Whiteinch West Junction: A Bridgeton Central - Clydebank East train photographed at Whiteinch West Junction on 17 April 1957 behind V1 2-6-2T no 67601.

Hurlford Shed: Local Hero. Gresley class V3 2-6-2 67679 on the scrap road at Hurlford on 17 April 1962. The locomotive had been one of a number of previously withdrawn examples reinstated to work the emergency steam hauled services put into operation while remedial work was carried out on the new electric Blue Trains.

Hurlford Shed: Withdrawn Caley Jumbo 57353 stored awaiting disposal on the scrap road at Hurlford shed, Kilmarnock, on 17 April 1962. The 1894 veteran was eventually cut up at Connels of Coatbridge in June the following year.

Hurlford Shed: Caley Jumbo 0-6-0 no 57331 on Hurlford shed in April 1962, some 5 months before withdrawal.

Hurlford Shed: An old coach photographed in the sidings at Hurlford in April 1962. The vehicle is thought to be a former Glasgow & South Western Railway passenger brake van, dating from the early 1900s. [Ref query 5623]

Hurlford Shed: Drummond Caledonian 2F 0-6-0 57300 alongside Hurlford shed in April 1962.

Hurlford Shed: Gresley V3 2-6-2T no 67633 in the shed yard at Hurlford in April 1962, within a few days of its reallocation there from 65C Parkhead.

Hurlford Shed: One of the Pickersgill Caledonian 0-4-4 tank locomotives built primarily for banking duties, no 55240, standing out of use in the shed yard at Hurlford on 17 April 1962. Withdrawn from Ayr shed some 9 months earlier, 55240 met its end at Connels of Coatbridge in October 1963.

Hurlford Shed: Crab 2-6-0 no 42741 alongside the coaling stage at Hurlford shed in April 1962.

Hurlford Shed: Class 2P 4-4-0 no 40642 on the scrap road at Hurlford in the spring of 1962.

Hurlford Shed: Pickersgill 3F 0-6-0 no 57650 awaiting disposal in the sidings at Hurlford in April 1962. Withdrawn from 67B the previous November, the locomotive was cut up at Connels of Coatbridge in May 1963.

Hurlford Shed: The stored locomotive line at Hurlford shed in the spring of 1962. Nearest the camera is Jumbo 57353, officially withdrawn from 67B in November the previous year.

Hurlford Shed: Drummond 2F 0-6-0 no 57359 standing in a line of locomotives awaiting disposal at Hurlford shed in April 1962. The end in this case came in June 1963 in the yard of Messrs Connel of Coatbridge.

Hurlford Shed: Steam locomotives stored in the sidings alongside Hurlford shed in April 1962, including Stanier 2-6-2T no 40151. The locomotive was officially withdrawn from 67B at the end of that year and was disposed of through MMS Wishaw in December 1963.

Hurlford Shed: A lineup of condemned locomotives alongside Hurlford shed on 17 April 1962, including class J83 0-6-0T no 68458. Withdrawn from Ayr shed 3 months earlier, 68458 was cut up at Campbell's of Airdrie in April 1963.

Hurlford Shed: Gresley V3 2-6-2T 67607 at Hurlford shed on 17 April 1962. The locomotive was 'officially' withdrawn from here 8 months later and eventually cut up at Darlington Works in November 1963.

Hurlford Shed: Class 2P 4-4-0 no 40640 stands in a line of condemned locomotives awaiting disposal at Hurlford shed in April 1962. 40640 had been withdrawn from Ayr in September 1961 and was scrapped at Connels, Coatbridge, in July 1963.

Elderslie: Easter Monday, and 73121 heads one of many specials from Glasgow St Enoch to the Ayrshire coast. It is seen bursting out from under the station building at Elderslie on 17th April 1963

Berwick-upon-Tweed: Peppercorn A1 Pacific no 60127 Wilson Worsdell climbs away from Berwick with a down evening freight in April 1963, at which time the locomotive was allocated to Tweedmouth shed.

East Kilbride: The preserved ex-Highland Railway Jones Goods 4-6-0 no 103 stands at East Kilbride on 17 April 1965, shortly after arriving with Scottish Rambler no 4 from Glasgow St Enoch.

Renfrew Wharf: HR 103 with the Scottish Rambler at Renfrew Wharf in 1965

East Kilbride: HR 103 running round the SLS/BLS Scottish Rambler no 4 at East Kilbride on 17 April 1965.

Greenock Princes Pier [2nd]: Jones Goods inside Princes Pier station, Greenock, with the 1965 Scottish Rambler

Govan: HR 103 at Govan with the Scottish Rambler in 1965

West Street Junction: HR 103 runs round the 1965 Scottish Rambler at West Street Junction, Glasgow, having returned from Terminus Quay. Note: the location just east of the junction, looking west.

Princes Pier Shed: 17 April 1965, and the Jones Goods has just left Greenock Princes Pier and is charging the 1 in 70 gradient up to Lynedoch Street station. The train is the Easter Rambler No 4, and it is heading for Paisley West.

Blackstone Junction: HR 103 at Blackstone Junction bound for the Linwood Branch with the Scottish Rambler

Linwood Goods: Scottish Rambler at Linwood on the branch from Blackstone Junction in 1965.

Bridge of Weir [2nd]: The Jones Goods taking on water at Bridge of Weir on 17 April 1965 with the SLS/BLS Scottish Rambler No 4.

Potterhill: HR 103 at Potterhill with the 1965 Scottish Rambler.

Ferguslie: The Jones Goods stands at Ferguslie station with the Scottish Rambler in April 1965. The Paisley Canal line is in the background.

Princes Pier Junction: 17 April 1965 and HR 103 is leaving Greenock Princes Pier and about to attack the 1 in 70 gradient towards Lynedoch Street station whilst heading the Easter Rambler No 4 tour of Renfrewshire. Note the fine gantry of lower quadrant signals.

Crossmyloof: HR 103 picks up speed as it passes through Crossmyloof during the Easter Rambler No 4 on 17 April 1965. Note the Ice Rink on one side and the abandoned goods yard on the other.

Elderslie: Highland Railway 103, the 'Jones Goods' 4-6-0, heads through Elderslie with the 'Easter Rambler No.4' on 17 April 1965 en route for Greenock Princes Pier. Unusually there was no activity in the Elderslie yards at that time.

Ferguslie: HR 103 at Ferguslie station during its tour of Renfrewshire as part of Easter Rambler No 4 on 17 April 1965. Plenty of colour here with the orange Graham's Atlantean and the red Western Bristol. The advertised Hillman Imp cars were made at the Rootes Group factory, which was less than half a mile from where the photo was taken.

Renfrew Wharf: HR 103 at Renfrew Wharf on 17 April 1965 with Scottish Rambler No 4.

Houston and Crosslee: HR 103 is making light of the 1 in 80 gradient from Cart Junction and is about to pass through Houston & Crosslee station, which was a fair distance from both Houston and Crosslee, but close to the village of Brookfield. It is heading for Greenock Princes Pier on 17 April 1965 as part of the Easter Rambler No 4 tour of Renfrewshire.

General Terminus Quay: HR 103 stands at General Terminus Quay, as part of 'Easter Rambler No.4' on 17 April 1965. The machinery for transferring the iron ore from boat to train can be seen in the background.

Thorntonhall: The Jones Goods HR 103 stops at Thorntonhall on 17 April 1965 with the SLS/BLS Scottish Rambler No 4 on its way back from East Kilbride.

Paisley West: HR 103 backs out from Paisley West onto the remaining spur of the line to Barrhead while on the 'Easter Rambler No.4' on 17 April 1965. This spur was used by trains which terminated at Paisley West as there was a short distance of double line which enabled the loco to run round its train.

General Terminus Quay: An animated discussion, between inspector and footplate crew of HR No.103, at General Terminus Quay. It is 17 April 1965 and '103' is touring Glasgow and Renfrewshire as part of the Easter Rambler Number 4 rail tour.

Renfrew Wharf: HR 103 sets off from a rather minimalist Renfrew Wharf station in pouring rain while heading the Easter Rambler No 4 on 17 April 1965. Note the Yoker power station on the other side of the River Clyde.

Middleton Siding [Linwood]: In a typical April day of sunshine and showers, HR 103 heads off from Linwood towards Blackstone Junction on the Glasgow to Gourock line - it had arrived in pouring rain. The train was the Easter Rambler No 4, and the date was 17 April 1965. Its previous port of call had been Renfrew Wharf. Middleton Siding, removed by 1965, was a headshunt in Linwood alongside which the Linwood nurseries were built.

Shankend: 18 April 1965 and No 60031 'Golden Plover' has passed Shankend on the Waverley Route and is about to reverse onto the up line as a result of engineering works before Whitrope Tunnel. The A4 is taking part in the 'Easter Rambler Number 4' rail tour.

Blackford Hill: The LGW block grain train from Leith to Gorgie is pictured on Friday 17 April 1970 negotiating the sinuous section of the Sub between Newington and Blackford Hill on the approach to the latter. Motive power is the customary Clayton, in this case No. D8583.

Newington [NBR]: EE Type 3 No. 6858 brings the 16.27 Millerhill - Carlisle under Mayfield Road, just west of Newington station on 17 April 1970. The train will use the Sub as far as Craiglockhart Junction where it will take the spur to Slateford Junction and the ex CR route to Carstairs.

Newington Goods: EE Type 4 No. 270 leans to the curves between Newington and Blackford Hill as it heads west on a coal train from Millerhill Yard in the spring of 1970.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: A class 27 stands at the head of a train in Platform 6 at Glasgow Queen Street in April 1974.

Boat of Garten: Ex Granton Gas Works Barclay 0-4-0ST No.10 'Forth' sits with a pair of Mark 1 carriages at Boat of Garten in April 1977. The loco didn't work on the Strathspey and it moved in the 1980s to Lochty Private Railway where it was restored to working order. On closure of the Lochty in 1992 it moved to the Fife Heritage Railway where it is today.

Carstairs South Junction: Class 20s 20137+20124 accelerate an up PW train away from Carstairs South Junction in April 1980.

Carstairs: 47570 brings an InterCity service north through Carstairs in April 1980.

Church Fenton: The last of the green class 40s, no 40106, runs south through Church Fenton with a freight on 17 April 1980.

Carstairs South Junction: A southbound permanent way train runs through Carstairs on 17 April 1980 behind 20137+20124. The train is about to pass Strawfrank (now Carstairs South) Junction with the direct Edinburgh line branching off to the right.

Aviemore Shed: Aviemore shed with the Longmorn shunter 'Queen Anne' moving about the yard. This engine and several vehicles were donated to the SR by the Longmorn Distillery in 1981. The Distillery had a private railway connected to BR. On closure in 1968 the distillery railway remained in place until 1981, when the track and vehicles moved south to the Strathspey Railway.

Falkland Yard: A pall of smoke from burning rubbish hangs over Falkland yard on 17 April 1983 as a Brush Type 4 passes through northbound with the 1055 Stranraer Harbour - London Euston.

Comrie Colliery: Railscot contributor Peter Todd inspects the spare loco, Austerity no.19, at Comrie Colliery on 17 April 1983. Next in line is an NBL diesel hydraulic shunter and a further Austerity no.7. The steamers are now at Boness but the diesel languishes at Muirs Yard, Den Road, Kirkcaldy.

Falkland Junction: A Brush Type 4 takes the 10.55 Stranraer Harbour - London Euston north, shortly after passing through Falkland Junction on 17 April 1983. [Ref query 7154]

Warminster: 33013 on a Cardiff - Portsmouth train at Warminster in April 1986. These diagrams often saw the 33s being used to work over the Newport - Hereford - Crewe line as a fill in turn.

Warminster: BR 56049 with a train from one of the Mendip quarries at Warminster on 17 April 1986. It was the poor overall reliability of these (and other) BR locomotives and the resultant business impact that led to Foster Yeoman introducing the privately owned class 59, and all that followed in the UK freight market.

Warminster: Transforming the face of UK freight. The first privately owned locomotive type to operate regularly over a UK main line, Foster Yeoman 59002 with a train of Mendip stone at Warminster in April 1986. The locomotive was photographed shortly after entering service following arrival from General Motors, USA. See image [[34587]].

Enterkine Viaduct: 37676 with coal from Killoch crossing Enterkine Viaduct on 17 April 1989.

Annbank Junction: 37676 with coal from Killoch about to join the Mauchline - Ayr line at Annbank Junction, on a grey and overcast 17 April 1989.

Da-an Bei: QJ3251 at Da-an Bei, Inner Mongolia, a junction town where class QJ 2-10-2 locomotives appeared regularly on passing freights. Photographed on 17 April 2000.

Welbeck Colliery Junction: 60081 passing Welbeck Colliery Junction with 6T42 0950 Toton to Thoresby empties which will load at Thoresby for Ratcliffe power station.

Thoresby Colliery: 60081 has left Thoresby Colliery Junction heading for the loading bunker at Thoresby with empty MGR wagons from Toton in 2002. Photographed from the A6078 Ollerton Road bridge the short branch was pretty inaccessible. There was no run round facility at the mine and the loaded train would propel back to Thoresby Junction! Thoresby was the last deep mine left working in Nottinghamshire but has since closed.

Mansfield Woodhouse: 66073 passing Mansfield and Woodhouse with an Immingham to Rugeley Power Station imported coal train in 2002.

Granton: Remains of goods lines which ran for approximately one mile west from Granton Harbour serving various industrial locations along the waterfront. Photographed in April 2002.

Berwick-upon-Tweed: View south over Berwick station from Castlegate Bridge on 17 April 2003 with a Virgin Voyager at the platform.

Maxwelltown Goods Junction: EWS 66235 passing Maxwelltown Goods Junction on the northern approach to Dumfries in April 2006 with a coal train from Killoch bound for Drax power station.

Maxwelltown Goods Junction: Oil train heading north from Dumfries behind a class 60 in April 2006 passing the abandoned junction for the former Stranraer line.

Nith Viaduct: Walking the dogs - Dumfries 2006. The arched bridge across the Nith carried the line to Castle Douglas (1859) and later on to Stranraer. Beyond it is the road bridge built to carry the Dumfries by-pass 130 years later. View is north.

Dumfries: Dumfries signal box in April 2006. The box stands at the north end of the up platform.

Dumfries: Coal train southbound through Dumfries in April 2006.

Neidpath Tunnel: Inside the void looking toward the exit of the refuge to the Tunnel... Notice the oil drum amoungst other debris. PS not me in picture but kind permission granted.

Neidpath Viaduct: Neidpath Viaduct complete with cable runners.

Neidpath Viaduct: Caley Viaduct near Neidpath Castle looking majestic in the Spring Sun... notice the Cross on the Parapit.

Neidpath Viaduct: Underneath the Viaduct.

Elvanfoot: Engineering possession on the WCML near Elvanfoot on 17 April 2006, with an interesting selection of track machines on display. View is west across motorway, railway and river (with the Clyde obscured by the embankment). Elvanfoot Cemetery and abandoned church stand in the background.

Dumfries: A Carlisle - Glasgow Central DMU calls at Dumfries on April 2006.

Dumfries: Dumfries station and forecourt, west side. April 2006.

Maxwelltown Goods Junction: A Glasgow Central - Carlisle train north of Dumfries passing the junction with the former Port Road to Stranraer in April 2006.

Dumfries: The driver of a northbound oil train applies the boot after passing through Dumfries station in April 2006.

Dumfries: 60075 brings a northbound oil train through Dumfries in April 2006.

Hilton Junction: Rolling along. Edinburgh train heads for Bridge of Earn across the Earn Viaduct with a tractor rolling a field.

Johnstone: 66016 running light at Johnstone, heading in the direction of Miliken Park.

Johnstone: 66216 and loaded coal wagons with a service bound for Longannet

Johnstone: Network Rail NMT 901002 Iris 2 heading south in the direction of Miliken Park.

Johnstone: Network Rail NMT 901002 Iris 2 about to pass through Johnstone station.

Faslane Junction Yard: West Highland Line, remains of trackbed on Faslane siding.

Faslane Junction Yard: West Highland Line, remains of bridge on Faslane siding.

Faslane Junction Yard: West Highland Line, remains of bridge on Faslane siding.

Laigh Balernock Level Crossing: West Highland Line, Faslane siding crossing track to Laigh Balernock farm.

Faslane Junction Yard: West Highland Line, trackbed of Faslane siding. See photo ref 13264 for older view.

Shandon: West Highland Line, from bridge by Shandon Station site, looking NW.

Shandon: West Highland Line, from bridge by Shandon Station site, looking SE.

Shandon: West Highland Line, Shandon Station house, standard design WHR house. Thanks to the owner. See photo refs 14797 and 14798 for same design.

Shandon: West Highland Line, Shandon Station site. Seconds later a deer bounded out of the trees and headed north along the line. I think it was the 5pm.

Whistlefield: West Highland Line south of Whistlefield from Coulport Road bridge.

Whistlefield: West Highland Line south of Whistlefield from Coulport Road bridge.

Glen Douglas Halt: West Highland Line from Glen Douglas road bridge.

Glen Douglas Halt: West Highland Line Glen Douglas Station site.

Johnstone: The remains of the Johnstone No.1 signal box just east of Johnstone station. This would have controlled access to the Johnstone Curve at Johnstone Junction amongst other things.

Johnstone: 318263 coming up the hill towards Johnstone from the direction of Miliken Park with a Glasgow Central service.

Glen Douglas Halt: West Highland Line Glen Douglas Station site.

Glen Douglas Halt: West Highland Line Glen Douglas Road bridge.

DM Glen Douglas: West Highland Line Glen Douglas siding.

Garelochhead: West Highland Line, Garelochhead Station.

Garelochhead: West Highland Line, Garelochhead Station access to island platform.

Garelochhead: West Highland Line, Garelochhead Station.

Garelochhead: West Highland Line, Garelochhead Station looking S.

Garelochhead: West Highland Line, Garelochhead Station.

Garelochhead: West Highland Line, Garelochhead Station sidings.

Garelochhead: West Highland Line, Garelochhead Station maintenance vehicle.

Garelochhead: West Highland Line, Garelochhead Station former signal cabin.

Garelochhead: West Highland Line, Garelochhead Station looking N.

Garelochhead: West Highland Line, Garelochhead Station - tokens required.

Garelochhead: West Highland Line, Garelochhead Station.

Wemyss Bay Junction: Looking west across Wemyss Bay Junction early on a Sunday morning in April 2007. The routes to Gourock and Wemyss Bay split here, although they remain close together (with the latter climbing gradually) for almost half a mile as far as Bogston station, shortly after which they begin to diverge. A Glasgow Central - Wemyss Bay service has just cleared the junction and is climbing away westward. For a view back towards this point from Bogston station itself see image [[14816]].

Kittybrewster [1st]: The nearest you can (legally) get to the site of Kittybrewster station. In the foreground is the increasingly well-used Waterloo branch. The remains of the down platform of Kittybrewster [2nd] station can be seen just beyond, delineated by the weather-beaten row of posts. It was very close to this location that the footbridge was sited.

Aberdeen Waterloo: 66101 is an overnight visitor at a busy Waterloo goods yard on 17 April 2008. Ongoing work on the new Aberdeen Harbour Board sidings is visible to the left of the locomotive.

Milngavie: 318265 stands at Milngavie on 17 April awaiting the arrival of a 320 unit on the single line before starting its return journey to Larkhall.

Dumbarton Central: 320304, in SPT carmine and cream livery, pauses at Dumbarton Central with an eastbound service in April 2008.

Larkhall: 318250, newly arrived from Milngavie, stands in the sunshine at the Larkhall buffer stops in April 2008.

Oakworth: Taff Vale Railway 0-6-2T no 85 (Neilson Reid, Glasgow, 5408 of 1899) brings the 15.20 from Keighley into Oakworth Station on the KWVR on 17 April 2009.

Harrogate: Pacer 144009 enters Harrogate from the north with a Knaresborough - Leeds service on 17 April 2009. The signal gantry in the background formerly spanned the goods yard throat.

Haworth: View over Haworth on the KWVR on 17 April 2009.

Westhoughton: Looking towards Crow Nest Junction at Westhoughton as 156480 calls on a Manchester Victoria to Wigan service. At Crow Nest this line joins the direct line from Manchester via Atherton and Walkden.

Besses o' th' Barn [Tram]: The massive bridge at Besses carries the Bury to Manchester line over the A665 and, below that, the M62 Motorway. The rail tracks run on either side of the central girder. Metrolink 1011 runs into the station on a Bury service.

Westhoughton: Westhoughton is now an unstaffed halt on the short link line between Crow Nest Junction near Wigan, and Lostock Junction near Bolton, although there are still two trains an hour each way. 150149 departs with a Wigan to Manchester Victoria (via Bolton) service.

Besses o' th' Barn [Tram]: Besses-o'-th'-Barn station was built by the LMS in 1933 and the original buildings still stand, with a modern lift alongside. During April 2009 trackwork in Manchester meant double trams were running but on a reduced frequency and Metrolink 1018 and 1011 are seen on a Bury service.

Grantham: 60163 'Tornado' generates a lot of interest as she prepares to head north.

Besses o' th' Barn [Tram]: Because Besses was a late (1933) addition to the LMS network the embankment had to be widened to accommodate the island platform and a new bridge built for the displaced Up line. Metrolink tram 1020 runs over this bridge while on the left the older bridge for the original two plain tracks can be seen. View towards Whitefield and Bury.

Hoveton and Wroxham: A National Express class 156 passes over the River Bure at Wroxham on 17 April 2010 with a service for Sheringham.

Hoveton and Wroxham: A 'Bittern Line' train crossing the River Bure at Wroxham in April 2010.

Grange-over-Sands: A subway gives access to the western end of the lengthy promenade at Grange and a Transpennine 185 unit runs over this on its way from Barrow to Manchester Airport on 17 April.

Swindon: 47787 'Windsor Castle' waits at Swindon to head east with a railtour from Skegness to Oxford on 17th April 2010.

Kents Bank: Runnng alongside the Kent Estuary, between Kents Bank and Grange-over-Sands station on 17 April is a TPE Class 185 on a service from Barrow-in-Furness to Manchester Airport. There were probably not many airport bound passengers on board due to the volcanic ash problems grounding all flights.

Rothiemay: Looking over the site of Rothiemay station (closed May 1968) on 17 April 2010 see image [[28546]]. Nothing exists at the location today other than remnants of the up platform and, thankfully, the telegraph poles which helped position my shot.

Milnthorpe: The station building at Milnthorpe, still in non-railway use alongside the WCML in April 2010, over forty years after closure. The platforms have long gone but the distinctive original Lancaster and Carlisle Railway building remains.

Milnthorpe: Milnthorpe station was over a mile from the small town it served and by 1964 had a service of only three up and four down trains on weekdays. It closed on 1 July 1968, the same day as the stations at Tebay and Shap. The station building survives alongside the WCML as seen in this view looking south towards Carnforth. [Railscot note to would be photographers: The bridge overlooking Milnthorpe is on a fast road with no footpath and not a place to linger waiting for trains. The bridges at Elmsfield, around a mile south of here on the B6384, are a much better location.]

Heversham: To the north east of the site of Heversham Halt the old Arnside to Hincaster trackbed has become an unofficial bridlepath. Although a long siding from Arnside to the quarry at Sandside remained after closure this section of the old line has not seen a train since 1963. View towards Arnside at Map Ref SD 503833.

Shipton: Shipton Station on the Cotswold Line looking along the up platform towards Oxford, with modern waiting shelter and platform bench incorporating the GWR legend in the cast legs. Work is currently in progress between the rear of the bench and the entrance gate.

Carnforth Furness and Midland Junction: From virtual quarry to virtually nothing. TPE 185145 runs in to Carnforth from the Barrow line passing the sidings that were briefly an EWS virtual quarry, then engineers' sidings but which are now only used during local engineering works. Ahead of the unit is the curve into Carnforth station, the junction with the direct link that went straight ahead to the Wennington line having been removed some years ago.

Foss Cross: View South West along the trackbed of former Midland & South West Junction route towards Cirencester, seen from alongside the former level crossing over the A429 Fosse Way.

Arnside: Looking north along the Furness trackbed from Arnside to Sandside and Hincaster alongside the Kent estuary. A primary purpose of this line was to carry iron ore between Barrow and North East England via the Stainmore route but it was also a useful link for excursion traffic for many years. Closed as a through route in 1963 this particular stretch lingered on for a few years as a siding to the quarry at Sandside but is now a popular footpath. (Map Reference SD 470794). In railway days there was a low wall along the seaward side of this stretch of line but the embankment has been made part of the local sea defences and the wall removed. See image [[28623]] for the view towards Arnside from the same point.

Arnside: The old Furness trackbed from Hincaster to Arnside skirts the Kent estuary for much of its length and can be walked from Sandside to Arnside. This view at Storth (Map Ref SD470794) looks towards Arnside station, which lies immediately to the right of the trees, with the famous viaduct stretching off to the right. See image [[28612]] for the view north from the same point.

Grange-over-Sands: Seaside springtime scene as a Northern 156 Sprinter heads for Barrow, and then Carlisle, passing some of the promenade leisure facilities at Grange-over-Sands.

Clapham: The attractive rural station of Clapham, North Yorshire, photographed on a fine and sunny afternoon in April 2011. View is south east, looking towards Settle Junction.

Dalgety Bay: 46115 Scots Guardsman runs through Dalgety Bay station on 17 April 2011 with train 1Z28, the Edinburgh - Aberdeen - Inverness 'Great Britain IV' on day 2 of the railtour.

Craiglockhart: Less than 20 minutes out of Waverley in Sunday morning sunshine on 17 April 2011 the Great Britain IV rounds the curve from Morningside on the Edinburgh sub behind Royal Scot no 46115 Scots Guardsman heading for Inverness.

Clapham: Northern railcar 153 360 on the Leeds - Morecambe route approaching Clapham, North Yorkshire, on 17 April 2011.

Marykirk Viaduct: Rebuilt Scot no 46115 Scots Guardsman races across Marykirk Viaduct on 17 April with The Great Britain IV on its way to Inverness via Aberdeen.

Dalwhinnie: On one of the long straights north of Dalwhinnie, Black 5s 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier and 44871 haul support coaches towards Inverness.

Clapham Viaduct: To the south east of Clapham station in North Yorkshire stands Clapham Viaduct, carrying the railway over the River Wenning. The viaduct is seen here on 17 April 2011.

Muchalls: The peace memorial alongside the former station at Muchalls, north of Stonehaven, in April 2011. The memorial, on a mound behind the site of the up platform, displays a Royal Crown and the word PEACE with the date 1919.

Boat o' Brig Viaduct: Between Keith and Elgin the line drops down to cross the River Spey on a viaduct at Boat o' Brig. Having just crossed the viaduct on 17 April, rebuilt Scot no 46115 Scots Guardsman begins the climb up towards Elgin with the Great Britain IV railtour. The viaduct can be seen in the left background.

Craiglockhart: Royal Scot no 46115 Scots Guardsman takes The Great Britain IV through the site of Craiglockhart station on Sunday morning 17 April 2011. 46115 had taken charge of the special for the Edinburgh - Inverness leg of the tour.

Thornton West Junction: 61994 The Great Marquess passes Thornton West Junction on 17 April with support coach in tow, on its way To Inverness. Note the antlers!

Lochmuir Summit: 46115 'Scots Guardsman' climbs towards Lochmuir Summit, north of Markinch, on 17 April with the Edinburgh - Aberdeen - Inverness leg of the Great Britain IV tour.

Wormit: Royal Scot no 46115 Scots Guardsman slowly hauls the Edinburgh to Inverness section of the 'Great Britain IV' railtour out onto the Tay Bridge on 17 April.

Carstairs: The rear end of the Network Rail test train photographed about to run south through Carstairs station on 17 April 2012. The trailing vehicle in the formation is power car no 43062 'John Armitt'. On the other side of the main line, the once busy Moss Road PW facility stands out of use see image [[59449]].

Float Viaduct: A lonely DRS class 66 makes its way north along the WCML on 17 April 2012. The locomotive is crossing the River Clyde on Float Viaduct approaching Carstairs South Junction. The OLE of the Carstairs - Edinburgh line can be seen running across the centre of the photograph in front of the State Hospital.

Ravenstruther: Scene at Ravenstruther on a cold and overcast April morning in 2012. The Scottish Coal disposal point handled coal brought in by road, primarily from opencast operations in South Lanarkshire. Freightliner 66506 is about to pass below the hopper with a train of high capacity vehicles for loading. Ultimate destination for this particular trainload will be Longannet power station.

Bathgate: A westbound train from Edinburgh, ultimate destination Milngavie, pulls into platform 2 at Bathgate on 17 April 2012.

Uphall: An eastbound train about to cross the new bridge over the B8046 on the approach to Uphall station on 17 April 2012. Major works had been required here in preparation for the reopening of the line, not least replacement of the old narrow bridge that stood here, which had necessitated single file traffic. The works were carried out during a 5-month long road closure during 2010 (see image [[28761]].)

Kirknewton: A westbound train runs non-stop through Kirknewton station on 17 April 2012. The passing CrossCountry Voyager is on its way to Glasgow Central via Carstairs.

Kirknewton: Long distance and local train services pass at Kirknewton on 17 April 2012.

Bathgate [4th]: The former Bathgate station (1986-2010) with the trackbed partially filled in. Looking over the fencing towards the site of the buffer stops on 17 April 2012. See image [[16421]]

Bathgate: The 08.57 Milngavie - Edinburgh Waverley pulls away from platform 1 at Bathgate on 17 April 2012 on the 4 minute leg to Livingston North.

Bathgate: A Milngavie train about to run into platform 2 at Bathgate on 17 April 2012. The ScotRail stabling/cleaning roads can be seen in the background.

Bathgate [4th]: The infilled platform at the former Bathgate terminus, closed in December 2010, seen from the site of the buffer stops on 17 April 2012. See image [[31158]]

Kirknewton: The 10.18 Glasgow Central - Edinburgh Waverley runs over the level crossing into Kirknewton station on 17 April 2012. Bottom left is the button used by drivers of westbound stopping services to activate the crossing barriers when the train is ready to leave.

Uphall: View east showing the recently commissioned north side car park at Uphall station on 17 April 2012, as a Glasgow bound service pulls away from the platform.

Carstairs: Network Rail test train about to run south through Carstairs station on 17 April 2012.

Birmingham New Street: A recently introduced eleven coach Pendolino (390156) waits at Birmingham New Street with the 11.49 service to Wolverhampton on 17 April 2012. Across at platform 2 a sister set prepares to depart with a service for Euston.

Ravenstruther: A trainload of coal empties being moved into position for replenishment at Ravenstruther on 17 April 2012.

Carstairs: First TransPennine 185114 runs north through Carstairs on 17 April 2012 with an afternoon Manchester Airport - Glasgow Central service. In the background are the once busy Moss Road PW sidings. See image [[59449]].

Float Viaduct: The 11.40 Glasgow Central - London Euston Pendolino at speed just south of Carstairs on 17 April 2012. The train is crossing the River Clyde on Float Viaduct.

Emerson Park: 317671, from Upminster to Romford, arriving at Emerson Park Halt on 17th April 2013. This line survived the Beeching cuts only for a proposal to convert it into a road in the 1970s, which was quite rightly short-lived and quickly abandoned. This service became an isolated section of London Overground in May 2015.

Becontree: Two trains of now withdrawn D78 stock on District Line services to Upminster (left) and Richmond (right) at Becontree on 17th April 2013. On the far right are the disused platforms on the ex-LTSR line to Shoeburyness, closed when the line was electrified in 1962 and now operated by C2C.

Chafford Hundred: The single platform station at Chafford Hundred, on the Upminster to Grays line, seen here on 17th April 2013. It is now served by through services from Fenchurch Street to Southend Central via Ockendon. The single track Upminster to Grays line was opened by the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway on 1st January 1892 with this station being added over 100 years later on 26th May 1995 to serve the new Lakeside shopping centre.

Delph [West Lancashire Light]: Down among the daffodils. WLLR 0-4-0T Utrillas, was built in Germany in 1913 and previously worked at a mine in Zaragosa, Spain. It is seen here on an springtime evening private charter on 17 April 2013. Fireman John McIntyre ducks back into the cab just as the shutter is pressed.

Ockendon: 357008, with a C2C service from Southend Central to Fenchurch Street, departing from Ockendon station in Essex on 17th April 2013. This station was opened by the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway with the Upminster to Grays line on 1st January 1892 and was the only intermediate station on the line until the opening of Chafford Hundred station, between here and Grays, more than a hundred years later on 26th May 1995.

Wolverhampton Bilston Road: The former Wolverhampton Bilston Road goods depot, that was connected to the steel terminal branch. View from a train running over the access under-bridge linking the two locations in April 2013.

Becconsall: After several round trips with an evening private charter West Lancs Fireman (and Railscot contributor) John McIntyre contemplates the disposal tasks for 0-4-0T Utrillas on 17 April. First stop the ashpan!

Dagenham East: LUL D 78 stock on a District Line service to Upminster heading away from the camera as it departs from Dagenham East on 17th April 2013. Out of view on the far right are the disused platforms, closed in 1962, on the ex-LT&SR to Shoeburyness (now operated as C2C).

Coatbridge Central: DRS 66428 has the feather for Coatbridge container terminal having run light from Mossend. In the background DBS 66132 approaches with empty coal hoppers from Longannet to Hunterston. [Ref query 7619]

Upminster: 357216 to Fenchurch Street (left), and 357227 to Southend Central via Ockendon (right), at Upminster on 17th April 2013. This Essex station is also the eastern terminus of the District Line and of the short single-track branch from Romford that became a detached part of London Overground on 31st May 2015.

Glasgow Central: Unusual view taken today through the rather dirty window on the top floor of the building opposite in Hope Street. The clear site on the corner of Argyle and Oswald Streets is to have a hotel built on it. I remember it as Wilson's Zoo, which had a lion in a rather small cage (in the Fifties).

Pudding Mill Lane [1st]: DLR No.04, from Stratford to Canary Wharf, arriving at the original Pudding Mill Lane station on its last day of operation, Thursday, 17th April 2014. This is one of the first sections of the DLR opened on 31st August 1987 but Pudding Mill Lane was not opened until 15th January 1996. It was closed and demolished to make way for the incline to and from the Elizabeth Line tunnels, which opened on 6th November 2022. The replacement DLR station, still under construction on a diversionary viaduct, just visible here on the right, opened 11 days later and is a vast improvement.

Battersea Park: The former South London Metro platforms at Battersea Park station. This ostensibly closed in December 2010 when London Overground took over most of the South London Line from Queens Road Peckham to Wandsworth Road with trains then being diverted over a former freight link to Clapham Junction, thus ending the long-established Victoria to London Bridge service to much criticism. However, one track from Wandsworth Road into Battersea Park has been retained and, very occasionally, whenever LO trains are unable to serve Clapham Junction, they are diverted here over the former Victoria bound track, now bi-directional. This view is looking south-east on 17th May 2014.

Forton: Long may they continue. Two veteran English Electric Type 1s power north through the reverse curves at Forton with the DRS Crewe to Sellafield train on 17th April 2015. 20308 was in tandem with 20305 hauling a train of five flasks for reprocessing.

Craiglockhart Junction: Scotrail-liveried 68007 joins the 'sub' at Craiglockhart Junction with the Motherwell - Edinburgh empty stock working for the Fife commuter service on 17 April.

Pont Briwet: Progress at Pont Briwet on 17th April 2015: all traces of the original trestle bridge have gone and construction of the new concrete road bridge is well under way. Llandecwyn station is complete and now has lighting and a Passenger Information System. See image [[49098]]

Little Hereford: A distinctly scenic spot to the West of Tenbury Wells on the way to Woofferton see image [[21588]]. This is taken from the former alignment of the A456, now a layby, while the course of the modern road runs straight past the trees on the right. An abutment of the former railway bridge still stands, some 50 years after closure. The shelf visible among the trees to the left is the course of the former Tenbury Canal, much of which was built over by the railway.

Ribble Steam Railway Workshops: A recent arrival at the RSR awaits its turn in the workshops. Glenfield is a 5-ton capacity Andrew Barclay (880/1902) crane tank that spent most of its life in Kilmarnock working at the [[Glenfield Works]] of Glenfield and Kennedy (manufacturers of valves and hydraulic equipment). It has been at various preservation sites since retirement, including Didcot and Carnforth, and arrived at Preston in October 2015.

Palma: Who can resist a vintage train? This is the main station in Palma for the Ferrocarril de Sóller.

Little Hereford: Looking towards Woofferton across the former level crossing - and in a rare gap in road traffic - with Tenbury behind the photographer. The stillness and shadows have a dream-like quality. See also image [[46385]].

Palma: The manual switch - pull the leaver then swing the weight around the shaft to keep it set the other way.

Edinburgh Gateway: Edinburgh Gateway going south.

Palma: Steel and brick detail at Palma station

Palma: The walkway between carriages - open to the public while travelling!

Soller: A Northbound train on the Ferrocarril de Soller stops at a convenient viewpoint overlooking the town on 17 April 2016.

Soller: Pointwork detail at Soller - one of which connects the train tracks to the Tram that runs to Port de Soller.

Millerhill EGIP Depot: New signage at the entrance to Millerhiil yard from Whitehill Road on 17 April 2016. Road access for construction traffic to the planned new EMU servicing depot is in the left background (indicated by the 'HGV this way' sign).

Newcraighall North Junction: New perspective. A photograph from this position has only recently become possible following the cutting back of trees and shrubs along the embankment running south from Whitehill Road bridge towards Millerhill Yard. On 17 April 2016 the 0845 Tweedbank - Edinburgh is about to pass below the bridge as it slows for the stop at Newcraighall station, with the Millerhill freight lines nearer the camera.

Crediton: A look back at Crediton signal box, level crossing and station from UK Railtours' excursion to Barnstaple, with coaches providing onward transport to Woody Bay for the short revived section of the narrow gauge Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, on 17th April 2016.

Crediton: Crediton station, seen from UK Railtours' excursion to Barnstaple (see image [[82568]]) passing on 17th April 2016.

Eggesford: 143621, from Barnstaple to Exeter Central, waiting in what is now the only crossing loop on the Barnstaple line at Eggesford station, seen from UK Railtours' excursion to Barnstaple for the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway on 17th April 2016. Quite a few of the Pacer 143s have been preserved but this example was scrapped in 2021.

Preston (Ribble Branch): Peckett 0-4-0ST Teddy (2012/1941) is believed to be the smallest standard gauge locomotive in the UK. It has 9 inch cylinders and 2 foot diameter driving wheels. Barclay 0-4-0ST No.6 (2261/1949) is not a huge engine but positively towers over the little Peckett as they double head a RSR train over Lockside Rd crossing at the 2016 Industrial Steam Gala.

Preston (Ribble Branch): Hawthorn Leslie (3931/1938) 0-6-0ST Linda crosses Lockside Road with a RSR Gala service in April 2016. This powerful loco was delivered new to Corby for ironstone work and reboilered there as late as 1970 making it a candidate for preservation. It acquired its name while working on the Swanage Railway and returned to operational service in 2015 after a restoration at Ribble Steam to their usual high standards.

Chelfham Viaduct: Majestic, but silent since 1935 when the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway closed, Chelfham Viaduct is ready for narrow gauge trains again although it will still be some years before they cross. This view is from one of the buses taking UK Railtours' day-trippers from Barnstaple station to the revived section of the L & B at Woody Bay, on 17th April 2016.

Edinburgh Gateway: Edinburgh Gateway southbound platform viewed from a passing train.

Preston (Ribble Branch): Star of the RSR Industrial Steam Gala 2016 was undoubtedly diminutive Peckett 2012/1941 Teddy from the Chasewater Railway. With its 2' diameter wheels it is restricted to around 10mph (but sounds like it is doing 60). The tiny 0-4-0ST is seen here passing the eastern sand drag with a Victorian Train on 17th April 2016.

Newcraighall South Junction: Looking south towards Millerhill Yard on 17 April 2016, showing the considerable clearance of vegetation that has recently been carried out along the embankment. The entrance to the depot from Whitehill Road is on the left. In the background a Waverley bound train is approaching from the Shawfair direction.

Tiverton Parkway: Tiverton Parkway, seen from passing UK Railtours' excursion from Paddington to Barnstaple for the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, on 17th April 2016. On 5th October 1964, all the intermediate stations between Taunton and Exeter St. Davids, with the exception of Tiverton Junction, were closed even though the line into Tiverton from there closed on the same day. Tiverton Junction, which also served the branch to Hemyock (closed 1963), eventually closed on 11th May 1986 but was replaced the next day by Tiverton Parkway, to the north and on the site of Sampford Peverell station. This was more convenient for connecting buses to Tiverton town. Why wasn't the branch line to Tiverton itself simply kept open? In late 2019, a proposal to reopen Wellington station was announced but so far little has been heard further of this, nor an earlier proposal to reopen Cullompton station.

Tenbury Wells: Station House is currently up for sale at £295,000, which is very reasonable for such a capacious building with such heritage. But I can see three drawbacks: it has been remodelled out of all recognition; is located in the yard of a fruit processing plant and it doesn't have much of a garden. It's not the only station on this line to have fallen on hard times see image [[42646]].

Dunfermline Queen Margaret: 66746 nears Dunfermline Queen Margaret with the Edinburgh - Keith 'Royal Scotsman', the first trip of the year. 17 April.

Aberystwyth: 158818 just arrived at Aberystwyth from Birmingham International, reversing at Shrewsbury, on 17th April 2017.

Shrewsbury: 175003, on a service to Llanelli, seen at Shrewsbury station on 17th April 2017

Barton-le-Street: View south to the greatly altered former Barton-Le-Street Station House that stood by the level crossing across Butterwick Road, north of the village proper. The trackbed on the Hovingham side of the road is totally obliterated having been ploughed out. From old maps, it would appear that the wing coming towards the camera has been built across the platform and trackbed. To the east there were long sidings along either side of the running line, one that served the goods yard and goods shed beyond and behind the station on the south side of the line, and another on the north side that ended by the roadside to the left of view. [Ref query 999]

Crewe: 175008, working from Manchester Piccadilly to Carmarthen, seen at Crewe on 17th April 2017.

Cabin [Tram]: Balloon 701, in eye catching red and white livery, uses the crossover at Cabin to regain the southbound line after an Easter weekend heritage trip from Pleasure Beach. The current paint scheme is certainly an improvement on that previously carried See image [[42861]].

Borth: 158834, from Aberystwyth to Shrewsbury, calling at first stop Borth on the evening of 17th April 2017.

Shrewsbury: 175008 to Carmarthen, departing from Shrewsbury, on the afternoon of 17th April 2017.

Powderhall Loop: The rusting tracks of the Powderhall branch, looking south east from Powderhall Road towards Leith Walk on 17 April 2017, more than two months after the last 'Binliner' ran. The heavily buttressed wall on the right will be one of many pleased at the cessation in daily vibrations caused by traffic on the branch see image [[13859]]. Powderhall depot is due to close completely at the end of 2018 when the new facility at Millerhill comes on stream.

Lowther Avenue: Thunderbirds - Blackpool style. Unimog Road-rail vehicle No.939 is part of the tramway service fleet. It was turned out on Easter Monday 2017 to tow Wide Balloon 719 from Bispham where it had failed. 939 is seen here growling through Lowther Avenue taking 719 back to Rigby Rd workshops for attention.

Powderhall: Disused waste containers stacked on the loading apron at Powderhall Depot on 17 April 2017. The last 'Binliner' service between here and the Viridor Waste Management landfill site at Oxwellmains ran during February.

Barton-le-Street: House sign on the former Barton-Le-Street Station House indicating its past.

North Grimston: View south along Luddith Road to the former railway properties by the former North Grimston Station & Goods Yard. the former station house is ahead beyond the level crossing location, the dwelling created from the altered former platform building seen to the right, and a former workers cottage to the left.

Bispham [Tram]: Centenary car 648 passes the old Miners' Convalescent Home at Bispham on 170417. For a long time these stylish single deckers ran with modified bodywork See image [[37088]] but 648 has been restored to its original condition and looks much better for it. This elevated vantage point is often blocked off for the illuminations tableaux but is open at this time of year.

North Grimston: View south showing the site of the level crossing across Luddith Road and the trackbed passing the former North Grimston Station House. The coal drop walls are still extant on the left. There were twin tracks running from south east of the Station House towards the Cordike Lane overbridge to the north west, as a long siding ran parallel to the running line to serve firstly the coal drops then a short spur sited at an angle to Luddith Road to right of view. As the points for the latter were in front of the Station House it effectively gave three tracks running across the road.

Hunmanby: Looking east across the level crossing dividing Bridlington Street, to left, and Bridlington Road to the former Hunmanby Station House sited behind the southbound platform for Bridlington, Beverley and Hull. The track is double from Seamer to just after the level crossing, and then single going forward to Bridlington.

Aberystwyth Cliff Railway Lower Station: Abersystwyth Cliff Railway funicular car at the Lower Station on 17th April 2017.

Hunmanby: After leaving the two platform Hunmanby Station and running over the level crossing at the platform end, trains heading for Bridlington cross over via twin points onto the northbound track, which then continues as a single track to the resort. As can be seen in this April '17 view there is a substantial length of track, albeit partly overgrown, remaining in situ beyond the southbound line points that form part of the crossover. Is this retained as an engineers siding?

Norbreck: Contrast in comfort. Whilst the drivers of Flexity trams are seated in armchairs in the spacious cabs the driver of Brush Railcar 631, seen on a heritage service at Norbreck on Easter Monday 2017, is stood in a very confined space.

Lowther Avenue [Tram]: Modified Balloon No.719 is towed past Lowther Avenue, between Bispham and Cabin, having failed to the north of here on 17th April 2017. Unimog road-railer No.939 is the rescue vehicle heading back to Rigby Road depot.

Blackpool North: Blackpool North reopened to trains on 16th April 2018 with an hourly DMU service to Manchester Airport, and the daily London Virgin Voyager service. Further trains will be introduced as the new systems bed in and driver training is completed. This was the scene in the concourse at North station on 17th April.

Larbert: 156434 waits for the DRS Tesco Intermodal, just visible in the distance between the recently erected masts, to clear the junction before proceeding south to Glasgow on 17th April 2018.

Blackpool North: A view towards the buffers at Blackpool North on the evening of 17 April 2018. Nearest the camera is platform 1 which will be used by Virgin West Coast for their London services. At the moment it is fenced off and a number of RRVs are parked up next to the buffers. Over on platform 3 there is a Class 185 on hire to Northern and on this day was operating on the Blackpool North to Manchester Airport service.

Preston: A bit of variety at Preston on the evening of 17 April 2018. A London bound Pendolino departs from platform 4 while over on the goods loop on the Carlisle to Crewe engineers is a trio of DRS locos with 68007 in ScotRail livery leading followed by 57305 in Northern Belle colours while 66305 is in the more common DRS livery.

Bannockburn: An Inverness bound DMU sprints along the newly planted avenue of masts at Bannockburn on 17th April 2018.

Kirkham and Wesham: As a Northern Class 142 departs from platform 3 with a Blackpool South to Colne service, a Class 185 arrives on platform 2 with a train to Blackpool North.

Larbert: 158724, on its way from Dunblane to Glasgow on 17th April 2018, draws into Larbert where the OHLE masts have recently sprouted between the tracks.

Bruar Viaduct: Scotrail 170419, heading for Inverness on 17th April 2019, crosses the Bruar Viaduct which lies to the north of Blair Atholl near the closed station of Struan.

Moy: Scotrail 170430 at Moy with an Inverness service on 17th April 2019.

Inverkeithing East Junction: Colas 70814 leads the Aberdeen Craiginches - Oxwellmains cement empties past Inverkeithing East Junction on 17th April 2019. On the rear is 56087 which had been used earlier on a service to Aberdeen Waterloo.

Rannoch: The little signal cabin on the platform at Rannoch has not been operational for over twenty years now but is open to view with the lever frame is still in place. Two young people who were with me on this visit pulled a few levers and pronounced it as 'brilliant'. The old turntable pit is also just visible through the windows in this view on 17th April 2019.

South Shields [NER]: A recent view from River Drive bridge, South Shields, showing extensive construction works, possibly with below ground inspection pits, taking place where previously a run round loop, extending beyond the former, recently relocated, South Shields Metro terminus, ran to below the bridge See image [[47906]]. I have since been advised that this is the early construction phase of the new Nexus training centre and stabling facilities for the Tyne & Wear Metro operation

Rannoch: A pair of Sprinters have crossed Rannoch Viaduct and are now climbing towards Corrour on their way to Fort William, seen from the station platform on 17th April 2019.

South Shields [NER]: An April 2019 view from River Drive bridge, South Shields, showing extensive construction works, possibly with below ground inspection pits, taking place where previously a run round loop, extending beyond the former and recently relocated South Shields Metro terminus, ran to below the bridge See image [[47906]]. I have since been advised that this is the early construction phase of the new Nexus training centre and stabling facilities for the Tyne & Wear Metro operation

Rannoch: 156500 draws to a halt at Rannoch as part of a four car service from Glasgow Queen Street to Mallaig on 17th April 2019.

Bruar Viaduct: A side on view of the Bruar Viaduct, showing the smaller arch that allows a footpath to the Glen Bruar Waterfalls beauty spot to pass under the Highland Main Line. The underpass changes direction slightly part way through with clear evidence of the bridge being widened when the main line was doubled. This view in April 2019 looking eastwards and upstream towards the falls.

Prospect Place Foot Crossing: DRS 66430 powers away from Pitlochry with the Up Tesco Express on 17th April 2019. The train is passing over the Prospect Place foot crossing that was recently upgraded including the installation of red/green lights for pedestrians.

Prospect Place Foot Crossing: 43164 is on the rear of an Edinburgh to Inverness service as it slows for the Pitlochry stop passing over the Prospect Place foot crossing on 17th April 2019.

Rannoch: The waiting shelter at the entrance to Rannoch station is well above platform level resulting in these few steps to the footbridge deck at the landward side but a long staircase down to the island platform See image [[42496]]. 17th April 2019.

Preston: Preston 17 April 2019.

Rannoch: 156492 leads a four car Sprinter service away from the Rannoch stop heading for Fort William and Mallaig on 17th April 2019.

Rannoch: 156492 slows to cross the level crossing and call at Rannoch station on 17th April 2019. The train was a Queen Street to Mallaig service with 156500 on the rear.

Belmont Level Crossing: The 11.34 to Stranraer (service reduced to two trains each way per day) was formed by a 156 Sprinter on 17th April 2020, seen passing Belmont Level Crossing. Not easy to photograph here due to the clutter and vegetation. Image taken during my daily permitted exercise.

Cheltenham Racecourse: 7820 'Dinmore Manor', a GWR Collett 4-6-0 presently running in BR lined black livery, leaves Cheltenham Racecourse station on 17th April 2021. This was the G&WR's first operating day after Covid lockdown.

East Wemyss [Tram]: The splendid surviving tram shelter at East Wemyss, seen in April 2021.

Laverton Halt: 7820 'Dinmore Manor', a GWR Collett Manor Class 4-6-0, glimpsed crossing a bridge near Laverton returning tender first from Broadway on 17th April 2021.

Oubeck Loops: A partially successful attempt to get an OS Trig Point into a train picture. A Manchester Airport to Edinburgh service runs through the cutting to the north of Oubeck Loops, as seen from Burrow Heights (59m) on 17th April 2021. The campus of Lancaster University forms the back drop.

East Wemyss Level Crossing: An elaborate planter at Coaltown of Wemyss stands in front of the memorial to the fire at nearby Michael Colliery in 1967, which claimed the lives of nine miners.

Winchcombe: 17th April 2021 was the G&WR's first operating day after lockdown. A lovely sunny day, with virtually no photographers to be seen, strangely, given that it was the first day for many months. Churchward 2-8-0T 4270 departs Winchcombe.