Grandtully: 55200 enters Grandtully on 1028 Ballinluig to Aberfeldy 21/06/58.

Grandtully: Ex-CR Class 2P 55200 leaves Grandtully on 1028 Ballinluig to Aberfeldy train.

Trafford Park: Shed scene at Trafford Park (9E), Manchester, on 21 June 1958, with class J10 no 65166 centre stage and Black 5 no 45239 standing on the right. Trafford Park closed to steam in 1968 and the shed was demolished in the mid 1970s. A large Freightliner depot was later built on the site.

Trafford Park: Class N5 0-6-2T no 69362 stands on Trafford Park shed in the summer of 1958.

Killiecrankie Viaduct: Class 5MTs 45125 & 44884 with the 1217 Perth-Inverness service on Killiecrankie Viaduct in 1958.

Grandtully: Ex CR Class 2P 0-4-4T 55200, photographed at Grandtully on the 1028 Ballinluig to Aberfeldy train on 21st June 1958.

Potterhill: RCTS/SLS RAIL TOUR OF SCOTLAND 21st June 1962
42123 on the Potterhill Branch.

Royal Border Bridge: A BR Standard 2MT and a single coach form a St Boswells to Berwick service, crossing the Royal Border Bridge in June 1962.

Kilmacolm: RCTS/SLS RAIL TOUR OF SCOTLAND 21st June 1962
80129 near Kilmacolm heading to Greenock Princes Pier.

Waterside: RCTS/SLS RAIL TOUR OF SCOTLAND 21st June 1962
42123 near Waterside.

Potterhill: RCTS/SLS RAIL TOUR OF SCOTLAND 21st June 1962
80129 on the Potterhill Branch (at the other end of the train).

Glasgow St Enoch: 45160 leaves St Enoch with 12.00 Carlisle local.

Waterloo: Electro-Diesel no E6033 (later 73126) stands at the head of a parcels train while final loading is completed at Waterloo station on a fine summer evening in 1969. The crew takes the opportunity to enjoy the late sunshine

Dalry Middle Junction: Looking north towards Corstorphine Hill in 1972 with the site of Dalry Middle Junction on the other side of the gap left by the former railway bridge across Dalry Road. The diverging trackbeds of the old Caledonian routes to Haymarket West Junction (left) and Coltbridge Junction (right) can be clearly seen. The trackbed running off to the left is now occupied by part of Edinburgh's West Approach Road.

Haymarket MPD: A westbound train passing Haymarket shed in June 1972. Haymarket Central Junction signal box stands in the right middle distance.

New Cumnock: A Glasgow - Leeds train passing New Cumnock in June 1973.

New Cumnock: The Rootes/Chrysler company train, hauled by a pair of Brush Type 4s, photographed on the southern approach to New Cumnock heading for Linwood in 1973.

Hellifield: Flying Scotsman south of Hellifield with the Carnforth to Leeds stage of the LNER Society's 'West Yorkshireman' on 21st June 1975. The LNER Society organised two tours for this date - these ran combined from Euston to Carnforth, with the other half of the train being taken forward to Ravenglass and Sellafield as 'The Furnessman' by (6)1306 and Green Arrow.

Hellifield: Looking along the down platform at Hellifield on 21 June 1975. Class 47 No. 47473 is approaching the station from the north with a short train of four wheel oil tanks.

Crianlarich: 25233 at Crianlarich with the 1225 Glasgow Queen Street to Oban service in June 1976.

Lickey Incline: Peak Class 46 no 46012 drops down the Lickey incline with a passenger train heading for the south west of England in June 1980. This view looks up towards the summit at Blackwell See image [[28088]].

Aviemore: LMS 5025 gingerly inching onto the ex-Kyle of Lochalsh turntable at the Strathspey Railway's Aviemore site on 21 June 1981. The turntable had only recently been installed here and 5025 was the first locomotive to use it in the new location.

Rosyth Dockyard: Star attraction at Rosyth Dockyard during Navy Days in June 1982 is Deltic D9000 Royal Scots Grey.

Rosyth Dockyard: Classic view of Deltic D9000 Royal Scots Grey at Rosyth Navy Days in June 1972

Rosyth Dockyard: Deltic D9000 Royal Scots Grey on display at Rosyth Dockyard on 21 June 1982 during Navy Days.

Wivenhoe: A phantom of the small hours, the Class 31 hauled 03.20 newspaper train from Liverpool Street to Clacton is seen at a little after 5 a.m. flitting alongside the River Colne between Colchester and Wivenhoe. Waiting at various stations ahead are the vans and cars of newsagents keen to get the newspapers in their shops and on breakfast tables throughout the Tendring peninsula. That day, June 21st 1984, the miners' strike was grabbing the headlines.

Torryburn: DMU having just passed the site of Torryburn station on its way to Culross on 21 June 1992 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the town.

Dunfermline Town: Poster displayed at Dunfermline advertising the Scottish Power Express Special (part sponsored by Scottish Power/Longannet Power Station) to Culross on 21 June 1992 to celebrate the towns 400th anniversary.

Culross [2nd]: The Scottish Power Express about to leave the temporary platform at Culross on 21 June 1992 for the return trip to Edinburgh.

Culross [2nd]: Scene at Culross on 21 June 1992 as the Scottish Power Express arrives for the towns 400th anniversary celebrations.

Culross [2nd]: The Scottish Power Express at the temporary station in Culross. The presence of Longannet Power Station in the background explains the sponsorship of the railway experience. This was a special celebration for Culross as it marked 400 years since the granting of its Burgh Charter in 1592.

Edinburgh Waverley: The 11.55hrs Special leaving from Waverley Platform 18 on 21st June 1992 was destined for Culross. Sprinter unit 150259 displays the headboard for The Scottish Power Express which it carried throughout the day. The name was given as the electricity company had paid for the construction of the temporary platform at Culross see image [[62431]]. The town had been granted its Burgh Charter in 1592 so it was celebrating 400 years.

Culross [2nd]: A bargain-priced special train journey for the Culross Quatercentenary The Scottish Power Express.

Culross [2nd]: A pop-up station for a special event. A temporary station platform was built for the 400th anniversary of the founding of Culross as a Burgh. Here we see the crowds from Edinburgh and Dunfermline leaving the train.

Lelant: Scene on the St Ives branch in the summer of 1999 with a train standing alongside Lelant station and tea rooms.

Carbis Bay: The Cornish coast around Carbis Bay, photographed in the summer of 1999, with a DMU passing along the St Ives branch bound for St Erth and the junction with the Great Western main line.

Rhymney: A Sprinter heading for Barry leaves Rhymney in 2003. The MkII coaches in the sidings were used for many years on Class 37 hauled peak hour trains but these ceased in 2005. See image [[7079]]

Rhymney: 37 at Rhymney, looking south from the foot level crossing.

Blackford: Entrance to the former station and yard at Blackford, Perthshire (1848-1956). View north west from the B8081 in June 2005. [Ref query 35737]

Blackford: Remains at Blackford, Perthshire, in the summer of 2005, looking south across the main line. Blackford station closed to passengers in 1956, although there have been calls to reopen it in recent times.

Newburgh [2nd]: The station forecourt at Newburgh, Fife, in the summer of 2005, looking west. The main station building lies straight ahead, partially hidden amongst the trees, with the Perth - Ladybank line running beyond (part of the surviving platform canopy can just be seen). Ahead and to the right lay the surprisingly large goods yard, with former buildings now put to commercial use see image [[1624]]. The case for reopening the station, which closed to passengers in September 1955, has been taken up recently by a local lobby group.

Newburgh [2nd]: Part of the old goods yard at Newburgh - looking west in June 2005.

Newburgh [2nd]: Approaching the former goods yard at Newburgh from the west in the summer of 2005. Newburgh station, which closed to passengers in 1955, is beyond the trees on the right. [Ref query 675]

Newburgh [2nd]: Remains at Newburgh, looking west towards Bridge of Earn in June 2005.

Blackford: 'This is a stick-up!' Blackford level crossing and signal box in June 2005, looking west.

Greenloaning: Opened by the Scottish Central Railway in 1848, Greenloaning station stood alongside the A822 approximately 5 miles north east of Dunblane. The station served passengers for 108 years until closure by BR in June 1956. View is north towards Perth in 2005, with the old station building a private residence. (Note the station clock!)

Greenloaning: Lunch arrives at Greenloaning signal box on 21 June 2005.

Newburgh [2nd]: Part of the former goods yard at Newburgh in June 2005, where old railway buildings have been put to good use since closure. The surviving station building is off picture to the right. The white sign in the left background stands alongside the A913 Abernethy Road and reads 'Wecome to Newburgh - Drive Safely'.

Greenloaning: A northbound train passing Greenloaning loops and signal box in June 2005.

Blackford: A southbound train on its way from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Street about to run over the B8081 level crossing at Blackford, Perthshire, in the summer of 2005.

Greenloaning: An Edinburgh - Perth train speeds past the site of Greenloaning station (1848-1956) in the summer of 2005.

Blackford: A Perth - Edinburgh Waverley train photographed southbound over Blackford level crossing in June 2005. The large 'Highland Spring' bottling plant stands in the background.

Cardross: (Quite loud) Rail grinding ... at three in the morning ...

Livingston North: View west from Deans North Road bridge, Livingston, in June 2007. See image [[25933]]

West Calder: The former goods shed at West Calder in June 2007, with the eastern extent of the old coal drops visible on the right.

West Calder: Plate on a bridge, West Calder. Founded 1816 as Reid & Hanna, engineers, Paisley. Contracts included major work on Waverley and St Enoch stations. Wound up 1910s. See image [[29155]]

Raith's Farm Sidings: Looking through the fence at the EWS development at Raiths Farm on 21 June with sidings and lighting towers now present.

Forteviot: Taken into direct sunlight the late running 1540 Glasgow to Aberdeen passes Forteviot LC.

West Calder: Remains of the coal-drops in the yard at West Calder. June 2007.

West Calder: A Waverley - Glasgow Central service runs into West Calder on 21 June 2007.

Livingston North: One of the increasing number of automatic ticket machines appearing at stations throughout the country. This one is on the platform at Livingston North in early 2007

West Calder: The pedestrian access leading down from the A71 road to West Calder station seen on 21 June 2007 with an Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Central via Shotts service standing at the westbound platform. The substantial former station building, part of which can be seen in the picture, is now the Mei Hua Chinese Restaurant.

Livingston North: View towards Bathgate over Livingston North station - June 2007.

West Calder: Entrance to the platforms from the car park at West Calder in June 2006, where the former station building has now been turned into a Chinese restaurant. View looking northwest across the platforms.

Sugar Loaf Halt: View over Sugar Loaf Halt on the Heart of Wales Line in June 2008, seen from the farm accommodation bridge just to the Llandovery side of the station looking north towards Builth Road. The elevated position gives a good impression of the modest facilities. See image [[38708]]

Merehead Limestone Quarry: 37901+37906 at the East Somerset Railway 150 Gala Day on 21 June 2008 centred around the Foster Yeoman Merehead quarry.

Merehead Limestone Quarry: Locomotives on display at the East Somerset Railway Gala Day on 21 June, including a class 60 bearing the rail freight branding of the new owners of EWS.

South Ruislip: 67029 at the head of a wine and dine charter from Kensington Olympia to Manchester, passing through South Ruislip on 21st June 2008. The train is on the GW/GC Joint line with the Central Line running in parallel on the other side of the fence.

Merehead Limestone Quarry: A World War II US Army Transportation Corps S160 class locomotive stands alongside BR 9F 92203 Black Prince at the East Somerset Railway 150 Gala day at Merehead Quarry on 21 June 2008.

Merehead Limestone Quarry: S160+92203 in action at Merehead during the East Somerset Railway Gala Day on 21 June 2008.

Cranmore: 59001 departing Cranmore on the Cranmore - Westbury shuttle as part of the East Somerset Railway Gala Day on 21 June 2008.

Merehead Limestone Quarry: 66713 looking sharp in First colours faces Yeoman 59102 at Merehead depot during the East Somerset Railway 150 Gala Day on 21 June.

Lochmuir Summit: Diesel Hydraulic D1015 'Western Champion' coasts downhill from Lochmuir Summit towards Markinch with the Western Chieftain railtour heading back from Inverness to Bristol Temple Meads on 21 June.

Collessie: The Western Chieftain railtour passes Collessie on 21 June.

Micheldever: A1 Pacific no 60163 Tornado heads south west through Micheldever on 21 June bound for Eastleigh, running at speed and effortlessly.

Forth Bridge: View from South Queensferry towards the Forth Bridge in June 2009 past the Hamish Gilchrist memorial to those killed during its construction.

Micheldever: A South West Trains Portsmouth Harbour - London Waterloo service calls at Micheldever on 21 June 2009.

Forth Bridge: View of the Hamish Gilchrist Forth Bridge Memorial at South Queensferry in June 2009, showing the inscribed commemorative plaque.

Micheldever: EMU 444 002 ex-London Waterloo arriving at Micheldever on 21 June 2009 on a stopping train to Portsmouth Harbour.

Airdrie: A Balloch - Airdrie service approaching its destination on 21 June 2010. The train has just run onto the single line western approach to Airdrie station below Craig Street Bridge, after which it will be routed into the bay platform. New rails had appeared on the right by the end of the following month as part of the ongoing Airdrie - Bathgate redoubling project, with scheduled through services commencing in December that year.

Boghead Junction: 66143 heads toward Armadale with ballast on the evening of 21 June 2010

Boghead Junction: 66143 heads west toward Armadale with loaded autoballasters on the evening of 21 June 2010

Crich Tramway Museum: A composite image showing part of preserved Edinburgh tram no 35 lurking at the back of a shed at Crich Tramway Museum on 21 June 2010 alongside several familiar sounding destination boards. The tram itself is displaying Morningside Station on the front... or Morningside train/tram interchange as it might have been described using today's 'transport speak'.

Airdrie: Changes to the skyline at Airdrie. View south across the A89 on 21 June 2010 as work on the station continues in connection with the reopening to Bathgate.

Airdrie: End of the line. The line to Drumgelloch shown terminated at buffer stops just beyond Broomknoll Street bridge, east of Airdrie station, on 21 June 2010. Work on the double track Airdrie - Bathgate link continues in the background. See image [[9670]]

St Germains Level Crossing: 380 013 passing St Germains level crossing on 21 June 2011 with the 10.43 Edinburgh - North Berwick service.

Preston: 'Race you to Farington!' As 142014 pulls away from Preston, on the 1222 to Colne, 156426 is flagged away on the 1223 to Hazel Grove. The trains will respectively take the Up Slow and the Up Fast lines until diverging at Farington Curve.

Acle: DRS 47802 brings a Great Yarmouth - Norwich train through Acle on 21 June 2011, passing a pair of class 153s waiting at the eastbound platform. DRS 47712 is on the rear of the train. See image [[43341]]

Acle: DRS 47802 leaving Acle on the rear of a Norwich - Great Yarmouth train on 21 June 2011. DRS 47712 is on the front of the train see image [[43341]]

Preston: Platform extensions continue on the WCML. 57309 'Brains' is idling in Bay Platform 4C at the south end of Preston station, while in the background work continues on another lengthening for the 11 coach Pendolinos. In this case it is island Platforms 5 and 6 that are being extended.

Ayr: The 17.04 Kilmarnock to Stranraer leaving Ayr Platform 4 on 21 June 2011.

Crookston: Less than a year after their adoption of Crookston Station, the 'Friends of Rosshall Park and Gardens' have recently taken delivery of a barrel train planter supplied by Glasgow City Council and planted with the help of their apprentices. Some of the 'Friends' are seen standing alongside the new addition on 21 June 2012. See image [[35831]]

Liverpool Lime Street: Scene on platform 8 at Liverpool Lime Street station on 21 June 2013. London Midland 350241 is preparing to depart with a service to Birmingham New Street.

Liverpool Lime Street: View over the taxi lane at Liverpool Lime Street in June 2013.

York Road: The entrance to the former LUL Piccadilly Line station at York Road, closed in 1932, with the name still engraved on the walls on 29th June 2013. Below ground, the site of the platforms can be made out by the gap in the tunnel wall about midway between King's Cross St. Pancras and Caledonian Road stations, although hundreds of passengers will pass by each day without realising they are speeding past one of London Underground's ghost stations.

Great Yarmouth: Great Yarmouth from the buffer end showing the trainshed.

Liverpool Lime Street: Comings and goings, Liverpool Lime Street, 21 June 2013.

Liverpool Lime Street: Exterior of Liverpool Lime Street, June 2013.

Liverpool Lime Street: A Pendolino about to leave Liverpool Lime Street for Euston on 21 June.

Arkleston: Looking over all lines to the east [towards Glasgow] from Arkleston on 21 June 2013. Left to right are the up Gourock, down Gourock, up Ayr, down Ayr and goods loop.

Black Rock: Volks Electric Railway car number 8 departing from the eastern terminus at Black Rock, on 21st June 2014. This 2ft. 8 and a half ins. gauge line along the seafront at Brighton in East Sussex is the world's first electric railway opened on 3rd August 1883 and is named after its engineer Magnus Volk (1851-1937) who was born and died in Brighton. A branch line, now lifted, previously diverged at Halfway and ran across Marina Drive into some workshops and where Magnus also had his office.

Brighton: 313219, waiting to depart from Brighton, with a West Coastway Line service on 21st June 2014.

Marina (Black Rock): The main terminus at Marina in Brighton city centre to Volks Electric Railway, as it was on 21st June 2014. Since it is named after its engineer, Magnus Volk, should there not be an apostrophe between the k and the s?

Woodacre Crossing: The Scenic Settler ran from Eastleigh to Carlisle on 21 June with Class 70 haulage over the S&C and Shap. The returning excursion is seen heading south at Woodacre behind Freightliner 70002 with DBS 66135 also in the train and a fine rake of Blood and Custard MkI coaches.

Putbus: Ruegensche Baederbahn loco 99-4011-5 at the head of narrow-gauge stock at Putbus on 21st June.

Grafenau: Classic German bus-rail integration at Grafenau in the Bayerischer Wald, seen here on 21st June. Ironically, the bus is operated by the Deutsche Bahn subsidiary Ostbayern Bus, while the train is operated by the private Waldbahn company.

Dalgety Bay: Virgin Trains East Coast 43208 leads the 13.47 from Aberdeen to London Kings Cross on the approach to Dalgety Bay on 21 June 2015.

Bermuda Park: Despite the boastful hoarding, this station wasn't opened by May. But there is good progress in the last three weeks see image [[51490]]. As the opening of Arena station has been deferred until September, it will be interesting to see which station is opened first.

Dalgety Bay: Colas 56078 and 56113 near Dalgety Bay on 21 June 2015 with a Moy - Millerhill spent ballast train.

Fodderty Junction: A cheery toot of the horn and a thumbs up from the cab of 66104 as it climbs away from the site of Fodderty Junction on 21 June with five ballast hoppers for Garve.

Dalgety Bay: ScotRail 158733 leads two sister units through Dalgety Bay on 21 June with the 2Z60 09.52 Shotts to Burntisland charter conveying participants on the annual St Patrick's picnic outing.

The Mound: In-between some very heavy showers 60163 Tornado skirts the edge of Loch Fleet, just north of The Mound, on 21 June 2015 with 'The Seaforth Highlander' on its way north to Brora.

Freyung: Solar energy is much in evidence across Germany, but rarely on railway rolling stock! The Freyung terminus of the Iltztalbahn is seen here on 21st June, with a single-unit Waldbahn railcar soon to depart for Passau. The passenger service is summer weekends only, and the photographer was unable to establish how this operation - and the branch itself (with no evident freight traffic) - manages to survive.

Stafford: Viewed from a passing train on 21 June 2016, Stafford No.5 signalbox at the north end of the station. Since this photo was taken the box has been demolished.

Dalston: Two class 37's passing Dalston Cumbria on route to Sellafield on 21/06/2016. In the background is the Dalston Nestle plant.

Wilderswil: PCBTL?** Schynige Platte rack locomotive No.13 Matten, dating from 1914, engages in some leisurely shunting at the SPB Wilderswil depot, alongside the station on 21st June 2016. As is common rack railway practice the locomotives are not coupled to the passenger coaches but simply push them up the mountain using the dumb buffer seen here. The locos are single ended as going up the mountain they are driven from a compartment in the passenger coach. (** Pantograph considerably bigger than locomotive)

Salisbury: A SWT service to Waterloo formed by 159105 departs from Salisbury on 21 June 2016.

Rotenegg: SPB No.20 Gsteigwiler (Edelweiss) propels an ascending train away from the (to UK eyes) unfortunately titled Rotenegg loop towards the tunnel of the same name. The lady seen by the loop points was the guard of the descending train who changed them after No.20 had cleared and then ran down the loop to change the lower set and finally rejoin the train after it was clear. Her enthusiasm was typical of staff all over the Swiss systems.

Schynige Platte: The summit station at Schynige Platte (6520'), with veteran electric No.61 Enzian waiting in the platform prior to descending again to Wilderswill. From this station there are views across to the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau mountain range.

Bradford-on-Avon: Looking along the Bath bound platform at Bradford-on-Avon on 21 June 2016. It isn't just the platform bench that has a GWR feel to it.

Stoke Gifford: The new Hitachi maintenance facility for the Class 800 IEP trains at Stoke Gifford seen from a passing train between Filton Abbey Wood and Bristol Parkway on 21 June 2016. Whilst there are several sidings at this (east) end of the site, further west there is a large building offering covered facilities.

Walsall: A London Midland service from Rugeley to Birmingham New Street calls at Walsall on 21 June 2016.

Salisbury GW: Looking across the frontage of the former GWR terminus station buildings at Salisbury on 21 June 2016. To the left is a SWT Class 159 in the L&SWR part of the station.

Salisbury GW: SWT Salisbury Traincare Depot is located in part on the site of the platforms of the former GWR terminus station. Three of the four stabling roads were occupied by Class 159 DMUs during a visit to the area on 21 June 2016. The ex GWR station building is behind the photographer in this view to the west.

Salisbury: DB 66137 on a ballast train passes WCRC 57313 on a railtour from the north of England at Salisbury on 21 June 2016.

Salisbury: A SWT service to Romsey via Southampton waits to depart from the east end bay platform (6) at Salisbury on 21 June 2016.

Sutton Coldfield Town: A grab shot from a train as it negotiates a route around Birmingham and passes the former Sutton Coldfield Town station (also at times known as Sutton Town) on the Sutton Park line. The station closed to passengers in 1925 but has found a new use.

Wilderswil: One of the oddest railway vehicles I have ever seen. I tend to think of snow ploughs as big heavy vehicles being propelled at significant speed to clear drifts. Bearing in mind the Schynige Platt Bahn is an entirely rack railway, I can't imagine how this little lightweight unit, operating at a sedate trundle, (max 10 kph) makes much impression on a big drift - but what do I know? Wilderswil Depot on 21st June 2016.

Wilderswil: The Schynige Platte Bahn rack railway trains and Berner Oberland Bahn services run on parallel tracks for some distance after they leave Wilderswil before the little cog railway trains diverge and begin the steep climb. This view of BOB unit 313, approaching Wilderswil from Grindelwald, was taken from a SPB service that it had just overtaken on 21st June 2016. The SPB is entirely rack driven with ancient locomotives [[55753]] but the modern BOB trains are mainly adhesion with rack sections.

West Kilbride: Today (21/6/16) little has changed at West Kilbride. Chu Chu's is apparently unsold and there's been no progress with the building. This plaque on the wall is sadly 8 years out of date now.

Schynige Platte: Beginning the descent from the 6520' summit station at Schynige Platte is He2/2 locomotive No. 61 Enzian with two passenger coaches and an empty goods wagon. The line is 4.5 miles long and winds down 4614' to the junction station of Wilderswill where it connects with the Bernese Oberland Bahn (BOB) trains. This rack railway was built in 1893 and electrified in 1914 with all locomotives in use being over 100 years old.

Liverpool Lime Street: The arches at Lime Street were revealed again when the former Concourse House tower and shops were demolished some years ago during the station refurbishment work, which also included the plaza seen here on a hot Midsummer's Day in 2017.

Forres East Junction: A view south of the level crossing east of Forres station which will be replaced by a bridge to the west of the replacement station.

Birkenhead Park: On platform artwork at Birkenhead Park.

Bidston: A neat little junction station.

Shotton (High Level): A 150 enters Shotton High Level on a Bidston to Wrexham Central service. 21st June 2017.

Forres East Junction: Forres will soon have not only a new station (with a loop actually in the station) but also a considerably longer loop. this is the view west to Forres East Junction and the Waterford Road level crossing from the east. Waterford Road LC will be swept away in favour of a new overbridge alongside the new station.

Corrib Viaduct: Remains of bridge on the north side of the River Corrib at Galway which carried the former Connemara Railway from Galway to Clifden across the river, seen here on 21st June 2017, looking towards Clifden. This 48 mile line was opened by the Midland Great Western Railway on 1st January 1895 and closed by the Great Southern Railway of Ireland on 27th April 1935. Since my visit, a short reopening project has started to take shape at the former intermediate station at Maam Cross.

Bidston: Time capsule? Modern seats yet outside the window ... oh hang on ...

Corrib Viaduct: Remains of the viaduct that carried the one-time Connemara Railway from Galway to Clifden over the River Corrib at Galway, seen here, looking from north to south, on 21st June 2017. The line opened in 1895 and closed in 1935. According to a News item posted on 20th June 2020 on the Connemara Railway website (www.connemararailway.ie), a scheme to restore the former Maam Cross station, roughly midway along the line, and lay a short section of track on which to bring trains back to the Connemara region after 85 years, is still to go ahead despite the current situation with the coronavirus pandemic.

Forres East Junction: This is the view east from the level crossing by the former Forres East Junction showing works to build a new longer loop at Forres. Note the beginnings of the doubling of this bridge, on the left, which will carry two tracks. Beyond the bridge a new track has been laid on the left alongside the existing running line.

Edinburgh Waverley: DRS 68022 Resolution has just arrived in Waverley at the head of a morning commuter service from Fife. It is only 16 hours since I last saw it heading the other way and since then it has overnighted in Motherwell.

Forres East Junction: Forres East Signal Box, looking east. The box looks out on a large pile of new sleepers - part of the scheme which will soon see it superfluous and swept away.

Forres East Junction: View west towards the station from the level crossing which formerly approached Forres goods. The new station and loop are being developed to the right on the site of the original station.

Forres East Junction: Stairs by the East box at Forres on 21 June 2017. On the right are the signal box access steps, to the left those for catching tablets from westbound trains, with the equivalent for eastbound trains across the tracks. In the background are the works associated with the new station and loop.

James Street: Perhaps not one of the most interesting station buildings I have photographed, but busy and well maintained after its recent reurbishment at platform level.

Forres East Junction: View of the level crossing at the former Forres East Junction in June 2017, before alteration. The view looks north.

Abergele and Pensarn: View from a passing train of Abergele and Pensarn where the westbound platform was recently built out onto the old down loop to reach the down fast.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Ongoing work on the new overhead cables as part of the delayed EGIP scheme in June 2017.

Liverpool Lime Street: Platforms 8 and 9 at Lime Street in June 2017. Off to the left behind the partition, work has started to construct two new platforms – a mere 8 years or so after new buildings were erected in the former cab road area. The temporary Virgin first class lounge currently situated near the station entrance at least has a toilet, so Liverpool Virgin passengers are spared the inconvenience suffered by those waiting in the lounge at Glasgow Central.

Inverkeithing Central Junction: 60085 passes Inverkeithing Central Junction with Aberdeen - Oxwellmains cement empties on 21 June.

Queens Park: 314201 at Queens Park on a Cathcart Circle service on 21 June 2018.

Borthwick Bank Signal Box: A southbound service on the Borders Railway photographed on Borthwick Bank during the morning of 21 June 2018. Half a mile away around the curve on the down side of the line stood Borthwick Bank signal box and, opposite, the sidings at Birky Side, once used by St Margaret's shed as an ash disposal point see image [[19390]].

Birchden Junction: The driver of the first Spa Valley service of the day from Eridge to Tunbridge Wells West (hauled by 33201) is Chris MacRae. Chris is originally from Clarkston and is also the Chairman of the railway company. 21st June 2018.

Groombridge: BRC&W Type 3 33201 is the 'tail' on a Spa Valley service to Tunbridge Wells West slowing into Groombridge station on 21st June 2018.

Borthwick Bank Signal Box: The longest day. ScotRail 158734 negotiates the sweeping reverse curves of Borthwick Bank during the climb southwards from Gorebridge towards Falahill summit on a glorious summer morning. The train is the 0931 Edinburgh Waverley - Tweedbank and the date is 21 June 2018.

Stoneywood: A photograph of the extensive rail works near Bankhead at the former Stoneywood station site. This view looks north. The extensive soil nailing and embankment reinforcement is evident. It looks fairly brutal, how did they manage to have double track before without this civil engineering?

Whitecraigs: Whitecraigs looking particularly fine in 2018.

Stoneywood: The view looking south away from the former Stoneywood station site. The extensive soil nailing and embankment reinforcement is evident. It looks fairly brutal, how did they manage to have double track before without this civil engineering?

Bamber Bridge: Having missed the outward journey of the SSE in the morning (by less than a minute), I had to make do with an evening shot of the tour returning west on 21 June 2018. To add to the disappointment the tour had been scheduled for a pair of Class 33s but a problem with one of the locos resulted in a late substitution of a Class 37. Of course the Class 33 was on the front on the outward trip so I missed out on it leading as well. At least it was mid summer's day so there was just enough light to photograph as the train passed at 2135 hrs.

Cardross: Land of the Midnight Sun, almost. The southbound sleeper leaves Cardross.

Birchden Junction: Secondman's view (from BRC&W Type 3 No. 33201) of the former Birchden Junction on 21st June 2018. The Uckfield branch diverges left towards Oxted and London, while the loco and train turn eastwards towards Groombridge and Tunbridge Wells West. The two single-track lines today have no physical connection, although the Spa Valley line actually runs over the Network Rail solum from its terminus at Eridge (where there is a cross-footbridge connection to Uckfield services) to this former junction. (Cab ride courtesy of Spa Valley Railway)

Newtongrange: A southbound 158 on the Borders Railway runs under the bridge carrying the A7 to emerge at Newtongrange station on a bright and sunny 21 June 2018.

Springburn: 66736 hauls the alumina train for Fort William through Springburn on 21 June.

Tunbridge Wells West: View from the cab approaching the Spa Valley Railway terminus at Tunbridge Wells West on 21st June 2018. The imposing original London, Brighton & South Coast Railway station can be seen in the middle distance and the former engine shed to the left. The line originally continued ahead to Tunbridge Wells Central, but was the victim of a short-sighted late closure in 1985.

Sighthill West Junction: 365523 heads away from Sighthill West Junction with a Shields - Eastfield transfer.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: 365517 at Glasgow Queen Street with a training run to Linlithgow.

West Kilbride: The station building at West Kilbride is being repainted by Scotrail (listed building consent applied for) but sadly still seems unused. 21st June 2018.

Tunbridge Wells West: David Spaven indulges a boyhood fantasy at Tunbridge Wells West on 21st June 2018. 33201 (delivered 1962) was one of a sub-class built to narrower dimensions to negotiate tunnels on the Tonbridge-Hastings line. Sister loco 33207 is still in main line service with West Coast Railways. (Photo: Chris MacRae)

Borthwick Bank Signal Box: A northbound service on the Borders Railway between Tynehead and Fushiebridge on a bright and sunny 21 June 2018. The train is passing through the heavily reinforced cutting on Borthwick Bank and has just passed below Thorniehill Bridge from which the photograph was taken.

Queens Park: 314202 calls at Queens Park.

Mount Florida: 320313 calls at Mount Florida.

Eridge: Swapping steam and diesel loco positions on top and tail workings between Eridge and Tunbridge Wells West involves some rather complex shunting north of the two Spa Valley platforms at Eridge station (where there is no rounding loop). Visiting Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 0-6-0 No. 52322 and resident 33201 are seen here on 21st June 2018.

Borthwick Bank Signal Box: The 0859 Tweedbank - Edinburgh drops down Borthwick Bank in the morning sunshine on 21 June 2018 making for its next scheduled stop at Gorebridge.

Kilpatrick: 320417 draws away from Kilpatrick station on 21st June 2018.

Glasgow Central: 380 022, 380 020 and 380 016 meet at Glasgow Central on 21st June 2018.

Kilpatrick: 156485 leads a three set combination through Kilpatrick on the 21st June 2018. The train is the 10.10 from Mallaig to Glasgow Queen Street, .

Groombridge: The Spa Valley Railway's delightful Groombridge station, seen on 21st June, looking west. The platform and buildings are all modern replicas, to replace the original station building (still extant) behind the photographer.

Groombridge: Token exchange at Groombridge on 21st June 2018 as 33201 passes the signal box en route to Eridge. The original LB&SCR station building can just be seen beyond the overbridge.

Springburn: 365523 passes platform 2 at Springburn on its way from Shields Road to Eastfield depot on 21st June 2018.

Groombridge: Carriage sidings now extend only a short distance west from the former Groombridge Junction on the Spa Valley Railway, but the line originally ran on to Ashurst Junction on the Uckfield line and then diverged westwards towards Three Bridges. In the left distance a Spa Valley train is on the approach to Groombridge station on 21st June 2018.

Mount Florida: 314202 at Mount Florida with a Neilston bound service on 21 June 2018.

Newtongrange: A mid-morning service on the Borders Railway pulls away from the platform at Newtongrange on 21 June 2018 on its way to Tweedbank. The train is the 0924 ex-Waverley, formed by ScotRail 158722. John Smart & Son, whose van is parked in the foreground, is involved in the conversion of the former Dean Oil Works building into an Apex Scotland community hub see image [[65898]].

Groombridge: Looking south at Groombridge Junction, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 'A' Class 0-6-0 52322 heads an eastbound Spa Valley service on the approach to Groombridge station on 21st June 2018.

Peebles [CR]: Sign still in place under the Tweed Bridge at Peebles in 2018.

Awe Crossing: An Oban-Glasgow train in the Pass of Brander above the west arm of Loch Awe. It has passed the site of Awe Crossing (roughly the left centre of the view with more pronounced trees) and is heading for Falls of Cruachan. The huge bulk of Ben Cruachan is to the right. Running along on the shelf built up along the hillside is possibly the most dramatic part of the line.

Inverkeithing East Junction: Colas 70806 slows for a signal check on the approach to Inverkeithing East Junction on 21 June 2019 with the Craiginches - Oxwellmains empties.

Falls of Cruachan: A late running Glasgow to Oban Sprinter above Loch Awe on the approach to Falls of Cruachan on 21st June 2019. The lower power lines more or less follow the course of the old Military Road, the original road here.

Falls of Cruachan: A sprinter approaches one of the rockfall signals at Cruachan on Loch Awe on 21st June 2019. The road below is on a section of bridge.

Inverhaggernie No 2 Level Crossing: The longest day allows a photograph of the southbound sleeper on the approach to Crianlarich. The sun has just set and the midges were out in force.

Erbusaig Bridge: We can imagine the reaction of the small fishing community of Erbusaig in the 1890s when the railway company told them what was going to happen to their view of the Isle of Skye and their access to the waters of the Inner Sound and Loch Carron. In this 21st June 2019 view, the bridge across the bay frames a severe crop of the original panorama as the last train of the day train for Inverness passes overhead.

Blencow: The abutments for the bridge at the east side of Blencow station are still in place but the deck was removed some time after the 1972 closure of the Keswick branch. Just behind the camera the old weighbridge hut for the coal yard still stands, and is still behind a huge pile of aggregate See image [[11766]]. 21st June 2019.

Awe Crossing: View west over the Pass of Brander to Loch Etive beyond. A sprinter makes its way along the tree lined track on 21st June 2019.

Blencow: Blencow station was actually just outside the village of Newbiggin but there was a station of that name not far away on the S&C and so Blencow was used, although that settlement is around two miles away. After closure in 1972 the trackbed and goods yard were turned over for business use, as seen here on 21st June 2019.

Falls of Cruachan: A westbound Sprinter has just left Falls of Cruachan on 21st June 2019 and is heading west for Oban. Below and to the right is the Cruachan Power Station visitors centre. Beinn a Bhuiridh is in the background.

Awe Crossing: The site of Awe crossing is pretty much impossible to see. There's not much to be seen from the roadside below. Perhaps more can be seen from the other side of the Pass of Brander where the thickening out of the line of trees for the former passing loop and combined signal box and house can be appreciated.

Awe Crossing: A westbound sprinter seen from the southern cliff tops in the Pass of Brander on 21st June 2019.

Fleetwood [3rd]: A late evening view of Fleetwood, across the Wyre Estuary from the Knott End slipway on 21st June 2020. From left to right are the lighthouse in Pharos St, the site of Fleetwood railway station, the Ferry terminal, the North Euston and the second lighthouse. The Knott End ferry service was suspended in March until further notice due to the corona virus. See image [[54371]] for a similar view at high tide.

Morningside Road: Mondays to Fridays, the 2105 Cross Country service from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley is, I believe, the only scheduled passenger train to use the Edinburgh suburban line and is booked to pass Craiglockhart Junction at 2204. On the longest day of the year, 21st June 2021, there was just enough light to catch the tail end of the train, formed of two Voyager units, as it passed through the remains of Morningside Road station. Anyone intending to use this train to get a trip round the 'Sub' should note that if it is running late it will be sent direct from Slateford to Waverley via Haymarket.

Melrose: The distinctive platform-level features of Melrose station are captured in this 21st June 2021 view from the west. The building was designed in 1846 by the renowned Scottish railway engineer, John Miller, and, as noted in the Disused Stations web site, 'looked more like a country mansion than a railway station'. See: http://disused-stations.org.uk/m/melrose/index.shtml

Edinburgh Waverley: Caledonian Sleeper sign during the strike on 21st June 2021.

Forth Bridge: Transport Minister, Graeme Dey visited Network Rail’s £7.5m project to refurbish and repaint the North Queensferry approach span to the world famous Forth Bridge.

Tweedbank: Railscot contributors (and one time Strathspey volunteers) Spaven, Taylor and Roberton, after arrival at Tweedbank on 21 June 2021 for their annual get-together. Photo by Ian Davidson.

Darnick Siding: Sculpture in Darnick Community Woodland near Melrose. It commemorates a train crash on 10 July 1921 and incorporates a buffer head found during tree planting in 1998.

Tweedbank: 170426 arrives at platform 1, Tweedbank, with a service from Edinburgh on 21st June 2021. 170408 is spare in platform 2. In the background, the Borders Innovation Park takes shape.

Matlock: Looking North from Matlock station which is the terminus of the East Midlands Railway (Derwent Valley Line) from Derby towards the Peak Rail Heritage ralway to Rowsley.

Cromford: Immediately at the end of Cromford station platform is Willersley Tunnel which is 764 yards long.

Kirkland Yard: Rustons galore at the Fife Heritage Railway depot in Kirkland Yard! Former Rosyth Dockyard No.7 is flanked by Methil Power Station No.1 (with engine running) and No.2 on 21 June 2022.

Matlock: Is this the cheapest station to station ticket in the UK? Have I started a competition? Souvenir ticket purchased in Matlock Station on a day we couldn't travel due to a rail strike. Matlock is at the end of the East Midlands Railway service from Derby but carries on to Rowsley as Peak Rail heritage line.

Cromford: The sign on the old staion building says it all. Who thought 11 years later he would be King!!!!

Kirkland Yard: Former British Aluminium Co., Burntisland No.3 (Andrew Barclay 2046 of 1937) being restored cosmetically at Kirkland Yard depot. 21 June 2022

Cromford: The Cromford station building, with integrated signal box, is now being used as offices for a private company. Picture taken on one of this year's many strike days.

Kirkland Yard: Class 107 Derby Heavyweight DMCL SC52029, bought from the Gloucs-Warks Steam Railway, awaits attention by the Fife Heritage Railway in Kirkland Yard on 21st June 2022.

Caernarfon: The line from Menai Bridge Junction to Afon Wen closed in 1972 but in Caernarfon the trackbed continues to be used fairly extensively. The modern building on the right was completed in 2018 and is the northern terminus of the Welsh Highland Railway which has used the standard gauge route from Dinas since reopening in 1997. The tunnel which once carried the railway under the town towards Caernarvon station continues in use to carry road traffic.

Buxton Quarry: Theoretically not the actual Buxton quarry but Hillhead Quarry Buxton where this years Plant show was being held. The picture shows the railway running from middle left to bottom right, going over the bridge on Heath View Harpur Hill. The line continues to Tarmac's Hindlow Quarry and ends in Breedon (Buxton) Downlow Quarry, both have loading points. Going the opposite way the railway joins the main line in Buxton. The Quarry with the tall chimney in the middle distance isTarmacs Tunstead Quarry which now has a Carbon Neutral Cement Plant.

Bay Horse: On Day 1 of the RMT national rail strike on 21st June 2022 a few trains still ran. Between Lancaster and Preston during the day there were sixteen in total; eight freights and eight Avanti Pendolinos operating between Euston and Glasgow. This is DBC 66091, working containers from Mossend to Seaforth, passing through the cutting at Forton.

Cromford: The modern Cromford (Derwent Valley Line) station totem on the line from Derby to Matlock.

Cromford: The quaint station at Cromford on the East Midlands Railway (Derwent Valley Line). A wee bit of weed killer would make it look even more beautiful! The Station building on the left is now an office and still contains the original signal box, the footbridge and buildings on the right are private dwellings but the eejit on the bridge waving his arms didn't read the private property sign. Picture taken on the day of a rail strike so even more quiet.

Bay Horse: The National rail strike on 21st June 2022 meant that the Shap Harrisons to Tuebrook stone train, which usually runs in the night, operated during the afternoon. The loaded train is seen in Forton cutting behind celebrity GBRf 66794 in BR Railfreight grey livery. The train will be split at Tuebrook and tripped in two portions to the Edge Green terminal, on the old GCR Haydock branch near Golborne [[75977]].

Matlock: Modern station totem at the terminus of Matlock (Derwent Valley Line) on the line from Derby.

Matlock: Matlock, East Midlands Railway (Derwent Valley Line), looking towards Matlock Bath in June 2022. The line on the left is the terminus of the railway from Derby the line on the right is the terminus of the Peak Rail Heritage railway from Rowsley. The Station totem on the right platform is an original design on an original gas lamp post. The sign on the left is a modern design with EMR & Derwent Valley Railway.

Cromford: The quaint original south bound station building at Cromford which is now in private ownership. Picture taken on the day of a rail strike.