Crianlarich: A Mallaig - Glasgow Queen Street train at the south end of Crianlarich station in the summer of 1960 behind B1 61355 (nearest) and Standard class 5 73105.

Aberfeldy: The approach to Aberfeldy station seen from the end of the platform on 18 June 1960. In the right background 55217 is standing alongside the shed. See image [[46095]]

Heaton MPD: Gresley V1 no 67665 and EE Type 4 no D255 photographed together alongside Heaton shed in June 1961. This is the same month the locomotive was withdrawn from St Margarets shed and is presumably here on its way to Darlington Works for scrapping.

Heaton MPD: Locomotives stabled for the weekend in the yard at Heaton MPD standing in the sunshine on Sunday 18 June 1961. Those present on this particular occasion include home based class J39 0-6-0 no 64806.

Heaton MPD: Raven Q6 0-8-0 no 63404 standing in the shed yard at Heaton in June 1961.

Plates, signs, notices etc: A section of the Glasgow suburban map from the BR (Scottish Region) timetable for the period 18 June to 9 September 1962, showing suburban destinations served from Central and Queen Street stations.

Plates, signs, notices etc: The back of a pocket timetable valid from 18 Jun 1962. 1s 4d return, valid all day, for the three-and-a-half miles from Waverley to Joppa. 1s 4d equals 7p. There's no meaningful way of arriving at today's equivalent of past prices, whatever you are led to believe. Cheap though it seems most people still preferred the bus and the station closed in 1964 as did Portobello. Note the income-dependent season ticket rates for 16 to 18 year olds. It would be unthinkable today, and hard to police then; what if you suddenly got a better-paid job, or left education?

Calton Tunnels: A Deltic powers the 100th anniversary Flying Scotsman up the 1 in 78 towards the Calton Tunnel on 18 June 1962.

Tillynaught: Standard Class 2MT 2-6-0 78045 at Tillynaught, ready to depart for Banff, on 18th June 1964.

Tillynaught: Standard Class 2MT 2-6-0 78045 at Tillynaught, with a branch service for Banff, on 18th June 1964.

Nairn: A Class 26 at Nairn in June 1964 with an Inverness-bound service.

Ladysbridge: View of Ladysbridge, taken from a Tillynaught - Banff branch service, in June 1964.

Banff: View across the bay, towards the branch terminus at Banff, in June 1964. The locomotive beside the water tower at the engine shed was Standard Class 2 78045. The smoke is rising from the gas works.

Banff: Standard Class 2MT 2-6-0 78045 at Banff, awaiting departure with a branch service for Tillynaught, on 18th June 1964.

Kings Cross: 'Read all about it...!' Once a common sight during the late evening and early morning hours at Kings Cross station. The product of Fleet Street being loaded into newspaper vans destined for all points north on 18 June 1969.

Kings Cross: Night scene at Kings Cross on 18 June 1969 with a newspaper train loading at the platform.

Allerdene Shop Pit: NCB 0-4-0ST No. 81 (RSH 7604 of 1949) takes water at the shed on the site of Allerdene Shop pit (later Ravensworth Shop Colliery), Lamesley, Co Durham, in June 1970. The colliery stood at the foot of the Allerdene rope-hauled incline (latterly part of the Bowes system). No 81 was cut up at Springwell in October 1972 and operations here ceased the following year. The area is now covered by a retail park and the A1 Western Bypass.

Newcastle Central: A loaded colliery trip working approaches Newcastle Central station off the King Edward Bridge in June 1970 behind EE Type 3 No. D6767, which has the assistance of a brake tender to keep its train under control.

Lamesley: EE Type 3 6834 is not far from journey's end as it passes Lamesley just before 4pm on a fine summer's day in 1970 with 6K20, the 13:45 Eastgate to Heaton loaded cement.

Lamesley: The weather on general election day in 1970 had started dull but brightened up late morning and stayed fine for the rest of the day. Here Peak No. D55 Royal Signals accelerates past Lamesley under an almost cloudless sky shortly after leaving Newcastle on the 16.20 to Bristol Temple Meads.

Newcastle West Junction: On a fine evening in June 1970, Peak No. D170 grinds round the sharp curve on the up goods line at the west end of Newcastle Central station. The train is thought to be a return working of 'Freightliner' flats from South Gosforth to Follingsby with the locomotive still displaying the reporting number from a previous working.

Tyne Marshalling Yard: Clayton No. D8604 makes a smoky exit from the north end of Tyne Yard on 18 June 1970. The freight is an afternoon trip working formed of 45t oil tanks.

Lockerbie Junction: A down Leeds - Glasgow train passing the former <I>Lighthouse</I> signal box that still stood on the hill to the north of Dumfries station in the early 1970s. In the words of renowned railway photographer Derek Cross, the historic structure was <I>'...demolished in an act of planning vandalism.'</I> Nearest the camera is the remaining section of <I>The Port Road</I> to Stranraer, still open at this time as far as the ICI factory at Cargenbridge, just beyond Maxwelltown.

Needham Market: A Friday evening in June 1976 finds the busy 18.40 Liverpool Street to Norwich service stranded near Needham Market in 'the middle of nowhere'. The class 47 at its head had failed and, being 1976, the driver could not call for assistance by radio or mobile phone. As seen here, he has flagged down a Cambridge to Ipswich service to relay his needs to the DMU driver for passing on down the line. The passengers had no means of outside communication either, so when the train eventually arrived in Norwich over two hours late, there was a crowd of anxious partners, friends and relatives who had also waited two hours or gone to the station when their loved ones failed to come home. It could have been worse. I might not have made it to Captain America's Hamburger Heaven in Exchange Street in time for a quarter pound De Luxe (cheese, lettuce, tomato, dill, mayo) with crispy fries and relishes. 80p. Just saying.

Dumfries: An unidentified Class 47 restarts a Glasgow Central - Leeds service from Dumfries in June 1982.

Dumfries Shed: A Glasgow - Leeds train photographed shortly after restarting from Dumfries in June 1983. The train is passing the site of Dumfries shed, with the buildings now demolished and site clearance underway. This view from St Mary's Street bridge had not been possible prior to demolition of the shed.

Rudesheim am Rhein: Rudesheim am Rhein Station in the centre of the picture with a vehicle ferry crossing to Bingen in 1987. The large building to the right is the Asbach Uhralt Brandy manufacturer which is one of the ingredients in a Rudesheimer Coffee.

Edinburgh Waverley: The driver of the Down 'Devon Scot' has what would now be seen as a socially distanced chat (or bellow) with someone on the platform, just prior to shutting the door on him. In 1997 HSTs were already 20 years old; who would have thought that a generation after that they would still be pulling out of Platform 19?

Edinburgh Waverley: A DVT, in shiny new GNER livery, is at the head of an ECML service boarding at Waverley's Platform 19 in June 1997.

Edinburgh Waverley: A bit rich? A grubby-looking HST makes an environmentally-hostile start at Waverley in June 1998.

Lydney Junction: GWR 57XX 0-6-0PT 9681, seen at Lydney Junction on the Dean Forest Railway on 18 June 2000.

Coulsdon North: An approaching 12-car Brighton – London Bridge service passes a Horsham train on the Quarry Line just south of Stoats Nest Junction in the Summer of 2002. The area on the right, consisting of wasteland and a scrapyard, had been occupied by Coulsdon North station and carriage sidings until closure in 1983 see image [[43249]]. (Rail travellers continued to be well served by other nearby stations including Coulsdon Town and Coulsdon South). The location has since been redeveloped and the A23 Coulsdon relief road now runs through the site.

Stoats Nest Junction: A Connex South Eastern EMU takes the Quarry Line south from Stoats Nest Junction in June 2002.

Ashby-de-la-Zouch: Probably the best preserved relics of this short-lived (21 years) electric tramway through open countryside are the rails set in cobbles in front of Ashby station. That Rover 400 has hit hard times, too. Notice the points just in front of the car.

Ashby-de-la-Zouch: A very grand station for a town which has hit hard times. Currently in use as offices, this station could see passenger trains again - they've only been talking about it for some 30 years...

Amerton: Peter Pan at the Kerr Stuart Gala at the Amerton Farm Railway. An amiable outfit comprising a wobbly loop of rails laid in a field.

Amerton: Tattoo at the Kerr Stuart Gala at the Amerton Farm Railway. An amiable outfit comprising a wobbly loop of rails laid in a field.

Amerton: Tattoo seems to be blinking in the sun at the Kerr Stuart Gala at the Amerton Farm Railway. Probably quite justified - the temperature hit 32 degrees C, and I got badly sunburned.

Drumgelloch [1st]: A Sunday morning arrival at Drumgelloch terminus in June 2006.

Drumgelloch [1st]: An afternoon train about to leave Drumgelloch with a service to Helensburgh Central on 18 June 2006.

Dalgety Bay: Royal Scotsman heads north through Dalgety Bay on 18 June en route to Keith behind 47854.

Bow Of Fife: 47854 approaches Bow of Fife crossing bound for Keith. The first leg of the five day Classic Tour, using the Royal Scotsman set.

Broomhill: Strathspey Railway No.17 is seen nearing Broomhill. Nicely turned out in lined green and named Braeriach. A huge improvement on last year.

Boat of Garten: At one time weighing scales were to be found on every station. This one is preserved on the Strathspey Railway.

Sweetholm Crossing: Royal Scotsman heads north through Fife on its way to Keith on 18 June behind 47854.

Inverness: 67009 is about to depart with the Inverness portion of the Caledonian Sleeper.

Bow of Fife: EWS 66111 heads south through the Bow of Fife with train 6D71, empty aviation fuel tanks en route from Linkswood (RAF Leuchars) to Mossend.

Saughton [Tram]: Part of the Edinburgh guided busway system at Saughton on 18 June 2008. The route is destined to carry trams in due course.

Exmouth: An Exeter St Davids service with 142009 waits to leave Exmouth interchange station. This is located a little further back along the branch than the station in the earlier photograph by Ian Dinmore but it is still close to the town centre and enjoys a half hourly service to Exeter.

Alresford (Hampshire): Alresford Station building and forecourt on the former L&SWR Watercress Line.

Alresford (Hampshire): Alresford Station looking East towards Ropley on the former L&SWR Watercress Line.

Lympstone Village: Swimmers Service. Children in a party from a local primary school return to Lympstone after using the pool at Exmouth. 142064 is on a Barnstaple service. View towards Lympstone Commando and Topsham. The Pacer was an ex-Northern unit in use by FGW but would return to the North West at the end of 2011 when these units were replaced by cascaded Sprinters from London Midland.

Alresford (Hampshire): Class 33 No 6593 at Alresford on the former L&SWR Watercress Line in June 2008.

Alresford (Hampshire): Southern corridor-brake at Alresford on the former L&SWR Watercress Line.

Alresford (Hampshire): Bulleid Merchant Navy class 35005 Canadian Pacific leaving Alresford on the former L&SWR Watercress Line in June 2008.

Balgreen Halt: Fife-bound 170 458 passes the former Corstorphine branch junction near the site of Balgreen Halt on 18 June. The forthcoming Edinburgh tramway system will follow the branch alignment on the left

Topsham: Topsham loop on the single track Exmouth branch allows a half hourly service to be operated in each direction. The signals and crossing barriers are controlled from Exmouth Junction, although the signal box still stands by the level crossing. 142064 going to Barnstaple crosses 142063 heading for Exmouth, the latter running as a 4-car set with 142070 on the rear.

Exmouth: 142009 stands at Exmouth with the 1150 stopping train for Exeter. Alternate trains on the half hourly service run through to Paignton, many of them semi-fast on the branch. View from the buffers towards Lympstone.

Powderhall Bridge: Containers of compacted household waste, destined for landfill, forming part of the morning Powderhall - Oxwellmains Binliner service on 18 June 2008. Part of the train is standing on the bridge over the Water of Leith just north of the former Powderhall station, now part of a large Edinburgh Council refuse depot. Positioning of the container flats alongside the loading/unloading apron is carried out using the depots internal cable-haulage system see image [[12012]]. Just beyond the bridge lay Bonnington South Junction, meeting point of the lines from North Leith and Granton.

Powderhall Loop: View southeast along the branch from Powderhall depot on 18 June as 37401 waits for the loading of the morning Binliner containers to be completed before coupling up and taking the train to Oxwellmains.

Hilsea: 158958, heading for Cardiff, makes a change from the SWT and Southern EMUs that form most of the trains on the Portsmouth line. The diesel unit is running non-stop through Hilsea on its way north to the main line where it will turn west towards Southampton. Two Class 450 SWT EMUs are heading for Portsmouth on the down line.

Hilsea: A late (1941) addition to the railway network, this station is Hilsea on the busy Portsmouth line. SWT 450075 is heading for Portsmouth as it draws into Hilsea in this view looking northwards.

Stonehaven: The exterior of Stonehaven station, seen from the carriage drive on 18 June 2009. See image [[20020 to play 'spot the changes over ten years.']]

Preston: A Pendolino stands at Preston platform 4 on 18 June 2009, having terminated here with the 2030 hrs ex London Euston. Thunderbird 57312 The Hood has appeared at the rear of the set and an attempt has just been made to extend the Pendolino's Dellner coupler. This has failed and the 57 is about to move off empty handed. The photograph was taken from the top deck of the new multi-storey car park alongside Preston station which had opened a few days earlier. [Note: One explanation for these manoeuvres is that the 57 was intending to haul the Pendolino to Longsight depot via Chorley and Bolton and that the problem with the coupler necessitated the train being rerouted back to Crewe then on to Longsight under the wires.]

Maidenhead: FGW service from Paddington to Oxford calls at Maidenhead on 18 June 2009.

Reading: A pair of Colas Class 47s, 47739 and 47749, arrived at Reading on 18 June 2009 with a freight from the north. Unfortunately all was not well with one of the locos and a bit of shunting took place before the train could continue.

Fratton: Fratton Depot is situated on the down side at Fratton station as can be seen here in this view from the station's down side island platform. A rush hour view and so the depot sidings are empty but will be busy later in the evening.

Fratton: A Southern service, heading for Portsmouth and formed by EMU 377461, runs into the down island platform at Fratton. This will have travelled along the coast, probably from Brighton. Fratton EMU servicing depot is just off to the right of this platform.

Laurencekirk: Lesson in restoration - the recently reopened Laurencekirk station, photographed on 18 June 2009. View along the down platform see image [[18132]].

Dunbar: Surviving buildings at the entrance to the former goods yard alongside Dunbar station, photographed on 18 June 2009. The white wooden structure was probably the coal office.

Causewayhead: An SPT liveried 170 rounds the bend towards the Wallace Monument on 18 June with a service for Alloa.

Tamworth High Level: A Cross Country HST prepares to depart from Tamworth High Level, with a service towards the north east, on the evening of 18 June 2009.

Maidenhead: A westbound HST in full flight (or at least it felt like that) rushes through Platform 1 at Maidenhead on 18 June 2009.

Edinburgh Waverley: Arriva CrossCountry HST (power car 43378) after arrival at Edinburgh Waverley on 18 June.

Reading: The driver of the CrossCountry service has changed ends as it sits in Platform 5 at Reading on 18 June with a service from Manchester to Bournemouth. Meanwhile a westbound HST pauses at the adjacent platform.

Reading: 165112 leads 166215 into Reading, on the evening of 18 June 2009, while on a Paddington to Oxford service.

Dunbar: An exception to the general rule - Dunbar - June 2009 see image [[29137]].

Tackley: The basic but very tidy facilities at Tackley can be seen in this view looking towards Oxford. The station serves a fairly small village and has done well to survive through to the present day.

Tackley: The period style lighting adds a nice touch to Tackley station as a Cross Country Voyager speeds south on the line from Banbury to Oxford. This view looks north towards Banbury.

Laurencekirk: The old posters left here at closure in 1967, now preserved behind glass at the reopened Laurencekirk station in June 2009. Another nice touch see image [[13338]].

Laurencekirk: Scene at Laurencekirk station on 18 June 2009, a month after repening. The station name is rendered in the style it was at closure in 1967. A nice touch.

Montrose: The doomed box at Montrose South stands in the background on 18 June, while the semaphore's yet to be commissioned replacement skulks behind its senior.

Laurencekirk: One of the waiting room displays at the reopened Laurencekirk station, photographed on 18 June 2009.

Maidenhead: A First Great Western service from Paddington to Reading with 3-car 165111 calls at Maidenhead at the start of the evening rush hour on 18 June 2009. As the passengers board the train the driver looks back from his cab window to check on the progress with boarding.

Reading: In front of one of many new buildings just to the east of Reading station is a South West Trains service which has terminated here following a journey from Waterloo via Ascot on 18 June 2009. The Class 444 units have an external resemblance to the Class 380 mock-up currently on display in Glasgow Central Station. Nearer the camera is a First Great Western HST on an eastbound service which will run non stop to London Paddington.

Birmingham Curzon Street: Seen from a passing train on 18 June 2009, the remaining building of Birmingham Curzon St station, the first terminus of the line from Euston. This is scheduled to become a station again for HS2.

Aynho: Sometimes known as Aynho for Deddington this station opened in 1910 on the Oxford to Banbury line and closed in 1964 but is still in use as a private residence alongside the main line. A short distance along the road from here was Aynho Park Platform, on the Princes Risborough line, although no trace of that station remains.

Aynho: Aynho station, closed in 1964, still stands alongside the Oxford to Banbury line. This is the view north from the overbridge and, in the distance, the flyover at Aynho Junction can be seen where the down Princes Risborough direct line is carried over the bridge to join the line in the foreground.

Stonehaven: Heralded by a clatter of bells and a clunk of levers in the box behind me, 170 408 arrives at Stonehaven with a service for Glasgow Queen Street on 18 June 2009

Dunbar: CrossCountry service for Aberdeen pulls into Dunbar on 18 June 2009. Not only were the departure monitors showing 'Platform 1' when there is only one platform, but the 1s were flashing to indicate a platform alteration...

Princes Street [Tram]: Tram rails being installed on Princes Street! View looking east on 18 June 2009.

Maidenhead: On the GWR main line west of Maidenhead a First Great Western HST heads towards Reading on 18 June 2009.

Dundee: Bay platform 3 at Dundee is occupied by 170 424 on 18 June with a return working to Edinburgh. The other bay platform appears to see little use.

Fratton: SWT 450018, just out from Portsmouth on its way to London Waterloo, rolls into Fratton leading a twelve coach (3x4 car) set. View towards Portsmouth from the island platform on the down side.

Montrose: 170 417 pulls into Montrose with a service for Edinburgh on 18 June, while the lofty MN [Montrose North] 44 is set for a northbound train.

Tamworth Low Level: A late evening Pendolino from Euston to Preston calls at Tamworth Low Level on 18 June 2009. The High Level platform is just visible above the train.

Nuneaton: (Re-)Connected at last: the Birmingham-Leicester line (L) can now be accessed from the WCML heading South (R). At least one railtour has already passed this way.

Wells on the Sea: The unique 2-6-0+0-6-2 Garratt locomotive no 3 Norfolk Hero photographed on 18 June 2010 on the ten and a quarter inch gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway in Norfolk. The 4 mile long line is built along a section of the former standard gauge branch from Dereham, closed by BR in 1964.

Bermuda Park: The Bermuda industrial estate has seen a number of measures to reduce carbon emissions - a cycle path, new footpaths, traffic lights on a major roundabout. A new station is scheduled for completion in December 2013 - about where the approaching 153 can be seen in the centre background of this south-facing view. Notice the curve of the road in the foreground - this is the approximate course of the old branch line to the Bermuda collieries.

Nuneaton South Junction: The little known viaduct across the little known River Anker is located between an industrial estate and a heavily wooded part of Riversley Park. So it is rarely photographed. The puddle jumper is the 11.45 from Coventry.

Euxton Balshaw Lane: A Birmingham bound Voyager seen from Euxton Balshaw Lane station heading south towards Balshaw Lane Junction on the late afternoon of 18 June 2011.

Holt: Class 37 no 6737 lurks in the undergrowth at Holt station on the North Norfolk Railway on 18th June 2011.

Holt: The token is handed over to the footplate as the 2.15pm departure leaves Holt for Sheringham on the North Norfolk Railway with Hunslet 0-6-0 saddle tank no 1982 Ring Haw in charge.

Croston: 1533315 calls at Croston station with the 15.55 departure to Ormskirk on 18 June 2011. The disused former Preston bound platform on the left has been receiving attention to the undergrowth by the 'Friends of Croston Station' community group. After having been abandoned for over 40 years, it is quite a task - and quite interesting to see how much platform blockwork is being unearthed. See image [[36136]]

London Bridge: A South eastern Service for Charing Cross makes its way over Railway Approach viaduct shortly after leaving London Bridge station in June 2011. Beyond the viaduct stands Southwark Cathedral see image [[43915]].

Holt: Class 37 no 6737 stands at Holt station on the North Norfolk Railway on 18th June 2011.

Clackmannan and Kennet: Heavy coal trains through Clackmannan have come and gone twice over the years, the second coming followed 28 years in which the line through the village was out of use and overgrown, and ended with the closure of Longannet power station in 2016. This photo shows 66062 on the eastern outskirts of Clackmannan returning 23 empty hoppers from Longannet on a disappointing 18th June 2011.

Stow: The trackbed of the Waverley route looking north through the site of Stow station on 18 June 2012. Demolition of the house built across the trackbed on this side of the bridge has been completed and the rubble cleared away. See image [[23820]]

Eskbank and Dalkeith: A young girl and her dog passing through the remains of Eskbank station on a bright and sunny afternoon. View south from the road bridge on 18 June 2012.

Stow: View south over Stow station from the road bridge on 18 June 2012 looking towards Galashiels. The partial crater in the right foreground is the result of demolition of the house that previously stood on the trackbed here see image [[14414]].

Loch nan Uamh Viaduct: A sunny and breezy June afternoon with K1 No. 62005 hauling the return working of The Jacobite across the Viaduct at Loch nan Uamh.

Bowland: Looking south across bridge no 80 on the former Waverley route towards the sparse remains of Bowland station in 2012. This quiet backwater had closed to passengers in 1953, although the bridge itself continued to be used for a further 60 years, the last 40 or so by the local farmer. The end came in 2013 when the structure was demolished and replaced as part of the Borders Railway project (see [[43480]]).

Galashiels: View north from Station Brae road bridge in Galashiels on 18 June 2012. The flats which had impeded the planned Borders Railway route have been demolished and clearance of the trackbed is now underway. The new station will be located just beyond the rubble. See image [[28730]]

Touch South Junction: Colas Rail 66847 coasts downhill between Dunfermline Queen Margaret and Dunfermline Town with the second of two (route learning?) trips from Stirling via Alloa on 18 June. A new traffic flow perchance?

Dalkeith: Infilled bridge and partially infilled cutting on the former Dalkeith branch, seen here on a bright June morning in 2012 looking west towards Glenesk Junction, with the old Dalkeith station site (now occupied by a supermarket) behind the camera. The metal bridge carries Cemetery Road, which links the A6094 (on the left) with Ironmills Park. To the right of the bridge a stairway descends into the cutting on the far side, now forming part of a public walkway to Eskbank.

Preston (Ribble Branch): Power on and flanges squealing as 66201 lifts the bitumen empties from Preston Dock up the last few yards of the 1:29 into Preston station See image [[34939]]. I remember Class 40s pulling long rakes of empty 16 tonners up this incline and it was a lot more dramatic than the apparently effortless way the modern locos do it. The earlier westbound slog up to Copy Pit with the loaded tanks will have been far more taxing to the Class 66.

Preston (Ribble Branch): About half way up the 1:29 incline from Preston Dock, 66201 passes under Walton's Parade bridge in June 2012. The two concrete flying arches are presumably later additions keeping the brick retaining wall in place. The train is the 6E32 (MWF only) returning bitumen empties to Lindsey.

Bowland: Looking north along the Waverley trackbed at Bowland, the first station north from Galashiels, in June 2012. Directly ahead is bridge no 80 over the B710, beyond which stood Bowland signal box. Passenger access from road level was via a stairway to the down platform, with the up platform reached by means of a barrow crossing just before the bridge. Bowland station closed to passengers in October 1953 although the goods yard remained in use for a further 11 years. See image [[36188]]

Southport Pier: The twin-section articulated, battery powered tram car that provides a half-hourly service in both directions along the Southport Pier Tramway. The 3'6' gauge tramway runs the 3,600 feet length of Southport Pier, providing a public passenger service to the pier head.

Princes Street [Tram]: View east along Princes Street past The Mound tram stop on 18 June 2013.

Alston: The tidy Signal Cabin at Alston, South Tynedale Railway. on 18th June 2013.

Mallaig: 45407 runs round its train at Mallaig on 18 June after working in on the afternoon Jacobite service from Fort William. Captured in a quick dash from the ferry terminal before booking in time for the Skye ferry.

Alston: Hunslet No. 9 backs down onto its train at Alston, on the South Tynedale Railway, on 18th June 2013. For those who know Alston, the temperature was an unheard of 24C!

Tobermory Pier: CalMac Ferry MV Loch Linnhe nears Tobermory slipway on Mull and will form the 14.30 crossing to Kilchoan, on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula. 18th June 2013.

Tobermory Pier: Builders Plate on Caledonian MacBrayne MV Loch Linnhe, seen on the crossing from Mull to Kilchoan on the Ardnamurchan peninsula, showing it to be boat 953 constructed, in 1986, at Dunston's Hessle shipyard on the north bank of the Humber Estuary in East Yorkshire. The next boat built in the yard was sister CalMac ferry MV Loch Riddon, whose builders plate shows it as boat H954. A total of four ferries were built for CalMac that year. The Yard ceased shipbuilding in 1994.

Bamfurlong: A double Virgin Super Voyager heads north at Bamfurlong on 18 June 2013. The station here only had platforms serving the slow lines (on the right) and closed in 1950.

Tooting Broadway: Exterior of Tooting Broadway station, LUL Northern Line, on 18th June 2013. This opened on 13th September 1926 with the extension of the City & South London Railway from Clapham Common to Morden which was thenceforth known as the Morden-Edgware Line, until 1937 when the LPTB renamed it the Northern Line, even though this section is in south London. All the stations on the Morden extension were designed by Dr. Charles Holden (1875-1960), the Underground's Chief Architect between the two World Wars, noted principally for his stations on the Cockfosters extension of the Piccadilly Line, especially Arnos Grove, and rebuilt stations in west London such as Sudbury Town on the former District Railway's Ealing & South Harrow Line, now part of the Piccadilly Line.

Mallaig Pier: CalMac ferry MV Loch Nevis, seen moored at the inner harbour berth in Mallaig on 18th June 2013. This ferry serves the small islands of Eigg, Muck and Rum. It is shown as having an Azipod propulsion system consisting of a fixed pitch propeller mounted on a steerable gondola, which also contains the electric motor driving the propeller.

Southport Pier: The Southport Pier Tramway's 2-car battery unit during a break from its half-hourly shuttle service along the pier on 18 June 2013.

Tobermory Pier: Tobermory slipway on Mull seen during loading of Calmac Ferry MV Loch Linnhe, ready for its journey across the Sound of Mull to Kilchoan on the Ardnamurchan peninsula. 18th June 2013.

Whalley Viaduct: In glorious evening sunshine, Jubilee 4-6-0 45699 Galatea crosses Whalley viaduct with the returning Fellsman on 18 June 2014. The tour had been running late but was making up for lost time and the regulator was opened once off the viaduct and climbing Wilpshire bank.

Bay Horse: Just before the longest day of 2014 and there's plenty of evening sun to illuminate Jubilee 45699 Galatea and the returning Fellsman excursion as it passes Bay Horse near Lancaster.

Settle: Jubilee 45699 Galatea with The Fellsman on 18 June 2014. The train is approaching Settle station.

Carlisle: 45699 Galatea stabled in the station sidings at Carlisle on 18 June after working in on The Fellsman.

Bay Horse: A Class 325 EPU Royal Mail service, comprising units 012, 002 and 003, passes Bay Horse heading for Shieldmuir in the summer evening sunshine on 18 June. 325003 has recently been repainted and the different shade of red (and absence of yellow banding) stands out from the other two units in the train.

Woodacre Crossing: Carnforth shed rostered 45699 Galatea for the second 2014 Fellsman and the maroon Jubilee is seen hurrying the train south through Woodacre on a sunny 18th June.

Cardrona: Bridge remains on the Peebles Railway just over half a mile south of Cardrona on the way to Innerleithen in June 2014. The Peebles Loop closed in 1962 and this section is now a popular walkway which at this point runs through the local golf course.

Cardrona: The remains of Cardrona station on the Peebles Loop, seen here in the summer of 2014 bearing the name 'Cardrona Village Store'. The view is south east in the general direction of Galashiels, with the public transport successor to the railway, the 62 bus, seen here calling on its way to Edinburgh.

Whalley Viaduct: Jubilee 4-6-0 45699 Galatea above the chimey pots crossing Whalley viaduct with the returning Fellsman on 18 June 2014.

Cardrona Viaduct: The footbridge that now spans the Tweed between Cardrona and Innerleithen, seen from the trackbed of the Peebles Railway looking towards Galashiels in June 2014. The long demolished railway bridge stood slightly further south beyond the trees. See image [[47747]]

Cardrona Viaduct: Looking south along the Tweed in June 2014 from the recently constructed (2013) footbridge near Cardrona (see image [[47741]]). Remains of the rail bridge that once carried the line from Peebles to Galashiels are visible just below the surface of the river as well as on the left (east) bank.

Leith Walk Tram Depot: Leith Walk Tram Depot on 18 June 2015. The 1938 office block survives in community use but the sheds behind have been demolished. Tram rails returned to the street in 2021.

Bayerisch Eisenstein: The imposing Bayerisch Eisenstein station on the German / Czech Republic border - seen here on 18th June - must be almost unique in that the station building actually straddles the international border. This is the German end, extensively refurbished by the regional National Park authority, including a wonderful conversion of the waiting room into a café restaurant.

Montrose: 66429 enters Montrose with the 1223 Grangemouth to Aberdeen service in 2015.

Bayerisch Eisenstein: Two Czech locos on passenger duties sit at the Bayerisch Eisenstein border station - where the Bayerischer Wald and Bohemia meet - on 18th June. Czech territory ends just behind the two trains.

Milngavie: 320308 at Milngavie in 2015.

Washington Union: Amtrak ACELA Express train 2158, the 08.55 Washington Union to Boston South seen at Washington Union Sta just before departure.

Philadelphia 30th Street: Philadelphia 30th St Station, 18 June 2015.

Aberdeen: 66137 on the 1427 Aberdeen Waterloo to Mossend freight passing through Aberdeen station on 18th June 2015.

Bayerisch Eisenstein: The Czech end of the Bayerisch Eisenstein border station - seen here on 18th June - is less impressive than its German counterpart, perhaps a microcosm of the different economic strengths of the two countries. See image [[51896]]

Leith Central: The frontage of Leith Central Station in 2015. Passenger services ceased in 1952 and use as a diesel depot ended twenty years later. The train shed was demolished to be replaced by a supermarket.

Balshaw Lane Junction: Freightliner locomotives 86622+86637 bring the 4M74 Coatbridge to Crewe Basford Hall container train through Balshaw Lane Junction on 18 June 2015.

Balshaw Lane Junction: A Shieldmuir to Warrington mail train approaching Balshaw Lane Junction on the Up Fast line on 18 June 2015. On the Slow lines on the right is Euxton Balshaw Lane station.

Gorebridge: Over the fence, looking from Station Brae. The line to the north was double track with a loop/access to Arniston Engine colliery, off which was a short dock siding servicing the loading bank on the right. A small gasworks was nearby. 18 June.

Edinburgh Waverley: D9009 poses for the gallery at Waverley's platform 8 after arrival from Derby with the Deltic Borderer II.

Edinburgh Waverley: D9009 Alycidon hauling the Deltic Borderer II (York-Tweedbank and return) fumigates Waverley’s Platform 1 with some classic fumes.

Portobello: Calm before the storm at Network Rail's recently opened Edinburgh (Portobello) MDU building. This photo was taken from a passing train on a Saturday afternoon with maintenance vehicles lined up ready for a busy Saturday night shift. A little information about the new (and used) structure is available here: http://www.morrisandspottiswood.co.uk/edinburgh-mdu/

Newington [NBR]: D9009 with the Deltic Borderer II passes the site of Newington Station. 67022 was on the rear.

Eskbank: D9009 speeds south through Eskbank Station.

Tweedbank: Travelling on the Borders Railway for the first time this photographer just happened to find a charter train waiting when he arrived so this is actually a grab shot en passant. BR Class 55 Deltic 'Alycidon' at Tweedbank Station's Platform 2 at the head of Pathfinder Deltic Borderer II. Most passengers seem to have wandered off to Melrose and back before leaving on the return journey to Derby. Two service trains were cancelled to make way for this special train.

Gorebridge: D9009 brings up the rear of the return leg to Derby via Edinburgh with 67022 leading away from Gorebridge.

Berwick-upon-Tweed: Virgin East Coast HST waiting to proceed across the Royal Border Bridge from Berwick upon Tweed on an overcast but dry Saturday. The sign on the platform still claims that this is the station for the Borders despite there now being a train service to the Central Borders.

Blunsdon: As has been reported in the Railway Media, there was an arson attack on the Swindon and Cricklade's Thumper Unit.

It is now being stripped of any remaining good parts before being scrapped.

Blunsdon: The ruined coach of the Swindon and Cricklade's Thumper Unit is now being stripped of any remaining good parts before being scrapped.

Berwick-upon-Tweed: The interior of the waiting room at Berwick upon Tweed station. Attractive features include traditional toilets and the book exchange rack under the window.

Galashiels: Red white and blue flowers for the Queen's 90th birthday at Galashiels Station.

Gorebridge: Confirmation that 67022 was 'naked' heading north ... (without name board on the returning 'Deltic Borderer II').

Grosmont: D213 'Andania' (Cunard Lines), prepares to take the the magnificent LNER teak set up the bank to Goathland and on to Pickering. Grosmont, NYMR on 18 June 2016. The finish achieved on both locomotive and coaches had to be seen to be believed!

Millerhill Yard: Looking south over track and signalling work to connect the new electric train depot on the 18th of June.

Millerhill EGIP Depot: Engineering possession at Millerhill on Sunday 18 June 2017, with work in progress in connection with the planned EGIP electric train depot. The two new sets of points will access the depot, with those nearest routed via a washing plant. All scheduled train movements were cancelled for the day, including those on the Borders Railway, just off picture to the right, where a replacement bus service was in operation between Edinburgh and Gorebridge.

Broomhill: D5394 brings the Diners Special into Broomhill on Sunday afternoon, 18 June 2017.

Grantown-on-Spey East: What a difference ten years makes; a then and now shot of Grantown-on Spey East,as the work continues to turn the former station into a visitor centre.

Millerhill EGIP Depot: A slightly different view on the works at Millerhill EMU depot showing progress on the line into the depot and electrification.

Holywell Junction: The poor old ship is still there. Former TSS Duke of Lancaster at the Mostyn shoreline by Llannerch-y-Mor (half way between Mostyn and Holywell Junction). This former British Railways vessel was in operation between 1956 and 1979. The plan for her to be 'The Fun Ship' largely frustrated she may now become an art gallery.

Danby: The Esk Valley line to Whitby crosses the River Esk and the local road to Lealholm in rapid succession a short distance after leaving Danby Station heading east. This view looking south shows the substantial steel bridge running across the upper reaches of the River Esk, with the road bridge some 25m to the left. The mainly ruined building seen in the distance is Danby Castle, which is a former home of Catherine Parr, the last wife of Henry VIII, in her younger days.

Llandudno: The station concourse at Llandudno.

Runswick Bay: A large depression exists along Ellerby Lane, on the edge of Runswick Bay Top village, at the location where the coast line through Staithes to Whitby West Cliff crossed over the lane approx 1Km south east of Hinderwell Station. The trackbed is only slightly above the road level on the Runswick side approach, so could possibly have crossed the road on the level, rather than the road being cut away to pass below the line. The view is looking south west towards the A174 and Ellerby village, with the Runswick boundary stone just to rear of view.

Millerhill MPD: Weekend engineering possession at Millerhill on 18 June 2017 with the freight lines closed and a replacement bus service operating on the Borders Railway. The last traces of the recently demolished MPD are being removed to make way for the new EMU facilities. For a view of the former diesel depot 36 years earlier see [[6349]].

Danby: The Esk Valley line to Whitby crosses the River Esk and the local road to Lealholm in rapid succession shortly after leaving Danby Station heading east. The view looking south shows the second bridge, the road bridge, which, for a rural location, has a motorway headroom of 16 feet. The section of the bridge on the far side has a higher still headroom, having been rebuilt in the recent past. The river bridge is some 25m to the right.

Book: Cover of 'The Times - The First Railways by Derek Hayes', photographed for review article.

Stirling: Stirling on the 18th. Note the removal of the canopy valance boards as part of a station improvement project (I hope they go back on). This view shows the 09.38 to Dundee.

Bridge of Allan: 66424 passes Bridge of Allan with the Grangemouth - Aberdeen intermodal. Electrification masts have been erected to the north and south of the station.

Hythe [RH&DR]: The Hythe terminus of the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway on 18th June 2018.

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Dungeness: The bizarre landscape of Dungeness, seen on 18th June 2018. Steam hauled train, unique shingle vegetation and a nuclear power station!

Dungeness: An immaculately presented loco No.6 of the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway at Dungeness on 18th June 2018.

Bay Horse: Drifting steam from the pilot, Black 5 45212, partially obscures train engine 60103 Flying Scotsman as they pass Bay Horse on 18th June 2018. This was the last few miles of a run from London Victoria to Carnforth with the Lakes Express (Day 1).

Leyland: 45212 pilots 60103 'Flying Scotsman' on 'The Lakes Express' from London Victoria to Carnforth, seen passing Leyland on 18 June 2018. 45212 is a former Lostock Hall shed (10D) and a few former staff from the shed were present to see the engine approaching 50 years since the end of steam.

Dingwall: 66303 and 66304, with a Georgemas (for Dounreay) flask train, at Dingwall on 18th June 2019.

Alness: 158712 from Wick via Thurso to Inverness arriving at Alness (closed 1960, reopened 1973), dead on time at 09.44 on 18th June 2019.

Bathgate: A Helensburgh service draws to a stop at Bathgate on 18 June 2019. Unusually the station signs here do not bear a Gaelic version of the name even though it is accepted that the name is Celtic in origin. Meanwhile names that are clearly English or Scots (like Kirknewton) get a specious Gaelic translation. Absurd.

Kyle of Lochalsh: 158712 now arrived at Kyle of Lochalsh with the ex-10.56 service from Inverness, on time at 13.35, on 18th June 2019. It will form the 13.46 return service to Inverness. This station opened on 2nd November 1897 with the extension of the line from Stromeferry, which had been reached from Dingwall more than two decades earlier on 19th August 1870. This was only my second ride on the line and visit to this station, the first was 45 years earlier on a weekend LCGB Railtour from Euston that arrived on 6th April 1974.

Beauly: Beauly station, Far North of Scotland Line, on 18th June 2019. The original station, on the opposite side of the line and much bigger and grander and still standing, closed on 13th June 1960 along with several others on the line but it was not until 15th April 2002 that this new station opened. It has the shortest platform in the UK, measuring just 49.4 ft. and only able to accommodate one carriage with just one door available for entry and exit. Since trains have stopped at Beauly again, there has been a big increase in the number of passengers switching from bus to train which led to the nearby station at Conon Bridge (also closed in 1960) being reopened on 8th February 2013 and whose platform is slightly longer at 49.5 ft. Just proves how short-sighted the closures of the Moray Coast and Fraserburgh and Peterhead lines were, and there are very many more throughout the UK that can be added to the list.

Dingwall: Plaque at Dingwall station, seen here on the afternoon of Tuesday, 18th June 2019.

Garve: Garve station is the first stop and passing loop on the Dingwall to Kyle of Lochalsh line although there was previously a station between here and Dingwall, originally opened as Strathpeffer on 19th August 1870, renamed Achterneed on 3rd June 1885 and closed on 7th December 1965. Garve station also opened in 1870 with the first section of the Dingwall & Skye Line as far as Stromeferry; the extension from there to Kyle did not open until 2nd November 1897. Although the line was saved from Beeching, another closure proposal for the Kyle line came in 1970 when the Isle of Lewis ferries were switched from Kyle to a new terminal at Ullapool which has never had a railway but again the Kyle line was saved. (A week earlier, we passed over Garve level crossing by bus on our way to Ullapool to catch the ferry and stay with another friend who lives at Stornoway and back again three days later.) The station building at Garve is no longer in railway use and this view is from 158712 with the ex-10.56 service from Inverness to Kyle on 18th June 2019.

Plockton: View from 158712 with the ex-10.56 service from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh arriving at the picturesque Plockton station, on 18th June 2019. This station opened on 2nd November 1897 with the belated extension of the line from Stromeferry which had been reached from Dingwall years earlier on 19th August 1870.

Achnasheen: Achnasheen station, seen from 158712 with the ex-10.56 service from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh, on 18th June 2019. This was only my second visit to the Kyle line, the first was 45 long years ago (see image [[70556]]) in April 1974 on a weekend LCGB railtour from London Euston. This got to Achnasheen early on the Saturday morning and waited a considerable time for an Inverness train to cross, allowing participants of the railtour to enjoy a much-needed leg stretch.

Armadale: Armadale on Skye may be prettier but at least its humdrum West Lothian namesake has a station. The station is (and always was) some distance from the town centre with the once separate community of Bathville in between. However since the station reopened the town has advanced south to meet it. A Milngavie to Edinburgh service calls on 18 June 2019.

Bathgate: An Edinburgh service calls at Bathgate on 18 June 2019. There was a guy with a camera in the station. I always avoid such weirdos.

Bathgate Central Junction: An Edinburgh service approaches Bathgate on 18 June 2019.

Dingwall: Exterior of Dingwall station, on the Highland Railway main line north of Inverness and the junction for the scenic Kyle of Lochalsh branch, on the afternoon of Tuesday, 18th June 2019. This and the lines to Wick and Thurso were listed for closure in the infamous 1963 Beeching Report but were thankfully reprieved in 1965.

Meadows Box [2nd]: The original course of the Leith South line was in the foreground, running along the coast before land was reclaimed. The later alignment went the other side of Meadows Yard and both lines came together here. Meadows signal box was situated between the lines when they were both extant; it was behind the central pier of this bridge carrying Seafield Road.

Seafield Level Crossing: Looking towards the docks from Seafield level crossing on 18th June 2020. Looking very NIRU if not OOU.

Seafield Junction [CR]: These railway remnants make a rather impressive, not to say forbidding entrance to Seafield crematorium and cemetery. Enough of a deck remains to provide a walkway on the Leith New Lines.

Craigentinny Depot: An Azuma not zooming at Cragentinny. Shot taken through the fence of the westernmost entrance. The depot is really in Mountcastle but the place didn't exist when the carriage sidings - as they were then - were opened.

Craigentinny Depot: CrossCountry 220013 and 220033 snake their way into Craigentinny T&RSMD having arrived in Edinburgh with the 06.34 from Bristol Temple Meads on 18th June 2021.

Edinburgh Waverley: 801229 leaves Waverley with the 15.30 to Kings Cross on 18th June 2021. Two more Azumas are parked in platforms 5 and 6.

Garelochhead: 156457 arrives at Garelochhead on 18 June 2021 with the early evening Glasgow to Oban service.

Craigentinny Depot: 801222, with the 09.00 from Kings Cross, speeds past sister 801229 parked at Craigentinny Depot on 18th June 2021.

Paisley Canal: 380009 at Paisley Canal, about to form the 11:35 service back to Glasgow Central, on 18th June 2021.

Ingliston Park and Ride [Tram]: Edinburgh Trams no. 254 from Airport to St. Andrew Square rounding the curve on the approach to its first stop at Ingliston Park & Ride, at 11.04 on Saturday, 18th June 2022.

Gorgie East: Edinburgh South Suburban Line bridge over Gorgie Road, seen from Lothian bus on route 25 to Restalrig on the morning of Saturday, 18th June 2022. The line closed to passengers in 1962 and many attempts to reopen have fallen on deaf ears. Gorgie East station was to the right where the line drops into a cutting before passing under Slateford Road.

Haymarket: 385104 brings up the rear of a service from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh as it enters Haymarket South Tunnel. Building developments above on the former CR Morrison Street Goods Yard have given the location a more 'enclosed' look. Haymarket visit in the pleasant company of David Bosher on 18th June 2022.

Haymarket: TransPennine Express 802214, from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport, emerging from the tunnel into its first call at Haymarket at 14.13 on Saturday, 18th June 2022. My friend and fellow Railscot contributor Bill Roberton was with me on this occasion and after a pleasant couple of hours in each other's company both here and at Slateford, we retired to Rykie's pub for a nice cool pint of Caledonian Gold each.

Slateford: View towards Edinburgh Waverley from the footbridge at Slateford at 12.37 on Saturday, 18th June 2022. The line diverging to the right leads onto the Edinburgh South Suburban Line that has been without a passenger service for sixty years now and attempts to have this reopened have all fallen on deaf ears.

Edinburgh Park: Exterior of Edinburgh Park, seen from across the tram tracks, at 11.16 on Saturday, 18th June 2022. This station, between Haymarket and Linlithgow, was opened on 4th December 2003. The tram stop was opened on 31st May 2014 although test trams had been running empty through it from 8th October 2013.

Slateford: Slateford, looking north-east towards Edinburgh, at 12.37 on Saturday, 18th June 2022. This is the former Caledonian Railway main line that opened in 1848 to a terminus in Edinburgh at Lothian Road, replaced by Princes Street station in 1870 with Lothian Road becoming a goods depot. Slateford was added to the line in 1853, its Victorian buildings have long since been replaced by the usual ghastly bus stop style waiting shelters. Princes Street station closed on 6th September 1965 with services diverted to Waverley. The pleasant company of my friend and fellow Railscot contributor Bill Roberton was with me on this occasion.

Haymarket [Tram]: Edinburgh Trams no. 272 from Airport to St. Andrew Square calling at Haymarket on 18th June 2022. An interchange with local and long distance buses and National Rail trains which station is out of view on the left.

Fearn: I think these new steps at Fearn are quite an improvement!

Bankhead [Tram]: Bankhead tram stop, Edinburgh Trams, seen from passing Lothian Bus on route 2 to The Jewel, in the late afternoon of 18th June 2022. After a pleasant lunchtime meeting and train photoing session with Bill Roberton, I went for another tram ride and, just for a change, I decided to go back by bus from Edinburgh Park to the city centre and then catch another to Gorgie where I was staying with my friend Paul who had other things to do on this day. As a Londoner on holiday, I didn't quite know where I was going but was happy as long as I got to Haymarket. But to my surprise, the route 2 bus eventually turned down a side road and emerged on to Gorgie Road near the South Sub railway bridge, which was exactly where I wanted to get to!

Haymarket: After many weeks of driver training runs, from the May 2022 timetable change Transpennine Express Class 802s are supplementing the Class 397 EMUs on WCML services between Waverley and Manchester Airport. This is 802214 with a southbound service at Haymarket on 18 June 2022.