Ferryhill Junction: Southbound Freightliner approaching Ferryhill Junction on its way south behind a class 26 on 14 May 1975.

Ferryhill MPD: 26033 comes off shed at Ferryhill on 14 May 1975 and heads for Aberdeen station.

Ferryhill MPD: 26033 comes off Ferryhill shed and heads towards the joint station on 14 May 1975. The signal controlled the exit from the shed area and the junction for the Deeside line was a short distance to the right of the photo.

Ferryhill MPD: Class 40 leaving Ferryhill MPD on 14 May 1975 on its way to Aberdeen station to take a train south.

Ferryhill MPD: A Class 47 comes off shed at Aberdeen Ferryhill on 14 May 1975 and heads towards Aberdeen station.

Foxlow Junction: Peak 45066 (ex D114) brings a partially fitted inter-regional freight, probably bound for Tinsley Yard, past Foxlow Junction near Barrow Hill in May 1977. Although only a freight line, there were up and down loops between Foxlow Junction and Renishaw Park Goods Junction.

Queensferry Junction: The closed signal box at Ratho Junction on 14 May 1978.

Winchburgh Junction: Scene at Winchburgh Junction on 14 May 1978, with 27 204 leading a diverted E&G service past the signal box. The main line was being resignalled (closed with a possession) between Saughton and Winchburgh and trains were being diverted via a reversal at Dalmeny.

Bathgate Junction: The closed signal box at what was then Bathgate Junction (now Newbridge) on 14 May 1978.

Louvain: 29 013 at Louvain Station on 14 May 1978 waiting to depart for a round trip to Ypres via a few country branch lines. I am told this was the last operational steam locomotive on the Belgian Railways (SNCB), kept in working order for specials.

Haymarket East Junction: Edinburgh - Glasgow push-pull service in its ultimate form. A modified class 47 pushes a Glasgow train away from the Haymarket stop past Haymarket east junction in May 1981.

Haymarket East Junction: A class 47 takes its train south towards Carstairs through Haymarket east junction in May 1981 prior to the redevelopment of the surrounding area.

Haymarket East Junction: 47712 'Lady Diana Spencer' slows a Glasgow - Edinburgh push-pull service on the approach to Haymarket station on 14 May 1981. On the right are terratorial boundary markings applied by the notorious 'Black Hand Gang'.

Kaimes: 47114 draws away from Kaimes Siding with empty containers for Powderhall on 14 May 1990. Curiously, after diversion of the trains to Oxwellmains, the connection to the main line was removed, then re-instated. See image [[29822]]

Carstairs: A Glasgow Central - Edinburgh Waverley - London Kings Cross BR InterCity service runs south through platform 2 at Carstairs on 14 May 1992 before turning north onto the Edinburgh line at Carstairs East Junction.

Polwica: Between Snieciska and Polwica, the Sroda to Zaniemysl narrow gauge line ran alongside a quiet country road on which Px48-1726 on the 06:07 departure from Sroda Miasto is overhauling a cyclist. Or perhaps it was the other way round - certainly I had no problem chasing these trains by bicycle!

Zaniemysl: While PKP 750mm gauge 0-8-0 No. Px48-1726 appears to be leaving Zaniemysl in May 1994 with an evening train to Sroda. In reality it was making a false start for the benefit of the cameras of a coach load of French tourists which happened to be passing along the road alongside the station yard. Shortly afterwards it will depart for real as the 18:20 working to Sroda Miasto.

Portobello Junction: A BR InterCity liveried Edinburgh Waverley - London Kings Cross service runs south through Portobello Junction in May 1996.

Portobello East Junction: A class 305 EMU brings a North Berwick - Edinburgh service west through Portobello in May 1996. Built at Doncaster in 1960, a batch of 5 of these units (previously employed on services operating out of Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street) was assigned to the newly electrified North Berwick branch in 1991. The last of the batch was withdrawn in January 2002 after class 322s had taken over operations. Note the 'Overhead Line Maintenance Train' on the left - a resident here for many years see image [[65917]].

Portobello Junction: A BR Edinburgh - London InterCity service east of Craigentinny depot in May 1996. To the right the South Leith branch meets the ECML at Portobello East Junction.

Aviemore: A morning train for Boat of Garten prepares to leave Aviemore on 14 May 2002. The 'Scotland for Steam' headboard being carried by Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 no 46512 was part of the build-up to the official opening of the Strathspey Railway's extension to Broomhill, scheduled to take place at the end of that month.

Boat of Garten: Platform scene at Boat of Garten in May 2002. Ivatt 2-6-0 46512 is waiting to depart with a train for Aviemore, while BRCW Type 2 D5325 stands over on the right see image [[5540]].

Aviemore: A train for Boat of Garten preparing to leave Aviemore on 14 May 2002. The SRS Aviemore Speyside station stands in the right background. Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 no 46512 is at the head of the train.

Boat of Garten: Looking north towards the buffer stops on the east side of Boat of Garten station in May 2002. Stabled in the siding is Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST no. 2 Balmenach (AB2020/1936). The locomotive was formerly based at Balmenach Distillery, near Cromdale.

Boat of Garten: Platform view south at Boat of Garten on 14 May 2002. Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 no 46512 is awaiting its departure time with a Strathspey Railway service to Aviemore.

Boat of Garten: Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 46512 prepares to leave Boat of Garten in May 2002 with a train for Aviemore.

High Marnham Power Station: 66069 heads away from High Marnham Power Station with the 1415hrs empty wagons for Worksop on 14th May 2002. The trackwork has been rationalised here. At one time there were far more sidings. This power station has since been shut and demolished.

Boat of Garten: Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST no. 2 Balmenach (2020/1936) at Boat of Garten on the Strathspey Railway in May 2002. View is south along the island platform with the main station over to the right. [Ref query 3361]

High Marnham Power Station: 66018 arrives at High Marnham, with coal from Clipstone mine, in 2002. Part of this railway from from Thoresby Junction through Ollerton is now a Network Rail test track with Tuxford being the centre of operations.

Edinburgh Park: An Edinburgh - Glasgow Queen Street train passing through Edinburgh Park in May 2004.

Edinburgh Park: A westbound Edinburgh - Glasgow ScotRail shuttle service passing through Edinburgh Park station in May 2004, with Edinburgh Castle and Arthurs Seat on the horizon.

Haymarket: Platforms 3 and 4 at Haymarket station on a bright and sunny May morning in 2004. A Glasgow shuttle has just made its first stop after leaving Waverley, while a 158 is about to disappear into Haymarket Tunnel with a Bathgate - Newcraighall service.

Edinburgh Waverley: Space - the final frontier. The sizeable gap that will be created by the demolition of New Street bus depot and earmarked for the next phase of the Waverley Valley development. The building in the centre is the new Edinburgh Council HQ. May 2006.

Edinburgh Waverley: Hmmphhh!!! Sunday morning guard duty! With the Waverley Steps entrance to the station closed off, a temporary entrance to Waverley has been opened up through Princes Mall. View from Princes Street on 14 May 2006. See image [[9657]]

Haymarket MPD: Expansion at Haymarket Depot - looking west on 14 May 2006

Forth Bridge: Like painting the Forth Bridge.... <I>'A job that is never finished because by the time you get to the end it's time to start over again.'</I> (Cambridge Dictionary of Idioms)<br><br>The photograph shows the heavily scaffolded south span of the bridge on a May evening in 2006, partway through the 10 year project aimed at making the old cliche redundant.<br><br> On 9 December 2011 BBC News reported : <I>'The painting of the Forth Bridge has finally been completed and the structure is now scaffold-free for the first time in a decade. It will not need another paint job for 25 years. New techniques and products are behind the project's success. A 400-strong team applied a triple layer of new glass flake epoxy paint which creates a chemical bond to provide a virtually impenetrable layer to protect the bridge's steel work from the weather'.</I>

Ladybank: The Paps o Fife (Lomond Hills)are seen behind this northbound 170 approaching Ladybank.

Freuchie: Inverness to Edinburgh express (170 + 158) between Kingskettle and Falkland Road.

Kingskettle: A class 170 rounds the long bend through Kingskettle, heading for Ladybank.

Glen Ogle Viaduct: View west across Glen Ogle on 14 May 2008, showing the viaduct that carried the Callander & Oban on the climb north to Killin Junction.

Poulton-le-Fylde: The relaid but disused Fleetwood line junction and Poulton No. 3 cabin viewed from the Preston bound platform under the booking hall, which is at street level.

Balquhidder [2nd]: Standing at the top of the entrance stairway at Balquhidder in 2008 looking south west across the A84. Following closure to all rail traffic in 1965 the station site had been converted for use as a caravan / holiday park.

Cart Junction: Looking east towards Elderslie West Junction on 14th May. This is the remains of embankment that ran down the hill from Elderslie West Junction to Cart Junction. To the left is the WH Malcolm Logistics depot in Linwood

Poulton-le-Fylde: Scottish trains on the Fylde. Like every train from Blackpool on 14th May 2008, 156468 on this Buxton service was packed with Rangers fans heading for Manchester. Some services did not make their scheduled stop here because they were so full. The long platform at Poulton continues beyond the bridge in the distance and the former through line trackbed is now the car park.

Glenoglehead Crossing: Heading north along the C&O approaching the remains of Glenoglehead Crossing on 14 May 2008. This station was opened in 1870 as Killin, despite being a considerable distance from the village (or anywhere else for that matter), but was renamed Glenoglehead in 1886 when the direct route from Killin Junction was opened. The station was officially closed in December 1916, although it had ceased to be used for regular scheduled services as long ago as September 1891 at which point the suffix Crossing had been appended.

Invergowrie: The 1351 Dundee to Glasgow Turbostar about to pass through Invergowrie. In the background are the high flats and hospital at Ninewells.

Glenoglehead Crossing: The lichen covered former railway bridge at Glenoglehead seen from the south east in May 2008. For the view in the opposite direction see image [[63944]].

Glenoglehead Crossing: Looking west about a mile west of Glenoglehead on 14 May 2008, with logging activity taking place in the surrounding area and this site being used as a central collection point. The location is close to the westernrn distant signal for Glenoglehead on the unrelenting climb from Luib eastwards to Glenoglehead.

Balquhidder [2nd]: The old passenger subway at Balquhidder on 14 May seen through a gap in the metal gate see image [[19209]]. The subway is now blocked part way through with the accessible section in use as a store by the local holiday park. Balquhidder station was closed in September 1965, some 6 weeks before scheduled closure, following a landslide in Glenogle.

Balquhidder [2nd]: Stairway on the west side of Balquhidder station alongside the A84 looking south towards Callander in May 2008. The former passenger subway can be seen on the left at the base of the steps. Originally opened by the C&O as Lochearnhead in 1870, it was renamed on the opening of the Comrie, St Fillans & Lochearnhead station in 1904. The station was subsequently relocated slightly further south to its current position the following year in order to accomodate the junction with the new line.

Balquhidder [2nd]: The imposing frontage and entrance to Balquhidder station alongside the A84 looking north on 14 May 2008, showing the gated entrance to the former passenger subway. The site of the platforms is now occupied by a holiday/caravan park.

Glen Ogle Viaduct: Remains of the C&O viaduct in Glen Ogle. Wide view looking west from alongside the A85 in 2008. The structure stood roughly midway between Glenoglehead Crossing to the north [[31666]] and Balquhidder to the south [[16394]]. The line was closed in 1965 following a rock fall.

Glenoglehead Crossing: The road south on the Callander and Oban Railway through Glenoglehead Crossing in the spring of 2008. View is towards Glen Ogle itself and the site of the rock fall that led to the premature closure of the route 2 miles south of here in September 1965.

Glenoglehead Crossing: Looking east along the trackbed of the Callander & Oban Railway in the spring of 2008 at the site of the north/west Glenoglehead distant signal. The location is about half a mile from Glenoglehead with the remains of a fogman's hut still standing by the base of the former signal. The route continues ahead towards the site of the original (1870) Killin station (renamed Glenoglehead from 1886). See image [[5500]] [Ref query 7 May 2018]

Cart Junction: Looking east towards Elderslie West Junction on 14th May. This is the remains of embankment that ran down the hill from Elderslie West Junction to Cart Junction. To the right is the cycle path the runs in places parallel to and in places along the trackbed from Elderslie to Greenock

Glenoglehead Crossing: Close-up showing a derelict fogman's hut standing alongside the Callander & Oban trackbed to the west of Glenoglehead see image [[63944]]. Photographed in the spring of 2008, approximately 43 years after closure of the line.

Elderslie: 334014 passing the WH Malcolm freight yard as it heads east through the site of Elderslie station on 14th May 2008.

Glenoglehead Crossing: Looking south towards Balquhidder Junction through the abandoned platforms of the former station at Glenoglehead on the Callander & Oban Railway in May 2008. Originally named Killin (despite being some 3 miles distant) it was renamed Glenoglehead after the opening of the direct link from Killin Junction to Killin and Loch Tay in 1886. The suffix 'Crossing' was added 5 years later following the withdrawal of the last scheduled passenger services. Glenoglehead Crossing was officially closed at the end of 1916. For the view north see [[19052]].
See query 2290

Cart Junction: Looking west towards Cart Junction on 14th May. This is the remains of embankment that ran down the hill from Elderslie West Junction to Cart Junction. To the right is the fence of the WH Malcolm Logistics depot in Linwood

Glenoglehead Crossing: Remains in the undergrowth alongside the trackbed at the north end of Glenoglehead Crossing in May 2008 include the base of the former down starter. The signal itself can be seen as it was shortly before removal 42 years earlier in the background of image [[31542]].

Poulton-le-Fylde: View along the Blackpool platform with No. 3 box visible under the bridge. Poulton is in excellent condition and it was 1 o clock. The former through line passed under the left hand arch. The bracket semaphore controls the junction with the disused Burn Naze and Fleetwood line

Poulton-le-Fylde: 158758 passes Poulton No. 3 Box over the recently renewed junction with the disused line to Burn Naze and Fleetwood. This is the subject of preservation efforts - see www.pwrs.org. The train is a York to Blackpool North service.

Rhu: 45231 and 62005 steam downhill to Faslane Junction on 14 May with spotless emcars for The Jacobite at Fort William. The train's arrival was preceded by several minutes audio of the climb up to Rhu, courtesy of the east wind.

Craigenhill Summit: 45231 + 62005 passing Fullwood, between Lanark Junction and Carluke, on 14 May 2009 en route from Carnforth to Fort William with the empty stock of The Jacobite.

Spiez: The signal is green ready for the departure from Spiez of the 15.23 ICE to Frankfurt. Within seconds the train was away, with the aid of some nifty footwork, with the photographer on board!

Sargans: A double headed car train takes the line south towards Chur.

Shettleston: The station name board at Shettleston on 14 May 2010, showing the Gaelic name now added as part of the new ScotRail branding.

Carntyne: New ScotRail branding seen at Carntyne station on 14 May 2010, with the station name in Gaelic now added.

Princes Street [Tram]: An eastbound Lothian no 12 bus passes the Edinburgh tram currently on static display on Princes Street on 14 May 2010.

Lutterworth: Old telegraph insulators steadfastly refusing to biodegrade, just South of Lutterworth.

Healey Mills Marshalling Yard: A Freightliner class 66 with a loaded coal train, possibly heading to Fiddlers Ferry Power Station near Widnes, is held at signals at Healey Mills on 14 May 2010. The train is waiting to proceed west along the perimeter of the marshalling yard passing the area once occupied by the east end reception sidings.

Healey Mills Marshalling Yard: A Freightliner class 66, possibly heading to Fiddlers Ferry Power Station near Widnes, waits at signals by a barren section of Healey Mills yard with loaded coal wagons on 14 May 2010. This was formerly the east end reception sidings. Healey Mills TMD is located off picture to the right.

Healey Mills Marshalling Yard: Part of the desolation that was once the bustling Healey Mills Yard. View west towards the diesel depot and admin building on 14 May 2010.

Falkirk High: A view from a train at Falkirk High on 14 May 2010, showing one of the new shelters being provided by ScotRail at Edinburgh & Glasgow stations. View looking across to the westbound platform.

Healey Mills Marshalling Yard: Freightliner 66622 heads east passing Healey Mills Yard just before mid-day on 14 May 2010 with the Manchester Binliner destined for the Roxby Gullet landfill site near Scunthorpe.

South Gosforth: A Tyne & Wear Metro train calls at a leafy South Gosforth station on 14 May 2010 with an afternoon service to South Hylton.

Coventry: A Northbound Pendolino makes a dramatic entrance into platform 3 of Coventry station on 14 May.

Romsey: There is little danger of running out of water in the Gents at Romsey, as it has been cunningly located under the old steam engine water tank on the Westbound platform, seen here in May 2011. Notice the blanked off ladder.

Bathgate Upper: 334 010 departs from Bathgate (New) on 14 May with the 16.48 Edinburgh Waverley - Helensburgh Central.

Romsey: Romsey station may be well kept, with new parking spaces to the right; but a close inspection in May 2011 shows the old station master's quarters to be sadly decayed. Surely they could justify a conversion to flats for commuters?

Copmanthorpe: The former Station House and down side station building at Copmanthorpe, standing alongside the east coast main line to the south of York. Copmanthorpe lost its passenger service in January 1959.

London Road Tunnel: Two cranes, having taken up position, start lowering new reinforced concrete beams into place over London Road, Glasgow, on 14 May 2011.

Romsey: So that's the bush telegraph.... spotted behind the Eastbound platform at Romsey station on 14 May 2011.

Preston: Creeping through platform 1 Preston, at 0120 hrs on 14 May 2011, are brand new 380021 and 380020 being hauled to Scotland by 92022.

Rannoch: Built from old rails and sleepers, snow fences used to protect the railway lines from drifting snow. This is what remains of the snow fences south of Rannoch Station in May 2011.

Derby: A CrossCountry service stops at Derby on 14 May on its way to Birmingham New Street.

Rannoch: Remains of the former turntable still visible alongside Rannoch Station on 14 May 2011. The old pit has long been infilled with a number of well-established slver birch trees now occupying the site. Beyond it stands a modified coach, complete with decking and garden furniture.

Gaur Viaduct: With light rain over Rannoch Moor, K4 61994 The Great Marquess + Black 5 45231 The Sherwood Forester double head the SRPS West Highlander up the gradient from the Gaur Viaduct towards Rannoch Station on 14 May.

Rannoch: The redundant signal box at Rannoch Station on 14 May. Nice to see it still standing and with the lever frame in situ.

Derby: An East Midlands train bound for St Pancras stands at Derby on 14 May 2011.

Fort William: This year's 'Jacobite' season, the 18th under the operation of the West Coast Railway Company, was launched at Fort William on 14 May 2012 by Modern Railways columnist Alan Williams.

Threlkeld: Well, at least the bar's open: a bunch of bedraggled walkers pausing for refreshment alongside the trackbed between Penrith and Keswick, oblivious to the bowstring girder bridge behind them. Notice the front wall of the PW hut, cut down to a 'counter' with a map inset into it.

Keswick: This blocked-up tunnel mouth (east portal, looking west towards Keswick Town in 2012) explained why the path was so steep on either side. There was a wooden walkway around the hill to the right - a slightly heart-in-mouth trip on a bike, in the wet! More recently, the tunnel has been excavated [[79387]] and again forms part of an easy walking and cycling route between Threlkeld and Keswick, the work also involving the reinstatement of several bow string bridges over the River Greta.

Briery Siding Halt: This workers' platform East of Keswick served a bobbin factory nearby. Taken on a soaking wet Monday, while my wife very sensibly stayed in the car. View looks West in May 2012.

Keswick: After passing through the now infilled tunnel see image [[39079]], passengers for Keswick crossed the River Greta at an angle, on an inverted bowstring girder bridge. This view looks South West along the river on 14 May - a bit of a damp day.

Keswick: A rather stylish maintenance boundary post on Station Road, Keswick, in May 2012. Fitz Park can be seen behind the post. Two hours free parking is available here to explore the adjacent railway path - so long as you can find a space, and they haven't run out of parking discs.

Keswick: This concrete box tunnel under the Keswick bypass is handy for cyclists and pedestrians following the Keswick branch trackbed, and could conceivably help reopening. But the upward slope in the background indicates an infilled tunnel see image [[39079]]. View East in May 2012.

Hobart: Lifting bridge in Hobart Docks, in full working order and regular use. Sadly, rail traffic no longer uses the dock system.

Blackpool (North Pier): Tracks to Nowhere - Yet. In Talbot Square by the North Pier tram stop a new junction was installed in the refurbished tramway for a planned (but until now unfunded) branch to Blackpool North railway station. Flexity 009 passes over the pointwork of the projected North to East chord of a triangular junction.

Blackpool (North Pier): More future proofing on the Blackpool tram system. These points and crossover are intended to create the south to east chord of a triangular junction with a branch that will run along Talbot Rd to Blackpool North railway station. There were no funds for that at the time but when it is built the costs, and disruption to existing services, will be considerably reduced by the trackwork having been already installed. Flexity 010 slows for the North Pier stop on its way to Fleetwood in May 2013.

Pitlochry: The Station and footbridge at Pitlochry have been repainted by ScotRail in advance of the 150th anniversary which will be celebrated on 9 September. Members of the Pitlochry Station Liaison Group were on hand on 14 May to see the arrival of the restored heron fountain.

Woody Bay: The last train of the day preparing to depart Woody Bay Station on 14 May behind 190 LYD, an 0-6-0T new build loco to replicate those that were lost/scrapped in the 1930s.

Woody Bay: Locomotives at Woody Bay on 14 May 2013 include 0-4-0WT Sid, standing alongside D6652.

Woody Bay: Lynton and Barnstaple Railway 0-6-0T no 190 LYD prepares to leave Woody Bay on 14 May 2013.

Healey Mills Marshalling Yard: Looking over the east end approach, departure lines and sidings at Healey Mills in May 2014. The former Horbury Bridge goods shed and yard stand on the right, with the site of Horbury & Ossett Station island platform immediately beyond the Bridge Road over-bridge seen ahead. Foliage is gradually covering all non operational and lightly used lines.

Lochwinnoch: An all-stations Ayr - Glasgow Central train calls at Lochwinnoch on 14 May 2014.

Glen Falloch Viaduct: Black Fives 44871 and 45407 make steady progress up Glen Falloch on the way to Fort William from Inverness on 14 May, seen here crossing the viaduct at Gleann nan Caorann.

Findhorn Viaduct [Tomatin]: Black Fives 44871 and 45407 double head The Cathedrals Explorer south over Findhorn Viaduct on 14 May on their way to Fort William from Inverness.

Dalston: The daily tankers from Grangemouth arriving At the Dalston Ineos Depot in Cumbria on 14 May 2014. The depot is accessed via the siding on the left. See image [[42740]]

Lochwinnoch: The 14.30 Glasgow Central - Ayr dashes through Lochwinnoch at high speed on 14 May. This train's first stop will be at Kilwinning and the end to end journey time is a scheduled 48 minutes.

Auchtertyre Viaduct: Black Fives Nos.44871 and 45407 bring The Cathedrals Explorer off the viaduct at Auchtertyre, between Crianlarich and Tyndrum, on 14 May on the way to Fort William. [Ref query 9489]

Dalmally: Dalmally station on 14th May saw 156500 on the 1256 from Oban to Glasgow crossing 45407 and The Highlands & Islands Explorer with sister Black 5 44871 on the rear. This was Day 6 for the steam excursion, which ran from Fort William to Oban and back.

Borwick: GBRf 66737 Lesia hauls the return leg of Pathfinder's Yorkshire Dales Explorer Salisbury to Leeds excursion on 14th May 2016. The train is retracing its outward journey over the Little North Western route and approaching the closed station at Borwick.

Redbridge Viaduct: A passing Tweedbank - Edinburgh service gives a friendly greeting to a party of enthusiasts walking from Gala to Tweedbank. But with one hand at the cab window, how did the driver operate the horn we wonder?

Tweedbank: The end of the line - for the moment. The sign at the exit from Tweedbank station points tantalisingly south.

Farington Junction: A Northern Class 150 DMU heads south on the Up Slow between Farington Jct and Leyland on 14 May 2016. On the left is the former Leyland Trucks site and the sidings which at the time was the subject of a planning application for a temporary servicing and refuelling point while electrification work prevented the use of the facility at Blackpool North. The application was successful and DMUs were serviced at the site for around 18 months.

Chorley: A Northern Manchester to Blackpool service approaches Chorley on the evening of 14 May 2016. Major engineering work is scheduled for every weekend and some weekday evenings from 18 June to 2 October at Chorley. This includes the realignment of tracks and rebuild of platforms to enable electrification of the line. Work has already started on preparations for a temporary down platform to the right of the DMU. This will allow realignment of the current down platform.

Farington Junction: TPE 185150 rushes south of Farington Junction on the Up Fast towards Centurion Way road bridge, Leyland on 14 May 2016. The service is heading to Manchester Airport having started the journey north of the border.

Inverness: Serco operated 67010 at Inverness platform 2 at 0830 on a fine Saturday 14 May 2016, shortly after arrival with the Inverness portion of the Caledonian Sleeper from London Euston.

York: 60103 at York en route for Edinburgh

Edinburgh Waverley: View from Carlton Hill looking down on Edinburgh Waverley, on the glorious spring morning of 14th May 2016.

Sandsend: Part of the platform wall at Sandsend, just north of Whitby, on Saturday 8th May 2017. The path is part of the Cleveland Way, and is very narrow at this point due to coastal erosion.

Aberdour: 60103 speeds away from Aberdour with the Cathedrals Express Fife Circle trip.

Cowdenbeath North Junction: 60103 passes the site of Cowdenbeath North Junction on 14th May 2017.

Cowdenbeath North Junction: The Network Rail helicopter, for interest, a bit off-topic otherwise! [On the day of the Flying Scotsman Cathedral's Express in Fife.]

Haymarket: Flying Scotsman passing through Haymarket at 1735 on 'The Cathedrals Express'.

North Queensferry: Flying Scotsman emerges from the north portal of the Forth Bridge with the 'Forth Circular' on 14 May.

Eskbank: A Sunday morning ScotRail service picks up at Eskbank on 14 May 2017 on its way to Waverley.

Parkhill: Taken just north of Dyce where the new Aberdeen western bypass crosses the Buchan line formation, Pleased to see a bit of forward planning as the bridge is wide enough for two lines to be relaid, hopefully Scotrail HST will be running up to Fraserburgh and Peterhead.

Alloa West Junction: West Coast Railways Class 47 “Chris Fudge” (formerly 47 747) passes the site of the former Alloa West level crossing on the rear of the “Cathedral’s Express” on Sunday 14th May 2017. Hundreds of people had turned out to see this train. Not for the Class 47 of course, but for the rather more famous steam loco on the front – the Flying Scotsman.

Brora: Running a few minutes late, the 1234 ScotRail service from Wick to Inverness passes Kintradwell, just north of Brora, on a sunny 14th May 2018. [Ref query 16 May 2018]

Scorton [Lancashire] [2nd]: Freightliner 90043 and 90041 pass over an occupation bridge at Scorton with a Coatbridge to Daventry intermodal service on 14th May 2018.

Scorton [Lancashire] [2nd]: 68004 Rapid crosses an occupation bridge as it heads south at Scorton with 2C32, the Carlisle to Preston train on 14th May 2018, the last week of loco-hauled operation of these services.

Dumfries: The station gardens at Dumfries are well maintained and made a fine sight on a sunny 14th May 2018.

Tebay: 72004, Clan Macdonald, then shedded at Polmadie (66A), undergoing maintenance at Tebay (11D) in July 1954.

Inverkeithing Tunnel: 66746 nears Inverkeithing Tunnel with the Royal Scotsman from Edinburgh, heading to Aviemore because of the Aberdeen - Dyce blockade. Those trees need pruning!

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The (yet again) realigned Dundas Street entrance to Queen Street station in mid-May 2019 showing the new steel framework which now borders the old train shed on its south and west sides.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The old meets the new at Queen Street - and a capital example of design on top of one of the original roof support columns is now revealed at the realigned Dundas Street entrance.

Margam Halt: 3Z90 passing Margam on 14th May 2019, working from Bristol St Phillips Marsh HST Depot to Carmarthen. It is to be used for driver training on the four coach HST sets that will run in South Wales.

Dundee: Dundee station was lit-up blue to show solidarity with key workers and front-line NHS staff all across the country. The recently redeveloped station joined with other Network Rail stations and structures across the UK and other buildings in the City in lighting up in NHS colours to salute the dedication and efforts of healthcare workers in the battle against the coronavirus.

Uffington: Being allowed out for the first time for many weeks, I set out on 14th May 2020 to Uffington to capture two Freightliners but alas disappointment set in as they passed through up to forty minutes early. However, GWR 800311 was photographed heading west at 1350 hours with the 1C15, 1302 ex-Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads, next stop Swindon.

Restalrig Goods: Victorian confidence. It is impossible to imagine a prefabricated bridge today carrying any sort of provenance, let alone one as detailed as this. The bridge carries Lochend Road over the Leith New Lines at the point where the Restalrig Goods branch diverged. Although called a Goods station it actually just served a saw mill. The New Lines in turn went over the NB's Leith Central branch. Old photos of this area seem sadly lacking. Photographed incidental to my daily exercise permitted under emergency coronavirus legislation.

King's Road Junction: The Leith South (or Docks) line seems to have fallen into desuetude. This is the point where it goes under Inchview Terrace, and we are looking towards the Junction at Portobello. King's Road Junction signal box was on the other side of the road behind me; the course of the short line to Portobello Power Station was lost when the road junction was remodelled then the power station demolished. Photographed incidental to my daily exercise permitted under emergency coronavirus legislation.

Craigentinny Depot: Craigentinny wheel lathe is nominally part of Craigentinny depot, but is detached from it and is really in Portobello. This ScotRail 385 is probably the same one I saw there the previous week, but I don't suppose there is much urgency for stock at the moment. The depot's battery shunter would be needed to move it in and out. Photographed incidental to my daily exercise permitted under emergency coronavirus legislation.

Portobello Freightliner Terminal: Portobello Freightliner Terminal has been closed for considerably longer than it operated but for some reason one of its two cranes was never scrapped. It hardly has the iconic status of, say, Glasgow's Finnieston Crane. Photographed incidental to my daily exercise permitted under emergency coronavirus legislation.

Portobello Junction: Until recently the siding going off to the background here was occupied by some vintage (and decrepit) OHLE vehicles which, going by pictures on RailScot, had been there for at least 14 years. There appears to be some sort of construction going on, presumably suspended in the lockdown. Photographed incidental to my daily exercise permitted under emergency coronavirus legislation.

Newhaven [Tram]: Newhaven Tram Stop, Lindsay Road, under construction on 14th May 2021. The curved section beyond will be used for stabling purposes.

Leith North: Looking east along Lindsay Road from the Newhaven Tram Stop site on 14th May 2021. The road continues roughly straight ahead to cross the former Leith North branch, while the tramway will veer left to drop down to the former carriage sidings and goods yard on its way to Ocean Terminal.

Leith North: The former Lindsay Road bridge, over the throat of Leith North station and yard approaches, looking north on 14 May 2021.

Newhaven [Tram]: The terminus of the Newhaven tramway extension will be located to the left of the round tower, on Lindsay Road. Seen under construction in May 2021.

Ocean Terminal [Tram]: Looking north from the under construction Ocean Terminal tram stop, on 14th May 2021, with the shopping centre on the left and docks in the distance.

Morningside Road: Signal ES 672 beside the Up Suburban from an unusual location. The building opposite, Morningside Manor care home, is situated on the site of the sidings which served a mason's yard (See image [[71015]]). I suggest that the name for the road mainly enclosed by it should be called Stone Lye Close.

Troon: A model rail exhibition was a good excuse to take the train to Troon. 380109 calls at the station on 14th May 2022.