Hamilton [NBR]: View over Hamilton NB station in June 1949. V1 2-6-2T no 67631 awaiting departure time with a Hyndland train.

Hamilton Central: Hamilton (Central). 2.6.4T 42166 entering on a Coalburn train. June 1949.

Mauchline: 44899 calls at Mauchline with the 5.30pm from Glasgow St Enoch to Carlisle. June 1961

Mauchline: 45160 approaching junction with the G&SW main line with the 1.35 Falkland Junction to Saltney freight. 1961.

Busby Viaduct: Fairbairn tank 42170 has just crossed Busby viaduct with 17.33 from St Enoch.

Busby: 80047 collecting the tablet at Busby Box with East Kilbride train.

Chirk: 47056 running between Weston Rhyn and Chirk on the Shrewsbury to Chester line in June 1974 with a northbound train of what appear to be empty single bolster wagons.

Chirk Viaduct: 40185 comes off Chirk Viaduct with a southbound block oil train, probably from the Stanlow refinery, in June 1974. The 'J' in the reporting code indicates the LMR's Shrewsbury Division, which included Aberystwyth, a likely destination for such a train at that time.

Langwathby: Class 47 47629, seen passing Langwathby on a southbound special excursion in 1988. The following year the former D1966 became 47828 and a long career continued. It was finally withdrawn by Direct Rail Services in 2016 and has moved into preservation with the D05 Group on the Dartmoor Railway.

Langwathby: 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley running through Langwathby at the head of a southbound Cumbrian Mountain Express in June 1988.

Cardiff Canton: Depot Visit Memories - early morning at Cardiff Canton on 4th June 1990. In the Foreground is 47473, later withdrawn and cut up at Crewe Works in 1998. Behind this is 37427, which later worked on West Highland services. Withdrawn in 2006 it was sold to DRS as a source of spares and cut up in 2013.

Barnhill: Hunting pink is red, red tape is pink, and Strathclyde red is... orange. While it looked OK on older stock it doesn't to me seem quite right on a 320, or is this just with hindsight? At Barnill in June 1998 320302 calls with a Milngavie service.

Barrhead: DMU 101689 slips into the bay platform at Barrhead on 4 June 1998 with a stopping Service from Glasgow Central. It nust have been a warm day as every window appears to be fully open (those were the days). Another bygone is people opening the door before the train came to a stop, as is happening here.

Edinburgh Waverley: An Edinburgh - Glasgow shuttle service boarding at Waverley in June 2002.

Exeter St Davids: A pair of 153s forming a train for Exmouth boarding at Exeter St Davids on 4 June 2002. Both units are sporting the promotional 'Heart of Wessex' livery.

Edinburgh Waverley: Welcome to the Dark Side. Work on refurbishment of the 'sub' got underway at Waverley in late 2012. The island platform, which stands outside the south wall of the main station building, is seen here in June 2002 with a Newcraighall - Dunblane service having recently arrived at platform 21. The old canopy looks a little the worse for wear, as does the station entrance on Market Street in the background (also included in the refurbishment programme).

Weston-super-Mare: A Virgin CrossCountry HST calls at Weston-super-Mare on 4 June 2002 with a service to Manchester Piccadilly.

Newton Abbot: Evening scene at Newton Abbot, looking south along platform 3 in June 2002. [Ref query 18 May 2018]

Weston-super-Mare: Sprinter 150240 at Weston-super-Mare on 4th June 2002 with a local service for Bristol Temple Meads.

Totnes: Ex-GWR Collett 0-6-0 3205 with a Golden Jubilee special at Totnes Riverside on the South Devon Railway in 2002.

Exeter St Davids: Unit 153305 in Wessex regional livery preparing to leave Exter St Davids on 4 June 2002 with a service to Exmouth.

Buckfastleigh: An early afternoon train boarding at Buckfastleigh on 4 June 2002 behind ex GWR 0-6-0PT no 5786.

Paignton: View south through Paignton Station from Torbay Road level crossing in the summer of 2002 with a DMU recently arrived from Exmouth.

Exeter St Davids: Platform scene looking south at Exeter St Davids on 4 June 2002. Preparing to restart a Virgin CrossCountry service from platform 5 is 47741 Resilient. On the left a terminated DMU stands at platform 3 waiting to run empty to the depot.

Exeter St Davids: 47741 Resilient standing alongside platform 5 at Exeter St Davids on 4 June 2002 with a Virgin CrossCountry service, while in the background a westbound Voyager is running into platform 4.

Edinburgh Waverley: One of the east end bays at Waverley plays host to 47780 one morning in June 2002. The EWS locomotive is still sporting its former Rail Express Systems livery.

Weston-super-Mare: A Virgin Cross Country HST service arrives at Weston-super-Mare on 4 June 2002.

Exeter St Davids: A Virgin CrossCountry service bound for Bristol, recently arrived at Exeter St Davids platform 5 on 4 June 2002. Locomotive in charge is 47741 Resilient.

Antwerp Central: SNCB electric locomotive no 2110 stands at the buffers at Antwerp Central on 4 June 2004, shortly after arrival with the 20.57 train from Brussels.

Wemyss Bay: View from edge of platform 4 towards the pier. The trackbed by the platform is used as a carpark today.

Rome Street Junction: The gradually changing scene at Rome Street Junction. View south from Rome Street Bridge in June 2004, with fence posts having appeared on the trackbed. See image [[59279]]

Wester Hailes: Weekend engineering work underway on the approach to Wester Hailes station - view from the platform towards Waverley on Sunday 4 June 2005.

Wester Hailes: Line occupation for engineering work at Wester Hailes - 4 June 2005. View looking east from the Waverley bound platform.

St Fillans: A look at St Fillans station building. Gables have been extended out to the platform edge. This station has been closed for more years than it was open.

Haymarket MPD: EWS 66066 with a PW train standing opposite Haymarket MPD on a Sunday morning in June 2006. View south across the running lines towards the Pentland Hills.

Edinburgh Waverley: 'No...I thought you switched it off...' Ongoing work at Waverley east end on 4 June 2006 showing progress on the new northside through platform.

Haymarket: Platform zero starting to take shape behind the screens at Haymarket station with PW work underway on the main line during engineering possession on 4 June 2006.

Edinburgh Waverley: The east end of Waverley looking north across the station car park from East Market Street early on Sunday morning 4 June 2006.

Haymarket MPD: East end of Haymarket MPD on 4 June 2006 with work on the new facilities well advanced.

Edinburgh Waverley: Grab shot from a bus on the North Bridge on 4 June 2006, looking over the Waverley Valley developments. In the foreground work is underway on the IECC extension to the Edinburgh signalling centre. The new Edinburgh Council HQ takes shape in the background. See image [[25168]]

Edinburgh Waverley: Close-up of the remaining pier and, above it, the framework of the former elevated walkway over the east side of Waverley station. June 2006.

Haymarket: EWS 66108 with a PW train just west of Haymarket station on Sunday morning 4 June 2006. Arc lights have been rigged along the fence in connection with work on the approach to the new platform zero.

Leadhills: Scene at Leadhills on a wet June day in 2006. The former Wanlockhead and Leadhills Light Railway, closed in 1939, reopened as a 2ft gauge private railway in 1988.

St Fillans: Long drag for horses in 1901?
Approach road up to St Fillans station.

Gleneagles: Looking NE at the southern end of Gleaneagles. A running loop and the Crieff platform line were on the left.

St Fillans: Old shed on eastbound platform. A Goods shed with a weigh-bridge maybe?

St Fillans: St Fillans signal box and telegraph pole date from 1901. Was this tree a sapling then as well? As you can see the old station 1904-51 is now a holiday caravan park.

North Queensferry: 66056 climbs through North Queensferry station with the 6D71 Linkswood-Mossend empty tanks.

Kinghorn: Power car 43320 leads an Aberdeen-London Kings Cross HST service through Kinghorn on 4 June.

Haymarket: It's 17.07 on 4 June and the daily Carnoustie service pulls out in the care of a Class 158 (leading) and a 170.  These mixed formations are not uncommon on east coast services.  The train will split at Dundee and only the 158 will go forward to Carnoustie.  This is not necessarily because the 170 is urgently needed in Dundee, but simply because 5 coaches is way too long for the platforms at Balmossie and Golf Street which can just squeeze in three. See image [[20229]]

Grafton East Junction: Foster Yeoman 59002 with an eastbound stone train passing Crofton on 4 June.

Grafton East Junction: 66124 with an eastbound stone train passing Crofton pumping station on 4 June 2010.

Grafton East Junction: A westbound First Great Western HST passing Crofton pumping station on the Berks & Hants line on 4 June 2010.

Edinburgh Waverley: The roof glazing at Waverley may be about to be cleaned or replaced, but that doesn't mean the station is particularly gloomy at the moment. 322 481 for North Berwick picks up plenty of custom at a sun-drenched platform 11 on 4 June.  This is one of the two daily services which have come from Glasgow Central via Carstairs.  These workings, back and forth, allow transfer to and from Shields depot and will presumably cease when Airdie to Bathgate opens in December.

Haymarket: 67 025 arrives at Haymarket platform 2 on a sunny 4 June 2010 with the evening loco-hauled Fife Outer Circle service.

Thirdpart Junction: 156462 forming the 1A35 Kilmarnock to Stranraer train on 4 June 2011. Photographed near Dundonald Road from the A71 overbridge.

Kilmarnock: 156476 entering Kilmarnock on 4 June with the 1S50 Newcastle Central - Glasgow Central service.

Comrie Colliery: The former locomotive shed at Comrie Colliery, Fife, on 4 June 2011. This is the only building still standing on the site, perhaps not for much longer, given current proposals to reclaim the land.

Eskbank: '...and you!' Looking south along the Waverley route towards Hardengreen Roundabout on 4 June 2011, with the site of the new Eskbank station just behind the camera. The lady in the foreground is looking over the parapet of an infilled bridge that once spanned the line here. A replacement bridge will eventually be required... as well as some serious earth-moving. See image [[47159]]

Swindon: 66174 arriving in Swindon on 4 June with a Pathfinder excursion to Buxton.

Buxton: A view of outer station area at Buxton on 4 June 2011. The former BR Buxton diesel depot stands on the left. In the distance is Buxton No 1 Junction signal Box, controlling the station and the line from Stockport. The box also controls two freight lines that come in just out of shot beyond the building on the right and pass by on either side. One of these is the line from Hindlow and the other from Great Rocks/Tunstead.

West Ealing Junction: View east at West Ealing Junction on 4 June 2011. A Class 165 networker on a Greenford - Paddington service is about to leave the branch and join the main line before calling at West Ealing station in the background.

Ealing Broadway: A First Great Western Class 165 Networker calls at Ealing Broadway on 4 June 2011 with a westbound service. On the right are the London Underground platforms of the Central and District lines.

West Ealing Junction: A Heathrow Express bound for Paddington runs past the camera towards West Ealing station on 4 June 2011. On the far left is the Greenford line.

Ealing Broadway: In addition to the 'Heathrow Express' there is also a stopping service running between Paddington and Heathrow Airport using class 360 emus and branded 'Heathrow Connect'. On 4 June 2011 unit 360202 arrives at Ealing Broadway platform 3 with such a service on its way to the airport, while a Central Line train is preparing to head for town at platform 5 in the background.

West Ealing Junction: FGW 165132 approaches West Ealing Jct with a service from Greenford to Paddington on the late afternoon of 04 June 2011. The level crossing the DMU has just crossed gives access to the Network Rail Depot on the left.

Buxton: 66126 with a 'Pathfinder' tour on the stops at Buxton Station on 4 June 2011.

Ealing Broadway: A westbound HST approaches Ealing Broadway at speed on the afternoon of 04 June 2011.

West Ealing Junction: 360202 crosses West Ealing Jct whilst working from Paddington to Heathrow Airport on 04 June 2011.

Ealing Broadway: A First Great Western HST races through platform 2 at Ealing Broadway heading for Paddington on 4 June 2011. Of all the trains that passed through the station during this visit, the HST is the only one that was present on my last visit in January 1990 see image [[18890]].

Buxton: Class 150 DMUs standing at Buxton Station on 4 June 2011.

Ealing Broadway: A Heathrow Express service with 332002 passes Ealing Broadway at speed heading to Paddington on the afternoon of 4 June 2011.

Millerhill East Junction: GB Railfreight 66733 leaves Millerhill Yard with the 6E45 Bridgeton Yard (ex-Fort William) Alcan empties to North Blyth on 4 June.

Stow: Looking south over Stow station site on 4 June 2012 with the obstructing house now demolished see image [[14414]].

Stow: Looking south over Stow station site from the road bridge on 4 June 2012, with the obstructing house now demolished. View over the former up station building with the village standing beyond.

York: Platform 1 at York, the sole remaining bay platform in the south east corner of the station, used primarily for services on the Hull line. Northern 142090 occupies the platform shortly after noon on 4 June, having arrived as the 11.40 ex-Selby. It will depart as the 12.47 service to Hull.

York: The driver of the 13.12 Northern service from Hull looks less than amused to find Freightliner 66571 in his parking space at York's platform 1 on 4 June.

National Railway Museum York: The Port Carlisle Dandy, NBR No 1, photographed at the National Railway Museum in June 2013. The notice on the door reads For 1st & 2nd class passengers only (3rd class passengers occupied the outside benches). The first horse drawn Dandy ran from Drumburgh to Port Carlisle in 1861 and continued to operate until 1914 when steam took over. The branch closed completely in 1932. See image [[22515]]

West End - Princes Street [Tram]: An 0-1-0 monorail unit being propelled west along Shandwick Place on 4 June 2013.

York: GBRf 66730, carrying the name 'Whitemoor', comes out of the sun and enters the cavern of York station from the south on 4 June 2013. The train is the 11.28 ex-Doncaster Decoy Yard bound for Tyne Coal Terminal.

York: On an unusually hot 4 June 2013, the 12.00 Kings Cross - Inverness Highland Chieftain pulls away from the York stop.

National Railway Museum York: Great Northern Railway goods depot in the early part of the 20th century? The National Railway Museum, York, in the early 21st century, with ex-GNR J13 1247, forming part of a display. The locomotive, built by Sharp, Stewart and Company Ltd in 1899, was finally withdrawn from Kings Cross in 1959 as BR 68846 and became the first BR locomotive to be sold for preservation. See image [[17498]].

National Railway Museum [York]: Former Southern Railway 25.5 ton twin-bogie brake van no 56297, built at Ashford Works in 1936 and photographed in the yard of the National Railway Museum at York in June 2013. Known as 'Queen Marys', the original vans were mounted on the chassis of redundant electric stock and were fitted with an extended cabin (still significantly shorter than the underframe). They were designed for use on high speed freight operations.

St Andrew Square [Tram stop]: View up the significant gradient on the section of tramway along North St Andrew Street between York Place and the St Andrew Square tram stop showing the tracks coming closer together as they reach the turn into York Place behind the camera.

National Railway Museum York: Ex-Southern Railway driving motor coach 8143, built by Metropolitan Vickers in 1925 and originally forming part of SR unit 1293. Photographed in June 2013 at the National Railway Museum, York.

Haymarket: Turbostars at platforms 2 and 3 underneath the new construction at Haymarket Station on 4 June 2013.

York: The 10.06 Manchester Airport - Newcastle Central pulls away from platform 11 at York on 4 June. View across the running lines from the east side car park. In the foreground is bay platform 2, which connects only with the Scarborough line and is normally used for stabling purposes.

York Goods: Road approach to the 1877 North Eastern Railway goods station at York, standing on the south side of Leeman Road. The smaller structure with the clock is the old double sided weigh-house, while the main building is now the National Railway Museum admin offices. The large former goods warehouse beyond now forms part of the NRM itself, incorporating the museum's 'Station Hall'.

York Place [Tram]: Going round the bend - finishing off the Edinburgh tram formation as it turns towards the terminus in York Place from North St Andrew Street in June 2013.

National Railway Museum York: EE Type 4 D200 (aka 40122) receiving attention within 'The Depot' in the south yard of the National Railway Museum, York, in June 2013. See image [[18073]]

National Railway Museum York: Yorkshire Engine Co Class 02 diesel hydraulic 0-4-0 D2860 at the NRM, York in June 2013. One of 10 examples (out of a total class of 20) built for use in areas with a restricted loading gauge and/or tight curvature such as docks. Note the cab door at the rear, complete with railed veranda, more common in US designs. The locomotive was allocated to Fleetwood from new in 1961 and was eventually withdrawn from Allerton in December 1970.

Wakefield Westgate: 43295 passes the framework for the new Wakefield Westgate station on 4 June as it arrives at the head of the 06.55 ex-Skipton East Coast service for Kings Cross.

Edinburgh Waverley: TransPennine Express 185122 departs Waverley west end platform 13 on the 12.11 service to Manchester Airport via Carlisle as 91002 rests at platform 11 after arrival some 5 minutes earlier on the 07.30 ex Kings Cross East Coast service.

York: The 1350 Scarborough - Liverpool Lime Street crossing the River Ouse in June 2013 on the approach to York station.

National Railway Museum York: F C Hibberd 'Planet' 4wDM Ashover (3307/1948) awaiting attention at the NRM in June 2013. Originally built for the Ashover Light Railway, the locomotive was acquired by the Ffestiniog in 1981 and used as works shunter at Boston Lodge. The currently out-of-service locomotive is to undergo a partial rebuild by a locally based volunteer group.

National Railway Museum [York]: Preserved EE Type 4 no D200 / 40122 seen here in the summer of 2013 fter being temporarily relocated from the main exhibition hall to 'The Depot' in the south yard of the National Railway Museum.

National Railway Museum York: NRM works pilot 09017 stabled inside the museum building on 4 June 2013. The locomotive was built at BR's Horwich Works in 1961 and originally carried the number D4105.

York: The 11.28 Doncaster Decoy Yard - Tyne Coal Terminal rumbles through York station on 4 June 2013 behind GBRf 66730 Whitemoor.

National Railway Museum York: Cosmetically restored (and how) 4489 Dominion of Canada, complete with bell, standing in the Great Hall of the National Railway Museum, York, in June 2013. The locomotive was on loan from the Canadian Railway Museum, Montreal. See image [[30040]]

National Railway Museum [York]: Peckett 0-4-0ST Teddy enjoying the sunshine in the sidings at the National Railway Museum in the summer of 2013. Having spent most of its working life at ROF Poole, the locomotive was being used to handle short steam hauled trips for visitors within the confines of the NRM yard.

Newport: Grab shot from a passing train showing the south portal of Gaer Tunnel, on the freight only line from Gaer Junction see image [[47614]].

Bristol Parkway: The delayed 09.31 FGW departure to Paddington, ex Swansea, with a dead 43134 at the head and driver on the phone, in platform 3 at Bristol Parkway on 4 June. The problem resulted in the 09.39 CrossCountry service to Edinburgh, ex Plymouth, being diverted into regional platform 4. The Paddington service continued forward a few minutes later making a slow exit with only one power car working.

Exeter St Davids: There is no disputing what stands across from platform 6 at Exeter St David station, according to this sign for all to see. Less obvious are the two notices above, which relate to correct train positioning. When the three sections of the red stripe come into line the train is correctly positioned for filling the carriage water tank; with the notice on the left covering class 153 and class 158 3 car formations and that on the right for other units.

Newport: Looking west along the freight only spur leading from Newport to the Ebbw Vale line in June 2014. When the Ebbw Vale line re-opened it was proposed that a service from Newport would supplement that from Cardiff, but nothing appears to be on the cards as yet. Thankfully a new station is being built at Pye Corner, near the start of the branch, for opening this year, plus an extension of the line beyond Ebbw Vale Parkway towards the town centre is also progressing. [Ref query 2057]

Bristol Parkway: CrossCountry HST power car 43207 leaves Bristol Parkway Platform 3 on the rear of the 14.40 to Glasgow, just as the 14.41 First Great Western HST to Cardiff arrives at platform 2.

Exeter St Davids: CrossCountry Voyager 221131 stables in Platform 6 at Exeter St Davids after arriving on 4 June with the 12.07 ex Manchester Piccadilly. Forward of the unit looks like a prospective Britain in Bloom garden being nurtured at the northern end of the platform.

Exeter St Davids: The crosscountry logo and the repositioned unit number, following fitting of new design front end valances, on a Voyager at Exeter St David station on 4 June 2014.

Patchway: The east portal of the up line single bore Patchway tunnel as seen from a westbound First Great Western HST in early June 2014, showing the difference in track level compared with the down line.

Cardiff Central: DBS 66135 runs slowly east through Cardiff Central with a freight in heavy rain on 4 June 2014. The lengthy train consists of loaded BYA and continental covered steel wagons.

Wakefield Westgate: The section of the former south end station building at Wakefield Westgate that gave access onto the platform is to be retained and converted into an up side first class waiting room. A new back wall is seen under construction on 4 June. The south end of the platform is now like a remote outpost from the main station building, with first class East Coast passengers heading south having no seating and little protection against the weather compared to standard class passengers at the north end.

Bristol Parkway: Freightliner operated class 66 locos stabled in the yard behind Bristol Parkway down platform on the morning of 4 June 2014. Nearest the camera is DRS liveried 66413, followed by 66597, 66549 and 66514.

Newcraighall: 66186 takes a Network Rail ballast train south and into Millerhill yard.

Lockerbie: The 0907 Glasgow Central - Manchester Airport arrives at Lockerbie on 4 June 2015.

Lancaster: Humble duty for Northern Belle liveried 57312 Solway Princess and a DRS classmate as they drop down the bank tgowards Lancaster with the morning Crewe to Sellafield flasks on 4th June 2015. The second loco is probably 57306 as the pair had worked flasks from Berkeley to Crewe the previous evening.

Edinburgh Waverley: Naming ceremony at Waverley station on 4 June 2015. Freightliner 66528 Madge Elliot MBE with the lady herself.

Dumfries: 'Incredible Edibles' at Dumfries, 4 June 2015.

Edinburgh Waverley: Freightliner 66528 Madge Elliot MBE prepares to leave Waverley station after the naming ceremony on 4th June 2015 see image [[51524]].

Polmont: Unlike the footbridge see image [[29441]], the original bridge carrying Station Road over the railway at Polmont was most definitely not designed with overhead electrification in mind. Seen here in June 2015 with preparations for its removal well advanced, it has now been replaced as part of the EGIP works.

Coventry Arena: Almost there. Coventry Arena on 4 June 2015. Waiting shelters, green plastic seats, a Northbound platform, and a set of steps on the Arena side have been installed since my last shot in this direction see image [[50666]].

Newcraighall: The 1305 to Edinburgh boards at Newcraighall during its last summer as a terminus. Apart from the livery of the trains, the updated Passenger Information Screen and the planter, not much has changed since the opening of the station 13 years before see image [[54452]].

Wigan North Western: EMUs calling at Wigan North Western on 04 June 2016. The Class 319 is on a Preston to Liverpool service and the Class 350 is heading to Glasgow Central with a service from Manchester Airport.

Steele Road: Steele Road station house on 4 June. The platforms were on the far side. On the porch is an inscription N.B.R 1891. Access by kind permission of the owners.

Worthing: Southern 313201 westbound at Worthing on 4th June 2016.

Brighton: A view at the Brighton buffer stops on 4 June 2016, featuring Southern units 313209 and 377157.

Worthing: Southern 377145 eastbound at Worthing on 4 June 2016, heading for London Victoria.

Whitrope Siding: The former Eskbank footbridge stored at Whitrope Railway Centre. 4 June 2016. (Thanks to local historian Brian Scott for the tip-off).

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Evidence that work on extending the platforms at Glasgow Queen Street Southwards towards George Square has now started in earnest, seen through the viewing window on 4th June 2016.

Ordsall Junction: A Manchester Airport to Blackpool service with a pair of Class 156 DMUs crosses the River Irwell on the approach to Ordsall Jct in the afternoon of 4 June 2016. On the right is one of the worksites for the new Ordsall curve although the curve will be on the other side of the viaduct. Looking along the river beyond the first viaduct is an arch of the original L&M viaduct. Beyond that is the reflection of the Princes St girder bridge.

Perth: View from the Highland Chieftain as it is dispatched northward in June 2016. A group of enthusiast passengers on board are enjoying a leisure trip featuring tickets of unusual value for money see image [[56900]].

Edinburgh Waverley: View from Regent Road over the east end of Waverley on Saturday morning 4 June 2016. From the left: running into platform 8 from the Calton Tunnel is the Virgin Trains 0610 (SO) ex-Doncaster, class 90 and 67 locomotives are stabled in the sleeper bays, the ScotRail 0943 to North Berwick awaits departure at platform 3 and the VTEC 0930 to London Kings Cross is boarding at platform 2. Bottom left, on the site of the former New Street bus depot, are signs of the £750m 'New Waverley' development currently underway. See image [[9503]]

Pitlochry: Despite the sign at the end of the northbound platform, visitors are welcome in Pitlochry. Platform extensions are due to be completed by 2019.

Layton: Blackpool Council announced in June 2016 that Crossley's Bridge, at the east end of Layton station, is to be demolished and replaced in a £6.1m scheme due to extensive corrosion. As the bridge needed to be modified for electrification Network Rail are contributing to the cost. The bridge was built in 1931 and the road over it will close after the 2016 illuminations for several months. It is similar in style to two other bridges on the Blackpool South line at Squires Gate and Harrowside. A pair of Pacers rattle through on a Hazel Grove to Blackpool North service on 4th June 2016.

Manchester Liverpool Road: A view west from Manchester Liverpool Road station towards Ordsall Jct on 04 June 2016. The museum's operating line has now been cut back to Water St bridge with the start of the work to construct the Ordsall curve.

Manchester Liverpool Road: Looking west from Water Street with viaducts converging as they cross the River Irwell. On the right is the L&M line which lead into Liverpool Road station and to the left is the line from Castelfield Jct to Ordsall Jct. The new Ordsall curve will sweep right from the viaduct on the left and through the L&M viaduct.

Whitrope Summit: A motorised P-Way trolley gives rides with Ruston Hornsby 411319 of 1958 in the background.

Salford Central: On the left a Class 156 DMU heading to Stalybridge while on the right is a Class 150 heading to Kirkby call at Salford Central on 04 June 2016. Significant improvements have been proposed for this station at platform level.

Whitrope Summit: 26040 parked at the south end of the Whitrope site. Access with permission.

Bo'ness: The last mainline lower quadrant removed from Stirling in 2000 is now on display at Bo'ness.

Salford Crescent: Salford Crescent viewed towards Windsor Bridge North Jct with a DMU approaching the station with a service off the Bolton line.

Manchester Liverpool Road: 0-4-0ST Agecroft No.1 takes visitors to the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry on a short ride in two replica L&M coaches. On the right is an English Electric 4w battery loco, works number 1378 of 1944.

Matlock Riverside: After completion of electrification of the WCML from London to Manchester in 1966, the splendidly laid out Midland Railway route between Derby and Manchester was regarded as redundant by 'those-that-know-best'. Local services ceased in 1967 and all services the following year, apart from the line south of Matlock which survived with an infrequent service to and from Derby. The Peak Rail Preservation Society had high hopes of reopening all the way to Buxton but, so far, only a few miles north of Matlock to Rowsley South have been revived. The first section south from Darley Dale opened in 1991 but at first heritage trains were not allowed into Matlock BR station so Peak Rail opened Matlock Riverside, a short distance north, and this remained the terminus for 20 years until trains were allowed into Matlock itself. This saw the reconstruction of the NR station's former down platform in 2011. Matlock Riverside has been retained for 'special occasions' and is seen here from a Railway Touring Company excursion from Ealing Broadway through to Rowsley South, passing on 4th June 2017.

Finsbury Park: Stanier Coronation Class 4-6-2 no. 46233, 'Duchess of Sutherland', built at Crewe in 1938, seen here at Finsbury Park station with a Railway Touring Company excursion from Ealing Broadway to Peak Rail at Matlock, on 4th June 2017. This locomotive was withdrawn in 1964 and sold to Butlin's for display at their Ayr holday camp. In 1996, it was acquired by The Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust and restored to working order in 2001 and 16 years later hauled this excursion train to Derby where 57314 took over to Rowsley South.

Matlock Bath: 168 years to the day since the line opened on 4th June 1849, Railway Touring Company return excursion from Rowsley South, current northern terminus of Peak Rail, to Ealing Broadway passes Matlock Bath station on 4th June 2017. Although the Derby to Matlock section of the former Midland Main Line was reprieved (and singled north of Ambergate) and despite Matlock Bath being a tourist spot in its own right, Barbara Castle, the then Labour Transport Minister, gave consent to close this intermediate station and it duly did so on 6th March 1967. However, this mistake was rectified when the station reopened on 27th May 1972, when she was no longer a minister. The station building is in a 'Swiss chalet' style in keeping with this part of Derbyshire's description as 'Little Switzerland' and is now owned by the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust who restored the building as a cafe and visitor centre in 2019. Nearby is the Heights of Abraham cable car, opened in spring 1984, which rises 554 ft. in its 1864 ft. length.

Matlock Bath: Railway Touring Company return excursion from Rowsley South to Ealing Broadway, now back on National Rail metals, passing Matlock Bath station, looking back north, on 4th June 2017, 168 years to the day since this reprieved section of the former Midland Main Line from Derby to Manchester opened on 4th June 1849. Buried in undergrowth on the right but out of view are the remains of the former up platform, the line having been singled north of Ambergate with no passing loops between there and Matlock itself.
See query 2229

Hamilton Central: Here is the launch leaflet from the Rail 74 Community Rail Partnership.

Kirkland Yard: NBL 27421 of 1955, ex-RAF Leuchars No. 400, at the passenger platform with the former Norwegian State Railways guards brake van which carries visitors on the demonstration line on Summer Sundays.

Doncaster: The Draughtsman Alehouse on Doncaster Station - a delightfully retro sign to a brand-new establishment!

Kirkland Yard: View from the brake van looking towards the depot. The line meanders through woodland where once were about twenty straight, parallel sidings!

Donibristle Platform: 57314 leads the Lochs & Glens Statesman from Perth to Edinburgh and Swindon past Donibristle on 4th June 2018. 47826 is on the rear.

Findhorn Viaduct [Tomatin]: In the evening light of 4th June 2018, 67005 Queen's Messenger is five minutes early as it races across the Findhorn Viaduct at Tomatin with the southbound Caledonian Sleeper.

Dalgety Bay: 43179, on a training run from Haymarket to Dundee, leads a Scotrail HST away from Dalgety Bay on 4th June 2018.

Donibristle Platform: GBRf 66743 climbs Donibristle bank with the Royal Scotsman from Edinburgh to Montrose on 4th June 2018. 66746 was dead on the rear.

Clayhills Yard: An Azuma in the Clayhills Sidings at Aberdeen, seen from an excellent viewpoint on 4th June 2019.

Clayhills Yard: A new Azuma in the sidings at Clayhills, Aberdeen on 4th June 2019. I'm looking forward to my first trip on an Azuma train - Edinburgh, York or Kings Cross.

Stoke Bruerne: At first glance, this may seem to be purely a canal shot. But thanks to my brother, who sent me a slim publication which he found in a charity shop, I know that the stone surfaced area in the foreground was, from 1800 to 1805, a transhipment wharf from the canal on the left to a tramroad which passed over Blisworth canal tunnel while it was still under construction. It had two 4 foot gauge tracks and was powered by horses. View looks North.

Haydon Bridge: Just off the east end of the westbound platform at Haydon Bridge there is a former dead end loading dock set back from the current running lines and which also sat alongside lines running at the far side to serve the goods yard. For a moderate distance east beyond the goods yard throat there were previously four tracks providing loop lines as well as sidings for the goods traffic.

Didcot Parkway: Looking at first glance like yet another Class 66, DB 59205 came racing through Platform 3 at Didcot on 4th June 2019 with a stone empties train from Theale Hanson Sidings to the Whatley Quarries in Somerset.

Didcot Parkway: A fly splattered 387159 on an ex-Paddington express service at Didcot on 4th June 2021. The temporary withdrawal of GWR 800 units for urgent repairs has led to these EMUs working through to Swindon for the first time.

Eden Viaduct [Etterby]: DB Cargo operated Royal Mail twin Class 325 EMUs have just crossed the River Eden bridge on the approaches to Carlisle Station with the 16.20 Shieldmuir Mail Terminal to Warrington Mail Terminal postal working on 4 June. 2021. View taken from Etterby Road overbridge

Haydon Bridge: Looking south from North Bank to Haydon Bridge signal box and level crossing, which sit at the west end of the station platforms, in June 2021. The car is just exiting Station Road where the east bound platform is accessed from, whilst the westbound platform is accessed from Church Street, with the entrance seen on the left just beyond the crossing.

Brunthill Siding: View north along Kingmoor Road on 4 June 2021 showing the rustic surroundings enclosing the rail bridge for the rarely used single track branch line serving the nearby Carlisle Warehousing' Brunthill logistics depot.

Haydon Bridge: One of the two North Eastern Railway cast iron trespass notices that sit at either side of the line, adjacent to the west side of the level crossing, by Haydon Bridge station; as seen in June 2021. This the sign at the north, eastbound side of the line

Oubeck Loops: Two Class 325 EPUs, forming an evening postal from Shieldmuir to Warrington, top the climb out of Lancaster near Oubeck on 4th June 2021.

Haymarket [Tram]: Tram 273 crosses the complex road layout at Haymarket, heading for the airport, on 4th June 2021. Behind it is part of the £200m Haymarket Development on the old Morrison Street Goods Yard.

Slateford: 397005 passes Slateford, with the 10.10 Transpennine Express from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh, on 4th June 2021.

Eden Viaduct [Etterby]: Avanti Pendelino 390156 runs onto the River Eden bridge as it approaches Etterby Road overbridge after departing from Carlisle with the 15.10 Euston to Glasgow Central service on 4 June 2021.

Slateford: Avanti West Coast 390153 approaches Slateford with the 08.43 from Euston to Edinburgh on 4th June 2021.

Slateford Junction: 221126 turns on to the spur to the suburban circle at Slateford Junction with a Glasgow Central - Craigentinny empty stock working on 4th June 2021.

Eden Viaduct [Etterby]: TransPennine Express CAF built Nova 2 EMU 397003 has just crossed the River Eden bridge as it approaches Carlisle station with the 17.07 Glasgow Central to Manchester Airport service on 4 June 2021. View taken from Etterby Road overbridge.

Slateford: Having been relieved of RILA scanning duties, Freightliner 66504 passes Slateford running light from Millerhill to Coatbridge FLT on 4th June 2021.

Haydon Bridge: Station House sits by the rear edge of the westbound platform at Haydon Bridge, as seen from the eastbound platform in June 2021. To its left are double gradient boards mounted on the platform rear fence above a large floral display. See image [[78044]]

Slateford: 385011 calls at Slateford, with the 13.17 from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh, on 4th June 2021.

Haydon Bridge: Gradient boards seen mounted on the fence to rear of the westbound platform at Haydon Bridge station on 4 June 2021, above a large floral display, in bloom, in a large trough type structure.

Walton-on-the-Naze: The replacement ticket office at Walton-on-the-Naze, the Essex seaside terminus of the branch from Thorpe-le-Soken, seen here on the evening of 1st June 2021. On a previous visit, in September 2020, this was shut and the only staff were the driver and guard of the hourly train service and so it was on this latest visit too. Also, again on both occasions, nobody checked our tickets in either direction for the entire journey to and from Liverpool Street, must be down to covid, even though we were uncomfortably masked throughout the journeys.

Oubeck Loops: 66013, on the thrice weekly Hardendale to Margam freight, climbs slowly up the bank out of Lancaster on 4th June 2021. It was briefly looped at Oubeck to allow a passenger service to pass and then continued on its way south.

Haydon Bridge: Northern Trains Express Sprinter DMU 158855 runs across the adjacent level crossing as it departs west from Haydon Bridge with the 15.40 ex Newcastle to Carlisle service on 4 June 2021. The entrance and pathway from Church Street to the westbound platform can be seen immediately alongside the rear of the DMU.

Carlisle Kingmoor TMD: June 2021 view north from Etterby Road bridge to the DRS Kingmoor Traction Depot, the former BR Kingmoor Diesel Depot located opposite the nature reserve created on the site of 12A Carlisle Kingmoor Steam Shed. Locos stabled on the depot are L-R Former WCML Thunderbird 57309; Bi-Mode 88004; Chiltern liveried 68013; and partially hidden 'Tractor' 37407.

Crimple Valley Viaduct: The operational viaduct across the Crimple Valley is a beautiful tall structure in light coloured stone. This view, which can only show some of the many arches, looks east as a Northern 170 crosses heading for Leeds on 4th June 2022.

Broomhill: Strathspey Railway. Black 5 No.5025 arrives in the run round loop north of Broomhill station on 4th June 2022.

Weeton [Yorkshire]: The unstaffed halt at Weeton, eleven or so miles north of Leeds on the Harrogate line, looking south between trains on 4th June 2022.

Harrogate: Many of the Harrogate box levers will be operational as there is still a fairly complex layout and a mixture of colour lights and semaphores in use. The box also houses a panel controlling the line south of here through to Armley Junction. 170461 approaches the station from York in June 2022 and hides the siding where the 5-car LNER Azumas lay over before returning to King Cross.

Boat of Garten: Strathspey Railway. Black 5 No.5025 leaves Boat of Garten, with the River Spey on the left, heading for Broomhill on 4th June 2022.