Hillington East: Rare bird. Standard 3MT 2-6-0 77009, one of a class of only twenty locomotives, passes Hillington East on a trip freight working on 1st June 1963.

Abbeyhill: A DMU from Waverley leaves Abbeyhill on a service to Musselburgh in June 1963 and is just about to pass below the station booking office on London Road.

Carlisle: Stanier 'Coronation' Pacific 46241 City of Edinburgh photographed at Carlisle on a bright and sunny 1 June 1963, having just come off the 9.15am from Crewe see image [[45602]].

Carlisle Upperby Shed: Patriot 45531 Sir Frederick Harrison heads south on the WCML past Upperby yards and shed on the first day of June 1963. This particular BR boundary fence will be readily recognisable to a number of enthusiasts of a certain age...

Hillington East: Two locomotives from south of the border, of a type not generally seen in Scotland, made an unusual sight parked in sidings near Hillington East in June 1963. Midland 3F 0-6-0s 43721 and 43657 had been withdrawn in 1962 and were destined for the scrapyard. An internet search suggests they were cut up at an English scrapyard (Cashmore's) but I would hazard a guess that it was actually Campbell's of Shieldhall that did the deed.

Hillington East: Ayr depot has turned out its sparkling B1 61261 on 1st June 1963, for a summer Saturday service to Edinburgh Princes St. The engine is new to Ayr, having been a former stalwart of Glasgow Eastfield. The train is passing Hillington East, and on the left a diesel unit is calling on a Largs service. Note the 'Caley' route indicator proudly displayed above the B1's buffer beam. Those with expertise on the subject will know whether it has been correctly set for the Edinburgh destination!

Arisaig: The Scottish Locomotive Preservation Fund's Jacobite railtour of 1 June 1963 stands at Arisaig. J37 0-6-0 no 64636 is coupled behind sister locomotive 64592.

Carlisle: 46241 City of Edinburgh drifts into Carlisle from the south on 1 June 1963 at the head of the 9.15am ex-Crewe.

Hillington East: Standard 2-6-4T 80058 photographed passing Hillington East with a Glasgow - Wemyss Bay train.

Pollokshaws West: Standard class 4 2-6-4T 80063 with the 5.08pm ex-St Enoch photographed on 1 June 1965 shortly after leaving Pollokshaws West.

Carnforth: Black 5 45435 brings a northbound freight through Carnforth station on 1 June 1968.

Manchester Victoria: Britannia Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell at Manchester Victoria on 1 June 1968 with BR (Scottish Region) Grand Rail Tour no 5.

Hellifield: Britannia Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell with train 1Z95, the BR (Scottish Region) Grand Rail Tour no 5, seen following arrival at Hellifield on 1 June 1968. The train was taken north from here by Brush Type 4 no D1773.

Hellifield: Britannia Pacific no 70013 Oliver Cromwell at Hellifield on 1 June 1968 after arriving with the BR (Scottish Region) Grand Rail Tour no 5 from Guide Bridge.

Manchester Victoria: Black 5 44884 at the rear of BR 'Scottish Grand Tour no 5' banking the train out of Manchester Victoria on 1 June 1968. The special, headed by 70013 Oliver Cromwell, was on its way to Guide Bridge.

Hellifield: BR (Scottish Region) Grand Rail Tour no 5 at Hellifield on 1 June 1968. Britannia Pacific no 70013 Oliver Cromwell had brought the special from Guide Bridge.

Miles Platting: View from BR 'Scottish Grand Tour no 5' about to run through Miles Platting station on 1 June 1968 behind Britannia Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell.

Lower Darwen: BR Scottish Region Grand Rail Tour No 5 approaching Lower Darwen from the south on 1 June 1968 behind Britannia Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell. The special is on the leg from Guide Bridge to Hellifield, where D1773 would take over for the return north.

Carnforth: BR Scottish Region Grand Rail Tour no 5 at Carnforth on 1 June 1968. D1773 had brought in the special from Edinburgh and would hand over to 70013 Oliver Cromwell for the next part of the tour as far as Guide Bridge.

Manchester Victoria: Stanier 8F 2-8-0 no 48168 heads a freight just east of Manchester Victoria on 1 June 1968. [Ref Query 5483]

Manchester Victoria: The BR (Scottish Region) Grand Rail Tour no 5 stands in the shadows at Manchester Victoria on 1 June 1968 behind Britannia Pacific no 70013 Oliver Cromwell.

Carnforth: Photograph taken from a carriage window of Scottish Grand Tour no 5 on the WCML near Carnforth on 1 June 1968. Lostock Hall Black 5 44942 is approaching from the south with a parcels train.

Manchester Exchange: A special passing Manchester Exchange about to run into Manchester Victoria with a Black 5 waiting on the approach lines. The date is thought to be 1 June 1968 and the train BR (Scottish Region) Grand Tour No 5, originating from Edinburgh Waverley and hauled from Carnforth by 70013 Oliver Cromwell. In which case the Black 5 is likely to be 44884, which provided banking assistance to the special out of Manchester Victoria. [Ref query 5187]

Bolton: Britannia Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell approaching Bolton on 1 June 1968 with BR Scottish Region 'Grand Rail Tour No 5' from Edinburgh. 70013 had taken over the train at Carnforth.

Hellifield: Britannia Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell with the BR (Scottish Region) Grand Rail Tour no 5, at Hellifield on 1 June 1968.

Carnforth: Locally based Black 5 no 45435 runs north through Carnforth station on 1 June 1968 with a freight.

Reddish Shed: Two Gresley 1500V dc locomotives (latterly BR class 76) in the sidings at Reddish depot on 1 June 1969, with both examples (E26011 and E26016) looking fresh from a works visit. Fifty-six of these locomotives were built (all at Gorton) to handle traffic on the newly electrified (1954) Manchester-Sheffield-Wath route via Woodhead. One example, E26020 (later 76020) survives, having been preserved by the NRM see image [[60623]].

Reddish Shed: An immaculate looking E26011 at Reddish shed, Greater Manchester, in June 1969. The shed maintained class 76 and 77 locomotives used on the Woodhead route, although the Midland Pullman was also housed and serviced here during the 1960s.

Reddish Shed: E26016+E26011 stand in a siding at Reddish depot, Greater Manchester, in June 1969. Following closure of the Woodhead route the depot closed in 1983 and has since been demolished.

Stockport Edgeley Shed: D328 is the sole occupant of the stabling sidings on the site of Stockport Edgeley shed, standing amongst the remains on a Sunday morning in the summer of 1969.

Heaton Mersey: EE Type 4 no D333 stands in the sunshine at Heaton Mersey shed, Stockport, on a fine Sunday morning in June 1969.

Heaton Mersey: D7588 at the head of a lineup at Heaton Mersey shed in June 1969.

Gourock: To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Caledonian Steam Packet Company on 1 June 1969, The Clyde River Steamer Club chartered a steamer the day before. On board it was possible to purchase a special envelope which had been produced to commemorate the anniversary and post it on board the boat so that it received a commemorative frank. The envelope and its contents are shown.

Edge Hill: Three EE Type 4s - three front ends. Scene in the sidings alongside Edge Hill shed, Liverpool, in June 1969.

Newton Heath MPD: Miscellaneous diesel locomotives stabled over redundant ash pit roads at Newton Heath, Manchester, in June 1969. Much clearance of items relating to the age of steam had already taken place by this time, with the old coaling plant in the right background next on the list for the demolition squad.

Longsight Depot: Peak no 78, Longsight shed, Manchester, June 1969.

Udny: The Angus Railway Group's 'Buchan Belle' on 1 June 1974 calling at Udny, which had closed on 4 October 1965. The train was formed by SC56392 and SC51457. Thanks to John McIntyre for help with the location.

Fraserburgh: The Angus Railway Group railtour arriving at Fraserburgh on a dull summers day in June 1974.

Fraserburgh: The derelict remains of Fraserburgh passenger station, as seen during the visit by the Angus Railway Group's 'Buchan Belle' railtour on 1 June 1974. The goods yard was still active at this time.

Fraserburgh: The Angus Rail Group 'Buchan Belle' railtour stands at Fraserburgh on 1 June 1974.

Fraserburgh: Fraserburgh goods yard on 1 June 1974, with the 'Buchan Belle' railtour 2-car Met-Cam DMU parked alongside a loading bank. The last freight would leave Fraserburgh in 1979. See [[17381]].

Auchnagatt: Drivers - eye view approaching Auchnagatt on a railtour on 01 June 1974.

Fraserburgh: The Angus Rail Group 'Buchan Belle' railtour at Fraserburgh on 01 June 1974.

Fraserburgh: The remains of the station at Fraserburgh on 01 June 1974.

Maud: Approach to Maud Junction on 01 June 1974.

Fraserburgh: The Angus Rail Group 'Buchan Belle' Railtour at Fraserburgh on 01 June 1974.

Dyce: Handing back the token at Dyce after returning from Fraserburgh with the Buchan Belle railtour on 01 June 1974.

Kittybrewster Shed: The site of Kittybrewster Locomotive Depot, with a water column surviving, as seen from the Buchan Belle railtour on 1st June 1974.

Fraserburgh: DMU driver on return railtour from Fraserburgh to Aberdeen in 1974.

Maud: The Buchan Belle Railtour at Maud Junction on 01 June 1974.

Arnage: Arnage station, 1 June 1974.

Strichen: The Buchan Belle Railtour halted at Strichen on 01 June 1974 during the return trip from Fraserburgh.

Maud: The Buchan Belle rail tour at Maud on 1 June 1974... See image [[15672]]

Kinnaber Junction: Kinnaber Junction signal box, as seen from the Buchan Belle railtour on 1st June 1974.

Ellon: Approaching Ellon in June 1974.

Fraserburgh: A DMU standing in the goods yard at Fraserburgh on 01 June 1974 with the Buchan Belle railtour.

Maud: View south from Maud Junction on 01 June 1974.

Aberdeen: The Angus Railway Group 'Buchan Belle' railtour stands alongside platform 8 at Aberdeen on 1 June 1974. The special, which had recently returned from a visit to Fraserburgh, was taking a short break before returning to Perth.

Udny: Where did I leave that red flag? The Buchan Belle DMU railtour stopped at Udny on 01 June 1974.

Fraserburgh: The 'Buchan Belle' railtour in Fraserburgh goods yard on 1 June 1974.

Bridge of Dun: Bridge of Dun station, seen from the Buchan Belle railtour on its way to Brechin on 1st June 1974. The trackbed of the closed route to Forfar is on the left, with the surviving branch passing to the north.

Brechin: The closed and derelict Brechin signal box seen from the Angus Railway Group's 'Buchan Belle' railtour on 1 June 1974. The signal box did not survive to be used by the preservationists of the modern day Brechin Railway.

Ellon: The Buchan Belle Railtour makes a photostop at Ellon on 1 June 1974.

Fraserburgh: A 2 car Metro-Cammell DMU sits amongst the remains of the goods yard at Fraserburgh on 01 June 1974 with the Buchan Belle railtour.

Maud: Scene at Maud on 1 June 1974 with the Buchan Belle at the platform. Note the clothes and hairstyles of the day! [Editors note: A serious complaint has been received concerning this caption from a Mr Roberton asking 'Whats wrong with the clothes and hairstyles?... by the way, that's me in the 4 foot!!!'] See image [[15675]]

Brechin: 'There, there Billy, it's a really nice anorak, and your haircut's lovely... just ignore Mr McIntyre'. The Angus Railway Group 1974 'Upset the Nation' railtour reaches Brechin. [With apologies to Messrs Roberton & McIntyre.] See image [[15672]]

Dyce: Approaching Dyce in 1974 with the road set for the Buchan line. A Swindon DMU stands at the north end of the station waiting for the section to clear.

Ellon: Drivers view approaching Ellon in June 1974 - the trackbed and platform that once served the Boddam branch can be seen on the right.

Kittybrewster Junction: A view from the front of a DMU on 01 June 1974 of Kittybrewster Junction looking north towards the road bridge carrying St Machar Drive over the railway. The track on the left is the mainline and Kittybrewster North SB stood out of shot to the right.

Fraserburgh: Looking towards the town from the goods platform at Fraserburgh on 01 June 1974. The station is over to the left.

Strichen: The 'Buchan Belle' railtour makes a photostop at Strichen in June 1974.

Fraserburgh Shed: The remains of Fraserburgh shed in June 1974.

Strichen: Drivers view approaching Strichen from the south on 01 June 1974.

Brechin: Brechin loco shed, trackless and derelict, seen from the Angus Railway Group 'Buchan Belle' railtour on 1 June 1974. Unfortunately the building did not survive into the preservation era.

Bucksburn: Approaching Bucksburn northbound in 1974.

Dyce: Looking north from the 'Buchan Belle' railtour as it nears Dyce distant signal on the Fraserburgh branch on 1st June 1974.

Udny: The Buchan Belle Railtour at Udny on 01 June 1974.

Fraserburgh: View south from the goods platform at Fraserburgh on 01 June 1974.

Horbury Junction: 37069 heads an extra eastbound oil train through the cutting  at Horbury Junction on 1 June 1974. The coal train seen disappearing on the left towards Healey Mills was a trip working (8T93) from a local colliery headed by 37251. At that time there was still continuous quadruple track between Heaton Lodge and Wakefield Kirkgate, which was well justified especially east of Healey Mills Yard. Even on this occasion, a Saturday morning, nine loco hauled workings passed in about 75 minutes.

Aberdeen: Lower quadrant signals at Aberdeen as the 'Buchan Belle' railtour waits to depart for Fraserburgh. 1st June 1974.

Fraserburgh: The Angus Rail Group tour on the return from Fraserburgh passing the sidings at the Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Company works (a.k.a. the Toolies). The Toolies, like the railway itself, is now just a memory having closed in the early 1980s. (The trackbed of the St Combs branch can be seen on the nearside of the railway fence.)

Maud: The Buchan Belle railtour at Maud Junction on 01 June 1974. View south..lovely day...err...no other comments.

Dyce: The Angus Railway Group's 'Buchan Belle' railtour on 1 June 1974. The 2-car DMU is seen taking the Fraserburgh branch at Dyce Junction.

Aberdeen South Signal Box: Aberdeen South signalbox, as seen from the Buchan Belle railtour on 1st June 1974.

Udny: Photo stop at Udny for the Angus Railway Group's 'Buchan Belle' railtour on 1 June 1974. The station had closed nine years earlier on 4 October 1965. Thanks to John McIntyre for help with the location.

Aviemore: 26032 standing in the down siding at Aviemore at the head of a weedkiller train in June 1978, with the Strathspey Railway main line in the foreground.

Whiteinch Victoria Park: Looking over the site of Whiteinch Victoria Park station in 1981.

Yoker Ferry: Site of former Yoker Riverside Station, David Andrew Jr. - Architect.

Fraserburgh: Fraserburgh Station and locomotive shed circa 1981.

Reading: An eastbound InterCity 125 approaches Reading station on a sunny 01 June 1985.

Reading: 50022 with a class 47 on an up train approaching Reading on 01 June 1985.

Reading: A class 47 takes a westbound service from Paddington through Reading on 01 June 1985.

Reading: An eastbound HST approaches Reading on 01 June 1985.

Reading: A class 33 on a Basingstoke service stands alongside a class 50 with a train for the West of England at the west end of Reading station on 01 June 1985.

Reading: Class 50 no 50050 Fearless preparing to restart a westbound train away from Reading station on a May morning on 01 June 1985.

Reading: 47500 in lined brunswick green and named Great Western, heads west through Reading on 01 June 1985 hauling a second class 47 in rail blue livery.

Reading: A Class 47 in Great Western Railway lined green livery about to run east through Reading station with empty Binliner refuse containers on 01 June 1985.

Largs: 100 years on... the centenary of Largs station, commemorated by an arriving service on 1 June 1985.

Reading: An eastbound InterCity 125 HST about to run through Reading station on the middle road on 01 June 1985 as it speeds towards Paddington.

Reading: A 3 car DMU on the down through road at Reading heading to the depot on 01 June 1985. At the platform to the right is a Class 50 with a service to the West of England.

Reading: Looking west through Reading as an HST departs on 01 June 1985. In 2012 Network Rail are carrying out significant changes at Reading in order to provide extra capacity at this bottleneck.

Hillfoot: 314 212 with a Lanark train at Hillfoot on 1 June 1997, first day of Sunday service on the Milngavie branch.

Kilmarnock: 156433 'Kilmarnock Edition' is seen at, appropriately, Kilmarnock with a Carlisle service on 1 June 1997. It has been freshly outshopped in the then-new SPT carmine and cream.

Glasgow Central: Platform 1 at Glasgow Central on 1 June 1997 with 87034 William Shakespeare standing at the buffer stops at the head of a WCML arrival.

Broomloan Depot [Subway]: Privileged view from the Ops room taken during a Glasgow Subway open day in June 1997. The steep descent to the operating lines can be seen on the left; stock has to reverse onto these from the headshunt. The track next to the wall leads to the car shed, the unelectrified line is for the PW shed and the workshop tracks are to my right.

Broomloan Depot [Subway]: The Subway control room at Broomloan depot seen on an open day in 1997. The CRT monitors now seem so clunking, but what is surprising is that 22 years ago there was a flat-screen line diagram. Though commonplace now it seemed like sorcery at the time and I couldn't work out how it was done. Back projection? Note the Outer train at Kelvinhall shown on the CCTV (left) and on the diagram above it.

Bearsden: The first day of Sunday services on the Milngavie branch on 1 June 1997. 314 205 calls at Bearsden with a service to Motherwell via Bellshill.

Broomloan Depot [Subway]: Open day at the Glasgow Subway Broomloan depot in June 1997.

Glasgow Central: Electras? 225s? 82/91s? 91s? Whatever you call them here are two at Glasgow Central's Anglo-Scottish Platforms 1 and 2 on a blazing June day in 1997.

Motherwell: 303 055, still with sliding windows, stands at Motherwell's 'via Blantyre' circle platform 3 on 1 June 1997. This has to be a Sunday (and it was: I've checked) because the train is for Balloch, on other days a destination for North Clyde trains only

Glasgow Central: 87014 pulls out of Platform 1 at Glasgow Central with the 1615 to London Euston on 1 June 1997. (Why?) The locomotive is carrying the name Knight of the Thistle, being both a member of a most noble and ancient Scottish Order, as well as the name of the winner of the 1897 Royal Hunt Cup. The last locomotive to carry the name, A3 Pacific no 60065, while named after the latter, got into trouble because of the former see image [[22899]].

Kilmarnock: 156 502 waits at Kilmarnock on 1 June 1997 with the 1535 service to Glasgow Central.

Didcot Railway Centre: 6106 & other GWR front ends at Didcot in June 2000.

Didcot Railway Centre: A sepia study of 60532 Blue Peter at Didcot on 1 June 2000.

Penzance: A First Great Western HST for Paddington awaiting its departure time at Penzance in June 2002.

Liskeard: A Penzance - Paddington HST at Liskeard platform 2 on 1 June 2002

Looe: Wessex Trains DMU 150221 at Looe terminus in June 2002 shortly after arrival with the branch train from Liskeard.

Par: A misty morning at Par station in June 2002, with 150246 standing alongside platform 3 with the next Newquay branch train.

Liskeard: First Great Western power car 43029 brings up the rear of a Paddington - Penzance service at Liskeard on 1 June 2002.

Penzance: A dull and overcast Saturday morning at Penzance on 1 June 2002 as a First Great Western HST departs for Paddington.

Liskeard: An afternoon Paddington - Penzance HST slowing for the Liskeard stop on 1st June 2002.

Par: A Penzance - Glasgow Central Virgin CrossCountry service calls at Par on 1 June 2002.

Penzance: A Virgin CrossCountry service to Manchester Piccadilly awaits its departure time at Penzance platform 1 in June 2002. At the head of the train is 47812 Pride of Eastleigh.

Penzance: The 0935 Virgin CrossCountry service to Manchester Piccadilly stands at Penzance platform 1 in the summer of 2002. The locomotive in charge is 47812 Pride of Eastleigh.

Aviemore Shed: 46512 inside the shed at Aviemore on the day of the opening of the Broomhill extension.

Newquay: Waiting to board 150246 at Newquay terminus on 1 June 2002 with an early afternoon service to Par.

Broomhill: Reinstatement of passenger railway service. A delightful poster at Broomhill.

Liskeard: Road approach to Liskeard station, Cornwall, on a grey day in June 2002. [Ref query 30 October 2017]

Liskeard: 150221 operating the Looe branch train, recently arrived at Liskeard in June 2002.

Penzance: A 4-car 158 combination waits at Penzance on a grey morning in June 2002. The transfer on the side of leading unit 158842 reads 'Alphaline Wales & Borders Trains'.

Par: Platform scene at Par on 1 June 2002, with a DMU approaching the station off the Newquay line.

Par: Quiet period at Par station, looking north east in the summer of 2002.

Penzance: Scene at Pezance on an overcast day in June 2002, looking west over the station.

Hyndland Road [Tram]: This probably came as a surprise to the roadmen - the tramway in Hyndland Road still exists under the tarmac. Could save on reinstatement costs.

Galashiels [1st]: Looking north east over part of the site of the original Galashiels station in June 2005 with the bridge carrying Station Brae crossing the picture.

Galashiels [1st]: Plaque attached to the road bridge spanning the site of Galashiels station, June 2005.

Maxton: Looking east towards Kelso over the site of the level crossing and along the line of the platform at Maxton in June 2005. Note the white wicket gate allowing platform access still in place.

Galashiels [1st]: The road bridge carrying Station Brae over the site of the original Galashiels Station, looking west in June 2005. The building in the left background is Anderson's Chambers, which stood alongside the station entrance see image [[45630]].

Maxton: The old station entrance at Maxton on the Kelso branch between St Boswells and Roxburgh, photographed in June 2005. View is south east away from the village, with the site of the former level crossing marked by the fence centre right.

Maxton: Looking east over the site of the level crossing, complete with surviving gates, towards the former Maxton station on 1 June 2005. The trackbed continues east beyond the fence towards Kelso and Tweedmouth. See image [[59295]]

Edinburgh Waverley: Looking east from the top deck of a bus on North Bridge in June 2005. A Virgin Voyager is approaching platform 20 from the Calton Tunnel with a CrossCountry service off the ECML. Phase 1 of the Waverley Valley development is underway between East Market Street and the station - the new Edinburgh Council HQ is starting to take shape, while the soon-to-be-demolished bus depot in New Street still forms the far side of the triangle.

Redbridge Viaduct: The former railway bridge that took the Waverley route over the Tweed between Galashiels and Melrose and will carry the reinstated line on to the terminus at Tweedbank. View south west along the river in June 2005.

Maxton: The wicket gate that once gave access to the platform at Maxton, and last used by a passenger in June 1964, appears to have been left open. Scene looking east over the level crossing and the old station towards Coldstream in June 2005.

Broomloan Depot [Subway]: Subway cars in Broomloan Depot on 1 June 1997.

Markinch: Markinch improvements 01-06-07. North west view with construction of a lift underway on the southbound platform.

Markinch: New footbridge, part of the ramp system which will connect to the lift being constructed (left).

Kirkland Loop: Kirkland East Loop from Bawbee Bridge, a view of what might be the new site for a Levenmouth area station. The original main line turned to the right at the factory top centre, to Leven station (cl.1969) and the Fife Coast Line. The River Leven can be seen on the left.

Methil East Junction: Four track bridge over River Leven which carried track to the power station and the Wemyss Coal Lines. The buildings were sadly demolished in 2011.

Markinch: A loading bank? Surely not! A view south west at the ongoing changes at Markinch, 01-06-07.

Markinch: Waiting room ready, at Markinch. Bus circle for interchange is at the rear.

Martinton Bridge: A morning Glasgow Central - Carlisle service crosses the River Nith on 1 June 2007 as it begins to slow for the Dumfries stop.

Rutherglen West Junction: View west over Rutherglen West Junction - and the remains of Rutherglen's mainline platforms (abandoned in 1979) on 1 June 2009.

Wemyss Bay: The kickback on the former Pier sidings at Wemyss Bay on 1 June, with the chimney of the disused Inverkip power station in the distance.

Elvanfoot: A southbound First TransPennine Express service for Manchester Airport running south parallel with the M74 towards Beattock Summit from Elvanfoot on 1 June 2009

Shotts: 156 508 arrives at Shotts with an Edinburgh service on 1 June 2009. This is the only staffed station of the 15 on the line from Slateford to Holytown (inclusive).

Forth Bridge: EWS 67025 Western Star brings an evening Edinburgh-Fife commuter train over the Forth Bridge on 1 June 2009.

Elvanfoot: A northbound Virgin Super Voyager approaches the site of Elvanfoot station on 01 June 2009.

Bogston: 318 266 with a stopping service to Gourock arrives at Bogston on 1 June 2009. Those familiar with the area between Port Glasgow and Greenock will know the leafiness depicted here is deceptive.

Ardmore Level Crossing: 320301 heads west from Cardross and is seen between Brooks LC and Ardmore East LC on 1 June 2009 with a service for Helensburgh Central.

Forth Bridge: View from the north shore on 1 June 2009 with EWS 67025 about to leave The Forth Bridge and run into North Queensferry station with the evening locomotive-hauled Fife Circle service.

Mills Hill: Not to be confused with Mill Hill near Blackburn, this is Mills Hill between Manchester Victoria and Rochdale. The station was built in 1985 to serve an area on the outskirts of Middleton. Like many other Greater Manchester stations built around that time it is of basic wooden construction with shelters. Mills Hill enjoys a half hourly service in each direction and here, looking towards Rochdale, 142062 calls on its way to Manchester.

Wemyss Bay: Some of the track of the old pier sidings still in place at Wemyss Bay on 1 Jun 2009. The last of the sidings was used to stable tanks providing fuel for the ferries.

Rutherglen [3rd]: The main line platforms at Rutherglen, looking south on 1 June 2009. These platforms were abandoned in 1979.

Huncoat: The former Huncoat Colliery access bridge, just beyond Huncoat's platforms, sees two Pacers cross while rostered on East Lancs line services. In my early years, until 1964, I lived opposite the colliery entrance and remember WD 2-8-0s clanking under this bridge on coal trains and NCB liveried AEC 8 wheel lorries growling over it loaded with coal.

Shotts: 156 495 arrives at Shotts with a service for Glasgow Central on 1 June 2009. As can be seen it was a hot day.

Rutherglen: With the planters yet to be taken in hand, 318 261 pulls into Rutherglen on 1 June with a service for Motherwell via Bellshill.

Elvanfoot: The site of Elvanfoot station looking towards Crawford on 1 June 2009, photographed from the access gates at the bottom of Station Road.

Mallaig: 45231 The Sherwood Forester about to leave Mallaig for Fort William on a warm and sunny 1 June following arrival of the Glasgow Queen Street Super Sprinter service.

Williamstown [Australia]: General view of Williamstown station on 1 June 2009; the line becomes double just beyond the bridge and remains so up to the junction at Newport where Victorian Railways has its main workshops. See image [[26322]]

Elvanfoot: A northbound First TransPennine Express 185 rounds the curve approaching Elvanfoot on 1 June 2009. The photograph is taken from near the bottom of Station Road with the station site off to the left.

Glen Douglas Halt: View from a train on 1 June 2009, as a patient driver in Glen Douglas passing loop observes the Glasgow - Mallaig super sprinter on its way north.

Garelochhead: Old turntable pit alongside Garelochhead station in June 2009.

Wemyss Bay: 334 026 arrives at Wemyss Bay from Glasgow on 1 June 2009, a glorious weekday in term time - so blissfully quiet.

Cambuslang: A 6-car 334 combination on a service to Motherwell via Blantyre seen at Cambuslang on 1 June 2009

Rutherglen [3rd]: The remains of the former main line platforms at Rutherglen in June 2009 looking west towards Glasgow Central. The platforms were abandoned when the Argyle line opened in 1979.

Ardmore Level Crossing: 320301 heads west approaching Ardmore East LC with a service to Helensburgh Central on 1 June 2009.

Huncoat: Huncoat on 1st June 2009, but from the same viewpoint that I was stood at in 1972, See image [[19324]] looking towards Hapton and Rose Grove showing the modern waiting shelters that replaced the original buildings. 142015 calls at the station on its way from Colne to Blackpool South.

Wemyss Bay: Site of the goods shed and sidings at Wemyss Bay on 1 June 2009, looking towards the station and pier.

Pollokshields East: Teatime on a hot June day at Pollokshields East and all windows are open as 314205 for Neilston takes commuters home.

Huncoat: From 1972 onwards the tall L&YR box at Huncoat only covered the level crossing. Pacer 142042 slows to call at the station with a service for Colne on 1st June 2009. The box was demolished five years later but the Pacer lasted another ten before being withdrawn and later scrapped at Newport Docks.

Lancaster (Quayside): The old trackbed of the Glasson Dock Branch drops down a 1:50 gradient from Lancaster Castle Station to sea level. Part of the old embankment is now used by Lancaster Cricket Club as a grandstand as seen here. Just beyond the clump of trees is the point where the reverse spur to the quayside factories See image [[29233]] joined the branch. In 2010 it will be the 80th anniversary of closure of this line to passengers on 7 July 1930 but this particular stretch remained open for goods traffic until 1969. Photograph with kind permission of Lancaster CC.

Lancaster (Quayside): The sidings on the Quay at Lancaster were accessed by a reverse spur from the Glasson Dock branch see image [[29304]] that emerged through this short cutting to the left of the Nairn Williamson factory gates. The factory itself, making wall coverings, was also rail served. The quayside sidings finally closed in 1969, some five years after the Glasson branch had been closed beyond the junction with the quay line. Since this image was captured the Nairn Williamson site has been demolished for housing development and the last traces of the Quayside railway have disappeared.

Atherstone: A Northbound double Voyager runs through long shadows at the rather diminished station at Atherstone, between Nuneaton and Tamworth, on 1 June 2011. The vet who currently uses the station building has about 50 parking spaces, as opposed to ten for rail passengers! But the service level has rebounded, with approximately one train an hour each way. It was a lot worse 5 years ago.

Maud: The old Esso depot at Maud in June 2012. Incorporated into the corrugated iron boundary fence is a van body, presumably used as the office. The depot is located in the V of the junction of the former lines to Fraserburgh and Peterhead immediately north of station. See image [[39084]]

Ayr: The Station and Station Hotel at Ayr, seen here on 1st June 2012. The impressive structure was built to the design of Andrew Galloway, Chief Engineer of the G&SWR, in 1886. The view from the platform side shows a less happy picture - boarded-up windows, small trees growing on the facade etc... see image [[39436]]

Ayr: Cairnryan's Express... the ScotRail/Stena connecting bus waits at Ayr station on 1 June 2012 to transfer passengers off the 15.00 from Glasgow Central to the new ferry terminal.

St Rollox Works: Gates at Railcare, St Rollox, on 1 June 2012 evoking memories of British Rail Engineering Ltd.

Wemyss Bay: The 11.50 to Glasgow Central awaits its departure time at Wemyss Bay on 1 June 2012.

Gourock: Looking out along the platforms from the concourse at Gourock on a sunny 1 June 2012 - the nearest I could get to the viewpoint in 1966 see image [[23692]].

Wemyss Bay: Looking over Wemyss Bay station from the 15.00 ferry departure for Rothesay on 1 June 2012. The covered walkway linking the railway station and the ferry terminal is prominent in the left foreground.

Limekilns Pier: View south to Limekilns Pier and the River Forth on 1 June. To the left of the wall was the terminus of Lord Elgin's Waggonway of 1773 which brought coal from his pits in the Dunfermline area until superceded by the development of Charlestown Harbour the following century.

Port Glasgow: A train from Gourock to Glasgow Central calls at Port Glasgow 1 June 2012 in some welcome sunshine.

St Rollox Works: The Charles Street entrance to Railcare's St Rollox Works, Springburn, in June 2012.

St Rollox Works: Works shunter no 08568 stabled in a siding in the yard at Railcare, St Rollox, on 1 June 2012.

Gloucester Horton Road Shed: The surviving buffer stops at Horton Road Depot, Gloucester see image [[38984]], still mainly intact on 1 June 2012, although having being painted white in the intervening years.

Gourock: View from the platform end at Gourock on 1 June 2012. Platforms 2 and 3 are the same length - the 7 coach 380 just fits No. 2 - but Platform 1, from which the photograph is taken, is considerably longer.

Gourock: A 7-coach 380 from Glasgow gingerly squeezes into Platform 2 at the new Gourock station on 1st June 2012.

Wallneuk Junction: What was once the new signal box at Wallneuk Junction, shorn of its top storey. Seen here from a passing train in June 2012. [The 'signal box' was called 'Paisley' when it opened. It originally had a top floor with windows to view the lines, but when Glasgow took over control that floor was removed and a new roof put on.]

Maud: Located within the corrugated iron boundary fence of the former Esso Oil Depot at Maud Junction station is this evocative structure, photographed on 1 June 2012. The old depot itself stands within the V of the junction to the north of the station. See image [[39058]]

Nuneaton North Chord: Progress on the Nuneaton north chord as at 1 June 2012, with a Freightliner container train heading south on the WCML in the background. The scaffolding on the Stoney Road underbridge has finally come down see image [[37857]], and parapets are installed. This bridge may look finished, but there are bases for four supporting walls in an X shape visible; and of course, an embankment to be completed on either side. This isn't going to be finished by the end of July.

St Rollox Works: Commemorative plaque at St Rollox, June 2012.

Gourock Pier: The second of the two modern passenger ferries now plying the Dunoon - Gourock route see image [[39241]] is the [[MV Ali Cat]], seen here on 1 June 2012 having just pulled away from Gourock Pier.

Wemyss Bay: Passengers off MV Bute from Rothesay head up the ramp towards Wemyss Bay station concourse on 1 June 2012.

Wemyss Bay: If the clock at Wemyss Bay station is correct, the 15.00 ferry departure for Rothesay has clearly left dead on time on 1st June 2012.

Wemyss Bay: MV Bute seen shortly after arrival at Wemyss Bay from Rothesay on 1 June 2012.

Ardmore Level Crossing: An eastbound Class 334 emu approaching Ardmore East level crossing on the evening of 1 June 2013. Photographed from Ardmore Point looking across to Lyleston Farm.

Ongar: Ex-GWR Class 5101 2-6-2T 'Large Prairie' 4141, in former GER territory at Ongar, at the head of an Epping Ongar Railway train to North Weald on 1st June 2013. This station opened in 1865 with the extension of the line from Loughton with Central Line electrification reaching Epping in 1949. Steam trains continued to shuttle between Epping and Ongar until 1957 when electrification was extended to Ongar. Until 1994, when this section closed, tube trains meant for deep level tunnels under central London could be seen bouncing incongruously through woods and fields. This may have caused some wry smiles to residents of Crouch End (where I live) and Muswell Hill who were promised Northern Line tube trains on the Alexandra Palace branch but that scheme, on which more than £1 million was spent before 1939, was not proceeded with after 1945 and the line closed instead in 1954.

Ardmore Level Crossing: Glasgow bound 334033 heads towards Ardmore East level crossing on the evening of 1 June 2013. The River Clyde is immediately behind the camera.

Pickering: Sir Nigel Gresley runs round the NYMR teak set at Pickering on 1 June 2013. See image [[43356]]

Pickering: The unique ex-GNR teak Invalid Saloon no 3087, built at Doncaster in 1909. The coach was modified in more recent times to incorporate an 'observation end'. The vehicle is seen here on the rear of a NYMR train leaving Pickering for Grosmont in June 2013.

New Bridge Level Crossing: Preserved A4 Pacific no 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley pulls away from New Bridge level crossing as it approaches its ultimate destination at Pickering station on 1 June 2013. The train is a through NYMR mid-morning service from Whitby and the locomotive is carrying the commemorative headboard of The Elizabethan.

Northampton: A London Midland 350 service for Euston preparing to start its journey from Northampton in June 2013.

Pickering: LNER teak coach no 43654, built at York in 1935 as a Gresley Open Third, later converted for use as a Restaurant Car, currently carrying the name The Rydale Bar. Photographed leaving Pickering on 1 June 2013 as part of a NYMR train for Grosmont. See image [[43356]]

London Euston: Awaiting departure their from Euston, 1/6/2013.

Northampton: London Midland class 350 units waiting to leave Northampton on 1 June 2013.

New Bridge Level Crossing: The long wait. The signalman at New Bridge level crossing waits patiently for the 11.30 from Grosmont on 1 June 2013 in order to complete the token exchange. The train had stopped briefly alongside the PW depot for reasons unknown and B1 4-6-0 61002 Impala (aka 61264) is restarting for the final section to Pickering station.

New Bridge Level Crossing: Scene on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway on 1 June 2013 as A4 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley brings a train over New Bridge level crossing on the approach to Pickering.

Euston: London Midland Trains 350259 stands at Euston on 1 June 2013.

New Bridge Level Crossing: B1 4-6-0 no 61002 Impala (aka 61264) picks up after the token exchange at New Bridge level crossing on 1 June with the 11.30 NYMR service from Grosmont to Pickering.

Heathrow: A Heathrow Express ready to depart for Paddington from Heathrow Terminal 3 on 1 June 2013.

New Bridge Level Crossing: The NYMR's preserved B1 4-6-0 no 61264 has carried various names and numbers during the preservation era. On this occasion the locomotive is masquerading as former classmate 61002 Impala (cut up in August 1967). Photographed in June 2013 approaching New Bridge level crossing running tender first with an early afternoon service to Whitby. Part of New Bridge PW depot is just visible in the background.

Lubeck: Freight in Lubeck goods yard on 1 June 2014, including a consignment of new Audis.

Coventry (Bell Green): Bell Green signal box was on the line from Three Spires Junction to Humber Road junction, which was last used to supply the Chrysler car factory around 1980. see image [[30350]] The box closed on 26th February 1967; and was replaced, just 47 years and 10 weeks later, by a pub. The interior decor includes a picture of Wansford signal box on the Nene Valley Railway. Hungry Horse pubs.

Kirtlebridge: West Coast Railway 37516 heads north on the WCML at Kirtlebridge on 1 June 2014 over the emergency crossovers running light engine Carnforth to Craigentinny. The bridge in the background carries the B7076 (formerly the A74 trunk road) over the railway while beyond that the A74M crosses the railway. Between the two was Kirtlebridge station and the connection with the Solway Junction Railway [ref query 8112]. See image [[28903]]

Cowdenbeath North Junction: DRS 66301 with the 4D47 Inverness - Mossend intermodal, diverted through Fife due to engineering works in the Larbert area on 1 June, seen here at the former Cowdenbeath North Junction.

Dalmeny: DRS 66301 with the 4D47 Inverness - Mossend Intermodal, diverted through Fife due to engineering work in the Larbert area, seen approaching Dalmeny on 1 June 2014.

Hazlehead Bridge: View south from the former trackbed of the Manchester to Sheffield and Wath 1500V DC electrified line, showing the former Hazelhead Station Masters house, now a private residence. The trackbed is now a part of the long distance Trans Pennine Trail.

Hazlehead Bridge: Looking west along the very wide section of former trackbed and sidings close to the site of Hazelhead Bridge Station, on the Manchester to Sheffield and Wath 1500V DC electrified line. The trackbed now forms part of the long distance Trans Pennine Trail, with wild flower grassed areas bordering the hard surfaced multi purpose path here.

Hazlehead Bridge: A display board sited near the former Hazelhead Bridge station detailing the Trans Pennine Trail now running along the trackbed of the Manchester to Sheffield and Wath 1500V DC electrified line. The board also describes the history of the line and the various owning railway companies during its operational period.

Oubeck Loops: With a muted throb from the Mirrlees Blackstone engine, Colas 60026 gets the twenty wagons of the Carlisle to Chirk log train moving again after a stop in the Up Loop at Oubeck.

Campbeltown: Photograph of a photograph of Campbeltown station in the Royal Hotel, Campbeltown.

Garelochhead: Garelochhead, viewed from the approach road and parking area, as 156500 calls at the station with the morning train from Oban to Glasgow on 1st June 2017.

Stourbridge Town: I was running past Stourbridge Town, 20th May at 7:38, when the Parry People Mover came along, a sight that can only be seen on this very short branch line.

Edinburgh Waverley: GBRf 66743 brings the Royal Scotsman into Waverley on 1st June 2017.

Edinburgh Waverley: After a symphony of whistling and door banging HST 43 321 heads 'OFF E' on the morning of 1 June. To the left can be seen the site of the covered siding, next to the basement of The Scotsman building, where newspapers were loaded overnight.

Triberg: Former Deutsche Reichsbahn Class 50 No. 245 is now a static exhibit outside Triberg station on the Schwarzwaldbahn, seen here on 1st June 2017. Built in 1939, 50 245 was acquired by the Eisenbahnfreunde Zollernbahn after German reunification. Scheduled steam excursions over the spectacular central section of the railway are a regular feature of summer operations. [With thanks to Bill Jamieson for loco intelligence]

Triberg: One of the 38 tunnels on the central section of the Schwarzwaldbahn, seen on 1st June from a purpose-built viewpoint on the 6.5km Erlebnispfad (discovery path) which follows the dramatic alignment of the railway around the town of Triberg (also a major centre for clock manufacturing and the site of Germany's highest waterfall).

Interiors: A couple of views of the interior of ADE14, a Tibb Fiat Railcar dating from 1970 and one of a class of ten built for the 950mm gauge Circumetnea Railway. It is still operational here although new Stadler and Newag Vulcano two-car units are now being introduced to the line. The upper view shows one of the driving positions while the lower shows the main saloon. There are four seating bays here and two single bay saloons are situated between the entrance vestibules and cabs to give a capacity of 48 seats. Photographed at Randazzo on 1st June 2018.

Drummuir: Friday 1st June saw the Keith and Dufftown Railway hold a 'Pie & Pint' night. Recently refurbished class 108 headed by DTCL 56224, pauses at Drummuir on the outward journey.

Randazzo: Randazzo depot, on the Circumetnea 950mm railway, seen from the station platform on 1st June 2018. One of the new Vulcano 2-car DMUs is stabled on Road 1 with an older passenger coach on Road 4. To the left hand side of the shed the main running line to Riposto can be seen.

Maletto: A Circumetnea railcar negotiates the reverse curves through the lava fields between Maletto and Bronte on 1st June 2018. This is the summit of the line, at over 3000', but the lava is also very visible at lower levels all round the route.

Bullers O' Buchan Halt: A view north towards Boddam from the Bullers O' Buchan carpark, site of the former halt. A former railway cottage sits to the left of the bridge abutment.

Gunnislake: Great Western 150216 facing the buffers at Gunnislake, having arrived from Plymouth on Friday 1st June 2018. The line was cut back to this second station, which opened in 1994, to allow the removal of a low bridge.

Calstock Viaduct: A view of Calstock and the River Tamar, still tidal at this point, viewed from Sprinter 150216 crossing the viaduct. This view looking north, upstream on Friday 1st June 2018

Mount Etna: The Mount Etna cable car takes visitors from the South coach park and visitor centre (alt 6505') up to the upper station (alt 8215'). From here there was once a further cable car system but that was destroyed in the 2002 eruption and has been replaced with a fleet of vehicles best described as army lorries with bus bodies. These climb a dirt and ash track up to the 2002 craters at the limits of general access (alt 9580'). Awesome is an overused word but fittingly describes the Etna landscapes. This view of one of the AWD vehicles by the upper cable car station on 1st June 2018.

Maletto: Running repairs on the Circumetnea Tibb-Fiat railcar prior to departure from Maletto. The brakes were not releasing and so at each station the bodyside door was opened and a strong kick administered to the brake valve cured the problem until the next stop.

Gurrida: Gurrida is an intermediate station and passing loop on the Circumetnea Railway, about half way between Randazzo and Maletto. The narrow gauge line climbs from sea level to over 3000' and then back down again on its 68 mile horseshoe shaped route around the volcano. The lava from Etna can be seen on both sides of the line for much of the route. 1st June 2018

Gunnislake: Great Western 150216, alongside the 1994 platform and at the end of the line at Gunnislake on Friday 1st June 2018.

Taormina-Giardini: The Sicilian coastal railway around Taormina reminded me very much of Dawlish. The station serves elevated Taormina and the coastal resort of Giardini-Naxos. This view, taken from the public gardens in Taormina, shows an articulated FS656 electric loco taking the Syracuse portion of a train to Rome northwards to Messina where it will join coaches from Palermo on the train ferry before continuing northwards. 1st June 2018.

Bronte: Looking back towards the town of Bronte as a Tibb-Fiat Railcar of the Circumetnea Railway leaves heading for Adrano. The volcano summit can be seen between the town buildings but the ash and lava from numerous eruptions can be seen all along the track.

Campbeltown New Quay: Calmac's ferry MV Isle of Arran in Campbeltown Loch after crossing from Ardrossan on 1st June 2018. Built in 1983, in summer it now mainly operates this route and provides a second ship for the Ardrossan to Brodick service. Photo by David Lawson.

Adrano Nord: A Circumetnea Tibb-Fiat Railcar pauses at Adrano Nord, a modern transport interchange outside the town of Adrano, on 1st June 2018.

Randazzo: The 950mm gauge Circumetnea line is 66 miles long and forms almost a complete circle around the Etna volcano. This is the intermediate station of Randazzo, once the interchange for a standard gauge branch line from Alcantra. ADE 14, one of the stylish Tibb-Fiat railcars, waits for another to join it before an anti-clockwise journey to Catania on 1st June 2018.

Taormina-Giardini: What appears to have perhaps been an old newspaper/tobacco kiosk, on the up platform at Taormina station, is now used to display a number of old railway artefacts and complements the historic interior of the station. 1st June 2018.

Newcraighall: A Borders Railway service reaches the City of Edinburgh on 1 June. I notice that the windows are open. My past experience is that conductors were reluctant to open the windows because it 'interfered with the air-conditioning'. Of course if the aircon worked customers wouldn't be asking to have the windows opened ...

Burgh-by-Sands: The station building and platform at Burgh-by-Sands survive today, now a private house.

Silloth New Dock: On 1 June 2019 the NBR Study Group visited Silloth and were given a presentation on the harbour. As we were about to leave, the harbourmaster told us of a surviving length of track alongside the New Dock, but did so too late to get a photo! I managed to grab a shot of the short length of rails from the bus as we left.

Silloth Marshall Dock: Silloth's Marshall Dock in a view looking to the sea.

Scorton [Lancashire] [1st]: The Class 158s enjoyed a brief (very) spell on Manchester Airport to Windermere and Barrow services during 2019 but these trains went entirely over to CAF Class 195 trains in July. In June 2019, just before the changeover, 158910 heads north passing signal PN197 at Broad Fall Farm footbridge on an evening service from the airport to Windermere.

Brunthill Siding: This shed is at Brunthill Siding, still in position and used by Carlisle Warehousing. Viewed from the south, it is on the rump of the Waverley route from Stainton Junction, where trains from Kingmoor Yard have to reverse and then go north over the WCML to reach the depot.

Canonbie: The former Canonbie station, with platform on the left, seen during a North British Railway Study Group outing on 1st June 2019. See image [[23362]]
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Scorton [Lancashire] [1st]: Freightliner 66516 heads a Daventry to Coatbridge intermodal through Scorton on Saturday 1st June 2019. This train would normally be hauled by two Class 90s but was being routed by the G&SWR, and then Kilmarnock to Barassie, due to weekend engineering on the Beattock route. 66537 was on the tail of the train to take it forward after reversal at Barassie.

Silloth New Dock: The view from the control cabin at Silloth docks of the controls and lock gates between the Marshall and New docks.

Lyneside: The former station house at Lyneside, closed to passengers in 1929, seen during a North British Railway Study Group visit on 1st June 2019 with access kindly granted by the owners.

Pickering: SR Schools 4-4-0 No.926 'Repton' in Pickering Station on 1st June 2019.

Burgh-by-Sands: Looking west at Burgh By Sands station on the Silloth branch, closed in 1964, on the occasion of a visit by the NBR Study Group on 1 June 2019. Access by kind permission of the owners.

Brooks Crossing: 334028 and 334036 approach Brooks Crossing on 01 June 2019 while working from Helensburgh Central to Edinburgh Waverley.

Canonbie Colliery Signal Box: The old goods shed at Canonbie, now in agricultural use, on 1st June 2019.

Brooks Crossing: GBRF 66738 'Huddersfield Town' is seen with the North Blyth to Fort William loaded alumina tanks on 1st June 2019. The train is approaching Brooks Crossing between Cardross and Craigendoran.

Lyneside: The base of the former signalbox at Lyneside. Seen on an NBRSG outing on the 1st of June.

Scotch Dyke: Scotch Dyke station, seen during an outing of the North British Railway Study Group on 1st June 2019. The 'Speed and Comfort By Rail' legend is starting to show its age.

Levisham: NER T2 0-8-0 2238, (or 63395 a LNER/BR Q6), running tender first back to Grosmont on the NYMR. Seen leaving Levisham Station on 1st June 2019.

Lyneside: The lower portion of the former signal box at Lyneside survives as a garden shed at the site of the station.

Pickering: SR Schools 4-4-0 926 'Repton', complete with Golden Arrow headboard, draws forward to run round at Pickering Station on 1st June 2019.

Scorton [Lancashire] [1st]: After years of being almost dedicated to the Calder Valley routes from Leeds to Manchester and Blackpool the small fleet of 3-car 158s are now regularly appearing on Barrow-in-Furness services. 158755 approaches the footbridge at Broad Fall Farm near Scorton heading for Manchester Airport on 1st June 2019.

Scotch Dyke: The former station at Scotch Dyke in June 2019. Railway cottages are off to the left.

Edinburgh Park: An incoming service approaches Edinburgh Park on 1 June 2020. It is passing under the tram line; the city bypass bridge is in the background.

Edinburgh Park: Study of shiny (but not that new) Edinburgh Park station from the northeast. Unusually this station has ticket barriers but no ticket office. When there is only one barrier person on duty they have to cover the barriers on both sides, which must be a bit of a fag.

Heysham Port: 'MV Seatruck Precision', one of seven vessels in the Seatruck fleet of Irish Sea ferries, seen from Pilling Sands heading out of Heysham Port, late on the evening of 1st June 2020. This is one of four identical ships that have a capacity for 150 articulated trailers on four decks.

Farington Junction: 47813 and 47245 slowly approach Farington Junction on 1 June 2021 with the WCRC 'The Dalesman' railtour from Chester to Carlisle. The train had been scheduled to go to Preston before reversing to Blackburn but late running resulted in the use of the short cut to Lostock Hall Junction.

Witham: Immediately east of Witham, the single-track branch to Braintree diverges to the north. This opened on 2nd October 1848 and was extended a lengthy distance via Dunmow to a junction with the Cambridge main line north of Bishops Stortford in 1869 when a new through station replaced the original terminus. This was renamed Braintree & Bocking in 1910 but reverted to simply Braintree c1948. The line to Bishops Stortford was closed to passengers in 1952 and to freight in 1971. However, trains from Witham still serve the 1869 station at Braintree where only one platform is now used but which retains all its original buildings. Although listed for closure in the Beeching Report, Witham to Braintree was reprieved and eventually electrified with through services to Liverpool Street. A second branch from Witham that ran south to Maldon East was not so lucky and succumbed to the Beeching cuts in September 1964. This view is from a Greater Anglia service from Liverpool Street to Clacton-on-Sea just restarting after its call at Witham station, on the morning of 1st June 2021.

Thorpe-le-Soken: 321309 from Colchester via Colchester Town (reverse) to Walton-on-the Naze, at Thorpe-le-Soken on 1st June 2021. On the right, the ex-11.18 service from Liverpool Street to Clacton-on-Sea has just arrived, providing convenient interchange. On the left is the disused former down main platform, part of which is still used for passengers to access the station from the surrounding area. One of the lamp-posts with the station name on the lamp can be seen on the disused platform, these were nearly all from the 1950s on BR Eastern Region but not many survive now. Another is still in situ at Cleethorpes station in Lincolnshire. That's my friend also called David in the black on the right and we met three other friends of ours at Walton station who had driven down from Norwich. Note that the destination of this train is shown as Walton-on-Naze which is how the branch terminus was known until May 2007 when it was renamed Walton-on-the-Naze to properly reflect the name of the seaside resort.

Frinton-on-Sea: View from a Walton-on-the-Naze to Colchester service, on Frinton-on-Sea level crossing, on the evening of 1st June 2021. The hugely iconic and controversial former level crossing gates by the station here, dating from Victorian times and hand-operated, became the subject of a bitter preservation campaign, including lobbying in Parliament, when it was decided to replace them with automatic barriers. The campaign was unsuccessful and Greater Anglia went ahead with their removal in 2009. See image [[23386]].

Thornton North Junction: 09.52 Aberdeen to Kings Cross, Azuma 800103, passing Thornton North Junction on 1 June 2021. On the right is the slumbering Levenmouth branch.

Coborn Road [2nd]: The remains of the north side platform at Coborn Road, a mile or so from Liverpool Street, seen from the 10.18 service to Clacton-on-Sea, on 1st June 2021. This station was one of several closed in 1916 as a WWI economy, the others being Bishopsgate Low Level and Globe Road on the main line and Cambridge Heath and London Fields on the Enfield Town, Chingford and Cambridge lines. Bishopsgate Low Level and Globe Road never reopened but the other three all reopened in 1919. However, Coborn Road closed again in 1946 when the first stage of the LUL Central Line extension from Liverpool Street to Stratford rendered it redundant.

Stonehaven: Caledonian Sleeper service, double headed with 73970 leading and 73971 behind, at Stonehaven on 1st June 2021.

Frinton-on-Sea: With the easing of covid restrictions, and the weather turning sunny and warm, people were only too eager to have a day out at the seaside and this view shows a substantial crowd alighting from 321309 at Frinton-on-Sea on 1st June 2021. This station was opened as Frinton by the Tendring Hundred Railway, subsidiary of the GER who acquired the line in 1893, with the extension of the line from Kirby Cross to Walton-on-Naze on 17th May 1867. It was renamed Frinton-on-Sea in May 2007 to better reflect the name of this rather affluent seaside and residential town. (My article, 'Riding the Sunshine Coast Line', has been published in the August 2021 edition of 'Today's Railways' magazine.)

Lancaster: 390103 diverges from the through line to call at Platform 3 in Lancaster station with a Euston to Edinburgh Waverley service on 1st June 2022. The car park on the right is on the site of the former goods yard and the modern houses on the Up side also occupy former railway land where there were once several long sidings.

Lancaster: DBC 90019 and 90029 take the Up Through line at Lancaster with a Mossend to Daventry container train on 1st June 2022. On the left, in Platform 3, 390155 waits to depart for Glasgow Central.

Lancaster Old Junction: With the heat from its exhaust shimmering, 66616 digs in to the climb of the bank out of Lancaster, passing Lancaster Old Junction with the daily Hardendale train of empty box wagons. On the 1st June 2022 this was heading for Tunstead but other destinations are also served.

Farington: Following the failure of 70801 on an inbound train from Lindsey Refinery a few days earlier, 66850 was used on the 6M32/6E32 working to/from Preston Docks. This has been the first time for a while that a 66 has been on this service, which also occasionally sees 56s. 66850 is seen crossing the WCML at Farington, whilst heading east with the empty tanks on 1st June 2022.