Eastfield Shed: 'Director' 4-4-0 62689 Maid of Lorn brings a train from Fife past Eastfield shed on 16 May 1954 on its way to Queen Street. See image [[39805]]

Dundee East: B1 4.6.0 61263 at Dundee East on Arbroath train.

Polmadie Shed: Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42165 stands in the shed yard at Polmadie in May 1959. In addition to the steam locomotives on shed at the time, a pair of early Metrovick diesels can be seen in the right background. The pair (D5709+D5705) had worked into Gushetfaulds that morning on the overnight Condor container train from Hendon.

Polmadie Shed: A May evening at Polmadie shed in 1959. BR Standard 'Clan' Pacific no 72008 Clan MacLeod stands nearest the camera with tank locomotives 42144 and 80003 on the shed roads in the background.

Polmadie Shed: Clan Pacific no 72008 Clan MacLeod stands outside Polmadie shed in May 1959.

Polmadie Shed: Metrovick diesels D5709+D5705 stand in the yard at Polmadie on 16 May 1959, having brought in the overnight Hendon-Gushetfaults Condor freight service.

Brucklay [2nd]: BR Standard class 4 2-6-0 76108 leaving Brucklay with an up passenger train on 16 May 1959.

Polmadie Shed: BR Standard class 4 2-6-4T no 80001 photographed on 16 May 1959 in the shed yard at 66A Polmadie.

Polmadie Shed: BR Standard Pacific no 72000 Clan Buchanan on shed at Polmadie in May 1959. [Railscot note: A project to build the next 'Clan' in the series, no 72010 Hengist, is currently (February 2010) being undertaken by the Standard Steam Locomotive Co.]

Polmadie Signal Box: Standard class 4 2-6-4T no 80129 has just moved off Polmadie shed on its way to Glasgow Central to pick up empty stock in May 1959. The locomotive is about to pass 'Dixon's Blazes', site of the last operational blast furnace within the City of Glasgow, closed down the previous year.

Polmadie Shed: Locomotive lineup in the shed yard at Polmadie on 16 May 1959 includes Metropolitan - Vickers Type 2 locomotives (BR Class 28) D5705 and D5709, with Standard Pacific 72000 'Clan Buchanan' and Standard class 4 2-6-4T 80085 standing beyond. D5705 has since been preserved and can be seen on the East Lancashire Railway see image [[18211]].

Brucklay [2nd]: An up train at Brucklay on 16 May 1959 behind BR Standard class 4 2-6-0 no 76108.

Polmadie Shed: D5705+D5709 photographed at Polmadie shed on 16 May 1959 with their front doors open. The maker's plate on the side of D5705 reads Metropolitan-Vickers 1958. D5705 is the only one of the class to have been preserved and can be found on the East Lancashire Railway. See image [[18211]]

Polmadie Shed: Jubilee 4-6-0 no 45702 Colossus in the shed yard at Polmadie in May 1959.

Polmadie Signal Box: Pride of Polmadie. Stanier Coronation Pacific no 46232 Duchess of Montrose, about to pass her home shed with the up Mid-Day Scot shortly after leaving Glasgow Central on 16 May 1959. In the background stands the ironworks founded in 1837 by William Dixon, which became known to Glaswegians as Dixon's Blazes due to the blast furnaces lighting up the city skyline day and night. Production ceased the year before this photograph was taken, since when the area has been substantially redeveloped.

Hawick [2nd]: Gresley A3 Pacific 60079 Bayardo of Carlisle Canal shed, photographed at Hawick in May 1959 heading home with the up Waverley.

Polmadie Shed: The short-lived BR Standard Pacific no 72000 Clan Buchanan, photographed in the shed yard at Polmadie in May 1959. Built at Crewe in 1951, withdrawn from Polmadie in 1962, cut up at Darlington in 1963.

Polmadie Shed: Metrovick Co-Bo D5709 at Polmadie in May 1959 having brought in the overnight 'Condor' freight service in conjunction with classmate D5705.

Polmadie Shed: A busy scene in the yard at Polmadie on 16 May 1959. Standing in the centre of the picture is home based Royal Scot 4-6-0 no 46105 Cameron Highlander.

Polmadie Shed: McIntosh ex-Caledonian 3F 0-6-0 no 57625 photographed in the summer of 1959 on Polmadie shed.

Polmadie Shed: BR Standard class 4 2-6-4T no 80003 stands alongside a number of other locomotives in the busy shed yard at Polmadie in May 1959. [Editors note: The hazy atmosphere and angle of the sun seem to have conspired to produce an image reminiscent of a Terence Cuneo painting!]

Cathcart: A DMU approaches Cathcart station from the Mount Florida direction on 16 May 1960. The goods yard stands on the right and the train is about to cross over Old Castle Road to reach the platform. [The subsequently extended island platform here now reaches a point some distance beyond the gap.]

Muirend: Fairburn tank 42242 arrives at Muirend on 16 May 1960 with the 5.42pm to Uplawmoor.

Strathbungo Junction: A Kilmarnock stopping train approaching Strathbungo Junction on 16 May 1961. The locomotive is Black 5 4-6-0 no 45010. [Ref query 156]

Ferryhill Shed [2nd]: Gresley A3 Pacific no 4472 Flying Scotsman stands on Ferryhill shed on 16 May 1964, having arrived in Aberdeen earlier that day with the Queens College RTS 'Flying Scotsman Railtour' from Edinburgh see image [[36107]].

Aberdeen: 4472 Flying Scotsman photographed in Aberdeen station on 16 May 1964 after bringing in the Queen's College Railway & Transport Society Flying Scotsman Rail Tour. The special had arrived earlier from Edinburgh Waverley, having run via Glenfarg and Forfar.

Aberdeen: Centre of attention. 4472 at the head of the Queen's College RTS 'Flying Scotsman' railtour of 16 May 1964. The train is seen at Aberdeen station shortly after its arrival from Edinburgh Waverley.

Walkinshaw Branch Junction: A train of flats approaching the site of Walkinshaw Branch Junction from the north west on Saturday 16 May 1964. The locomotive in charge is BR Standard class 5 4-6-0 no 73076, seen here approximately two months before its withdrawal from Polmadie shed.

Perth: 4472 at Perth ready to leave for Aberdeen.

Aberdeen: 4472 Flying Scotsman pictured following arrival in Aberdeen with the Queen's College RTS railtour of 16 May 1964 from Edinburgh.

Busby Junction: A Derby Diesel with a down freight at Busby Junction on 16 May 1964. Photographed from an East Kilbride train crossing in front of the freight.

Walkinshaw Branch Junction: A Gourock - Glasgow Central train approaching the site of Walkinshaw Branch Junction on 16 May 1964 behind Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42265.

Walkinshaw Branch Junction: BR Standard class 5 4-6-0 no 73075 photographed half a mile west of Paisley St James with the 9.30am Glasgow - Gourock on 16 May 1964. The train is about to pass the site of Walkinshaw Branch Junction, which once provided a direct link between the Greenock line and the former Paisley and Barrhead District Railway. The gasometer on the horizon is part of Paisley Gasworks.

Aberdeen: The 1.30pm train for Glasgow Buchanan Street waiting to leave Aberdeen on 16 May 1964. Locomotive in charge is A4 Pacific no 60006 'Sir Ralph Wedgwood'.

Craigendoran Pier: Heavy paddling in evidence as the much loved Jeanie Deans heads out into the Clyde from Craigendoran Pier on 16th May 1964. Built at Fairfield's Govan Yard in 1931 for the London and North Eastern Railway she was withdrawn from regular service at the end of the 1964 season and, following an unsuccessful preservation attempt, was eventually scrapped in Belgium some 4 years later.

Ferryhill Junction: The up West Coast Postal about to run through Ferryhill Junction, Aberdeen, on 16 May 1964. Locomotive in charge is A4 Pacific no 60016 Silver King.

Ferryhill Junction: Gresley A4 Pacific 60006 Sir Ralph Wedgewood takes the 1.30pm Aberdeen - Glasgow Buchanan Street south past Ferryhill Junction on 16 May 1964, shortly after its arrival at 61B. See image [[22228]]

Aberdeen: 4472 Flying Scotsman stands at Aberdeen on 16 May 1964 preparing to return to Edinburgh with a special. Alongside is 60027 Merlin, about to leave with one of the scheduled 3 hour services to Glasgow Buchanan Street. The special had been organised by the Queen's College Railway and Transport Society of St Andrew's University, whose gowned officials adorn the platform.

Ferryhill Shed [2nd]: 4472 Flying Scotsman on the turntable at Ferryhill during its 4 hour stopover in Aberdeen on 16 May 1964. The A3 had arrived in the city from Edinburgh with the Queens College RTS 'Flying Scotsman Railtour'.

Kelty North Junction: View from a train window as A3 Pacific no 4472 'Flying Scotsman' heads north towards Perth on the Kinross-shire line with the Queen's College Railway and Transport Society's 'Flying Scotsman Rail Tour' on 16 May 1964. See image [[24811]]. The photograph is thought to have been taken about a mile north of Kelty.

Princes Street Gardens Cutting: 4472 Flying Scotsman emerges from The Mound tunnel and accelerates west through Princes Street Gardens on 16 May 1964 with the Queen's College Railway & Transport Society 'Flying Scotsman Rail Tour' bound for Aberdeen. See image [[25697]]

Kinnaber Junction: 4472 Flying Scotsman takes the East Coast route at Kinnaber Junction on 16 May 1964 with the Queens College RTS 'Flying Scotsman Railtour' returning from Aberdeen to Edinburgh.

Perth South Shed: A grab shot from a train passing Perth shed on 16 May 1964 captures crimson lake liveried Stanier Pacific 46244 King George VI standing in the yard.

Paisley St James: Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42242 approaching Paisley St James on 16 May 1964 with a Saturday service from Glasgow Central destined for Wemyss Bay.

Paisley St James: Fairburn tank 42260 eastbound through Paisley St James on 16 May 1964 with a Saturday Gourock - Glasgow semi-fast.

Tay Bridge [Station]: A platform and trackside scrum well underway at Dundee Tay Bridge station on 16 May 1964 following the arrival of 4472 Flying Scotsman from Aberdeen. The A3 was returning to Edinburgh with the Queen's College Railway & Transport Society Flying Scotsman Rail Tour. See image [[49458]]

Perth: The Flying Scotsman Rail Tour, organised by Queen's College Railway & Transport Society, stands at the north end of Perth station on 16 May 1964 prior to heading for Aberdeen.

Aberdeen: The Queen's College RTS Flying Scotsman railtour of 16 May 1964 ex-Edinburgh Waverley pictured following its arrival in Aberdeen.

Tay Bridge: Gresley A3 Pacific no 4472 Flying Scotsman runs out onto the Tay Bridge on 16 May 1964 with the Queens College RTS 'Flying Scotsman Railtour'.

Shirebrook West Junction: Scene at Shirebrook West Junction in May 1971. The ex MR Shireoaks (Worksop) to Mansfield line runs top left to bottom right while the line curving away to the right was a short chord to Warsop Junction on the erstwhile Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway's line from Chesterfield to Lincoln.

Goole [L and Y]: Fixed installations such as this one go a long way towards explaining why BR was lumbered with conveying short wheelbase mineral wagons well into the fourth quarter of the 20th century. An unbraked 16 tonner is unloaded into the hold of a ship at Goole Docks on the evening of 16th May 1974.

Colchester Town (St Botolphs): For photographers with obsessional tendencies for elusive subjects, the morning Colchester North station to St. Botolphs Public Delivery Sidings 08 hauled trip freight was very bad news. Runs 5.30 a.m. (if required) was its description. Thus it could only be caught on film May/June/July and, since it took occasional wagons off a main line freight working in the early hours, the need for it to run was entirely unpredictable from day to day. There was little alternative except to keep turning up at the trackside at 5.30 a.m. and waiting... Three years into my campaign, it is shown here shunting St Botolphs yard early on the morning of May 16th 1980, when sun and good fortune finally brought it within the range of Kodachrome 64. The yard closed in June 1982 and I was able to rebuild my life...

Lowestoft: A full house at Lowestoft on 16th May 1981, with a Norwich service departing, an Ipswich service boarding and Class 31 and 08 locos in the sidings. The sadly missed overall roof lasted until 1992 see image [[43037]]. Platform 1 (far left) fell into disuse after the line to Yarmouth South Town closed in 1970.

Tynemouth: Part of the main concourse of the 1882 NER station at Tynemouth, seen here in May 1981. The station has since been beautifully restored and now hosts weekend indoor markets, a very nice Italian restaurant and of course the Tyne & Wear Metro! See image [[30376]].

Bridgnorth: D1062 Western Courier together with D1013 Western Ranger at Bridgnorth in May 1981.

Yarmouth South Town: During the era of railway closures, the sequence of events was typically: Disappearance of DMUs, lifting of the track, structural decay of the buildings and ultimately demolition of the ruins. At Yarmouth South Town, the actual sequence was rather different: Withdrawal of services, track lifting, dereliction and demolition – to leave a DMU. This photo was taken on the site of the Yarmouth South Town terminus on 16th May 1981 after the station had been razed completely and shows one of the last railway relics to have been part of a Cravens DMU body that had been used as a store.

Swindon: 37117 and 37256 westbound with a stone train at Swindon on 16 May 1984. They will have come up from the Somerset quarries via Westbury and Reading and be heading for a stone supply depot at Wootton Bassett.

Bishton Flyover: A viewpoint just West of the former station allowed me to watch this up HST heading for London at speed. The Bishton flyover to the right leads to Llanwern steelworks, left. For the other end of the steelworks see image [[1725]].

Stockton: Approach to Stockton station in May 1990. The former station building has since been converted to retirement housing and is now known as Hackworth Court.

Hartlepool: Looking north through Hartlepool station in May 1990.

Stockton: A class 31 hauled freight runs south through Stockton on Tees on 16 May 1990.

Stockton: The road approach to Stockton station in May 1990.

Stockton: A DMU stands at Stockton station on 16 May 1990. The overall roof was removed and the station 'rationalised' here in 1979 see image [[27210]].

Greenhill Lower Junction: 26040, running light locomotive, is seen approaching Greenhill Lower Junction in 1991

Kirkland Yard: Black Cat Railtours' tour of East of Scotland branch lines on 16 May 1992, formed by 107 045, passes the former Kirkland Yard, Levenmouth. There are hopes of freight and passenger revivals on this line; meanwhile the Kingdom of Fife Railway Preservation Society have established a base here.

Methil East Junction: The 'Black Cat' Railtour of 16 May 1992 calls at what will, in 2024, be the new Leven(mouth) station. Unit is Derby Heavyweight 107045.

Kirkland Yard: 107045 brings the 'Black Cat' Railtour past the former yard throat at Kirkland, and towards East Fife Central Junction, on 16 May 1992.

Broomhill: Looking across the Spey Valley from a lay-by on the A95 some 9 miles north east of Aviemore on 16 May 2002. Nestling between the fields of spring lambs is Broomhill station, closed by BR in 1965, but whose reopening by the Strathspey Railway would take place 2 weeks later.

Boat of Garten: BRCW Type 2 D5325 standing in the sidings at Boat of Garten in May 2002.

Tay Bridge: Tay Bridge crossing - May 2005. View north from Wormit.

Tay Bridge South Junction: A Dundee-Edinburgh train about to leave the Tay Bridge on 16 May 2005 and run past Tay Bridge South box.

Drem Junction: EWS 90020 is about to bring a Waverley bound service off the North Berwick branch at Drem Junction on 16 May 2005

Tay Bridge South Junction: Edinburgh - Aberdeen train running onto the Tay Bridge in May 2005.

Wormit: Platform remains at Wormit looking north onto the Tay Bridge in May 2005. Tay Bridge South signal box is on the left.

Tay Bridge South Junction: Tay Bridge South signal box in May 2005.

Tay Bridge South Junction: 'Morning!' Driver and signalman appear to be within touching distance of one another on a fine May morning in 2005 at the south end of the Tay Bridge.

Wormit: Standing on the down platform at Wormit station on 16 May 2005 looking east towards Newport-On-Tay. The station closed along with the branch in May 1969.

East Fortune: View across the ECML at the former East Fortune station. May 2007.

East Fortune: The former station at East Fortune on the up side of the East Coast Main Line, seen on 16 May 2007 from the road bridge.

Dunbar: Interesting old buildings at the entrance to the former goods depot and yard at Dunbar on 16 May 2007, with Dunbar Parish Church as a backdrop. The Shoestring Cafe (shown on old maps as 'Station Lodge') on the left was worth the trip on its own. Dunbar station is off picture to the right with the former goods shed beyond.

Dunbar: Station building and forecourt at Dunbar. May 2007.

Blair Atholl: Blair Atholl sidings. Tulach Hill is better looking.

Aberlady: View west along the platform at Aberlady from the road bridge, May 2007.

Dunbar: The attractive station at Dunbar, seen looking west from the car park in May 2007. Located approximately 30 miles from Waverley on the ECML and opened by the NB in 1846, Dunbar station always appears smart and well maintained. The station became a single platform loop off the main line following 'modernisation' in the 1970s. (The canopies were removed for electrification.) [Note: A further 'modernisation' some 40 odd years later saw a second platform reintroduced at the end of 2019 along with a new footbridge, lifts and extended car parking facilities.]

East Linton [1st]: The former goods yard at East Linton on 16 May 2007, looking east towards the main station building standing beyond the trees, with the ECML running past on the left. At the time the area was being used by Network Rail as a storage facility and access point. [Ref query 25 April 2018]

East Linton [1st]: Entrance to the station forecourt at East Linton from Station Road on 16 May 2007. Station House seems a bit of an understatement in this case!

East Linton [1st]: The down platform buildings at East Linton on 16 May 2007 standing alongside the ECML. Beyond is the fine looking 'Station House'. Originally opened as Linton in 1846, the name change occurred 18 years later. The station was eventually closed in May 1964.

East Linton [1st]: Looking east along the ECML from the old station footbridge at East Linton on 16 May 2007. The surviving platform buildings connect to the substantial structure incorporating the former Station House beyond.

Abbotsford Ferry [2nd]: 'Wash the area with soap and warm water as soon as possible to relieve the sting, remove any nettle hairs, refrain from scratching...' Part of a Google search attachment to an archived computer file containing this photograph, taken after venturing onto the overgrown trackbed of the former Abbotsford Ferry station (closed 1931). View is north east along the branch back towards Selkirk Junction in May 2008.

Dunfermline MPD: View east over the site of Dunfermline locomotive shed (62C) in May 2008. The shed, opened in 1948, officially closed in September 1969. The main line passed on the left at a higher level, while straight ahead stands the East End Park stadium of Dunfermline Athletic FC.

St Germains Level Crossing: A4 Pacific no 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley at St Germains on 16 May with the York - Edinburgh leg of The Coronation special.

Bo'ness: Ex-LNER no 246 Morayshire steaming through the train shed at Boness on A Day Out with Thomas on 16 May 2009

Glasgow Central: The Class 380 mock up on display at Glasgow Central Station in May 2009, in what was then then short stay car park. This later became the renumbered platforms 12 and 13.

Glasgow Central: The Class 380 driver's cab mock up on display at Glasgow Central Station in May 2009.

Haltwhistle: A slightly grubby looking Carlisle - Newcastle service formed by 156479, approaching Haltwhistle from the west on 16 May 2010.

Birkhill: 80105 in disguise approaching Birkhill on 16 May 2010.

Birkhill: Sunday afternoon at Birkhill. View south towards Manuel on 16 May 2010.

Camelon: An Aberdeen - Edinburgh train passing Camelon on 16 May during diversions due to weekend engineering works.

Portobello: A4 no 60019 Bittern is serviced at Portobello East Junction engineers' sidings on 16 May, the evening prior to working the return leg of The Coronation as far as York. The additional tender is visible and the smokebox door is open.  Note the recently ballasted track on the start of line to Millerhill and the South Sub.

Harrow and Wealdstone: Freightliner 66534 'OOCL Express' powers north through platform 5 at Harrow & Wealdstone Station with a near full consist of containers in the early evening of 16 May, following a lay over in Wembley yard.

Wakefield Kirkgate: Looking east along platform 3 at Wakefield Kirkgate showing the original canopy, albeit devoid of glass, still in situ on 16 May 2011. At the far end of the former overall roof support wall the canopy also runs fully across platforms 2 & 3. Surveyors can be seen at the far end of the platform. They indicated that the platform was due to be cleared fully to leave just a waiting shelter. Platform 3 is used by the local Pontefract line service plus the three return Grand Central services between Bradford Interchange and London Kings Cross; including the 11.13 service which I was waiting to join. For the same scene 34 years earlier see image [[39219]]

Lancaster: HM The Queen visited Lancashire on 16th May as part of her Diamond Jubilee UK tour. 67026 Diamond Jubilee, in a special silver livery, lifts the Royal Train up the bank at Lancaster with 67006 out of sight bringing up the rear.

Farington Junction: Colas Rail 47739 hauls Merseyrail emu 507012, sandwiched between two Arlington Fleet Services barrier vehicles, on the 5Z08 move to Kilmarnock from Birkenhead on 16 May. The train is seen heading north on the WCML near Farington Junction. For a similar stock move, a little further south, almost 31 years earlier, See image [[19617]]

Lostock Hall Junction: The Royal Train, with 67006 leading and 67026 on the rear, takes the line to Farington Junction at Lostock Hall Junction on 16 May 2012. The train was conveying HRH Prince Charles from an earlier engagement in Burnley.

Dunfermline MPD: Scene on 16 May 2012 at the site once occupied by Dunfermline Shed, 62C, which is currently undergoing redevelopment. The builders have unearthed a large metal object, which may have been part of the coaling plant... or is it?

Lancaster: The Class 67s have been used for Royal Train duties since 2003. Here the claret liveried 67006 Royal Sovereign is seen at Lancaster on the rear of the train conveying HM The Queen and HRH The Prince of Wales to Diamond Jubilee engagements in Lancashire.

Lostock Hall Junction: 67026 on the rear of the Royal Train conveying HRH Prince Charles from an earlier engagement in Burnley on 16 May 2012. The train is seen heading from Lostock Hall Jct to Farington Jct before joining the WCML to head south. In the right background is Lostock Hall station on the line to Farington Curve Jct and Preston.

Bullers O' Buchan Halt: Remaining bridge abutment at Bullers O' Buchan on the Boddam Branch of GNSR in May 2013, with the embankment beyond curving away to the north towards Longhaven and Boddam. No trace remains of the old station, which closed to passengers as long ago as 1932.

Workington: Model versions of a Peak and a Hymek pose together at Workington in May 2014 see image [[47934]].

Macclesfield: An up Pendolino leaving Macclesfield on a Friday morning in May 2014. The sign on the footbridge has been added since my last visit see image [[38999]]. The dark satanic mill in the background is adjacent to the road to Buxton.

Knutsford: Originally opened in 1863, Knutsford station building, seen here in May 2014, shows evidence of a number of alterations over the years.

Workington: It's not every day you see Southern steam in Cumbria. Exchange trials, perhaps?

Altcar and Hillhouse: Looking north west along the closed line to Southport Lord Street from the site of Altcar and Hillhouse station (closed 1952) through the bridge carrying the B5195 over the trackbed. [Ref query 6400]

Dundee: An Inverurie - Edinburgh service climbs west out of Dundee towards the Tay Bridge on 16th May 2015. The coach in the siding is a staff car off the Royal Scotsman with an axle problem awaiting attention.

The Mound: 158702 southbound towards Inverness on 16 May about to go under the A9 at The Mound alongside the River Fleet. The train is the 1234 ScotRail service from Wick / Thurso.

Gisborne: R Class 4-6-4 built by NB Loco in Glasgow [works no. 27051 of 1950]. The train is a special to Bendigo from Melbourne. Behind is K Class 2-8-0 K190.

Moss Side: 142012 crosses the B5259 and slows for the Moss Side stop on a Colne to Blackpool South working on 16th May 2015.

Dundee: Oh beautiful Railway Station near the Silv'ry Tay!
Alas! I am very sorry to say
That most of it has recently been taken away...

The site of the 1960's Dundee station building awaits redevelopment in May 2015 see image [[33756]].

Dundee: View over Dundee station towards the Tay Road Bridge on 16th May 2015. The station currently has a temporary entrance in Riverside Drive near the Discovery Point Rotunda.

Alloa: Exterior of the 2008 station at Alloa, which brought trains back to the Scottish town after forty years when the line from Stirling was reopened. Two Class 156s are at the single platform, on 16th May 2016. This new station is just to the east of the previous one, now demolished. The Alloa line has since been electrified.

Cowlairs East Junction: This rural branch line scene is misleading, for it is actually the north curve of the Cowlairs triangular junction in Glasgow. During the temporary closure of Glasgow Queen Street High Level in 2016, this curve was brought into use for services between Queen Street Low Level and Stirling/Alloa/Dunblane. The train is the 16.52 Low Level to Alloa service on 16th May that year. It is awaiting passage of the 17.01 Low Level to Edinburgh (via Springburn) service in order to proceed on to the main line.

Haymarket: 158739, heading for Edinburgh Waverley, arriving at Haymarket station on 16th May 2016.

Edinburgh Waverley: 380 114 for North Berwick awaiting departure from platform 4 at the east end of Edinburgh Waverley on 16th May 2016.

Scorton [Lancashire] [2nd]: Two DRS Class 66s take the Tesco Express north through the site of Scorton station (closed 1939) on its way from Daventry to Coatbridge on 16th May 2016. The flat farming land between here and the coast is very noticeable from this vantage point.

Haymarket: 158713, on a Dunblane service, arriving at Haymarket station on 16th May 2016.

Alloa [1st]: The site of the original station in Alloa, closed on 7th October 1968, looking towards Stirling on 16th May 2016. The new station, opened just under 40 years later on 19th May 2008, is behind the camera. The reopened singled line is now electrified.

Dalston: A Network Rail movement from Carlisle to Blackpool North running 13 minutes early on 16th June through Dalston.

Stirling: 158713 to Dunblane at Stirling station on 16th May 2016.

Dumfries: Station adopter Louis Wall has placed items of historic interest in the old kiosk on the northbound platform at Dumfries.

Stirling: 156495, working to Alloa, arriving at Stirling station on 16th May 2016.

Stirling: 158 740 from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunblane departing from Stirling station on 16th May 2016.

North Berwick: 380114, just arrived at North Berwick from Edinburgh Waverley on 16th May 2016.

Stirling: Stirling, before electrification, with 158740 to Edinburgh Waverley on 16th May 2016.

Haymarket: 221 124 Cross Country unit to Penzance at Haymarket station, Edinburgh on 16th May 2016.

Leyland: 60103 Flying Scotsman heads south through Leyland on 16 May 2017 while working the Edinburgh to Crewe (via the S&C) leg of the fourth day on the 'Cathedrals Express' railtour.

Slateford Junction: 'Flying Scotsman' seen at Slateford pulling out onto the WCML from the Craiglockhart Connection with 1Z44 'Cathedrals Express' for Appleby, running on time after a late start from Waverley was recouped while awaiting the WCML path at Slateford. Out of sight at the rear of the train is 47746 'Chris Fudge' which provided more assistance in rear once the whole train was on the main line - hence the fairly rapid acceleration away towards Kingsknowe.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Excavations have now started in connection with the construction of the new staff accommodation block in the former car park area at Queen Street. In the background can be seen George House, the offices of Network Rail Infrastructure.

Slateford: 'Flying Scotsman' at Slateford pulling out onto the WCML from the Craiglockhart Connection with 1Z44 'Cathedrals Express' for Appleby, running on time after a late start from Waverley was recouped while awaiting the WCML path at Slateford. Out of sight at the rear of the train is 47746 'Chris Fudge' which provided more assistance in rear once the whole train was on the main line - hence a fairly rapid acceleration away towards Kingsknowe.

Lancaster: 68004 Rapid on the tail end of 2C47, Preston to Barrow, as it crosses Carlisle Bridge at low tide on 16th May 2018. 68003 Astute is the train loco just disappearing into the greenery. This M-F loco-hauled service has its last run on 18th May.

Dyce: This is the replacement fish and chip shop for the one which burnt down a couple of year's ago. This was formally in the old station building.

Shrivenham: 66536 heading an eastbound Freightliner through Shrivenham.

Aberdeen: Aberdeen railway station concourse on 16th May 2018. Just follow the green line to the rail replacement bus. The buses are only up the stairs, across the connecting bridge into the multi story car park and then across the road!

Aberdeen: South College Street, Aberdeen with a rail replacement bus waiting to go to Dyce because of the engineering works. This is set to continue until the 19th August 2018 and both sides of the road are coned off. A little more thought during the redevelopment of the station a few years ago would have allowed for this. The old station access is in the distance.

Shrivenham: 35028 Clan Line, at the head of an eastbound Belmond Pullman special at Shrivenham. Running 40 minutes late.

Pilrig Street: The Caledonian's Leith New Lines crossed over here.

Eastfield TMD: Class 365s at Eastfield. The recent electrification work makes this a difficult photograph to take.

Powderhall: Remnant of the passenger station closed in 1917.

Oubeck Loops: 68004 Rapid leading the 0515 Carlisle to Preston service, with 68003 Astute on the rear, at Oubeck on 16th May 2018. When the top and tail Class 68s replaced single Class 37s on these services they had to be reduced by one coach to fit in some platforms.

Shrivenham: 800xxx with an eastbound express passenger passing by the site of the long gone (closed 1964) GWR Shrivenham Station on the eastern outskirts of Swindon.

Arley: D7535, in BR Blue livery, waits time at Arley during the Severn Valley 2019 Spring Diesel Gala on 16th May.

Birmingham Curzon Street: The signs are good - and there are some mysterious piles of earth. Hopefully, HS2 will call here in a few years. Grab shot from a train coming into New Street on 16th May 2019. I was travelling to the NEC - the return fare with a railcard costing me less than parking a car at the NEC!

Ayr Harbour: Changed days from when an 08 shunter shuffled about Ayr Harbour coal dock sidings. All now seems to come in by road. 16th May 2019.

Durrus Road: Durrus Road was the final station before Bantry on the line from Drimoleague. Like Aughaville Halt, the next station to the east, it had a single platform and no passing loop. The platform was on the right here in this May 2021 view looking along the trackbed towards Aughaville Halt. There is a small hamlet at Durrus Road, but like many stations along the route it was a long way from the village it purported to serve, Durrus being at least 6 miles to the southwest. At least the name Durrus Road suggested that it might not actually be adjacent to Durrus!

Ballater: The original layout of Ballater Station captured by the Ordnance Survey at the time of its construction. The 'iron gates' (below the letter 'w' in Railway) 'at the entrance to the goods station' were supplied by Harpers of Aberdeen who also designed the famous white suspension bridges across the Dee at Polhollick and Cambus o'May. The Richard Connon and Company's sawmill siding would probably have been sited behind the engine shed (pink building). The main timber-loading bank lay along the siding shown south of the Weighing Machine (Wg Machine). The Well was the only water supply for the Station and Engine Shed; it also supplied the sawmill when the groundwater supply allowed. A public water supply was installed for Ballater by Farquharson of Invercauld in 1873 along the route of the abandoned Tramway to Bridge of Gairn. See article. Extract from the 25' map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland. see maps.nls.uk/copyright.html

Ballater: The second Edition 25 map 1900 shows the changes since 1866 See image [[79229]]. One of the major differences was due to the extension of the line to Bridge of Gairn which meant, amongst other changes, that the goods shed moved to the north of the running line next to the weighing machine (W.M.) and the main platform was extended right up to the bridge under the main road to Braemar See image [[70036]]. The Engine Shed moved to a site adjacent to where the words Albert Memorial Hall occur. Extract reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland. maps.nls.uk/copyright.html

Bank [C and SLR]: Northern Line and Bank reopen. Looking through one of the passageways at Bank from the new walkway to the brand new southbound Northern Line platform, with a train of LU 1995 stock on a service to Morden, about to depart on 16th May 2022, the day the station and the line between Moorgate and Kennington re-awakened from a five months' sleep to allow for the reconstruction of the station to take place.

Bank [C and SLR]: Although the new southbound Northern Line platform at Bank station was opened to traffic on schedule on 16th May 2022, there is still more reconstruction work to be done improving facilities and better links to the Central, Waterloo & City and DLR lines as well as the District and Circle Lines via the connection to Monument station, as detailed in this poster on display at Bank station.

Bank [C and SLR]: LU 1995 stock on a Northern Line service to Morden heading away from the camera as it departs from the wide new southbound platform at Bank on the first day of operation, 16th May 2022. The Northern Line between Moorgate and Kennington was temporarily closed in January 2022 to allow the upgrading works to proceed and reopened on schedule. Trains through this and London Bridge stations are on a right-hand running section and the northbound platform has not been widened but a new lengthy pedestrian foot tunnel (where a travellator might have been built) occupies the former southbound platform site with the new southbound platform and running tunnel built to the west of that.

Bank [C and SLR]: The new and lengthy walkway between the northbound and new southbound platforms at Bank station, looking south, on the day it reopened, 16th May 2022, following a temporary closure since January for the reconstruction. The new wide southbound platform is beyond the wall on the right, reached via separate walkways, while this particular walkway is on the site of the former southbound platform (left) and southbound track (right).

Nine Elms [Northern Line]: View across the concourse at Nine Elms with a Northern Line train from Battersea Power Station to Mill Hill East making its first stop, on 16th May 2022. For many years, the branch from Finchley Central to Mill Hill East had just a one-stop shuttle service (with a few peak hour through trains) but with the opening of the Battersea branch in September 2021 Mill Hill East now has an all day service of through trains to and from central and south London