Carlisle Canal Shed: B1 4-6-0 no 61398 and colleagues in the sidings at Carlisle Canal shed in June 1962.

Carlisle: Canal based J39 0-6-0 no 64895 photographed shortly after arrival with a train at Carlisle station on 7 June 1962. These locomotives were regulars on the Langholm and Silloth branches, both of which closed in 1964.

Carlisle Kingmoor Shed: Scene on Kingmoor shed in June 1962 with Stanier Pacific no 46201 Princess Elizabeth nearest the camera and Crab no 42882 standing beyond.

Carlisle Kingmoor Shed: Royal Scot no 46165 The Ranger (12th London Regt) on shed at Kingmoor in June 1962.

Carlisle Kingmoor Shed: 46201 Princess Elizabeth on the turntable at Kingmoor on a sunny June day in 1962.

Carlisle Upperby Shed: 'Jubilee' no 45596 Bahamas photographed on Upperby shed in June 1962. The locomotive had been fitted with the double chimney the previous year, something which altered its appearance considerably see image [[29033]]. Following withdrawal by BR in July 1966 no 45596 was purchased for preservation by the Bahamas Locomotive Society. See image [[67516]]

Carlisle Canal Shed: B1 61099 in the sidings at Canal shed on 7 June 1962. A St Margarets locomotive at that time, the B1 was eventually withdrawn from Thornton Junction in September 1966.

Carlisle: Ivatt class 2MT 2-6-0 no 46458 of Upperby shed stands in the Maryport & Carlisle bay at the south end of Carlisle station on 7 June 1962.

Carlisle Upperby Shed: Fowler 2-6-4T no 42357 stands on Upperby shed in the summer of 1962.

Whifflet South Junction: Ex-Caledonian 0-6-0, 57670, passing Whifflet South Junction with a northbound goods train in June 1963. The train is about to run through the site of the current (1992) Whifflet station.

Crook of Devon: Crook of Devon station on the Devon Valley line.

Rumbling Bridge [2nd]: Rumbling Bridge on the Devon Valley line looking towards Dollar.

Tillicoultry: Tillicoultry station in June 1963.

Alloa [1st]: View west over Alloa station in June 1963. A DMU waits at the platform while Dunfermline shed's J36 0-6-0 no 65338 stands in the sidings to the north.

Alloa Bridge: 90553 comes off Alloa swing bridge and into Throsk with coal empties in June 1963

Throsk: Throsk signal box looking north towards Alloa Swing Bridge in 1963. The line bottom left runs into the Royal Naval Armaments Depot at Bandeath.

Stirling: A4 Pacific no 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley calls at Stirling in the summer of 1965 with the 5.30pm Glasgow Buchanan Street - Aberdeen train.

Stirling: BR Standard class 5 no 73148 arrives at Stirling on 7 June 1965 with the 6.15pm Glasgow Buchanan Street - Dundee.

Stirling: 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley taking on water at the north end of Stirling station on 7 June 1965. The train is the 5.30pm Glasgow Buchanan Street - Aberdeen.

Stirling: 73153 arrives at Stirling in June 1965 with the 5.35pm Glasgow Buchanan Street - Dunblane service.

Balornock Shed: 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley in the shed yard at Balornock in June 1965. The Pacific is about to head for Buchanan Street where it will take out the next 3-hour service to Aberdeen.

Balornock Shed: 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley is framed by the new Red Road flats under construction in the background as it prepares to move off Balornock Shed on 7 June 1965.

Balornock Shed: A4 Pacific no 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley warming up outside Balornock Shed in June 1965.

Polmadie Shed: Awaiting their fate at Polmadie in June 1965 are A2 Pacifics 60535 Hornet's Beauty and 60527 Sun Chariot. The former is recorded as being officially withdrawn from 66A that month and the latter some 2 months earlier. Both were cut up at MMS, Wishaw, within a few weeks of this photograph.

Clarkston and Stamperland: 80109 climbs past Overlee Park to Clarkston distant signal.

Stirling: One of St Rollox shed's BR Caprotti Class 5 4-6-0s no 73147 calls at Stirling in the summer of 1965 with a Dundee - Buchanan Street semi-fast.

Stirling: Standard class 5 4-6-0 no 73151 runs into Stirling on 7 June 1965 with the 5.50pm Glasgow Buchanan Street - Dunblane.

Balornock Shed: A4 Pacific no 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley stands outside Balornock Shed in June 1965.

Haymarket MPD: Photograph taken from the Caley bridge over the NB on what is thought to be Sunday 7 June 1971, showing a short line of locos stabled at the east end of Haymarket shed. The first two can be identified as BRCW Type 2 No. 5322 and EE Type 4 No. D362 The identity of the third, a BR Sulzer 1250 hp Type 2, is uncertain but may be No. D7590.

Morningside Road: View west from Morningside Road station in June 1971, with track renewal work in progress on the down line. Morningside Road signal box stands in the background.

Haymarket Central Junction: A sparkling BRCW 1250 hp Type 2 No. 5404 passes Haymarket Central Junction in June 1971 with a Sunday push-pull service to Glasgow Queen Street. Another Type 2 brings up the rear of the train. Haymarket shed stands on the north side of the E&G with the line in the foreground joining the 'sub' at Gorgie Junction see image [[36277]].

Perth: 47363 in Perth Station 07 June 1982.

Perth: An Aberdeen - Glasgow Queen Street Push-Pull service stands at Perth on 7 June 1982 with 47708 at the rear.

Saltoun: The old station building at Saltoun on the Gifford branch June 1985. Closed to passengers as early as 1933, the line continued in use to here for freight until 1965. The station building looks as though it had been put to alternative use since closure, as indicated by the sign on the side which reads...Agricultural Premises - Used by Brucellosis Accredited Cattle - No Dogs or Horses Please - Disinfect Feet. [Brucellosis was erradicated amongst UK herds in 1979 - although it has since been reintroduced on several occasions by imported cattle!]

Mossend: Iron ore from Hunterston Terminal to Ravenscraig Steelworks is hauled out of Mossend Yard by 37099, 37010 and 37210 on 7 June 1990.

Bristol Temple Meads: A Virgin CrossCountry service heading for Plymouth calls at Bristol Temple Meads on a wet 7 June 2002, with locomotive 47812 Pride of Eastleigh undergoing a crew change.

Bristol Temple Meads: EWS 67010 is standby locomotive at Bristol Temple Meads on 7 June 2002.

Bristol Temple Meads: Platform scene at Bristol Temple Meads in the summer of 2002. On the left a Network South East liveried 165 forms a Thames Trains service to Oxford, alongside a First Great Western InterCity HST on the right.

Bristol Temple Meads: 47812 Pride of Eastleigh accelerates away from Bristol Temple Meads in light rain on an overcast 7 June 2002 with a Virgin CrossCountry service to Plymouth.

Kings Cross: Deltic Preservation Society 9019 Royal Highland Fusilier clears its throat as it starts a railtour out of Kings Cross on 7 June 2003.

Seafield Level Crossing: A trainload of imported Russian coal from Leith Docks, destined for Cockenzie power station, leaving Leith South yard on a sunny morning in June 2006. EWS 66205 is in the process of manoeuvring its train east over the manually operated Seafield level crossing. The A199 Seafield Road runs past on the left.

Seafield Level Crossing: EWS 66205 moving away from Seafield level crossing on 7 June 2006 with a trainload of imported coal from Leith Docks. The contents are destined for Cockenzie power station.

Seafield Level Crossing: A hot day at Leith South in June 2006 as EWS 66205 draws slowly to a halt on the approach to Seafield level crossing. The coal train from Leith Docks is destined for Cockenzie power station. The two gentlemen on the footbridge are awaiting radio clearance before opening the crossing gates.

Albert Road Level Crossing: EWS 66205 brings a train of imported coal through the Albert Road gate out of Leith docks and over the level crossing into Leith South yard on 7 June 2006.

Seafield Level Crossing: 66205 leaving Leith South yard 0n 7 June 2006 and running alongside Seafield Road with a coal train for Cockenzie power station. Note the slightly projecting section of the wall to the left of the bus stop on the other side of the road, showing where one of the supports for the long demolished Caledonian bridge that crossed Seafield Road into the docks once stood. See image [[27121]]

Uddingston: 334 038 arrives at Uddingston on 7 June 2007 with a service to Dalmuir.

Whitecraigs: A newspaper is temporarily abandoned as 314 216 pulls into Whitecraigs on 7 June 2007 with a Neilston - Glasgow Central service.

Paisley Gilmour Street: 334 006 calls at Paisley Gilmour Street on 7 June 2007 with a service for Gourock. See image [[10085 for unit in new Saltire livery]]

Gallions Reach: DLR unit no. 51 from Tower Gateway to Beckton approaching its penultimate stop at Gallions Reach, perhaps the least-used station on the DLR system, on 7th June 2008. The original Gallions station, terminus of a branch from the North Woolwich line at Custom House, was closed with the line after a stick of bombs on the first day of the London 'Blitz' of World War Two, 7th September 1940, brought both to a permanent end. Its remains survived for very many years but have now vanished completely beneath new roads and housing when the bomb sites began to be redeveloped from the 1970s onwards.

Limehouse: Unidentified DLR unit heading east along Limehouse Viaduct between Limehouse and Westferry stations, crossing the start of the Regent's Canal with Limehouse Basin, formerly known as Regent's Canal Dock, beyond on 7th June 2008. The viaduct was opened by the London & Blackwall Railway in 1840 but closed to passengers in 1926 and to freight in 1962. It lay disused until 1987 when it was utilised by one of the first two sections of the DLR. It is now a Grade 1 Listed Structure by English Heritage. The year 2020 also marks the bi-centenary of the Regent's Canal that opened in 1820 to link the Grand Junction Canal at Paddington with the Thames at Limehouse. Both canals were amalgamated in 1929 to form the Grand Union Canal but the Regent's Canal is still known colloquially by its original name.

Westferry: DLR unit 10 from Beckton to Tower Gateway approaching Westferry station, on 7th June 2008. The train is now on the original London & Blackwall Railway viaduct of 1840 that originally closed to passengers in 1926 and to freight in 1962. It was revived for the first sections of the Docklands Light Railway in 1987 and is now a Grade 1 Listed Structure by English Heritage.

Highbury and Islington: 313119, from Stratford to Richmond, arriving at Highbury & Islington station on 7th June 2008, 8 months after the line became part of the London Overground. This was before the class 378 units came into service and passengers were still having to travel in these tired units from the much-maligned Silverlink regime. These platforms are now used by terminating trains to south London via part of the former Broad Street viaduct that reopened in April 2010. All Stratford, Richmond and Clapham Junction trains now serve two rebuilt platforms on the north side of the station, left in this view.

Bathgate STVA Aborted Siding: 158714 approaches Bathgate on the single passenger line on 7 June. The goods line alongside has recently been renewed in preparation for its forthcoming role as the westbound main line.

Beckton: DLR unit 97 at Beckton terminus, awaiting departure for Tower Gateway, on 7th June 2008. The original Beckton station was at the end of a more direct branch from Custom House on the North Woolwich line, which was built principally to serve the Gas Light & Coke Company. A workmen's service was run from 1873 and a station for this was built by the factory premises and given the name Beckton, after a Mr. Beck who was the then General Manager of the GL & C Co., hence the district of Beckton was born. (Not a lot of people know that.) The line closed after the East End of London sustained heavy bomb damage on the first day of the London Blitz on 7th September 1940, which also saw the nearby Gallions branch closed. It wasn't until 1992 that passenger trains served Beckton again, on a completely new route, with the first extension of the DLR after its original 1987 opening. The courses of the old Beckton and Gallions branches have completely disappeared under new roads and other redevelopments although back in the 1960s, I can remember travelling on the RT and RTL buses on route 101 and going over the level crossing of the original Beckton branch that had been patched up for freight after the war. I am not sure when these freight trains finally ceased.

Bonnington Viaduct [CR]: The bridge abutment just south of the planned (but never built) Ferry Road station that once helped to carry the Caledonian Railway's 1903 'Leith New Lines' over the NB North Leith branch (from which the photograph is taken) at the bottom of Edinburgh's Gosford Pace. Just off camera to the left the two stone piers on which the south end of the bridge rested still survive see image [[2196]].

Edinburgh Waverley: The canopies over platforms 13-19 at the west end of Waverley seen on 7 June 2009 looking north from Market Street towards Princes Street. Refurbishment of the old canopies was completed last year as part of the major civil engineering and related works carried out at the station. The lack of buses and cars on Waverley Bridge shows this to be an early Sunday morning view, with the only rail traffic in the picture being the 0915 service to Dundee awaiting its departure time at platform 12.

Edinburgh Waverley: Sunday morning view over the east end of Waverley on 7 June 2009. An EWS class 90 sleeper locomotive and a pair of North Berwick EMUs occupy the bays, while the empty stock for the 0850 Edinburgh - Plymouth CrossCountry service is running into platform 7.

Cardiff Central: Pristine DB Schenker liveried 60011 runs west through Cardiff Central station on 7 June hauling the lengthy Westerleigh to Robeston empty Murco tanks.

Maesteg: Stop board for the end of section south from Caerau, still in place amongst trees on the overgrown trackbed halfway between the former and present Maesteg Stations in June 2011. See image [[33866]]

Maesteg: Looking north along down platform and trackbed at former Maesteg Station with complete footbridge only devoid of handrails still in situ.

Cardiff Canton: Grab shot showing 50044 Exeter standing outside the Pullman Rail facility at Cardiff Canton depot on 7 June undergoing its final phase of restoration to main line running.

Cardiff Central: Royal Train liveried DBS 67006 runs into Platform 5 at Cardiff Central on 7 June with the ECS of the Royal Train. The train was collecting HM The Queen for return to London after opening the new session of the Welsh Assembly at Cardiff Bay.

Bridgend: 150257 runs into the down side east end bay 1A at Bridgend on 7 June 2012 with the 15.38 service from Merthyr Tydfil. The train has a large crowd waiting to join it as the soon-to-depart 17.42 service to Aberdare.

Bellingham (North Tyne): The former Bellingham station, closed in 1956, as seen from the road into the village from Redesmouth. It was later used as Council offices but has a plaque identifying its former role. See image [[1843]] for the platform side view.

Gyle Centre [Tram]: The new tram stop at Gyle Centre seen from the road in June 2013. Car parking for the Gyle shopping centre covers the area beyond the hedge. View is from South Gyle Broadway towards Edinburgh Park.

Gyle Centre [Tram]: The tram stop at Gyle Centre on Edinburgh's west side. View south towards Edinburgh Park on 7 June 2013 with the Gyle car parks and shopping mall off picture to the left.

Thorlieshope Lime Works: Remote doesn't really do justice to the countryside around Deadwater. Just to the north of the old station a platelayer's hut still stands alongside the Border Counties trackbed, nearly sixty years after closure. The abutments of an old overbridge can also be seen but the road itself has been straightened out across the old line. View looks north towards Saughtree and Riccarton Junction in June 2013.

Gyle Centre [Tram]: Looking north along the Edinburgh tram route shortly after leaving Gyle Centre in June 2013, with the line dropping down to pass below the A8 to reach Edinburgh Gateway see image [[43371]]. Gogar roundabout is just off-picture to the left.

Newcastleton: A rather depressing view of the site of Newcastleton station on the Waverley Route looking north from the level crossing. Since closure in 1969 everything has been swept away. See image [[30124]] for a similar view taken 44 years earlier.

Wark: Wark station looking south towards Barrasford. I had an interesting conversation with the owner, who has lived in the old station since 1960 just after freight services ended. The right hand side of the building as seen here was single storey but the first floor extension has been faced with local stone and so appears on first inspection to be part of the original building. The platform edging stones are at their original height but the surface behind sloped down towards the building causing damp problems. This section has therefore been dug out and a gentle slope away from the building towards the ramp put in - problem solved in a neat and ingenious way.

Gilsland: Leaving Gilsland, Sprinter 156480 has just crossed a surviving section of Hadrian's Wall. This is in the old vicarage garden and clearly visible from the train. The unit has also just travelled from Northumbria into Cumbria on a Newcastle to Carlisle service, seen here in scenery that typifies much of the line.

Cambridge: Cambridge station seen from the South-West at dusk in June 2013. This view was impossible while the grain warehouse (or flour mill?) stood in the way. The street in the foreground forms a non-guided part of the guided busway and has sensibly been kitted out with bus stops to relieve congestion at the end of Station Road.

Tarset Viaduct: Just to the north of Tarset station is this splendid three arch skew bridge that once carried the Border Counties line over the Tarset Burn near the point where it joins the North Tyne. The bridge is being maintained in good order and the right hand arch has been lined with concrete. See image [[21691]] for a view of the site of Tarset station itself.

Peterborough: New platforms and footbridge taking shape on the West side of Peterborough on 7th June 2013. Seen from a train heading for Stansted Airport.

Falstone: Falstone, as seen from the roadside in June 2013, showing the extensions that have been made in converting the station into holiday accommodation. See image [[31527]] for the platform side view. Neighbouring Plashetts station did not fare so well after closure as it was demolished and the site lies under Kielder Water. There are good photographs of all the Border Counties stations prior to closure on the excellent Disused Stations website.

Cambridge: A Turbostar for Norwich ready to set off from north end bay platform 5 at Cambridge nearing dusk on a summer Friday evening in June 2013. Taken from the footbridge to the recently built island platforms.

Edmonton: Old and new in Edmonton, Canada as Streetcar 33 heads south over the High Level Bridge to Strathcona. Below, a modern LRT train also heads south towards Century Park over the Dudley B Menzies Bridge. The preserved streetcar is operated by the Edmonton Radial Railway Society who run a seven days per week service over the High Level Bridge in the summer months. The lower deck of this old structure is still open to traffic and pedestrians.

Borwick: 5972 Hogwarts Castle, rarely ventures out from Carnforth but headed the Wizards Express to York on 7th June 2014. The loco is due to go on static display for several years at Harry Potter World and this last trip sold out very quickly and so is being repeated in July. 5972, real name Olton Hall, is seen at Borwick heading east towards Settle Junction.

Glenrothes with Thornton: DRS 47853 passes Glenrothes with Thornton on 7 June with the late-running Compass Tours Highland Clansman from Middlesbrough to Aviemore, which was curtailed at Perth. 47501 was on the rear of the train.

North Weald: Scene on the Epping & Ongar Railway at North Weald station during a Steam Gala on 7 June 2014. Looking west towards Epping, with restored Beattie 2-4-0 Well Tank no 30585 taking on water. See image [[42334]] [Ref query 1043]

Swindon: A joy to behold at 0530 on a wet Saturday morning in Swindon Station. Freightliner 66587 restarts a westbound container train following a crew change.

Farington: A Colas Class 56 (56105) is seen at Farington on the WCML with a Sinfin to Grangemouth empty aviation fuel wagons in June 2014. The service still runs a few times a year.

Epping: Exterior of the unspoiled Epping station, opened by the Great Eastern Railway with the extension of the branch from Loughton to Ongar on 24th April 1865 and first served by LUL Central Line trains on 25th September 1949 with electrification from Loughton, seen here on 7th June 2014. Electrification was extended to Ongar in 1957 but this section closed in 1994 and most is now the heritage Epping/Ongar Railway. This doesn't run quite as far as Epping (at the moment) so, standing proudly outside the station, is vintage RT 1700 offering a service to the line at North Weald before continuing on through Ongar and then all the way to Shenfield via Brentwood. This follows most of the route of the old 339 bus service I used frequently as a boy but which terminated at Warley and not Shenfield. If you like vintage bus rides through the Essex countryside, this is the service for you!

Ketton Cement Works: Ordinarily, this sort of view from the end of a passenger train would be rather worrying. But passing under the cement loading hoppers at Ketton Cement Works is all in a day's recreation for BLS members see image [[51693]].

Ketton Cement Works: A class 08 and two brake vans (looks like a BLS visit) here seen approaching the headshunt at the North end of the Ketton cement works in June 2015. (see also image [[51613]])

Ketton Cement Works: 08622 (nearest) and 08375 with the <I>Ketton Express</I> waiting patiently to carry BLS members around Ketton cement works on 7th June 2015.

Ketton Cement Works: A BLS special hauled by 08622 stops at the Ketton Cement Works NR limit, with the Peterborough - Leicester main line running left to right across the background. Despite the orange lights, this engine is not currently fitted for remote working. See image [[51613]]

Ketton Cement Works: 'Sir Thomas Royden' (Barclay 0-4-0ST 2088/1940) enjoying being the centre of attention on a BLS visit to the Ketton cement works in 2015. (see also [[image 51613]])

Corby: This bright modern station opened on 23rd February 2009; exactly where the old Corby station was, but with a much longer single platform on the former Up line (now singled). It enjoys an hourly service to St. Pancras.

Seaton [LNWR]: Only 52 arches of the 82 in Welland viaduct can be seen in this view looking South-East, but it's still mighty impressive. Seaton station, from which a branch to Uppingham and a cross country route to Peterborough diverged to the left of this view, can be seen in the foreground. The awning and footbridge are still standing. Harringworth station - named for a village on the far side of the viaduct in this view - was to the right (South).

Corby: Looking South from the sole platform at the 'new' Corby station in June 2015 there is much of interest. The original down platform on the right is much shorter than the new one, which seems to stop to allow a freight branch to diverge to the left. The piles of ballast and spare rails could be considered to indicate work in progress! See image [[51572]]

Seaton [LNWR]: A close-up view of the Seaton station footbridge see image [[51582]] reveals a stucture almost as complex, but probably more decrepit, than that at Wymondham {q.v.}. Nice, isn't it?

Ketton Cement Works: The BLS special see image [[51699]] has backed away from the national railway network, allowing 08375 to pause for breath before ascending the 1 in 19 to the cement works. Notice the coal wagons on the right - these are split into rakes of four before going up the hill.

Welland Viaduct: Not so much a viaduct, as a railway in the sky. see image [[51582]] This structure was on the MR from Kettering to Manton Junction; whereas Seaton was on a cross-country LNWR route.

Ketton Cement Works: Trials recently took place at Ketton Cement Works aimed at restoring steam traction to the works using 1940s built 0-4-0 saddle tank 'Sir Thomas Royden'. Unfortunately Thomas was only able to haul two loaded powder wagons with the assistance of a diesel shunter 08622. No further trials are planned... </br>To be serious, the 08 was actually used to haul BLS members around the works on Sunday 7th June, while the kettle had been used for shorter trips on a public Open Day on Saturday 6th. Good to see a purely industrial railway still in use.

Corby: As good an example as many of how the emphasis on our national railway is turning from freight (notice the turnout to the tube works South of the platform) to passengers - the rebuilt station should have double track by now, enabling the old platform on the right to be brought back into use and possibly lengthened.

Uppingham: An attractive pattern of light and shade on an abandoned abutment on the branch from Seaton (right) to Uppingham see image [[51447]].

Gogar Tram Depot: Trams for Edinburgh Airport and York Place call at the staff halt alongside Gogar tram depot on 7 June 2016 for crew changes. View is west towards the airport with the A8 on the left. See image [[50467]]

HST: The lines of the HST never seem to date, but the interiors get a refurb every so often and Virgin's latest looks pretty good. A crew member had just introduced herself and all the other on-train 'managers' by name, as if we cared. I could challenge passengers to repeat a single one of the names them without guessing. The only link with the past is the manual doors which seem to confound anybody born since 1975.

Hovingham Spa: Looking north east towards Hovingham Spa station from alongside the B1257 Malton to Helmsley road, showing the Marr Beck that ran beneath the track and platform ends alongside the level crossing. Just to the rear is the entrance to the former goods yard, now providing access to a number of domestic and agricultural premises. [Ref query 44700]

Edinburgh Park Station [Tram]: A city-bound tram pulls into the stop on a very warm 07/06/2016 with the network station in the background, with its revolving footbridge (if only). The name of the stop is I suppose inevitable, even if most of the custom is for Hermiston Gait Retail Park (in literally 6ft high letters) on the other side of the road.

Hovingham Spa: View west towards Gilling East, across the former level crossing by the extant Hovingham Spa station, along the trackbed that now forms a rural pathway almost to Cawton village level crossing mid-way between the two stations. A further section of raised trackbed continues on from the end of the path, across a grassed field, to the boundary of the former crossing keepers cottage where the garden now extends across the trackbed.

Hovingham Spa: Looking through the entrance to the former goods yard at Hovingham station, which now serves a number of domestic and agricultural properties, a section of loading dock survives between the access roads leading to two of the properties.

Edinburgh Gateway: View north over Edinburgh Gateway from alongside the A8 on 7 June 2016. The newly installed link bridge is on the left, connecting with the tram route on the lower level. About to run through the upper level platforms is the Virgin Trains 0710 Leeds - Aberdeen HST.

Edinburgh Gateway [Tram]: A tram heading for Edinburgh Airport runs west through the site of the under construction Edinburgh Gateway station on 7 June 2016. The bridge linking the rail and tram sides of the interchange has recently been installed. Edinburgh Gateway is scheduled to become operational by the end of 2016

Edinburgh Waverley: 6-car running on selected North Berwick services was introduced in February 2017.

Hausen im Tal: A classic scene in the Danube gorge at Hausen im Tal on 7th June 2017. An eastbound Donaueschingen-Ulm IRE service awaits departure from this loop station on the Tuttlingen-Sigmaringen single-track railway, with its platform signalling centre - but there is only one platform, so two stopping passenger services cannot cross here. In the background is Schloss Werenwag, one of several such castles which characterise this stretch of the Danube.

Hausen im Tal: Traditional semaphore signals survive on the Tuttlingen-Sigmaringen single-track section of the Ulm-Donaueschingen cross-country link, seen here at Hausen im Tal on 7th June 2017. The light diesel - actually a freight service without any traffic that day - is a centre-cab Class V180 of the regional Hohenzollerische Landesbahn company.

Stonehaven: The approach to Stonehaven station from Arduthie Road on 7 June 2017. Opposite the 1849 station building the former goods shed still stands - now operating as Station Motors.

Bargeddie Bridge: The older bridge taking the R&C line across the A8 at Bargeddie is currently not looking its best, especially when viewed alongside the sleek viaduct constructed in 2015 to take the railway across the M8. However, fans of the 'Cutty Sark' bridge will be pleased that it is about to be refurbished over a period of weeks. Locals may be less pleased by the lane closures which will be necessary for this work. (Photo from dashcam video)

Didcot: GWR liveried 165127 on a Paddington to Oxford train at Didcot on 7th June 2018. I was surprised to see quite a few Class 165/166s back on the Oxford and Banbury services. Most have migrated to the west country being replaced by the 387s and 800s. Perhaps all is not well with the new trains.

Millerhill Engineers Depot: New road infrastructure in the north east corner of Millerhill yard, seen here on 7 June 2018 looking south from Whitehill Road. ScotRail EMUs occupy the stabling roads in the left background beyond the boundary fence, with part of the old yard admin block in the centre. Beyond that, located in the 'V' formed by the freight lines and the Borders Railway, stands the Biogen recycling plant, with the under construction RERC alongside to the south.

Didcot: EMU 387138 at Didcot on 7th June 2018 waiting to return to Paddington.

Niddrie West Junction: The Tees Dock - Mossend containers ease slowly past the emergency works compound approaching Niddrie West Junction on the morning of 7 June 2018. The works were in connection with a subsidence problem caused by old mine workings in the area and lasted for several weeks, with the up line between Niddrie West and Niddrie South Junctions closed for much of this time. For the view in the opposite direction see image [[64369]].

Didcot: Freightliner 70007 eastbound at Didcot with a freight for Southampton on 7th June 2018.

Falkirk Grahamston: The Spirit of Sunderland affects Falkirk on 7th June 2018 as the Up Highland Chieftain calls. This and the Down working are the only express services on the line. This has been the case for decades.

Camelon: An Edinburgh to Dunblane service pulls into Camelon on 7 June. It has first class accommodation, so I'm guessing it's been released from EGML services by the partial elecctrification, or rather the electrification of some services. First class accommodation on standard-only services is always a boon as most punters don't know they are allowed to use it.

Niddrie West Junction: 68006 Daring restarts following a long signal check on the curve from Niddrie North to Niddrie West on 7 June 2018. The delay was caused by engineering works taking place near the junction to rectify a local subsidence problem. The train consists of empty coaching stock bound for DRS Motherwell.

Falkirk Grahamston: Having changed ends on the Grangemouth branch 158 704 pulls into Grahamston to return to Glasgow via Cumbernauld. The plan is (or was) that these services be extended to Edinburgh, but this has been talked about for at least 5 years. It may finally happen with electrification.

Niddrie West Junction: Ongoing works in connection with the subsidence problem at Niddrie West Junction on 7 June 2018, with the up line between Niddrie West and Niddrie South remaining closed. The lengthy container train slowly approaching the works site westbound behind 66194 is the delayed 0422 Tees Dock - Mossend Euroterminal.

Camelon: A Dunblane to Edinburgh service, with buckshee first class, pulls into Camelon on 7 June. In the distance the electrification metalwork conceals the shell of Carmuirs East box. I'm guessing it's been gutted to discourage arson, and will be fully demolished during the next line closure.

Falkirk Grahamston: Having arrived from Glasgow Queen Street 158 704 has a clearout of passengers before heading for the Grangemouth branch to change ends. It would be great if it served a re-opened Grangemouth station, but that doesn't seem to be on the cards.

Standedge Tunnel: A view over the canal feeder at Standedge Tunnel showing the pumping arrangement while the feeder is raised over the railway for electrification.

Standedge Tunnel: A view north over the north eastern (Marsden) portal of the railway Standedge Tunnel which shows the work to raise or renew the Tunnel End Reservoir feeder aqueduct over the line in preparation for electrification. The aqueduct is blocked off and there are two pumps pumping the water down those hoses on the scaffold frame. A TPExpress is about to enter the tunnel.

Niddrie West Junction: ScotRail liveried 68006 photographed during a long hold up at signals approaching Niddrie West Junction from Niddrie North on 7 June 2018. The train is the 0903 Edinburgh Waverley - Motherwell TMD empty coaching stock. The delay is a combination of engineering works restrictions at Niddrie West and a late running freight off the ECML see image [[64369]].

Farington Curve Junction: Colas 70811 hauls the WCRC charter 'The Scarborough Spa Express' away from Farington Curve Jct on the climb to Lostock Hall on a sunny morning of 07 June 2018. This was believed to be the first time that a Colas Class 70 had worked a passenger train.

Niddrie West Junction: The 0422 Tees Dock - Mossend approaching the junction at Niddrie West on 7 June 2018 after running slowly past engineering works on the section from Niddrie South.

Didcot: GWR 43172, in special livery, seen at Didcot on 7th June 2018. The loco is dedicated to the memory of WW1 service personnel and named after Harry Patch, the last known UK living WW1 veteran, who died in 2008.

Niddrie West Junction: ScotRail liveried 68006 Daring runs past the 'exclusion zone' at the Niddrie West works site on 7 June 2018 after a lengthy hold up due to a signal check on the curve south of Brunstane. The train is the 0846 Edinburgh Waverley - Motherwell TMD (DRS) empty stock.

Didcot: Hanson 59104 Village of Great Elm with an eastbound stone train from Whatley Quarry, passes through Didcot on 7th June 2018.

Didcot: GBRf 66712 'Peterborough Power Signalbox' westbound at Didcot with a freight heading for South Wales on 7th June 2018.

Glenfinnan: Black 5 No.45212 on the climb out of Glenfinnan with the afternoon Jacobite service for Mallaig. The lack of exhaust is due to it being very warm,believe it or not!

Loch nan Uamh Viaduct: After days of heavy rain, today dawned fine and clear, with light winds. I deployed the drone for this shot of K1 No.62005 crossing the viaduct at Loch nan Uahm with the morning Jacobite for Mallaig. Prince Charles Edward Stuart left here aboard the French frigate ' L'Heureux', on the 20th of September 1746, five months after the Battle of Culloden.Despite a huge reward being offered, he was never betrayed.

Inverkeithing: Colas 70812 runs through Inverkeithing with the Aberdeen Craiginches - Oxwellmains cement empties on 7 June 2019.

Fionn Lighe Bridge: Minus a headboard, Black 5 No.45212 races along the straight at Drumsallie with the afternoon Jacobite steam service to Mallaig on 7th June 2019. In the background the clouds are gathering around Ben Nevis. [Fionn Lighe Bridge is a little to the east.]

Hest Bank: 67006 hauled 91119 from Doncaster to Crewe on 7th June 2019 for the Crewe Depot Open Day. The route was, rather surprisingly, via the Newcastle and Carlisle line and then over Shap and the unusual pairing is seen passing Hest Bank in a sudden downpour.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: 43031 leads a Scotrail HST set at Queen Street on 7th June 2019.

King's Lynn Docks: Found during a walk in King's Lynn, the docks branch crossing John Kennedy Road. This view with the overgrown gate is looking east to the main line. The building is not on the former trackbed which curves gently to the left. The branch closed in 1993.

King's Lynn Docks: After a train ride from Cambridge I took a wander about King's Lynn and came across the harbour branch line on John Kennedy Road. There is a level crossing gate behind the foliage in this view looking up to the docks on 7th June 2019.

Bay Horse: Another view of the civil engineering works in Forton cutting, between Bay Horse and Scorton, this time from Cleveley Bank Lane bridge on 7th June 2020. An excavator and lighting unit stand on top of the embankment in between shifts. Note the number of rabbit holes being revealed but the bare ground is being covered with loose hessian matting and chicken wire to prevent further digging. It will be more tricky to do the other side of the line if that is required as houses back onto the railway all along this stretch. See image [[59153]] from before the work started.

Bay Horse: Civil engineering work continues in the cutting at Forton as 390136 passes heading north on 7th June 2020. The section in the foreground appears to be nearly complete but the reprofiling continues in the distance. See image [[71822]] taken six months earlier.

Lea Road: Future photos submitted from this location may have to be under the name Cottam Parkway, as that new station is now funded and scheduled to be constructed in 2022. Lea Road station itself closed in 1938 and 319366, substituting for a CAF 331 EMU, passes the site on a Manchester Airport to Blackpool North service on 7th June 2021.

Larkfield Junction: Looking north to Larkfield Junction on 7th June 2021, with the 15.40 Glasgow Central - Euston Avanti West Coast service passing through the site of the former Gushetfaulds station on the WCML, the set being 390128. In the foreground is the Larkfield Curve, passing through the former Langside Junction to reach Muirhouse South Junction. Note, the lineside has been cleared of vegetation prior to electrification. In the background were the carriage sidings and Freightliner terminal (and long ago the approach to South Side station).

Eglinton Street: View south from Kilbirnie Street, over the site of Eglinton Street station, on 7th June 2021.

Wandsworth Town: 458501, with 458509, on the ex-14.52 Waterloo to Weybridge service via the Hounslow Loop and Addlestone, departing from Wandsworth Town on 7th June 2021.

Lea Road Watertroughs: A pair of CAF EMUs, working from Blackpool to Hazel Grove, pass under the Sidgreaves Lane/Darkinson Lane bridge near Lea Road on 7th June 2021. In the background the viaduct of the Preston Western Distributor Road now has its decking in place to take the new road over the railway and Lancaster Canal.

Maxwell Park: 380020 leaves Maxwell Park, with a Cathcart Circle service, on 7th June 2021.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Frontage of Queen Street High Level on 7th June 2021.

Queenstown Road: A few years ago there was some talk of reopening the disused side platform at Queenstown Road but, as can be seen, that has yet to come to pass. The station was known as Queens Road Battersea, from its opening in 1877, to distinguish it from Queens Road Peckham on the LBSCR South London Line. Although the name of the Battersea thoroughfare was changed from Queens Road to Queenstown Road just after WWII, it was not until 12th May 1980 that the station was also renamed. This view is from a train to Waterloo departing from the north side of the remaining island platform, on 7th June 2021.

Waterloo International: At what is now platform 23 of Waterloo station, but was previously for Eurostar trains between 1994 and 2007 until replaced by St. Pancras International, 458509 waits to depart with the 14.52 to Weybridge via the Hounslow Loop and Addlestone, on 7th June 2021.

Waterloo: An announcement on LBC Radio on 7th June 2021 informed listeners that the Waterloo & City Line would reopen that day, having closed with the first covid lockdown in March 2020. What LBC did NOT say is that it would only be open in peak hours as I found out when I was confronted by gates and this notice at Waterloo. With time to kill before the beginning of the evening peak at 15.23, I had a short trip to Wandsworth Town and back, from the former Waterloo International Eurostar terminus, now reopened as platforms 20 to 24 of the National Rail Waterloo station.

Waterloo: LUL 1992 stock at Waterloo, Waterloo & City Line, looking towards the line's underground depot, on the day the line reopened (peak hours only), 7th June 2021 after having been shut since March 2020 due to the covid pandemic. These trains, also used on the Central Line, replaced the Southern Railway Class 487 units, dating from 1940, in 1993 and in the following year, the line was handed over to London Transport ownership when LU roundels here and at Bank replaced the old Southern Region signs.

Waterloo International: The former Waterloo International Eurostar terminus, now rehabilitated as platforms 20 to 24 of the main National Rail terminus, on 7th June 2021. When opened on 14th November 1994, this formed a western extension to the 1848 terminus and remained in use until 13th November 2007 when it was replaced by St. Pancras International as London's Eurostar terminus, with the completion and opening of HS1. Treated virtually as a separate station in those days, after 2007 it lay unused until temporarily reopened from August to September 2017 while work took place at platforms 1 to 8. Following a period of redevelopment, platforms 20 to 22 reopened permanently for suburban trains as part of the main station on 10th December 2018 with platforms 23 and 24 reopening permanently on 20th May 2019.