Holytown: 57581 with an SLS railtour at Holytown, Lanarkshire, on 9 June 1962.

Calder: SLS Glasgow South Tour 9th June 1962
JN Connell's Yard with 57665, viewed from Calder.

Newhouse: 57581 stands at Newhouse with an SLS railtour on 9 June 1962.

Glasgow Central: Stephenson Locomotive Society tour.

Glasgow Central: Stephenson Locomotive Society tour.

Lugton East Sidings: [Railscot note: probably Lugton East exchange sidings, in the V of Lugton East Junction.]

Lugton East Sidings: Lugton (East) Junction. Stephenson Locomotive Society Tour.

Airdrie [CR]: McIntosh 3F 0-6-0 no 57581 with the SLS Glasgow South Rail Tour at Airdrie (Caledonian) on 9 June 1962. From here the special returned to Glasgow Central.

Giffen: Giffen. Caledonian 18.5 inch 0.6.0 57581. SLS Tour.

Giffen: Giffen. Caledonian 18.5 inch 0.6.0 57581. SLS Tour.

Uplawmoor [1st]: Uplawmoor. Caledonian 18.5 inch 0.6.0 57581. SLS Tour.

Giffen: Giffen. Caledonian 18.5 inch 0.6.0 57581. SLS Tour.

Holytown: Holytown. S.L.S. tour.

Holytown: Holytown. S.L.S. tour.

Whifflet Upper: Platform scene at Whifflet Upper station on 9 June 1962, with enthusiasts hurrying to rejoin the SLS Glasgow South Rail Tour. McIntosh 3F 0-6-0 no 57581 propelled the train on the Langloan Junction - Airdrie (Caledonian) section of the tour. On the right is the stairway connecting the island platform with Whifflet Lower.

Newhouse: Newhouse. S.L.S. tour.

Newhouse: Newhouse. S.L.S. tour.

Chapelhall: Chapelhall. S.L.S. tour.

Eastfield Shed: Partially stripped Gresley K3 2-6-0 no 61851 stands abandoned at the back of Eastfield shed in June 1962. The locomotive was cut up at Cowlairs Works at the end of August that year.

Whifflet Upper: The SLS Glasgow South Rail Tour at Whifflet Upper station on 9 June 1962. The locomotive is McIntosh 3F 0-6-0 no 57581.

Calder: Calder. S.L.S. tour.

Airdrie [CR]: The SLS Glasgow South Rail Tour stands at the old Airdrie (Caledonian) station on 9 June 1962 with McIntosh 3F 0-6-0 no 57581 in charge.

Calder: The 'Glasgow South Railtour' on the 9th of June 1962. This tour also visited Chapelhall and getting between Chapelhall and Calder must have been a harder task than it would have been in the days before the closure of the Chapelhall - Airdrie line.

Chapelhall: The 'Glasgow South Railtour' of 9 June 1962, with 57581 running round at Chapelhall - north end of the closed station. Although the line had continued on to Airdrie via Calderbank this had closed in the 1940s and the viaduct at Calderbank demolished (access to Chapelhall ironworks remained by reversal). After closure the line was accessed from the south along with the line to Duntilland (Dewshill) Colliery, amongst other sidings, from Bellside Junction at Cleland.

Calder: The SLS Glasgow South Railtour stands at Calder station on 9 June 1962 behind McIntosh ex-Caledonian 0-6-0 no 57581.

Lugton East Sidings: McIntosh 0-6-0 no 57581 at Lugton East on 9 June 1962 during a visit with the SLS Glasgow South Rail Tour which originated from Glasgow Central. See image [[9596]]

Salisbury: A reasonably clean West Country 4-6-2 34091 'Weymouth' makes its way slowly past Salisbury Shed, as it brings an express from the west into Salisbury station on 9 June 1963.

Radyr: Collett 5600 class 0-6-2T no 6638 seen in 88A Cardiff (Radyr) shed yard in 1963. The entire area of the former yards and shed site at Radyr in the triangle between the lines from Queen Street and Ninian Park and the river is now a large housing complex, with the final phase built on the shed site proper.

Eastleigh Shed: End of the road for Terrier 0-6-0T No DS 681 at Eastleigh shed on 9 June 1963. Originally numbered 32659, it had been a Service Loco at Lancing Carriage Works. Note how small it looks beside Standard 4MT 2-6-4T 80081.

Eastleigh Shed: Former LSWR Urie 4-6-0 Class S15 No 30511 is captured at Eastleigh MPD on 9 June 1963. The red breakdown van adds a bit of colour to a rather smoky scene.

Swindon MPD: Collett ex-GWR 5800 class 1P 0-4-2T no 5815, photographed in store on 82C Swindon Shed on 9 June 1963. At this point in time the locomotive had been officially withdrawn for over 2 years. 5815 was eventually cut up at Cohens, Morriston (Swansea), in September 1964.

Salisbury: One of the Standard Class 5MT 4-6-0s named after locos in the Urie 'King Arthur' class is in Salisbury shed on 9 June 1963. 73088 'Joyous Gard' received new nameplates with the same name as N15 30741 previously held when it was withdrawn. These nameplates were always very difficult to read, as can be seen in the photo.

Didcot Shed: Collett 1400 class 1P 0-4-2T no 1445 stored on 81E Didcot Shed on 9 June 1963. The locomotive was eventually cut up at Birds, Risca, in April 1965.

Swindon Works: A tenderless 'King' Class 4-6-0 no 6018 King Henry VI stands outside Swindon Works in June 1963 awaiting attention.

Polmadie Shed: Black 5 44883, Standard 5 73062 and an unidentified Standard tank contributing suitably to the typical smoky atmosphere of Polmadie engine shed on 9th June 1963.

Kilbirnie Junction: 57581 pictured with the Glasgow South Railtour at RNAD Giffen on 9 June 1964 after running round in the exchange sidings.

Manchester Victoria: The BR 1Z74 'Midland Line Centenary Special Railtour' standing at Manchester Victoria on 9 June 1968 behind Britannia Pacific no 70013 Oliver Cromwell.

Manchester Victoria: The BR 'Midland Line Centenary Special Railtour' stands at Manchester Victoria on 9 June 1968 behind Britannia Pacific no 70013 Oliver Cromwell.

Chesterfield: The Midland Line Centenary Special railtour stands at Chesterfield on 9 June 1968 behind Britannia Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell. The train was on its way from Manchester Victoria to Nottingham Midland where the Britannia would hand over to D138 for the return to London.

Ashburys: What is thought to be the BR (LMR) 'Midland Line Centenary Special' of 9 June 1968 approaching Ashburys station behind Britannia Pacific no 70013 Oliver Cromwell.

Chesterfield: Britannia Pacific no 70013 Oliver Cromwell stands at Chesterfield on 9 June 1968 with the 'Midland Line Centenary Special Railtour' on its return south following a visit to Manchester Victoria see image [[32850]].

Whitrope Siding: A Brush type 4 with a diverted southbound train on the Waverley route on Sunday 9 June 1968 passes Whitrope Siding signal box.

Manchester Victoria: Platform scene at Manchester Victoria on 9 June 1968 with Black 5 no 45350 assisting with the stock of the BR (LMR) 'Midland Line Centenary Special Railtour'. During a two hour stopover at Victoria a short DMU tour had been arranged for participants to Manchester Piccadilly and back. The special later left for Nottingham Midland behind 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' see image [[32850]]. [With thanks to Vic Smith, John Robin and Douglas Corrigan]

Manchester Victoria: 70013 Oliver Cromwell stands at Manchester Victoria with the BR Midland Line Centenary Special Railtour on 9 June 1968. The Britannia had taken over the train (which had originated from St Pancras behind 'Peak' D138) at Derby and had brought it over the Midland route via Peak Forest. From here the special ran to Nottingham Midland via the Hope Valley line and Chesterfield see image [[21056]] where D138 took over for the return leg to St Pancras.

Ambergate: Britannia Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell with the Midland Line Centenary Special railtour of 9 June 1968 from St Pancras to Manchester Victoria. 70013 took charge for the Derby - Manchester leg and is seen here approaching Ambergate West Junction.

Inverness: 5341 at the head of a service on one of the 'Far North' platforms at Inverness on 09 June 1973.

Aberdeen: Looking along platform 6 (North) at Aberdeen on 9 June 1973 as a Swindon Cross Country unit awaits its departure time with a service for Inverness.

Millburn Yard: Gresley A4 no 60009 on display at the Inverness Railfair on 09 Jun 73. Also brought in for the event is a Class 303 Glasgow Blue Train.

Aberdeen: View from behind the buffers on the former platform 13 at Aberdeen on 9 June 1973 looking north with platforms 12, 11 and 10 to the left. The platform canopies remain on this side of Guild Street bridge but on the far side they have all been demolished. Today (2011) you would be looking under Atholl House. See image [[12310]] for the view back from Guild Street Bridge into the station 33 years later.

Millburn Yard: Rail fair, Inverness, June 1973.

Welsh's Bridge Junction: Looking back from a southbound train out of Inverness in June 1973 with the carriage sidings to the right and MPD to the left.

Inverness MPD: Passing Inverness shed and Loco SB on 09 June 1973.

Millburn Yard: 60009 at the Inverness Railfair on 09 June 1973.

Inverness MPD: Refuelling point at Inverness MPD on 09 June 1973.

Inverness MPD: Breakdown crane at Inverness Railfair on 09 June 1973.

Aberdeen: Looking south along platform 6 at the north end of Aberdeen Joint station as a Swindon DMU waits to depart for Inverness on 9 June 1973. The old GNoS booking office is on the right and the main part of the station is beyond Guild Street bridge. Hopefully the tail lamp will be moved to the rear of the train before departure!

Millburn Yard: With not a wire in sight, one of the ten NBL built class 84 AC electric locomotives, no 84005 (originally AL4 no E3040) poses at the Inverness Railfair on 9 June 1973. In the background stands 3-car Glasgow 'Blue Train' unit 063, likewise some distance from a suitable power supply.

Millburn Yard: Ex LNER A4 no 60009 'Union of South Africa' being admired at the Inverness Railfair on 9 June 1973. On the extreme left you can just see part of AC electric loco no 84005 also on display.

Inverness: 5327+5343 at the head of a train boarding at Inverness on 09 June 1973.

Inverness: A pair of BRCW Type 2s, 5327 and 5343, at the head of a southbound service waiting to depart from Inverness late in the afternoon of 9 June 1973.

Rose Street Junction: Class 24 no 5000 runs over the level crossing within the yard at Rose Street, Inverness in June 1973.

Banbury: 47252 pauses at Banbury at 09:45 on 9th June 1974. The 1V73 reporting number is a puzzle as the train is almost certainly the 08:20-ish departure from Paddington to Birmingham New Street, firmly in LMR territory. The only possibility I can think of is that the train was extended to Worcester at this date but this was certainly not the case in 1972-73, the nearest timetable in my possession.

Aviemore Shed: Steam on shed, Strathspey Railway, Aviemore, 9 June 1979.

York: Black 5 no 5305 at York in June 1979 running light engine near the Motorail terminal.

Aviemore: 40046 leaves Aviemore for Inverness on 9 June 1979, passing 26036 in the loop just to the north of the station.

Euxton Junction: 40192 on the Down Slow at Euxton Junction on 9th June 1980. Only one van in view but the note on the back of my print says there were forty five mixed wagons in the train, which probably turned east at Farington Junction heading for the Settle and Carlisle route north.

Annaberg-Buchholz Süd: 2-10-0 No. 50 3646 was probably the regular loco on freight duty between Annaberg-Buchholz and Hilbersdorf marshalling yard in early June 1982. On the first of the month it had been seen south of Wolkenstein heading for Annaberg, while a week later it was on Annaberg-Buchholz Süd shed in the early evening, after arriving in the Saxon town on the same working.

Ingrow West: Former 65A Eastfield based Standard Class 4 2-6-4 Tank 80002 is working hard as it ascends the gradient from Keighley shortly before reaching Ingrow West station in June 1997. The connection into the former goods yard runs off to the left and gives access to the Bahamas Locomotive Society workshop and museum housed in the old MR goods shed.

Ingrow West: Derby built Riddles BR Standard 2-6-4 tank 80002, which ended its BR service operating as a stationary boiler on 65A Eastfield shed, is seen departing Ingrow West station and is about to run through the 150 yard Ingrow tunnel as it continues up the Worth Valley to Haworth and Oxenhope in June 1997.

Macbie Hill: Remains at Macbie Hill, looking south from the road bridge towards West Linton (Broomlee) in June 2004. The overgrown platform runs to the the left of the fence and the ruins of the station building can be seen on the right. Beyond are signs of old goods facilities, latterly serving RNAD Coalyburn, the southernmost compound of RNAD Leadburn. The waterway is the Coaly Burn, this being the original name of the station (until 1874). [Note : Although the line was officially closed in 1933, this section was taken over by the War Department during WW2 to serve what became RNAD Leadburn. Use continued well into the 1950s, with tracklifting eventually carried out in 1961.]

Macbie Hill: The remains of Macbie Hill station looking south west towards Dolphinton in June 2004, with platform remains on the right and the site of the goods siding and loading facilities beyond. Originally opened by the Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton Railway as Coalyburn in 1864, a name it carried for the first 10 years of its life, the station closed as long ago as 1933.

Leith South Yard: Looking across Leith South yard towards the Firth of Forth on 9 June 2005 as a train of empty coal hoppers is propelled towards the docks. The locomotive carrying out the manoeuvre is EWS 66078. On the nearer line pipes are being trans-shipped from rail to road transport.

Seafield Level Crossing: EWS 66078 brings coal empties from Cockenzie power station over Seafield level crossing on 9 June 2005 on their way to Leith Docks. View east from the footbridge - note the smart new crossing gates! The trackbed used by the former NB Lothian Lines is on the left at this point.

Seafield Level Crossing: A train of empty coal hoppers, heading for Leith Docks to load up with imported coal, held at Seafield level crossing on 9 June 2005. Note the new crossing gates see image [[3381]].

Seafield Level Crossing: EWS 66078 approaching Seafield level crossing out of the sun with coal empties from Cockenzie power station heading back to Leith Docks on 9 June 2005.

Leith South Yard: Coal empties and steel pipe flats at Leith South yard on 9 June 2005 with one or two of the said steel pipes stored in the background.

Seafield Level Crossing: Coal empties from Cockenzie power station run over Seafield level crossing and enter Leith South yard on 9 June 2005 on their way back to Leith Docks behind EWS 66078.

Slochd Summit: The sign says it all.

Dalreoch Tunnels: The final 37 hauled Fort William - London sleeper.
So farewell then English Electric Type 3,
Your engine sounds nice,
But wakes us from our sleep.
E.E.T.3. Thribb aged 37 and 3/4s.

Farington Curve Junction: 6201 Princess Elizabeth climbs away from Farington Curve Junction onto the East Lancs line, south of Preston on 9 June with the Cumbrian Mountain Express.

Tay Bridge: Renovation work continues on the Tay Bridge in June 2007.

Dundee Esplanade: Dundee Esplanade Station - now HQ for the renovation works on the bridge.

Shankend Viaduct: Looking north along the top of the Shankend viaduct (looking over a fence). A British Railways Property Board indicates that this is not a right of way.

Shankend Viaduct: Shankend viaduct looking north. The viaduct has recently been waterproofed.

Galashiels [1st]: Looking north from the new bridge built to replace the Station Brae bridge. This is the third bridge on this site. Should the line be re-built the future for the building seen here is not rosy.

Whitrope Summit: Track awaits laying just south of Whitrope Summit and the Golden Bridge. The view looks to Riccarton Junction.

Gorebridge: Former Gorebridge station and more recently access point for vegetation removal. The building awaits its uncertain fate.

Lady Victoria Colliery: Something interesting happening at the site of the former NCB sidings at the Lady Victoria Colliery. View looks north-east and the Waverley route trackbed is beyond the building to the left.

Tynehead: Minor landslips at Tynehead have obscured the platforms.

Fushiebridge [2nd]: I've got you pegged. Signs of activity at Fushiebridge. The section from Gorebridge to Fushiebridge and nearly to Borthwick has had some vegetation removal. South of the Lady Victoria Pit is also fairly clear.

Fushiebridge [2nd]: Down platform at Fushiebridge, just north of the road overbridge. Needs a bit of a spruce up.

Stow: Stow, looking towards Edinburgh from the Carlisle end. The old station building is on the right and the garage is on the former trackbed. The unfortunate house is beyond the buildings seen here.

Fushiebridge [1st]: Fushiebridge looking north in June 2007. The station platforms were located beyond the bridge seen here. A goods bank stands on the left and the approach to Vogrie Colliery was to the right.

Fountainhall: View north at fountainhall. This was the down platform. The up platform and bay platform for Lauder were to the right.

Eskbank and Dalkeith: Loading bank north of Eskbank station. The goods yard was on both sides of the line and a coal mine on the west side.

Loanhead: Like some kind of lost civilisation: Loanhead.

Fushiebridge [2nd]: Mr Rabbit considers the Waverley route re-opening and the cut back foliage. Should reopening go ahead he would have to relocate his burrow to the top of the embankment. If only he could be sure, he could start digging now. View north at Fushiebridge.

Whitrope Tunnel: Looking south from the southern portal of Whitrope tunnel to the end of the track running out from Whitrope Summit.

Shankend: Shankend looking south to Whitrope and Riccarton. The signalbox is one of two which survive on the line.

Livingston North: The 1125 Bathgate - Newcraighall service arriving at Livingston North on 9 June 2008 with track now in place on the new formation.

Livingston North: Looking back towards Livingston North on 9 June 2008 with 158714 having just left the station heading for Edinburgh.

Bellshill: 318 254 westbound from Bellshill on 9 June 2009.

Bellshill: 156511 approaching Bellshill from the east on 9 June.

Machynlleth: Network Rail ERTMS test locos 97304 & 97302 stabled at the extreme east end of Machynlleth DMU servicing depot on 9 June 2010. The Cambrian Coast main line is on the left

Machynlleth: Looking east from Machynlleth footbridge with the former steam shed in the right background, signal box on the left and new ERTMS signalling centre on the right. 158839 heads onto the depot after arriving on the 15.34 ex Pwllheli. See image [[38830]]

Boghead Junction: Tracklaying underway between Bathgate and Armadale on 9 June 2010.

Machynlleth: Appearances can be deceptive, with what looks to be an apparently quiet rural station masking the fact that it has from 2011 sat at the nerve centre for rail operations along the entire Cambrian Coast line from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth and Pwllheli. Opposite the old signal box is the modern day control room providing the ERTMS direct to train signalling now used all along this line, whilst to the right beyond the station building is the maintenance centre fo the entire Arriva Trains Wales class 158 fleet.

Airdrie: Progress at Airdrie - view east over the station on 9 June 2010.

Machynlleth: Looking towards Aberystwyth along the down platform at Machynlleth on 9 June 2010. (Query - can this really be the former mystery location see image [[26171]] featuring 75033 in the 1960s?) [Editors note: contact me if you have similar doubts.]

Bellshill: East and westbound services meet at Belllshill on 9 June with 334 039 heading for Lanark.

Boghead Junction: The first train between Bathgate and Armadale for 28 years heads west at walking pace near Boghead Junction on 9 June 2010 as sleepers are attached to the CWR.

Machynlleth: Machynlleth DMU servicing depot, the refurbished and re-roofed former steam shed. Servicing and engine changing of the ATW 158 fleet is now carried out in the new all embracing low energy 2 road servicing facility, complete with wind generator, that is sited directly opposite the station building. The facility was opened in 2007. See image [[45020]] for a view of the other end of the shed.

Uddingston: A Virgin Pendolino heads south east away from Uddingston during the evening of 9 June 2011.

Uddingston: Westbound 318 251 approaching Uddingston on the evening of 9th June 2011.

Newtongrange: Site of the new station at Newtongrange looking south from the A7 road bridge on 9 June 2012. The headgear of Lady Victoria Colliery can just be seen poking above the trees on the left. See image [[13785]]

Gorebridge: Standing on Station Road bridge, Gorebridge, on 9 June 2012 looking south east along the Waverley trackbed towards the former station building in the centre background. Clearance of the recently demolished Harvieston Villas is currently underway see image [[37704]].

Fauldmoor Crossing: Looking south along the trackbed of the Waverley route at the site of Fauldmoor Crossing between Longtown and Lyneside in June 2012.

Gorebridge: The Waverley trackbed at Gorebridge looking north west from the station site on 9 June 2012 towards the bridge carrying Station Road. Harvieston Villas have now been demolished see image [[14418]].

Leyland: Ex-LMS Coronation pacific no. 46233 Duchess of Sutherland rushes the 1Z33 'Royal Scot' railtour from Carlisle to Milton Keynes through Leyland during a dull evening on 9 June 2012.

Blunsdon: D3261 has now started working on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway after a fairly long restoration period. Built by BR in 1956, sold to the NCB in 1972, condemmed by the NCB in 1988 and sold on to the Brighton Museum Project. This was a failed project and the 08 eventually came to the S&CR in 1998. The locomotive is seen with a northbound train on 9 June crossing the River Ray on the approach to Blunsdon Station.

Gorebridge: The old station at Gorebridge looking north west on 9 June. The blank wall is the rear of the garage block beyond which stood Harvieston Villas see image [[39137]]. A bus is passing over the trackbed on Station Road bridge in the background.

Oxenholme: With the iconic headboard on the smokebox 46233 Duchess of Sutherland hurries the Royal Scot north through Oxenholme on 9th June 2012.

Oxenholme: As 66610 slowed its loaded southbound coal train almost to a halt in Oxenholme there was an all pervading smell of hot brakes in the station, a reminder of just how much heat needs to be dissipated controlling these heavy trains on inclines. The train was then signalled into the Up Loop to allow passenger services to overtake, much to the relief of enthusiasts waiting on Platform 1 for the approaching steam special.

Stanley's Brick Siding: Twigs department: if you go looking for the Stockingford Brickworks branch, you may think that this diagonal house wall (complete with a painted advertisement for distemper) and substantial gateposts are Big Clues. Yes, but they aren't on the 'main branch', which was below road level behind the photographer. The gate appears to have been a vehicle (horse and cart?) access. Update August 2015: the advertisement for distemper has now been painted over. Notice the sinkage in the tarmac in the foreground, where a former road over rail bridge over the brickworks branch was demolished and filled in.

Newtongrange [1st]: Site of the original station at Newtongrange looking north from the A7 road bridge on 9 June 2012 . The houses of Station Road stand on the right of the picture. See image [[24342]]

Greenville SC: The official unveiling of the restored F7As at Motive Power & Equipment Solutions, Inc. in Greenville, SC, on Saturday 9th June 2012 see image [[39260]]. Although neither locomotive was owned or operated by the ATSF Railroad, both were finished in Santa Fe 'Warbonnet' livery. The 1953 vintage locomotives are destined for the Galveston Railroad Museum in Texas.

Peterborough: GBRf class 20's, numbers 905 and 901, seen in their Sunday best in New England yard on 9 June 2013.

Willow Tree Halt: O&K 0-4-0 WT&T brings a mid afternoon service passed Willow Tree Halt on the West Lancashire Light Railway on 9 June 2013. After a large branch of the willow tree was brought down in high winds earlier in the year, a full inspection deemed it to be unsafe and major surgery was required. A substantial stump remains, although there is now a good supply of wood to fire the locos and the halt receives direct sunlight again.

Cambridge: You know when you've been Tango'd! An LNWR employee's high-vis' vest lends some welcome colour to Cross Country Trains Turbostar 170522 forming the 16.01 to Birmingham New Street at Cambridge on 9 June.

Firswood: The long straight sections of the East Didsbury Metrolink line have something of a main line feel about them but, waiting for a tram at the new stop at Firswood, it is still hard to imagine the Scots and Jubilees that once hauled Midland expresses through here. 3056 calls on a service heading for Rochdale via Manchester.

Bridge No 95: Major work in progress on bridge no 95 spanning the Gala Water just over a mile north of the new Galashiels station, photographed on 9 June 2014. The plate girder road overbridge crossing the formation upper right carries Plumtreehall Brae. Long lens view looking north east from alongside the A72 King Street. The first trains appeared one year later on route training trips from Newcraighall, with the first scheduled passnger services commencing 3 months afterwards on 6 September 2015. See image [[61876]].

Ashton-under-Lyne: Following the May timetable changes the North East - Liverpool Trans Pennine services are diverted to run through Manchester Victoria rather than Piccadilly. 185147 heads west on the new route at Ashton-under-Lyne. The distant signal is for Ashton Moss North Junction, where the freight only line from Heaton Norris joins this line.

Manchester Victoria: While Manchester Victoria's Metrolink area is being rebuilt there is temporary single line working through the area (and the tramstop is closed to passengers). This is the view over the driver's shoulder on a Bury bound tram showing the ongoing construction work as it passes the site of the famous Hole in the wall. See image [[33280]] for the same location in 2011.

Ashton-under-Lyne: The May 2014 timetable brought changes in the North West generally and in particular at Ashton-under-Lyne. TransPennine services between the North East and Liverpool were rerouted to pass through and stopping services on the Standedge route now start from Blackpool North rather than Lime Street. 150273 pulls away from Ashton towards Stalybridge on 9 June with a Blackpool to Huddersfield stopper.

Kilnknowe Junction: The rail bridge over Wheatlands Road, Galashiels, looking north west on 9 June 2014. The bridge received its new deck some 4 weeks ago see image [[47196]].

Mount Vernon: First signs of wires at Mount Vernon on 9 June 2014 as 156467 leaves for Glasgow Central with a service from Whifflet on a bright and sunny morning.

Manchester Victoria: The temporary single line working through Victoria operates on a sort of staff, ticket and pilotman arrangement whereby two or three trams travel in the same direction before running is reversed. A narrow control cabin has been built between the tram tracks at the Platting Bank end of the section, seen here over the driver's shoulder of a Bury bound tram.

Bridge No 95: Raising the deck of the bridge over the Gala Water on 9 June 2014. Beyond is the bridge over Wheatlands Road, which received its new deck on 10/11 May. In the background is the double arch bridge carrying Kilnknowe Place - the western arch once spanning the Peebles loop, which left the main line at Kilnknowe Junction.

Woodlands Road [Tram]: Closed Woodlands Road station, as seen from a passing Bury bound Metrolink tram in June 2014. Opened in 1913 it was due to close when nearby Abraham Moss opened in 2011 but objections meant this was delayed until December 2013. This image shows the platforms cut back and the buildings removed and work continued until most traces of the station were cleared altogether See image [[51158]].

Tweedbank: The new 4-way roundabout at Tweedbank looking north east on 9 June 2014. Running across the picture left to right is Tweedbank Drive, linking Tweedbank with the A6091 Melrose roundabout, while straight ahead is the entrance to what will become Tweedbank station and car park. See image [[13769]]

Old Trafford: Grab shot showing several lines of withdrawn T68 trams at Old Trafford Metrolink depot in June 2014, seen from a tram on the East Didsbury line. The last T68 run was a special two weeks previously and, whilst set 1007 will be preserved on the Heaton Park Tramway, C F Booths have already started cutting up others.

Redbridge Viaduct: Looking west along Winston Road, Galashiels, on 9 June 2014, with the new bridge over the trackbed taking shape. See image [[45578]]

Ashton-under-Lyne: An addition to the Manchester Metrolink network in 2013 was Ashton-under-Lyne. The East Manchester line has been extended from the temporary terminus at Droylsden on a route that uses or closely follows the main road. This is the terminus, which is part of a transport interchange. The bus station is adjacent and the railway station close by. Tram 3072 waits to leave for Eccles via Piccadilly.

Ladhope Tunnel: The north portal of Ladhope Tunnel on 9 June 2014, looking along Ladhope Vale towards the new station site. The modifications to raise the bridge parapet and side wall look to have been carried out in a sympathetic manner. See image [[41707]]

Kilnknowe Junction: Beyond Kilnknowe Junction the Peebles Loop and the Waverley route continued northwards in parallel for approximately half a mile before the branch line turned west towards Clovenfords, with the main line veering to the right before making the double crossing of the Gala Water at Torwoodlee. This view, looking north west from Kilnknowe Place on 9 June 2014, shows the old routes beginning to diverge (with work in progress at the time on preparations for the new Borders Railway). For the view in 1963 see image [[58513]]

Crumpsall [Tram]: Converted to Metrolink operations in 1992, Crumpsall still feels more like a railway station than a tram stop. The distinctive canopies are survivors from railway days but the L&YR footbridge was recently replaced. Trams 3026 and 3035 are seen in this 9 June view looking towards Bury.

Paterson's No 2 Siding: Approaching Galashiels station on 9 June 2014. View north along Low Buckholmside from above Ladhope Tunnel showing recent progress. Even the pigeon seems impressed.

Shudehill: Single line working in action. The pilotman, arriving at Shudehill on the last tram through the Victoria station single line section, uses the token/key to unlock and swing back this STOP barrier that was across the northbound track. 3057 will proceed towards Rochdale, and the pilot will follow on a Bury service, closing and locking the barrier behind the tram. At the north end of Victoria, where the track doubles again see image [[47863]], the process will start again.

Selkirk Junction: Re-excavating the infilled section of the Waverley route through Galashiels in preparation for the Borders Railway. View is south east from Galafoot Lane footbridge near the site of Selkirk Junction in June 2014. Re-excavation was required as far as Winston Road, where the infilled bridge was also replaced during a road closure lasting more than a year. For a view of the cutting prior to commencement of re-excavation work see image [[71790]].

Heaton Park [Tram]: Metrolink 3042, on a service to Bury, leaves the Heaton Park tunnels and rolls into the station of the same name. Outside the station is the park itself which contains an operational preserved tramline.

Torwoodlee South Viaduct: Looking east along the Gala Water at Torwoodlee on 9 June 2014. The rebuild of the viaduct looks to be essentially complete, with the majority of plant, equipment and protective sheeting now removed. For a view of the structure prior to commencement of the rebuild project see image [[28473]].

Newtongrange [1st]: ScotRail 158869 on a Borders Railway driver training turn runs north through the site of the original Newtongrange station on 9 June 2015 see image [[42717]].

Brundall: A Great Yarmouth - Norwich service formed by locomotive hauled stock operating in T&T formation pulls away from the Brundall stop on 9 June 2015. DRS 47813 is the leading locomotive with 47818 at the rear. These operations have become necessary due to a shortage of serviceable DMUs.

Gorebridge: A route familiarisation trip on the Borders Railway leaving Gorebridge on a fine June morning in 2015 on its way from Tweedbank to Newcraighall. Scheduled passenger services between Edinburgh and Tweedbank commenced three months later.

Newtongrange: ScotRail 158869 passing Newtongrange station northbound on 9 June 2015 on a Borders Railway driver training run returning from Tweedbank.

Eskbank and Dalkeith: Another driver training run on the Borders Railway on a bright and sunny 9 June 2015. ScotRail 158869 heads south through the site of the 1847 Eskbank station, which eventually closed in 1969. The train will pass through its new 2015 replacement around half a mile further on.

Yorkhill Quay: Looking along the former Yorkhill Quay towards the Riverside Museum on 9th June 2015. Rails and pointwork from the Stobcross branch sidings survive along the riverside but stop abruptly just off the bottom right of the picture at the point where the line formerly crossed Sandyford Street.

Finnieston East Junction: An Edinburgh - Helensburgh service crosses the bridge over Sandyford Street on its way to Partick on 9th June 2015. This stretch of line from Finnieston to Hyndland Junctions is very busy with up to 16 trains per hour each way at peak times.

Woodacre Crossing: On 9th June 2016 the Scarborough Spa Express ran via Preston and the East Lancashire/Copy Pit line rather than via Skipton. As on the previous week it was also powered by two EE Type 3s instead of the usual Brush Type 4. WCRC 37668 and 37685 head south at Woodacre with the seven coach train that was steam hauled by 8F 48151 between York and Scarborough.

Cults Lime Works: This is the view of the horseshoe curve on the Limeworks Railway looking down towards the main line. The embankment seems to be constructed of crumbly limestone. There is no culvert through it yet a small burn seems to find its own way through.

Musselburgh: A bit of NBR and RLS while you're waiting at MUB. For the benefit of the monoglot Gaels who don't know where they are (then how did they get here?) the bilingual signs show 'Baile nam Feusgan'. This means 'town of mussels'. Fancy.

Cults Lime Works: The view up towards the Cults lime works from the horseshoe curve.

Meadowside Shipbuilding Yard: The listed 1885 office for the Meadowside Shipbuilding Yard was badly damaged by a fire in May 2016. Latterly known as Scotway House, the offices of Scotway Haulage, the building had been derelict for some time. Various plans to relocate or renovate the building as part of the Glasgow Harbour Development have been mooted over the years. This is the view from a train just east of Partick.

Musselburgh: An afternoon service for North Berwick pulls into Musselburgh. Only the 9th of June, but the grass is already looking a bit scorched: can it last?

In eastern and central Scotland we are so used to Platform 1 being for Edinburgh trains that it's a bit of a disappointment to be demoted to Platform 2 in East Lothian. This is presumably because the Edinburgh-bound side is now Down.

Beuron: Early on 9th June 2017, the author's efforts to photograph a local freight train at Beuron (on the Tuttlingen-Sigmaringen line) are thwarted for the second time, as double-headed Class V180 light diesels trundle westwards along the valley of the Danube. This railway sees several freight trains a week, conveying chemicals, oil and steel - sometimes in wagonload formation - as well as intermittent timber traffic.

Barton and Broughton: The Class 40 Preservation Society's gleaming main line registered 345 seen approaching Barton and Broughton with a rake of West Coast stock heading for the ELR on 9th June 2017. This was ahead of a railtour to Llandudno the following day and, as in previous years, the movement took a circuitous route (this time via Shrewsbury) with passengers on board paying for the one way trip from Carnforth to Bury.

Beuron: A DB Donaueschingen-Ulm IRE service rattles across the Danube before plunging into a tunnel between Beuron and Hausen im Tal on the morning of 9th June 2017.

Bronwydd Arms: The Gwili Railway runs over a section at the southern end of the former Carmarthen to Aberystwyth line that closed in 1964. Here is Class 117 51347 waiting to depart over the line's southern extension, sadly not all the way to Carmarthen as the destination blind would have us believe, but just to the outskirts of the town at the new southern terminus at Abergwili Junction, that opened on 1st July 2017. This d.m.u. was withdrawn from BR service in 1993 and in 1994 found its way to the Mangapps Railway Museum in Essex before going to the Colne Valley Railway at Castle Hedingham in 1995. It then moved on to the Nene Valley Railway in 1997 before finally moving to the Gwili Railway in 2009 where hopefully it has now found a permanent home. Seen here on 9th June 2018.

Worcester Shrub Hill: The 22.06 to Great Malvern prepares to turn hard left at Shrub Hill. Shortly after taking this picture, I was mistaken for a railwayman - the volatility of the passenger's criticisms being matched by his emotional apology on realizing his mistake. He was quite drunk.

Worcester Shrub Hill: The platform 2 waiting rooms at Shrub Hill, in all their glory, in mellow dusk light in June 2018. see image [[66165]]

Alloa: Looking more OO gauge than normal size, 158728 approaches Alloa “under the wires” on 9th June 2018. Class 385 electrics took over from DMUs six months later.

Llwyfan Cerrig: Gwili Railway train to Danycoed, crossing the bridge over the river Gwili, just south of Llwyfan Cerrig station, on 9th June 2018.

Danycoed Halt: Gwili Railway train heading north to Danycoed in south-west Wales, on 9th June 2018.

Worcester Shrub Hill: If I understand the 24 hour clock correctly, GWR were boasting about serving Worcester for almost three and a half hours.

Musselburgh: One of the few daily ScotRail Edinburgh to Dunbar services makes its only intermediate stop on 9 June. Why these trains can't also serve the other stations is a mystery to me.

Danycoed Halt: Gwili Railway train just arrived at the current northern terminus of the line at Danycoed, on 9th June 2018. The Gwili Railway has plans to extend north of Danycoed to Llanpumpsaint but, of course, that has been put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Worcester Shrub Hill: A 'no muggers' sign might be more appropriate than a 'No Cycling' sign at this time of night although I'm sure Worcester is a safe city. But the hooks for telegraph wires on the right wall are intriguing. View looks towards Birmingham.

Wallyford: A North Berwick to Edinburgh service calls at Wallyford on Saturday afternoon, 9 June. Wallyford seems to be continually expanding, and the 10 minute commuting time to Waverley must be a draw.

Bronwydd Arms: Class 117 DMU 51347 departing from Bronwydd Arms with a Gwili Railway service to Abergwili Junction on 9th June 2018. This will travel over the line's southern extension that opened on 1st July 2017.

Danycoed Halt: RSH no.7170 standard austerity 'Welsh Guardsman' dating from 1944 and now at the Severn Valley Railway, running round at Danycoed, current northern terminus of the Gwili Railway, on 9th June 2018. I am indebted to my friend and fellow Railscot contributor Bill Roberton for details of the locomotive. The railway owns a further three miles of trackbed and hope to extend to Llampumpsaint at a future date.

Clunes: 73967,73966,73968 and 73969 with the SRPS Railtour.Four class 73's top and tail the SRPS Railtour to Kyle of Lochalsh.They are approaching the site of the closed station at Clunes,where the railway curves inland from the Beauly Firth.73967 and 73966 are in the lead.

Ferryside: Not the famous and problematical South Devon sea wall but the equally dramatic GWR main line in south-west Wales with UK Railtours' excursion from London Paddington to Fishguard Harbour approaching Ferryside station, on 9th June 2018. The train stopped at Ferryside for day-trippers who had taken the option to visit the Gwili Railway to alight and from where coaches were laid on to Bronwydd Arms.

Ferryside: UK Railtours excursion from London Paddington to Fishguard Harbour, with 66181 at head and 66102 at rear, just arrived at Ferryside station on the GWR main line in south-west Wales, on 9th June 2018. The train stopped here to allow those passengers who had taken the option to visit the Gwili Railway to transfer to coach for onward transportation to Bronwydd Arms. The number of carriages meant that the train blocked the level crossing for several minutes. This view is looking back east.

Worcester Shrub Hill: Lead, kindly light - the class 166 DMU forming the 22.25 to Gloucester via Cheltenham on 9 June 2018 looks a lot more welcoming than the South end platforms of Shrub Hill station. [Ref query 3 July 2018]

Ferryside: UK Railtours' excursion from London Paddington to Fishguard Harbour, with 66181 at head and 66102 at rear, departing from Ferryside station, after setting down day-trippers for the Gwili Railway, on 9th June 2018.

Worcester Shrub Hill: This plaque tells you everything you could possibly want to know about the recently restored waiting room on Platform 2 at Worcester Shrub Hill. see image [[37720]]

Moy: For the first time in many months, Class 73s appeared on the Inverness sleeper. 73968 and 73969 are on time as they cross the moor at Moy on 9th June 2018.

Ferryside: 66102 at the rear of UK Railtours' excursion from London Paddington to Fishguard Harbour at Ferryside station, looking back east, on 9th June 2018. This part of the train was unable to fit into the platform at this station, passengers in these carriages who had taken the option to visit the Gwili Railway being required to walk through the train to alight.

Tenbury Wells: In theory, London Underground Limited could instruct their trade mark agents to issue a cease and desist letter to Martley Central Garage. But I don't think they'll bother. Martley is near Tenbury Wells - an area now short of overground railways, let alone underground.

Bronwydd Arms: First view of the Gwili Railway from coach from Ferryside station on the GWR main line to Bronwydd Arms, courtesy of UK Railtours, on 9th June 2018, looking north. The location is about 3/4 of a mile south of Bronwydd Arms. This is the track of the heritage railway's southern extension to Abergwili Junction, opened just under a year earlier, on 1st July 2017. The afon/river Gwili can be made out amongst the trees and bushes on the right.

Danycoed Halt: Commemorative stone at Danycoed, on the Gwili Railway, on 9th June 2018.

Bronwydd Arms: Bronwydd Arms station, HQ of the heritage Gwili Railway in south-west Wales, looking north, seen from arriving coach from Ferryside on level crossing on 9th June 2018.

Lamberton [Border Crossing]: A train bound for the Fort Willam smelter, if my memory serves me correct, on 9th June 2018. And Yes, I did remember to close the gate, although I approached from the English side having walked up from Berwick upon Tweed station.

Gleneagles: An ex GWR HST set, seen leaving Gleneagles on a driver training run to Perth on 9th June 2018. Photo by John Cumming.

Battlefield [Tram]: Battlefield Tramcar Shelter, Glasgow Corporation Tramways, opened on 18 August 1915 at a major junction of tram routes. Seen on 9th June 2019.

Llangollen: Detailed view from above BR Standard Class 4MT 2-6-4T 80072, just arrived at Llangollen in June 2019.

Glasgow Central: 156436 waits to depart from Glasgow Central with the 10.18 to East Kilbride on 9th June 2019.

Wellington Telford West: 'Clun Castle' waits for the signal to return its stock to Tyseley at the end of two runs to the closed bridge adjacent to Ironbridge power station on 9th June 2019. The developer who is demolishing the power station and building new housing is keen to use trains to remove rubble and as a service for buyers of their houses. So there is hope for the branch, so long as someone can afford to repair the river bridge.

Bay Horse: Pullman liveried 57601 leads a Northern Belle service south along the WCML at Bay Horse on 9th June 2019. The train had originated in Scunthorpe and picked up in Leeds before making its way to Carnforth for a short stop. This was the return leg with 57313 on the rear.

Llangollen: BR Standard Class 4 80072 taking on water at Llangollen prior to forming the 13:15 train to Corwen.

Llangollen: Class 108 railcar (51933/54504) at Llangollen, for the 12:15 departure to Corwen on 9th June 2019.

Wellington: I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down. 7029 'Clun Castle' does a riveting impression of the big bad wolf as it prepares to take a shuttle from Wellington to Ironbridge in June 2019.

Llangollen: BR Standard Class 4 80072 departing Llangollen with the 13:15 train to Corwen - almost a 50s view!

Llangollen: BR Standard Class 4 80072 taking the 13:15 train from Llangollen to Corwen.

Slateford: I was minding my own business one Sunday afternoon walking back from a shopping trip to a superstore in Chesser and wanting to cross the railway by the Slateford Station footbridge when a rather unusual sight met my eyes. First a Class 73 loco in diesel mode chugged through the platforms hauling a Mark 5 sleeper coach in 'withdrawn from service' mode and, bringing up the rear, a Class 92 loco not under power. By the time I got my smartphone out to take a picture the train was rapidly receding into the distance but at least the diesel fumes are visible...

Euxton Balshaw Lane: En-route from Crewe to Doncaster via Carlisle and Newcastle, 67006 tows 91119 following the previous day's display at Crewe Diesel Depot. The two locos are seen passing Euxton Churchyard on 09 June 2019, just north of Euxton Balshaw Lane station.

Bay Horse: Pristine looking 67006 Royal Sovereign, in Royal Train Claret livery, takes Intercity Swallow liveried 91119 Bounds Green Intercity Depot 1977-2017 north along the WCML at Bay Horse on 9th June 2019. This was a return working to Doncaster (via Carlisle and Newcastle) following display at the Crewe Depot open day the previous day.

Mount Florida: 314202 calls at Mount Florida with the 08.55 from Glasgow Central to Neilston on 9th June 2019.

Llangollen: BR Standard Class 4 80072 running around its train at Llangollen, to form the 13:15 departure to Corwen on 9th June 2019.

Bay Horse: TPE 397009 runs past the Orange Army (Story Battalion), in the reprofiled cutting at Forton, on 9th June 2020. The newly cleared area is being covered with a loose hessian matting, on top of which is laid chicken wire. The need for this was clear further south where the number of rabbit holes in the uncovered ground was very evident.

Bay Horse: CAF 195112, working from Barrow to Manchester Airport, passes through the pristine cutting at Forton on 9th June 2020. Compared with the scene two weeks earlier [[73126]] the embankment has now been covered with a layer of chicken wire over the hessian matting.

Bay Horse: 88005 'Minerva' runs south at Forton, alongside the newly reprofiled and protected cutting, heading for Daventry with a container train from Mossend on 9th June 2020.

Bay Horse: Tree and vegetation clearance around the Forton cutting has opened up some new viewpoints - at least until the inevitable palisade fencing arrives. 68001 'Evolution' and 68004 'Rapid' take a single flask from Crewe to Sellafield past the reprofiling works on 9th June 2020.

Bay Horse: 88008 'Ariadne' snakes the northbound Tesco Express through the reverse curves and into the cutting at Forton, on 9th June 2020.

Bay Horse: 0715hrs, 9th June 2020, and the Story contractor's staff haven't yet arrived at the works site at Forton cutting. Freightliner 90041 and 90045 power north with a Crewe to Coatbridge intermodal service. Contrary to appearances this was actually lightly loaded as the rear half of the train comprised empty wagons. Some new faces should appear on these workings soon, with the transfer of the former Greater Anglia Class 90s to Freightliner, although this will probably spell the end of the Class 86 fleet.

Gogginshill Tunnel: The way is shut. Although the northern portal of Gogginshill Tunnel is accessible, the southern portal shown here is firmly closed with barbed wire topped fencing necessitating a course reversal back through a damp gloom.

Gogginshill Tunnel: View through the fence at the southern portal of Gogginshill Tunnel to the former station at Ballinhassig just beyond. The former station house along with a newly constructed house occupy the site and there is no through access from this direction.

Gogginshill Tunnel: View out of the north portal of Gogginshill Tunnel in the direction of Waterfall and Cork.

Haymarket: A peek through the bars at the fairly intact-looking buffer end of the 1842 station building at Haymarket. This is underneath the current station concourse. It has road access (as you can see) and is used as a service entrance to the M&S Simply Food upstairs.

Stonehaven: Colas 70813 running light engine (as 0M86) through Stonehaven on 9th June 2021.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: No pasaran. Glasgow Queen Street is now well appointed with barriers but those at the Platform 7 end were switched out at the time of this photo. They probably are (or will be) activated at busier times when they can be supervised.

Glasgow Queen Street Low Level: The newly configured Glasgow Queen Street cuts out the roundabout route between the High and Low Level platforms revealing how close they really are. All platforms are now accessed through common ticket barriers at the high level.

Renton: In the absence of any spare 14th century buildings in the Vale of Leven the disused 1970s station building at Renton serves as the King Robert the Bruce Heritage centre and home of the Strathleven Artizans (sic). For myself I'd fill those firebaskets with begonias. KRB would have approved.

Alexandria: A Balloch service calls at unpretentious Alexandria on 9 June 2021. Despite what you might have heard, the library at Alexandria is not even singed. I didn't ask whether they had the scrolls.

Alexandria: Examples of the pre-1997 Strathclyde Transport logo are now rare indeed; after all its replacement was itself superseded in 2008. This example is at Alexandria, and is in good nick considering its age. Doesn't the logo look dated though? To my mind it always did.

Gogginshill Tunnel: The northern portal of Gogginshill tunnel, look south towards Ballinhassig in June 2021. The tunnel opened in 1850, closing with the rest of the west Cork railway system at the end of March 1961. Approaching the tunnel from the north requires wading through a stream which now runs down the centre of the former trackbed.

Gogginshill Tunnel: View southwards into the bore of Gogginshill Tunnel showing some of the brick lining that was added a few decades after the tunnels construction after some rockfalls. It was certainly built for potential double track which never came. The first of 3 ventilation shafts is just visible in the background.

Renton: The station building at Renton has not been in rail use for some years and it is fair to say that maintenance is suffering as a result. The smell of decay was evident even from the outside. View looks towards Balloch on 9 June 2021.

Dumbarton Central: A Helensburgh service calls at Dumbarton Central with the Kilsyth Hills as a backdrop. The half-hourly service from here to Cumbernauld has been a casualty of the emergency timetable and Platform 3 is out of regular use.

Gogginshill Tunnel: One of the three ventilation shafts in the 828m Gogginshill Tunnel. All remain unblocked and allow even more water into the tunnel which is flooded in places. The mist inside the tunnel from the dampness hinders visibility quite a bit in places. The tunnel was opened in 1850 and closed in 1961.

Newcraighall North Junction: The ScotRail 1012 Edinburgh Waverley - Tweedbank runs through some thriving lineside vegetation around Newcraighall North Junction shortly after restarting from the Newcraighall stop on 9 June 2022.

Oxford: Voyager sets are regular visitors to Oxford. Arriva Cross-Country 221133, running from Manchester Piccadilly to Bournemouth, calls at 1215 hours on 9th June 2022.