Bathgate Shed: Fowler 2F 0-6-0T no 47162 (minus some key components), photographed in the stored locomotive sidings at Bathgate in April 1959.

Bathgate Shed: Holmes class J83 0-6-0T no 68478 stands in the withdrawn locomotive sidings at Bathgate in April 1959, with the faded signs of a bygone age showing through the paintwork.

Bathgate Yard: Robinson D11 no 62683 Hobbie Elliott stands on one of the 'stored' locomotive lines in the yard at Bathgate in April 1959. The 4-4-0 had been withdrawn from Haymarket shed approximately 7 months earlier.

Bathgate Yard: Scott class 4-4-0 no 62428 The Talisman stored awaiting disposal in Bathgate yard in April 1959, four months after withdrawal from Hawick shed. 62428 was subsequently cut up at Motherwell Machinery & Scrap, Wishaw, in February 1960.

Bathgate Yard: Another one of the many redundant steam locomotives to have spent time 'stored' in the yard at Bathgate pending disposal. This is 'Scott' class no 62432 Quentin Durward, photographed there in April 1959. The 4-4-0 had been withdrawn from Hawick shed in December 1958 and was eventually cut up at Motherwell Machinery & Scrap, Wishaw, in February 1960.

Bathgate Yard: Having been withdrawn from Hawick shed at the end of 1958, Scott class 4-4-0 no 62422 Caleb Balderstone languishes in the 'stored' locomotive sidings at Bathgate in April 1959. The locomotive was cut up at MMS, Wishaw, the following February.

Bathgate Shed: Former Haymarket J88 0-6-0T no 68339 photographed in April 1959 in the yard at Bathgate awaiting disposal.

Bathgate Yard: Reid N15 0-6-2T no 69169 stands on the stored locomotive line at Bathgate on 21 April 1959.

Bathgate Shed: D34 no 62495 Glen Luss and D30 no 62439 Father Ambrose on the 'stored locomotive' line at Bathgate in April 1959. See image [[36885]]

Bathgate Yard: Ex-St Margarets Y9 0-4-0ST no 68118, still attached to its wooden tender, standing amongst the lines of locomotives stored in Bathgate yard in April 1959.

Grangemouth Shed: Stored locomotive siding at 65F Grangemouth shed on 21 April 1961 seen from the cab of a Holmes J88 0-6-0T, thought to be no 68344.

Millerhill: A V2-hauled goods from the ECML arrives at Millerhill South Junction on 21st April 1963, with the new Monktonhall Colliery prominent in the background and the Waverley Route running diagonally through the centre of the picture.

Millerhill East Junction: The Great Marquess leaving Millerhill for Leeds on 21st April 1963, not long after the marshalling yard had opened. The loco had just been overhauled and repainted at Cowlairs, and this was how it was transferred to its new owner in Yorkshire, hauling a train of new vacuum braked 16t mineral wagons. See image [[33226]]

Glasgow Central: Britannia Pacific 70038 'Robin Hood' sets off from Glasgow Central in April 1967, with empty stock from an incoming diesel-hauled 'Ocean Liner' special from Liverpool.

Glasgow Central: The empty coaching stock from an “Ocean Liner” special from Liverpool to Glasgow Central wasn’t for wasting too much time in Scotland on 21st April 1967. Rather than heading for any of Glasgow’s carriage sidings, it went back south straight away behind Britannia 70038 'Robin Hood'.

Monktonhall Junction: Birmingham Type 2 No. D5301 with its train of empty MGR coal hoppers from Cockenzie Power Station cautiously approaches Monktonhall Junction in April 1970. It will diverge onto the chord into Millerhill Yard and its final destination at Monktonhall Colliery.

Monktonhall Junction: A trip working from Dalkeith Colliery comes off the Smeaton branch at Monktonhall Junction on 21 April 1970 behind Clayton D8614.

Monktonhall Junction: Journey's end is almost in sight for Deltic No. 9000 Royal Scots Grey on 21 April 1970 as it brings the 08.00 ex-Kings Cross past Monktonhall Junction.

Monktonhall Junction: Birmingham Type 2 No. D5316 passes Monktonhall Junction on 21 April 1970 heading east with a rake of Cemflo cement wagons, presumably empty and destined for Oxwellmains cement works. The line to Hardengreen Junction, then still open as far as Dalkeith Colliery, can be seen diverging sharply to the left.

Monktonhall Junction: Brush Type 4 No. 1765 powers through Monktonhall Junction on 21 April 1970 with the 11.50 Aberdeen - Kings Cross Freightliner working.

Ferryhill Junction: Looking south towards Ferryhill Jct from behind the signalbox on 21 April 1973 as a Class 27 comes off shed and heads towards Aberdeen station. Ferryhill shed can be seen on the right and the mainline crossing the River Dee on the left.

Ferryhill Junction: Brush Type 4 1620 approaches Ferryhill Junction SB with a southbound express as a Class 40 heads to Aberdeen on the afternoon of 21st April 1973.

Ferryhill Junction: A Class 40 loco approaches Ferryhill SB on its way from Aberdeen station to Ferryhill MPD after bringing in a train from the south on 21 April 1973.

Ferryhill Junction: Class 25 on a southbound train passing Ferryhill SB on 21 April 1973.

Ferryhill Junction: Class 40 coming off Ferryhill shed and heading for Aberdeen station on 21 April 1973.

Ferryhill Junction: Class 47 1620 heads an ECML train south out of Aberdeen past Ferryhill Junction on 21 April 1973 with the Dee Viaduct in the right background. Seen from the area behind Ferryhill SB.

Ferryhill Junction: Looking south from the area behind Ferryhill signal box on 21 April 1973, showing the ECML curving away to the south over the River Dee and the lines off to the right leading to Ferryhill MPD. A class 25 is seen running into the depot, about to pass a class 27 coming off shed and heading for Aberdeen station.

St Albans Abbey: The driver of a Watford Junction to St Albans Abbey service changes ends for the return journey to Watford on 21st April 1976. Hopefully, his cab and the passenger saloons were somewhat cleaner than the exterior.

Struan: The Leaning Bothy of Struan, April 1978. The railway had just been redoubled. The architects also appear to have carried out work in the South Tyne Valley see image [[29641]].

Wymondham: A Saturday morning Ely - Norwich service slows for the call at Wymondham on 21st April 1979. Halted on the up main line and preparing to reverse onto the down main (so as to gain access to the Dereham branch) is the Fakenham Flyer special DMU charter. The Flyer was to be the first passenger train to reach Fakenham since 1964. It was also destined to be the very last as Fakenham was closed to all traffic the next year. Wymondham station was then a rather run down unstaffed halt. Today, a visit is rewarded by the Brief Encounter restaurant and railwayana exhibition that occupies the premises.

Fakenham East: Saturday April 21st 1979 was the last time a passenger train reached the former Great Eastern station at Fakenham before final closure of the line in 1980. This view shows visitors disembarking from the Fakenham Flyer which consisted of two Cravens units. At the time, the station premises were in use as a bus depot, but today the location is an estate of sheltered housing. One of the level crossing gates was left in the estate as a memorial.

Dinting: M59602M runs onto Dinting Viaduct after leaving the station on 21 April 1979 with a service for Manchester Piccadilly.

Dulnain Viaduct [Carrbridge]: Scene on Carrbridge viaduct in April 1979 showing 40142 having just left Carrbridge station with a train for Inverness.

Peterborough: Deltic 55011 The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers stands at Peterborough on 21 April 1979.

Fakenham East: On Saturday 21st April 1979, Class 105 DMUs returned to Fakenham East station for one last day after an absence of almost 15 years. The train was a railtour named the “Fakenham Flyer”. The passenger service was withdrawn in 1964 and, as is evident from the photo, the platform could only accommodate one two-car unit. Total closure of this section of the line came in 1980 and the site was later transformed into a housing estate.

Holme: What's that noise?... Deltic 55003 Meld southbound, rapidly approaching Holme, south of Peterborough, in April 1979 running at approximately 105mph.

Kimberley Park: In the 1970s, the sight of a passenger train from Norwich passing through Kimberley Park station was very unusual because its passenger service had been withdrawn in October 1969 and only a daily freight remained on the line. On this day, 21st April 1979, the gates are being closed behind a DMU charter to Fakenham and back on behalf of the Railway Development and Fakenbutham & Dereham Railway Societies. The line closed completely a decade later was later revived as the Mid Norfolk Railway.

Haymarket: 55021 Argyll and Sutherland Highlander heads for 64B, having recently arrived at Waverley with a train on the ECML. The Deltic is seen running west through platform 2 of Haymarket station on 21 April 1981.

Guide Bridge: Platform scene at Guide Bridge on 21 April 1981 during a break on the LCGB 'Easter Tommy' railtour. The special ran from Liverpool to Lincoln and back, with 76025 taking charge on the outward and return legs between Guide Bridge and Rotherwood Sidings. This was the last class 76 hauled passenger train.

Penistone: 76025 stands at Penistone for a special photostop with the Easter Tommy railtour on 21 April 1981. This was the last class 76 hauled passenger train through Woodhead Tunnel. Sadly, the line was closed altogether three months later.

Guide Bridge: Front end of 76025 at Guide Bridge on 21 April 1981 with the LCGB Easter Tommy rail tour.

Edinburgh Waverley: Class 08 no 08763 is Edinburgh Waverley station pilot on 21 April 1981

Guide Bridge: Class EM1 76025 with the LCGB Easter Tommy railtour at Guide Bridge alongside class 506 Hadfield/Glossop DC unit M59601M on 21 April 1981. The tour started at Lime Street with a pair of 25s and arrived in Lincoln behind a pair of 31s with 76025 handling the Guide Bridge - Rotherwood leg.

Guide Bridge: 76025 approaching the platforms at Guide Bridge on 21 April 1981. The locomotive is about to take over the LCGB Easter Tommy railtour. The special, which had arrived from Liverpool behind a pair of class 25 diesel locomotives, was electrically hauled from here via Woodhead as far as Rotherwood sidings. See image [[19204]]

Haymarket: 40074 arrives at Haymarket with a Waverley bound train in April 1981. Business as usual at Haymarket coal depot in the background.

Garsdale: BR Standard class 9F 2-10-0 no 92220 Evening Star at Garsdale on 21 April 1984 with the Cumbrian Mountain Express.

Kirkby Stephen: Peak 45132, returning south with a special for Leicester, leaves Birkett Tunnel on the Settle and Carlisle line near Kirkby Stephen on 21 April 1984.

Smardale Viaduct: Peak 45150 hauls 1M26 north over Smardale Viaduct on the Settle & Carlisle line on 21 April 1984.

Arten Gill: 47104 at Arten Gill on 21 April 1984 with the WSC Templecombe Pennine Express.

Kirkby Stephen: Class 47 47104 returning south with an excursion to Templecombe passing through Kirkby Stephen station on 21 April 1984.

Derwenthaugh Coke Works: Derwenthaugh Coke Works on 21 April 1986, closed the previous year, served by the Chopwell & Garesfield Railway Looking north past a Sentinel shunter towards another diesel equipped with an air receiver. The glazed building would appear to be a signal box or control office.

Derwenthaught Coke Works: Derwenthaugh Coke Works on 21 April 1986, closed the previous year, served by the Chopwell & Garesfield Railway Coke oven locomotive with elevated cab and a coking car.

Crag Hall Junction: 60023 The Cheviot runs down into Carlin How on 21 April 1995 with an empty Cleveland Potash return working from Teesside to Boulby Mine.

Jalainur: View over part of the enormous Jalainur Opencast Coal Mine, Inner Mongolia, with its own fleet of SY 2-8-2s, one of which is seen here in April 2000 with a local staff works train.

Galashiels [1st]: A tale of three bridges; to the right the original bridge over Galashiels station when the station had an all-over roof, to the left the girder replacement, now itself removed and replaced with a concrete structure. Before all of these, there was originally a level crossing located to the west of the station.

Mills Hill: Ian Riley's much travelled 45407, running as 45157, passes Mills Hill returning to Manchester Victoria after a 'Cotton Spinner' trip round the Oldham Loop on 21st April 2003, one of five circuits made that day by this loco or its then stablemate 76079. The Black 5 remains busy to this day, and is still a regular on the 'Jacobite' as well as other excursions around the UK.

Manchester Victoria: 45407 and 76079 double head five coaches up Platting Bank out of Manchester Victoria on 21st April 2003. This was the final spectacle, after a superb day of steam on the Oldham Loop, as the two locos took their coaches back to the East Lancashire Railway via Castleton.

Oldham Werneth: 45407, running as 45157, brings one of the 'Cotton Spinner' trips up the last stage of the gradient into Oldham Werneth on 21st April 2003. The Cotton Spinners were a series of five trips round the Oldham Loop, the first two with 4MT 76079 and then 45407 took over. Fifteen pounds for an hour long trip with 76079, including some fierce gradients, was good value and then we photographed the Black Five. See image [[21183]] from the same bridge six years later, just prior to the end of heavy rail services.

Oldham Werneth: Black 5 45407 (running as 45157) standing at a signal on the 1:50 gradient just outside Oldham Werneth with a 'Cotton Spinner' trip round the Oldham Loop from Manchester Victoria on 21st April 2003. A member of the crew is climbing down to use the phone at the signal. Alternate trips were made chimney first then tender first. I recall the good sound effects when the 4-6-0 got the train underway again once the signal cleared.

Manchester Victoria: BR 4MT 2-6-0 76079 pulls away from its coaching stock after arrival at Manchester Victoria on 21st April 2003. 76079 had just taken us, tender first, round the Oldham Loop on one of five 'Cotton Spinner' trips that day. It is heading for a siding, just out of view (See image [[51826]]) for stabling while 45407 takes the next trip. Plenty of chimney music up Platting Bank and the 1:50 through Hollinwood to Oldham for the princely sum of fifteen pounds.

Newburgh: Ballast headed by 66180 inches its way west at Easter Clunie, between Newburgh & Abernethy.

Newburgh [2nd]: New track at Newburgh station. This relaying up to 75 m.p.h. standard decreases the running time between Ladybank and Hilton Junction, Perth.

Glenfarg Viaduct: West view of viaduct over the old A90 & the Farg Burn south of Balmanno South Tunnel, on the Glenfarg Line. The Famous Bein Inn is doon the road.

Tay Bridge: First outing of The Royal Scotsman in 2008. The train, hauled by 47804, is seen crossing the Tay Bridge on 21 April heading for Dundee and eventually Keith. Below the bridge a father watches his son and labrador at play.

Saughton: 47 804 westbound at Saughton with The Royal Scotsman on 21 April 2008. Forthcoming electrification work in connection with the Aidrie - Bathgate - Edinburgh line, due to commence in the Autumn, will alter this view significantly.

Bempton: On the east side of the level crossing stands Bempton station, seen looking north along the single line section between Hunmanby and Bridlington on 21 April. Bempton is currently served by 9 Northern rail services per day in each direction.

Pilning: 150 261 pulls into Pilning station, South Gloucestershire, on 21 April 2009. From here it will head west through the Severn Tunnel en route to Cardiff.

Hunmanby: The 0941 Sheffield - Scarborough service arrives at Hunmanby over Bridlington Road level crossing on a bright and sunny 21 April 2009. The train has just joined the double track section which runs north as far as Filey.

Ryeland: Twin arch bridge adjacent to the hamlet of Caldermill, on the former Caledonian route between Strathaven and Ryeland, Lanarkshire, photographed in April 2009. This section of the line was closed completely in 1951.

North Grimston: The original 1853 station at North Grimston on the Driffield - Malton line, seen here in 2009 approaching from the north looking towards Driffield. A new station was built here in 1895, just off to the right on the other side of the level crossing see image [[68534]] although the original platform and rebuilt station house were retained as shown. North Grimston station closed to passengers in 1950, with the line itself closing completely 8 years later.

Pilning: 158 950 eastbound at Pilning station on 21 April 2009 having almost completed the ascent from the eastern portal of the Severn Tunnel. In the left background stand the uprights of the second Severn Crossing.

Drumclog: Old railway cutting with evidence of a retaining wall, near Gilmourton, between the former stations of Ryeland and Drumclog, South Lanarkshire. Seen in April 2009, some 58 years after the line was closed completely.

Drumclog: A notable skew arch bridge at Gilmourton, near the site of the former Drumclog station in South Lanarkshire, seen in April 2009. Beyond the bridge towards Darvel is the sprawling Loudounhill Quarry. This section of the Caledonian between Strathaven and Kilmarnock closed in 1951.

Flamborough: The level crossing at the former Flamborough station (closed 1970) in April 2009. The road on the left runs to the village and on to Flamborough Head, while the line continues south past the abandoned platform and converted station building towards the next open station at Bridlington, just over 2 miles further on. See image [[23785]]

Hunmanby: A baking hot day on the Yorkshire coast in April 2009. View is south from Hunmanby station as a weedkilling unit, held for a northbound passenger train, is now cleared to leave via the level crossing before joining the single line section towards Bridlington.
See query 2275

Wetwang: The uncomfortable sounding Wetwang, on the Malton & Driffield Junction Railway in East Yorkshire. The station lost its passenger service in 1950, since when it has seen various modifications and extensions undertaken by subsequent owners. Photographed on 21 April 2009 looking east towards Driffield.

Pilning: EWS 66156 westbound on a stone train through Pilning, at the eastern end of the Severn Tunnel on 21 April, running slowly through the loop towards the Tunnel.

North Grimston: The second station at North Grimston, built in 1895 on the north side of the level crossing as a replacement for the original 1853 version see image [[34633]]. View from the crossing in 2009, looking along the platform in the general direction of Malton.
See query 2062

Filey Holiday Camp: A substantial bridge abutment on Filey Road, half a mile east of Hunmanby, North Yorkshire, seen here in April 2009. Just to the north of the town was a triangular Junction of which the eastern point (approach to the station) lay just beyond the abutment on the right, with the other two points (designated Royal Oak North and Royal Oak South) forming junctions with the Yorkshire Coast line. The bridge carried the branch serving Filey Holiday Camp station, a four platform terminus lying quarter of a mile behind the camera. Line and station closed in 1977 - the camp itself 6 years later. See image [[26824]].

Carnaby: Looking north from the level crossing at Carnaby station (closed in 1970) just to the south of Bridlington on the Yorkshire coast line on 21 April 2009.

Carnaby: The closed station at Carnaby, North Yorkshire (1846 - 1970) situated on the Scarborough - Hull line some 2 miles south west of Bridlington. View north in April 2009 showing the attractive privately owned former station house. For the platform - side view from the level crossing off to the left see image [[30811]].

Hunmanby: A Northern 158 pulls away from Hunmanby station on 21 April 2009 with the 0941 Sheffield - Scarborough service, just as a Network Rail weedkilling train arrives on the up line.

Garton: The much modified Garton station (1853), situated between Malton and Driffield in the Yorkshire Wolds. The station lost its passenger service in June 1950 with the line itself finally closing in 1958. Photographed in April 2009 looking east over the site of the level crossing towards Driffield.

Hunmanby: A Network Rail weedkilling train stands in front of the 1847 station building alongside the up platform at Hunmanby on 21 April 2009.

Hunmanby: View from Bridlington Road level crossing as a Northern 158 pulls away from Hunmanby heading for Scarborough on 21 April 2009. Standing on the up line just beyond the platforms is a Network Rail weedkilling train, which should find plenty to keep it occupied along this section.

Burton Agnes: View north over the level crossing through the closed Burton Agnes station on the Yorkshire coast line in April 2009, looking towards Bridlington. The nearby Burton Agnes Hall is commemorated on the nameplate of a now preserved ex-GWR steam locomotive (see image [[42188]]).

Speeton: Closed in 1970, the former station at Speeton, just south of Hunmanby on the Yorkshire coast line, now a domestic conversion. View north over the crossing on 21 April 2009 with the village off to the right.

Burton Agnes: The disused 1870 LNER single-storey signal box on the north side of the level crossing on Station Road, Burton Agnes, East Yorkshire is a grade 2 listed structure. Photographed in April 2009, with the former station house and associated station buildings now in use as private accommodation (note the surviving station clock). Located midway between Driffield and Bridlington on the Yorkshire Coast Line, Burton Agnes closed to passengers in 1970.

Grosmont: A morning train for Pickering pulls away from platform 3 at Grosmont station on 21 April 2009. Locomotive in charge is BR Standard class 4 2-6-0 no 76079.

Preston: The northbound Highland Sleeper pauses at Preston platform 4 on 21 April 2009 with First ScotRail liveried 90024 at the helm. The departure from Preston is scheduled for 0052 hrs and the train contains through carriages for Aberdeen, Fort William and Inverness.

Drem Junction: DRS 37610 about to bring the Network Rail Mentor OHL inspection train off the North Berwick branch at Drem Junction on 21 April 2010.

Edinburgh Waverley: Pictured stabled in the locomotive bay at the east end of Waverley station on 21 April 2010 is 'sleeper' regular 90029 The Institution of Civil Engineers.

Edinburgh Waverley: With the closure for resurfacing of the south ramp exit from Waverley see image [[33765]] and the various other works currently underway at the station, taxis can now be found waiting at the Market Street entrance. Part of the temporary rank is seen here on 21 April 2011.

Haymarket: View west over Haymarket station on 21 April 2011 showing the newly commissioned lifts now providing disabled access to platforms 2,3 and 4. A Waverley - Queen Street shuttle has just arrived at 4 while the 09.52 Aberdeen - Kings Cross HST is in the process of leaving platform 1.

Cholsey: Freightliner 66543 brings an eastbound container train through Cholsey on 21 April 2011.

Bolton-le-Sands: Day 6 of the 2011 Great Britain IV tour sees 46115 Scots Guardsman heading the Glasgow to Preston leg south through the site of closed Bolton-le-Sands station after an extended water stop at Carnforth.

Barton and Broughton: 46115 Scots Guardsman brings The Great Britain IV towards its Day 6 destination on 21 April. The train is seen having just passed the site of Barton & Broughton station on 21 April on the northern outskirts of Preston.

Gourock: 380009 after arrival at Gourock with the 1305 ex Glasgow Central.

Edinburgh Waverley: Up on the roof, Waverley, 21 April 2011, showing the surviving ironwork from the old elevated walkway between Calton Road and Jeffrey Street - soon to be removed.

Didcot Parkway: DBS 60040 The Territorial Army Centenary & 66081 stand in Didcot station yard on 21 April with Didcot power station in the left background.

Glasgow Central: The footplate crew of 46115 Scots Guardsman waiting for the off at Glasgow Central on 21 April 2011 at the start of the journey to Preston via Dumfries on day 6 of 'The Great Britain IV' railtour.

Gourock: 380009 stands at Gourock on 21 April 2011, having recently arrived on the 1305 service from Glasgow Central.

Edinburgh Waverley: Ongoing work on the closed south ramp at Waverley station on 21 April 2011. View from the cross-station walkway looking towards the station exit on Waverley Bridge.

Gourock: The new exterior of Gourock station on 21 April 2011. Work is currently progressing on phase 2 of the Gourock reconstruction project.

Totnes: Ex GWR Pannier tank 1369 in the process of running round the train back to Buckfastleigh at Totnes in April 2011.

Edinburgh Waverley: View from a no 37 bus at the east end of Princes Street on 21 April 2011. Hoarding surrounds the works at the top of Waverley Steps with pedestrian diversions in place. To the right is the temporary route between Princes Street and Waverley Station via Princes Mall.

Cholsey: Freightliner 66503 through Cholsey on 21 April with eastbound containers.

Haymarket [Tram]: The train/bus/taxi interchange at Edinburgh Haymarket. No trams as yet but... assurances have been given that... all things being equal... in the fullness of time.... when the Saints... etc.. etc. Scene on 21 April 2011 as an Airlink Express bus from Waverley Bridge heads west along Haymarket Terrace on its way to Edinburgh Airport.

Didcot Parkway: 66033 standing alongside Didcot station on 21 April 2011. This locomotive is part of the Euro Cargo Rail fleet, as shown by the red and white markings under the front window and the white patch at the far end.... not to mention the words Euro Cargo Rail on the bodysides.

Didcot Parkway: A touch of the ancient and modern at Didcot on 21 April 2011 with 66118 and 08757 standing alongside the station. The class 08 was duty shunter that day and must be at least 50 years old.

Buckfastleigh: GWR Pannier Tank 1369 pauses at Buckfastleigh on 21 April 2011 prior to running round its train.

Gourock: Announcement poster at Gourock on 21 April 2011 with rebuilding and refurbishment work on the station and its surroundings progressing well. See image [[33766]].

Sanquhar: Royal Scot no 46115 Scots Guardsman photographed on 21 April 2011 hauling the Great Britain IV past the newly restored station building at Sanquhar. [See recent news item]

Edinburgh Waverley: The temporary entrance to Waverley station from Princes Mall on 21 April 2011. This arrangement will remain in place throughout the Waverley Steps closure see image [[33770]].

Haymarket: More changes at Haymarket, with the recent installation of lifts serving platforms 2,3 & 4. Scene on 21 April 2010 with a Helensbugh Central - Edinburgh Waverley train leaving platform 3 and about to disappear into Haymarket tunnel.

Edinburgh Waverley: A CrossCountry service to Penzance preparing to leave Waverley on 21 April 2011. The old 'sub' platforms (currently numbered 8 & 9) outside the main train shed see more use than ever these days. At the other end of platform 9 (behind the camera) a First TransPennine train is boarding for Manchester Airport, while platform 8 over to the right is occupied by an East Coast departure for London Kings Cross.

Malton: Stanier Pacific no 46233 Duchess of Sutherland with 'The Yorkshire Coronation' at Malton on 21 April 2012.

Durham: Old meets new at Durham on Saturday 21 April 2012. Britannia Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell photographed heading north on the York - Edinburgh leg of the 'Great Britain V' railtour passing an up ECML service. Part of Durham Cathedral can just be seen in the left background.

Berwick-upon-Tweed: 70013 Oliver Cromwell photographed heading north through Berwick on 21 April 2012 with the 'Great Britain V' railtour bound for Edinburgh Waverley.

Grantown-on-Spey East: The boarded up station building at Grantown-on-Spey East, photographed from the trackbed in the spring of 2012. For the restored version see image [[66987]].

Gloucester: Bulleid <I>Battle of Britain</I> Pacific no 34067 <I>Tangmere</I> waits to depart from Gloucester for Cardiff on 21 April 2013 - day 2 of the <I>Great Britain VI</I> 9 day mega tour.

Boat of Garten: Ivatt 2MT no 46512 coasts into Boat of Garten with the 12.30 to Broomhill on 21 April 2013.

Forth Bridge: A4 60009 Union of South Africa crossing the Forth Bridge with the second 'Forth Circle' trip of the day on 21 April.

Jamestown Viaduct [Inverkeithing]: 37685 Loch Arkaig coming off Jamestown Viaduct with empty stock returning to Bo'ness on 21 April. The third coach is Pullman car 'Amethyst'.

Boat of Garten: Ivatt 2MT 46512 takes on water at Boat of Garten on 21 April with the 12.30 to Broomhill.

Boat of Garten: Brush type 2 no D5862 in the bay platform at Boat of Garten on 21 April.

Snaresbrook: LUL 1992 stock no. 91301 with a Central Line service to West Ruislip arriving at Snaresbrook station in east London on 21st April 2013. This station was originally opened by the Eastern Counties Railway with the line from Stratford to Loughton on 22nd August 1856 which passed to the Great Eastern Railway on 1st January 1862 and then to the London & North Eastern Railway on 1st January 1923. The station was first served by London Underground tube trains when electrification was extended from Leytonstone to Woodford on 14th December 1947. The bay platform on the eastbound side by the railings (left) was abolished in 1949; its track-bed and the former goods yard now form the station car park.

Glastonbury: These level crossing gates on Dyehouse Lane, Glastonbury, are reproduction items - but rather convincing. View looks towards Highbridge in April 2014.

Ashcott Meare: Looking towards Glastonbury on the S&D Highbridge branch in April 2014. The trackbed (now a good riding surface) keeps close company with the Glastonbury canal. Ashcott Meare station is just behind the photographer.

Glastonbury: Sharpham crossing is on the Highbridge branch just North West of Glastonbury see image [[47235]] and is distinguished by subsidence - none of the four gate posts appears to be parallel to any of the others. The bungalow on the left was clearly the crossing keeper's residence.

Crossgates: The northbound Royal Scotsman, hauled by West Coast 37685 and 37516, photographed near the site of Crossgates Station on 21 April en route from Edinburgh to Keith.

Masham: A view of the partially in-filled road overbridge and wide throat at the east end of the former Masham terminus station and goods yard complex in April 2014. The location is now a camping and caravan centre see image [[34893]]. [Ref query 6949]

Hawes: The frontage to the former Hawes Station main building, now part of the Dales Countryside Museum, seen on Easter Monday 2014. One ex BR Mk1 carriage of the display branch train, complete with loco, can be seen alongside the westbound platform.

Glastonbury: This splendid building was the headquarters of the Somerset Central Railway - predecessor to the S&D - from 1861 to 1877. The current owners, a timber company, have extended to the right (west, towards Highbridge).

Hawes: The former goods yard at Hawes was forward of the station building on the south side of the line. The restored goods shed is now linked to the station building, seen in the left background, as part of the Dales Countryside Museum.

Masham: A view of the Provender dry goods store building at the former Masham Station goods yard in April 2014. Next along is the Caravan and Campsite amenity building, which is built on the site of the former engine shed. Beyond this is the in-filled and surfaced over turntable pit below the caravans.

Glastonbury: Looking South East towards Glastonbury on the Highbridge branch on 21 April 2014 see image [[47235]]. This bridge over an edge-of-field watercourse features a narrow cyclepath and undercut brick pillars.

Wells (Tucker Street): The station building has gone, but the goods shed survives - supporting at least 4 local businesses and/or facilities with the help of a mezzanine floor and some new windows - possibly supplied by the glass company downstairs!

Inverkeithing: 60009 arrives at Inverkeithing with the terminating second Forth Circle on 21 April.

Masham: Looking south east over the A6108 towards Masham station and goods yard in April 2014, showing various railway buildings and the level crossing gates that allowed access from the yard to the water board sidings located to the north west of the station. The old yard is now a camping and caravan site.

Hawes: View west along the trackbed of the abandoned section of the Wensleydale line looking towards Garsdale through the road overbridge from Hawes station in April 2014. [Ref query 11273]

Glastonbury: This view looking North-West along the S&D trackbed may look unwelcoming, but things could be worse. Read the small print: under NO PARKING, it says 'please', in very small letters. There is a path through the trees in the background; and trackbed access is much better than on the other side of the road, where a private driveway effectively prohibits access. see image [[47083 for the nicest railway relic in town]]

Hest Bank: A Mossend to Daventry container service is double headed through Hest Bank by DBS 90036 and 90026 on 21st April 2015.

Braidwood: 318262 coming round the reverse curves south of Carluke on the approach to Braidwood.

Dalreoch: Taking the Helensburgh route from Dalreoch, 66736 heads the Alcan tanks towards the West Highland line and Fort William.

Falkirk High: The time to celebrate the E&G will be later in the year when our new faster longer greener trains are in service. Meanwhile for the 175th anniversary it might be appropriate to recall what happened on 18 February 1992 when Viscount Whitelaw arriving behind 60009 temporarily renumbered as 60004 unveiled this sculpture by George Wylie at Falkirk High.

Ythan Viaduct: Looking north towards the Ythan Viaduct on 21 April 2015. Beyond the river stood Ellon Station and the junction for the Boddam branch. The line across the viaduct closed to all traffic in 1979 and is now part of the Formartine and Buchan Way. Photographed from the footpath running north from Snipe Street. [Ref query 5998] See image [[11232]]

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Trackwork has now been laid for the realigned platform 3 in addition to 1 and 2. The extra few metres added to the north end of platforms one and two can be seen in the V of the concrete base. Meanwhile off to the right, an engineering train loaded with slabtrack sections waits in the platform 7 road.

Seaforth Container Terminal: A return to the Royal Seaforth Docks sees the latest (final) batch of 708s were still there (arrived Tuesday). All still securely chained to their shipping trailers. No cranes to be seen so it looks like they'll be there over the weekend now. Nos 70814, 70817, 70816 and 70815.

Seaforth Container Terminal: One of the final batch of 4 Colas Rail class 708s to be delivered, mounted on a trailer at Seaforth Container Terminal on 21 April 2017.

Gilling: Just east of the former Gilling Station a goods yard loading platform is still in situ on the south side of the line, as noticed across a field when approaching the village from the north side. The driveway entrance sign to the converted former goods shed See image [[55079]] shows it is now called 'The Engine Shed'.

Inverkeithing: Jubilee Class 45690 Leander at Inverkeithing with the second 'The Forth Circle' of the day, 21st April 2018.

Shettleston: Hidden away at the east end of Platform 1 at Shettleston, this rather fine station garden goes almost unnoticed by many daily commuters. April 2018.

Didcot Railway Centre: 'Captain Baxter,' an 0-4-0T on loan from the Bluebell Railway, assisting the Great Western Society on passenger services due to a loco shortage. 21st April 2018.

Didcot Parkway: GWR EMU 387148 drifting into Didcot Station on 21st April 2018.

Didcot Railway Centre: D9516, a BR Class 14, working the second branch line at the Didcot Railway Centre on 21st April 2018.

Didcot Parkway: DBS 66030 dead in the sidings at Didcot on 21st April 2018, with the new multi-storey carpark in the background.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: View of the changing skyline at the west end of Queen Street station in April 2018 with Consort House now several storeys lower as demolition proceeds.

Didcot Railway Centre: Broad gauge 'Firefly' poking its nose out of the transfer shed at Didcot Railway Centre. This loco is currently out of boiler certificate. 21st April 2018.

Didcot Parkway: 800020, a five car set running on diesel power, coming off the Oxford curve at Didcot bound for Paddington on 21st April 2018.

Didcot: 66133 & 165116 in Didcot Station on 210418. The 387s run under electrical power from Paddington to Platform 4 then all those bound for Oxford and Banbury must decant and cross over to Platform 5 to catch the 165 to Oxford. Something to do with maximum efficiency.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: View of the clearance work at the former Queen Street entrance to the station on 21 April 2018, with part of the Millennium Hotel extension now demolished.

Inverkeithing East Junction: B1 1264 charges away from Inverkeithing East Junction with the Great Britain XI tour from Edinburgh to Inverness with 47760 providing assistance on the rear.

Leyland: DRS 68001 is on the rear of a rather smart Blue/Grey set of Mk1 & Mk2 coaches as railtour heads south at Leyland on 21 April 2018. 68023 was the loco on the front doing the work.

Kingswood Crossing: B1 1264 and 45699 Galatea with The Great Britain XI approaching the former Kingswood Crossing north of Murthly.

Inchmagranachan Crossing: 1264 and 45699, north of Dunkeld and Birnam, with the Great Britain XI rail tour on 21st April 2018.

Murthly: Class B1 4-6-0 No.1264 in LNER lined black and Jubilee Class 4-6-0 No.45699 * Galatea * ,race through the open countryside south of Dunkeld with the Great Britain XI railtour.

Garry Bridge: Class B1 4-6-0 No.1264 in LNER lined black and Jubilee Class 4-6-0 No. 45699 *Galatea* power up the gradient at the start of the long climb through Druimuachdar Pass. River Garry in the foreground.

Inchlea Crossing: Class B1 4-6-0 No.1264 in LNER lined black and Jubilee Class 4-6-0 No.45699 Galatea run alongside the River Truim at Crubenmore,with The Great Britain XI railtour for Inverness.

Slochd Viaduct: Class B1 4-6-0 No.1264 in LNER lined black and Jubilee Class 4-6-0 No.45699 *Galatea* are working hard,despite the lack of exhaust, as they race across Slochd Viaduct to start the steep climb to Slochd Summit, after which it is almost all downhill to Inverness.

Didcot: GWR22 the diesel railcar & 18000 the GWR (BR) Gas Turbine next to the Didcot turntable on 21st April 2018.

Usk: Looking East across the River Usk bridge towards the disused Usk station platforms and subsequent tunnel. The trackbed can be walked through the tunnel; but it peters out where the A449 to Monmouth was built over it.

Duffield: An immaculate 52332 running round at Duffield in the Ecclesbourne Valley in April 2019. Loco built at Horwich in 1896.

Hadnock Halt: A marvellous distillation of the country railway - Hadnock Halt, now on the Peregrine Path between Monmouth and Symonds Yat.

Ribbleton [1st]: Unless you know where to look the old platform at Ribbleton is easy to miss. It lies about 200 yards north of the Cromwell Road cycleway access point. It only operated as a public station from 1863 to 1866 when it was replaced by Ribbleton (Gammer Lane) but it saw occasional use by troop trains thereafter and the stonework of the platform can still be found in the undergrowth alongside the old trackbed.

Cwmbran: A Northbound Marches unit approaches Cwmbran (=Crow Valley) on 21st April. In the background, a supermarket has been built; and further work is in progress; on what was once the Lucas Girling truck brake factory car park (many of the employees live within walking distance of the factory). Where the buildings are visible immediately adjacent to the tracks in the background, there was once a single siding to take wartime defence products out of the Lucas factory; which is still in business under new ownership.

Thorpe Bay: 357039, with a C2C service to Shoeburyness, departing from its penultimate stop at Thorpe Bay on Easter Sunday, 21st April 2019. The train has come from Liverpool Street, the normal C2C terminus at Fenchurch Street being temporarily closed over the Easter holiday. That's a friend of mine on the left with the shoulder bag.

Eskbank: Scene at Eskbank on the Borders Railway on Sunday 21 April 2019, as the platform display shows cancellation of the the first train of the day north, the 0921 to Edinburgh. Next scheduled service to Waverley would be at 1021. [Additional: That was also cancelled]

Deepdale Junction: The end of the line. View along the old Longridge branch formation towards Deepdale Junction through the Network Rail boundary fence. The Longridge Branch was cut back from Red Scar Works to this point in the late 1970s and these buffers provided a headshunt for Deepdale Coal Yard. The line finally closed in 1994 and has since been severed, but not lifted.
See query 2061

Monmouth Troy: We should be able to enjoy this kind of view again ere long. This is the Wye viaduct on the Ross line, seen from the viaduct on the Tintern and Chepstow line.

Monmouth Troy: This tunnel entrance is adjacent to the Monmouth Troy station site, which is on the outskirts of the town, easily accessed from Troy Gardens. The tunnel is used by a rifle club; despite the door visible in this view, they obtain access at the other end. 21st April 2019.
See query 2086

Eskbank: Bikes, rucksacks, anoraks and walking boots are all items featuring heavily on Sunday morning trains from Edinburgh destined for the Scottish Borders. Arriving at Esbank on such a morning in April 2019 is the 0930 service to Tweedbank (0911 ex-Waverley) formed by ScotRail DMU 170404.

Westcliff: Westcliff, Essex, seen from 357034 from Shoeburyness to Liverpool Street, diverted from Fenchurch Street, looking back east on 21st April 2019.

Woodacre Crossing: By taking the daily permitted exercise a little later on 21st April 2020 it was possible to see this MOD working from Marchwood to Carlisle. 66703 'Doncaster PSB 1981-2002' is now in its twentieth year of service with GBRf.

The Mound [Tram]: I can't find any corroboration, but I've always believed these substantial bollards on The Mound were put there to prevent any runaway tram leaving the tracks on this sharply falling curve and landing on the railway below. In 1929 a tram coming down steep Liberton Brae ended up overturned in someone's garden. Nobody was seriously hurt, but I believe some Dahlias needed counselling. Photographed incidental to my daily exercise permitted under emergency coronavirus legislation.

The Balmoral Hotel: The Balmoral Hotel clock is showing 6.25 which must mean that it is 6.22, yes? Well no, it is in fact 11.37. For unknown reasons the clock has stopped, and cannot be fixed because of the lockdown. At least it's now right twice a day, as opposed to never. Photographed incidental to my daily exercise permitted under emergency coronavirus legislation.

Edinburgh Park: A service from Helensburgh calls at Edinburgh Park on 21 April 2021 (at 10.50, as you can see). Trains from Milngavie are a casualty of the emergency timetable along with half of the Dunblane and Cumbernauld line services. This leaves Edinburgh Park with 4 trains an hour each way instead of 8. Let's hope things ease soon.

Darlington's Siding: Northern bi-mode 769442 out on a test run from Springs Branch (Wigan) to Blackpool on the afternoon of 21 April 2021, is seen to the north of the site of Darlingtons Sidings SB on the WCML.

Darlington's Siding: A southbound Pendolino passes a Class 195 DMU on a Manchester Airport to Barrow-in-Furness service on the former 4 track section of the WCML between Standish Junction and Balshaw Lane Junction by the village of Charnock Richard.

Darlington's Siding: TPE Class 397 passes Charnock Richard on the approach to the site of Darlingtons Siding SB with a Glasgow Central to Liverpool Lime Street service on 21 April 2021.

Balshaw Lane Junction: A DRS Mossend to Daventry container service joins the two track section at Balshaw Lane Junction from the Up Slow on the evening of 21 April 2022. 88007 'Electra' is seen crossing the Down line before joining the Up line to the right.

Balshaw Lane Junction: D213 'Andania' hauls four locos, that have been purchased from DRS, south at Balshaw Lane on 21 April 2022. Behind the Class 40 is 57004, heading to LSL at Crewe while 37604, 37609 and 37603 will be going to HNRC at Barrow Hill.

Pitlochry: 66746 takes the Belmond Royal Scotsman luxury train from Boat of Garten to Dundee on 21st April 2022. This view, just to the south of Pitlochry station, from the balcony at http://www.pitlochrylineside.co.uk/

Pitlochry: The late running Down Sleeper was routed into Platform 2 at Pitlochry on 21st April 2022 to pass the Inverness to Perth Sprinter. 158713 has just cleared the single line from Blair Atholl to allow 66779 'EVENING STAR' to get its train underway again.

Drem: Stones at Drem in April 2022.

Inver Tunnel: A Glasgow to Inverness 170 disappears into Inver Tunnel, shortly after leaving Dunkeld on 21st April 2022. The train has just crossed nearby Inver Viaduct and this short embankment alongside 'The Hermitage' car park.