Hillfoot: Parkhead V1 67674 entering Hillfoot station, shortly after setting out from Milngavie with a train for Airdrie in July 1957.

Lanark: Fowler 3MT 2-6-2Ts were rare in Scotland, but 40049 had a spell at Hurlford Shed in 1959. Here it is at a misty Lanark with the 12.16pm to Muirkirk on 2 July of that year.

Fairlie Pier: Corkerhill Black 5 45007 standing at Fairlie Pier with an express for St Enoch on 2 July 1959, awaiting the arrival of the boat.

Craighead Viaduct: View of the deck of Craighead Viaduct looking north to Bothwell. Snatch shot over the safety fence.

Craighead Viaduct: On the NB line from Shettleston to Hamilton. Public footpath ran through the girders.

Burnbank: The closed station at Burnbank on the NB Shettleston to Hamilton line, looking north in July 1963.

Rotten Calder Viaduct: Remains of Greenhall viaduct on line from East Kilbride to Auchinraith.

Craighead Junction: Looking south to Hamilton as Black V passes with goods. NB line to Hamilton tunnelled under this yard.

East Kilbride: Standard mogul 77019 with a goods train at East Kilbride in July 1963.

Calais Maritime: One of Andre Chapelon's superb '231E' Pacifics, 231E3, at Calais Maritime on the evening of 2nd July 1964. It had brought in an express from Paris and was reversing out of the station, almost soundlessly as I recall, towards Calais Ville and the 'depot des machines'.

Calais Maritime: In the days before cheap flights or Channel tunnels, the traveller to the Continent could look forward to the wonderful sight of a Chapelon '231E' Pacific awaiting the arrival of the cross-channel ferry at Calais. 231E5 is seen here at Calais Maritime at the head of the heavy 8pm overnight express to Basle on 2nd July 1964.

Polmadie Shed: Britannia 70041 'Sir John Moore', ready to leave Polmadie for Glasgow Central to head the Friday/Saturday only 2 pm to Liverpool.

Pollokshaws West Goods: Standard 2-6-4T 80004, piloting Black 5 44995, on the summer Saturday 11.05 Glasgow - Blackpool. They are approaching Pollokshaws West on 2nd July 1966.

Carlisle: Jubilee 4-6-0 no 45627 Sierra Leone standing alongside platform 4 at Carlisle on 2 July 1966.

Carlisle: Jubilee 4-6-0 no 45627 Sierra Leone recently arrived at Carlisle on 2 July 1966 with a train from the south.

Carlisle: Britannia Pacific no 70017 Arrow photographed shortly after taking over a southbound train at Carlisle in the summer of 1966. The locomotive had only three months of operational life remaining at this time, being withdrawn from Kingmoor shed at the beginning of October and cut up at Cashmores (Newport) later that same month.

Polmadie Signal Box: Britannia 4-6-2 70041 'Sir John Moore' takes the summer Saturday 2.00pm Glasgow to Liverpool past Polmadie on 2nd July 1966.

Polmadie Shed: Two Standard 4MT 2-6-0’s, 76070 and 76104, are ready at Polmadie for their next turns of duty on 2nd July 1966.

Carlisle: Britannia Pacific no 70001 Lord Hurcomb (nameplate removed), stands with a train alongside platform 4 at Carlisle. The photograph is thought to have been taken on 2 July 1966.

Carlisle: A summer Saturday Blackpool North - Glasgow Central relief service stands alongside Carlisle platform 1 on 2nd July 1966. Black 5 4-6-0 no 44802 is at the head of the train.

Carlisle: Britannia Pacific no 70001 Lord Hurcomb prepares to take an unidentified northbound train out of Carlisle platform 4 in July 1966. The locomotive was withdrawn from Kingmoor shed two months later.

Polmadie Shed: Britannia 7MT 4-6-2 70035 'Robin Hood' approaches the depot at Polmadie on 2nd July 1966, as a short freight runs past behind a Clayton Type 1 diesel.

Carlisle: Pause for refreshment, as Britannia Pacific, no 70035 Rudyard Kipling, takes on water at the north end of Carlisle platform 3. The date is 2nd July 1966 and the train is the summer Saturday 0825 Morecambe - Glasgow Central.

Pollokshaws West Goods: Standard 9F 2-10-0 92249 heads a fitted freight through Pollokshaws West on 2nd July 1966.

Carlisle: Britannia 70054 Dornoch Firth stands on the centre road at Carlisle, thought to have been taken in July 1966.

Stockport: Britannia Pacific no 70038 Robin Hood photographed at Stockport on 2 July 1967. The Pacific is about to take over an SLS railtour recently arrived behind an electric locomotive from Birmingham New Sreet. 70038 will then take the train on to York via the Standedge route see image [[30101]].

York: Scene in the yard at York on 2 July 1967 with Britannia Pacific no 70038 Robin Hood having recently arrived off a railtour from Stockport via Standedge. See image [[30112]]

Stockport: Britannia Pacific no 70038 Robin Hood about to take over an SLS railtour from an electric locomotive at Stockport on 2 July 1967. The special, which had originated from Birmingham New Street, would next head for York via the Standedge route behind the Britannia. see image [[30101]].

Stockport: Britannia Pacific no 70038 Robin Hood at Stockport on 2 July 1967 about to take over an SLS railtour from Birmingham New Street which it will take on to York via the Standedge route. see image [[30101]].

Kirkby Stephen: Diverted over the Settle & Carlisle because of Sunday engineering works on the West Coast Main Line, Britannia 7MT 4-6-2 70039 'Sir Christopher Wren' is seen near Kirkby Stephen (West) with a short parcels train on 2nd July 1967.

York: Britannia Pacific no 70038 Robin Hood stands in the yard at York on 2 July 1967 after bringing in the outward leg of a return steam railtour from Stockport via Standedge. The SLS tour, which had originated from Birmingham New Street, was electrically hauled between there and Stockport see image [[30112]].

Galashiels [1st]: A 2-car DMU at Galashiels with a Carlisle - Edinburgh train on 2 July 1968 passes D365 held in the loop with a down pick-up freight.

Caldew Viaduct [Dentonholme South]: With the Rome Street Gasometer in the background D7547 hauls a northbound freight on the Carlisle goods lines on an overcast 2 July 1969.

Liverpool Street: Compared to its bright, present day appearance, Liverpool Street station looked every bit its age in the late 1970s, even on a summer's evening, as pictured here. Electronic departure boards were still in their infancy - the rather scruffy manual boards with each train's details can be seen stacked at the heads of the platforms. Just visible at platform 12 is a Class 309 EMU that will soon depart for Clacton and Walton.

Horbury Bridge: When Chinese Government Railways KF7 class 4-8-4 No. 607 was repatriated to Britain in 1981, its journey by Sunter Bros low loader from Tilbury docks to the NRM at York took five days. Here the abnormal load crosses over the Calder Valley line at Horbury Bridge as it makes its circuitous way through West Yorkshire on the fourth day, believed to be Thursday 2nd July 1981.

Preston Maudlands: 37228 heads for Blackpool North with a passenger train and has just passed under the Blackpool Road bridge in Ashton, Preston. This view, taken from Haslam Park, is no longer possible as the Preston Ring Road Tom Benson Way has been built alongside the railway on the land in the foreground, formerly occupied by the fast lines, and a high fence installed. 37228 subsequently became 37696 and, after a long period stored at Long Marston, was scrapped by CF Booths in Rotherham in 2014.

Dalfaber Level Crossing: Looking south from the top of the Aviemore Up distant signal on the line from Boat of Garten in July 1991 when the assistance of a rail mounted crane was sought to erect a telegraph pole next to Dalfaber level crossing.

Lochty: Looking east at the base for the Lochty Private Railway on 2 July 1992. Most of track had been lifted with only enough left to allow removal of the remaining stock.

Powderhall Loop: The driver climbs down from 60084 on 'Binliner' duties on the Powderhall Branch in July 1995. The view is towards Powderhall from the Dryden Terrace bridge. The right background has changed considerably over the last 20 years with housing on the former waste ground and the works demolished and built over. I should point out that the litter on the track must have been chucked from the overbridge as despite carrying nothing but landfill refuse the branch is mostly litter-free!

Motherwell: Freshly re-liveried 303 019 with a Lanark to Dalmuir service stands alongside the Down Mainline platform at Motherwell on 2 July 1997

Highley: WD 2-10-0 No.600 Gordon exchanging tokens at Highley on 2nd July 1998, bound for Bridgnorth.

St Enoch [Subway]: St Enoch Subway - the original building in July 2005, now a travel Centre. The glass palace on the left stands on the site of the former main line station.

Coalbrookdale: Extremely rare track: partly lifted narrow gauge lines to wharves on the River Severn at Ironbridge.

Buchanan Street [Subway]: Glasgow Subway train arriving at Buchanan Street in July 2005.

Govan [Subway]: Govan Subway, looking south across Govan Road in 2005.

Govan [Subway]: View across the platforms at Govan station on the Glasgow Subway in July 2005.

Shields Road [Subway]: Shields Road SPT Subway station in 2005.

St Enoch [Subway]: The new 'modern' entrance to St Enoch Subway on a Saturday in July 2005 with the original 1896 building standing directly behind. To the left is the St Enoch Centre, built on the site of the great main line station which closed in 1966. See image [[50452]]

Shields Road [Subway]: View from an SPT Glasgow Subway car calling at Shields Road in July 2005.

Llanuwchllyn: Looking towards Bala from the platform at Llanuwchllyn on the Bala Lake Railway in the summer of 2006.

Dalguise Viaduct: Dalguise Viaduct, taken from the A9

Pitlochry: 170405 pulling into Pitlochry past the signal box at the station

Pitlochry: The Signal box at Pitlochry.

Pitlochry: 170405 at Pitlochry with the 1415 service to Edinburgh Waverley

Pitlochry: 170405 departing Pitlochry, heading south for Edinburgh

Pitlochry: Station buildings on Platform 1 from the access road

Pitlochry: Station buildings on Platform 2

Pitlochry: The signal box at Pitlochry looking North from Platform 1

Pitlochry: Station buildings on Platform 1

Dunblane: The 13.56 Dunblane-Edinburgh leaves in a cloudburst.

Pitlochry: The signal box at Pitlochry station, taken on 2nd July 2007

Fouldubs Junction Yard: Manoeuvring a trainload of containers from the nearby W H Malcolm depot in the sidings at Fouldubs Junction in the summer of 2008.

East Kilbride: Bridge over the trackbed of the line that once served the Mavor & Coulson works at Nerston, East Kilbride. Photographed in July 2008.

Mavor and Coulson: Site of the sidings that once served Mavor & Coulson, a company specialising in the development and manufacture of mining and tunnelling equipment. The works was at the end of a surviving section of the through route from East Kilbride to Hunthill Junction, Blantyre, which closed in 1935 (not 1937). This remaining link closed in 1966.

Fouldubs Junction Yard: DRS 66419 stands in the sidings at Fouldubs Junction on 2 July pending departure with the 4A13 Grangemouth - Aberdeen Intermodal.

Drysdale Street Tunnel: View north along the route of the Alloa Wagonway on 2 July towards the Station Hotel and ring road, showing the underpass now running below Drysdale Street/Mar Street. When first built, the route would have appeared much less hemmed in by its surroundings. Both the 1863 Alloa Sheriff Court building (on the right) and the 1851 Moncrieff United Free Church (beyond) were built a considerable time after the 1760s wagonway.

Bedford Place Tunnel: Looking north on 2 July 2008 along the route of the Alloa Wagonway running below Bedford Place towards the Drysedale Street/Mar Street underpass in the distance. To the right is the ramp up to street level, above which can be seen a statue of St Margaret standing over the Alloa War Memorial in its walled garden of remembrance on Bank Street. The memorial was unveiled by Field Marshall Earl Haig himself in 1924.

Bedford Place Tunnel: The southern end of the path running through Alloa along the route of the old Wagonway seen in July 2008 looking north from the Castle Street industrial area towards Bedford Place. Note the Waggon Way sign attached to the wall on the left and the information point beyond. From here the route south towards the Forth becomes difficult to trace with clearance and redevelopment having taken place (including goods depots of both the NB and Caledonian that once occupied adjacent land). The impressive building in the background (with the unfortunate extension) facing onto Bedford Place is the 1875 Alloa Burgh School, now occupied by Clackmannanshire Council.

Fouldubs Junction: DRS 66419 crosses to the westbound line out of Grangemouth at Fouldubs Junction on 2 July 2008 with containers for Aberdeen. A second locomotive can be seen waiting for the road with a train in the W H Malcolm depot in the background beyond the M9 Motorway flyover.

Fouldubs Junction Yard: DRS 66419 crosses onto the main line at Fouldubs Junction in July 2008 with a trainload of containers from the WHM depot at Grangemouth.

Bedford Place Tunnel: Route of the former Alloa Waggonway in the summer of 2008, approximately halfway along its journey through the town towards the Forth. View is south towards Bedford Place Tunnel in the middle distance. For a close up showing the north portal of the tunnel see image [[69719]].

Ardmore Level Crossing: Ex-Glen Douglas freight heads east towards Ardmore East Level Crossing on 2 July.

Saltburn: The historic water-balanced 'Cliff Lift' at Saltburn in operation in July 2009. See image [[26874]]

Saltburn: A panoramic view showing the 'Cliff Lift' and pier at Saltburn in the summer of 2009, looking out to sea from the top station alongside the town's Marine Parade. See image [[36445]]

Bamber Bridge: Coming out of the sun, a Northern service from Blackpool to York has just passed Bamber Bridge on 2nd July 2011. Behind DMU 158753, traffic can be seen already crossing on Station Road.

Farington Junction: The London Euston to Helensburgh Upper 1Z47 Northern Belle charter crosses from the Down Slow to Down Fast at Farington Junction on 2 July 2011. The locomotives at this stage of the journey were DRS class 47s nos 47501 and 47818.

Farington Junction: 92017 in Stobart livery approaches Farington Jct with the Daventry to Mossend 'Tesco Express' daily container service on 2nd July 2011.

Lossiemouth: Lossiemouth station has been completely removed but the inevitable replacement is marked as Old Station car park on town maps and the trackbed can be walked from here about half way to Elgin. See image [[12932]] for a view of the substantial station building before demolition.

Dalgety Bay: The 'Northern Belle', top'n'tailed by 47832 and 47790, nears Dalgety Bay en route to Leuchars on 2 July 2011.

Gloucester: 66207 arrives at Gloucester with a railtour from Stevenage. The tour was visiting branch lines in the area inluding Sharpness and Tytherington.

Farington Junction: 67002 on the rear of a northbound railtour at Farington Jct on 2nd July 2011.

Lowestoft: A 2-car DMU departing Lowestoft for Ipswich in the summer of 2011.

Roseisle Maltings: A direct Then and Now comparison with Bill Roberton's 1980s photo of the same location, since when a lot of new plant has appeared at Roseisle Maltings. However this seems to have been at the expense of the railway See image [[20540]]. The track remains all the way from Burghead to the main line junction at Alves but reopening of the Hopeman branch seems unlikely now. (Hopefully I will be proved wrong with this assertion).

Burghead [2nd]: The old platform at Burghead (New) looking towards the Maltings that kept the Hopeman Branch open for freight to this point into the 1980s. Little remains of the railway here but, surprisingly, the branch rails are still in place beyond Roseisle to the outskirts of Burghead village. See image [[34732]]

Dallas Dhu Siding: Rails at the Dallas Dhu historic distillery in July 2011 - now a museum operated by Historic Scotland but with bonded warehousing still on the site. The rails lead to two bonded warehouses but are now used to roll whisky barrels along. The Forres - Aviemore line ran behind the buildings in the picture and the bonded warehouses are behind the camera. See image [[16632]]

Ladybank: DRS 47832 about to run through Ladybank on 2 July with the 'Northern Belle' heading for Leuchars.

Reedham Junction: One of the NXEA loco-hauled Great Yarmouth - Norwich services coming off the Berney Arms route on 2 July 2011. 1V43 is seen from Mill Road Bridge approaching Reedham Junction behind DRS 47810.

Reedham: A train for Norwich arriving at Reedham station in July 2011.

Chichester: A train for London Victoria coasts into Chichester on 2 July 2011. An airy and well-kept station.

Roseisle Maltings: A mothballed Scottish branch line, becoming steadily overgrown. This is a view from the bridge at Roseisle Maltings looking towards Burghead where the rails finish just short of the old station site.

Watford Junction: 'Fast train approaching.' After that message, you expect at least a 350, if not a Pendolino; but, on this occasion, it was a track maintenance machine which was speeding north - not too fast though, as it had just reversed after exiting the sidings.

Greens of Drainie: The formation of the Lossiemouth branch line as seen looking south east from the top floor of Spynie Palace, a Historic Scotland ruin on the outskirts of Elgin. Closed to passengers in 1964, the line ran more or less dead straight across the flat countryside between the two towns and the trackbed can be walked for most of its length.

Greens of Drainie: A distant view of the trackbed of the long closed Lossiemouth branch, running straight across the flat landscape. The town itself can be seen on the horizon in this view looking north from the top of ruined Spynie Palace on the outskirts of Elgin. The branch trackbed is now a footpath for most of its length.

Hopeman: Still gainfully employed, sixty years after closure to passengers, the branch terminus building at Hopeman serves as the offices for a caravan park near the village centre. This view, along the old platform towards Burghead, would have been over the buffers in operational days. Passenger trains only ran from 1891 to 1931 but freight lingered until 1957 before being cut back to Burghead.

Horsham: Emu stabled alongside Horsham station on Saturday 2nd July 2011.

Aberdour: The 'Northern Belle', top'n'tailed by 47832 and 47790, nears DalgetyBay en route to Leuchars on 2 July 2011.

Dallas Dhu Halt: The trackbed of the old Aviemore to Forres railway by the historic distillery at Dallas Dhu, just on the outskirts of Forres. View north along the old line that can be followed to Dava.

Deal: The impressive signalbox next to Albert Road level crossing at the north end of Deal station in Kent. Photographed from the platform on 2 July 2012 looking towards Sandwich. The signalbox is a notable example of Southern Railway 1930s Odeon/Art Deco glasshouse design.

Sandwich: The view south east from the level crossing and signal box towards the station at Sandwich in July 2012.

Deal: A Dover to Ramsgate service departs from Deal station on 2 July 2012.

Edinburgh Waverley: 380 108 at the east end of Waverley Station on an overcast 2 July, but the new roof admits much more light!

Sandwich: A Southeastern service on the Ramsgate to London via Dover route calls at Sandwich on 2 July 2012.

Deal: 375829 draws to a halt at Deal station on 2 July 2012 with a Southeastern service from Ramsgate to London via Dover. The Deal station area is still mechanically signalled and the signalbox at the north end of the station also controls a level crossing.

Westgate-on-Sea: Southeastern 375623 departs east towards Margate from Westgate-on-Sea on 2 July 2012. The train is a London Victoria to Ramsgate service.

Warwick Parkway: 66541 leans into the curve heading south at Warwick Parkway in July 2013 (see also image [[43758]]). Despite there being quite a bit of freight on this line we only ever see passenger trains from the A46 when we pass underneath!

Warwick Parkway: Just for once, Chiltern's Premier Train didn't have a silver locomotive to match the stock. 67017 Arrow leans into the curve with the 1351 London Marylebone - Birmingham Moor Street see image [[40968]]. Notice the three-storey car park, just opened to the left - this station, opened in 2000, has become very popular.

Warwick Parkway: Contrasting styles at Warwick Parkway: the suits in the background pay close attention to the 15.16 to Marylebone; while the more casually dressed passengers in the foreground are so busy chatting that they might just miss it.

Bautzen: At Bautzen (Sachsen) on 2nd July 2013 an ODEG local service from Bischofswerda to Goerlitz waits for the incoming Regional-Express from Dresden, while a westbound mixed freight pauses in the yard. Bautzen is an ethnic enclave of the Sorbian culture and language and sports a preserved static DR steam locomotive in the station forecourt.

Warwick Parkway: The businessmen on the up platform are obviously not superstitious, as they seem to be enjoying the sight of 66613 heading West through Warwick Parkway towards Birmingham with ballast hoppers on 2nd July.

Kurort Oybin: An SOEG locomotive prepares to run round its train at the Kurort Oybin terminus of the 12.2km long 750mm gauge line from Zittau in Sachsen on 2nd July 2013. This small hill resort (and its nearby twin, Kurort Jonsdorf, also served by SOEG) is just a couple of kilometres from the Czech border. See image [[40494]]

Goerlitz: Goerlitz - the most easterly town in Germany - once played host to international expresses from Cologne, Munich, Krakow and Warsaw at its 12-platform station, but today's fare is more modest. ODEG (Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH) railcars from Bischofswerda (left) to Goerlitz and from Cottbus to Zittau (right) approach the town's still-impressive trainshed with its six surviving platforms, on 2nd July 2013.

Scorton [Lancashire] [1st]: Whistling northwards through the Wyre countryside, two veteran Class 20s take flasks from Crewe to Sellafield on 2nd July 2014. 20304+20312 have just passed the footbridge at Broad Fall Farm in Scorton.

Farington Curve Junction: Ex LMS Jubilee 4-6-0 no. 45699 Galatea hauls the Wednesday Fellsman from Lancaster to Carlisle off the WCML at Farington Curve Jct on 2 July 2014 as it rounds the sweeping curve to join the East Lancs line towards Blackburn.

Gregson Lane: Northern 158849 re-liveried in a yellow scheme with TAKING YOU TO THE TOUR lettering along the lower bodyside. The branding has been applied in connection with the Grand Depart of the Tour de France in Yorkshire on 5 and 6 July 2014. Extra trains will help people get to the event and both Northern and First TPE have leased loco hauled coaches to supplement regular workings. 158849 is heading east at Gregson Lane on 2 July with an evening Blackpool - York service. Bonsoir.

Gregson Lane: The return working of The Fellsman railtour at Gregson Lane between Blackburn and Preston on 2 July 2014. Jubilee 4-6-0 no. 45699 Galatea is coasting at this stage, with the special running around 10 minutes early.

Scorton [Lancashire] [1st]: 45699 Galatea, on one of its two 2014 Fellsman appearances, heads south past Broad Fall Farm at Scorton on 2nd July with the outbound train.

Watherston Bridge: Southbound along the valley of the Gala Water between Fountainhall and Stow on 2 July 2015. The train is the 2Z52 1204 Newcraighall - Tweedbank crew training trip.

Stow: Almost there. View south from the top of the station footbridge steps leading to platform 1 at Stow on 2 July 2015. At this time route learning trips were operating between Newcraighall and Tweedbank, with scheduled passenger services due to commence on 6 September.

Winchburgh Tunnel: The scene at the Linlithgow end of Winchburgh tunnel on 2nd July 2015 with the lowering of the track level in progress. On the right are the now-flooded claypits of the former brickworks.

Gorebridge: Train 2Z41 the ScotRail 0959 Tweedbank - Newcraighall crew training trip calls at Gorebridge on 2 July 2015 with finishing work ongoing in and around the station area.

Watherston Bridge: A Borders Railway crew training trip heading for Tweedbank on 2 July 2015, southbound between Fountainhall and Stow.

Gorebridge: ScotRail 170461 heading north between Gorebridge and Newtongrange on 2 July 2015 during a crew training trip on the Borders Railway on its way from Tweedbank to Newcraighall.

Gorebridge: A ScotRail driver training trip pulls away from a leafy Gorebridge station on 2 July 2015 heading for Newcraighall.

Sandsend: The former Sandsend station viewed from below looking south west. The viaduct which existed to the left has been demolished.

Glasgow Central: Trans Pennine Express 350408, soon to depart for Manchester Airport, waits at Glasgow Central's Platform 3 in July 2017.

Glasgow Central: 86401 Mons Meg brings the Glasgow section of the Caledonian Sleeper into Platform 10 at Central Station on 2nd July 2017.

Kincardine: The line at Kincardine, still in use in July 2017, although not a huge amount of use with the closure of Longannet Power Station.

Medstead and Four Marks: Rebuilt Bulleid Battle of Britain 4-6-2 34052 Lord Dowding, one of several Southern Pacifics in steam that day, works between Ropley and Medstead & Four Marks during the Mid Hants End of Southern Steam 50th gala on 2nd July 2017.

Medstead and Four Marks: 34053 Sir Keith Park, a Rebuilt Battle of Britain 4-6-2, one of five Bulleid Pacifics working at the Mid-Hants gala commemorating 50 years since the end of Southern Region steam in 1967.

Medstead and Four Marks: 34081 92 Squadron, an Un-Rebuilt Battle of Britain 4-6-2 and one of five Bulleid Pacifics working at the End of Southern Steam 50th Gala at the Mid-Hants Railway in July 2017.

Medstead and Four Marks: 34053 Sir Keith Park, a rebuilt Battle of Britain 4-6-2, working a demonstration freight train at the Mid-Hants End of Southern Steam 50th Anniversary Gala. Seen between Medstead and Ropley on 2nd July 2017

Charlestown Limekilns: The Limekilns at Charlestown Harbour in 2017. The Charlestown Railway ran to the right.

Ardoch Quarry Siding: Colas Rail 56302 heads west with an oil train (Colas on trial to Fort William?). It has just passed through the westbound Dalreoch Tunnel.

Medstead and Four Marks: BR Standard 4MT 2-6-0 76017, another Mid-Hants Barry restoration, in action at the End of Southern Steam 50th Gala in July 2017.

Glasgow Central: 86101 Sir William A Stanier FRS prepares to take the Glasgow portion of the Lowland Caledonian Sleeper south on 2nd July 2017.

Medstead and Four Marks: 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co, a Rebuilt Bulleid Merchant Navy 4-6-2, waits to leave Medstead & Four Marks station during the Mid-Hants gala marking the fiftieth anniversary of the end of Southern steam. 2nd July 2017

Llandrindod Wells: 153353 single diesel unit, with a Heart of Wales Line service from Shrewsbury to Swansea (reversing at Llanelli), arriving at Llandrindod Wells station on 2nd September 2017.

Ford (Sussex): 377132 on a Littlehampton to Bognor Regis shuttle, drifts into Ford Station in Sussex which is conveniently right next door to Gaugemaster - the purpose of the visit. Behind the unit is the triangular juntion allowing trains to leave Littlehampton and go east or west along the Coastway Line, Further to the east is Arundel Junction where trains join and leave the Arun Valley line to Horsham via Arundel and Billingshurst.

Galgate: West Coast 57601 heads a Saltburn Railtours excursion returning from Llandudno at Hampson Lane near Galgate on 2nd July 2018. The interesting outbound route on 29th June had included Toton, Castle Donington, Alrewas and Telford. This leg was routed over Shap and the S&C but although the train was almost on time at this point something serious must have transpired as it left Carnforth three hours late behind a different loco. Eventual arrival in Saltburn however was only 34 minutes behind schedule.

Glen Tarken Viaduct: The replacement bridge at Glen Tarken on the Loch Earn Railway Path looking east in July 2019. See image [[24830]].

Holyhead: 45690 Leander at Holyhead....a few adjustments. Steam Dreams excursion from London Euston to Holyhead, 6th June 2019.

St Leonards Tunnel: Non-locals may find it hard to believe we are less than 2 miles from the heart of Edinburgh - and looking towards it. The Edinburgh and Dalkeith's early terminus was the other side of the tunnel in the middle distance. The outcrop on the right is part of Arthur's Seat. This path is popular with cyclists, but don't let that put you off. Last train video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVRPmdUCwH4

Springburn: One coach of 334006, seen here at Springburn on 2nd July 2021, features the eye-catching new Progress flag instead of the traditional Rainbow design. It is intended that the Pride vinyls will remain in place until 2029 when the coach will require a full metal repaint.

Plaistow: Despite BR trains ceasing to call at Plaistow in 1962, leaving it with two disused platforms, out of view on the right, these Eastern Region UP and Down signs at the foot of the stairwell to the surviving westbound LUL District and Hammersmith & City Lines platforms survive, 53 years after the station passed from BR to London Transport control. The station had remained in BR ownership until 1969. Similar Up and Down signs are still in situ at the top of this stairwell and at the top and bottom of the stairwell to and from the surviving eastbound LU platform. This view is on 2nd July 2021.

Plaistow: LUL S7 stock, on a District Line service to Richmond, departing on its long journey from Plaistow in east London, on 2nd July 2021. This station was opened by the LT&SR in 1858 and enlarged in 1902 when District Line trains were extended east from Whitechapel. Main line trains ceased to call in 1962 and their now disused platforms are on the left and fenced off from the surviving part of the station. The station and the District Line out to Upminster remained in main line ownership until 1969 when it was transferred to London Transport control and BR Eastern Region running-in boards and totem signs were replaced by LU roundels, except at Barking and Upminster stations that remain in main line ownership, now National Rail C2C.

Craigendoran Upper: Bridges of the West Highland; at Craigendoran a short distance to the north of the upper station, the railway had to cross the A814 road. This resulted in the green bridge on the right of the photo. During the second half of the 20th Century the A814 was redirected resulting in the need for a new bridge, the grey one. The old road was blocked off at this point, a short distance from where the A814 crosses the line to Helensburgh Central. Photographed on 02 July 2021. [This road, Monaebrook Place, was itself was a deviation of the original course of the road which was moved north when the Helensburgh Railway originally opened in 1858. A portion of this now Station Road alongside where the Craigendoran Deviation was opened in 1882.]

Geilston Crossing: The tail end of the early afternoon Glasgow to Oban and Mallaig service is seen heading west of Geilston Level Crossing towards Craigendoran Jct on 12 June 2021. On the left is the River Clyde and across the river is Greenock.

Springburn: Close up of the new Pride vinyls (on one coach only) on 334006, seen at Springburn in July 2021.

Craigendoran Junction: A pair of Class 334s run along the sea wall at Craigendoran Jct on a Helensburgh to Edinburgh service on 2 July 2021. The view is eastwards with the junction out of view to the left of the photo.

Burton and Holme: 397003, working from Glasgow to Preston, is crosses the Cumbria (originally Westmorland) and Lancashire border passing Burton and Holme on 26th June 2021.

Shadwell: 357035 with 357316, on a C2C service approaching Fenchurch Street, passing the DLR station at Shadwell, on 2nd July 2021.

West India Quay: Sitting at the back of this DLR train, I was able to get this shot of unit 11 on a Canary Wharf to Stratford service just departed from West India Quay and curving round and descending the steep incline towards Poplar, on 2nd July 2021. Opened with the first two sections of the DLR in 1987, this incline was immediately nicknamed 'the ski slope', which has stuck to the present day.

Carlisle: A TPE Class 397 pulls away from the Carlisle stop on 2nd July 2022 and heads north for Edinburgh.

Ramsbottom: 50015 'Valiant' arrives at Ramsbottom with the 15.00 Rawtenstall to Heywood on 2nd July 2022. The gates here are operated by hand by the signal box gate wheel, a possibly unique surviving feature.

Carlisle: There was a lot of WCML disruption on 2nd July 2022. Many Avanti and TPE trains were either cancelled altogether or for part of the journey. The reason invariably seemed to be 'shortage of traincrew'. 802216 had worked north from Manchester Airport but instead of going through to Edinburgh laid over on a centre road in Carlisle until it could pick up its diagram again. 397008 also arrived from the north and stayed on a station through road rather than going through to Manchester.

Ramsbottom: 26007 and 25279 await departure from Ramsbottom on the 15.30 Heywood to Rawtenstall at the ELR 2022 summer diesel gala. D8096 and D8107, part of the Locomotive Services Ltd main line fleet based at Crewe, are on the tail of the 16.00 Rawtenstall to Heywood which was being hauled by DC Rail 60046 'William Wilberforce'.

Ramsbottom: BRCW and Cravens DMUs arrive in Ramsbottom on a terminating service from Bury on the final day of the 2022 ELR Summer Gala. The BRCW sets were not used on regular branch services during BR days but the Cravens were regular performers. See image [[21508]] taken from almost the same spot just over fifty years earlier and full credit to the ELR for the transformation that has taken place.

Bury Bolton Street: A welcome public appearance at the ELR 2022 Summer Diesel Gala by the Crossley engined Metrovick Co-Bo D5705, which is being painstakingly restored in Bury. Not yet operational, but getting there, it was displayed in the bay platform at Bolton Street station.

Bury Bolton Street: Amongst all the classic traction at the 2022 ELR diesel gala was this modern interloper, TPE liveried 68031 'Felix'. Seen at Bolton Street, in between turns on the intensive gala roster, on 2nd July 2022.

Bury Bolton Street: Twin Sulzers at the ELR 2022 Summer Diesel Gala. Visiting 26007 is paired with resident 25279, ready to depart from Bury for Rawtenstall on 2nd July 2022. The train had started at Heywood at 15.30hrs.

Carlisle: 397005 leaves Carlisle with a TPE service for Edinburgh heading for Edinburgh on 2nd July 2022. Dixon's Mill chimney is a 290' listed landmark, visible from much of the city.

Carlisle: In that time honoured spot where all manner of famous locomotives waited to take over southbound trains (See [[55309]]), less glamorous 70811 was on relatively mundane duties at Carlisle on 2nd July 2022. It was waiting for a clear road onto the S&C with two empty log carriers from Carlisle New Yard to Doncaster Roberts Road depot.

Ramsbottom: A wide variety of traction was in use at the ELR 2022 Summer Diesel Gala, over three days in July. BRCW and Cravens 2-car DMUs make their way to the siding at Ramsbottom after a quick run up from Bolton Street on the final day of the gala.

Ramsbottom: Busy scene at Ramsbottom during the 2022 Summer Diesel Gala at the ELR. Type 2s 26007 and 25279 await departure on the 15.30 Heywood to Rawtenstall. D8107 (foreground) and D8096 (behind) on the tail of the 16.00 Rawtenstall to Heywood, which was being hauled by DC Rail 60046 'William Wilberforce'.

Carlisle: 156500 and 506 wait in Platform 8 at Carlisle to form the next G&SW line service to Glasgow on 2nd July 2022. The Corkerhill 156s travel widely and can be seen here, in Stranraer, Mallaig and points in between [[68647]]. To the right 390155 is newly arrived on a Euston service and TPE units occupy the centre roads between services. The Courthouse is a distinctive landmark on the left of the picture.