Crosshouse: Ardrossan shed's ex-Caledonian 'Jumbo' 0-6-0 no 57274 struggles up the line from Irvine and on through Crosshouse station on 6 May 1953 with a coal train heading for Kilmarnock.

Crosshouse Junction: After running through Crosshouse station, Caley Jumbo 57353 is about to pass Crosshouse Junction signal box on 6 May 1953 with empties from the Dalry direction. See image [[45840]]

Kilmarnock Goods Junction: The up 'Thames-Clyde Express' passing Kilmarnock no 1 box on 6 May 1954. Locomotives are 2P 4-4-0 40592 and Royal Scot 4-6-0 46112 Sherwood Forrester.

Kilmarnock: Arriving at Kilmarnock on 6 May 1954 is the 5.30pm ex-St Enoch. Standard tank 80009 is piloting Royal Scot 46133 The Green Howards. 80009 was from a batch (80000-9) built at Derby but they entered service after 80010 and some other higher numbered 4MTs emerged from Brighton works.

Bonnyton Junction: Class 2P 4-4-0 no 40571 runs past Kilmarnock no 1 signal box (second of its name) on 6 May 1954 with empty stock. The Long Lyes are on the left side.

Kilmarnock: A Fairlie Pier - Darvel service calls at Kilmarnock on 6 May 1954. Locomotive in charge is one of Ardrossan shed's class 2P 4-4-0s no 40669.

Kay Park Junction: Royal Scot 4-6-0 no 46113 Cameronian passing Kay Park Junction, Kilmarnock, on 6 May 1954 with the 10.40am Leeds - Glasgow.

Kay Park Junction: Carlisle Kingmoor based Jubilee 4-6-0 no 45640 Frobisher passing Kay Park Junction on 6 May 1954 with a St Enoch - Dumfries train.

Kilmarnock Goods Junction: BR 'Clan' light Pacific no 72005 Clan MacGregor about to pass Kilmarnock no 1 box on 6 May 1954 with the down Night Scot. The Kilwinning route is off to the right.

St Marnocks Goods: Caledonian 3F 0-6-0 no 57639 with a goods train passing St Marnock's goods depot, Kilmarnock, on 6 May 1954. See image [[51602]] [Ref query 6948]

Kilmaurs: Jubilee 4-6-0 45657 Tyrwhitt leads Clan Pacific 72005 Clan MacGregor south through Kilmaurs on 6 May 1954 with a St Enoch to Newcastle Central train.

Hurlford: Class 2P 4-4-0 no 40570 brings a Dumfries - Glasgow stopping train through Hurlford on 6 May 1954.

Hurlford: A down freight trundles through Hurlford in the spring of 1954 behind Stanier 8F 2-8-0 48612.

Kilmarnock: Class 2P 4-4-0 40571 prepares to leave Kilmarnock on 6 May 1954 with a train for St Enoch via Dalry.

St Marnocks Goods: Shunting St Marnock's goods depot, Kilmarnock, on 6 May 1954 is ex-Caledonian 0-6-0 57651.

Kay Park Junction: Stanier 8F 2-8-0 no 48708 passing Kay Park Junction, Kilmarnock, on 6 May 1954 with a down freight. [Ref query 71]

Stewarton: 40571 photographed near Stewarton with a Kilmarnock local on 6 May 1954. [Ref query 22 July 2018]

Kilmarnock: Ex-Caledonian 0-6-0 57569 trundles through Kilmarnock with a down freight on 6 May 1954.

Barshagra Signal Box: The down Thames - Clyde Express photographed passing Neilston Low on 6 May 1954. The train is hauled by Royal Scot 4-6-0 no 46103 Royal Scots Fusilier.

St Marnocks Goods: Hurlford based ex-Caledonian 0-6-0 57651 shunting St Marnock's goods depot, Kilmarnock, on 6 May 1954. [Ref query 6403]

Hurlford Signal Box: Kingmoor Jubilee 4-6-0 no 45728 Defiance runs south through Hurlford on 6 May 1954 with a Glasgow St Enoch - Leeds City express.
See query 2203

Bonnyton Junction: A train from Ardrossan brought to a halt alongside Kilmarnock no 1 signal box on 6 May 1954. Locomotive in charge is one of Hurlford shed's Fowler 2P 4-4-0s no 40643.

Stewarton: Jubilee 45640 Frobisher photographed at Stewarton with a St Enoch - Dumfries train on 6 May 1954. [Ref query 6 May 2019]

Barshagra Signal Box: 2P 4-4-0 40617 climbing Neilston Bank near the long closed Barshagra box in May 1954 with a Kilmarnock local. The chimney of the [[Fereneze Works]] is behind the train.

Glasgow Green: Ex-NB N15 0-6-2T 69163 makes a photostop at the closed Glasgow Green on 6 May 1961 with the BLS Bathgate and District rail tour. The special, which ran from Maryhill Central and finished at Glasgow Queen Street, was hauled by 69163 throughout. See image [[33694]]

Baillieston [1st]: The BLS Bathgate and District Railtour of 6 May 1961 ran from Maryhill Central and covered various branches between Glasgow and the West Lothian town before finally returning to Queen Street. The special, which was hauled throughout by Eastfield shed's N15 0-6-2T no 69163, is seen here taking water at Baillieston on the outward journey. See image [[48701]]

Maryhill Central: The BLS Bathgate & District Railtour waiting to leave Maryhill Central on 6 May 1961. The special visited various branches between Glasgow and Bathgate before finishing the tour at Glasgow Queen Street. The 3 coach train was hauled throughout by Eastfield shed's N15 0-6-2T 69163. See image [[48701]]

Whifflet [NB]: Whifflet (N.B.R.) N.B.R. 0.6.2T 69163.

Anderston: N15 0-6-2T 69163 calls at Anderston Cross on 6 May 1961 with the BLS Bathgate and District rail tour from Maryhill Central. The station closed in August 1959, only to reopen some 20 years later as plain Anderston.

Bathgate Central Junction: N15 0-6-2T no 69163 at Bathgate Upper on 6 May 1961 with a BLS special from Maryhill Central. The locomotive has just run round its train which it is about to take on to Avonbridge.

Bathgate Upper: A BLS special stands at Bathgate Upper on 6 May 1961 behind N15 0-6-2T no 69163, having recently arrived from Maryhill Central. The locomotive was about to run round before embarking on the next leg of the journey to Avonbridge.

March: Britannia Pacific no 70034 Thomas Hardy on March shed in May 1962

March: Locomotives in the shed yard at March, Cambridgeshire, on a Sunday morning in May 1962, with Retford (Thrumpton) O2 2-8-0 no 63976 in the centre of the picture. [Ref query 11742]

Busby Junction: 80058 takes a train from St Enoch onto the East Kilbride branch at Busby Junction on 6 May 1964.

Thirdpart Junction: Jubilee 45657 Tyrwhitt photographed at Thirdpart Junction on 6 May 1954 with a Kilmarnock to Ayr train. [Ref query 2631]

Kennishead: Black 5 no 45124 arrives at Kennishead on 6 May 1964 with a Glasgow - Kilmarnock local service.

Pollokshaws West: A new dual carriageway bridge awaits positioning at Pollokshaws West on 6 May 1964 as Polmadie's Standard Class 5 4-6-0 no 73060 hurries past with the 5.30pm Glasgow - Carlisle service.

Kennishead: Black 5 no 45124 restarts the 5.38pm to Kilmarnock from Kennishead on 6 May 1964. The former Inverness based locomotive still retained an automatic tablet catcher on its cab door.

Crossmyloof: Corkerhill's Standard 2-6-4 tank no 80047 seen shortly after leaving Crossmyloof on 25 May 1965 with the 5.08pm service from St Enoch to East Kilbride. The train will shortly pass below the Cathcart Circle line to the north of Shawlands station.

Plates, signs, notices etc: The withdrawal notice from the bulk of the former Great North of Scotland Railway network, effective from 6 May 1968.

Ewood Bridge and Edenfield: One month before closure in June 1972 a Newton Heath Derby DMU calls at Ewood Bridge & Edenfield on a Bury to Rawtenstall service. Although the East Lancashire line has now been reopened Ewood Bridge was replaced by the new halt at Irwell Vale and the buildings and most of the two platforms have now gone. Freddie Thomas - one of five drivers in Bury diesel link is at the controls. From 1966 until 1972 a Cravens or Derby DMU was outstationed at Bury for the branch duties. View towards Bury - Map Ref SD 797208

Glasgow Central: Ticket sized timetable of the Glasgow to Euston and return services in 1974/75. Very handy little double-sided card, that is now also a reminder of the then newly electrified route. The 'Royal Scot' was timed at just five hours, while most other services only took a few minutes longer.

Glasgow Central: Hard to believe that this was 46 years ago. A British Rail Scotland Souvenir Cover for the commencement of the Electric Scots. See [[16478]].

Carstairs: The first day of the 'Electric Scots', seen from the Edinburgh portion of a southbound WCML train waiting in the loop north of Carstairs station on the morning of Monday 6th May 1974. The driver of the Glasgow portion queries when he'll get the road.

Sudbury [2nd]: The poster in the signal box window says 'Support local rail services. Use it, don't lose it!' The townsfolk of Sudbury, Suffolk, did and didn't. However, the box was abolished in early 1981 three years after this photo, from which time the train crews could no longer look forward to the kettle being on for them as they approached the Sudbury terminus.

Rose Street Junction: 26015 alongside Rose Street signal box, Inverness, in May 1980

Creswell Colliery: A pair of class 20 locomotives taking a loaded coal train north past Creswell Colliery, Derbyshire, in May 1980.

Creswell Colliery: 56010 southbound with West Burton power station - Shirebrook coal empties passing Creswell Colliery, North Derbyshire, on a bright and sunny May morning in 1980.

Tinsley Marshalling Yard: Looking north west over Tinsley Yard in May 1980 showing 20131+20057 passing through with a train of steel flats. Note the catenary on the far left used by electrically hauled trains off the ex-GC Woodhead route, at that time just over two months from closure.

Tinsley Marshalling Yard: View south east at Tinsley in May 1980 with 41A MPD in its elevated position top right. The depot opened in 1964 when it took over activities previously undertaken at Grimesthorpe, Darnall, Canklow and Millhouses. At its peak it had an allocation of over 200 locomotives. See image [[42626]]

Fouldubs Junction: 37157 has left Grangemouth and has just passed through Fouldubs Junction with the Leuchars tanks in 1982. The once rail served wood yard on the right is now part of the WH Malcolm depot and Grangemouth Shed was off to the left.

Townhill Wagon Shops: What a place this was to try and find as a visitor. Dunfermline wagon works where long withdrawn 08175 was located. A tramp through the undergrowth and over a field produced this picture on a dull day. 20137 08441 08175 outside the shed. All gone.

Mirfield: Brush Type 3s 31285 + 31264 double head a rake of fuel or bitumen bogie tanks west between Mirfield and Heaton Lodge Junction in May 1987.

Mirfield: A class 141 Leyland/BREL Pacer in early West Yorkshire PTE green livery runs off the Huddersfield line eastbound spur in May 1987 to join the former L&Y main line to its next call at Mirfield. See image [[41331]] for a view of a class 141 in a later PTE livery

Paisley St James: A class 27 passes east through Paisley St James. This was running light having probably taken empty molasses tanks to the James Watt dock in Greenock.

Aberdour: Prototype Sprinter 154001 passing north through Aberdour in May 1987.

Nairn: 47550 eastbound through Nairn station in May 1988 with a single ferry wagon. The working is thought to be a late running consignment of either fruit (apples) or bagged dry goods from Germany which missed its slot on a Mossend - Aberdeen freight and had been rerouted via Inverness to minimise the delay. [With thanks to David Spaven, Kevin McCallum and Nigel Wunsch]

Oubeck Loops: A Dutch liveried Class 31 on the WCML at Oubeck Loops on 6th May 1992. It is hauling a rake of engineers' wagons, as they were called before the days of infrastructure trains. The signal controls the access to the Down loop, which can just be seen behind the train..

Oubeck Loops: A RES liveried Class 86 powers south at Oubeck Loops on 6th May 1992, hauling a short rake of parcels and Royal Mail vehicles.

Langwathby: The main station building on the down side at Langwathby, photographed in the spring of 2006. Opened by the Midland Railway in 1876, the station spent its first 5 months as Longwathby. View is north west towards the junction with the A686.

Crianlarich Shed: On-track machine at Crianlarich.

Crianlarich Shed: Truck come OnTrack Machine in sidings at Crianlarich.

Pass of Brander Stone Signals: One of the Stone Signals which are only activated to Danger by rock fall.. Viewed from the 1240hrs service from Glasgow to Oban.

Culgaith: View over the level crossing at the closed Culgaith station looking north in May 2006. The former station masters cotttage is on the right.

Alston: Looking into Alston station, South Tynedale Railway, from the level crossing in May 2006. No 4 is alongside the platform. See image [[53448]]

Armathwaite Viaduct: View across fields towards the 1875 Armathwaite Viaduct in May 2006.

Naworth: The closed station of Naworth, Cumbria, on the Newcastle - Carlisle line. Photographed in May 2006, some 54 years after closure.

Alston: A wet day at Alston on 6 May 2006. At the platform is South Tynedale Railway No 4 Naworth [Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0DM No 4 of 1952]. This example was originally supplied to the NCB as an underground flameproof mine locomotive, suitably modified and distributed by the Huwood Mining Machinery Co of Team Valley, Gateshead. No 4 was previously employed at Horden Colliery in County Durham. The manufacturers nameplate displayed on the front of the locomotive is Huwood-Hudswell.

Brampton: The northside entrance to Brampton station, Cumbria, looking west in May 2006. The footpath straight ahead is the trackbed of the line that ran to Brampton Town, over a mile away, which closed to passengers in 1923. Brampton station was originally opened as Milton in 1836 since when it has undergone name changes to both Brampton Junction (twice) and plain Brampton (three times).

Appleby: A class 57 diesel locomotive drags a diverted Euston - Glasgow Pendolino service north through Appleby station on the Settle and Carlisle line in May 2006.

Appleby: Looking south west across the Settle and Carlisle Line towards the old goods shed and yard at Appleby in May 2006, following conversion to a training and heritage centre.

Culgaith: A sunny May morning at Culgaith in 2006. The Midland signal box stands alongside the B6412 level crossing with part of the former station (closed May 1970) in the background and Culgaith Tunnel off picture to the left.

Low Row: The signal box standing alongside the level crossing and former station at Low Row on the Newcastle and Carlisle line near Brampton, Cumbria, looking south on 6 May 2006. What at first glance appears to be the signal box nameboard in fact states 'Railway Inn [100 Yds]'. See image [[52631]]

Lazonby and Kirkoswald: A diverted Pendolino being dragged south through Lazonby station on the Settle and Carlisle line by a Virgin class 57 Thunderbird locomotive on Saturday 6 May 2006.

Brampton Fell Level Crossing: The 10.00 Stranraer Harbour - Newcastle Central ScotRail service passing Brampton Fell level crossing, Cumbria, in May 2006, just under half a mile short of Brampton station. Note the motorised boom crossing gates in use here see image [[4619]].

Lazonby and Kirkoswald: Goods shed conversion. View across the former goods yard at Lazonby in May 2006, with the site in use by the local bakery company. The station is behind the camera see image [[48641]].

Appleby: A locally restored 'ICI Salt' box van standing outside Appleby Heritage Centre in May 2006.

Alston: The 1852 station building at Alston, seen here in May 2006 looking north from Station Road.

Appleby: Sunshine on Appleby station in May 2006, looking south west from the footbridge.

Appleby: Looking north through Appleby station on 6 May 2006. The sign on the wall of the main building reads... 'Appleby - Best Kept Small Station of the Year Award - 2003'.

Alston: General view north east over Alston from Station Road on a wet May afternoon in 2006. The train stabled alongside the platform has No 4 on the front See image [[53448]]

Appleby: Boxes and sheds, Appleby North, May 2006.

Kirkby Thore: A southbound Voyager on the Settle and Carlisle line on Saturday 6 May 2006, photographed passing the junction for the British Gypsum plant at Kirkby Thore.

Appleby: Virgin 'Thunderbird' no 57312 'The Hood' drags the diverted 10.30 London Euston - Glasgow Central Pendolino north through Appleby during a spell of engineering work on the WCML in May 2006.

Armathwaite: Entrance to the old goods yard at Armathwaite, looking north on 6 May 2006. The roof of the restored signal box is just visible beyond the right gate post. [Ref query 50001]

Appleby: The modified former station master's house at Appleby in May 2006. The house stands directly across the road from the main station entrance.

Appleby: The water tower and crane at the south end of Appleby station, photographed on 6 May 2006. The facilities were installed by the local Round Table in 1991 to service the increasing number of steam specials using the Settle & Carlisle route.

Cardross: SRPS tour train top and tailed with two 47s heading west for Cardross and the West Highland Line.

Barbush Viaduct: Sign on the River Allan at Ashfield to warn canoes about scaffolding on Barbush Viaduct downstream.

Barbush Viaduct: Barbush Viaduct undergoing repairs. Looking north.

Armathwaite: The extended (!) Armathwaite station in May 2006, looking south from the entrance on Station Road. [Ref query 9282]

Dunblane Junction: 6A30 the Mossend-Aberdeen Enterprise consisting of nothing but a locomotive. This crawls slowly north probably due to repairs on the viaducts and track.

Bridge of Allan: 4A11 the Grangemouth-Aberdeen freight approaches Bridge of Allan from the south. Stirling Castle is in the background on the left. In the foreground is stuff left from track maintenance.

Alloa: Alloa new station in construction on the site of the Alloa Brewery. The Brewery was to the right and this will be the carpark. To the left was the engine shed - occupied for the moment with a concrete plant.

Alloa Marshalling Yard: Looking west to Cambus from Alloa Yard. The Yard was to the left.

Kincardine Junction: Looking west at Kincardine Junction. The line to Kincardine is to the left and the closed Dunfermline line is to the right. The Kincardine routes bridge over the main road has been removed.

Manor Powis: New track waiting to be laid at Manor Powis in May 2006.

Ashfield Tunnel: 5D03, the empty parcels vans from Aberdeen to Motherwell TMD pass Ashfield.

Larbert Junction: Train from Edinburgh passes Larbert Junction box heading north.

Larbert Junction: In the distance are Carmuirs West box, the Falkirk wheel, a train from Glasgow heading north and closer Larbert Jnct box. A train for Edinburgh passes the fine sempahore which will be swept away when the box closes.

Armathwaite: The 'Midland Type 2B' signal box alongside Armathwaite station, photographed in May 2006. Originally manufactured in kit form at the Midland Railway's signalling workshops in Derby, the box was assembled on this site in 1899 as a replacement for an earlier structure which had been destroyed by fire. Closed in January 1983 it is still owned by Network Rail, but in 1992 was leased to the 'Friends of the Settle & Carlisle Line', who have since restored it to original MR appearance.

Larbert Junction: A train for Edinburgh passes a train from Glasgow by Larbert Junction box.

Kincardine Power Station: A huge pile of ballast by the recently re-laid sidings in the former Kincardine Powerstation yard.

Cardross: The SRPS tour train returns after an excursion from North Berwick to Mallaig. Leaving Cardross.

Haydon Bridge: The 1877 signal box at Haydon Bridge in May 2006. The box stands on the north side of the level crossing alongside the 1838 station on the Newcastle & Carlisle line. The crossing is notable as one of the declining number in the UK where crossing gates continue to be mechanically operated by the signalman turning a wheel within the box.

Larbert Junction: Stump of signal for leaving the Denny Branch - bottom right. Looking north at Larbert Junction by the trackbed of the closed Denny Branch.

Lazonby and Kirkoswald: Handy for the office - old station masters house at Lazonby 2006.

Little Salkeld: Looking north along the former station approach to Little Salkeld on the Settle and Carlisle Line, seen from the main road on 6 May 2006. The station, now a private house, closed to passengers in 1970. See image [[59115]]

Langwathby: The 1876 station at Langwathby on the Settle & Carlisle line, seen here on the morning of 6 May 2006. The building now houses its own version of the 'Brief Encounter' cafe.

Appleby: The 1876 main building on the down platform at Appleby. Photographed on a Saturday afternoon in May 2006 looking north east across the station car park.

Langwathby: Built to last! The former goods shed at Langwathby on the Settle & Carlisle Line in May 2006 - still in use for goods.

Gilsland: Known in the past for its sulphurous spa waters, the village of Gilsland stands alongside Hadrians Wall, straddling the border between Northumberland and Cumbria. The station was first opened in 1836 as Rose Hill but became Gilsland in 1869. Passenger services were eventually withdrawn in 1967. The photograph, taken looking north across the Newcastle & Carlisle line in May 2006 from the car park of the Station Hotel, shows the former main waiting room on the left with the booking office and station masters house in the centre. Note the arched ticket window and the old platform drinking fountain still in place. See image [[37929]]

Muirend: Standing in the shadows. Passengers waiting below the canopy over platform 1 at Muirend station on 6 May 2007 welcome the arrival of a Sunday morning Neilston - Glasgow Central service formed by unit 314203.

Muirend: A Neilston - Glasgow Central service arriving at Muirend on 6 May 2007.

Giffnock: View from the car park at Giffnock towards the station building and northbound platform on 6 May 2007.

Cathcart: Platform view looking north at Cathcart station on 6 May 2007.

Euxton Junction: A Compass Railtours train heads south on the Up Slow, shortly after passing Euxton Junction, with Class 47s 47847 and 47815 double heading a Blue/Grey set of carriages on 06 May 2007. It is thought that this was an ECS move from Blackburn, following a tour that had originated there the day before, and prior to a tour the following day from Telford.

Hairmyres: A dmu from Glasgow Central about to leave Hairmyres on 6 May 2007 with a service for East Kilbride.

Crosshill: 'Breathe in...' View over Crosshill station in May 2007 - a lesson in efficient use of the available space.

Giffnock: Station building on the down platform at Giffnock in May 2007.

Busby: The 09.27 East Kilbride - Glasgow Central DMU pulls way from the platform at Busby after a shower of rain on a May morning in 2007. The train has just crossed the bridge over the A726 heading for its next stop at Clarkston.

Mount Florida: View over Mount Florida on Sunday 6 May 2007 from the south end footbridge.

Cathcart: The leafy entrance to Cathcart station from Delvin Road on a pleasant May morning in 2007.

College Goods: The enormous warehouse on Bell Street that was once part of Glasgow's College Goods depot, now converted to flats. Much of the old College goods yard is now occupied by housing. View from the site of the former goods yard in May 2007.

College Goods: View west from below the CGU bridge at the top of Molendinar Street along Bell Street showing (on the right) the remains of an urban viaduct that once helped carry rail traffic to and from College Goods Station, as well as supplying the large goods warehouse, seen here looking as good as ever following its conversion to flats. See image [[14963]]

Gallowgate: View south along Molendinar Street towards Gallowgate on a wet 6 May 2007, with Bell Street running off to the right. Below the bridge are the arches that once formed the entrance to Gallowgate station (closed 1902). The bridge still carries the CGU line north towards High Street East Junction.

Abernethy: SPTE turbostar racing through Abernethy.

Gallowgate: Looking north at the top of Molendinar Street in 2007, with Gallowgate behind the camera. The bridge carries the CGU line between Saltmarket Junction and High Street East Junction. Round the corner under the bridge is the former entrance to Gallowgate station (closed as long ago as 1902). In the right background on the north side of Bell Street is part of the urban viaduct that once carried the lines into College goods depot, the huge warehouse of which still stands as flats see image [[14886]].

Crosshill: The slimline Crosshill station on the Cathcart Circle, photographed on a quiet Sunday morning in May 2007. View is north west from Albert Road bridge looking in the direction of Queens Park, with the gardens of Dixon Avenue on the right.

Maxwell Park: A station qualifying for the 'Special' category. Maxwell Park in May 2007.

Thorntonhall: The station building at Thorntonhall in the pouring rain on the morning of 6 May 2007. View towards East Kilbride.

Langside: Looking along the island platform at Langside station, Glasgow, on Sunday 6 May 2007. View is south east towards Cathcart.

Muirend: Passing trains for Glasgow Central and Neilston respectively meet at Muirend station on a Sunday morning in May 2007. View is north east towards Cathcart.

Busby: What's this... a new ScotRail long-distance service? The converted station building on the southbound platform at Busby in May 2007, now in use as a Chinese takeaway.

Thornliebank: East Kilbride - Glasgow Central service at Thornliebank on 6 May 2007.

Thorntonhall: Entrance to the platform at Thorntonhall on the East Kilbride line in May 2007.

Maxwell Park: Entrance to Maxwell Park station from Terregles Avenue on a wet Sunday morning in May 2007.

Maxwell Park: View west over Maxwell Park station on a quiet Sunday morning in the spring of 2007.

Williamwood: A train for Neilston leaving Williamwood platform 2 on 6 May 2007.

Crossmyloof: View south at Crossmyloof on 6 May 2007 from the bridge carrying the B786 Minard Road. The large supermarket in the background stands on land previously occupied by Crossmyloof Ice Rink, which closed in 1986.

College Goods: Built in the mid 1870s by the City of Glasgow Union on the site of the Old College of the University of Glasgow, the former College Goods warehouse still stands as housing on Bell Street. View west towards High Street in May 2007, with Parsonage Square running off to the right.

College Goods: Looking east along Bell Street in May 2007, showing the former College Goods warehouse. The plate girder bridge carries the CGU line north towards High Street East Junction, with the entrance to the old Gallowgate station just off picture to the right below the bridge see image [[14887]].

Busby: A stone built former goods shed which has found a new use stands alongside Busby station on the East Kilbride line. This one, photographed in May 2007, forms part of a garden equipment business. The platforms are behind the fence on the right.

Giffnock: A train from East Kilbride arriving at Giffnock on 6 May 2007 on its way to Glasgow Central.

Gallowgate: A car wash and valet service occupying one of the arches of the entrance to the former high level Gallowgate station. Photographed looking south across Bell Street early on a wet Sunday morning in 2007, by which time the station had been closed for more than 105 years. While the original City of Glasgow Union station served passengers for a fairly short period (1871 - 1902) the line is still in use today, although for many years has seen only intermittent use by occasional freights [[22309]] and specials [[68724]].

Busby: View over Busby station on 6 May 2007 towards the former station building, now the Shanghai Express takeaway. A train for Glasgow Central is just leaving the northbound platform.

Maxwell Park: Looking north from Fotheringay Road towards Terregles Avenue through the upper level of the station building at Maxwell Park on a wet Sunday morning in May 2007.

Giffnock: The only passenger to disembark from the 0947 ex-Glasgow Central crosses the station footbridge at Giffnock on a sunny Sunday morning in May 2007. Meantime Scotrail 156477 restarts its journey south, on the way to East Kilbride.

Clarkston: A quiet Sunday morning at Clarkston. View north over the station on 6 May 2007.

Mount Florida: Southern entrance to platforms at Mount Florida. May 2007.

Cathcart: Classic Cathcart - May 2007.

Langside: Entrance to Langside station from Langside Drive. View south east along the island platform on Sunday morning 6 May 2007 - just before the rain!

Giffnock: Platform view looking north through Giffnock station on 6 May 2007. A recently departed train for Glasgow Central is about to pass an approaching service on its way to East Kilbride.

Bishopton: 334 026 leaves Bishopton for Gourock on 6 May 2009.

Glasgow Central Low Level: A ghostly figure runs for a Milngavie train at Glasgow Central Low Level station on 6 May 2009. [He caught it]

Gourock: The station concourse at Gourock on 6 May 2009. The ticket office, toilets and staff accommodation are in Portakabins outside, pending station refurbishment.

Lawrence Hill: 150221 at Bristol's Lawrence Hill station on 6 May with a service to Filton, Abbey Wood.

Carlisle: The First ScotRail 0640 Ex-Girvan arrives at Carlisle on 6 May 2009. It will leave as the 0933 to Newcastle.

Glasgow Central: Mock-up of the forthcoming Class 380, taken at Glasgow Central on 6 May 2009, the day before opening to the general public.

Cleland: A 4-car mixed livery 156 combination pulls into Cleland on 6 May 2009 with a train on the Edinburgh - Glasgow Central via Shotts route.

Gourock: 334 018 waits in the rain at Gourock platform 3 on 6 May 2009.

Bishopton: There's no answer to that... ..a revolution in door technology at Bishopton, 6 May 2009.

Hoxton: A new class 378 unit heads away from Hoxton station towards Dalston Junction on the recently opened East London Line Extension on 6 May 2010

Glasgow Central: Looking towards the buffer stops along the new platforms 12 & 13 at Glasgow Central on 6 May 2010. Erection of overhead wires, levelling and other finishing work has still to be completed.

Glasgow Central: The archway over the new platforms 12 & 13 at Glasgow Central. Notice the banner repeater to the right under test at 13.

Shields Road Depot: Passing Shields Depot on 6th May 2010 showing the progress on the depot being built for the new Class 380 trains that will be based here.

Alresford (Hampshire): Standard class 9F no 92212 photographed in action during the Mid Hants Railway's Spring Gala Day on 6 May 2010.

Balshaw Lane Junction: 'Rail Blue Charters' Watford Junction to Edinburgh tour on 6 May 2011 with 86101 and an immaculate set of blue/grey coaches, recreating a scene on the WCML from 35 years ago. The tour is seen on the outward leg approaching Balshaw Lane Junction under a grey rather than blue sky.

Belfast Great Victoria Street: Scene at Belfast Great Victoria Street on 6 May 2011.

Kilwinning: Southbound 380110+380012 about to enter Kilwinning station on 6 May, just as 334039 prepares to leave with a service for Glasgow Central.

Lostock Hall: 66095 accelerates 13 of the new bitumen tankers through Lostock Hall station with the return empties working from Preston Dock to Lindsey near Immingham.

Sheringham: A preserved Waggon & Maschinenbau railbus waits patiently, in a (fairly) timeless scene, at Sheringham station on a sunny 6th May 2011.

Balshaw Lane Junction: 92017 in the livery of a well known transport operator hauling containers of a well known supermarket heading north on 6 May 2011 approaching Balshaw Lane Junction.

Kilwinning: 380004 arrives at Kilwinning on 6 May with the 16.20 Largs to Glasgow Central service.

Bangor: Looking over the buffer stops at Bangor terminus on 6 May 2011.

Polmont: The Royal Scotsman runs through Polmont station on 6 May 2011 en route to Wemyss Bay. WCRC 37685 is at the head of the train with 57001 bringing up the rear.

Norbreck: Tram 008, heading for Fleetwood Ferry, slows across the level crossing to call at Norbreck on 6 May 2012. To the right of the tram is the Norbreck Castle hotel, a local landmark overlooking the cliffs.

Dunblane Junction: A view of Dunblane signal box and its associated infrastructure on 6th May 2012. Special thanks are due to Network Rail and associated contractors for kindly removing the overlooking footbridge for the day to allow me to record this once in a lifetime image see image [[15697]].

Gorebridge: Boarded-up houses awaiting demolition alongside the Waverley trackbed at Gorebridge on 6 May 2012, photographed from Station Road.

Amble: All that remains of the Station, coal holding sidings and staiths complex at Amble in 2012. Once served by a branch from the ECML (Chevington) and NCB lines from Broomhill, Togston, Radcliffe and Hauxley. The Station closed to scheduled passenger services in 1930, other than occasional excursions. The lines were lifted after coal exports through the harbour ceased in 1969. View is west, the Staiths complex was located behind the camera.

Winchcombe: Repainted 'Turkish' 8F heading the service train from Winchcombe to Cheltenham Racecourse. It is now in LMS black and running as 8274.

Winchcombe: Electro-diesel E6036 at Winchcombe on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway on 6 May 2012 on a driver training exercise.

Winchcombe: Henschel 0-8-0 no 1091 running on the narrow gauge setup at Winchcombe on 6 May 2012.

Winchcombe: The repainted 'Turkish' Stanier 8F - seen here as LMS 8274 - running round at Winchcombe on 6 May 2012. See image [[37052]]

Winchcombe: Scene at Winchcombe on 6 May 2012, with 'Turkish' Stanier 8F - seen here as LMS 8274 - in the process of running round its train.

Amble: Looking ahead and slightly right is the line of the BR (NER) Amble Staith approach and return tracks. Crossing diagonally on the level from right to left is the line of the NCB (Broomhill Colliery Company) Staith approach and return tracks. The harbour is c. 300 m beyond the crossing point, much now obscured by 1970's housing. Coal exports ceased from Amble in 1969. Up to that time a pint in the Schooner Inn (larger building ahead and left) would have been far from quiet. Collieries shipping through Amble would have principally been, Whittle, Widdrington and Shillbottle (BR staith) and Broomhill, Radcliffe, Hauxley and Chevington (NCB Staith). Buckingham Palace burnt only Shilbottle Coal - allegedly.

Bispham [Tram]: The traditionally styled Bispham Station building still stands alongside the Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramway although a new level access platform has been grafted onto the front. This image of Tram 006 leaving for Fleetwood Ferry was taken from the new staggered Blackpool bound platform.

Starr Gate: Transformation complete. Tram 008 draws forward at Starr Gate prior to reversing to the new departure platform in May 2012. The changes at Starr Gate, including the new depot, are significant but the old gentleman on the left has survived them all. See image [[25005]] for the same location prior to the renewal.

Horsted Keynes: Bluebell Railway train from East Grinstead to Sheffield Park, behind BR 9F 2-10-0 92212, beginning the run down through Sharpthorn Woods, north of Horsted Keynes, on Bank Holiday Monday, 6th May 2013.

Balshaw Lane Junction: A northbound Voyager, heading to Scotland, passes signal PN 7 prior to Balshaw Lane Junction in May 2013.

Sheffield Park: BR Standard Class 9F 92212, waiting to depart from Sheffield Park, with a Bluebell Railway train to East Grinstead, on Bank Holiday Monday, 6th May 2013. I was behind a fence, out of view on the right, when I took this photo and NOT trespassing on the tracks. For brief details of the history of this locomotive, see my photo of it arriving at Horsted Keynes station taken on the same day.

Lumphinnans Central Junction: 60009 and 61994 pass the former Lumphinnans Central Junction on 6 May en route from their Thornton base to NRM York.

West End - Princes Street [Tram]: A rail grinder at work in Shandwick Place on 6 May 2013. See image [[43144]]

York Place [Tram]: View east along York Place on 6 May 2013 with rails and masts now in place.

Balshaw Lane Junction: Coming off the up slow line at Balshaw Lane Junction, a Northern service from Blackpool to Liverpool appears during the late afternoon of 6 May 2013.

Balshaw Lane Junction: First TransPennine 185110 approaches Balshaw Lane Junction on a Manchester Airport to Blackpool service on 6 May 2013.

Haymarket: Approaching Haymarket by train on 6 May, with the tramway on the left (with loop) and 156506 standing in platform 0.

Balgreen [Tram]: View from a train passing Balgreen tram stop on 6 May 2013. The iconic Jenners Furniture Repository stands on the left with Murrayfield Stadium in the right background.

Balshaw Lane Junction: An 11 car Virgin Pendolino heads north towards Balshaw Lane Junction in the late afternoon sunshine with a Euston to Glasgow service on 6 May 2013.

Kingscote: Bluebell Railway train from Sheffield Park to East Grinstead, behind BR Standard Class 9F 92212, approaching Kingscote on 6th May 2013. The original LBSCR line south from East Grinstead as far as Horsted Keynes was constructed to double track but only a single track has been provided for Bluebell trains with a loop here at Kingscote.

West Hoathly: Bluebell Railway train from East Grinstead to Sheffield Park, behind ex-British Railways Standard Class 9F no. 92212 (1959), passing the remains of West Hoathly station, closed in 1955, which has not been reopened for the heritage line, on Bank Holiday Monday, 6th May 2013.

Balshaw Lane Junction: A late running Birmingham to Edinburgh Voyager approaches Balshaw Lane Junction on 6 May 2013.

Kingscote: Bluebell Railway train from Sheffield Park to East Grinstead, behind BR Standard Class 9F 92212, arriving at Kingscote on 6th May 2013. This was the northern terminus of the Bluebell Railway after the extension from Horsted Keynes opened in 1994, until the Bluebell triumphantly achieved its long term aim of reopening across Imberhorne Viaduct to East Grinstead in 2013.

Sprouston: Bridge built by the NER a mile east of Sprouston, between Kelso and Tweedmouth, on the route opened in 1849. Hard to believe now that this line once saw diverted express passenger trains.

Hurst Green: The 'up' platform at Hurst Green station in East Sussex, seen from 377163 with 377160 calling at the 'down' with a Southern service from London Victoria to East Grinstead, on 6th May 2013. Just south of here the line to East Grinstead continues south while that to Uckfield diverges to the south-east before turning south and then south-west. The latter, of course, used to continue through to Lewes until the senseless closure of the Uckfield to Lewes section in January 1969, robbing the Brighton Main Line of an alternative route to London at times as happened recently when the main line was closed between Brighton and Three Bridges for a week. Part of the old line at Isfield is now a short heritage railway designated The Lavender Line.

East Grinstead (Bluebell Railway): Preserved Southern Railway Maunsell 2-6-0 U class no. 1638 arriving over Imberhorne Viaduct into the new northern terminus of the Bluebell Railway at East Grinstead, on the morning of Bank Holiday Monday, 6th May 2013, two months after the long-held dream of reaching the Sussex town was achieved with the reopening from Kingscote on 8th March.

East Grinstead (Bluebell Railway): 8th March 2013 was a momentous day in the history of the UK's first preserved standard gauge heritage railway when the Bluebell finally achieved its long term aim of reopening to East Grinstead and a connection with the National Rail network that was lost when the Haywards Heath to Horsted Keynes line closed in 1963. This view shows the, as yet, somewhat spartan new terminus for the Bluebell Railway on the morning of Bank Holiday Monday, 6th May 2013, a few weeks after the extension from Kingscote opened.

Horsted Keynes: British Railways Standard Class 9F no. 92212 arriving at Horsted Keynes station with a Bluebell Railway service from Sheffield Park to East Grinstead, on Bank Holiday Monday, 6th May 2013. This was one of the last 9Fs to be built at the ex-GWR's Swindon works and came off the production line in September 1959. After a stint on the much lamented Somerset & Dorset Line and lines in Wales, it was withdrawn from service after less than 10 years in January 1968 and found its way to Woodham's scrapyard at Barry. Eventually rescued for preservation, it was not until the early 21st Century that an extensive two years overhaul was taken with the locomotive returning to steam on 11th September 2009. It is now based at the Mid-Hants Railway.

East Grinstead: The rebuilt entrance to the former low level station at East Grinstead, completed in December 2012 but not officially opened until 8th March 2013, concurrently with the reopening of the Bluebell Railway to the town, seen here on the morning of Bank Holiday Monday, 6th May 2013. Nothing now remains of the former high level station that was on the cross-country route from Three Bridges to Groombridge and which closed on 2nd January 1967, thereby severing the direct rail service between the important towns of East Grinstead and Tunbridge Wells.

Horsted Keynes: Preserved 1920s Southern Railway Maunsell 2-6-0 U class no. 1638, just arrived at Horsted Keynes with a Bluebell Railway service from East Grinstead to Sheffield Park, on Bank Holiday Monday, 6th May 2013.

Horsted Keynes: 33103 in a siding at Horsted Keynes, Bluebell Railway, on Bank Holiday Monday, 6th May 2013.

Horsted Keynes: W.H. Smith newsagents at Horsted Keynes station, Bluebell Railway, on Bank Holiday Monday, 6th May 2013. This station was used in a few episodes of the popular ITV drama series 'Downton Abbey' for which purpose it was temporarily renamed 'Downton'. (A lot of thought must have gone into that.) A cinema feature film of 'Downton Abbey' was released in cinemas in 2019.

Leyland: The short lived prototype 0-6-0 No.60 John, photographed on 6 May 2014 just before cutting up following a brief celebration.

Whitrope Bank: A couple of miles north of Whitrope Tunnel this is the view looking south. See image [[51036]]

Teviot Viaduct: Remains of the Teviot Viaduct that once carried trains across the river immediately south of Hawick station, seen here looking east at low water in May 2014.

Longtown: We could speculate about the possible future reopening of the Waverley route from Tweedback through to Carlisle till the cows come home but... hang on a minute... well I never - would you look at that! View towards Carlisle from a road bridge less than a mile to the south of Longtown on 6 May 2015, with this section of the Waverley trackbed having recently been concreted over.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: General view of the works at Queen Street station from Buchanan Galleries on 6th May 2016, day 48 of the closure for the tunnel and EGIP works. Platforms 1-6 have been realigned and extended northwards towards the tunnel and the track relaid, but pointwork has yet to be replaced. Platform 7 still has its old track and remains connected to the down line in the tunnel. New rails have been placed in the 'four foot' of the adjacent platform 6 road. Platform edges are nearing completion and the infill will follow. Some slabtrack for the tunnel works is stored in the station. Progress is reported to be on target for these works.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Detail of Queen Street station platforms 6 and 7 taken from Buchanan Galleries on 6th May 2016. Demolition of some small buildings on platform 7 is in progress and the 'join' between the old and new parts of platform 6 can be seen.

Bellgrove: The 6 car 11:31 Queen Street to Edinburgh via Falkirk High DMU is about to take the line via Springburn as it passes through Bellgrove during the period of diversions due to the closure of Queen Street High level for work on the High Level Tunnel. An Airdrie - Balloch EMU is approaching in the other direction.

Quorn and Woodhouse: LMS Jinty 3F 47406 shunting a parcels van at Quorn & Woodhouse during the GCR 2017 Gala. Locos were operating passenger and freight trains turn and turn about and the 0-6-0T was acting as a shunting engine making and breaking train sets in Quorn goods yard.

Poulton-le-Fylde: A Blackpool North to Huddersfield service passes over newly relaid tracks as it slows for the Poulton stop on 6th May 2017. The station ticket office and main entrance can be seen on top of the bridge. Catenary will be erected here during the next twelve months.

Loughborough Central: A Met-Camm DMU set running a shuttle service from Loughborough to Rothley. Note the destination blind ('Barrow Ship Yard'), the rear car says Morecambe Promenade.

Achnasheen: K1 No.62005 heads * The Great Britain X * to Kyle of Lochalsh.Pictured approaching Achnasheen.The peaks in the background are Sgurr a'Choire-Rainich 848M and Sgurr a'Ghlas Leathaid 844M.

Leicester North: BR Standard 9F 92214 arriving at Leicester North Station.

Luib Crossing: K1 No.62005 hauls * The Great Britain X * up the gradient towards Luib Summit on the way to Kyle of Lochalsh. Loch Gowan is in the background.

Quorn and Woodhouse: Having completed some leisurely shunting in the yard at Quorn, LMS Jinty 3F 0-6-0T 47406 departs for Rothley hauling a 3 coach local train.

Loughborough Central: The GCR held a Gala day over this weekend, specialising in freight trains mixed in with the usual passenger workings. The locos took turns to work either type of train. Here is a collection of 08s, there was a total of 5 in the yard. On view 08683, 08480 & 13101 seen at Loughborough Station.

Coventry Airport: ERM museum for electric trains, none of which can move under their own power, because there is no electricity supply; and no covered storage. It is next to Coventry Airport and a lot tidier than it was a few years ago but has just announced it has to close in October 2017 as the land is being redeveloped. Appeals are being made to house the collection at various sites until it can be reassembled at a new location. Visit while you can.

Inverkeithing East Junction: 57305 leads the Northern Belle past Inverkeithing East Junction on its return from Dundee to Darlington on 6 May. 57306 is on the rear.

Low Moor: Arrival at Low Moor. The station re-opened on the 2nd of April 2017.

Loughborough Central: BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 92214 taking water at Loughborough Central on 6th May 2017.

Bradford Forster Square: Despite being hugely reduced in size, Bradford Forster Square is still a large three platform station. This view looks north.

Edinburgh Waverley: A model of a Reid Atlantic is now on display at the Virgin Trains East Coast reception on Waverley Station.

Poulton-le-Fylde: With the dismantling of the Fleetwood line junction at Poulton the Fleetwood starter, on the right of the bracket signal, has also been removed. See image [[31314]] The remaining Poulton semaphores are also in their last year of service as a long complete closure of the Blackpool lines is planned for winter 2017/18 to complete electrification works.

Quorn and Woodhouse: BR Standard Class 4 Tank 80136 on a southbound passenger train on the double track section at Quorn on 6th May 2017.

Low Moor: Low Moor station, between Halifax and Bradford, reopened on 2nd April 2017 having previously closed in 1965.

Quorn and Woodhouse: 6990 Witherslack Hall heading a non-stop ballast train through Quorn.

Quorn and Woodhouse: BR Standard Class 2 78018 heading a southbound freight using the Windcutter mineral wagon rake. Seen at Quorn and Woodhouse during a GCR Gala on 6th May 2017

Edinburgh Waverley: Notes from a model of a Reid Atlantic now on display at the Virgin Trains East Coast reception on Waverley Station See image [[59280]].

Quorn and Woodhouse: LMS 8F 48624 departing Quorn with a passenger train during the GCR Gala day, specialising in freight trains mixed in with the usual passenger workings. The locos took turns to work either type of train.

Apperley Bridge: Station clock at the newly re-opened Apperley Bridge, on the Leeds to Skipton line, on 6th May 2017.

Bradkirk Junction: 150204, forming a Manchester Victoria to Blackpool North service, passes Bradkirk on 6th May 2017. Mast bases have been dropped off either side of the running lines in preparation for electrification. To the left of the train remnants of the Marton line to Blackpool Central (closed 1964) can be seen diverging at this point, plus of course the famous Tower above the bridge.

Bradford Interchange: A view south at Bradford Interchange with a Grand Central Class 180 Adelante unit preparing to depart for London Kings Cross.

Quorn and Woodhouse: On display at the Great Central Railway gala on 6 May 2017 were the smokebox and cab of the new build Clan project. Bearing the number 72010, which would have been next in the Clan series if the order hadn't been cancelled, these initial parts of the locomotive, which will carry the name Hengist, are seen here in the yard at Quorn & Woodhouse. See image [[29914]]

Poulton-le-Fylde: 150201 leaves Poulton and negotiates the 20mph curve on the last leg of a Buxton to Blackpool North service on 6th May 2017. This image shows the changing infrastructure at the station with the recently removed junction for the Fleetwood line and the associated signalling. See image [[30943]] from 2010.

Bradkirk Junction: Looking east from the footbridge at Bradkirk one of the two direct Marton Line tracks from Kirkham is still partly in situ as after closure it served a Civil Engineers spoil tip. The eastbound track split here with one line going over a flyover to Kirkham North Junction. The line of trees curving sharply right marks the old line to Wrea Green and Lytham, which finally closed in 1967 and has almost completely disappeared, as has the brickworks that occupied the field. [Ref query 1010]

Grafton East Junction: 46100 Royal Scot with the Cathedrals Express at Crofton, en route to Bristol on 6th May 2017.

Carlisle: 37405 on arrival from Barrow at Carlisle.

Poulton-le-Fylde: The Fleetwood line junction at Poulton, which was relaid around ten years ago but never used, has been removed prior to electrification. On 6th May 2017, 158759 passes the lifted track sections as it slows for the station stop on a York service. See image [[19029]] for an earlier view from the same vantage point.

Whitegate: In order to gain access to industry in Winsford, the CLC constructed a line from just west of Cuddington to Winsford & Over. The only other station on the branch was at Whitegate, although the village of the same name is many miles away. Much of the trackbed of the branch has been converted into The Whitegate Way and the station building at Whitegate is now a very pleasant cafe. This view north-west shows the station complete with platform face on 06 May 2018 prior to taking refreshments.

Lostock Gralam: A Manchester to Chester service departs from Lostock Gralam on 06 May 2018.

Northwich: With engineering work between Warrington and Chester, ATW services to Chester and North Wales from Manchester were diverted via the CLC route through Northwich on 06 May 2018.

Cuddington: With engineering work between Chester and Warrington, ATW services between Chester and Manchester Piccadilly were diverted via the CLC route through Northwich. On 06 May 2018 a service from Chester passes Cuddington.

Acton Bridge: All quiet on the West Coast Main Line on 06 May 2018 at Acton Bridge. With a possession in place there was nothing to see here so I moved along. The view is northwards with the station building the red brick structure on the right.

Interiors: Interior view of Blackpool Brush Railcar No.623 working a Heritage service from the Pleasure Beach on 6th May 2018. The tram is normally based on the Heaton Park Tramway in Manchester but had returned to Blackpool for the 80th anniversary of these trams in 2017. The cramped (standing only) driving cab is very noticeable.

Greenbank: A Chester to Southport service departs from Greenbank on 06 May 2018. When opened the station was named Hartford and Greenbank however the Hartford was dropped by BR in the early 1970s.

Haymarket MPD: 43033 with its striking new ScotRail livery in the sun at Haymarket.

Cuddington: A view of an almost deserted Cuddington station, looking north-east from the bridge carrying Norley Road over the railway on 06 May 2018.

Tower [Tram]: Brush Railcoach 630, in 1990s Blackpool livery, is seen on the promenade by the Tower from the top deck of a Balloon tram heading towards the Pleasure Beach on 6th May 2018.

Warrington West: The site for the new Warrington West railway station and bus interchange seen on 06 May 2018 with a Northern service from Manchester to Liverpool via Warrington Central passing. Building work has already commenced on the left and latest estimates are that it should open during 2019.

Bispham [Tram]: The driving position on Bolton No.66 looks a grand place to be working on a sunny bank holiday in Blackpool. It would have been a different story climbing to Tonge Moor in the middle of winter. The early tram drivers must have been hardy folk. 6th May 2018

Burntisland: On the left of this photo at Burntisland you can see a 'bughotel' supported by ScotRail's biodiversity fund. 6th May 2018.

Sheepford Mineral Depot: An engraved stone, commemorating the building of the Monkland Canal, seen at Sheepford Locks in May 2019.

Sheepford Swing Bridge: A former railway bridge, over what was the Monkland Canal, at the entrance to Sheepford Mineral Depot. Seen on 6th May 2019. This line and swing bridge was built to replace the original alignment to Sheepford.

Woodacre Crossing: Colas 70815 and 70803 work light engine from Crewe to Carlisle and are seen approaching Woodacre on 6th May 2019. The line here had been closed for the previous two days over the weekend and several trains that usually run overnight had been changed to daytime paths.

Calder: The trackbed of the Rutherglen & Coatbridge railway looking towards Airdrie in May 2019 with the overbridge of Lock St first and the Calder Viaduct in the distance. This now forms part of the National Cycle Path No.75 which runs between Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Charing Cross [GC and DR]: A different view of Charing Cross station, taken in May 2019.

Sheepford Viaduct: The trackbed on Calder Viaduct looking towards Airdrie in May 2019. This now forms part of the National Cycle Path No.75 which runs between Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Gainford Bridge: Just west of Gainford village there are two arched stone bridges crossing the upper reaches of the River Tees, in close proximity to each other as it winds it way to the east coast. These are on the former line between Darlngton and Barnard Castle. The easternmost bridge is Gainford Bridge with the westernmost one being West Tees Bridge. This view taken at the waters edge looking south in May 2019 shows two of the four arches of Gainford Bridge with the third arch mostly hidden by the low hanging tree branches.

Sheepford Viaduct: A view of Calder Viaduct from the infilled Monkland Canal on 6th May 2019.

Hyde Park Corner: Original tiled wall sign on the eastbound platform at Hyde Park Corner, Piccadilly Line, dating from the line and station's opening in 1906, on 6th May 2019. For many years, these signs at this and other deep-level London Underground 'tube' stations were covered up by advertising hoardings but those have happily now been removed. These also include stations that were later renamed, e.g. also on the Piccadilly Line at Arsenal, renamed in 1932 after some football club, apparantly, the original 1906 tiled wall name Gillespie Road is now also back on display.

South Kensington [GNPBR]: View along the westbound Piccadilly Line platform at South Kensington, looking east, with a train of refurbished LUL 1973 stock departing for Heathrow on 6th May 2019. This station is an interchange with the Circle and District Lines.

Gainford Bridge: Just west of Gainford village there are two arched stone bridges crossing the upper reaches of the River Tees, in close proximity to each other as it winds it way to the east coast. These are for the former line between Darlngton and Barnard Castle. The easternmost bridge is Gainford Bridge with the westernmost one being West Tees Bridge. This view taken at the waters edge looking north east shows three of the four arches of West Tees Bridge with the fourth arch mostly hidden by the low hanging tree branches.

Gainford Bridge: Just west of Gainford village there are two arched stone bridges crossing the upper reaches of the River Tees, in close proximity to each other as it winds it way to the east coast. These are on the former line between Darlngton and Barnard Castle. The easternmost bridge is Gainford Bridge with the westernmost one being West Tees Bridge. This view taken looking south west from close to the former road overbridge on the nearby A67 road shows the deck of the fenced off Gainford Bridge. Tree growth over the last 11 years prevents a now view from the same location as that of 2008 See image [[18857]]

Gainford Bridge: Just west of Gainford village there are two arched stone bridges crossing the upper reaches of the River Tees, in close proximity to each other as it winds it way to the east coast. These are on the former line between Darlngton and Barnard Castle. The easternmost bridge is Gainford Bridge with the westernmost one being West Tees Bridge. This view looking south east looks across the deck of the fenced off West Tees Bridge. The Tees Way footpath runs along the top of the rail embankment from the A67 road, almost to the bridge, before steps descend down to the river bank for the path to continue west alongside the river.

Brock Water Troughs: A TPE Class 397 speeds northwards alongside the Lancaster Canal at Brock working from Preston to Edinburgh on 6th May 2020. This shot incidental to a permitted exercise walk - so incidental I didn't have my camera and it was taken with my phone.

Garstang and Catterall: Coal merchants are a dwindling breed but where they survive they are often located in the places where they were historically supplied. This still busy yard at Garstang and Catterall, sandwiched between the canal and railway, probably originally received supplies of coal from both although now of course it is entirely by road. Beyond the embankment the station house can be seen alongside the line but all other traces of the station have gone. Photograph incidental to a daily permitted exercise walk.

Stonehaven: A shunting disaster. Not long after I had moved to Stonehaven in 1995, there was a bit of shunting taking place up the embankment and a wagon was shunted down to the buffer stop, which failed catastrophically. The bolts were so badly corroded, they just could not take the loading. The wagon came down the embankment leaving the scars on the A957 Slug Road to Banchory. Fortunately there were no cars or pedestrians passing at the time. The fence was replaced by NR a year or so back and has nothing to do with the original incident.

Calder Aqueduct [LC]: This is the downstream side of the Calder Aqueduct (Bridge 52), where the River Calder emerges from the siphon (or u-bend) that carries it under the Lancaster Canal. The towpath is just behind the parapet. See [[83526]] for the upstream side of the structure.

Hawick [2nd]: Hawick 30 November 2018.

Eastleigh: Freightliner 70002, northbound Southampton MCT to Manchester Trafford Park, passing Eastleigh on 6th May 2021.

Eastleigh: Three Class 66 front ends, Freightliner 66529 with Colas 66850 and 66846, at Eastleigh on 6th May 2021.

Eastleigh: DB 66129 pauses at Eastleigh for a crew change before heading north on 6th May 2021.

Eastleigh: DB Cargo 66044 with a northbound departure after a driver change at Eastleigh on 6th May 2021.

Portobello Bottle Works: Portobello Bottle Works (1829-1968) was situated across the road from Baileyfield Switch and Crossing Works (still there) but had a separate connection with the main line. A fragment of the track remains embedded here in the car park of an abandoned car dealership. Edinphoto.org.uk has a photo of a train on the branch in 1959.

Ballater: Like many other contemporary railways the Bridge of Gairn Tramway, a Standard Gauge line, used gravel as ballast. A gravel ballast pit is shown on this 1900 map, close to to the River Dee and the Craigendarroch Lodge (later Hotel). Completed around 1870, the tramway does not ever seem to have been used for the goods-only transport it was intended. Added by Charlie Niven. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland. See maps.nls.uk/copyright.html

Eastleigh: Surprise of the day from a trip to Eastleigh on 6th May 2021. The updated HST 125 set, running in the guise of the long gone 'Midland Blue Pullman', northbound to Crewe. I'm told it was in warm storage in Eastleigh Works. Power cars were 43046 and 43055.

Eastleigh: Contrast in units as South Western Railway 158888 meets new 701016 at Eastleigh on 6th May 2021. The EMU was on a driver training run, about to return towards Waterloo.

Leyland: DRS 66432 heads South towards Leyland on 6 May 2021, hauling a Kirow crane from Carlisle to Crewe.

Eastleigh: Rail Operations Group 57305 passes through Eastleigh on 6th May 2021. This former BR Class 47 has an interesting history. It was D1758 and then 47164, when it was one of the Stratford 47s to be decorated with a bodyside Union flag for the Silver Jubilee. It was further renumbered as 47571 and then went to Virgin Trains as 47822. It was rebuilt as a Virgin Class 57 (Thunderbirds John Tracy) being equipped with a reconditioned EMD engine (ex 66) and Class 56 alternator. It is now leased by ROG from DRS and sounded delightful.

Eastleigh: Once a common sight but now increasingly rare, RSS 08511 shunting in the local sidings at Eastleigh on 6th May 2021.

Eastleigh: South Western Railway 158887, on a local shuttle to Salisbury, calling at Eastleigh on 6th May 2021.

Eastleigh: A pair of HST 125 power cars heading towards Eastleigh Works on 6th May 2021. 43058 and 43059 are operated by Locomotive Services Ltd.

Kjosfossen: The platform at Kjosfossen was constructed solely to allow Flam Railway passengers to view two adjacent waterfalls (The one out of picture is much more impressive). The ten-coach tourist trains cannot fit in the platform and so half the train calls on the climb up to Vatnahalsen or Myrdal and the other half on the descent back to the fjord. This May 2022 shows the cramped nature of the site where part of the train sits in the tunnel during the brief call here.

Myrdal: This EMU from Voss would normally run in to the main platform at Myrdal but the Bergen Express was running late on 6th May 2022 and still in the main platform and so the smaller platform was used. The train doors remained locked however until the Bergen train had departed and the passengers were then escorted across the tracks to join the Flam train, out of sight to the right.

Voss: Looking down from the (excellent) folk museum, on the hillside above Voss, in May 2022. A Vossbanen EMU bound for Myrdal has just left the station, out of picture to the right, and is now passing the superb but trackless old roundhouse depot.

Kjosfossen: A descending train, from Myrdal to Flam, has stopped at Kjosfossen for passengers to view the waterfalls. 2249, at the upper end of the train, is still inside the unlined tunnel waiting to continue down the Flam Valley. The E18 locos are very similar to the Swiss Rail RE460s (See image [[55760]]). They are capable of 120mph but when used on the Flam line are restricted to 19mph descending and 24mph climbing.

Flåm: Two modern E18 locos sit at the end of the island platform at Flåm on a wet afternoon in May 2022. Each had a ten coach train behind it and then a classmate on the rear. The line climbs from sea level to just over 2,800' at Myrdal in a little under 12 miles and is entirely adhesion worked. The steepest section of track is 1:18.

Reinunga: Reinunga, an intermediate halt on the Flam Railway, is 767m above sea level and, at these Northern latitudes in May 2022, the surrounding area was still under snow and the nearby lake still frozen over. This is a view from a descending Flam train, just about to loop round to pass through the platform. Reinunga is the second station from Myrdal.

Flåm: A sort of Fort William situation has been implemented at Flam, whereby the original station seen here has been closed (and incorporated into a retail park near the new cruise terminal). The line has been cut back a short distance from the side of the fjord and a new station constructed to deal with greatly increased tourist travel.

Voss: There is quite an 'Alpine' feel to Voss station, on the Bergen line, with a direct connection from the platforms to the ski slopes cable car. A Vossebanen EMU, working from Myrdal to Bergen, calls on 6th May 2022.