Cowlairs Incline: B1 4-6-0 61260 with a down train on Cowlairs incline in May 1954.

Cowlairs West Junction: Ex-Caledonian 0-6-0 no 57625 passing Cowlairs West Junction on 18 May 1954 at the head of a southbound coal train. The footbridge crossed a tip line to the south of [[Eastfield Shed]].

Eastfield Shed: A busy steam shed. Scene at Eastfield on 18 May 1954, featuring Reid N15 0-6-2T no 69178.

Pitmedden: View looking south east at Pitmedden station towards Dyce in 1960, showing the timber platforms and level crossing. [Ref query 5 December 2017]

Exeter St Davids: A young trainspotter looks on with interest at the spectacle unfolding before him at Exeter St David’s on 18 May 1962. 'Z' class 0-8-0Ts 30955 and 30956 are banking a heavy train of aggregate from Meldon Quarry on the 1 in 37 gradient to Exeter Central, with an Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2T piloting a Class 'N' 2-6-0 at the front.

Hamilton Central: 44786 runs through towards Motherwell.

Edinburgh Princes Street: Black 5 45126 prepares to leave Edinburgh's Princes Street terminus on 18 May 1964 with the 1.20pm service to Lanark.

Stirling Shed [CR]: A4 Pacific no 60006 Sir Ralph Wedgwood about to pass Stirling South shed with the 1.30pm Aberdeen - Glasgow Buchanan Street on a miserable Monday afternoon in May 1964.

Edinburgh Waverley: A3 Pacific no 60063 Isinglass awaiting its departure time at Waverley on 18 May 1964 prior to taking out the 10.10am to London Kings Cross.

Stirling: The 5.30 pm Glasgow Buchanan Street - Aberdeen train runs into Stirling station on a wet evening in May 1964 behind A4 Pacific no 60009 Union of South Africa.

Edinburgh Princes Street: Scene at Edinburgh's Princes Street station in May 1964 as snowplough-fitted Black 5 no 45126 prepares to leave with the 3-coach 1.20pm service to Lanark.

St Margarets Shed: 4472 Flying Scotsman photographed in the shed yard at St Margarets on 18 May 1964. The locomotive had hauled an Edinburgh - Aberdeen special two days earlier see image [[25697]].

Buchanan Street: A4 60019 'Bittern' sets off from Glasgow Buchanan St with the 8.25am 'Grampian' for Aberdeen on 18th May 1966. The rapid progress Glasgow made towards smokeless zone status in the 1960s experienced a bit of a setback on this sunny May morning.

Glasgow Central: Standard 4 2-6-4T 80121, and slam door suburban stock, ready to leave Glasgow Central with the 9.08 am to Gourock on 18th May 1966.

Glasgow Central: A morning service from Gourock arriving at Glasgow Central in May 1966, behind Standard 2-6-4 tank 80005.

Dumfries: An EE Type 4 arrives at Dumfries on 18 May 1976 with a southbound service.

Plates, signs, notices etc: Wagon plate in sidings at Yoker bearing the legend BHam C&WCo - 1958 - B550333 - Lot No 2907, on steel bodied mineral wagon.

Millerhill Marshalling Yard [North]: Empty Cartics returning from Bathgate run into Millerhill from the north on 18 May 1981 behind 40184. On the left is Millerhill MPD, with the old up yard control tower standing beyond. See image [[72660]].

Millerhill Marshalling Yard [North]: 40184 arriving at the north end of Millerhill yard on 18 May 1981 with empty Cartics from Bathgate.

Gourock: The forecourt of Gourock station on 18th May 1985, with a Class 303 unit in platform 1 about to form the 13.45 limited stop departure to Paisley and Glasgow Central. SPTE orange dominates the colour scheme. In the years since, this station has been extensively downsized and modernized, with much of the original structure and train-steamer interchange having been lost

Rothesay Dock: Rothesay Dock yard in 1987 looking away from the dock with the Clyde on the right. This dock was built with coal hoists on the north side and strip coil and iron ore import on the south side - the yard was laid out in a similar manner. The railway was a joint CR and NBR line and much of the traffic went by the Caley's line round via Possil to reach Gartcosh, Coatbridge and the Lanarkshire steelworks. By the 1980s the dock and remaining sidings were associated with the import of iron ore (as was General Terminus) until both were replaced by the new Hunterston Ore Terminal. By 1987 the sidings had been out of use for some time and had a bank of rubble piled over the yard's throat. Despite a brief revival, for which new track was laid, in the 1990s the railway went out of use. This brief use was for importing coal for Kincardine Powerstation. The dock has seen a huge revival in recent years and now has a shiplift. In the distance is a pylon at the former Yoker Powerstation and the cranes of Yarrow Shipbuilders. In the distant left is the rather long footbridge over the yard lines.

Paisley Gilmour Street: Two class 37s about to run through Paisley Gilmour Street in 1987 with Ravenscraig - Hunterson coal empties.

Pitlochry: A class 47 brings a southbound service into Pitlochry in May 1987.

Green Road Junction: Rothesay Dock Yard viewed from the footbridge to its east in May 1987. The yard closed after the opening of the Hunterston Ore Terminal but was to re-open briefly in the 1990s, after this photograph, to take coal to Kincardine Power station. Track was re-laid only to fall out of use again shortly afterwards. See image [[50583]]

Rome Street Junction: Abandoned track awaiting removal at Rome Street Junction, Carlisle, on 18 May 1989, looking south from Rome Street towards the bridge carrying Currock Road.. The surviving section of the goods lines runs just beyond the trees in the right middle distance and through the right hand span of the bridge. This line links Currock Junction, off picture to the right, with Bog Junction and London Road Junction. see image [[57717]].

Rome Street Junction: Looking northwest from Rome Street towards Dentonholme along the closed goods line in 1989. The damaged bridge over the River Caldew is visible just beyond the far corner of the abandoned works yard. See image [[5732]]. (The remains of the structure were finally removed in 2008.)

Edinburgh Waverley: A Class 305 waits at what was then Waverley's Platform 7 in May 1994 with a North Berwick service. This stock had previously worked out of Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street and arrived with those route diagrams still posted in the carriages. It was the first of three waves of 'cast-off' stock used exclusively on this line after it was electrified.

Edinburgh Waverley: Slamdoor DMU takes happy commuters home to Fife in May 1997. By this time such stock was only used at peaks, with perhaps a set stabled at Waverley during the day.

Edinburgh Waverley: Class 117s still had more than two years to go on peak hour Fife locals when this one was snapped leaving Waverley's Platform 16 in May 1997. The points motor for the stabling siding seems to have been renewed recently.

Kincardine Power Station: The yard at Kincardine power station in 1997 with a Ruston diesel locomotive standing outside the shed. [Ref query 5250]

Berwick-upon-Tweed: EWS 66072 enters the down goods loop at Berwick on Tweed in May 1999 with coal empties.

Aberfeldy Distillery: 'Dailuaine' on static display at Dewars distillery, Aberfeldy, in 2003. See image [[23450]].

Aberfeldy Distillery: Dewars distillery, Aberfeldy, in 2003 with preserved 0-4-0ST Dailuaine on static display.

Bathgate Shed: The abandoned Bathgate shed looking west in May 2005. This modern shed (BR code 64F) was opened in 1954 replacing the original which had succumbed to subsidence. A year after the new shed opened, Bathgate had an allocation of 36 steam locomotives, of which over half were ex-NB Holmes class J36 0-6-0s.

Bathgate Shed: Entrance to Bathgate shed and yard looking east in May 2005 with the structure having been occupied for some time by a Roofing and Building Maintenance Company (!)

Bathgate Shed: The former Bathgate shed No 4 road with original doors and track still in place on 18 May 2005.

Kirkcaldy: Road entrance to Kirkcaldy Station and customer car park on a quiet afternoon in the spring of 2005. Note the integral Red Star parcels logo see image [[31792]].

Kirkcaldy: A northbound Fife Circle train calls at Kirkcaldy in May 2005.

Kirkcaldy: Contrasting ScotRail liveries - Kirkcaldy Station - May 2005.

Kirkcaldy: Interesting down platform architecture - Kirkcaldy - May 2005.

Lochgelly: The second of the SRPS Forth Bridge and Fife Circle specials of 18 May 2008 approaching Lochgelly on the Inner Circle behind 61994 The Great Marquess.

Peebles Junction: View south along the eastern exit road from the Peebles Hydro Hotel, just before it joins the A72. The single remaining bridge abutment marks the point at which the railway left the Hotel grounds and crossed the exit road on its journey from Peebles to Galashiels.

RNSD Lathalmond: The old weighbridge at Lathalmond, with rails still in place and the associated control office standing alongside, photographed on 18 May 2008. The weighbridge was last used for rail traffic using the former RNAD Lathalmond in 1971.

RNSD Lathalmond: The newly repainted and fully operational former MoD Hunslet diesel 250 (ex-Rosyth Dockyard) photographed on 18 May 2008 standing outside Shed 47 at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum site, Lathalmond.

Peebles Junction: The cutting used by the Peebles Railway to negotiate the extensive grounds of the Peebles Hydro Hotel has long been filled in, although an old footbridge that crossed the line was left in situ. The bridge is seen here still in place on 18 May 2008 looking west towards the town along the ex-cutting.

Galashiels: One of the sections of the Borders Railway which deviates from the original Waverley Route is that to the south of Galashiels station. Sticking to the original alignment here would have meant taking trains through aisles 9 to 12 of the local Asda Superstore. The solution involved a diversion to the east of the building, as shown here, with the line rejoining the old formation just beyond Currie Road, where a new railway bridge was required (see image [[49892]]). Photograph taken in May 2008 looking south from below the new road bridge carrying Station Brae.

Dalgety Bay: 61994 just east of Dalgety Bay station with a special on 18 May 2008.

Edinburgh Waverley: Gresley K4 2-6-0 no 61994 The Great Marquess stands at Waverley on 18 May 2008 prior to departure with an SRPS railtour around the Fife circle.

Glenrothes with Thornton: 61994 heading special train 1Z20 through Glenrothes on 18 May with The first of two trips on the 18th May round the Edinburgh southside and Fife Circle routes.

Ladybank: A silver power car on a white stripe HST 125 set heads south at Ladybank on 18 May 2008, passing an EWS class 66 waiting for the road on the Perth line with a ballast train.

RNSD Lathalmond: Hunslet ex-MOD Rosyth Dockyard 251 in operation at the Shed 47 site, Lathalmond on 18 May 2008. This locomotive is next in line for a repaint.

Hoorn: Preserved signabox and coaches of the Stoomtram Hoorn-Medemblik heritage railway at Hoorn the Netherlands.

Amsterdam Central: Belgian Railways electric loco number 1187 gets ready to depart Amsterdam with the 18.56 service to Brussels service on a sunny Sunday evening.

Jamestown Viaduct [Inverkeithing]: 61994 crossing Jamestown Viaduct on 18 May on its return to Edinburgh.

Waterford: Scene at Waterford on Sunday 18th May 2008, with IE locomotive 214 on the 14.30 to Dublin alongside one of the latest 220 units, very much the new order in this part of the world.

Peebles Junction: Shortly after leaving Peebles station for Galashiels, the Peebles Railway ran in a cutting, spanned by a footbridge, through what is now part of the grounds of the Peebles Hydro Hotel. Following closure of the line the cutting was filled in, but most of the footbridge remains. Part of the imposing frontage of the hotel can be seen through the trees in the left background in this view looking north over the old bridge on 18 May 2008.

Hoorn: Double deck stock is propelled out of Hoorn station.

Innerleithen: The bridge that once carried the Peebles Railway over the Tweed south of Innerleithen, seen looking north on 18 May 2008.

Ladybank: Cross Country class 221 makes the 1337 stop at Ladybank en route to Edinburgh. New vinyl stickers in white and Red cover the original paintwork of Virgin Trains.

Kilmeadan: A standard CIE lower quadrant stop signal at Kilmeadan in May 2008.

Haughhead Viaduct: Half a mile east of Innerleithen station the Peebles Loop crossed the Tweed on Haughhead Viaduct. The 6-span iron plate girder structure, opened in 1866 by the NBR, saw its last rail traffic in 1962 when the line was closed between Hawthornden and Kilnknowe Junctions. Since then the viaduct has been refurbished with safety fencing installed and now forms part of a popular walking route. View west towards Innerleithen in 2008.

Abbotsford Ferry [2nd]: Site of the second Abbotsford Ferry station (see image [[21994]]), closed in 1931. Remains include part of a wooden platform face some railings and lots of nettles. Photographed on 18 May 2008, some 77 years after the station closed to passengers.

RNSD Lathalmond: Close-up of Hunslet diesel 250, formerly based at MoD Rosyth Dockyard, standing outside Shed 47, at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum, Lathalmond on 18 May, sporting a fresh coat of paint (and a 62C shedplate).

Abbotsford Ferry [1st]: The trackbed of the Selkirk branch in 2008 running south west from the site of the first Abbotsford Ferry station (1856 - 1895). The River Tweed is on the left with the village of Boleside on the right. For the view back towards the station site from the trackbed see image [[80871]].

Kilmeadan: View west over the Kilmeadan terminus of the Waterford & Suir Valley Heritage Railway on 18 May 2008. The 3ft gauge line is built on 6km of the former CIE Waterford to Mallow via Dungarvan branch.

Innerleithen: The bridge that carried the Peebles Railway over the Tweed south of Innerleithen. Photographed looking north towards the river in May 2008. The bridge now forms part of a walkway.

Abbotsford Ferry [1st]: Site of the original 1856 Abbotsford Ferry station, looking south west along the Tweed towards Selkirk on a May morning in 2008. This station was sited alongside the ferry itself (a rowing boat linked to the south shore by elevated guide wires). The station had been relocated by 1898 to a point a short distance to the east, see image [[19332]]. The ferry ceased operation in the late 1930s.

RNSD Lathalmond: Footplate view from 251 of the Fowler diesel (ex-Texaco Granton) propelling 2 wagons, including a newly aquired Palvan which arrived recently from Dolphinton. See image [[2631]]

Abbotsford Ferry [1st]: Approaching Abbotsford Ferry along the trackbed of the Selkirk branch in the spring of 2008. The location is approximately two and a half miles south of Galashiels, with the River Tweed to the right and the village of Boleside on the left. View is north east towards the site of the original (1856) station, which was situated just beyond the wooden gate.

Abbotsford Ferry [1st]: View south west along the trackbed of the Selkirk branch, running parallel with the Tweed at Boleside, seen from the site of the original Abbotsford Ferry station looking towards [[Lindean]] in May 2008. See also image [[57014]].

Ladybank: Unrefurbished 43110 at rear of the 1151 Aberdeen to London HST through Ladybank. The train set is upgraded GNER with the white stripe apart from the leading power car which was in silver NXEC colours.

Laurencekirk: The re-opening day at Laurencekirk on 18 May 2009, with passengers awaiting the arrival of an Aberdeen train.

Laurencekirk: View north towards Aberdeen from the down platform of the reopened Laurencekirk station on 18 May 2009.

Laurencekirk: New notice board opposite the main entrance at Laurencekirk on 18 May 2009, first day of operations at the reopened station.

Laurencekirk: Official opening of Laurencekirk station on 18th May 2009.

Bridge of Orchy: Looking north from the end of the platform at Bridge of Orchy towards Rannoch. The subway entrance to the island platform that is typical of West Highland stations can be seen along with surviving buildings in the station yard to the left.

Bridge of Orchy: Looking south towards County March Summit and Tyndrum along the island platform and past the surviving station buildings at Bridge of Orchy.

Fort William: 45231 stands at Fort William with The Jacobite on 18 May 2010.

Fort William Junction: Having waited alongside the Mallaig line for a Glasgow bound Sprinter to clear the section, See image [[29132]] 66099 propels four empty fuel tanks back to the Fort William Junction signal so that it can follow the passenger train south.

Fort William Oil Sidings: An early evening service from Mallaig runs in to Fort William passing the fuel terminal sidings. These were disused for some time but now see regular tank trains again. 156476 has just passed the bridge and embankment that used to carry the Lochaber Narrow Guage Railway and is nearing the station itself.

Ladybank: A Perth - Edinburgh train photographed near Annsmuir Crossing, Ladybank on 18 May 2010.

Fort William Junction: The old bracket signal See image [[7646]] controlling the junction for the Mallaig line was rebuilt in 2006 with a modern gantry, and lots of safety features, but the original sempahores appear to have been fitted to it - a nice touch. Here it is, seen in May 2010, from the trackbed of the old Lochaber narrow gauge line.

Beattock Summit: DBS 66106 waits alongside the M74 in the northbound loop at Beattock Summit for a Pendolino to overtake. The loco was hauling a lengthy train of bogie tankers.

Beattock Summit: DBS 66106 gets the Dalston - Grangemouth tanks underway from Beattock Summit loops on 18 May and begins the long descent through the Clyde Valley.

Fort William: 67004 waits for the 1950hrs departure time with the Fort William portion of the Euston sleeper service. Only one thing has changed since the editor photographed this train in 2005 when it was headed by one of the much missed Class 37s. See image [[5489]]. The little used line in the foreground is the old Motorail loading siding.

Fort William Junction: 156476 heads for Glasgow Queen Street, having reversed at Fort William, on a late afternoon service from Mallaig. On the left 66090 has just drawn four tanks out of the oil terminal yard and is waiting to reverse back onto the main line prior to following the Sprinter over the West Highland line.

Perth: The Inverness portion of the Highland Sleeper stands at Perth at 05.39 on 18 May 2010 behind 67030.

Killin [2nd]: The station yard at Killin has been properly surfaced and marked out as a car and bus park since my last visit in 2008 See image [[19277]]. There has also been some landscaping and these saplings, alongside the trackbed, already obscure the distinctive mountain backdrop that was a feature of photos of the station in operation.

Fort William Oil Sidings: 66099 waits for the Fort William Junction bracket signal to clear before moving forward to Lochaber. The short train of tanks has been drawn out of the depot on the right and set back to this point before taking the mainline. Picture taken from the old Lochaber narrow gauge railway embankment looking towards Fort William station.

Fort William Lower Works Railway Bridge: Fort William Junction signalbox, as seen from the formation of the Lochaber narrow guage railway which crossed the line at this point on the old concrete and steel bridge.

Waterhouses: This was the transhipment shed between the narrow gauge Manifold Valley line on the left and the standard gauge North Staffordshire branch to the right. It now houses a cycle hire business. The Manifold Valley line is very beautiful, but don't linger too long - parking here costs �1.20 for the first hour!

Clifton: This attractive Italianate station seems rather large for a small village just outside Ashbourne; but would include the station master's accommodation. The (small) signal box was removed to a preserved railway in the mid-1980s.

Cheddleton: Would you like fish with your chips? The doors on the new tender for the S160 (US Military Transport Corps) locomotive reminded me of something else. Lovely glossy, straight steelwork. Photographed at Cheddleton on the Churnet Valley Railway in May 2011, with kind permission of CVR staff.

Cheddleton: The hard slog of preservation. Scene on the Churnet Valley Railway at Cheddleton on 18 May 2011. The NCB diesel-hydraulic on the right shows the excellent end result, but the ReS 47 needs 'a bit of work'.

Paisley Gilmour Street: 66301 passing through Paisley Gilmour Street on the daily WH Malcolm container service from Elderslie to Grangemouth. It wears the now defunct Fastline livery but is one the three former Fastline Class 66's currently leased by DRS

Blackpool North: The distant semaphores shown here were temporarily out of use in January 2011 See image [[32514]] as Blackpool No. 1 signal box was being demolished. It is good to see them working again (at least until electrification) and I presume the home signal they protect is now operated from No. 2 box seen here but local information would be welcome. 150277 leaves the station on 18 May heading for Manchester Victoria.

Whifflet: Glasgow Central bound 158730 awaits its departure time at Whifflet on 18 May.

Leyland: A southbound nuclear flask train passes through Leyland station late in the evening of 18 May 2011. It is not unusual for several locomotives to be included in the train. On this occasion two Class 66s were joined by a further two Class 20s which were being taken south to work another flask train the following day.

Cheddleton: At the Leek end of Cheddleton station on 18 May 2011 we find what every station needs - a crossing sign with legs and a handbag. Very adaptable.

Twyford: Platform scene at Twyford on 18 May as the 19.41 to Reading (right) crosses the 19.43 to Paddington.

Fawley Hill: I like this engine. It's got at least one of everything. 'Sir Vincent' poses in front of the museum at Fawley Hill on 18 May (notice the model airship to the left). See also image [[44726]].

Reading: Two units and a bike. From left to right, that's the 20.00 to Oxford, the shuttle to Ealing Broadway, and who knows where the chap in the shorts is going. Reading station is much bigger and brighter than it used to be - as it should be, given the money spent!

Plates, signs, notices etc: Patina personified - the maker's plate on Lilla see image [[43578]]. The white infill appears to be a build-up of brass polish. Hunslet's marketing manager recently told me that their first export engine went to Java; the customer liked it so much that they bought another one just like it - 105 years later!

Henley-on-Thames: The 19.24 service to Twyford waits at Henley-on-Thames on 18th May 2013. The text on the booking office soffit board reads 'Thank you for using the Regatta Line'.

Reading: You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. Spoil in the view at Reading on 18 May as a westbound HST calls.

Reading: Something old, something new, and something blue (the train roofs in the platforms by the old Southern station): but I can't see anything borrowed. Major rebuilding, nearly finished at Reading on 18th May.

Pangbourne: The latest freebie on First Great Western HST's: moving maps on seatback screens. It's good to see railways adopting technology used by their competitors - hopefully this will lead to less mobile 'phone conversations along the lines of 'I'm on the train - I dunno where we are...'

Fawley Hill: I guess two of the advantages of being a civils contractor are that you can keep anything you fancy which you have been hired to demolish, and that you always have trucks handy to take it home. Hopefully this will make sense of this view, which at first glance appears to show a subterranean parcels depot behind an improbably slanted piece of track (well, 1 in 19 is a bit unusual).

Fawley Hill: Number 31 approaches Somersham station on the Fawley Hill Railway.

Fawley Hill: Somersham station, on the Fawley Hill Railway, complete with false tunnel mouth and steam engine. For a view in the opposite direction see image [[43147]]

Purley Oaks: 455 827 from London Bridge to Caterham arriving at Purley Oaks station in Surrey on 18th May 2013.

South Croydon: 456016 to London Bridge, arriving at South Croydon on 18th May 2013. In 2022 these two car sets are now being withdrawn from service.

South Croydon: 377438 to London Bridge arriving at South Croydon, on 18th May 2013.

Fawley Hill: After a vigorous day celebrating its 100th birthday at a massive public garden party, 'Sir Robert McAlpine No. 31' coasts down into the shed at Fawley Hill on 18th May. The sign on the right reading 'Beware of Shunting' seems appropriate.

Charnock Richard: A DRS Daventry - Coatbridge container train heading north at Charnock Richard on 18 May 2013 behind 66427.

New Gisborne [Victoria]: At the Steam Fair on 19 May 2013, 2' gauge Perry 0-4-2T of 1945, built in Adelaide for sugar mill work, operating on a short section of track. Perry locos are based on Fowler of Leeds designs. Similar locos were built by Bundaberg Foundry, Qld., known in typical Australian fashion as Bundy Fowlers.

Whyteleafe South: Whyteleafe South station, on the Caterham branch in Surrey, looking north towards London, on 18th May 2013. Until 1956, this station was known as Warlingham and is just 600 yards south-west of Upper Warlingham station on the parallel Oxted line. Somehow, the latter's prefix 'Upper' survived the 1956 change at the Caterham Valley line station.

Balshaw Lane Junction: With Balshaw Lane Junction in the distance, a Northern service from Blackpool to Liverpool approaches Charnock Richard during a wet afternoon on 18 May.

Purley Oaks: Exterior of Purley Oaks station in that part of the County of Surrey now absorbed into Greater London, on 18th May 2013.

Purley: 455 825 to London Bridge at Purley station, Surrey, on 18th May 2013.

Fawley Hill: 'Thank you for asking Michael, it's quite the most comfortable saddle tank I've ever sat on'. Hunslet 554 Lilla, a 23.5 inch gauge 0-4-0 built in 1891 for the Cilgwyn Slate Co. of Nanntle, provides a supporting role at this year's McAlpine garden party.

Threlkeld Quarry: They let the diesels out from time to time at Threlkeld Quarry see image [[49524]]. The two gents on the left appear to be planning their next move with military precision - by the look of the sky, their planning should include at least one umbrella.

Uphill Junction: Loooking west at Uphill Junction, towards Brunel's magnificent bridge spanning the cutting on 18 May, as 43304 leads a CrossCountry HST on a Newquay to Edinburgh service. The crossover in the foreground is used by westbound trains from the Weston-Super-Mare loop to regain the Down Main line. See image [[26183]]

Threlkeld Quarry: I believe they call this an axle box. Some useful spare parts stored in what appears to be a three and a half plank wagon at Threlkeld Quarry Museum.

Weston Milton: 43124 brings up the rear on a Paddington bound Great Western HST set, on the Weston-super-Mare loop at Weston Milton, in May 2014. This power car subsequently transferred to Scotrail and is still in service in 2022.

Threlkeld: There is something a bit Wild West about this image of Sir Tom waiting to take passengers up the hill from the halt by the car park at Threlkeld. The one handed clock certainly takes some getting used to.

Threlkeld: Looking West from the station area at Threlkeld in May 2015. All traces of the platforms have been buried in spoil after rebuilding of the council depot see image [[42152]].

Inverkeithing East Junction: DBS 66188 passes Freightliner 66622 at Inverkeithing East Junction on 18 May with ballasts to/from Millerhill and Stirling via Cowdenbeath and Alloa.

Weston-super-Mare: The long frontage of Weston-Super-Mare station, on the evening of 18th May 2014. This building is on good order and contains the booking office, waiting rooms and a pub. There are only two operational platforms now but they are very long. The large staircase on the left of the building leads to the footbridge and the westbound platform, although trains terminating here tend to use the eastbound side. See image [[47678]]

Dalgety Bay: 37516 and 37685 charge through Dalgety Bay on 18 May with The Royal Scotsman from Edinburgh to Ardgay.

Threlkeld Quarry: So that is how you put a gradient on a siding - if you really want to! Scene at Threlkeld Quarry in May 2014.

Threlkeld Quarry: An assortment of relics found at Threlkeld Museum in May 2014. See image [[49524 for more good stuff]]

Donibristle Platform: Freightliner 66621 coasts downhill past Donibristle towards Dalgety Bay on 18 May with a Stirling - Millerhill ballast train.

Threlkeld: Between Threlkeld quarry museum and the A66, this traditional railway carriage home still provides a roof over someones head in May 2014. Not sure what the National Park policy is on this sort of thing.

Weston-super-Mare: A fine May evening at Weston-Super-Mare station. 43093 is at the head of a First Great Western HST, newly arrived from Paddington and shortly to return there, seen from the west end of the platform used for services towards Taunton.

Threlkeld Quarry: If only Cumbrian weather was always like this. Sir Tom makes light work of the gradient approaching the shed area at Threlkeld Quarry on 18 May. Notice the informal seating area to the left - an excellent place to eat lunch and watch the trains go by!

Threlkeld Quarry: A brace of diesel locomotives and a host of things that might come in handy one day, in the shed at Threlkeld Quarry Museum on 18 May 2014.

Threlkeld Quarry: Saddle tank Sir Tom clears wagons from the lowermost sidings at Threlkeld Quarry Museum to allow a BLS visit to have the full gricing experience. This quarry was opened to supply the works associated with the construction of the Keswick branch and closed as a commercial concern in 1982.

Uphill Junction: A Taunton to Bristol local service swings left onto the Weston-super-Mare loop at Uphill Junction. 150121 is one of two three-car sets operated by First Great Western in 2014.

Weston Milton: FGW 43020 accelerates through Weston Milton halt with the 1450 Weston-super-Mare to Paddington on 18 May. At this point the train is still on the single track Weston loop but will join the main line at Worle Junction.

Lintley Halt: Scene at Lintley Halt, the current terminus of the narrow gauge South Tynedale Railway, on 18 May 2014. The diesel locomotive is Naworth [Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0DM No 4 of 1952]. Work is in hand to extend the line as far as Slaggyford and possibly, in the fullness of time... Haltwhistle? See image [[40173]]

Threlkeld Quarry: A driver's eye view from Sir Tom at Threlkeld in May 2014 see image [[47908]]. The Morris Minor and Land Rover on the right add to the period atmosphere.

Threlkeld Quarry: Sir Tom fusses around a few wagons at the top of the Threlkeld Quarry Railway museum line on 18 May.

Inverkeithing East Junction: Freightliner 66622 at Inverkeithing East Junction with ballast on 18 May 2014.

Marley Hill: No 2 an 0-4-0ST (Hawthorn Leslie 2859 of 1911) working passenger trains on the Tanfield Railway on 18 May.

Uphill Junction: FGW 43020 speeds past Uphill Junction leading a Sunday Paddington to Plymouth HST service on 18th May 2014. The Weston-super-Mare loop line can be seen trailing in on the left.

Ballater: Ballater station fire May 2015 - restaurant entrance.

Wittenbergplatz (Berlin): The Wittenbergplatz U-Bahn station in Berlin on 18 May 2015.

Ballater: Ballater station fire May 2015 - station frontage.

Monk Fryston: DB palindromic numbered 66066 opens up as it crosses Betteras Hill Road level crossing heading south shortly after leaving Milford Junction sidings on 18 May with a mixed rake of refurbished DB red and un-refurbished ex National Power bogie coal wagons.

Ballater: Ballater station following the fire in May 2015 - main station entrance.

Carnforth: 37419 leads the 0515hrs Carlisle to Preston service at Carnforth on 18th May 2015. At this time the newly established loco-hauled services were still top and tailed awaiting the DBSO deliveries, hence the Anglia liveried brake vehicle behind the loco.

Hest Bank: The 2015 timetable sees the welcome introduction of two loco hauled diagrams on the Cumbrian Coast line. On weekday mornings one of the sets makes a return run through to Preston and on Saturdays there is a return trip to Lancaster. On the first day of operations, DRS 37605 is seen in atrocious weather at Hest Bank on its way to Barrow-in-Furness with a four-coach train worked down from Carlisle to Preston that morning. ETS fitted 37419 was on the rear.

Edinburgh Waverley: A gleaming 68002 Intrepid gets 'the off' with ECS from the morning Fife service, following arrival back at Waverley on 18 May 2015. It had been routed into Platform 11 on this occasion rather than the usual Platform 2.

Cheltenham Racecourse: Churchward 2-8-0 no 2807 running around its train at Cheltenham Racecourse station on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway on 18 May 2015.

Edinburgh Waverley: 92018 in the simple and elegant Caledonian Sleeper livery stabled in the siding opposite Platform 7 at Edinburgh Waverley on 18 May 2015.

Toddington: Ex-Great Western Railway Churchward 2-8-0 tank no 4270 stands in the shed yard at Toddington on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway on 18 May 2015.

Buchanan Street Tunnel: Access chamber for the North portal of Buchanan Street tunnel on 18.5.16. Tunnel shortly to be partially infilled as part of the £260M Sighthill regeneration project-

Hillhead [Subway]: Glasgow Subway train at Hillhead station on 18th May 2016.

Glasgow (Townhead): Timber sleepers in diggings from recently excavated sub-soil test pits on the track bed of the lines to Port Dundas Basin West of Townhead. This area is undergoing major decontamination works.

North Queensferry: The Forth Bridge Hub at North Queensferry Station run by Christine Clark is now open for service of excellent coffee and other refreshments.

St Enoch [Subway]: Original entrance to St. Enoch station, Glasgow Subway, on 18th May 2016. A distinctive Victorian red sandstone building in Flemish Renaissance style, dating from the 1896 opening. Preserved during the modernisation of the Subway in the period 1977-1980, it became a Travel Centre when a new entrance to the station was opened. It became disused when the Travel Centre was moved to the Subway ticket hall in 2008 but was converted into a cafe in 2009. It is now a Category A Listed Building. The ghastly shopping centre on the left, with no redeeming architectural features whatsoever, insultingly stands on the site of the former 12 platform GSWR St. Enoch terminus, opened in 1876 and closed in 1966.

Coatdyke: A solitary passenger alights from a mid-morning Edinburgh Waverley to Helensburgh Central service at Coatdyke on 18th May 2016. All original buildings have been demolished and replaced by bus stop style waiting shelters. The station was originally opened by the Bathgate & Coatbridge Railway on 1st February 1871.

Riverside Museum: Glasgow Corporation experimental single-decker Pullman tramcar no. 1089, dating from 1926, generally known as 'Baillie Burt's Car' on display in the Riverside Museum, Glasgow on 18th May 2016.

Riverside Museum: Original Glasgow Subway car (1896-1977), on display in the Riverside Museum on 18th May 2016.

Cowlairs Incline: May 2016 - Slab track panels stacked on up line of Cowlairs Incline awaiting transfer into the tunnel.

Dalreoch: A Helensburgh bound train draws to a stop at Dalreoch on 18th May 2017.

Milngavie: Barrel train and real train at Milngavie. [John noted there should be a plaque - an overly detailed page on the Milngavie line was the first page on RailScot. -Ed]

Dunblane: An Edinburgh service pulls out of Dunblane after a few minutes wait for the road. The starter signal on the up side is MAS while the down starter is still old tech. Both are controlled by Dunblane box, just visible behind the bridge. It's quite remarkable, when you think about it, that Victorian technology survives in this day and age - and there seems to be no hurry to replace it!

Dalreoch: New high tech bike rack / sculpture at Dalreoch.

Sheriffhall [2nd]: A Sunday morning service on the Borders Railway seen midway between the Eskbank and Shawfair stops on 28 May 2017. The 6-car 170 combination is approaching Kings Gate Points and the start of the double track section to Newcraighall South Junction.

Dalmuir: The somewhat less than attractive building adorning the platform at Dalmuir, as viewed from a westbound train.

Stirling: An Aberdeen to Glasgow service pulls out of Stirling on 18/05/2017. A 158 is stabled at Platform 8.

Glasgow Queen Street Low Level: The interior of a very quiet 334 paused at Queen Street, Low Level.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The front taxi rank at Queen Street. A dark and un-enticing location. Above is the 1970s extension to the Millenium Hotel and just ahead is the fanlight glass front of the station roof - obscured by the concrete construction above. Hopefully this will be visible through the proposed new glazed front to the station.

Stirling: A Glasgow to Alloa service pulls into Stirling on a fine, warm 18/05/2017. Platform 6 is used by most of these trains in both directions. Platform 9 is in regular, though less frequent use, but by the look of it bay Platform 10 (far left) sees little use now; it certainly has no departure screen.

Dalreoch: Eastbound 334 train pulls into Dalreoch.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The concourse at High Level Queen Street. Little sign of the rebuild so far.

Queens Dock: The Pumphouse close to the entry to the former Queens Dock, now the exhibition centre, seen from a passing train. The Clydeside Expressway was formerly the dockside sidings and warehousing. The Pumphouse is undergoing conversion into the new Clydeside Distillery.

Dalreoch: A westbound train at Dalreoch viewed from the station footbridge. The view shows just how close to the end of the platform the station building is, the junction between the Helensburgh and Balloch lines being just behind the camera.

Glasgow Queen Street Low Level: My train departs eastwards - fast!

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The ticket barriers at high level Queen Street, complete with high visibility Customer Service representative.

Glasgow Queen Street Low Level: Westbound 334 heads out of low level Queen Street.

Hardengreen Viaduct: The ScotRail 0924 Edinburgh - Tweedbank crossing Hardengreen Viaduct on 18 May 2017, seen looking south west towards the roundabout along the B6392.

Dumbarton Central: A station building at platform level of Dumbarton Central. A fishing boat peeps out the window.

Dunblane: A through service to Glasgow pulls into Platform 1 at Dunblane while the ex-Edinburgh train waits in the reversing stub to replace it and return to the capital. The Edinburgh train had arrived in Platform 3 (left). These manoeuvres may seem a little unnecessary when Platform 3 is off the main line, but the Platform 3 track has no southbound connection with the up line. Platform 1 is also more accessible for passengers.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The frontage of Queen Street station on George Square with the Millenium Hotel (older than the railway, it was the Queen's Hotel, then the North British Hotel) to the right. The statue to the left is of Robert Peel, Prime Minister from 1834-35 and 1841-46, and was erected in 1859. He was a supporter of Free Trade, repealing the Corn Laws.

Bridge of Allan: 158 724 calls at Bridge of Allan with a Dunblane to Edinburgh service on 18th May 2017. An opposite working heads north, passing the site of the original station on the other side of the old A9 road bridge. See image [[39457]]

Dalreoch: 334 heads into the setting sun at Dalreoch.

Old Mill Lane Goods: Looking east towards the extant rail overbridge across the east end of Smithies Lane in Barnsley, that was on the former LNER Nostell to Stairfoot line. The bridge sits on extremely long abutments that were seemingly intended to accommodate a further bridge linked to extra tracks on the wide trackbed shown on old maps; but never added. Extensive sidings existed north of the bridge for the coal traffic from local collieries. Old Mill Lane goods yard was around 1Km to the south.

Carlisle: A quick photo from the 10:47 ex Haymarket to Euston Pendelino as we pulled into Carlisle. A very impressive decoration of the waiting area celebrating the (then) forthcoming Royal wedding. Note the strategically placed cone warning of imminent cleaning!

Bootle: I do not recall seeing an Oil Lamp Store such as this one at Bootle station on The Cumbrian Coast Railway on 18th May 2018.

Old Mill Lane Goods: View north west towards the former Old Mill Lane goods shed in Barnsley. The yard was located on the west side the LNER Nostell to Stairfoot line near the overbridge joining Wakefield Road to Old MIll Lane. Access was from Old Mill Lane itself, with the main line running to the right. [Ref query 16 August 2018]

La Rochelle: The huge size of the trainshed is obvious. There are 5 platforms but only 2 or 3 are in use at the same time in the morning rush hour. At first sight the TGV in the siding turned out to be two TGVs waiting for the Paris voyage.

Worcestershire Parkway: Looking North towards Birmingham over the Low Level platforms at Worcestershire Parkway. Taken from the last HST to Worcester on 18th May 2019.
See query 2105

Paddington: A nice souvenir of the last day of HSTs out of Paddington. I also fondly remember the round of applause from the crowd of enthusiasts after the last HST left the platform.

Bay Horse: The electric blue livery of 86259 'Les Ross' really complements the maroon rake of WCRC MkI coaches used on the Cumbrian Mountain Express excursions. This view at Bay Horse on 18th May 2019 shows the northbound service, which was hauled from Carnforth by 45690 'Leander'.

Worcester Shrub Hill: Well, I'll never go to Great Malvern again. 43162 ponders the shortening of its journey before being recessed into a loop at Worcester on the last day of HST workings out of Paddington, 18th May 2019. see image [[69380]].

Bay Horse: BR 7MT 4-6-2 70000 'Britannia' passing Bay Horse on 18th May 2019 with the northbound 'Lakelander' from Crewe to Carlisle. This fine looking rake of Saphos carmine and cream coaches was then hauled round the Cumbrian Coast by Black 5 45231.

Leyland: The final leg of Saphos Trains, 'The Lakelander' on 18 May 2019 from Carnforth to Crewe was hauled by 47614. The train is seen heading south at Leyland. Earlier steam had featured with 70000 'Britannia' on the Crewe to Carlisle leg handing over to Black 5 no. 45231 for the run round the coast to Carnforth.

Worcester Shrub Hill: We must stop meeting like this. A diverted Bournemouth to Manchester Voyager is shown up by its more elegant predecessor, the last HST scheduled from Paddington to Great Malvern; which only actually reached Shrub Hill. Having been delayed en route by a steam charter and a signal failure, 43162 and chums had been recessed to allow the Voyager to pass through the station (the centre road being occupied by a class 172 DMU). The wasteland on the left was formerly the Metal Box factory, which was served by the last industrial siding in Worcestershire. see image [[43250]]
See query 2111

Worcester Shrub Hill: 'The IETs won't be a patch on these, you know' Power car 43172 'Harry Patch' takes a breather at Shrub Hill, after being relieved of a trip to Great Malvern.
See query 2124

Bay Horse: The DRS electro-diesels handle the Tesco containers single handed and, despite appearances, that is the case here as 88009 'Diana' is Dead in Train behind 88002 'Prometheus' as they head north through Bay Horse on Saturday 18th May 2019.

Paddington: Parting is such sweet sorrow. Photographers lined up on Platform 1 at Paddington to record the departure of the last scheduled HSTs from the East end of Brunel's billiard table. 18th May 2019.

Worcestershire Parkway: The High Level platform at Worcestershire Parkway in May 2019 - nearly finished.

Powderhall Loop: For (presumably) non-rail related reasons a hole is being dug under the disused Powderhall branch south of the site of the waste plant. This has required removal of the rails. Given that there's no doubt that the branch is permanently closed I was surprised to see that the rails were later replaced. View look north from the Dryden Street bridge.

Dalgety Bay: 800107 passes Dalgety Bay with the 07.08 from Leeds to Aberdeen on 18th May 2020. This is the first LNER service north of Edinburgh since curtailment due to the COVID 19 emergency. Photographed incidental to my daily exercise permitted under emergency coronavirus legislation.

Edinburgh Gateway: A bridge on the main road west out of Edinburgh is not a place to linger, especially during lockdown, so it was lucky there was a train in the station when I was passing. On 18 May 2020 an incoming service from the north pulls out having deposited one passenger, who I'm sure was on an essential journey. Photographed incidental to my daily exercise permitted under emergency coronavirus legislation

Askam Pier: Askam Pier is a long promontory, made of tipped slag from the nearby Askam Iron Works. On a map of 1898 it did not exist but by 1911 it was the size it is today with a railway track running down either side. This 2021 view towards Millom across the Duddon Estuary, from the railway bridge joining the pier to the coastline, with the site of the Iron Works, now a housing development, immediately behind the camera.

Askam: 156429 is about to pull away from Askam for Barrow, as another Sprinter approaches heading north on 8th May 2021.

Askam: The mechanical signal boxes on the Cumbrian Coast may well become some of the last operational on the UK main lines. This is Askam, on the end of the station platform, retained to operate the adjacent level crossing as well as provide an intermediate section between Park South Junction and Foxfield. 18th May 2021.

Askam Ironworks Junction: 156491 approaches the outskirts of Askam heading from Barrow to Carlisle on 18th May 2021. The Sprinter is just passing the point where a line branched off into Askam Iron Works, and a mineral line also passed overhead on its way to the Mouzell ironstone mine behind the hill on the left. The chimney stack behind the train belongs to the still operational Furness Brick Works.

Askam Pier: Askam Pier, May 2021, and the indentations of sleepered track can still be seen in the tipped slag some ninety years after the nearby Askam Iron Works closed. The fierce tides in the Duddon Estuary have not made much impact on the huge pier structure in the intervening years.

Askam: Now the standard traction for Cumbrian Coast scheduled services, two Class 156 Sprinters pass on 18th May 2021. 156463 approaching the camera is heading south towards Barrow while a classmate, heading for Carlisle, is about to call at Askam, the first of twenty four possible intermediate stops.

Askam Iron Works: Looking eastwards from Askam Pier, along the line of the works railway, towards the site of Askam Iron Works. The pier is built of tipped slag. The works finally closed in 1932 and the site is now completely cleared and covered by a housing development.

Bamber Bridge: Colas 70810 heads east at Bamber Bridge with the empty bitumen tank wagons from Preston Docks to Lindsey Refinery on 18 May 2021. In the background, at the platform, is a Class 158 on a Colne to Preston local service.

Askam Pier: This bridge on the beach at Askam carried the slag tipping line from the Iron Works onto Askam Pier. It probably saw its last train around 1932 when the works closed. The Cumbria Coastal Way long distance footpath passes directly underneath.

Gregson Lane Crossing: Steam charter back on the main-line with 35018 British India Line hauling the WCRC 'The Pendle Dalesman' tour from Lancaster to Carlisle via the S&C, seen approaching Gregson Lane crossing on the morning of 18 May 2021.

Accrington Tram Depot: The last tram ran in Accrington in 1932 but the tram shed at Ellison Street became the corporation bus depot and continued in such use into modern times. I remember often looking down the street to see the distinctive red and dark blue Accrington buses inside. Towards the end of its life as the bus garage it was rebuilt with a part cladding exterior and now serves as a Jewsons branch as seen here looking along Ellison St, near the railway station, in May 2022.

Bradford-on-Avon: GWR 166212 on a Cardiff to Portsmouth service at Bradford-on-Avon on 18th May 2022. Rep. No. 1F15. Travelling via Westbury and Salisbury. This is a long-standing service of a great many years, involving the old Great Western Rly. and Southern Railways, perhaps even the LSWR.

Cherry Tree: The first Fellsman of 2022 ran on 18th May behind rebuilt West Country pacific 34046 Braunton, seen approaching Cherry Tree with the outward run. This year the train runs from Crewe to Chester before reversing and heading to Carlisle via the S&C. In the tree line on the left is the trackbed of the former Lancashire Union line that ran from here to Chorley via Heapey.

Liverpool Street [EL]: At last! Crossrail is here, as shown in this sign at Liverpool Street on 18th May 2022. Well not quite, despite being officially opened by HM The Queen the previous day (see news item), passengers will have to wait another six days before they are able to ride from Paddington to Abbey Wood (and even then Bond Street station will not be ready) and another year before through trains from Shenfield to Reading commence.

Ramsgreave and Wilpshire: 34046 'Braunton', with the first Fellsman of 2022, climbs up the final stretch of the bank from Daisyfield Junction and approaches Ramsgreave and Wilpshire station on 18th May.

Rishton: The wide footbridge at Rishton was once more than twice the surviving length as it also spanned the station goods yard, which looped behind the eastbound platform. I remember crossing it from a small remote ticket office around 1970 but the yard had closed by that time and the bridge was cut back to the present form soon after. The old goods yard is now occupied by modern housing and a small station car park. 195131 hurries through with a York to Blackpool service on 18th May 2022.

Hapton: 195112 passing Hapton with a Blackpool York service on 18th May 2022. The M65 runs very close to the line at this point, and passes through the site of the goods yard just beyond the bridge.

Brentwood: Interior of 345044 with the ex-11.19 service from Liverpool Street to Shenfield approaching Brentwood on 18th May 2022. The new seats are like the Rock of Ages although they do align with the windows.

Ilford : View south-east from 345044 with the ex-11.19 service from Liverpool Street to Shenfield crossing the Ilford flyover on 18th May 2022. This opened in 1947, two years before the electrification of the ex-LNER suburban services, delayed by WWII, and switches the slow tracks from the south side of the alignment to the north with fast trains passing underneath. The lower tracks seen here are carriage sidings with the fast tracks to the left of those, beneath the flyover.

Accrington Shed: Contrary to appearances this railway bridge is still in use, with the Accrington to Blackburn tracks just behind the trees on the right. This path and cycle track runs on disused railway land between Accrington and Church & Oswaldtwistle stations, mainly where the lines associated with the loco shed were. This is the bridge over Lonsdale St (see image [[72864]]) alongside where the shed building was sited. I remember Accrington in its last days as a DMU depot - all changed now.

Wilpshire Tunnel: Dwarfed by the steep cutting, 66771 'Amanda' emerges from Wilpshire Tunnel and continues to climb to the summit with a heavy cement train from Clitheroe to Avonmouth on 18th May 2022.

Church and Oswaldtwistle: A pair of 150 Sprinters run non-stop through Church & Oswaldtwistle on a Blackburn to Kirkby (via Copy Pit) service on 18th May 2022. The waiting shelters here have been improved since my last visit [[32293]] and now contain the usual Northern information screens and a ticket machine on the westbound platform.

Bradford-on-Avon: Freightliner 66614, bound for Westbury and then the Whatley Quarries, passes through Bradford-on-Avon on 18th May 2022 with empty stone wagons. Peter

Ramsgreave and Wilpshire: For several years, Ribble Valley services were handled by two-car Sprinters boosted with a Class 153 single car [[31511]]. Northern has more recently created some three-car Class 150/0s by inserting a 150/2 car in the centre. 150004 is one of these units, seen here leaving Ramsgreave and Wilpshire at the start of the descent to Daisyfield Junction with a Clitheroe to Rochdale service on 18th May 2022.

Crozon: Although not the terminus of the metre gauge branchline from Carhaix, Crozon-Morgat station was sufficiently large to warrant a goods yard and loco shed. The route of the line heading both east and west is now effectively the town bypass road whilst the goods yard is devoted to car parking. However, the loco shed remains in good condition in an undetermined use whilst the area covered by the shed yard is regularly utilised as the town's terrain de petanque.

Accrington West Junction: This bridge carries the foot and cycle path between Church and Accrington stations and also the operational line (behind the trees). This May 2022 view looks east and Accrington West Junction was immediately beyond the bridge parapets. This was the point where the chord to Accrington South and the Bury line diverged but all trace of railway infrastructure away from the surviving line has gone. See image [[54930]].

Harold Wood: Harold Wood, Essex, looking east on 18th May 2022. The line was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway in 1840 but this station was not opened until 1st December 1868 by the Great Eastern Railway which inherited the ECR on 1st January 1862. The main line platforms on the fast tracks (right) are now fenced off out of use. On 24th May 2022, TfL Rail was rebranded Elizabeth Line in connection with the much delayed opening of the Paddington to Abbey Wood section and this station will in a year or so's time be served by through EL trains between Shenfield and Heathrow or Reading, running under London from just east of Liverpool Street and serving the new EL station there. For the time being, trains from Shenfield still run into and out of Liverpool Street main line station.

Rishton: 150224 leads a Blackburn to Kirkby service through Rishton on 18th May 2022. Like other East Lancashire line stations, the old shelters here [[43757]] have been upgraded to Northern's modern design, with information screens and, on the eastbound platform, a ticket machine.

Bradford-on-Avon: GWR 165135 on a Weymouth to Gloucester service, via Bath and Bristol Temple Meads, calls at Bradford-on-Avon on 18th May 2022.

Berekvam: EL18 2250 leads a Flam bound train down through Berekvam, which is the only passing loop on the line. Although the train has descended 1700' from Myrdal in 6.5 miles it is still around 1100' above sea level. Berekvam loop is still required when cruise excursions mean two trains are operating.

Crozon: One of the larger stations on the metre gauge branch from Chateaulin was Crozon-Morgat which was sited in the market town of Crozon but also served the nearby port of Morgat. Although the line closed in 1967, signage indicates that the building still retains a link with the national rail network, acting as a ticket agency for SNCF via the tourist information centre which shares the accommodation.

Hapton: A Blackpool North to York service hurries toward the small station at Hapton on 18th May 2022. The M65 curves away from the line at this point to accommodate Junction 8. Forty years earlier the cooling towers of Huncoat Power Station and its associated railway sidings would have dominated the middle distance view.

Bradford-on-Avon: GWR 166205 with a Worcester to Warminster service at Bradford-on-Avon on 18th May 2022.