Carlisle: The preserved Samuel Johnson Midland Railway 'Spinner' no 118 (later no 673), now a static exhibit at the NRM, photographed at Carlisle station during an exhibition of vintage locomotives and rolling stock that took place in June 1958.

Bellgrove East Junction: Ex-NBR class J37 0-6-0 no 64543 casts a dark cloud over Bellgrove East Junction on 16 June 1958 as it takes the former CGU route north towards Haghill Junction, skirting the tenements of Redvale Street. See image [[11305]]

Broomfield Junction: 64615 at Broomfield Junction with the 1960 RCTS/SLS Joint Scottish Tour. To the left is the line to Dubton, the train is coming off the Bervie line and behind the line divides one portion running to Montrose (Caledonian) and a later connection to Montrose (North British) the present day station.

Kirriemuir: 57441 at Kirriemuir, the terminus of the short line from Kirriemuir Junction near Forfar. 1960 RCTS/SLS Joint Scottish Tour.

North Water Bridge Halt: 64615 heading south past North Water Bridge Halt with the 1960 RCTS/SLS Joint Scottish Tour. The train is about to cross the North Water Bridge Viaduct.

Johnshaven: 64615 entering Johnshaven with the 1960 RCTS/SLS Joint Scottish Tour.

St Cyrus: The 1960 RCTS/SLS Joint Scottish Tour entering St. Cyrus station from the north. See image [[12562]]

Pitcrocknie Siding: Ex-Caledonian 0-6-0 57441 passing Pitcrocknie Siding on the approach to Alyth on 16 June 1960. The train is the 1960 SLS/RCTS Joint Scottish Railtour. [Ref query 931]

Lauriston: 64615 at Lauriston with the 1960 RCTS/SLS Joint Scottish Tour.

Alyth: The 1960 SLS/RCTS Joint Scottish Railtour photographed shortly after arrival at Alyth station on 16 June 1960. The locomotive is ex-Caledonian 0-6-0 57441. [Ref query 941]

Paddington: Outside cylinder 15XX 0-6-0PT No.1500 is performing its usual task of removing empty stock from Paddington station. The date is 16 June 1962 and we are in the 'Chocolate and Cream' era in the Western Region.

Euston: The old London Euston station on 16 June 1962, and EE Type 4 (later Class 40) D308's location makes the warning on the notice pretty obvious. It's not often that spotters get a special mention!

Kings Cross: It looks like not everybody is impressed that Kings Cross station is being graced by none other than 60015 'Quicksilver', the second built of Gresley's A4 streamliners. This was 16 June 1962, and it would not be long before the A4s would depart this particular scene, although some would soon be making a name for themselves on the Glasgow to Aberdeen route.

Aberdeen Guild Street Goods: Ex-NB J37 0-6-0 64606, fresh from overhaul at Inverurie, shunting at Aberdeen's Guild Street yard in June 1962.

Banff: 1962 view of Banff, with Standard Class 2MT 2-6-0 78045 on the right, and an English Electric Type 1 in the siding on the left, complete with at least one corridor coach. The diesel presence looks to have been unusual, but the photographer unfortunately did not record the background to it.

Meadowside Junction: Standard 4MT 2-6-4T 80046 waits at Renfrew Wharf, with the empty stock for the 16.41 service from Fulbar St to Glasgow St Enoch, on 16th June 1966.

Hillington West: Standard tank 80086 on the 16.55 Glasgow Central - Gourock, leaving Hillington West, viewed from the 16.41 Renfrew Fulbar St - Glasgow St Enoch (also hauled by a Standard tank).

Meadowside Junction: Standard 4MT 2-6-4T 80046 waits at Renfrew Wharf with the empty stock. It will shortly move up the line to Fulbar St to form the 16.41 service to Glasgow St Enoch. By 1966 this was the only train of the day from Renfrew Wharf. In the opposite direction there was also just one; a morning rush hour service from St Enoch to Renfrew Wharf.

Renfrew Fulbar Street: Standard 4MT 2-6-4T 80046 is ready to leave Renfrew Fulbar St with the only eastbound train of the day, the 16.41 to Glasgow St Enoch, on 16th June 1966.

Renfrew Fulbar Street: Standard 4MT 2-6-4T 80046 draws into Renfrew Fulbar St with empty stock for the only eastbound train of the day, the 16.41 service to Glasgow St Enoch on 16th June 1966.

Greenhill Lower Junction: A pair of green NBL Type 2s, with No. 6121 leading, growling past Greenhill Lower box in June 1971 with a heavy block train of 45T oil tanks, probably destined for Bishopbriggs. Note that the signalman has been very sharp in restoring the signals to danger, although it is possible that the locos had been reduced to a crawl by this point!

Greenhill Lower Junction: Brush Type 4 no 1603 bears right at Greenhill Lower Junction on 16 June 1971 heading towards Cumbernauld with coal destined for the Lanarkshire steel industry. No 1603 was a Western Region locomotive doing a filling in turn before returning south.

Greenhill Upper Junction: NBL Type 2 No. 6124 toiling up to Greenhill Upper Junction with twelve 45T oil tanks from Grangemouth on 16 June 1971. In anticipation of David Spaven's question, no, the loco did not burst into flames on this occasion!
(It's been re-engined!)

Greenhill Lower Junction: A very grubby English Electric Type 3 No. 6838 and its short train of 45T oil tanks veers right at Greenhill Lower Junction in June 1971. The train will have originated at Grangemouth and could be for a number of destinations in the West of Scotland.

Boat of Garten: Early days on the Strahspey Railway in June 1974 with a view over�Boat of Garten�station from the steps of the south signal cabin. Ex Aberdeen Gas Works 4w DM shunter No.1D is parked on the end of a rake of coaches which had recently been obtained from BR.

Aviemore: A southbound service headed by an unidentified Class 47 approaches Aviemore on 16 June 1974.

Aviemore Shed: Looking south towards Aviemore station in June 1974 with the Strathspey Railway line from Boat of Garten in the foreground. The p-way squad involved in the relaying of track which would eventually reconnect the former 60B loco shed, takes a break to watch a lengthy passing train.

Boat of Garten: This is the rail bridge over the road at the north end of Boat of Garten during the demolition in June 1974. The embankment either side of the bridge has already been cut back prior to the removal of the arch. The road was being widened in conjunction with the new road bridge over the River Spey which was behind the camera. For several years there was a gap on the rail route from Boat of Garten to Broomhill. The original bridge was 3 tracks wide and was replaced by a single track rail bridge when the Strathspey Railway extended to Broomhill in the first years of the 21st Century.

Aviemore: 27033 takes the 0845 hrs ex Edinburgh service north out of Aviemore on 16 June 1974.

Aviemore: The Euston - Inverness sleeper heads north from Aviemore on a June morning in 1974. Immediately behind the class 47 at the head of the train is a measurement coach with distinctly LMS origins.

Aviemore: A pair of class 26s take the London Sleeper south approaching Aviemore on the evening of 16 June 1974.

Methil Dock No 1: The 'Tay-Forth Venturer' on 16 June 1984 nearing the end of the line at Methil with the Dock No.1 on the left and signs of the new oil rig fabrication industry on the far right.

Inveraray Pier: An excursion by PS Waverley calling at Inveraray Pier on 16 June 1976.

Preston: North British Class 84 AC Electric 84003 heads south from Preston on the Up Fast line with a parcels service. The train has just passed over the former West Lancashire line to Southport and is now climbing towards Farington Curve Junction. There were only ten of these AL4 locos and by 1980 they were rare birds so I was pleased to capture this one, which was one of the last three survivors but withdrawn by November. I first saw them in the early 1970s when, along with the EE Class 83s, they were stored in the former steam shed at Bury for several years.

Polmaise Junction: Passing Polmaise Junction, with the colliery branch curving away to the right. Seen from the 'Tay Forth Venturer' railtour, on 16th June 1984, the DMU being 107444.

Cambus Junction: Cambus Junction, with the Menstrie (formerly Alva branch diverging to the right. Seen from the Tay Forth Venturer railtour on 16 June 1984, the unit being 107444.

Rosyth Dockyard: Planet shunters 3082 and 3080 (3779 and 3777 of 1956) at Rosyth Dockyard.

Manor Powis: Manor Powis signalbox formerly controlled access to the colliery of the same name, which had closed in 1972. By 1984 the 'box operated a passing loop and level crossing, being abolished the following year. Seen from the 'Tay Forth Venturer' railtour on 16th June 1984, the unit being 107444.

Rosyth Dockyard: 107 444 at Rosyth Dockyard with the Tay Forth Venturer on 16 June 1984. View looking east. This was a private station in the dockyard. Unadvertised passenger trains still served the station until around 1989.

Thornton North Junction: BRC&W 27004 passes Thornton North Junction, with an Edinburgh - Dundee service, on 16th June 1984. Seen from the 'Tay Forth Venturer' railtour sitting on the Methil branch, the DMU being 107444.

Cameron Bridge [1st]: The 'Tay-Forth Venturer', on 16 June 1984, approaches Cameron Bridge, passing the distillery and retired SGD grain wagons, some of which have since been preserved.

Auchmuty Junction: Passing the former Auchmuty Junction, with the trackbed of the Leslie branch diverging to the left. Seen from the 'Tay Forth Venturer' railtour on 16th June 1984, the unit being 107444.

Haig's Siding: Entrance to Haig's siding, Markinch, as seen from Derby DMU 107444 on the 'Tay Forth Venturer' railtour on 16th June 1984.

Markinch: Looking north to Markinch goods yard and the main line connection. Seen from the 'Tay Forth Venturer' railtour on 16th June 1984, the unit being 107444.

Cameron Bridge [1st]: The 'Tay-Forth Venturer' on 16 June 1984 nearing the Cameron Bridge island platform and goods yard. The footbridge, carrying a right-of-way, was a great viewpoint for shunting operations.

Methil Power Station: The 'Tay-Forth Venturer' on 16 June 1984 pauses at the docks level crossing with the power station dominating the scene.

Methil Dock No 1: Looking back towards Leven from the 'Tay-Forth Venturer' on 16 June 1984, with Methil Power Station prominent. The footbridge survives in 2022, long after lifting of the railway.

Methil Dock No 1: From the 'Tay-Forth Venturer' DMU rail tour, looking from the Methil line to the docks branch, on 16 June 1984.

Rosyth Dockyard: 107 444 approaches Rosyth Dockyard signalbox with the 'Tay Forth Venturer' on 16 June 1984. In the left background is the Dockyard station with another DMU present. The 'box is a NBR type 7, unusually of timber construction. Closed on 7 July 2008 it is listed Category-B.

Methil Dock No 1: The 'Tay-Forth Venturer' DMU rail tour returns from visiting Methil on 16 June 1984.

Oakley (Fife): The Tayforth Venturer Tour was operated by DMU 107 444. It is seen here at Oakley Yard, exchange yard for Comrie Colliery, on the 16th of June 1984. The colliery officially closed in 1986. The track bed seen running to the left is the former line to Stirling.

Dunfermline Upper: 107 444 pauses at Dunfermline Upper with the Tayforth Venturer on 16th June 1984. This was a comprehensive tour starting from, and returning to, Edinburgh of the remaining branches visiting Stirling, Menstrie, Perth, Balbirnie (near Auchmuty), Cameron Bridge, Methil Docks, Westfield, Rosyth Dockyard, Oakley, Crombie.

Lurgi Gas Plant: Looking north from the 'Tay Forth Venturer' railtour, on 16 June 1984, towards the closed Lurgi Gas Plant. Opened in 1961, it produced gas from poor quality coal supplied by the neighbouring Westfield Opencast Mine, supplemented by liquefied gas brought in by rail.

Thornton Junction TMD: Thornton Junction TMD under construction, seen from the 'Tay Forth Venturer' railtour passing on the Westfield branch on 16 June 1984. The shed was demolished along with the nearby admin block early in 2019.

Eggesford: A Barnstaple bound DMU approaching Eggesford loop on a summer Saturday in June 1984. A returning class 33 hauled set is waiting on the other side of the crossing for the DMU to clear the line to Crediton.

Oakley Yard: As a complement to the recent contributions from the 1984 Tay-Forth Venturer railtour, here is the flyer to accompany it. Those were the days when you could jump down on the ballast and take some photos. See image [[59069]].

Rosyth Dockyard: 107 444 at Rosyth Dockyard Platform with the 'Forth Tay Venturer' on 16 June 1984, happily coinciding with 'Navy Day'. On the right is one of the resident Planet shunters. The platform was a little to the west of today's shed building.

Penmere: A DMU stands at Penmere, Cornwall, on 16 June 1999. The station is on the Truro - Falmouth 'Maritime' route and serves the northern part of Falmouth.

Tain: Platform view south through Tain station on 16 June 2001. To the right of the main station building is the entrance to the former goods yard see image [[3279]].

Tain: The extensive former goods facilities at Tain, once busy with distillery traffic. View north from the end of the down platform in June 2001. See image [[32140]].

Woldingham: The station building at Woldingham on the Oxted Line, seen here in June 2002. [Ref query 1668]

Upper Warlingham: The station forecourt at Upper Warlingham in June 2002. [Ref query 22 October 2017]

Carlisle: Scene at Carlisle in June 2003 as a late running Birmingham - Glasgow Virgin Voyager arrives at platform 3.

Carlisle: A Royal Mail train stabled at Carlisle on a sunny 16 June 2003 behind EWS 90034.

Earl's Court [Metro]: View west over District Line platforms 3 and 4 at Earls Court on the morning of 16 June 2004. A Wimbledon train is about to leave 4 while an Ealing Broadway service has recently arrived at 3. Commuters are rushing to cross the bridge to catch the Edgware Road train standing at platform 1 as there wouldn't be another for nearly four and a half minutes...

Earl's Court [Metro]: Barking anyone..? Just about! Scene at Earls Court District line station in June 2004 looking east towards the main entrance on Earls Court Road with an Ealing Broadway train arriving at platform 3 alongside a service to Edgware Road that has just been signalled out of platform 2.

Earl's Court [Metro]: View west across Earls Court Road in June 2004 showing most of the station frontage. The banner just below the roof line still displays the names 'District Railway' and 'Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway'; nowadays better known as London Underground's District and Piccadilly lines.

Earl's Court [Metro]: Looking west over Earls Court District Line platforms mid-morning in June 2004. An Upminster train is next to leave platform 1 on the right as a train for High Street Kensington runs into platform 2. An Edgware Road - Wimbledon service has just arrived at platform 3.

Duns: The old station at Duns in June 2005 - platform side looking east.

Duns: Station approach to Duns, looking east towards Reston in June 2005.

Duns: Nice touch - station house, Duns, June 2005.

Duns: The former station building and forecourt at Duns in June 2005.

Duns: Looking south across trackbed and former goods yard to the old granary at Duns in June 2005. The western end of the old station building is on the left.

Niddrie West Junction: EWS 66048 brings a coal train through Niddrie West Junction in June 2006 heading for Millerhill.

Niddrie West Junction: A coal train seen shortly after passing Niddrie West Junction heading for Niddrie South on 16 June 2006. On the left is the trackbed of the former direct route to the ECML via Wanton Walls Junction see image [[29573]].

York: 47847 brings in empty stock for a Compass railtour at York on 16 June 2007.

York: Class 91 'St Mungo Cathedral' on the west side of York station on 16 June 2007.

Carlisle: Class 47s at the north end of platform 3 at Carlisle on 16 June 2007.

York: York on 16 June with 185140 forming a Scarborough - Liverpool Lime Street service running into the station.

York: An Edinburgh Waverley - London Kings Cross service pulls away from York platform 3 on 16 June 2007.

Dalmeny Junction: A First ScotRail 158 with a returning Fife Circle service on the downhill section half a mile south of the Forth Bridge in the summer of 2008. The train is about to run through the junction with the Winchburgh line after passing below the bridge at the west end of Main Street, Dalmeny. The damp looking trackbed in the foreground once carried the branch serving South Queensferry and Port Edgar.

Dalmeny Junction: View towards Dalmeny station from Dalmeny North Junction on 16 June with trains to and from the Forth Bridge passing on the main line. The northbound train has just run past the crossover for the line to Winchburgh Junction, which joins the formation just in front of the 40mph speed restriction sign. Dalmeny Junction signal box stood on the other side of the fence on the left betweeen the main line and the South Queensferry branch, the trackbed of which can be seen running under the old arched bridge on the right from its junction with the main line behind the camera.

Meon Valley Railway: Brickwork detail of Northfield Farm overbridge on the L&SWR Meon Valley Line N of Wickham.

Meon Valley Railway: Northfield Farm overbridge on the L&SWR Meon Valley Line north of Wickham.

Millburn Yard: EWS 66107 is seen arriving in Millburn Yard, Inverness, on 16 June 2008 with a train of ballast hoppers.

Dalmeny Junction: Fife bound 158 about to pass Dalmeny North Junction on 16 June 2008. The line from Winchburgh Junction is on the right with the trackbed of the South Queensferry branch, now a cycleway, on the left. Dalmeny Junction signal box stood in the bottom centre of the picture see image [[4166]].

Dalmeny Junction: A Fife bound train passing Dalmeny Junction in the summer of 2008 on the climb up to the Forth Bridge. Dalmeny station can be seen in the centre background. The temporarily closed cycleway running off to the right under the stone arch bridge is the trackbed of the South Queensferry branch, first closed more than 40 years earlier.

Dalmeny Junction: Looking north along the trackbed of the former South Queensferry branch at Dalmeny North Junction in June 2008 as a 158 for Waverley passes on the main line running down from the Forth Bridge.

Dalmeny Junction: The First ScotRail 1100 Edinburgh - Dundee service is about to run through Dalmeny Junction on 16 June 2008.

Glasgow Central: 314206 and 334007 drawing into Glasgow Central on 16th June

Airdrie: Scene at Airdrie on 16 June looking west towards the station with 320 303 standing in the siding. A quiet period of the day, with the only sign of activity the gentleman on the right striding purposefully along the platform towards the camera... see image [[21892]]

Gleneagles: Looking south along the platforms at Gleneagles in June 2009. Hard to believe it has been unstaffed for 25years or so and has no CCTV.

Hamilton Central: 318 254 departs Hamilton Central on 16 June 2009.

Hamilton Central: 318 262 stands alongside classmate 318 252 at Hamilton Central on 16 June 2009.

Airdrie: Platform scene at Airdrie on 16 June 2009 during a final briefing regarding the journey to Drumgelloch.

Hamilton Central: 318 252 about to depart from Hamilton Central on 16 June.

Hamilton Central: 318 266 departs west from Hamilton Central on 16 June into the setting sun

Glasgow Queen Street Low Level: Photograph taken through a convenient hole in a fence as 320312 arrives eastbound into Glasgow Queen Street Low Level on 16 June 2009.

Perth: The Platform 4 sign is presumably there just to tantalise. Perth station on 16 June 2009.

Kingussie: The signal box and level crossing at the north end of Kingussie station on 16 June 2009. Kingussie High School stands in the background.

Glasgow Central: A Euston bound Virgin Pendolino exits Glasgow Central on 16 June 2009 as a National Express East Coast service from Kings Cross via Edinburgh runs into the station.

Stirling: Semaphores may no longer be exclusive at Stirling, but they still predominate. Note calling-on signal SM44. June 2009.

Kingussie: View north at Kingussie on 16 June 2009. Note the portable step on the seldom-used near platform.

Gleneagles: Running slightly late, the 1711 to Glasgow Queen Street departs Gleneagles on 16 June, formed by 170 410.

Newtonmore: An Inverness - Edinburgh service, formed by 170 422, arrives at Newtonmore on 16 June 2009. The abandoned and overgrown second platform can still be clearly seen.

Perth Princes Street: Crossing the Tay at Perth on 16 June 2009. Aberdeen bound 170 417 runs onto the viaduct shortly after passing the site of Perth Princes Street station.

Perth: Arrival from the south at Perth on 16 June 2009, with 158 719 on the Edinburgh - Perth shuttle pulling into its usual platform 5.

Stirling: A 170 and a 158 form a Glasgow to Alloa commuter service at Stirling platform 6 on 16 June. Still busy leaving Stirling, I wonder what it was like leaving Glasgow...

Airdrie: 320301 pulls away from the platform at Airdrie on 16 June on the last leg of its journey to Drumgelloch.

Stirling: The rear of a 4-car 158 as it approaches Platform 2 at Stirling on 16 June with a Dunblane service. the driver has a clear road right through Stirling as far as Dunblane. Point of interest - the signal post shows (from top down) Stirling Middles Down Starter Cleared. Stirling Norths Down Distant cleared and Stirling Middles rather rare Calling On signal. The calling on signal is used when the track ahead (at the station platform) is already occupied by a train and a following train is to be allowed to share the same section of track at the platform (and be prepared to stop before running into it). Another surviving Calling On signal is to be found at Girvan.

Stirling: Arrival at Stirling on 16 June 2010. 170 396 runs into platform 6 on a Glasgow Queen Street - Alloa service.

West Calder: 156 492 arrives at West Calder with a stopping service for Edinburgh on 16 June 2010

Alloa: 158 729 stands at the platform at Alloa on 16 June 2010 awaiting its departure time for the journey to Glasgow Queen Street.

Partickhill: The opening of the Argyle Line in 1979 brought a new interchange station called Partick, with Partickhill closed the previous day.� At least that was the theory, though I believe Partick wasn't ready in time and Partickhill continued to be used for some months.� They are not very far apart, as proved by the fact that this photograph was taken from Partick station, but the new station gave easier access to Partick Subway station which is on the same side of Dumbarton Road.� The platform buildings of the closed station, complete with namesigns, remained in place for some years after closure and the platforms are there even now.� 320312 passes them on 16 June with an Airdrie service. See [[50216]].

Paisley St James: Paisley St James station was to have been moved under the proposed Glasgow Airport Rail Link.  This has of course been shelved and St James is going nowhere, but it is currently having a makeover big enough for it to be closed for 10 weeks over the summer.  It is difficult to see what is going on, but nothing obvious has changed yet except that while the other signage still has the SPT logo the street-entrance sign has already been replaced, as can be seen here on 16 June. 

Blantyre: Strathclyde Red (orange, really) with its stylised map logo was superseded in 1997 by the carmine and cream livery and colour scheme for stations.  In 2008 a unified 'Scotland's Railway' image was introduced which would subsume the SPT one.  While the new livery has not made much headway, repainting of stations to blue and white proceeds apace. Meanwhile there are still pockets of Strathclyde Red signs, mainly on bridges over roads at station.  Blantyre station building though is, I believe, the only one still to have the image before last and is looking defiantly 1980s on 16 June 2010.

Cardonald Junction: A track worker acknowledges the hootings of an incoming Ayrshire service passing Cardonald Junction on 16 June with the branch to Deanside Transit running off to the right.

McCulloch Rail: Part of the yard at McCulloch Rail, Ballantrae, Ayrshire, on 16 June 2011.

Didcot Parkway: EWS 66204 has just drawn to a halt in Didcot Yard with a freight on the afternoon of 16 June.

Didcot Parkway: Freightliner 66538 eastbound off the Oxford curve through Didcot with a container train on 16 June 2011

Challow: 66184 with a freight passing Challow on 16 June heading east towards Didcot.

Sharnbrook: You may have heard of Sharnbrook Summit or Tunnel; these days it looks like the old station is where the MML comes down from 4 tracks to 3 on its way out of London. The goods shed still stands; I suspect that the station was where the lean-to stands by the fourth coach of the Northbound 222.

Didcot Parkway: DBS 66162 with eastbound containers passing Didcot on 16 June.

North Queensferry: Unusually for a weekday, unit 156 509 forms the 20.27 Kirkcaldy - Edinburgh train, seen here calling at North Queensferry on 16 June.

North Queensferry: A balmy summer's evening in North Queensferry on 16 June sees the 16.00 East Coast service from Kings Cross to Aberdeen coming off the Forth Bridge and about to run through the station. The Pentland Hills form the horizon.

Didcot Parkway: The 0700 Edinburgh - Reading CrossCountry DMU eastbound at Didcot on 16 June 2011.

Challow: Freightliner 66535 takes a lengthy train of containers east past the site of Challow station (closed 1964) on the former Great Western main line, a little over half way between Swindon and Didcot.

Muir of Ord: David Martin with the commemorative plaque at Muir of Ord on 16 June 2012.

Poulton-le-Fylde: A Northern service to Blackpool North photographed in June 2012 calling at Poulton-le-Fylde station. The platform decoration includes bunting and a very tidy flower bed.

Fisherman's Walk [Tram]: Fleetwood Ash St tramstop, or as it is now know since refurbishment Fisherman's Walk, normally only sees through services to and from Fleetwood Ferry but on the afternoon of 16th June it was Fleetwood Carnival and services from Blackpool terminated here. Flexity 010 uses the crossover to run into the Blackpool bound platform and return to Starr Gate.

Muir of Ord: Muir of Ord commemorative plaque - detail.

Cleveleys: A grey wet day at Cleveleys on 16 June as 010 leaves the town centre heading for Blackpool and 011 comes off the central reservation section heading for Fleetwood. The weather was however merely a foretaste of the dreadful conditions that would be experienced here less than a week later when the Olympic Torch arrived at Cleveleys from Rossall on a vintage tram See image [[39323]]

Poulton-le-Fylde: A First TransPennine service to Manchester Airport is about to depart from Poulton-le-Fylde on 16 June 2012.

Poulton-le-Fylde: Looking west from the platform at Poulton-le-Fylde with a Northern service taking the sharp left curve towards Blackpool North on 16 June 2012. The line to the right disappearing into the grass is the former Fleetwood line. Although track is in place as far as Burn Naze, the whole line is officially 'out of use' and there are several fences across the overgrown trackbed.

Poulton-le-Fylde: With electrification now approved this might be the last steam excursion to Blackpool to run under semaphores and without overhead wires. On 16th June 2012, 46233 slows through Poulton station for the 20 mph junction before the last leg of its run to Blackpool North.

Poulton-le-Fylde: Another Poulton view that will change with the forthcoming Blackpool electrification. Green Duchess 46233 passes the junction for Fleetwood as it heads for Blackpool North with the Fylde Coast Express from Sheffield on a wet and windy June day.

Preston: WCRC Brush Type 4 no. 47854 comes to a halt at Preston with the 1Z53 Glenrothes to Llandudno SRPS Railtour on 16 June 2012. The brief stop was to enable a crew change. On the rear was 47270 aka 1971 in BR Rail Blue.

Swindon: Down coal empties on the Great Western main line close to Juction 16 of the M4 to the west of Swindon in June 2012.

Wigan Wallgate: A Northern Class 142 arrives at Wigan Wallgate with a service to Manchester Victoria on 16 June 2012. The view is west and the embankment and overbridge carrying the WCML can be seen in the left background.

Cleveleys: Its started already. Although not all the Bombardier Flexitys are yet in service in Blackpool one has already had advertising vinyls applied over the smart purple and white livery. Its no doubt necessary income, and its not as garish as some recent schemes see image [[24060]], but we'll probably not see a plain liveried fleet again. 011 pauses at Cleveleys on its way to Fleetwood on a very wet Saturday in June 2012.

Hebden Bridge: On a dull and wet evening in June 2012, unit 158872 calls at Hebden Bridge with a service from Leeds to Manchester Victoria. The station retains many original features and, if it wasn't for the Class 158 and PIS displays, the photograph could well have been taken 50+ years ago.

Poulton-le-Fylde: A Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service departs from Poulton-le-Fylde on 16 June 2012. The scene has changed with the electrification of the Blackpool line and so have the signals, now LED colour lights controlled from Manchester ROC rather than the local box. See image [[66853]] taken from this spot in 2018.

Wigan North Western: Making every effort to regain time following a delayed start from Blackpool, the driver of 46233 storms south through Wigan North Western on 16 June 2012 with the return Fylde Coast Express to Crewe and Sheffield. Shortly before the Duchess arrived a northbound Virgin Voyager had been blocking the view. There were a lot of relieved enthusiasts as it set off with seconds to spare and the rear of the unit can still be seen to the left of the photo.

Poulton-le-Fylde: A Blackpool - York service makes the first stop on its journey east on 16 June 2012. The attractive (even on a dull day) station of Poulton-Le-Fylde receives much attention from the Friends group and a replica station nameboard has now appeared there.

Dunfermline Town: The SRPS Fife Circle tour of 16 June 2013 seen leaving Dunfermline Town after a brief stop. Locomotive 60163 Tornado in charge.

Linlithgow: 60163 Tornado at the head of the SRPS Fife Circle tour on 16 June 2013 motoring along the E & G a couple of miles east of Linlithgow.

Blackford Hill: A1 Pacific no 60163 Tornado forging up the bank between Blackford Hill and Morningside Road on 16 June with the SRPS Fife Circle tour.

Dalgety Bay: A1 Pacific 60163 Tornado passing Dalgety Bay with the SRPS Forth Circle tour on 16th June.

Bamber Bridge: DRS 47832 is seen on the rear of a Northern Belle charter (from York to Bingley via Skipton, Carnforth and Hebden Bridge) passing through Bamber Bridge station heading east towards Blackburn on 16 June 2013.

Inverkeithing East Junction: 60163 Tornado at the head of the SRPS Fife Circle tour on 16 June 2013, seen passing Inverkeithing East Junction.

Glasgow Central: 66104 stands at the buffer stops at Glasgow Central on 16 June.

Clackmannan and Kennet: A1 Pacific no 60163 Tornado at the head of the SRPS Fife Circle railtour on 16 June 2013. The train is passing Clackmannan, with vegetation starting to encroach on the relaid line.

Edmonton: From preserved Streetcar 33, passing over the High Level Bridge in Edmonton, this is the view down to the modern Dudley B Menzies Bridge. A train comprising four articulated LRT SD160 sets heading south can be seen, as can the foot passenger walkway, slung underneath the rail bridge.

Edmonton: I was grateful to the crew of preserved Streetcar 33 when they stopped to allow me to take this picture, looking across the Edmonton High Level Bridge, from the rear cab. Public tramcar services operated until 1951 but when rails were relaid in 1979 only a single track was put in place where once there were three. Just like its Tyneside namesake, pedestrians and traffic use the lower deck of the bridge below the tramway.

Old Strathcona: Preserved Streetcar 33 leaves the Old Strathcona terminus in Edmonton to travel north to Jasper Plaza over the High Level Bridge. Built in 1912, the tramcar was found in use as a farm building and restored to immaculate original condition over a period of 17 years by members of the Edmonton Radial Railway Society. It returned to service in 2011.

Edinburgh Park Station [Tram]: A city bound tram runs parallel with Bankhead Drive on 12 June 2014, shortly after leaving Edinburgh Park station on its way to York Place.

Gwernydomen Halt: Gwernydomen Halt was sandwiched between two bridges with only a small hamlet nearby. This, the westernmost bridge carrying a track to Halt Farm, appears to have been recently reinforced but reducing the loading gauge and so obstructing the ambitions of the South East Wales Transport Alliance (SEWTA) to reopen the line.

Healey Mills Marshalling Yard: Long distance view over the west end of the former Healey Mills yard in June 2015. The TMD building is to left of view, while the former fuelling shed, sited behind the electricity pole in the centre, has been partially demolished. A short rake of EWS liveried bogie tank wagons is just visible amongst the trees to right of the pole The signalling centre still stands on the right behind the lighting tower.

Milnthorpe: Colas 60087, with a Carlisle to Chirk log train on 16th June 2015, powers past the bridge at Elmsfield just south of Milnthorpe. The logs can be routed over Shap or via the S&C but when on the WCML take a leisurely five hours to get as far as Preston, with scheduled loops at Plumpton, Eden Valley, Grayrigg, Oxenholme and Oubeck although individual stops are sometimes omitted.

Milnthorpe: DRS 66303, with a Daventry to Coatbridge container service, runs north between the bridges at Elmsfield on 16th June 2015. The land in the foreground has been made into an engineers' access point with a ramp leading down from the bridge embankment.

Healey Mills Marshalling Yard: The afforestation of the former Healey Mills Marshalling Yard is coming along nicely, as seen in this view west from Storrs Hill Road over-bridge on 16 June 2015.

Healey Mills Marshalling Yard: The only stock easily visible among the extensive tree cover now encompassing the east end of the former Healey Mills yard on 16 June was a rake of Ferrywagons, seen stored to left of the former TMD building.

Redbridge Viaduct: An Edinburgh bound train on the Borders Railway photographed shortly after starting its journey from Tweedbank on 16 June 2016. The train is about to clear the Red Bridge across the River Tweed, approximately one and a half miles short of its first scheduled stop at Galashiels.

Didcot Parkway: A shot of the overhead catenary erected at Didcot.

Didcot Parkway: Colas 37s, 37116 & 37219, pause under the newly erected catenary at Didcot on 16 June 2016. After the driver changed ends this Network Rail train headed for Oxford and beyond.

Didcot Parkway: 60039 west bound with the Theale to Robeston oil tanks.

Didcot Parkway: 37116 & 37219 about to return to Oxford and beyond after the driver changed ends.

Didcot Parkway: 59204, one of the NPower class 59's, now owned by DB Schenker. Headed light engine east through Didcot on 16 June.

Didcot Parkway: 66136 arriving at Didcot with a covered car train on 16 June 2016. The train ran into the sidings prior to heading north.

Didcot Parkway: Freightliner 66414 eastbound through platform 4.

Tralee Casement: Exterior of Tralee station, County Kerry, with quite rightly the Irish spelling, on 16th June 2017. This station, dating from 1859, is now the terminus of the broad gauge line from Mallow; until 1963, trains continued on a lengthy loop via Listowel, Abbeyfeale and Adare back to the main Cork to Dublin line at Limerick Junction. In recent times, there was talk of reopening the Limerick Junction to Adare section but so far nothing has come of this.

Redbridge Viaduct: With the Eildon Hills on the horizon, an Edinburgh bound train on the Borders Railway comes off the Red Bridge over the River Tweed and runs past a meadow of wild flowers. The attractive lochan on the right is part of Scottish Water's Galashiels sludge treatment works. (Sorry about that last bit)

National Railway Museum York: A miniature Deltic at the National Railway museum's ride on railway, with two wee spectators looking fascinated.

St Andrews Bus Station: Rail information is available at St Andrews Bus Station. Will this be as good as it gets? (The St Andrews branch closed in 1969).

Bowland: Coffee stop at the end of a country lane at Bowland Bridge, watching a flight of swallows catching insects along the surface of the Gala Water - camera at the ready. Silence broken by the sound of a diesel engine on an approaching train. Enter stage right the 1159 Tweedbank - Edinburgh Waverley, next stop Gorebridge. The train is running through the site of Bowland station, opened by the NB in 1848 (renamed Bowland Bridge between 1849 and 1862) and closed by BR in 1953.

Romiley: Pacer 142058, working from Rose Hill to Piccadilly, calls at the first stop at Romiley on 16th June 2017. From here it will take the right hand route via Guide Bridge where another Rose Hill bound train can be seen approaching. Trains from New Mills and Marple take the left hand route from here to run via Reddish North.

Paterson's No 1 Siding: 158728 runs north alongside Ladhope Vale, Glashiels and is about to pass through Ladhope Tunnel on 16 June 2017. The train is the ScotRail 1029 Tweedbank - Edinburgh Waverley.

Hadfield: The driver of 323238 can be seen making his way along the platform at Hadfield to the other end of the train, something he did a few minutes earlier at Glossop, and will do again in a few minutes at Glossop again on the way back to Manchester. The platform and buildings at this former main line through station, now a branch terminus, are in good order as seen in this 2017 view.

Bowland: Looking south along the Gala Water from Bowland Bridge on 16 June 2017. In the background a northbound ScotRail 158 on the Borders Railway is about to pass through the site of Bowland station.

Kirkham and Wesham: Transformation at Kirkham. All traffic is presently concentrated on the two platform lines as the fast lines were recently lifted. A third platform is planned here as part of the electrification work. 150150 calls on a Blackpool North to Manchester service on 16th June 2017. See image [[22070]] for an earlier view from the same vantage point.

Paterson's No 2 Siding: A mid-morning Tweedbank - Edinburgh service runs north under the footbridge linking High and Low Buckholmside shortly after leaving Galashiels station on 16 June 2017.

Dinting: Grab shot from a Hadfield train of the main line platform at Dinting on 16th June 2017. This platform is still used by a few rush hour trains but the majority avoid this chord to access the Glossop branch on the other two sides of the triangle. Dinting signal box, which controls trains in the Glossop and Hadfield area, can just be seen beyond the bridge See image [[42379]].

St Andrews [2nd]: The former St. Andrews station area, viewed from near the site of the bridge which carried Doubledykes Road across the line. Here the former trackbed slopes back down to formation level which is reached in the mid distance, while behind the camera, the solum has been infilled to allow use as cark parks at street level.

Didcot Parkway: 43027 with a vinyl celebrating the Queen's 90th birthday (April 2016), seen at Didcot on 16th June 2017.

Mallaig: 45407 climbs out of Mallaig with 'The Jacobite' viewed from the CalMac ferry 'Loch Fyne'.

Tweedbank: Activity at Tweedbank during the late morning of 16 June 2017. On the left, at platform 1, is ScotRail 158734 recently arrived as the 1024 from Edinburgh Waverley. Alongside at platform 2 is sister unit 158725, stabled out of use. In the foreground is Borders Bus service 72, the 0954 ex-Selkirk, about to exit onto Tweedbank Drive and head for Melrose.

Leuchars: Another new car park under construction at Leuchars station. [Perhaps there is a large, and formerly rail served, town nearby -Ed].

Marple: Northern Pacer 142056, working from New Mills Central to Manchester Piccadilly, pulls in to the first stop at Marple on 16th June 2017. These South Manchester services were the last refuge of the 1st Generation Met-Cam DMUs See image [[12896]] but then went over to Pacer operation. What will be cascaded next?

Blackburn: A Blackpool North to York service leaves Blackburn station on 16th June 2017, heading towards the tunnel. The very useful Railway Codes website advises that this structure is 437 yards long.

Rose Hill Marple: Northern Pacer 142029 rests briefly at Rose Hill (Marple) before returning to Manchester Piccadilly on 16th June 2017. The station surroundings are very green at this time of year compared to the winter months. See image [[41527]]

Tweedbank: An attractive meadow now occupies the north east corner of the Tweedbank station site, containing various grasses, wild flowers etc. (colloq. 'weeds') Part of the area is seen here looking north from the car park fence on 16 June 2017, just as the 1121 service to Edinburgh pulls away from platform 1.

Redbridge Viaduct: A mid-morning service on the Borders Railway crosses the River Tweed northbound on 16 June 2017. ScotRail 158709 is about to come off the Red Bridge, midway between Tweedbank and Galashiels.

Watford: Looking back towards the buffers at Watford London Underground station in June 2017. The 1925 station building is set above the terminal platforms.

Blackburn: A Blackpool to York service waits in Platform 1 at Blackburn while a Clitheroe service clears the short section to Daisyfield Junction. The original station building can be seen on the right contrasting with the newer platform buildings. See image [[51349]] for an exterior view. .

Golborne South: This is the site of Golborne South station, on the WCML which closed in 1961. The old ticket office was in the bricked up section of the bridge above the pier and the station footbridge (the lattice structure crossing the slow lines) has been modified post electrification and recommissioned to carry the southerly footpath of the A573.

Milton Keynes Central: A Southern service to East Croydon waits to start its journey at Milton Keynes Central on 16 June 2017.

St Andrews [2nd]: The site of St Andrews Station is now a carpark below the bus station. This is the view from the former Leuchars end of the station.

Ladhope Tunnel: The 0924 ex-Edinburgh on the approach to Galashiels station passing below the A7 via what has become commonly referred to as 'Ladhope Tunnel'. The structure, an enhanced overbridge, has been the subject of much modification over the years see image [[49685]].

Watford Junction: Freightliner 66538 passes Watford Junction on 16 June 2017 whilst working an intermodal service between Lawley St (Birmingham) and London Gateway freight terminal. Thanks to the helpful station staff for their assistance in getting this shot as freight hadn't been something I had seen on my last visit in March 1976! See image [[16262]]

Watford Junction: On my previous visit to Watford Junction the DC electric service was being provided by Class 501s but that was in 1976. On 16 June 2017 the service is now operated by London Overground using Class 378 units.

Tweedbank: Approaching the pathway running along the south side of Tweedbank station in June 2017 via the shortcut from Tweedbank Drive. Just pulling into platform 1 is ScotRail 158734 with the 1024 ex-Edinburgh Waverley. The 158 on the right at platform 2 remains stabled there for much of the day.

Watford Junction: A London bound Pendolino rushes through Watford Junction on 16 June 2017.

Ladhope Tunnel: A Tweedbank - Edinburgh 158 service clears Ladhope Tunnel shortly after leaving Galashiels station on 16 June 2017.

Fountainhall: The former station house at Fountainhall, sadly falling into a state of disrepair. View west across the Borders Railway on 16 June 2017, with the Network Rail compound and access point located on this side of the line. See image [[6220]]

National Railway Museum [York]: One horse power in the NRM. A 19th century Dandy Cart used to give horses a rest when heading down hill with wagons that the they had pulled uphill.

Guide Bridge: Looking east along the Sheffield platform at Guide Bridge as a Rose Hill bound Pacer pulls in on 16th June 2017. This station once had four tracks and platforms but the new ticket office and car park now occupies the old trackbed behind the Manchester platform. See image [[41751]] of this station in 1981.

Paterson's No 1 Siding: A Scotrail 158 photographed leaving Galashiels station and heading for Ladhope Tunnel one morning in June 2017.

Fountainhall: Down among the daisies. Standing in a field at Fountainhall in June 2017 looking south east along the Gala Water. The lattice girder bridge once carried the old road, linking the A7 (off to the left) with the village (beyond the trees) passing over a level crossing in front of the abandoned station house in the background (see [[28512]]). The train is Edinburgh bound, in this case one of the services running non-stop over the 21 miles between Galashiels and Gorebridge. Part of the bridge carrying the new road across the line and into the village is just visible on the far right.

Galashiels: The 0955 ex-Edinburgh restarts from Galashiels on 16 June 2017 on the last leg of its journey to Tweedbank.

Purton: GWR 166 204 southbound for Swindon. The 166 was allowed out ahead of the A4, No 9 then being 20 minutes late.

Alnwick: Interior of the former Alnwick station, opened in 1848 and now Barters Bookshop, seen here 50 years after closure on 16th June 2018. The line to Coldstream closed in 1930 but that to Alnmouth along with the fine terminus at Alnwick, closed in 1968. The Aln Valley Railway now operates heritage trains over a short section of the line from a new terminus at Lionheart.

Alnwick: Exterior of the former Alnwick station, opened in 1848 and closed in 1968 and now the well-stocked Barter's Bookshop, on 16th June 2018, 170 years after opening and 50 years after closure. The historic Northumberland market town of Alnwick was bypassed by what is now the ECML and quite why this branch was closed is anyone's guess as it provided a convenient link off the main line. On this visit to Alnwick, by train from our base in Newcastle to Alnmouth, the replacement bus journey from Alnmouth station involved a walk up a steep ramp to the bus stop and the bus itself went on a roundabout route that took a lot longer than the train would have done. Part of the line is now the heritage Aln Valley Railway but unlikely ever to serve this former terminus, having set itself up at new premises at Alnwick (Lionheart).

Purton: LNER A4 60009 Union of South Africa southbound, final destination London Paddington.

Towiemore Halt: View through rear of class 108 d.m.u. 'Spirit of Banffshire' having just passed Towiemore Halt, on the Keith & Dufftown Railway, the UK's most northerly heritage line, en route to Dufftown on Sunday, 16th June 2019. The halt was reinstated in 2015, the original having closed with the line in 1968.

Lathalmond Railway Museum: An Alan Keef 4-wheel diesel negotiating the pointwork on the newly laid West of Fife Military Railway at Lathalmond on 16th June 2019 with a short passenger train.

Elgin: 158720, from Inverness to Huntley, arriving at Elgin on the morning of Sunday, 16th June 2019. This is the former Highland Railway station (previously Elgin West) that was retained after the ex-GNSR Elgin East closed in 1968. It was rebuilt in its present form by British Rail in 1990.

Lathalmond Railway Museum: D2650 (in reality a former Rosyth Dockyard shunter) and brake van at Lathalmond Halt on 16th June 2019.

Woodacre Crossing: 57312 'Solway Princess', now on long term lease from DRS to the Rail Operations Group, worked light engine from Mossend to Leicester on Sunday 16th June 2019. Running 40 minutes early the former Brush Type 4 passes the footbridge at Higher Lingart Farm, just south of Woodacre. Previous incarnations have seen it carry D1811, 47330 'Amlwch Freighter' and 57312 'Thunderbirds - The Hood'.

Keith: 158731 on a short working from Inverness to Huntly, with replacement buses beyond the latter, departing from Keith (formerly Keith Junction), on 16th June 2019. This is the train my Edinburgh resident friend Paul and I travelled on from Elgin (where we stayed a couple of nights in a b & b) and from here we took a taxi to Keith Town station for a ride on the Keith & Dufftown Railway, the most northerly heritage line in the UK.

Lathalmond Railway Museum: Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST 1142 of 1908 undergoing restoration inside Shed 47, Lathalmond Railway Museum, in June 2019. My thanks to Pete Westwater for access.

Donibristle Platform: Colas 56105 leads a Millerhill - Keith (via Inverness) engineers train up Donibristle bank on 16 June 2019. 56113 was on the rear.

Rogart: 158707 from Inverness to Wick via Thurso departing from the request stop at Rogart on the evening of Sunday, 16th June 2019. This is where my friend Paul and I alighted (after first alerting the guard) to spend the night in one of the converted railway coaches that are berthed here. Very comfortable it was too, with shower, kitchen and dining area and former compartments converted to bedrooms with bunk beds on one side and the original seats on the other. We had separate rooms, of course, but both of us are a bit too advanced in years now to make it to the top bunks!

Lathalmond Railway Museum: Lathalmond Railway Museum is developing a 2' gauge line, intended to serve much of the Scottish Bus Museum site, and styled as the West of Fife Military Railway. It is already carrying passengers and an Alan Keef 4-wheel diesel from a peat works near Leadburn was in action on 16 June 2019. The track is of mainly MOD origin.

Rogart: Former railway coach converted into overnight accommodation at Rogart on the Far North of Scotland Line, seen here on the evening of Sunday, 16th June 2019. This is where Paul and I stayed for one night only before going on to Thurso and Wick the following day and then back to Alness in the evening. I had never stayed in an old railway coach before and it was a most interesting and enjoyable experience that I can thoroughly recommend. Anybody else wishing to enjoy a stay here can do so by contacting www.sleeperzz.com (and I have not been paid by the owners to say that.)

Rogart: Former compartment of railway coach converted into bedroom for holiday accommodation at Rogart on the Far North of Scotland Line, on 16th June 2019. On the other side of the carriages, the original seats remain in place.

Lathalmond Railway Museum: D2650 propels a brake van past the loco shed at Lathalmond Halt on 16th June 2019.

Rogart: The main station building at Rogart on the Far North Line, now a private residence occupied by a charming couple who gave us a profuse welcome when we arrived to stay the night in one of their converted railway coaches. This station was one of several on this line that closed on 13th June 1960 but it dawned rather quickly on the powers-that-be that the closures were somewhat more severe than necessary and Rogart was the first to reopen on 6th March 1961.

Lathalmond Railway Museum: Viewed from the veranda of the brake van, D2650 at the end of the demonstration line at Lathalmond on 16th June 2019. On the right, on the far side of the road, is the cut-away embankment of the West of Fife Mineral Railway which connected the Naval Stores depot with the main line network. The loco carries a 62C (Dunfermline) shed plate.

Keith: 43134 arriving at Keith (formerly Keith Junction) with a Huntly to Inverness service, on 16th June 2019. We were expecting another 158 unit so this was quite a pleasant surprise! After a visit to the Keith & Dufftown Railway, we boarded this train back to Inverness and then made our way up the Far North Line to Rogart for an overnight stay in a converted railway coach berthed there.

Fiddich Viaduct: View from rear of Class 108 DMU 'Spirit of Banffshire,' crossing the two arch masonry viaduct that spans the River Fiddich sixty feet below, with a Keith and Dufftown Railway service, the most northerly heritage line in the UK, from Keith Town to Dufftown, not far now from the latter, on Sunday, 16th June 2019.

Donibristle: Caledonian Sleeper 73971 runs light from Craigentinny to Aberdeen, passing Donibristle on 16 July.

Rosyth: A Cowdenbeath service calls at Rosyth on 16 June 2021. The station is some way from the town centre; in fact as can be seen it is right on the edge of town. When the railway was built there was no station as Rosyth was nothing but a castle on a tidal island in the Forth. It was later chosen as the site of a Royal Dockyard.

Bainfield Level Crossing: A Helensburgh to Edinburgh service with 334021 and 334025 approach Ferry Road bridge at the east end of Cardross on the afternoon of 16 June 2021. The rear of the train has just cleared Bainfield crossing. For a view from 47 years ago See image [[26401]]

Cardross: A Helensburgh to Edinburgh service has departed from Cardross and is heading to the next stop at Dalreoch on the afternoon of 16 June 2021. The 6-car formation is seen skirting the River Clyde (on the right) with the large stone boulders to protect the railway.

Donibristle Siding: A very early start to capture ROG 37608, passing the site of Donibristle siding on 16th June 2021, with four ex-GW Mk3s (and four barrier coaches) from Dundee to Booths, Masborough for scrapping. The special movement was running thirty one minutes early!

Barassie: Having stopped at Barassie to pick up the shunter, Colas 70813 pulls forward to the run round with the Aberdeen Waterloo - Irvine Caledonian Paper Mill tank train, around 2036 hrs on the evening of Wednesday 16th June 2021.

Inverkeithing: Roller blades? I think the last time I saw anyone with those the year started with a '1'. Anway, there's another prohibition for cyclists to ignore.

Inverkeithing Central Junction: An incoming Fife Circle service from the Kirkcaldy side clatters over the points at Inverkeithing and into the station on 16 June 2021.

Meadowhead Paper Mill: Around 2100hrs on 16th June 2021, and with a late burst of fading sunlight, a glimpse over the fence of Colas 70813 as it shunts the exchange sidings at the Caledonian Paper Mill at Irvine. The loco dropped off the loaded tanks from Aberdeen Waterloo and later left for Workington with the empties.

Haymarket: On 16 June 2021 a CrossCountry Class 220 pulls into Haymarket with a train for Plymouth - or was it Penzance? Someone would care.

Edinburgh Waverley: 800003 just arrived at Edinburgh Waverley, where it terminated, with the ex-12.18 Lumo service from Kings Cross, at 16.47 on 16th June 2022. The train was six minutes late into Edinburgh due to an unscheduled signal stop south of York, having non-stopped the station once it resumed its journey.

Kings Cross: 800003 waiting to depart from platform 10 at Kings Cross with the 12.18 Lumo service to Edinburgh Waverley, the train I travelled on, calling only at Stevenage, Newcastle and Morpeth, on Thursday, 16th June 2022.