Aberdeen: 46252 City of Leicester arriving at Aberdeen on 19 April 1954 with a train from Glasgow.

Ferryhill Junction: A Stonehaven local southbound out of Aberdeen on the approach to Ferryhill Junction in April 1954. At the head of the train is Ferryhill Black 5 4-6-0 no 45245.

Aberdeen South Signal Box: A2 Pacific no 60531 Bahram brings a train from Edinburgh into Aberdeen on 19 April 1954.

Aberdeen: B1 4-6-0 no 61401 approaching Aberdeen with a train from Inverness on 19 April 1954.

Aberdeen South Signal Box: Busy scene at the south end of Aberdeen on 19 April 1954, with one of Kittybrewster shed's K2 2-6-0s no 61779 leaving on a Deeside train. On the left is Stanier Pacific 46252 City of Leicester with the up 'Postal'.

Aberdeen South Signal Box: The 1.10pm to Glasgow Buchanan Street leaving Aberdeen on 19 April 1954. Locomotive in charge is Perth based Jubilee 4-6-0 no 45673 Keppel.
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Aberdeen South Signal Box: Gresley K2 2-6-0 no 61779 of Kittybrewster shed runs into Aberdeen on 19 April 1954 with a train from Ballater.

Schoolhill: A train from Elgin photographed approaching its destination at Aberdeen on 19 April 1954. Black 5 4-6-0 no 45488 has just run through the platforms of the former Schoolhill station (closed 1937).

Maud: A train about to leave Maud for Aberdeen on 19 April 1954 behind BR Standard class 4 80028.

Aberdeen: Stanier Pacific no 46252 City of Leicester awaiting departure time at Aberdeen on 19 April 1954 with the up Postal.

Aberdeen: Some final farewells being said at the south end of Aberdeen on 19 April 1954 as one of Ferryhill shed's V2 2-6-2s no 60970 prepares to depart with a train for Edinburgh Waverley.

Ferryhill Junction: V2 2.6.2 60958 passing Ferryhill Junction.

Thornton Junction: Aberdeen - Edinburgh Express V2 2.6.2 60892. Thornton Junction 19.4.1954

Cowlairs Incline: D49 4-4-0 62704 Stirlingshire ascending Cowlairs incline on 19 April 1955 with a Fife train.

Bowling: View west at Bowling on 19 April 1957. Note the level crossing part way along the platforms.

Dalmuir Park: Gresley V3 2-6-2T no 67604 arriving at Dalmuir Park in 1957 with a Helensburgh - Bridgeton train.

Bowling Basin Signal Box: View east towards Glasgow from alongside Bowling Basin signal box on 19 April 1957. Just visible in the centre background is the elevated box on the swing bridge carrying the L&D route.

Bowling: View east from the station footbridge at Bowling on 19 April 1957. For the view in the opposite direction on the same day see image [[60136]].

Dalmuir: Platform view looking east at a pre-electrification Dalmuir Park station on 19 April 1957. For the same view two years later see image [[61812]].

Cathcart North Junction: Standard class 5 4-6-0 no 73058 passing Cathcart North Junction on 19 April 1957 with a train for Uplawmoor.

Bowling Basin Signal Box: V1 67621 at Bowling on 19 April 1957 with a train for Helensburgh Central. The train has just passed below the L&D route, with its gantry mounted signal box visible in the background. The location at the east end of Bowling Harbour is on the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway east of Bowling station on the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway.

Dalmuir: Gresley V1 2-6-2T no 67676 restarting westbound from Dalmuir Park in the spring of 1957 with a train from Bridgeton Central bound for Helensburgh.

Bowling Basin Signal Box: An up oil train photographed passing Bowling Harbour in April 1957. The locomotive is one of Eastfield sheds J37 0-6-0s no 64541. Bowling Basin Signal Box is in the background right. The view was from a footbridge which no longer exists.

Hawick Shed: Scott class 4-4-0 no 62432 Quentin Durward stands alongside Hawick shed in April 1958. The locomotive was withdrawn at the end of that year.

Carlisle Canal Shed: Scene inside Carlisle Canal shed in April 1962. In the picture are J39 0-6-0 no 64895 on the turntable and the rear of Stanier 2-6-4T no 42440 in the background.

Carlisle Canal Shed: B1 4-6-0 no 61064 stands in the shed yard at Carlisle Canal in April 1962, approximately 6 months from withdrawal.

Carlisle Kingmoor Shed: Black 5 no 45179 photographed on Carlisle Kingmoor shed in April 1962.

Carlisle: Waiting to leave Carlisle platform 4 southbound on 19 April 1962 is Polmadie Royal Scot no 46105 Cameron Highlander. The train is the 10.50am Glasgow Central - Liverpool Exchange. See image [[29719]]

Carlisle Canal Shed: Back end of St Margarets V2 no 60969 photographed on Canal shed, Carlisle, in April 1962.

Glasgow Central: Black 5 44788 sets off from Glasgow Central with the 4.50pm to Lockerbie on 19th April 1963. A speed whiskered DMU and a blue electric can be seen on the left.

Glasgow St Enoch: Leeds Holbeck Jubilee 45562 'Alberta' is seen leaving Glasgow St. Enoch on the 5.25pm service to Ardrossan on 19th April 1963. The depot at Corkerhill has no doubt seen fit to 'borrow' the recently overhauled 4-6-0 for a bit of local work, perhaps thinking that some extra running in would be useful. 'Alberta' was seen again on the main line in 2019 and 2020 when 45699 'Galatea' was turned out by West Coast Railways as 45562.

Glasgow St Enoch: Coronation Pacific 46222 'Queen Mary' leaving Glasgow St Enoch on the 5.30pm to Carlisle on 19th April 1963. On the left is Standard 4MT 2-6-4T 80050.

Edinburgh Princes Street: BR Standard class 2 2-6-0 no 78046 stands at Edinburgh's Princes Street station on 19 April 1965 at the head of the SLS/BLS Scottish Rambler no 4 railtour. The locomotive took this section of the tour on a trip over the Balerno branch see image [[20499]].

Dalry Road Shed: CR 123 moves off Dalry Road shed on 19 April 1965 making for Princes Street station where it will take over Scottish Rambler no 4 (Train A). The special was scheduled to leave on the next leg of the railtour as the 3.5pm to Carstairs, where it would meet up with Train B see image [[20513]].

Edinburgh Princes Street: Platform 3 of Princes Street station, Edinburgh, on 19 April 1965 with CR 123 having brought in the BLS Scottish Rambler No 4 (Train B) from Glasgow Central.

Carstairs: Together at last. Scottish Rambler train A and train B united at Carstairs on 19 April 1965 behind CR 123 and No 49 Gordon Highlander. The combined version is preparing to undertake the final leg of the tour which would end at Glasgow Buchanan Street.

Milton Junction [Glasgow]: A4 Pacific 60019 Bittern was making a fast start out of Buchanan St with the 5.30pm three-hour express to Aberdeen, and I was surprised to see steam being shut off as the train passed Milton Junction. However I soon discovered why as a permanent way restriction was in force not far beyond the bridge.

Auchengray: Ex-Great North of Scotland Railway 4-4-0 No 49 Gordon Highlander in the process of taking on water at Auchengray on 19 April 1965 with Scottish Rambler No 4. The special was on its way from Leith Central to Carstairs.

Edinburgh Princes Street: Platform 3 of Edinburgh's Princes Street station plays host to BR Standard 2-6-0 no 78046 and Scottish Rambler No 4 on 19 April 1965, following a trip over the Balerno branch.

Edinburgh Princes Street: CR123 at Princes Street station, Edinburgh, on 19 April 1965 with the BLS Scottish Rambler No 4 (Train A). The special was scheduled to depart at 3.5pm for Carstairs, where it would meet up with ex-GNSR no 49 Gordon Highlander bringing Train B from Leith Central.

Milton Junction [Glasgow]: GNSR 4-4-0 No.49 'Gordon Highlander' restarts after a pause at Milton Junction, on its way towards Glasgow Buchanan with the 'Scottish Rambler' railtour on Easter Monday 1965. The tour was scheduled to detach Caley 4-2-2 123 there, hence the pause to complete this manoeuvre.

Milton Junction [Glasgow]: At Milton Junction, on 19th April 1965, Caley 4-2-2 123 moves ahead towards St Rollox after uncoupling from the Easter Monday Scottish Rambler railtour, which can be seen waiting in the background behind 'Gordon Highlander'. The locos had brought the train in tandem from Carstairs, but it would seem that double-headed arrivals were not welcome at Buchanan St, so the Caley Single was scheduled to leave the train at Milton Junction, with the GNSR 4-4-0 taking the train forward into Glasgow single-handed.

St Leonards: 78054 at St Leonards with the 1965 Scottish Rambler.

Leith Central: Gordon Highlander at Leith Central in 1965 with Scottish Rambler No 4. The train is straddling the bridge over Easter Road, constructed in 1901 after demolition of the central section of the 4-storey tenement block behind the locomotive, in order to give access to the new station. The gap has since been refilled by a new 5-storey central section see image [[10105]].

Auchengray: No 49 Gordon Highlander straddling the level crossing at Auchengray with Scottish Rambler No 4 on 19 April 1965.

Harburn: GNSR No 49 stands at Harburn with the Scottish Rambler railtour on 19 April 1965. This seldom photographed rural station, on the Caledonian Edinburgh - Carstairs route, closed the following year. It had originally opened as West Calder & Torphin in 1848, with the name change to Harburn taking place in 1869.

Edinburgh Princes Street: 44956 prepares to leave Edinburgh Princes Street on 19 April 1965 with the 10.20am train for Lanark.

Colinton: BR Standard class 2 2-6-0 78046 calls at Colinton with Scottish Rambler No 4 on 19 April 1965 during a visit to the Balerno branch. The west portal of Colinton Tunnel is visible in the background.

Currie [2nd]: BR Standard class 2 2-6-0 no 78046 with the 1965 Scottish Rambler no 4 railtour on 19 April 1965. The photograph is thought to have been taken at Currie, with the old goods shed standing in the background.

Edinburgh Princes Street: CR 123 arriving at Edinburgh Princes Street station on 19 April 1965 with Scottish Rambler no 4 (Train B) from Glasgow Central.

Dalry Road Shed: CR 123 seen taking a break at Dalry Road shed on 19 April 1965 after bringing the BLS Scottish Rambler no 4 special into Princes Street station.

Carstairs: Caledonian Railway 123 and GNSR 49 Gordon Highlander photographed at Carstairs in April 1965 at the head of the Scottish Rambler no 4 combined train.

Cleland: CR 123 on a photostop at Cleland station on 19 April 1965 with Scottish Rambler No 3.

Carstairs: GNSR 4-4-0 No 49 Gordon Highlander stands at Carstairs station on 19 April 1965 with Scottish Rambler no 4 (train B) after arrival from Leith Central.

Haymarket: Ex-GNSR no 49 Gordon Highlander runs through Haymarket with the special 9am Glasgow Central - Leith Central via Shotts on 19 April 1965. The train was part of Scottish Rambler No 4 and would later join up with a second train hauled by ex-CR 123 at Carstairs see image [[20513]] before the combination returned west to end the tour at Glasgow Buchanan Street. Note the station clock and Haymarket Ice Rink on the right.

Addiewell: CR123 stands at Addiewell on 19 April 1965 with Scottish Rambler No 4 (Train B). The special was on its way from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Princes Street. See image [[35468]].

Dalry Road Shed: Black 5 no 45477 alongside the coaling stage at Dalry Road shed in April 1965.

Muirhouse South Junction: Britannia 7MT 70009 'Alfred the Great' is nicely turned out, albeit shorn of its nameplates, as it passes Muirhouse South Junction on the 9.56am Glasgow Central to London Euston relief on 19th April 1965.

Edinburgh Princes Street: CR123 stands below the great screen of Princes Street train shed on 19 April 1965 after bringing in Scottish Rambler no 4 from Glasgow Central.

Irwell Vale: Signal box diagram from Irwell Vale, rescued after the 18 lever box closed when the Rawtenstall branch was singled on 19th April 1970. The diagram shows that three lines ran over the small level crossing but doesn't show the three short sidings in the goods yard that had closed earlier. The level crossing became user worked after 1970, a situation that continues now under ELR ownership.

Newhailes Junction: Deltic No. D9016 'Gordon Highlander' powers out of Edinburgh south of Newhailes Junction leaving a blue exhaust haze in its wake - there was nothing quite like a lung-full of carcinogens after the passage of a Deltic! The train is the Sunday 11.00 Edinburgh - Kings Cross and the date 19th April 1970.

Ferryhill Junction: 47517 comes off the shed and heads towards Aberdeen station (to the right) at Ferryhill Junction on 19th April 1977.

Ferryhill Junction: 47517 comes off the main line at Ferryhill Junction and heads towards Ferryhill MPD, out of view to the left, on 19 April 1977.

Cove: As a tail lamp heads south, a Class 47 comes north with an express for Aberdeen, half a mile north of Cove on 19th April 1977.

Haymarket East Junction: A BR InterCity 125 slowing for the Haymarket stop on 19 April 1982 about to pass Haymarket East Junction. The train is a mid-morning Aberdeen - Kings Cross working.

Haymarket East Junction: A BR InterCity 125 HST approaching Haymarket in April 1982 with an Aberdeen - Kings Cross service.

Streethouse: View east at Streethouse Station, 4 miles east of Wakefield Kirkgate, on 19 April 1992, with platform works nearing completion. The station was opened to passengers on 11 May that year, along with the restoration of train services between Wakefield and Pontefract.

Da-an Bei: QJ 6882 with a freight at Da-an Bei in April 2000. See image [[46552]]

St Pancras: A class 47 in two-tone green standing at the buffer stops at St Pancras in April 2002.

St Pancras: Power car 43066 leads a Midland Mainline liveried HST into St Pancras in April 2002.

St Pancras: HST power car 43051 preparing to lead a Midland Mainline service out of St Pancras in April 2002.

Merchiston: Platform remains at Merchiston station looking west in April 2002. The road along the former trackbed is now the eastern vehicle access to Slateford Yard.

Whisker Hill Junction: 66176 coming down the bank from Retford High to the Worksop line with the Middleton Towers to Barnby Dunn sand train in 2002. These wagons have been replaced by bogie wagons and this service now runs via Spalding, Lincoln and Gainsborough to Doncaster.

St Pancras: Cross-platform view at the old St Pancras in April 2002.

Los Angeles: A streetcar passing through Farmers Market, Los Angeles in April 2005.

Kincardine: Looking east from Kincardine station in April 2006 as the line runs under the northern approach to Kincardine Bridge with Longannet power station just beyond. Coal trains which now reach Longannet from the east via the Forth Bridge will be switched to this route on reopening of the line in early 2008. See image [[18553]]

Kincardine: Looking over the level crossing at the north end of Kincardine station 0n 19 April 2006, following removal of the old track back towards Alloa.

Kincardine: Nearly there. The final stretch of tracklaying on the approach to Longannet from the west on 19 April 2007, with the power station dominating the background.

Kincardine: Tracklaying through Kincardine station on 19 April, view north west towards Alloa.

Kincardine: View south across the Forth on the morning of 19 April 2007 with ongoing track work taking place on the east side of the Kincardine Bridge.

Alloa Loop: Scene at Alloa East loop on 19 April 2007 with various PW activities taking place.

Westerton: 320 315 arrives at Westerton on 19 April with a service to Airdrie.

Queens Park: 314 209 on a Newton service at Queens Park on 19 April 2008.

Yoker: Sunshine on Yoker on 19 April 2008 as 318 256 arrives with a service to Motherwell.

Preston: Voyager departing for the south from platform 6 at Preston on 19 April 2008.

Preston: Scene on Saturday 19 April 2008 looking west over Preston station from Vicars Bridge, which once spanned the East Lancashire lines. The whole of the former East Lancs side of Preston station along with Butler Street goods yard has now been cleared and given over to car parking.

Horrocksford Junction: The dolly is off and 153328 moves forward to cross to the up line and travel the short distance to Clitheroe before forming a Manchester Victoria service. The branch to the Ribble Cement works can be seen trailing in behind the train.

Horrocksford Junction: 150143 and 153328 draw to a halt at Horrocksford Junction having run ECS from Clitheroe station to reverse and cross over before forming a Clitheroe to Manchester service. The signal controls the exit from the Castle Cement terminal where the new thrice weekly trains to Mossend originate. SD 746426

Lostock Hall Junction: 158 752 westbound at Lostock Hall Junction approaching the station with a York - Blackpool North service on 19 April. The line to the left runs to Farington Junction and the southbound WCML, while the train is heading for Farington Curve Junction thence north on the main line towards Preston.

Preston: The former Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Park Hotel in Preston on 19 April 2008. The impressive old building is now occupied by Lancashire County Council.

Horrocksford Junction: 221106 and another Voyager on a southbound diversion stop at Horrocksford Junction home signal. At that time they had a long wait for the local service train to clear Clitheroe station and then the long block section to Daisyfield Junction near Blackburn before they could continue to Preston. Since then an intermediate signal has been installed at Whalley to increase the line capacity. SD 747427

Dalmuir: A class 320 at Dalmuir approaching platform 2 (and therefore running via Singer) on 19 April 2008.

Lostock Hall Junction: A Blackpool South - Colne service formed by 150 144 at Lostock Hall Junction on 19 April. Lostock Hall station stands in the background.

Chatburn: Opened in 1879 for the Hellifield extension replacing an 1850 temporary terminus station. Chatburn closed in 1962 with the rest of the Blackburn to Hellifield stations and is just north of the reopened service to Clitheroe and so only usually sees freight, excursions and diversions passing through. SD 766437

Dumbarton East: 320 317 with an Airdrie service at Dumbarton East on 19 April 2008.

Garscadden: Driver changeover taking place at Garscadden on 19 April 2008 with 318 253 forming a service to Springburn.

Kings Park: 314 203 with a service for Glasgow Central via Maxwell Park stands at Kings Park station on 19 April 2008.

Clitheroe: Clitheroe originally closed in 1962 and the station building is now an art gallery. The station reopened in 1987, initially for weekend Dales Rail services, and in 1994 regular services to Manchester were reintroduced and a new platform and transport interchange office built slightly to the north. The old building is seen from the down side platform with the new up platform beyond. View towards Chatburn and Hellifield.

Summerston: Anniesland - Queen Street shuttle service, formed by 156 508, calls at Summerston on 19 April 2008.

Preston: Vicars Bridge, Preston, looking towards the former L&Y Park Hotel on 19 April 2008. The East Lancs lines leaving Preston station once passed below.

Cairnie Junction: The site of Cairnie Junction looking north towards Grange. The spur to Grange North Junction branched off to the right around where the trees are today. The line now passes through what was the island exchange platform for the Keith and Moray Coast lines. In its day the line here was double-track and almost all the area in the foreground would have been occupied by railway lines and sidings.

Grange: The site of Grange station on the Aberdeen - Inverness line with only the remains of the down platform left.

Gryfe Viaduct: The Gryffe Viaduct at Bridge of Weir on 19th April 2009. View looking West towards Kilmacolm.

Grange Junction North: The view south towards Grange North Junction from the remains of the GNSR line from Elgin to Aberdeen via the coast. The double line spur to Cairnie junction was to the left of the building in the distance while the single line spur to Grange was to the right. The railway bridge is still in use as a crossing of the River Isla.

Kirkham Abbey: The approach to the impressive station building at Kirkham Abbey on the York - Scarborough line, in April 2009. The station closed to passengers in September 1930. See image [[39425]].

Strensall: The remains of Strensall station on the north eastern outskirts of York in April 2009. Located on the Scarborough line, Strensall lost its passenger service in the 1930s. View is south west towards York from the level crossing with Strensall signal box behind the camera see image [[50361]]

Kirkham Abbey: Signal box at Kirkham Abbey (closed to passengers 1930) on the York-Scarborough line on 19 April 2009, view north over the level crossing.

Flaxton: The old station at Flaxton, North Yorkshire, closed to passengers in September 1930. View north over the level crossing in April 2009.

Strensall: Once a common site in station yards across the land - the former coal drops at Strensall on the York - Scarborough line, seen here in April 2009. The signal box stands on the south side of the line beyond the wall, with the raised crossing barriers to the right. The old station (closed 1930) is on the other side of the crossing. The remains of the yard have been put to use by a local building firm.

Carrog: Former GWR 4-4-0 no 3440 City of Truro stands in the sunshine at Carrog in April 2009.

Barton Hill: The signal box and level crossing at Barton Hill, North Yorkshire, on the York - Scarborough line, looking east towards Malton in April 2009. The former station, which stood some 250 yards west of here, was closed to passengers in 1930. Note the gate wheel in the signal box, used here to mechanically raise and lower the barriers.

Skelton Junction: A southbound PW train takes the York station avoiding line at Water End Bridge on a wet Sunday morning in April 2009. Locomotive in charge is EWS 66106.

Skelton Junction: The Sunday morning 0908 Leeds - Glasgow Central CrossCountry service accelerates away from the stop at York on 19 April 2009. Most of the railway land in the background is earmarked for the massive York Central 'Teardrop' development (so called because of the shape of the site) which will comprise over 86 acres of housing, offices and retail units and on which work is scheduled to start in the near future.

Hunmanby: The 1847 station building at Hunmanby, photographed looking north east over the level crossing in April 2009. This is the point on the Yorkshire Coast route where the long single line running north from Bridlington becomes double once again (junction just off to the right) for the 3 mile section to Filey.

Barton Hill: An example of an LNER 'Modern look' signal box, built at Barton Hill on the York - Scarborough line in 1936. View is south over the level crossing in April 2009. Barton Hill was one of a small number of crossings to have lifting barriers mechanically operated by a wheel located within the signal box see image [[25355]]

Carrog: 6100 Royal Scot photographed at Carrog on the Llangollen Railway on 19 April 2009

Carrog: Ex-LNER B1 4-6-0 no 1306 Mayflower at Carrog on the Llangollen Railway on 19 April 2009.

York: A down Voyager seen shortly after leaving York in 2009, with the former Holgate Road carriage works in the background. The works began manufacturing carriages for the North Eastern Railway in 1884, with the last passenger stock prior to closure (class 365 units) built for BR in 1996. The factory was reopened by Thrail (USA) in 1997 to produce wagons for EWS, although this work ended in 2002, when the facility closed once again. The main building was acquired by Network Rail in 2009 and is currently used for the storage and maintenance of RHTT vehicles.

Strensall: The stately-looking signal box at Strensall on the York - Scarborough line on 19 April 2009. View is south over Lords Moor Lane level crossing.

Cardiff Bay: Originally opened in 1840 as Cardiff Docks, the station was renamed Cardiff Bute Road in 1924 before eventually settling for its current name, Cardiff Bay, in 1994. The disused original station building and large canopy are seen looking north over Hemingway Road on 19 April 2011. The present day single bay platform is located beyond the north end of the building running parallel with Bute Street see image [[33846]].

Neath: Examples of signalling equipment, located alongside the offices in the Amey Compound on the up side south of Neath Station car park in April 2011.

Luib Crossing: After a water stop at Achnasheen on 19 April, K4 no 61994 The Great Marquess nears the summit of the long climb west from the station with The Great Britain IV special on its way to Kyle of Lochalsh.

River Bran Viaduct: West of Lochluichart Station the railway crosses a bridge where the River Bran meets Loch Luichart. On 19 April K4 61994 The Great Marquess takes The Great Britain IV over the bridge on its way to Kyle of Lochalsh.

Cardiff Queen Street: Drop bags... find camera... grab shot of DBS 66017 with a loaded coal train running through Cardiff Queen Street heading for Cardiff Central on the evening of 19 April 2011. At the far side of the car park, above the loco, an ATW DMU can be seen on the South Wales main line. Seen from the 7th floor of the Premier Inn alongside Queen Street station.

Fearn: Looking north along the platform at Fearn towards Tain on 19 April 2011. The substantial main station building here is now a private house - with its 'replacement' in the foreground.

Cardiff Central: Arriva Trains Wales 57315 rests at Cardiff Central at 10.00 on 19 April with the Welsh Assembly funded express service from Holyhead. Five minutes later the locomotive ran to Cardiff Canton TMD for servicing and re-fuelling. This loco is now owned by West Coast Railway Company, at Carnforth.

Calstock Viaduct: View towards Calstock Viaduct in the Spring of 2011. The 850' long 12-arch viaduct, completed in 1908, carries trains on the Gunnislake branch between Bere Alston and Calstock 120' above the River Tamar.

Raven Rock Summit: The driver of K4 61994 The Great Marquess shuts off steam as he nears Raven's Rock Summit west of Achterneed on 19 April with the GBIV excursion to Kyle of Lochalsh.

Cardiff Bay: 153362 and crew working the 12 minute frequency Cardiff Bay shuttle service on 19 April take a breather before returning to Cardiff Queen Street on a warm spring evening. This and many other local rail services were used intensively, over 19 & 20 April, by parents and young children to reach a Disney Live event taking place near Cardiff Bay station. The former station building stands behind the camera. See image [[33903]]

Forsinard: View north east from the level crossing at Forsinard on 19 April 2011.

Paisley Gilmour Street: 314212 at Paisley Gilmour Street on 19th April 2011 on a service to Weymss Bay. The unit is sporting its new Transport Scotland Saltire livery, following an overhaul at Glasgow Works.

Kinbrace: Looking north at Kinbrace on 19 April 2011. The main building here appears to be a holiday home and the usual replacement shelter is next to it. The passing loop has long been removed.

Cardiff Bay: Under the canopy at the former Cardiff Bute Road station in May 2011 looking north. Beyond the end of the building, running parallel with Bute Street, is the single bay platform that is now the current Cardiff Bay station. See image [[33846]]

Southport: General view of Southport station in April 2012.

Landore MPD: Landore maintenance depot on 19 April 2012, as seen from the 13.30 Fishguard to Cheltenham service running via the Swansea station avoiding line.

Cardiff Central: New order 67002 waits in platform 1 at Cardiff Central prior to departure with the 16.15 limited stop service to Holyhead via Crewe. In the event departure was some 20 mins late, as the service was delayed until dispatch staff ensured the driver, who had arrived late from the north, did not cut short his allotted break period. As the service was blocking the platform the 16.25 FGW HST service to London, ex Swansea, was put into Valley Lines platform 6, in turn impacting on those services.

Southport: A Merseyrail electric prepares to leave Southport for Liverpool on 19 April 2012.

Liverpool Lime Street: Scene at the buffer stops at Liverpool Lime Street on 19 April 2012.

Milngavie: The new heritage poster now on display at Milngavie station.

Southport: A DMU off the Wigan line runs into Southport on an overcast 19 April 2012.

Llanelli: Looking along the infilled east end bay at Llanelli station in April 2012.

Kidwelly: The mothballed Gwendraeth Valley line turning north from the end of the exchange sidings to the east of Kidwelly Station in April 2012.

Saltaire: Saltaire station, seen from nearby Salt's Mill, as 333014 leaves for Keighley and Skipton. The station was closed from 1965 to 1984 but is now very busy and sees four trains per hour in each direction. Some of the houses at this world heritage site can be seen to the left of the station.

Westerton: For the local Westerton Centenary celebrations, Westerton School has adopted this barrel-train. A city bound service arrives alongside on 19 April 2013.

Knaresborough Viaduct: Performing the hourly ritual of reversing onto the viaduct at Knaresborough and then setting back into the station is a Northern 153/155 Sprinter combination. Every other train from Leeds terminates here with the alternates continuing to York. The quirky signalbox is on the right overlooking the bridge.

Huyton: Restoring platforms 3 & 4 at Huyton on 19 April 2014. In this view west towards Roby the platform walls are taking shape and track should soon appear.

Patricroft: The abandoned platforms on the north side of Patricroft station, looking across Green Lane towards the Queen's Arms on 19 April 2014. [Ref query 6548]

Huyton: 150273 calls at Huyton with a Liverpool to Manchester service on 19 April 2014. On the left work is underway to eventually restore 4 track working from Roby to Huyton Jct just to the east of the station.

Blunsdon: Metropolitan No 1 in action on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway in April 2014.

Rainhill: A Manchester bound service passes Rainhill non-stop on 19 April 2014. The Grade 2 listed station building is still in use as a ticket office and waiting room, having undergone a major restoration in 2010/2011. With work on the electrification of the line underway at present the view may well change significantly in the coming months.

Eccles: Blue plaque from the City of Salford at Eccles station. The plaque celebrates the opening of the station on the original Liverpool and Manchester Railway by the Duke of Wellington in 1830.

Newton-le-Willows: A limited stop Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool Lime Street service arrives at Newton-le-Willows on 19 April 2014. On the left behind the platform fence is the loading ramp for the old Motorail terminal. [With thanks to Michael Butterworth]

Eccles: A Manchester Victoria to Liverpool Lime Street service calls at Eccles on 19 April 2014. With electrification now complete between Castlefield Jct and Parkside Jct the line is used daily by TransPennine services between Manchester Airport and Edinburgh or Glasgow using the new Class 350/4 EMUs.

Hayes Knoll: The NRM's Metropolitan No 1 is spending a short time on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway. The 0-4-4 tank was photographed alongside Hayes Knoll signal box on 19 April 2014 carrying the headboard of The Easter Egg-spress. Enough said.

Combe Down Tunnel: A young cyclist cautiously enters the South portal of Combe Down tunnel in April 2014.

Broomhill: Strathspey Ivatt 2-6-0 No.46512 photographed south of Broomhill on a sunny 19 April with the 13.30 for Aviemore.

Roby: Platform reinstatement work in progress at Roby station on 19 April 2014 see image [[47176]].

Lea Green: A Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Victoria service calls at Lea Green on 19 April 2014. Work associated with the forthcoming electrification can be seen to the right of the station sign and in the distance under the bridge.

Combe Down Tunnel: A close-up of the retaining arches adjacent to the south portal of Combe Down tunnel see image [[43820]].

Hayes Knoll: Metropolitan 0-4-4T No 1 with a train on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway on 19 April 2014.

Broomhill: Over the Easter Weekend The Strathspey Railway ran extra trains using the DMU set, seen here leaving Broomhill for Aviemore on 19 April.

Midford: Looking North under the covered way towards Tucking Mill viaduct, the increase in traffic on the cyclepath since Combe Down and Devonshire tunnels were re-opened is evident. See image [[43820]]

Rainhill: A view east from the platform at Rainhill on 19 April 2014 with a Manchester bound service passing under the footbridge. Rainhill signal box can be seen beyond the train.

Patricroft: A London to Carlisle Pendolino runs through Patricroft on 19 April after being diverted via Manchester due to engineering work on the WCML in the Warrington area.

Hayes Knoll: The NRM's Metropolitan No 1 with a train at Hayes Knoll on 19 April.

St Helens Junction: A view west at St Helens Junction on 19 April 2014 with a Liverpool bound service departing.

Blunsdon: Metropolitan No 1 with a Swindon and Cricklade Railway special near Blunsdon on 19 April.

Rainhill: Northern DMU 150112 calls at Rainhill on 19th April 2014 with a Liverpool to Manchester stopping service.

Roby: A Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Victoria service arrives at Roby on 19 April 2014. On the right work is underway to reinstate two platforms.

Newton-le-Willows: A Manchester to Liverpool service with 150211 calls at Newton-le-Willows on 19th April 2014.

St Helens Central: A Wigan North Western to Liverpool stopping service sets off from St Helens Central 19th April 2014. The feather on the signal is for the junction under the unit which had originally headed to Ravenhead Jct and Sutton Oak Jct but latterly at Hays Chemicals.

St Helens Junction: An eastbound service calls at St Helens Junction on 19 April 2014. It may no longer be a junction station but at least it retains a platform building (original?)

Rainhill: The skew arch bridge carrying the A57 over the Liverpool and Manchester Railway at Rainhill, looking west towards Liverpool on 19 April 2014. The inscription on the bridge (see lower photograph) reads 'Erected June 1829 - Charles Lawrence Esq Chairman - George Stephenson Engineer'.

St Helens Central: A Northern service from Liverpool to Wigan calls at the modern St Helens Central station on the evening of 19 April 2014.

Wyre Viaduct: A Colas light engine working from Doncaster to Carlisle on 19th April was routed via Copy Pit and Preston rather than the S&C. This brought the unusual sight of a Class 60 on the WCML (although they have since become regular performers on the Chirk log trains). Recently refurbished 60002 is seen here crossing the River Wyre on the six arch bridge at Scorton.

Nairn: GB Railfreight 66746, in its new livery for operating the Royal Scotsman tours, leads the train away from Nairn on 19 April 2016, with 66736 Wolverhampton Wanderers bringing up the rear.

Burntisland: Flowers at Burntisland station, courtesy of Floral Action Burntisland.

Gisburn: The former Gisburn SB, now devoid of lever frame, stands partially concealed by a tree to the south of the line, some way west of Gisburn station site [[18838]]. In this view from 2017 the building although perhaps in need of some paint, was at least intact.

Edinburgh Waverley: The 1505 hrs to Dunblane gets ready to depart from platform 11 at Edinburgh Waverley on 19 April 2017.

Blackburn King Street Depot: New track has appeared leading from the main line, into the site for the new Blackburn TMD, as seen from a passing train on 19 April 2017.

Low House Crossing: Low House Crossing SB, approximately 1.5 miles north of Armathwaite on the S&C is seen from a passing train. The box is a block post, with Culgaith 15 miles to the south and Howe & Cos Siding SB, 3 miles to the north and also controls a level crossing on a main road.

Donibristle Platform: Colas 60085 at Donibristle with a relatively short Aberdeen - Oxwellmains empty cement train.

Edinburgh Waverley: The 1S39 Arriva XC service from Plymouth to Glasgow Central, departs from platform 9 at Waverley on 19 April 2017. My apologies to the driver for failing to acknowledge his friendly wave as he set off.

Blea Moor Signal Box: A portrait of Blea Moor SB from a passing train on 18 April 2017.

Edinburgh Waverley: An early British Railways poster advertising The Flying Scotsman service. This framed example was found on a wall in The Booking Office outside Waverley Station on 19 April 2017.

Beattock Summit: A Manchester Airport to Edinburgh TPE service passes Beattock Summit on 19 April 2017.

Little Salkeld: A view south of the former station at Little Salkeld on 19 April 2017. See image [[22618]]

Edinburgh Waverley: Wide view showing some of the serious construction work underway at the east end of Waverley in connection with the long planned Waverley Glen development. View from Regent Road on a surprisingly warm and sunny 19 April 2018, just as 380320 leaves platform 4 and heads for the tunnel with the 1043 to North Berwick. For an earlier view from the same spot see image [[9503]].

Edinburgh Waverley: View east from Edinburgh's North Bridge towards the Calton Tunnels in bright sunshine on 19 April 2018 as a train leaves platform 9 for North Berwick.

Edinburgh Waverley: Long lens view over the east end of Waverley station on 19 April 2018. The mid-morning scene shows the old track serving the short bays has been lifted and construction is now underway on the new platforms 5 and 6. Just visible peeking out from behind the south wall is the rear of the 1052 Pendolino for London Euston.

Scorton [Lancashire] [2nd]: Hard to believe from this angle but 88001 Revolution is hauling the northbound Tesco Express. Its a huge train but the first wagon was empty, hence the appearance of a light engine movement as it crosses Station Lane, Scorton on 19th April 2018.

Scorton [Lancashire] [2nd]: The 2C32 (M-F) Carlisle to Preston and the return service to Barrow are now Class 37 powered on Tuesdays and Thursdays only and the last one will run on 17th May 2018. 37403 Isle of Mull powers south through Scorton on 19th April crossing the low bridge over Station Lane.

Edinburgh Waverley: The rear of the Virgin East Coast 1000 Edinburgh Waverley - London Kings Cross about to enter the Calton Tunnel on 19 April 2018, shortly after commencing its journey south. The steep stone stairway above the trailing vehicle is Jacob's Ladder, linking Calton Road with Regent Terrace. At the time of the photograph the route was closed off as part of a long planned refurbishment programme.

Whetstone: The GC bridge over the M1 is looking a bit neglected; but so would you, after 49 years of disuse. View looks North.

Cupar: A poster for the latest exhibition in the museum at Cupar station: Work and War Horses 1914 - 1918.

Grindleford: A Pacer leaves Grindleford station and approaches the Totley Tunnel heading for Sheffield on 19th April 2019.

Dundarach Foot Crossing: 170450 leaves Pitlochry heading south and approaches the Dundarach foot crossing in April 2019. This was an attempt at a Then and Now comparison with image [[42195]] from sixty years earlier. Little appears to have changed but there is a newly installed colour light signal hidden behind the train.

Clachnaharry Swing Bridge: Clachnaharry is within cycling distance of my house, making this image possible on my daily permitted exercise during the Corona Virus lockdown. 37419 'Carl Havilland' and large logo 37401 'Mary Queens of Scots' approach the swing bridge with the test train for Kyle of Lochalsh on 19th April 2020.

Haymarket [Tram]: I'm not quite sure what it was envisaged that this loop west of Haymarket tram stop would be used for and there is not much sign that it ever is. When Princes Street is closed or otherwise impassable trams from the airport terminate at the next stop to the east, West End, where there is a crossover. View looks west; Haymarket's Platform 0 line is just over the fence. Photographed incidental to my daily exercise permitted under emergency Coronavirus legislation.

Walkden Low Level: This bridge carries Walkden Road over the trackbed greenway in Walkden. The LNWR Low Level station site is to the left in the cutting. The bridge ahead carries the surviving L&YR line and the entrance to Walkden (High Level) station is underneath.

Muswell Hill: View of the east side of Muswell Hill viaduct, looking north, on the former GNR Alexandra Palace line that almost became part of the London Underground Northern Line but closed to passengers in 1954, despite over £1 million being spent on the aborted electrification project before 1939. The viaduct now forms one of two separate footpaths on the trackbed, both known as the Parkland Walk, seen here on 19th April 2021.

Muswell Hill: View west through the main arch of the former Muswell Hill viaduct on the Finsbury Park to Alexandra Palace line, with St. Michaels Church on top of the hill, framed by the arch, on the afternoon of 19th April 2021. This line opened in 1873 as a branch of the GNR's Northern Heights lines and but for WWII would now be part of the London Underground Northern Line but it closed in 1954 and is now part of the Parkland Walk footpath.

Raskelf: GBRf 66769 heads south on the up slow line as it approaches the former Raskelf station site, located immediately beyond the bridge the view is taken from. This was train 6H70, the 12.19 ex Tyne Coal Terminal to Drax Power Station loaded Biomass working on 19 April 2021.

Muswell Hill: View from the south end of Muswell Hill viaduct looking south along the Parkland Walk footpath on the former GNR Northern Heights line to Alexandra Palace, where it leans into the curve towards Cranley Gardens, on 19th April 2021. But for WWII, London Underground Northern Line tube trains would now be running along here and passengers would not give them a second's thought.

Linlithgow: An Edinburgh service pulls into Linlithgow on 19 April 2021.

Bowes Park: Track renewal work at Bowes Park on the GNRs Hertford North Loop, looking north on 19th April 2021. This line began life as a branch from the main line at Wood Green (now Alexandra Palace) to Enfield in 1871 with Bowes Park being added in 1880. It was not until 1910 that the line was extended to Cuffley and further extended back to the main line at Stevenage in 1918 to become the Hertford North Loop.

Muswell Hill: View from the north end of Muswell Hill viaduct, on the GNR Northern Heights Alexandra Palace branch, looking north, on 19th April 2021. The once double track bridge for trains has been replaced by a single width pedestrian subway. On the other side is the site of Muswell Hill station, whose derelict platforms, minus all buildings, I remember seeing in the 1960s, but it is now occupied by a school. Had it not been for WWII, the line and station would now be busy with Northern Line tube trains.

Walkden Low Level: This huge and high bridge carries the L&YR Manchester to Wigan (via Atherton) line over the trackbed of the Bolton Great Moor Street LNWR branch at Walkden. Walkden Low Level station was immediately beyond the next overbridge but has been cleared away. Walkden (High Level) station is a short distance to the left of the large bridge, which used to carry four tracks but now only two.

Walkden: 150114 leaves Walkden with a service for Kirkby from Manchester Victoria on 19th April 2021. The solum for the old fast lines is to the left of the train. This is the old L&YR station and was at one time known as High Level to distinguish it from the nearby, and now long closed, LNWR station. The still staffed ticket office is half way down the staircase,

Oubeck Loops: 60028, from DC Rail but in Cappagh livery, works a long train of box wagons north approaching Lancaster on 19th April 2021. These were being taken from Derby Chaddesden to Kingmoor. This view from Burrow Heights is a new vantage point (for me) but I have only discovered it as the fields behind the train are about to be built on.

Raskelf: A pair of LNER Hitachi Azuma 5-coach units, 801206 & 801203, head south on the up fast line approaching the former Raskelf station site, to rear of view, whilst working the 12.00 ex Waverley to Kings Cross service on 19 April 2021.

Roe Green Junction: Roe Green Junction was the point where the Tyldesley Loop line joined the Bolton Great Moor Street branch. The line to Tyldesley diverged left in this view, and the line on the right to Bolton climbs through Walkden. Both are now part of Salford's network of greenways on these old LNWR lines. Passenger services to Bolton ceased in 1954 but the loop line through Leigh to Kenyon Junction lasted until 1969.

Muswell Hill: West Side Story - a view down the west side of Muswell Hill viaduct in north London on the one-time Alexandra Palace branch, opened in 1873 and closed to passengers in 1954. The steps were constructed in the 1970s to give access to the trackbed when this was converted into the Parkland Walk between Muswell Hill and Cranley Gardens.

Blackrod: An Edinburgh to Manchester Airport EMU hurries through Blackrod on a sunny 19th April 2021. The old goods shed continues in commercial use long after closure to rail traffic. The Horwich branch originally formed a triangle of lines here from either side of the station. Electrification saw the station footbridge [[27961]] removed and the platforms extended but the line now has to be crossed at a nearby road bridge.

Walkden Low Level: Walkden (Low Level), on the Bolton Great Moor St line, closed to passengers in 1954 and all buildings and platforms were cleared. The trackbed is part of Salford City Council's popular network of old railway footpaths and cycleways. This view looks towards Little Hulton and Bolton on 19th April 2021.

Oubeck Loops: The Shap to Margam freight on 19th April 2021 was an hour or so early through Lancaster but was then looped at Oubeck for a succession of trains to pass. The last of these was a pair of 325 EPUs, seen here overtaking an idling, and slightly shabby, 66068 and its distinctive rake of wagons.

Walkden: The entrance to Walkden station in April 2021. This leads via two flights of stairs to the island platform with its surviving L&YR canopy. The ticket office is on a corridor between the two sets of stairs and anyone seeking to make Walkden more accessible will need an ingenious solution. The bridge on the left carries the line to Manchester. That on the right used to carry three sets of tracks but now just the Wigan line.

Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal: Just 13 days after my last picture [[76397]], and the day after the A5 was reopened after a 48 hour closure, here is the 30 ton prestressed concrete deck. There is a narrow (one truck size) underbridge on the East (right) side, towards the M1; embankments on both sides need to be completed.

Strand Road Level Crossing: Strand Road level crossing was completely relaid in March 2022, resulting in no rail traffic and a road closure, but hopefully ensuring the long term future of freight on the branch. Colas 56302 and 56049 leave the Preston Docks area (Ribble Rail) and cross Strand Road with the empty bitumen tanks heading to Lindsey Oil Refinery, Humberside on 19 April 2022.

Cameron Bridge [1st]: Looking west to Cameron Bridge Distillery on 19th April 2022. The trackbed of the Methil branch has now become a roadway, presumably to allow access to the steel bridges just up the line for remedial work.

Leyland: Main line Class 40. D213 'Andania' passes Leyland on a light engine move from Crewe to Carlisle on 19 April 2022.

Bamber Bridge: LSL 37s 688 and 521 pass Bamber Bridge with a Crewe to Alnmouth private charter, using what seems to be referred to as The Chairman's Set, on 19 April 2022. This includes some heavily re-engineered carriages with another, 'Moidart', of MkIII origin, further along the train. The charter ran via the S&C, Beattock and Edinburgh.

Strand Road Exchange Sidings: Colas 56302 and 56049 run round the train of loaded bitumen tanks that they have brought in from Lindsey Refinery (left hand road) and wait to draw forward before moving onto the empty wagons in the middle road, before returning to Humberside on 19 April 2022.