Balquhidder [2nd]: 5P 4.6.0 45443 stopping with the 12.10 Buchanan St - Oban train.

St Fillans: Leaving St Fillans for Crieff on 10 June 1950. The locomotive is ex-Caledonian 4-4-0 M14476.
See query 2063

St Fillans: Posing for a photograph in the sunshine at St Fillans on 10 June 1950. The recently arrived train is a Saturday local from Crieff. Ex-Caledonian 3P 4-4-0 M14476 is preparing to run round ready for the return journey.

Joppa [2nd]: A4 Pacific no 60011 Empire of India takes a southbound ECML service through Joppa on 10 June 1958.

Eastfield Shed: Scene in the shed yard at Eastfield on 10 June 1961, with Gresley class K2 2-6-0 61764 Loch Arkaig centre stage.

Balornock Junction: Pickersgill 0-6-0 57652 descends gently towards Balornock Junction from the Possil direction with a freight on 10 June 1961. [Ref query 6568]

Balornock Shed: BR 'Clan' light Pacific 72006 Clan Mackenzie on shed at Balornock in June 1961.

Eastfield Shed: BR Standard class 4 2-6-4T 80106 stabled in the shed yard at Eastfield in the summer of 1961.

Eastfield Shed: Gresley D49 4-4-0 62744 The Holderness photographed on Eastfield shed in June 1961 minus various components. The locomotive had been officially withdrawn from Hawick shed 6 months earlier see image [[24467]]. 62744 was awaiting transfer to Cowlairs Works, where cutting up eventually took place in March 1962. Number plates and nameplates (topped by the Hunt class Leaping Fox insignia) have been removed.

Cowlairs West Junction: A4 Pacific 60031 Golden Plover passing Cowlairs West on 10 June 1961 with a Saturday Queen Street - Waverley service.

Balornock Shed: Black 5 4-6-0 no 45163 in the shed yard at Balornock in the summer of 1961.

Fareham: 10th June 1963, and Eastleigh's Standard 4MT 2-6-4T 80065 is pottering about the goods yard in Fareham. Shortly it will spring into action, detach the coaches from the Portsmouth to Fareham train (brought in by U-Class 2-6-0 31793) , draw them back onto the spur of the Gosport line, and then attach them to the rear of the Brighton to Plymouth train headed by rebuilt West Country 34027 'Taw Valley'. It will then return to do some further pottering.

Carlisle Upperby Shed: Extremely dirty 12A Carlisle Kingmoor based BR 9F 2-10-0 92009 is seen standing on 12B Carlisle Upperby Shed in June 1967.

Carlisle Kingmoor Shed: Britannia Pacific no 70013 Oliver Cromwell stabled on Carlisle Kingmoor Shed in June 1967.

Galashiels: Scene inside Galashiels signal box on 10 June 1968, with signalman Adam Paton on duty.

Galashiels [1st]: View south over the platforms from Galashiels signal box on 10 June 1968 as D160 arrives with the down Waverley.

Crewe: Three services wait at the north end of Crewe station on 10 June 1971. The electric loco on the left is probably a service to Liverpool, the Metro Cammell DMU probably to Chester while the Class 50 on the right would be heading for Preston or even further north.

Crewe Works: Looking very smart after a visit to 'the works', Class 40 no 364 stands outside Crewe works on 10 June 1971.

Crewe Works: A line up of Class 47s and a few Class 40s at Crewe Works on 10 June 1971.

Crewe: Double headed Class 50s with 417 and 429 departing northbound from Crewe on 10 June 1971 prior to completion of the Weaver Junction - Glasgow electrification. see image [[10230]]

Crewe: E3146 on a southbound service recently arrived from Glasgow stands at the south end of Crewe station on 10 June 1971.

Crewe: Class AL5 no E3080 stands in the siding at the north east corner of Crewe station on 10 June 1971 awaiting its next duty. The locomotive was subsequently renumbered 85025 and eventually met its end at Berrys of Leicester in 1990.

Crewe Works: A view from the traverser at Crewe Works with the yellow nose of a class 40 sitting between a clutch of class 47s on 10 June 1971. The predominant livery in this line up is two-tone green.

Stanley Junction: Double - headed southbound service coming off the Highland Line at Stanley Junction on 10 June 1973. [The first carriage of the train appears to be a sleeping car although I dont recall this being a sleeper service!]

Dunkeld and Birnam: A pair of type 2s at the head of a southbound service accelerating past the home signal south of Dunkeld station on 10 June 1973.

Boat of Garten: Looking along the platform at Boat of Garten on 10 June 1973 with Simplex 4w DM shunter and Hudswell Clarke 0-4-0 DM shunters with CR hand crane on the northbound platform. On the other side are ex NBR coach converted to use as a dormitory coach and former Gresley designed 1st class sleeping car.

Leyland: Only a fairly short fitted freight but 25135 is clearly working hard on the Up Fast line immediately north of Leyland in June 1981. The former D5285 was withdrawn in Janury 1983 but lingered around until being cut up at Swindon in August 1986.

Leyland: A Cravens (Class 105) and BRC&W (Class 104) combination passes a Temporary Speed Restriction sign as it runs on to new Down Slow track just north of Leyland in 1981. These Newton Heath sets are heading for Preston and Blackpool. The WCML is not so accessible nowadays, protected here by palisade fencing.

Leyland: Brush Type 4 47340 hauls a loaded MGR train southwards on the Up Fast line between Farington Junction and Leyland in June 1981. Taken into service in 1965 as D1821 the loco was withdrawn in 1998 and cut up at Crewe Works.

Waterloo: BR Class 73 dual powered Electro-Diesel 73129 [formerly E6036] City of Winchester at Waterloo on 10 June 1983. The low-powered diesel engine fitted to the class 73 locomotives as an alternative to their main 3rd rail DC power system eventually resulted in them becoming much sought after by preservation groups. This one is now on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.

Southampton Central: 33204 with a westbound train at Southampton Central in 10 June 1983. 33204 was one of the 12 members of the class built 7 inches narrower than the standard design in order to cope with the reduced clearances on the Hastings line. The 12 were, perhaps inevitably, dubbed Slim Jims.

Shrewsbury: 25044 with an exhibition train at Shrewsbury on 10 June 1983.

Mytholmes Tunnel: Midland Railway 4F 43924 about to enter Mytholmes tunnel on its return journey from Oxenhope to Keighley in June 1984. The old 0-6-0, the first loco to leave Barry scrapyard into preservation, is still based on the railway.

Oxenhope: Midland Railway 4F 0-6-0 43924 at K&WVR Terminus at Oxenhope in 1984, awaiting return to Keighley.

Damens Loop: Our train headed, by Midland 4F 0-6-0 43924, passing Stanier 8F (4)8431 in Damens Loop on its way to the terminus at Oxenhope.

Duntreath Halt: The probable site of a platform for Duntreath Castle on the Blane Valley Railway. This would have been a beautiful line. Here is the view west to Dumgoyach.

Caledonia Works: Pacer 141102, formerly 141001, of West Yorkshire PTE at Hunslet Barclay, Kilmarnock for overhaul on 10 June 1989. The unit was subsequently exported to Iran.

Launceston: Nigel Bowman on his Launceston Steam Railway in June 1992.

Carbis Bay: Great Western liveried class 108 DMU seen at Carbis Bay in June 1995 on a St Ives - St Erth service.

Edinburgh Waverley: Scene on the sub. Former suburban platforms 20 and 21 at Waverley in June 2002.

Newcraighall: EWS 37427 hauling a lightweight load southbound about to pass through Newcraighall station on 10 June 2002 heading for Millerhill yard. The new single platform station had been officially opened one week earlier.

Edinburgh Waverley: A gleaming 90035, looking distinctly ex-paint shop, poses at the east end of Waverley on a sunny June morning in 2002 after bringing in the Sleeper from Carstairs.

Newcraighall: A 158 pulls into the platform at Newcraighall in June 2002 ready to commence its journey to Dunblane. Having recently arrived as a Bathgate - Newcraighall terminating service, it has awaited its departure time in the turnback siding, the entrance to which can be seen just beyond the train. Meanwhile a class 66 hauled freight is held at signals in the background waiting to leave Millerhill yard.

Edinburgh Waverley: Sunshine on a colourful Waverley west end in June 2002, with various DMUs at the buffer stops. The predominant livery is that applied by National Express Group, the ScotRail franchise holder at the time.

Burnfoothill: Burnfoothill was one of the Ayrshire hill mining villages associated with the [[Dalmellington Iron Works]], located on the plateau above. This view looks to the [[Drumgrange Incline Head [2nd] ]] (seen in the distant middle right) over the remains of the village in 2003. The site of the village of Lethanhill is the forest to its left. Off to the near right is the railway which ran north from the Drumgrange Incline Head with this portion running as far as the Kerse and Bowhill ironstone pits. It was a company village of which it was said there was only one way out of the village, down the Drumgrange Incline. The area has since been partly opencast mined and this location has been obliterated.

Greenock Central: This view shows a Class 314 approaching Greenock Central with the Gourock train.

Larkhall East: Larkhall East looking south. Only the goods shed and a short section of platform remains here.

Larkhall East: Larkhall East looking north. The station was beyond the goods shed.

Larkhall East: Larkhall East looking north. Only the end of the platforms remain. Compare with J Robin photographs of the same location.

Merryton: Looking north from by Merryton station to Merryton Junction. Embankment stablisation works. A road formerly crossed the line here on a bridge where the distant gentleman in the orange jacket (who was controlling construction traffic) is standing.

Dalserf: Looking north at Dalserf station (formerly Ayr Road).

Dalserf: Looking south from Dalserf station. The original route to Coalburn via Tillietudlem (later replaced by a new alignment through Blackwood) was straight on and that to Stonehouse, Canderside and Swinhill to the right. The Stonehouse route survived the Coalburn route. Both were originally double track.

Ladybank: East view of the main station building and station house at Ladybank in June 2006.

Cupar: 1335 Dundee to Edinburgh passing Tailabout bridge NE of Cupar

Marchmont: Road approach to the former Marchmont station on the Berwickshire Railway, photographed in June 2006. The station closed along with the line between Greenlaw and Duns in 1948.

Marchmont: View west towards Greenlaw at the former Marchmont Station in June 2006.

Cart Junction: Looking South, this shows where the Johnstone Curve connected Cart Junction to Johnstone. This allowed through trains from Greenock to Ayrshire. The service ended in 1900 but the chord was retained until lines closure. The area is now a housing estate.

Milton Junction [Leuchars]: Site of Leuchars South Jct. The St Andrews and Fife Coast Line left to the left at the clearing. nb location was also known as Milton Jct. (sorry for the pun)

Kingskettle: Remains at Kingskettle on 10 June 2007. Stairs to the down platform were inside the curved wall, while outside was the road to the goods yard. I am unaware of what lay behind the door? Kingskettle station lasted for 120 years, with final closure coming in September 1967.

Leuchars: View of Leuchars from the east. The former St Andrews bay platform has been filled in.

Cupar: Edinburgh bound 170.150 passes a silo approaching Cupar.

Guard Bridge Viaduct: Guard Bridge paper mill. Two rail connections from the St Andrews line crossed the main road, it was a main railfreight user until <I>Demon Beeching</I>. [Beeching recommended closure to stopping passenger trains, not full closure. -Ed] The stumps were supportive of a metal viaduct over the River Eden which carried the line between St.Andrews and Leuchars Junction which closed in 1969.

RAF Leuchars: The old railway entrance to RAF Leuchars in June 2007. This access was replaced by a pipeline to a bunker fuel depot at Linkswood next the A92 road at St Fort. See image [[33603]]

RAF Leuchars: Remains of private siding connected to RAF Leuchars, I remember round about 1949 our school bus would be held up by a shunter (pole in hand) walking out in front of a train of tanks being propelled into the base.

Hammonds Pond: A group of railway modelling enthusiasts at Hammonds Pond, Carlisle, in June 2007.

Glencarse: A Glasgow - Aberdeen hourly train passing Glencarse with the Antique Fair and Garden Centre with an excellent restaurant to the right of the A90 dual carriageway.

Ribbleton (Gammer Lane): Opened in 1854 as Gammer Lane, then renamed Fulwood and finally Ribbleton from 1900 until closure to passengers in 1930. The station building then became houses although freight trains continued to pass through until 1980. The building is now in a sorry state. View towards Deepdale and Preston from the adjacent Gammull Lane (sic) where there was an overbridge until recent years. The branch trackbed can be followed from the site of Ribbleton (Red Scar) sidings past here to Deepdale as it is now a public cycleway and footpath.

RNSD Lathalmond: The old embankment which carried the West Fife Mineral Railway north towards Lathalmond and Knockhill. Seen from the B915 road on 10 June.

Thornton-Cleveleys: The Fleetwood branch is one of those identified by the Train Operating Companies as suitable for reopening as part of the national network. This is the view south from Thornton-Cleveleys platform showing the level crossing and an area cleared by the local railway society, who have also made a feature of the former signal box foundations, just in front of the garden bench.

Holywood [1st]: A southbound service on the ex-GSWR route about to run over Holywood level crossing on 10 June, heading for its next stop at Dumfries. This is one of the very few level crossings that is manually operated from the box by wheel.

Thornton-Cleveleys: Originally a full vehicle crossing, but for many years restricted to pedestrians only, this is New Road on the mothballed Fleetwood Branch just south of Thornton-Cleveleys station. New Road is shown in Quails Track Diagrams as Tarn Gate. The crossing keeper's cottage is in private ownership and at the time of this photograph was For Sale.

Thornton-Cleveleys: Perchance it is not dead but only sleeping, which was originally said about the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway closure but might equally apply to the Fleetwood Branch as it waits patiently for preservation efforts to bear fruit. This is the view south from New Road crossing. The bridge in the foreground carries the A 585 Fleetwood link road and immediately beyond it is the former junction with the long closed Poulton avoiding line.

Broadwater: Heading for the Starr Gate southern terminus No. 707, a 1930s double deck Millennium car with a new body on the original frames, leaves Broadwater tram stop and crosses the busy road before rejoining the independent section of track that runs across fields to Rossall School. This location changed significantly when the tramway was refurbished and a level access tram stop behind the camera position replaced the original.

Broadwater: Most of the Blackpool tramway follows the main coastal road but at Rossall School the trams veer North East to run across the peninsula and access Fleetwood's main street. Here No. 721, a double deck car in advertising livery heading for Fleetwood, runs into Broadwater, part way along that section of the line.

East Kilbride: The 2017 East Kilbride - Glasgow Central service awaits departure from East Kilbride on 10 June 2009.

East Kilbride: ScotRail logo, photographed at East Kilbride on 10 June 2009.

Holywood [1st]: The level crossing and signal box at Holywood, on the G&SW route north of Dumfries, seen here looking east on 10 June. Holywood is one of the reducing number of crossings in the UK where the gates continue to be operated manually by the signalman, using a wheel located within the box.

Broadwater: Looking towards Cleveleys and Blackpool from the level crossing at Broadwater as rebuilt Balloon car 707 departs for Starr Gate. The tram stop at this time was behind the camera but moved during the refurbishment. See image [[39822]] for the same location three years later

Hairmyres: Next stop East Kilbride, as a service from Glasgow Central prepares to leave Hairmyres on 10 June.

Hereford: 66137 shut down in the up centre road at Hereford Station on 10 June 2010 awaiting the arrival of a new driver, whilst power car 43144 idles at the north end of platform 1 before leading the 15.11 First Great Western HST service to London via Worcester, the Cotswold line, and Oxford.

Ashton Swing Bridge Junction: A branch off the Bristol - Portishead line at Ashton Junction ran towards the western end of Bristol docks. On reaching Ashton Swing Bridge Junction the line then split to serve Canons Marsh Goods Depot to the north, with the southern link running to the location of the current Bristol Industrial Museum HQ. The junction was adjacent to the road bridge shown in the background beyond the former level crossing and gate pillars.

Hereford: 66137 enters Hereford station from the south on 10 June with a steel working. The freight will shortly pass an Arriva Trains Wales Class 175 DMU, sitting at Platform 2 waiting to depart on the 14.12 service to Cardiff.

Hereford: Views of the boundary stone between the Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway and the Hereford, Ross, & Gloucester Railway, from the line opening in 1853, and the plaques commemorating this at Hereford station. They also commemorate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the station, which was then known as Hereford Barrs Court Station, in 1856.

Hereford: Views north along the rarely used down side north end bay platform 4 at Hereford in 2010. The station building is directly to rear of the view, with northbound platform 3 to immediate right, and island platforms 1 & 2 seen across the through running lines. See image [[29407]]

Ashton Swing Bridge Junction: The Cannons Marsh branch, after turning north at Ashton Swing Bridge Junction, crossed the dock lock via a swing bridge. The remaining abutments of the long vanished bridge are seen here in June 2010 with a 1970's building now standing on the trackbed directly opposite.

Hereford: One of two plaques displayed by the boundary stone between the Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway and the Hereford, Ross, & Gloucester Railway, from the line opening in 1853, and the plaques commemorating this and also the 150th anniversary of the opening of the station, which was then known as Hereford Barrs Court, in 1856.

Hereford: One of two plaques displayed by the boundary stone on Hereford station. This marked the boundary between the Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway and the Hereford, Ross, & Gloucester Railway, from the line opening in 1853, and the plaques commemorating this and also the 150th anniversary of the opening of the station, which was then known as Hereford Barrs Couon, in 1856.

Kings Cross: There is no truth in the rumour that Kings Cross platform 7 is being converted to a dirigible. Not unless they can get a supply of hot air direct from the Palace of Westminster. Renovation in progress in June 2011. See image [[5146]]

Stirling: View north along platform 3 at Stirling station on 10 June as passengers await the arrival of the 14.21 service to Glasgow Queen Street.

Sheepford Viaduct: Looking east along Calder Viaduct in June 2011 see image [[34442]].

City Thameslink: A well-named station - it's hardly in rolling countryside. Very convenient for the surrounding offices - so long as your local booking office sold you the right ticket, which mine didn't...

Bletchley: A perfectly functional station on a distinctly more human scale than its near neighbour at Milton Keynes see image [[27917]]. Bletchley, seen here in June 2011, is also a junction, and has some freight activity.

Bletchley: A shy and retiring 66.085 tries to hide behind a pile of ballast as it draws three tank wagons through the stone loading facility by Bletchley station. I am old enough to remember double 37's on this duty.

Sheepford Viaduct: The western end of the long viaduct that spanned the Monkland Canal at Calder, between Whifflet and Airdrie, seen here in June 2011. The line, which closed in 1990, latterly served the Imperial Tube Works.

Stirling: Freightliner 66604 southbound through Stirling station on 10 June 2011 with returning coal empties from Longannet power station heading for Hunterston.

Buckshaw Parkway: A TPE Manchester Airport to Blackpool North service passes the construction site for Buckshaw Parkway in June 2011. Either side of the railway had been the Chorley ROF site (rail connected to the left beyond where the station is being built) but that had been progressively closed and was redeveloped for housing and warehousing. The west Pennine hills form the backdrop.

London Euston: A new face at Euston - 378215 preparing to set off for Watford Junction on an Overground service. The chap on the left seems impressed, even if his mate would rather phone a friend...

Bletchley: A down 350 calls at Bletchley in June 2011. The viaduct in the background was built about 1960 for access to Swanbourne yard - which was never built, due to the rapid decline in wagonload traffic. The viaduct may yet be used for a revived East-West link, if they can afford to attach a platform and lifts to it. In 1985, I saw an empty stock DMU with saloon lights lit crossing from East to West - a rather fetching sight at dusk.

Bordesley: Conventional wisdom tells you that Birmingham's Duddeston viaduct was built as a ploy to further the GWR's interests, and was neither completed, nor used. However, this painted message ('Bordesley cattle station GWR') tells you the truth; that sidings were laid from Bordesley station along part of the deck to accommodate cattle traffic. Part of Bordesley viaduct, which is still in use, can just be seen above the factory rooftops through the arch; while the wide variety of waste containers under the bridge demonstrates that some form of industry survives in these parts.

National Railway Museum York: 'The UK's newest train.' ScotRail unit 380007 on display at Railfest, York, on 10 June 2012.

Lochavullin Goods: The site of Lochavullin Goods and the old Oban cattle market viewed from the south. See image [[53163]].

Strathyre: The Strathyre station's heron fountain - relocated to a private garden - was the choice of retirement present to a long serving stationmaster. It formerly adorned the southbound platform. Another Cruachan Granite statue stands at Dalmally see image [[1693]].

Loch Awe: Loch Awe Hotel, perched above Loch Awe station, viewed across - you guessed it - Loch Awe. The former 'tea train', now accommodation, can be seen at the station site. The steamer pier was immediately off to the right. Breadalbane, who did so much to promote the railway, was also behind the development of this hotel. A (somewhat ugly) luggage lift formerly linked the station to the hotel.

Gogar Tram Depot: Updated tram project notice, Gogar, June 2013. See image [[20756]]

Kentallen: The water tank at Kentallen is located some distance from the former station across the road on the hillside above the A828.

Dalmally Shed: Looking across the remains of the former shed at Dalmally in June 2013, with the station beyond.

Edinburgh Gateway [Tram]: The Edinburgh Gateway tram stop under construction on 10 June 2013. View is east with Gogar roundabout and the Edinburgh tram depot behind the camera. On the upper level In the background the 11.21 Glenrothes with Thornton - Newcraighall service is passing through the site of the new station.

Gogar Tram Depot: An Edinburgh tram comes off the 'main line' and runs into the depot sidings at Gogar on 10 June 2013, following a test run to the airport.

Dalmally Shed: Remains of a buffer stop at the former long gone shed by Dalmally station.

Edinburgh Gateway [Tram]: After passing below the A8 trams turn sharp left before the stop at Edinburgh Gateway, seen under construction centre left on 10 June 2013. The tracks running straight ahead will access Gogar tram depot on the other side of the bridge. Top right will be the new station, about to be passed by the 09.52 Aberdeen - Kings Cross HST. Access for buses, cars etc will be via the overbridge far left off the Gogar Roundabout, passing through the interchange and returning the same way.

Connel Ferry: Overview of Connel Ferry station from the east showing the out of use oil siding at the east end of the station. The oil depot remains in use.

Edinburgh Park: The 11.03 Edinburgh Waverley - Dunblane pulls away from Edinburgh Park station on 10 June 2013. The train is passing below the tram flyover on which track is ready to be laid.

Connel Ferry: These brick pillars supported the west box at Connel Ferry. The Oban line and former junction for Ballachulish are in the trees to the left.

High Level Bridge: A Grand Central HST photographed crossing the High Level Bridge in June 2010.

Edinburgh Park: The 0957 Milngavie - Edinburgh Waverley approaching Edinburgh Park station on 10 June 2013. The train has just cleared the tram flyover and the A720 City Bypass beyond.

Gogar Tram Depot: An eastbound Edinburgh tram approaching the short platforms at the staff halt alongside the south wall of Gogar tram depot on 10 June 2013. The gate from the platform on the right gives direct access into the depot. The tram in the picture is waiting to be routed back into the yard following a training trip to the airport.

Inverkeithing East Junction: Royal Train-liveried 67006 passes Inverkeithing East Junction with the returning Edinburgh - Fife evening commuter service on 10 June.

North Queensferry: Looking south towards the Forth Bridge in June 2014. The North Queensferry (Old) branch emerged from a tunnel at the left and bisected the clump of trees in the background. The houses to the left of the path are built on the in-filled cutting. Exploration of the shrubbery to look for traces of the tunnel mouth will have to wait for the nettles to subside!

North Queensferry: WCRC 37685 and 37516 passing through North Queensferry station on 10 June 2014 with the Edinburgh - Keith Royal Scotsman.

Plates, signs, notices etc: Plaque funded by ScotRail now in place at the former home of Eric Lomax in Bedford Terrace, Edinburgh.

Ferry Toll Tunnel: The Rosyth Dockyard branch with the M90 in the background, on 10 June 2014, as work continues on the Queensferry Crossing approaches. The main line cutting through the Ferry Hills can be seen top right.

Pleasington: Black 5 no. 45231 shows very little sign of hard work as it brings the returning Fellsman railtour towards Pleasington on the evening of 10 June 2015.

Pleasington: Blackpool South to Colne meets Colne to Blackpool South! 142005 and 142055 call at Pleasington station on 10 June 2015. Pleasington is a request stop but both services had passengers to drop off and collect on this occasion.

Pleasington: A Northern Rail York to Blackpool service approaches Pleasington in the early evening of 10 June 2015.

Sheriffhall City Bypass Overbridge: Scene at Sheriffhall on 10 June 2015 with a southbound ScotRail 158 having just cleared the Edinburgh City Bypass. The DMU was operating a Borders Railway crew training turn between Newcraighall and Tweedbank. These preparatory operations over the new route had commenced a few days earlier and the photograph manages to show the new overbridge as it was prior to the first visits by the local graffiti artists.

Kilnknowe Junction: An early afternoon driver training turn runs north out of Galashiels on 10 June 2015. The train has recently crossed the Gala Water and is passing the site of Kilnknowe Junction where the Peebles Loop once diverged from the Waverley Route.

Newcraighall South Junction: Hottest day of the year so far as a Tweedbank - Newcraighall driver training trip approaches its destination on 10 June 2015. The 158 has just passed the recently constructed Millerhill food waste recycling plant and cleared the points at the end of the double track section from King's Gate.

Newcraighall North Junction: An empty ballast train runs south towards Millerhill Yard on 10 June 2015 behind DBS 66170. In the background ScotRail DMU 158736 has just left Newcraighall station on the other side of the A1 road bridge and is turning south west towards Shawfair with the 1157 driver training special to Tweedbank.

Mallaig: The guard of the evening Jacobite locks the ground frame prior to departure from Mallaig on 10th June 2016.

Statfold Barn: The Goose, a 4w-4wPM railcar based on a Morris Commercial chassis. This was constructed at Stafold Barn in 2015 as a representation of similar American railroad vehicles. Seen carrying visitors at the June 2017 Open Day.

Statfold Barn: ISC No 2, a Kerr Stuart 0-4-0ST, Works No. 3128 of 1918 taking an open coach along the Statfold Barn Railway at the June 2017 open day.

Statfold Barn: FIJI, a Hudswell-Clarke 0-6-0, Works No. 972 of 1912 seen on the turntable at Stafold Barn during the June 2017 Open Day.

Statfold Barn: The variety and quantity of locos to be seen at a Statfold Barn open day is incredible - up to sixteen in steam. This is ALPHA, a Hudswell-Clarke 0-6-0PT Works No. 1172 of 1922 seen on 10th June 2017.

Statfold Barn: European double header. SRAGI No 1, a Krauss 0-4-2T Works No. 4045 of 1899 and Minas de Aller Corpet-Louver, Works No. 439 of 1884, working together on a passenger train during a Statfold Barn 2017 Open Day.

Wakefield Kirkgate: An exhibition of landscapes in the subway at Wakefield Kirkgate station is accompanied by the strains of a band continuously playing Jerusalem.

Statfold Barn: MINAS de ALLER, an elderly 0-6-0PT built by Corpet-Louver, Works No. 439 of 1884, seen emerging from the shed at the June 2017 Statfold Barn Railway Open Day.

Statfold Barn: LIASSIC, a Peckett 0-6-0ST Works No. 1632 of 1923, seen hauling a demonstration freight train at the Statfold Barn Railway open day in June 2017.

Beuron: Early morning atmospherics at Beuron station on 10th June 2017, as mist lifts from the Danube gorge after overnight thunderstorms.

Statfold Barn: ISIBUTU, a Bagnall 4-4-0T, works No. 2820 of 1945. Seen in action on the 2' gauge line at the Statfold Barn Open Day 2017.

Beuron: A Naturpark-Express service from Tuttlingen to Sigmaringen, operated by the regional Hohenzollerische Landesbahn company, pulls into Beuron station on 10th June 2017. These summer Saturday and Sunday services are supported by local and regional authorities, and convey large numbers of bikes free of charge along this line which parallels the popular Danube cycle path.

Thiergarten: A Naturpark-Express service from Tuttlingen to Sigmaringen on 10th June pulls away from lonely Thiergarten station, which is served only by these summer Saturday and Sunday services. The photographer was amused to find that the exit gate from the station was locked, and he had to climb a fence to leave railway property!

Beuron: A Hohenzollerische Landesbahn Naturpark-Express service from Sigmaringen to Tuttlingen departs Beuron station on 10th June. A van conveying bikes is marshalled between the two single-unit railcars - each capable of hauling a 400t trailing load - which are modified versions of the NE81 units built from 1981 for 'private' (regional) operators. Why can't we have such innovative designs for rural routes in Britain?

Millerhill Yard: This was taken mid-afternoon on Saturday 10/6/17 showing the new point, for the Millerhill Electric Train Depot, installed (I believe) on Sunday 4/6/17. I was photobombed by Northern Sprinter 156454 (en route to the Glasgow Works), but sometimes you just can't win!

Manchester Victoria: English Electric Type 4 no.345 arrives back at Manchester Victoria on the evening of 10 June 2017 with the CFPS 'The East Lancs Enterprise' tour. This leg was from Holyhead to Preston via Yorkshire.

Millerhill EGIP Depot: A closer view of the point for the new Millerhill Electric Train Depot. Behind can be seen further trackwork and catenary at the depot site. The proposed layout could be found at Midlothian Planning (link dead).

Cowlairs Incline: Queen St bound train passes under the new roadbridge over Cowlairs Incline being constructed as part of the Sighthill Regeneration Scheme.

Coppull [2nd]: 88007 heads south at Coppull whilst working the 4M48 Mossend to Daventry container service on the evening of 10 June 2018. The WCML here used to be 4 track but the slow lines were removed between Balshaw Lane and Standish Jcts following electrification in the early 1970s. However, the OHL headspans still stretch over the 4 track formation.

Cowlairs Incline: Gap in stone walling left by removal of the footbridge over the E and G at Keppochhill Drive neatly patched by Network Rail masons.

Ardgour Slip: The Corran ferry at Ardgour Slip on Sunday 10th June 2018

Niddrie South Junction: The 0911 Edinburgh - Tweedbank approaching Niddrie South Junction shortly after leaving Brunstane on 10 June 2018. On the left is the line to Niddrie West, with the footbridge visible in the background. The former Lothian Lines link from Niddrie North Junction was off picture to the right.

Shrivenham: A special from Paddington to Kingswear seen at the site of closed Shrivenham station on 10th June 2018. From Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads, the train was hauled by West Coast 37668. Onwards to Kingswear it had a Black 5 in charge. A Class 37 has a very distinctive rumble, even at a distance, and this one was no exception.

Ardgour Slip: The Corran ferry leaves Ardgour Slip on Sunday 10th June 2018

Millerhill EGIP Depot: ScotRail Unit 385124, recently involved in driver training operations, stabled in the EMU depot at Millerhill on Sunday 10 June 2018. View east across the goods lines from the current limit of the access road serving the Biogen and RERC recycling plants.

Niddrie South Junction: Immediately after leaving Newcraighall Station northbound, trains pass through Niddrie South Junction before either branching left trowards Niddrie West or taking the single line north towards Brunstane and Portobello. The fact that the split takes place just before the bridge necessitates a wider deck than normal, given it carries all three tracks. View east along Newcraighall Road on Sunday 10 June 2018 just as the 0845 ex-Tweedbank runs onto the bridge. A pedestrian entrance to Newcraighall Park & Ride is located centre right.

Millerhill EGIP Depot: End of the road. The extension to the new road built during 2014/2015 to serve the Biogen plant at Millerhill now reaches a point alongside the under-construction Edinburgh & Midlothian Recycling & Energy Recovery Centre. View south showing the limit of construction on 10 June 2018, with the RERC off to the right and the well occupied ScotRail EMU depot visible in the background beyond the goods lines.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach: Contrary to appearances the Harrowside bridge over the Blackpool South branch was fully repaired during 2018. The decking was renewed but the original parapets have been retained, albeit with visible repaired cracks. This view taken on 10th June 2019 See image [[62475]] taken eighteen months earlier.

Beattock Summit: View of the Network Rail summit board at Beattock Summit in June 2019. This gives info re the location's height and distances from both Glasgow and London. Seen from the B7076, which was the old A74 trunk road before the M74 was built.

Manchester Square [Tram]: Flexity 018 heads south on Blackpool Promenade from the Manchester Square stop towards Pleasure Beach and Squires Gate on 10th June 2019.

Squires Gate: Northern 142053, on borrowed time after the Class 195 DMU introduction was delayed, calls at Squires Gate working from Blackpool South to Colne on 10th June 2019. Pacer aficionados will recognise this as an ex Merseyside PTA unit with its large destination display.

Conwy: I assume this is a late-running TfW DMU heading from Bangor to Conwy on 10th June 2019. This shot was take at 12:53 from the saddle between Penmaen-bach and Allt Wen at the west edge of the Conwy Mountain, but the scheduled train was due in Conwy at 12:18!
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Squires Gate: The deck of the 1931 built bridge at Squires Gate was completely rebuilt during 2018. However, during this process they have managed to retain the original parapets and the structure looks little different. A plaque opposite the station entrance records the work. 142053 slows to call at the station while working from Blackpool South to Colne on 10th June 2019.

Gyle Centre [Tram]: City (left) and Airport trams pass at the Gyle on 10th June 2020. Services are down to every 15 minutes during the pandemic and for some reason real-time information has been suspended.

Farington Curve Junction: A train running to time is generally to be welcomed but I could have done with 158872 being just a few seconds later (see far right of picture). At one time the 158s only appeared here on the York Blackpool services but have now been cascaded and this one was on a Colne to Preston stopper, prior to working down the branch to Ormskirk and back before continuing to Blackpool South.

Farington Curve Junction: The gradient on Farington Curve is around 1:90 but it somehow looks steeper and the sharp curve means it could be tricky for drivers in charge of substantial loads. Colas 70809 lifts the Preston Dock to Lindsey (empty) bitumen tanks away from the junction on to the East Lancashire line on 10th June 2021.

Nuneaton: Its always worth checking out trains lurking away from the usual boarding areas. For example, you might see 730010 on platform 5 at Nuneaton, apparently on an out and back training run from Crewe.

Thornton North Junction: Grab shot from a passing train of the Levenmouth branch on 10 June 2022. This initial section of the line has been entirely renewed.

Werrington Junction: Dive, dive, all dive - the start (Southern end) of the Werrington diveunder, seen from a Cambridge to Birmingham train in June 2022. View looks North East.

Leuchars: Looking south along the island platform at Leuchars, with the infilled St Andrews bay visible, on 10 June 2022.

Stamford: The old signal box at Stamford has certainly deteriorated now that Humm's bookshop has moved out of the station, and is therefore no longer responsible for looking after the old structure.

Leuchars: 170431 draws away from Leuchars with the 13.00 from Edinburgh to Dundee on 10 June 2022. The ballast piled on the left is on the site of the down sidings, lifted earlier in the year.