveried 47783 pauses at Carlisle with a returning Stevenage - Edinburgh - Stevenage railtour on 13 April 2002. The outward journey had been via the ECML with the return over the Settle and Carlisle to Leeds.

Grange-over-Sands: Lit by oblique sunlight on the morning of 13th April 2002, the up side main station buildings at Grange over Sands are just what one would hope to find at such a resort. A secondhand book-shop (with a worthwhile selection of railway books at the time of my visit) is located inside.

Kents Bank: Passengers for a westbound Furness Line train risk life and limb accessing the down platform at Kents Bank station in April 2002. Long may this fit-for-purpose situation remain!

Carlisle: Spirit of Dagenham - not exactly a name to set the pulses racing, although I don't suppose Pretty Polly came into that category eiither! 90037 is stabled in the sidings on the west side of Carlisle station on the afternoon of 13th April 2002.

Grange-over-Sands: Preserved 8F No. 48151 skirts the marshy ground fringing Morecambe Bay between Grange-over-Sands and Kents Bank with the Green Express Railtours Steam Along the Cumbrian Coast tour of 13th April 2002 - this train ran between Skipton and Ravenglass, the 8F doing the honours from Carnforth.

Barrow-in-Furness: The former North box at Barrow-in-Furness, photographed in April 2002. The style leaves no doubts as to which railway it was built for, despite the lack of any identification, at least on the side facing the station.

Drumshoreland: Having just passed the now extinct Cawburn Jct 66245 heads toward the site of Drumshoreland station with the empty Bathgate Cars to Washwood Heath on 13 April 2004

Leven Shipyard Junction: Branch off CR at Dumbarton East, through the trees, to timber yard beside Dumbarton Rock looking NW.

Leven Shipyard Junction: Branch off CR at Dumbarton to timber yard beside Dumbarton Rock looking SE.

Leven Shipyard Junction: <B>Rusty rails </B> lying by the trackside, next to the gas works. Picturesque or what?

Dumbuck: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line looking SE.

Bowling [CR]: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line bridge over Dumbarton Road, Bowling.

Portobello: 'Analysis Mr Spock?'... 'It's a type of Tamper Captain... but not as we know it.' A Stoneblower, used for pneumatic ballast injection, standing in the sidings at Portobello on 13 April 2007, photographed from a passing train.

Bowling [CR]: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, Bowling Station (front).

Bowling [CR]: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbbartonshire line, Bowling station (rear).

Auchentorlie Tunnel: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, Bowling looking West.

Bowling [CR]: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, Bowling looking West.

Bowling [CR]: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, Bowling Station, remains of building.

Edinburgh Waverley: Virgin Thunderbird 57310 Kyrano on 'Sleeper' duty in the locomotive bay at the east end of Waverley station on 13 April 2007.

Edinburgh Waverley: View west from the end of the recently realigned, rebuilt, re-equipped and recommissioned platforms 15 and 16 at Waverley on 13 April 2007.

Bowling [CR]: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, Bowling Station, platform and Dumbarton bound track.

Auchentorlie Tunnel: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, bridge built 1895. Detailed stone facing and cast-in-situ concrete lining.

South Leith Junction: A consignment of Russian coal on its way from Leith Docks to Cockenzie PS in April 2007. EWS 66059 is climbing from the site of South Leith Junction to join the ECML at Portobello Junction. The road vehicles in the background are on land once occupied by Portobello Yard. In days gone by, coal empties on the Lothian Lines returning from Leith Docks would have turned off at South Leith Jct to skirt the yard just beyond the tree line in the background, before passing over the ECML on a bridge on their way to Niddrie North. For a map see image [[1404]].

Edinburgh Waverley: Colourful companions, Waverley 13 April 2007.

Bowling [CR]: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, bridge built 1895, looking east. All this detail for a bridge to carry rough track!

Bowling [CR]: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, bridge over Manse Road, Bowling.

Bowling [CR]: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, stone retaining wall.

Millburn Yard: A sight that may well never be seen again. A4 Pacific 60009 'Union of South Africa' and K4 2-6-0 61994 'The Great Marquess' pictured in Inverness Yard, having brought the first Great Britain railtour to the Highland Capital on 10th April 2007.

Millburn Yard: 61994 on Friday evening 13 April with the stock of The Great Britain ready for an early start.

Dumbuck: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line with NBR Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh bridge over, looking NW.

Dumbuck: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, bridge carrying Glasgow/Dumbarton Road. The stonework has been patched with brick over the years where vehicles have crashed through.

Dumbuck Goods: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, with Dumbuck siding going off to the left.

Bowling [CR]: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, bridge over NBR Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway.

Dumbuck Goods: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, Dumbuck siding.

Bowling Swing Bridge: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, bridge over Forth and Clyde Canal.

Bowling [CR]: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line, Bowling Station looking East.

Dumbuck: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line with NBR Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh bridge over, looking SE.

Edinburgh Waverley: The hole in the wall. A GNER service for Kings Cross boards at 'sub' platform 9 during ongoing engineering works at the station in April 2007 (3 months after 'the hit' went down).

Edinburgh Waverley: First ScotRail Commonwealth Games liveried 170 set at Waverley platform 17 on 13 April 2007. The tourist buses on Waverley Bridge seem quite impressed!

Craignure: Locomotive no 7 Frances takes the 12.10 to Torosay Castle away from Craignure on 13 April.

Haymarket: Haymarket at Haymarket. 158715 stands in platform 0 at Haymarket on 13 April 2007 with a service to Cowdenbeath.

Abbeyhill Junction: View from a passing train showing the line from Abbeyhill Junction turning north off the ECML just to the east of Waverley in April 2007. After crossing the bridge over Brand Place the line curves to the left through the site of Abbeyhill station ([[22469]]) which stood alongside the tall building in the centre background.

Edinburgh Waverley: A Midland Mainline liveried HST forming a Virgin CrossCountry service to Birmingham New Street standing at platform 2 at Waverley on 13 April 2007. Nice change.

Haymarket: A Plymouth - Edinburgh Voyager leaving Haymarket platform 3 on 13 April 2007 on the last short leg of its journey to Waverley about to enter Haymarket tunnel.

La gare du Sud à Nice: View of the train shed of the abandoned Gare du Sud in Nice in April 2007. The station served the Chemin de fer de la Provence (CFP) until 1991. After the failure of one redevelopment project it is currently planned to turn the remains of the station into a media library and sports complex, using the overall roof to mount some 2000 solar panels. The CFP currently occupies an uninspiring much smaller modern station (Nice CP) behind the photographer but still operates the route to Digne.

Edinburgh Waverley: Looking across the platforms at the east end of Waverley on 13 April 2007, with a North Sea haar hanging over the old town. Amongst the sleeper locomotives stabled in the east end bays that morning is BR Railfreight Distribution liveried 90027 Allerton T&RS Depot.

La gare du Sud à Nice: Scene under the overall roof of the sadly abandoned Gare du Sud in Nice in April 2007. The area within the shell of the building is currently in use as a car park, although restoration plans are in the pipeline.

Edinburgh Waverley: A touch of North Sea haar hangs over Edinburgh's Old Town on 13 April 2007 as duty 'sleeper' locomotive 57310 Kyrano rests for the day in Waverley's east end locomotive bay pending its next scheduled turn.

Haymarket: A Cowdenbeath train waits in bay platform 0 at Haymarket on 13 April 2012.

Portobello: EWS 66059 awaiting the clear onto the ECML at Portobello on 13 April with a coal train off the Leith branch heading for Cockenzie power station. Taken from a passing train.

Dalgety Bay: 60009 takes The North Briton through Dalgety Bay on 13 April 2008.

Kingskettle: Kettle at Kettle. A4 60009 coasts down hill at Kingskettle with The North Briton on the first leg of day 2 from Edinburgh to Dundee.

Kingswood Crossing: 45407 pilots 60009 at the head of The North Briton passing Kingswood, on Day 2 of a five day tour of Scotland.

St Leonards Bridge Junction: Arrival at Perth, 60009 heads into platform 7 where 45407, at the rear, will run round and pilot the train north to Inverness.

Spey Viaduct [Newtonmore]: Newtonmore Viaduct viewed from the south.

Kincraig: 45407 and 60009 approach the loop at Kincraig in very heavy rain.

Aviemore: 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier and 60009 Union of South Africa are seen at Aviemore with The North Briton.

Moy: 45407 and 60009 are seen north of Moy on the last stretch of single line before Inverness.

Aviemore: 45407 and 60009 approach Aviemore from the south. A special thanks to the gent who loaned me a step ladder and the lady who held the brolly while I took the picture.

Inverkeithing: 60009 passing Inverkeithing on 13 April with The North Briton.

Kingskettle: 60009 coasts downhill with The North Briton near Kingskettle, Fife, on 13 April 2008.

Perth: Black Five 45407 at the rear of the North Briton finalising the second leg of day 2 from Dundee to Perth. This was a unique sight - a top and tailed 13 coach passenger train with both locomotives running tender first. They ran over the former D&PR on to the down main line at Perth then drew forward into platform 7 where this picture was taken (see 18634). Alongside are stables class 170 DMU sets in platforms 6&5.

Tay Viaduct [Perth]: Some well known photographers standing to the south of The Tay Bridge, Perth, on 13 April as The North Briton crosses the river.

Gatehouse of Fleet: Scene at Gatehouse of Fleet looking west platform side in April 2008.

Trumpington: At first sight, yet another old railway location, traffic lost forever. But look carefully through the arch and you will see a surveyor's level post. This line will soon have a new concrete surface, so it can be converted to a guided busway, linking up with the section heading towards Huntingdon via city centre street running. As rail enthusiasts, we may not like busways; but at least the trackbed will be used.

Ribble Steam Railway Museum: Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Pug, sold out of service by the LMS (as 11243) preserved inside the Ribble Steam Railway Museum, Preston, in April 2009. Sister engine 51218 is on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

Strand Road Exchange Sidings: Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST John Howe runs round its three coach train in the RSR exchange sidings. On weekdays these sidings are used by EWS (DBS) to bring in loaded bitumen tanks and take out the empties for Lindsey. This view from the train looks towards Strand Rd crossing where the Network Rail metals start.

Ashton Swing Bridge (Preston): The road and rail swing bridge, and its control tower by the Preston Dock lock, can be seen ahead of Barclay 0-4-0ST 1147/1908 John Howe as it returns to the RSR depot with a train. Road traffic is halted to allow the train to use the swing bridge.

Trumpington: Old and new fencing just outside Cambridge on the Bedford line. Out of picture to the right, a large 'park and ride' facility has been built over the trackbed, followed by the M11. But all is not lost.... the Cambridge Guided Busway was heading this way.

Fylde Junction: The northern approaches to Preston in the area of Fylde Junction. Northern Rail unit 142005 has drawn to a halt in a siding outside the power box, prior to reversing back into the station. The tracks merging in the left foreground are for Lancaster while those on the right are for Blackpool. The large building directly above the Pacer is County Hall, situated close to the station itself.

Fylde Junction: The junction of the disused Longridge branch with the West Coast Main Line, just north of Preston station. Signal PN 148 is still in place, as are the rusty tracks in the undergrowth, but the actual junction has been severed. The main line catenary can be seen in the background in this view looking south-west.

Strand Road Exchange Sidings: Having run round its train at the exchange sidings the Ribble Steam locomotive propels its three coaches to the limit of RSR metals by the Strand Road level crossing. At this point the bitumen trains continue across the road and climb to Preston station. This view looks in the opposite direction from See image [[21459]] and 21460, which show a tanker train emerging from the gate.

Wickhams Bishop: That's yer lot, as they said on the M&GN. The trackbed is in very good condition, and used as a rather long driveway; but as you can see by the barbed wire, the owner takes his privacy seriously. South of Blue Mills Hill.

Ribble Steam Railway Workshops: Preserved Hunslet Class 05 shunter D2595 sporting a shiny coat of BR Blue paint inside the Ribble Steam Railway shed on Preston Docks. The narrow cab door is very noticeable and was probably a challenge to some BR drivers. Although many 05s worked in Scotland this was an Eastern Region loco and behind it is one of the RSR diesel shunters used to haul the bitumen tanks from the exchange sidings to the discharge terminal See image [[23760]].

Maudlands Viaduct: 156471, entering Preston from Blackpool with an Easter Monday evening train, crosses over Maudland Viaduct and approaches Fylde Junction in April 2009. This view was taken from the steeply graded St. Marks Rd in Preston looking towards Blackpool. See image [[19669]] for a similar view in 1981.

Dunkeld and Birnam: 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' pilots 61994 'The Great Marquess' through Dunkeld with 'The Great Britain III' on 13 April 2010 heading for Perth.

Daviot: Plenty of effort on display as Britannia Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell and 61994 The Great Marquess double head The Great Britain III through the closed station at Daviot on the climb from Culloden Viaduct to Moy on 13 April.

Dalmeny: 6201 Princess Elizabeth comes off the Bridge on 13 April around 20 minutes ahead of the The Great Britain III moving south in preparation for hauling the special from Edinburgh to York the following morning. 

Prospect Place Foot Crossing: 70013 accelerating The Great Britain III away from Pitlochry on 13 April after passing a northbound service.

Markinch: Scene at Kirkforthar Bridge on the northern approach to Markinch on 13 April with 70013 beating a steady exhaust as it climbs south to Lochmill Summit heading for Edinburgh with The Great Britain III.

Edinburgh Waverley: 70013 makes an impressive sight (and sound!) storming up the grade from the Calton Tunnel into Waverley at the end of its journey from Inverness, having been routed round the Sub to enter the station from the east.

Springfield: Having completed its work on the GBIII railtour, no 61994 The Great Marquess and support coach head back to Thornton Yard on 13 April. Photographed here passing Springfield.

Jamestown Viaduct [Inverkeithing]: With the 10-coach Great Britain III proving no burden at all, no 70013 Oliver Cromwell clears Jamestown Viaduct as it storms up the 1-in-70 between Inverkeithing and North Queensferry on the northern approach to the Forth Bridge.

Dundarach Foot Crossing: 'The Great Britain III' heading south at Pitlochry on 13 April with 47760 coupled at the rear.

Jamestown Viaduct [Inverkeithing]: No 6201 Princess Elizabeth, with support coach in tow, comes off Jamestown Viaduct on the climb from Inverkeithing to North Queensferry on Tuesday 13 April 2010.

Orchardbank Signal Box: 70013 and 61994 are hauled out of Perth with The Great Britain III on 13 April bound for Dundee.

Dalguise: The Great Britain III railtour heads south at Dalguise on 13 April 2010 behind Britannia Pacific no 70013 Oliver Cromwell and K4 2-6-0 no 61994 The Great Marquess.

Dunkeld and Birnam: A rail grinder stabled in the sidings at Dunkeld on 13 April 2010.

Dunkeld and Birnam: With 70013+61994 up front, 47760 is the supporting class 47 at the rear of the GBIII as it accelerates away from Dunkeld towards Perth on 13 April 2010.

Findhorn Viaduct [Tomatin]: 70013 Oliver Cromwell pilots 61994 The Great Marquess over Findhorn Viaduct on 13 April 2010 with the southbound Great Britain III railtour.

Moulin Level Crossing: The Great Britain III approaching Pitlochry on 13 April 2010, with 61994 coupled 'inside' and the driver of 70013 whistling for the private level crossing.

Glasgow Green: The shored-up facade of Glasgow Green station photographed on 13 April 2011.  The station, which closed in 1953, was in a gap between tunnels so the white-tiled remains at platform level can easily be seen from a passing train on the Argyle Line today.  Glasgow Green is now served by Bridgeton station less than half a mile upline.  The rather understated building in the background here is the former Templeton's carpet factory. See image [[50115]]

Bridgeton [2nd]: Bridgeton Central was only so known for 11 years - and not it's last 11 years - but the name is unambiguous so let's use it. With a bookies having moved out, the latest occupant of what was the ticket office and waiting room in April 2011 is 'Bridgeton Express' with a fine bold fascia board. The choice of name is surely a nod to the building's former use, though whether it ever saw an express in its life is open to doubt.

Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal: Looking in the opposite direction to the previous view see image [[33773]] is not easy, due to cramped access and large holes in the pavement. But a levelled and ballasted trackbed is now visible between 'old DIRFT' and 'new DIRFT'. Notice the Freightliner and DRS class 66 locomotives lurking in the sidings in the background.

Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal: Progress at DIRFT since 4th March. This picture is taken slightly to the right (North) of the previous view, standing over the box which was prominent in that picture see image [[33066]]. The concrete apron in the right background looks like the start of a warehouse with multiple sidings running through it. And could that be an alternative main line access point taking shape on the left?

Markinch: 47786 with the Compass Tours Mersey, Forth & Tay Circular heading north 25 minutes late at Kirkforthar, near Markinch, Fife, on 13 April en route to Dundee.

Bridgeton: East End Style. The street entrance of Bridgeton (formerly Bridgeton Cross) station on 13 April 2011. At the cross is the 'Brigton Umbrella', of 1875 looking in fine shape, though without its original seating.

Dundee: The waiting area at Dundee on 13 April.  It can't really be called a concourse as it's behind the ticket barrier, so it's for travellers only.  Behind the cafe is the Tay Cafe Bar, still referred to by its pre-trendy name of the Tay Bar in the BR era signs on the platform.  There can't be may licensed premises that you effectively need a ticket to get into, reminiscent of the old 'bona fide travellers' rule!

Armadale: An early afternoon Helensburgh Central - Edinburgh Waverley service restarts from Armadale on 13 April 2011.

Dalgety Bay: The New Measurement Train passes through Dalgety Bay en route to Aberdeen from Heaton, on 13 April.

Dovey Junction: 158828 stops briefly at Dovey Junction on the 8 min late 15.03 service to Pwllheli to (not) pick up the photographer who instead had to trek back to his vehicle parked beyond the river bridge at the far end of the 350 metre long Aberystwyth platform.

Prospect Place Foot Crossing: DRS 66301 leads the 4D47 Inverness - Mossend Tesco train through Pitlochry on 13 April.

Ben Alder Level Crossing: DRS 66301 with the empty Tesco containers south of Dalwhinnie on 13 April 2012 on their way back from Inverness to Mossend yard.

Caersws: 158836 on the rear of the 25 minute late 16.13 service to Aberystwyth and Pwllheli offloads a large number of passengers at Caersws on 13 April. The Aberystwyth portion was to turn back at Machynlleth, with bussing from and to Aberystwyth, to put the return service back on time. The catering trolley was also off-loaded to await the opposing working heading back to Shrewsbury and Birmingham International.

Clapham North: Exterior of Clapham North station, LUL Northern Line, on 13th April 2013. It was opened by the City & South London Railway on 3rd June 1900 as Clapham Road and was renamed Clapham North on 13th September 1926 when the line was extended from Clapham Common to its ultimate southern terminus at Morden. The line then became known as the Morden-Edgware Line until renamed Northern Line in 1937, notwithstanding that it has this lengthy section in south London! This station is one of only two surviving with a narrow island platform in a single tunnel, the other being Clapham Common, one stop south. The others, also on the Northern Line, at Euston (Bank branch) disappeared during the construction of the Victoria Line in the 1960s while that at Angel was completely rebuilt in 1992 which saw the replacement of the lifts with escalators and the closure of the original 1901 entrance on City Road, replaced by a modern and much more spacious ticket hall on Islington High Street.

Amstel: Interior of Amsterdam's Amstel station in April 2013.

Amsterdam Central: A train for Breda runs into platform 15 of Amsterdam Central station on 13 April 2013.

Fountainhall: The large Borders Railway works compound at Fountainhall on a quiet Sunday morning. View south from the site of the level crossing on 13 April 2014, with the old station building on the right and the surviving down platform still standing alongside. See image [[6220]]

Williton: Ex-Somerset & Dorset Railway 2-8-0 no 88 startles the spring lambs in a field near Williton on 13 April 2014 with a train heading west towards Minehead.

Williton: GWR 6960 Raveningham Hall departing Williton tender first on 13 April with a train on the West Somerset Railway.

Heriot: View north at the junction of the A7 and the B709 (left) in April 2014, showing the former Heriot station building, now a private residence. Opened in 1848 the building, which once incorporated the village post office, stood to the north of the level crossing opposite the staggered down platform. A signal box was located between the station building and the crossing itself with a small goods yard and cattle dock on the up side to the north. (Photographed shortly before demolition.)

Heriot: The old station building at Heriot looking north from the site of the level crossing on 13 April 2014. The down platform has long gone although the staggered up platform is still in place behind the camera. An excavating machine stands in the background in the area once occupied by the goods yard. See image [[47172]]

Fountainhall: Looking north along the trackbed from the site of the level crossing at Fountainhall on 13 April 2014. The concrete box will carry the new road linking the village with the A7 over the railway, while beyond that is a farm crossing see image [[44517]].

Crowcombe Heathfield: A sunny afternoon on the West Somerset Railway on Sunday 13 April 2014, as an eastbound DMU calls at Crowcombe Heathfield. The train is on its way to Bishops Lydeard.

Falahill Summit: The Waverley trackbed at Falahill on 13 April 2014, looking north towards Tynehead.

Crowcombe Heathfield: A pleasant spring day at Crowcombe Station on the West Somerset Railway on 13 April 2014. Nicely turned out GWR 4-6-0 no 6960 Raveningham Hall is at the platform.

Battersby: A view west at Battersby from a train at the only platform in use on 13 April 2015. Once upon a time the line continued to Pilton Jct on the Northallerton to Stockton line but this closed in 1954. On the left is the former westbound platform to Picton. Further to the left was the mineral line that ran from here to Rosedale.

Penrhyndeudraeth: Construction workers make their way past the site of the former Cooke's Explosives factory to the Pont Briwet road bridge construction site on 13 April 2014 as the 1410 departure from Penrhyndeudraeth overtakes on its way to Birmingham International. The rail bridge was opened on 1st September 2014 and the new road bridge is finally set to open on Monday 13th July after various delays beset the project.

Whitby: The impressive station frontage at Whitby, viewed from the north side of Station Square in April 2015.

St Annes-on-the-Sea: Refuelling time, on the St Annes miniature railway, for the Western outline locomotive that has been the principal motive power since arriving here new in 1973. The driver was praising this Severn-Lamb machine that has covered over 300,000 miles since delivery with only routine maintenance.

Battersby: A railtour from Chester to Whitby calls at Battersby on 13 April 2015. This is not only the end of the token section from Nunthorpe and the start of the token section to Glaisdale, it is also where the train changes direction. The view is west along the platform with the train crew returning one token and obtaining the next before proceeding.

Glaisdale: A railtour to Whitby waits at Glaisdale on 13 April 2015 for the Northern Rail service to Middlesbrough to arrive on the single line section from Whitby.

Whitby: A North Yorkshire Moors Railway service from Pickering approaching its destination at Whitby on 13 April 2015, with Black 5 45407 running tender first.

Kings Cross: Virgin East Coast HST line-up at Kings Cross on 13 April 2015, with 43317; 43312; and an unidentified classmate awaiting their next turns.

Whitby: Looking east towards Whitby station on 13 April 2015 with a NYMR service in platform 1 on the left and a railtour from Chester at platform 2. Platform 2 was re-instated in 2014 and includes a run round loop to release a locomotive, although on this occasion both trains were top and tailed. The NYMR train has Class 25 D7628 with Black 5 no. 45407 at the other end, while the railtour has 66142 nearest and 66005 at the buffers.

Minffordd: This disused section of the platform at Minffordd continues on the south side of the overbridge carrying the road and the Ffestiniog line over the Cambrian coast line. Photographed in April 2015. [Ref query 4710]

Whitby: DB 66005 sits at the Platform 2 buffers at Whitby on 13 April 2015. It had arrived on a railtour from Chester, with fellow classmate 66142 on the rear.

Beauly: 37425 comes off the curve west of Beauly on a route learning trip to Wick on 13 April 2015.

Penrhyndeudraeth: A mid-day service from Birmingham International to Pwlhelli accelerates up the gradient towards Minffordd on 13th April 2015.

Kings Cross: Virgin East Coast 43257 has just arrived at Kings Cross on the rear of the up Highland Chieftain from Inverness, on time at 15.51 after a 7 hour 56 minute journey.

Wellhouse Tunnel: Looking north east from Wellhouse Lane towards the tunnel deep below the A629 Halifax Road linking Sheffield to Huddersfield and Halifax, as Arriva Trains Pacer 144014 exits en route from Huddersfield to Penistone. This is one of the Andrew Barclay built units procured by the former West Yorkshire PTE that was provided with a centre coach. Extensive track and drainage works appear to be on the cards on either side of the road bridge. [Ref query 18843]

Coatbridge Freightliner Terminal: A pair of 86s (86610/4) seen from a passing train at the Coatbridge Freightliner Terminal. Somewhat dirty window, unfortunately.

Carnoustie: 1439 to GLC arriving at Carnoustie

Dundee: Clic Sargent heading north at Dundee with the Oxwellmains-Craiginches cement.

Broughty Ferry: Business start-up space to let at Broughty Ferry, unique location, (extremely) good access to public transport. View from a northbound train on the level crossing.

Luxulyan: A remarkable find - five twenty foot iron rails on the Treffry Upper tramroad. There were another five rails on the opposite side a bit further on.

Clifton Suspension Bridge: Some years ago, maintenance workers discovered that the base of one of the towers of the Clifton Suspension Bridge was hollow. Exploration (requiring abseiling) revealed a series of vast vaults on several levels. Two of these are now open for occasional public tours and we were lucky to be on one today. For a railway connection; the Bristol to Portishead branch is directly (but a couple of hundred feet) below. More details

Luxulyan: This derelict mechanism was the driving system for the incline between the Treffry Upper Tramroad and Lower Tramroad. The shaft on the left carried a waterwheel which drove the gears on the right.

Gorebridge: The 1847 station building at Gorebridge, seen from the platfform on 13 April 2017 looking north towards the car park. The old building remains unoccupied, although it has recently acquired a flower garden.

Okehampton: Disused telegraph wire attachments speak eloquently of past glories as a main line at Okehampton station, resplendent in Southern Railway green.

Gorebridge: The 0954 Edinburgh - Tweedbank approaching the platform at Gorebridge on 13 April 2017. ScotRail 158741 is seen here passing below Station Road bridge.

Vickers Gun Range Sidings [Eskmeals]: The majority of exhibits in the excellent Barrow Dock Museum relate to ship building or iron making industries and community life within the town. However, this name plate from the Vickers Gun Range Sidings signal box, closed in 1983, is mounted on the museum wall. The box controlled access to the short Eskmeals branch to the ranges near Ravenglass. It had an unusual Ransomes and Rapier horse rake 11-lever frame that is now preserved at the NRM York. See image [[44051]] for a picture of the Eskmeals branch taken after closure.

Okehampton: As the Okehampton goods shed (right) is now a Youth Hostel, I assume the loading gauge is now used to check clearance of rucksacks. see image [[57382]] [Ref query 1009]

Dunrobin Castle: The old bay platform at Dunrobin Castle, with its relaid short length of track, seen on a dreich day in April 2018.

Rogart: A plaque was unveiled today at Rogart to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Sutherland Railway. Seen here after the unveiling are (l to r) Frank Roach, Lord Strathnaver, Bill Reeve TS and Jamie Stone MP.

Rogart: The new plaque at Rogart reads 'This plaque was unveiled by Lord Strathnaver to mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Sutherland Railway from Bonar Bridge to Golspie.'

Dunrobin Castle: A fine lamp at Dunrobin Castle station with the statue of George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke and 20th Earl of Sutherland. He was the father of George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland, who built the Duke of Sutherland's Railway and was involved with the Highland Railway.

Dunrobin Castle: Dunrobin is one of the station which still has a low Highland Railway platform. These steps are to provide access to the trains.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Not a child's chalkmarks for hopscotch, but place markings for the next stage of the works in Queen Street station. Buffer stops for the about-to-be-extended platforms 2, 3, 4 and 5 will be installed behind site hoardings relocated 5m further forward. Beneath the child's feet the trackbed has already been excavated and infilled with polystyrene blocks. This area is due to be uncovered again in June.

Gogar: A Milngavie service passes the site of Gogar station on the E&G on 13 April 2019. Apart from the immediate surroundings this location, cut off from Edinburgh proper by the city bypass, is quite rural. Not much has changed since 1930 when the station closed, though the hamlet of Gogar itself, a full mile away on the Glasgow road, is no more. Its site is occupied by the Gogarburn tram stop. The deconsecrated church survives though; it is occupied by a cabinetmaker which is quite appropriate when you think about it.

Bamber Bridge: The second railtour on 13 April 2019 to head between the WCML at Farington Jct and Blackburn was 'The Border Raider'from Birmingham to Carlisle. This was hauled from Crewe by A1 pacific no. 60163 'Tornado'. Having been held at Lostock Hall Jct by service trains, the driver was making every effort to regain time as it passed Bamber Bridge.

Slough: 165117 arriving at Slough from Windsor & Eton Central, on 13th April 2019.

Farington Junction: The first part of the LSL railtour on 13 April 2019 from Preston to Stratford Upon Avon was hauled as far as Crewe by Brush Type 4 D1924. The train is seen just south of Farington Jct on a sunny but cold April morning.

Saughton Junction: Saughton was still quite rural when the station closed in 1920/21. This road linking the station to Saughton was bypassed when the area was developed and is just about identifiable as the country lane it once was. The carriage entrance to the goods station can be seen in this view looking east on 13 April 2019.

Blackpool North: Having already seen three other tours on 13 April 2019, tour number four was captured at Blackpool North. This had arrived from Euston hauled by 86259, possibly a first for the Class on a working to the town. Ex LMS Jubilee 45690 'Leander' is seen on the country end waiting to haul the tour to Hellifield via Blackburn and then back to Preston via Carnforth.

Paddington: Two class 800s at Paddington on 13th April 2019. On the right is 800307 waiting to depart with the 13.22 service to Great Malvern and which a friend and I travelled on to Slough (its first stop) where we changed for the branch service to Windsor & Eton Central.

Pitlochry: DRS 66301 'Kingmoor TMD' takes the southbound Tesco containers through Pitlochry station on 13th April 2019.

Dundarach Foot Crossing: As part of the Pitlochry re-signalling scheme, three foot crossings have been upgraded. LNER 43320 leads the daily Kings Cross to Inverness HST over Dundarach Crossing as it approaches Pitlochry on 13th April 2019.

Blackpool North: The electrified carriage sidings at Blackpool North are presently home to several new Class 195 DMUs. Although there are a number of ecs paths in the system most days of the week from Blackpool for these units, few if any seem to have run. Nearest the camera on 13 April is 195103.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: High above the corner of Dundas Street and West George Street, steel erectors work on the serious business of ensuring precise alignment of components by giving hand signals to colleagues. Most assuredly there is no game of Hokey Cokey being played here despite appearances.

Bamber Bridge: Still wearing its ScotRail spots, 158867 heads east at Bamber Bridge with a Northern service to York on 13 April 2019.

Prospect Place Foot Crossing: Early morning at Pitlochry on 13th April 2019 and 67007 runs between the houses with the Caledonian Sleeper. This view taken from the viewing platform at http://www.pitlochrylineside.co.uk/ - the trains don't get much closer than this!

Moulin Level Crossing: There is still a wintry feel to the foliage as 170405 heads away from Pitlochry, with an Inverness bound service, on 13th April 2019. This view taken from the bridge at the north end of the main street through the town.

Blair Atholl: 170470 slows for the Blair Atholl stop while working from Queen Street to Inverness on 13th April 2019.

Windsor and Eton Riverside: 455 5918, at Windsor & Eton Riverside, waiting to depart with the 16.58 service to Waterloo, on 13th April 2019. In the event, this train only got as far as Clapham Junction where everybody was asked to leave it for an alternative service to Waterloo, quite why was not made clear.

Carrbridge: 66743 hauling the first Royal Scotsman tour of 2019, from Kyle of Lochalsh to Boat of Garten. Waiting for a signal at Carrbridge Station on 13th April 2019.

Pitlochry: 170405 heads north from the Pitlochry stop on 13th April 2019

Chinnor: A view looking east across the preserved station at Chinnor on the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway, which has restored part of the Watlington branch line.

Carrbridge: The freshly painted bogies of the Royal Scotsman stock was somewhat offset by the marks on the coaches from overgrown track-side vegetation. Seen at Carrbridge on 13th April during the first 2019 tour.

Farington Junction: 45690 'Leander' reverses at Farington Jct on 13 April 2019 propelling its support coach from the WCML onto the line to Lostock Hall Jct in order to face north before heading back to Carnforth. The loco had earlier hauled the 'Pennine Blackpool Express' from Blackpool to Preston via Blackburn, Hellifield and Carnforth.

Chinnor: A flying visit to this Chiltern gem on 13th April 2019. Sadly they were not open to the public that Saturday but this view shows the immaculate little signal box.

Windsor and Eton Central: The concourse at Windsor & Eton Central on 13th April 2019. Only one platform remains in use. The rest of the station, while nice to see still standing, has mostly been given over to retail outlets, cafeterias and restaurants.

Haymarket West Junction: A train for Glasgow via Cumbernauld passes Haymarket West Junction (and Balgreen tramstop) on 13 April 2019.

Farington Junction: Ian Riley's freshly overhauled Black 5s nos. 44871 and 45407 head 'The Citadel' railtour on 13 April 2019 from Manchester to Carlisle. The train is seen approaching Farington Jct where it will leave the WCML and head east towards Blackburn and Hellifield before heading north over the S&C.

Pitlochry: The old wooden platform extension on the Up side at Pitlochry has been dismantled, having been replaced by a more substantial extension to the north side. This is the view from the adjoining footpath on 13th April 2019. See image [[34667]] from the same spot in 2011.

Pitlochry: Dismantling work in progress on the old Pitlochry platform extension on 13th April 2019. This was constructed of old rails with wooden surfaces and fences but made redundant when new platform extensions were opened in 2019. Two days later these remains had been completely removed.

Pitlochry: Now decommissioned, the old signal box from Pitlochry still looks to be structurally sound in April 2019 but is very much separated from the railway it served by the new extended Down side platform. SJP on the colour light signal presumably stands for 'Stanley Junction Panel'.

Pitlochry: Looking south from Platform 2 at Pitlochry on 13th April 2019. Dismantling of the old Platform 1 extension was well advanced and these remains disappeared the following day. Note the stop signs for Caledonian Sleeper, 9 car HSTs and the new Class 800 trains. Shorter Scotrail trains stop much further back up the platform.

Pitlochry: Resignalling at Pitlochry has created two bidirectional platforms, although the former Up Platform is now used by all trains that aren't crossing another service here. The signals are set well back however and Scotrail services heading south stop short of the footbridge using the new section of platform. 13th April 2019.

Windsor and Eton Central: Main entrance to Windsor & Eton Central, immediately opposite Windsor Castle, on 13th April 2019.

Dundarach Foot Crossing: 43251 leads the Inverness to Kings Cross HST service as it passes the new colour light signal by the refurbished foot crossing at Dundarach, to the south of Pitlochry, on 13th April 2019.

Slough: 800314, with a westbound fast from Paddington, passing Slough at speed on 13th April 2019.

Prospect Place Foot Crossing: The then new Down signal at Pitlochry in April 2019. Because the lines within the station are now bi-directional there is a feather to indicate if a northbound train is routed straight through or into the Down platform.

Windsor and Eton Central: Full-scale replica of Achilles 4-2-2 No.3041, on static display at Windsor & Eton Central, on 13th April 2019. The original was built in 1894 and at first named 'Emlyn', after Lord Emlyn, Chairman of the GWR. Repainted in GWR livery in 1897, the Diamond Jubilee year, the locomotive was then renamed 'The Queen', especially to pull six new carriages of Queen Victoria's Royal Train. It was withdrawn from service in 1912 and the genuine example does not survive.

Haymarket Goods: The loading platform of the former goods station at Haymarket survives which I find rather surprising; offices seem to have been built round it even though it is not a good use of the space. I suppose it serves as a nature reserve of sorts. The evil-looking building on the right is an HMRC office. Photographed incidental to my daily exercise permitted under emergency Coronavirus legislation.

Haymarket: Staff only? While emergency timetables operate and trains run nearly empty there is not a customer to be seen on the concourse at Haymarket. Even the M&S Simply Food (where I once briefly worked) is closed, surely one of the few food shops to be so. Photographed incidental to my daily exercise permitted under emergency Coronavirus legislation.

Edinburgh Princes Street: Apart from the very obvious cast-iron portico in Rutland Street, remains of Princes Street station are scant indeed. The pink wall left of centre is on the site of the original south-west wall and where that roadway now is was a sort of buffer zone between the station and Rutland Square. Photographed incidental to my daily exercise permitted under emergency coronavirus legislation.

Lochty: The remains of the East Fife Central terminus at Lochty in April 2021. This was last used as part of the short private preserved line in 1990 and the tracks lifted two years later.

Leyland: A NR test train from Derby to Carlisle via the Cumbrian Coast passes Leyland on 13 April 2021. 37116 was the leading locomotive with 37421 on the rear. Leyland station is just beyond the bridge in the background.

Boarhills Viaduct: The surviving viaduct across the Kenly Water at Boarhills in April 2021. Nearby Boarhills station closed in 1930 but the line remained open. The last passenger trains crossed this viaduct in 1965 and complete closure came the following year.

Leyland: 319366 departs from Leyland on the up slow whilst working a Blackpool to Liverpool service on 13 April 2021. Class 319s are handling the majority of these services at the moment as a result of problems with the yaw dampers on some Class 331s (and 195s).

Stravithie: This fine old stone bridge still spans the trackbed at Stravithie. The station is now a holiday guest house, the entrance to which can be seen just beyond the bridge.

Stravithie: Looking over the site of Stravithie station, now part of a holiday guest house, in April 2021. A BR MkI carriage stands on the trackbed.

Stravithie: The entrance sign at Stravithie old station guest house bears a resemblance to a totem station sign, albeit in green rather than pale blue. The bridge over the trackbed can also be seen in this April 2021 view.

Lochty: Looking along the trackbed and embankment of the former East Fife Central goods line at Lochty in April 2021. This closed in 1964 but a short section from the terminus was operated as the Lochty private railway by John Cameron from 1967 to 1992.

Boarhills Viaduct: A side elevation view of the viaduct across the Kenly Water at Boarhills, from a peaceful spot on 13th April 2021.

Cameron Bridge [1st]: An April 2021 view over the closed (for now) station at Cameron Bridge.

Cameron Bridge [1st]: View showing Leven branch clearance work, taken from the overbridge at Cameron Bridge in April 2021.

Chester-le-Street: There is a reason for the absence of trains and the blurred figure in orange: a young man had decided to walk off the end of the Chester-le-Street Up platform (shown) and head towards London. You often hear about such incidents, but rarely witness them. A combination of rail staff and police persuaded the man to return to a safe place; and to the railway's credit, train movements were back to normal in 40 minutes - just as it was going dark!

Bruar Viaduct: 43169 leads an Edinburgh to Inverness Inter7City service over Bruar Viaduct, on the climb from Blair Atholl to Drumochter Summit, on 13th April 2022.

Kings Cross: Back of Kings Cross station, dating from 1852, seen through the front upstairs windows of a New Routemaster bus on route 390 from Archway to Victoria heading south down York Way, on the afternoon of 13th April 2022. The clock tower of St. Pancras is visible in the centre background.

Kings Cross: The main facade of the now 170 years old King's Cross station, at 14.49 on 13th April 2022. Lewis Cubitt's masterpiece of 1852 designed for the London terminus of the Great Northern Railway which arrived in the Capital two years earlier but terminated initially at a temporary station at Maiden Lane until Kings Cross was ready. This area was originally known as Battlebridge but the GNR Directors preferred King's Cross as to them it sounded 'more grand and important'. The old name is perpetuated in a block of flats, Battlebridge Court, in nearby Wharfedale Road.

York Road: New Routemaster LT 750, decorated for an advertiser, heading north up York Way (the former name of York Road and before that Maiden Lane) on route 390 to Archway with, in the background, the entrance to the former York Road station, LU Piccadilly Line, that will have been closed for 90 years on 19th September 2022. York Road Station and Entrance and Exit signs are still in evidence on this Leslie W. Green designed station that opened with the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway on 15th December 1906. This view is through the front upstairs windows of a New Routemaster bus that I was on, also on route 390 to Victoria, heading south down York Way just north of King's Cross, on the afternoon of 13th April 2022.

Pass of Killiecrankie: After a two mile climb out of Pitlochry, 43130 leads an Edinburgh to Inverness service downhill towards Killiecrankie Viaduct on 13th April 2022. The climb to Blair Atholl and Druimuachdar will begin again after Killiecrankie. The HST has just passed under the 1969 Garry Bridge, which continues to the right to span the gorge of the River Garry at a great height.

Pass of Killiecrankie: 66302 climbs up from Killiecrankie Viaduct, with the Inverness to Mossend service, on 13th April 2022. The Tesco containers are used to carry Nordbord timber products on the southbound journey so there is a payload in both directions. The land to the left of the train falls away steeply down to the gorge of the River Garry.

Dundarach Foot Crossing: Azuma 800107 rolls slowly through Pitlochry, approaching the station, with the daily Kings Cross to Inverness LNER service on 13th April 2022.