Aberdeen: Ex-GNSR D40 4-4-0 62274 Bennachie shunting at the north end of Aberdeen on 4 July 1950.

Aberdeen: A train for Macduff leaves the north end of Aberdeen on 4 July 1950. Locomotive in charge is ex-GNSR D40 4-4-0 no 62276 Andrew Bain.

Longside: Six miles out of Peterhead, ex-GER 4-6-0 61511 passes westbound through Longside on 4 July 1951 with a fish train heading for Aberdeen.

Inverugie: Scene at Inverugie, Aberdeenshire, first station out of Peterhead, on 4 July 1951. View is west towards Maud Junction with an unidentified coach standing in the bay platform. [Ref query 38055]

Peterhead: Ex-GNSR D40 4-4-0 no 62272 standing alongside the signal box at Peterhead on 4 July 1951.

Peterhead: GNSR D40 4-4-0 no 62272 leaving Peterhead with a train for Maud on 4 July 1951.

Mintlaw: D40 4-4-0 62272 leaving Mintlaw with an up train on 4 July 1951.

Peterhead: Ex-GNSR D40 4-4-0 no 62272 photographed at Peterhead in the summer of 1951.

Peterhead: B1 4-6-0 61134 leaving Peterhead on 4 July 1951.

Peterhead: B12 4-6-0 61511 on the turntable at Peterhead in the summer of 1951.

Aberdeen: A Deeside line service leaving the south end of Aberdeen in the summer of 1950. Ex-GNSR D40 4-4-0 no 62274 Bennachie is at the head of the train.

Longside: Scene at Longside, midway between Maud Junction and Peterhead, on 4 July 1951. Ex-GNSR D40 4-4-0 no 62272 is entering the station with a down train.

Peterhead: Looking back towards the buffer stops at Peterhead on 4 July 1951. Waiting with a train in the background is D40 4-4-0 no 62272.

Longside: The station, signal box and goods yard at Longside on the Peterhead line, photographed on 4 July 1951, looking west towards Maud. Longside station closed to passengers in 1965.

Peterhead: Ex-GER B12 4-6-0 no 61511 arriving at Peterhead on 4 July 1951 with a train from Aberdeen.

Eastfield Shed: A general view over the crowded shed yard at Eastfield on 4 July 1955. Nearest the camera stands resident D11 4-4-0 no 62675 Colonel Gardiner.

Cowlairs East Junction: Haymarket A3 60087 Blenheim passing Cowlairs East Junction on 4 July 1955 with the 6pm Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh Waverley. See image [[26528]]

Eastfield Shed: Haymarket A3 Pacific 60043 Brown Jack photographed on shed at Eastfield in the summer of 1955, doubtless making preparations to take another Edinburgh Waverley turn out of Queen Street later that day.

Cowlairs Incline: Scene on Cowlairs incline in the summer of 1955 as a Queen Street - Perth train passes a convoy of light locomotives descending from Eastfield shed to take over later departures from the station. The Perth train is hauled by one of 65A's Director class 4-4-0s no 62684 Wizard of the Moor, while the locomotive on the left is shedmate B1 4-6-0 no 61140, complete with the self-weighing tender fitted at Doncaster Works in 1952.

Plates, signs, notices etc: The crest carried on the boiler casing of A4 Pacific Merlin, latterly no 60027, photographed at Haymarket shed on 4 July 1959. The crest was presented by the Royal Naval Air Station at Donibristle, Fife (then named HMS Merlin) during a ceremony at the base in 1946 see image [[32608]].

Troon [2nd]: 72009 Clan Stewart runs through the site of the original Troon station on 4 July 1959 with the 5.10pm Glasgow St Enoch - Stranraer train.

Haymarket Central Junction: B1 no 61180 heads west out of Edinburgh past Haymarket MPD with a commuter train in the summer of 1959.

Carlisle: One of three Crosti boilered 9F 2-10-0s allocated to Kingmoor shed for a period, no 92024, stands at the south end of Carlisle station in July 1959. The locomotive was converted to conventional operation in 1960.

Newton-on-Ayr: A Saturday Darvel - Ayr train, hauled by 2P 4-4-0 40645, arrives at Newton-on-Ayr on 4 July 1959.

Haymarket Shed [2nd]: Scene in the yard at Haymarket MPD in July 1959 with Peppercorn class A1 Pacific no 60126 Sir Vincent Raven ready for the road.

Kilwinning: Looking north over the goods yard and west side platforms 1 and 2 at Kilwinning station on Saturday 4 July 1959. In the background an Edinburgh Princes Street - Ayr train is about to call at platform 4. The train is hauled by Dalry Road shed's Black 5 no 44994.

Haymarket Shed [2nd]: Gresley A3 Pacific no 60057 Ormonde stands in bright sunshine on Haymarket shed in the summer of 1959.

Newton-on-Ayr: Ex-LMS 0-6-0 44330 leaving Newton-on-Ayr on 4 July 1959 with a Kilmarnock - Ayr train.

Haymarket Shed [2nd]: 60024 Kingfisher arrives on shed at Haymarket on 4 July 1959

Troon [2nd]: The 12.30pm Glasgow St Enoch - Stranraer express about to run through the site of the original Troon station on 4 July 1959. Locomotive is Jubilee 4-6-0 no 45675 Hardy. [Ref query 19 May 2018]

Haymarket Shed [2nd]: Appropriately named A1 Pacific no 60160 'Auld Reekie' gives a virtuoso performance on Haymarket shed in the summer of 1959.

Haymarket Shed [2nd]: Gresley K4 no 61993 Loch Long alongside Haymarket shed in July 1959.

Haymarket Shed [2nd]: Gresley A3 no 60101 Cicero photographed on Haymarket shed in the summer of 1959. Named after the winner of the 1905 Derby, the Pacific spent most of its life at 64B.

Kilwinning: One of Motherwell shed's Black 5 4-6-0s no 45433 takes the Largs route at the north end of Kilwinning on Saturday 4 July 1959 with a train from Law Junction.

Haymarket Central Junction: A 2-car DMU, bound for Corstorphine, is about to run west past Haymaket MPD on 4 July 1959. The roof of Haymarket Central Junction signal box can be seen above the second vehicle of the train.

Kilwinning: An Ardrossan Winton Pier - Glasgow St Enoch train leaving Kilwinning station on 4 July 1959 behind Fowler 2P 4-4-0 no 40624.

Carlisle Durranhill Shed: Portrait of Stanier Black 5 4-6-0 no 44666 - photographed at Durranhill shed, Carlisle, on 4 July 1959.

Haymarket Central Junction: St Margarets Ivatt class 2MT 2-6-0 no 46462 trundles west with a train past Haymarket shed on 4 July 1959, probably heading for carriage sidings at Saughton Junction. The locomotive had been allocated to 64A from new in June 1950.

Haymarket Shed [2nd]: Class J36 0-6-0 no 65243 Maude on shed at Haymarket in the summer of 1959.

Falkland Junction: Fairburn tank 42694 approaching Falkland Junction from the north with a Glasgow - Stranraer boat train in the summer of 1959.

Haymarket Central Junction: 60024 Kingfisher passes Haymarket shed with a westbound train on 4 July 1959. The rear coach has just cleared the bridge carrying the Caledonian suburban line across the E&G between Murrayfield and Dalry Road with Coltbridge Junction signal box standing on the embankment above the locomotives stabled on the left.

Haymarket Central Junction: A2 Pacific no 60535 'Hornet's Beauty' does nothing for the view of the castle as it passes its home shed at Haymarket and heads west out of Edinburgh with a train for Aberdeen in the summer of 1959.

Kilwinning: A Glasgow St Enoch - Largs train arrives at Kilwinning on 4 July 1959 behind 2P 4-4-0 40667.

Carlisle: Crosti-boilered 9F 2-10-0 no 92024 at the south end of Carlisle station in July 1959. The 9F was one of 3 of this type transferred to Kingmoor shed for a time. See image [[34814]]

Kilwinning: Standard class 5 73123 arrives at Kilwinning in the summer of 1959 with a Largs - St Enoch train.

Haymarket Shed [2nd]: A1 Pacific no 60126 Sir Vincent Raven on shed at Haymarket in July 1959.

Haymarket Shed [2nd]: Resident A2 Pacific no 60535 Hornet's Beauty stands on Haymarket shed in the summer of 1959.

Troon Junction: A Glasgow - Ayr train leaving Troon on 4 July 1959 behind Fairburn 2-6-4 tank no 42131.

Kilwinning: Fairburn 2-6-4T 42202 arrives at Kilwinning on 4 July 1959 with a Glasgow St Enoch - Ayr train.

Haymarket Shed [2nd]: Peppercorn class A1 Pacific no 60126 Sir Vincent Raven on the turntable at Haymarket on 4 July 1959. The locomotive was a resident of Heaton shed at the time and would doubtless be returning home on a southbound ECML service from Waverley later that day.

Ayr Shed [2nd]: A lineup of ex-Caledonian 3F 0-6-0s on shed at Ayr in the summer of 1959. The locomotives are 57596 (nearest), 57644, 57611, 57580 and 57633.

Irvine: A Saturday St Enoch - Darvel train restarts from the Irvine stop on 4 July 1959. In charge is one of Hurlford shed's 2P 4-4-0s no 40645.

Kilwinning: A Largs - St Enoch train calls at Kilwinning on 4 July 1959. In charge is BR Standard class 5 4-6-0 no 73123, a locomotive which spent its entire operational life at Corkerhill shed.

Kilwinning: BR Standard class 5P 4-6-0 no 73079 leaving Kilwinning on 4 July 1959 with a Stranraer - Glasgow St Enoch train.

Haymarket Shed [2nd]: 60027 Merlin on Haymarket shed on 4 July 1959 carrying the headboard of The Elizabethan, a train on which the A4 was a regular performer. See image [[30683]]

Kilwinning: Fowler 2P 4-4-0 40689 approaching Kilwinning from the north on 4 July 1959 with a train from St Enoch destined for Ardrossan Town. [Ref query 4531]

Kilwinning: Dalry Road Black 5 44994 pulling away from the Kilwinning stop on 4 July 1959 on its way home with an Ayr - Edinburgh Princes Street train.

Holm Junction: A Kilmarnock - Winton Pier train takes the left fork at Holm Junction after leaving Ardrossan South Beach station on 4 July 1959. The locomotive is one of Hurlford shed's Fowler 2P 4-4-0s no 40688, only 4 weeks from final withdrawal.

Falkland Junction: A summer Saturday relief working to Ayr passing Falkland Junction on 4 July 1959. Locomotive in charge is Jubilee 4-6-0 no 45707 Valiant.

Prestwick: 2P 4-4-0 40620 arriving at Prestwick on 4 July 1959 with a St Enoch - Ayr train.

Eglinton Dock: The 'MV Glenshira' at Ardrossan. prior to a sailing to Stornoway in July 1959. This is reported to be the first diesel powered coaster built for the West Highlands, launching at Bowling in 1953 and designed to be able to use the Crinan Canal, which it would do on this trip. The line between Ardrossan North and Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier is in the background. Photo by G H Robin.

Eden Viaduct [Etterby]: Black 5 no 44850 crosses the River Eden at Etterby in the summer of 1959 with a northbound parcels on the WCML. Meantime a light engine is held at signals on the 1942 bridge built to carry the goods lines, presumably on its way to Kingmoor shed.

Kilwinning: A Saturday Girvan - St Enoch train calls at Kilwinning on 4 July 1959. Locomotive in charge is Corkerhill shed's Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42247.

Haymarket Shed [2nd]: J83 0-6-0T no 68481 on shed at Haymarket in July 1959.

Haymarket Shed [2nd]: Gresley A3 no 60057, seen here at Haymarket MPD on 4 July 1959. The Pacific carried the name of the racehorse considered by many to be one of the greatest of all time, the undefeated triple-crown winner Ormonde (1883-1904).

Falkland Junction: The gardens of Oswald Road form the backdrop as a Kilmarnock - Ayr train approaches Falkland Junction on 4 July 1959. Hurlford shed's class 2P 4-4-0 no 40668 is in charge, during what would be its final month in service. The locomotive was eventually cut up at Inverurie works in the spring of 1961.

Haymarket Shed [2nd]: 60027 Merlin resplendent on Haymarket shed in the summer of 1959.

Troon: A bright and sunny July day at Troon in 1959 as Fairburn 2-6-4T 42059 runs into the station from the north with a Glasgow - Girvan train.

Hawkhill Junction: Fairburn tank 42196 passing Hawkhill Junction with a Glasgow - Ayr train on a sunny July day in 1959. Ayr locomotive shed stands in the background.

Carlisle Kingmoor Shed: McIntosh 0-6-0T no 56332 stands out of use in the shed yard at Kingmoor in the summer of 1959, some 3 months prior to official withdrawal by BR.

Falkland Junction: Horwich Mogul 42879 runs through Falkland Junction on 4 July 1959 with a Glasgow - Ayr train.

Hairmyres: Black 5 4-6-0 no 45320 shunting at Hairmyres in the summer of 1961.

Busby: Shunting an East Kilbride freight in the goods yard at Busby on 4 July 1961. The locomotive is Polmadie Black 5 4-6-0 no 45320.

Millport Pier: The Cumbrae ferry 'Leven' at Millport pier.

Carlisle: Black 5 45228 at the head of the 8.50am summer Saturday Blackpool Central - Glasgow Central at Carlisle platform 1 on 4 July 1964. The locomotive has just relieved Jubilee 45627 Sierra Leone which had brought the train north See image [[61283]]. Standing alongside in the west sidings is Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0 43036.

Crieff [2nd]: Crieff station on 4 July 1964, the last day of passenger services. A view through a rather grimy window of the guards van as the train leaves for Gleneagles.

Crieff Viaduct: Standard tank 80063 approaches Crieff with the last train from Comrie on 4 July 1964. It is about to pass over Crieff Viaduct, since demolished.

Gleneagles: View of Gleneagles on 4 July 1964, its last day as a junction. Comrie train hurries in while 44850 waits with a northbound connection on the main line.

Strowan Tunnel: Standard tank 80063 takes the curve to Strowan Tunnel on 4 July 1964 with the last train from Comrie, the 6.45pm to Gleneagles. [Ref query 7903]. Sir David Baird's monument is on the hill above.

Carlisle: The 8.50am Blackpool Central - Glasgow Central waits at Carlisle platform 1 on a summer Saturday in July 1964 while Black 5 44662 takes on water.

Highlandman: View from guards van of last train from Comrie. See image [[15799]]

Comrie: View of station yard.

Comrie: Last train ready to leave for Gleneagles behind 80063.

Comrie: Last train about to depart.

Carlisle: Royal Scot 4-6-0 no 46128 The Lovat Scouts stands at Carlisle in July 1964. The locomotive is waiting to take over the 1.30pm Euston - Perth.

Gleneagles: Platform scene at Gleneagles looking south in the summer of 1964. Black 5 44850 is about to leave with a northbound train on the main line, while a recently arrived train off the Crieff branch stands on the right.

Gleneagles: 45474 enters Gleneagles with Glasgow train.

Carlisle: Black 5 45006, wearing a 2B, Oxley, shed plate, waits to leave Carlisle platform 5 on 4 July 1964 with the 7.11pm stopping service to Warrington. A DMU for Newcastle Central stands at platform 6.

Wemyss Bay: A busy scene at Wemyss Bay on a summer morning in 1964, with passengers boarding the 'Talisman' and the 'Duchess of Montrose'. A good number of cars are queued for the next car ferry sailing to Rothesay.

Crieff [2nd]: 80063 is ready to leave Crieff with last train to Comrie

Comrie: West end of Comrie station looking to St Fillans.

Carlisle: The 10.35am Glasgow Central - Blackpool Central leaves Carlisle on 4 July 1964 behind Black 5 44971 and Britannia 70011 Hotspur.

Carlisle: The north end of platform 1 at Carlisle station on 4 July 1964, featuring 45627 Sierra Leone at the head of the 8.50am Blackpool Central - Glasgow Central, standing alongside Black 5 no 45228.

Carlisle: Claytons D8558+D8569 at Carlisle on 4 July 1964 having brought in the 9.50am Edinburgh Waverley - Leeds City.

Carlisle: Looking back aiong platform 1 at Carlisle on Saturday 4 July 1964, where Jubilee 45627 Sierra Leone has recently arrived with the 8.50am Blackpool Central - Glasgow Central. Meantime Black 5 45228 awaits the call on the right.

Wemyss Bay: 'TS Duchess of Montrose' taking on passengers at Wemyss Bay pier, on a busy summer Saturday in 1964.

St Margarets Shed: A shed visit to St. Margaret's on Sunday 4th July 1965 produced one particularly unexpected 'cop', Kingmoor 9F No. 92009 which was stabled in the open on the south side of the shed building. Although unusual, this wouldn't have been a unique occurrence because at least sixteen 12A 9Fs are known to have worked over the Waverley route and these would all have visited St. Margaret's for servicing after bringing their freights into Millerhill Yard. The other possibility is that Motherwell shed might have purloined a visiting loco for a Mossend to Millerhill freight but as the loco is facing in the right diction for setting off south on the Monday morning I would regard this as less likely.

Corkerhill Shed: The doyen of the B.R. Standard 2-6-4 tanks, No 80000, is resting at its home depot, of Corkerhill on 4 July 1965. The honour of being the first built belonged however, to 80010, which Brighton Works produced several months before 80000 emerged from Derby.

Ribbleton [1st]: A train of empty 16T mineral wagons return from the Courtaulds plant at Ribbleton (Red Scar) behind Stanier 8F 2-8-0 48438. The train is passing under the ornate Cromwell Road bridge where the inscription on the bridge parapet reads 'Erected by Ribbleton Freehold Land Society 1863'. See image [[34400]] for a present day view of the same location. [Picture by kind permission of Peter Fitton]

London Road Junction [Carlisle]: A wet Friday afternoon in July 1969 at London Road Junction, Carlisle, where the N&C and S&C lines leave the city. An eastbound freight arriving from Bog Junction on the goods lines is about to join the main line, with the signal beyond the road bridge indicating a route set for the N&C at Petteril Bidge Junction. The spur from Upperby can also be seen coming in from the right between the signal box and the bridge. The siding running off to the left once served the yard of crane makers Cowans, Sheldon & Co.

Carlisle: D439 with dented nose on train 1M20 the up Royal Scot at Carlisle in July 1969.

Cullen: Cullen station on the 4th of July 1973 looking to Aberdeen. This location is now a housing estate. A similar building can still be found further east on the same former line at Portsoy.

York: The soaring train sheds of the Victorian era had the practical feature of not trapping smoke at platform level - something which also proved useful during the Deltic era! No. 55001 'St Paddy' arrives at York with the Sunday 09.50 Kings Cross to Edinburgh on 4 July 1976, a dated train hence the use of Mk 1 stock.

Scarborough: 92220 Evening Star sets off from Scarborough late on the afternoon of 4th July 1976 with the Scarborough Flyer special returning to Newcastle.

York: BR Standard class 9F 2-10-0 no 92220 'Evening Star' waits on the down centre road in York station on 4 July 1976 prior to taking over the NELPG's 'Scarborough Spa Flyer', which it will work to the seaside resort and back.

York: BR standard class 9F 2-10-0 no 92220 'Evening Star' backs down from the NRM into York station on 4 July 1976 to await the arrival of the 'Scarborough Spa Flyer'.

York: The down centre road at York sees the unusual sight of double-headed class 47s arriving on an excursion (1Z17) on 4 July 1976. It is unlikely that both locos were under power because 47199, the leading loco, worked the train forward on its own, having removed 47145, which in all probability had failed earlier.

York: 92220 Evening Star stands on the down through line between platforms 8 and 9 at York while waiting to take over the 'The Scarborough Flyer' excursion' on 4 July 1976 see image [[40958]]. On the right 37101 approaches on the up through line with excursion 1Z24, destination unknown. The displaying of reporting numbers had been officially abandoned some months previously and this was a rare exception to the new rules.

York: The curved trainshed at York forms a magnificent backdrop to 9F No. 92220 Evening Star blowing-off impatiently as it waits to take over the Scarborough Flyer excursion in July 1976. The train started its journey from Newcastle round the Durham coast behind Stephenson valve gear Black 5 No. 4767, with class 40 diesel power taking over at Stockton for the second leg along the ECML.

Scarborough: The mid '70s still saw significant numbers of loco hauled trains arriving at Scarborough during the summer season and a station pilot was indispensable. 08170 propels a mixed rake of Mk 1 and Mk 2 coaches back into the station late on a Sunday afternoon in July 1976.

Scarborough: 92220 Evening Star is about to set back at Falsgrave box onto the stock of 'The Scarborough Flyer' for Newcastle in July 1976. The 9F took the train as far as York, where it handed over to a class 40 diesel. Steam took over once again at Stockton in the form of the Stephenson valve gear Black 5, LMS No. 4767, for the run along the Durham coast.

Scarborough: During the late afternoon of 4th July 1976, 31253 sets off from Scarborough, past Falsgrave signal box, with a returning Sunday excursion. The locomotive was allocated to Holbeck at the time so the train's destination is almost certainly in West Yorkshire.

York: Deltic No. 55005 The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire brings the Sunday 10.00 Kings Cross - Aberdeen into York on 4th July 1976.

Scarborough: Peak No. 45004 Royal Irish Fusilier sets off past Falsgrave box in July 1976 with Sunday excursion 1Z86, returning day-trippers from Scarborough to the Midlands.

Cutler Sidings: 25231 backs onto its train at Cutler Sidings, Waterside, on 4 July 1978. Seen from the cab of NCB No 24.

Cutler Sidings: Driver Tom Bruce (right) and his fireman and shunter enjoy a cuppa in the bothy at the Cutler sidings on 4 July 1978.

Abbey and West Dereham: An intermediate station on the Stoke Ferry to Denver branch, Abbey and West Dereham station lost its passenger service as early as September 1930. Goods traffic continued, however, and trains passed through here on behalf of the nearby Wissington sugar refinery until 1982. This scene was recorded on 4th July 1981, shortly before an enthusiasts charter train arrived. Most of the rest of the country was indoors to watch John McEnroe finally defeat Bjorn Borg at Wimbledon.

Newcastle Central: Deltic 55018 Ballymoss with the 1A39 Kings Cross relief service at Newcastle Central platform 10 on 4 July 1981.

Foynes: The road approach to Foynes station, Co Limerick, in July 1988. The station was closed to passenger traffic in February 1963 but freight traffic continued until the late 1990s see image [[33823]]. The line from Limerick was 'mothballed' in 2001.

Aviemore: An NBL built 0-4-0 DH shunter stands on the turntable at Aviemore on the Strathspey Railway in July 1991. The pit had been filled in after the shed closed in BR days and the mechanical parts were subsequently recovered from Kyle of Lochalsh.

Aviemore: Having called at Aviemore, the rear power car of 'The Highland Chieftain' is seen disappearing northwards on 4th July 1991.

Dalfaber Level Crossing: Class 27 no D5394 approaching Aviemore from the north on the Speyside line on 04 July 1991. The locomotive is on its way to collect the 'Royal Scotsman' and haul it to its overnight stop at Boat of Garten.

Aviemore: Highland Chieftain heads north from Aviemore in the evening of 04 July 1991.

Holyhead: Celtic Fringes. 37 408 Loch Long, some way from home, with a train at Holyhead on 4 July 1993.

Carstairs: An engineer's train heads north through Carstairs station after leaving the up sidings on 4 July 1997. The locomotive is 'Transrail' liveried 37221.

Kilmarnock: View from the now-demolished building on the rarely used platform 4 at Kilmarnock on 4 July 1997.

Carstairs: Transrail liveried 37221 attaching wagons to an engineers train in the sidings on the north side of Carstairs station in the summer of 1997.

Kitzbühel: Passenger and freight trains crossing at Kitzbühel, to the east of Innsbruck in the Austrian Tyrol in the summer of 1998.

Headstone Lane: Class 47 in 'Police' livery on a northbound car-train at Headstone Lane. As I took this picture, with the train approaching, the 47 was making such a racket I thought it was going to collapse into pieces !

Eastfield TMD: Eastfield looking south after some track was laid and shed framework erected in July 2004.

South Hylton: The Tyne & Wear Metro terminus at South Hylton in July 2004. A train for St James waits at the platform.

South Hylton: A Tyne and Wear Metro service shortly after arrival at South Hylton terminus in the summer of 2004. Prior to 1967 the line crossed the road in the background and continued on to join the Leamside line at Penshaw Junction.

South Hylton: Metro terminus at South Hylton in July 2004, with the entramce from Hylton Bank on the left. A train for St James is about to depart.

Grantshouse: An up Voyager runs past the south end of the loops at Grantshouse in July 2006 approaching the sidings on the site of the old station.

Meadowbank Stadium: Almost hidden by summer foliage, the platform at Meadowbank, Edinburgh, looking south in 2006. The station was built to serve the adjacent stadium which hosted the Commonwealth Games in 1986, when a shuttle service operated from Waverley via Abbeyhill.

Grantshouse: GNER Edinburgh - London service north of Grantshouse in July 2006.

Glenochil Ground Frame: Trackbed of the line serving the former Glenochil Colliery on 4 July looking west towards its junction with the Alva branch.

Bude: There arent too many signs today that the railway once made it to the north Cornish town of Bude. In 2008, whilst on holiday in the area, I discovered this former railway bridge over the River Neet. Although not part of the mainline, this bridge carried a branch from near the station to a goods yard at the harbour and canal wharf serving coal and agricultural merchants. In this view northwards, the station site was to the right.

Glasgow Central: 92036 departs from Platform 1 for Polmadie with the empty Glasgow Central portion of the Caledonian Sleeper on 4 July 2008.

Whitstone and Bridgerule: Looking east over thr the site of the former Whitstone and Bridgerule station towards Holsworthy on the line from Halwill Junction to Bude on 4 July 2008. It is now more than 40 years since trains ran on this line but the station building and platform canopy remain, now as part of a private house. The area between the platforms has been filled in and grassed over but the edge slabs are still clearly visible.

Bude: Another photo trying to identify where the railway was once located in Bude. At the time the photo was taken, the feature that caught my eye was the concrete fence in the middle of the picture. It reminded me of the style of fence used by the Southern Railway. A check on NLS maps has shown that the railway was indeed on the other side of the fence, the site of the station was behind the large building in the background and the engine shed to the left of it. Photo taken from beside Kings Hill Road looking north in July 2008.

Kilcreggan Pier: In a view taken from the Oban to Glasgow seaplane service on 4 July 2008 PS Waverley is seen leaving Kilcreggan Pier and sailing west down the Clyde.

Inchlea Crossing: The man himself, leaning out of the cab of 60009 'Union of South Africa' as it climbs the gradient at Crubenmore, with an SRPS Railtour on the 4th of July 2009.

Slochd Summit: A4 Pacific no 60009 Union of South Africa climbs the gradient to Slochd Summit on 4 July 2009. This time the headboard reads SRPS Railtours presumably changed at the water stop at Aviemore. The engine is working hard despite the lack of exhaust which is due to the temperature being around 28C. In the background a quiet spell on the ever busy A9 and to the right, Slochd Viaduct.

Newtonmore: A4 Pacific no 60009 Union of South Africa pictured between Dalwhinnie and Newtonmore on 4 July 2009 with the Osprey Express

Stanley Junction: SRPS excursion, hauled by 60009 Union of South Africa, passing Stanley Junction box on 4 July 2009 on its return journey from Inverness.

Prestonpans: 322 483 ready to leave Prestonpans with a North Berwick - Edinburgh service on 4 July 2009.

Washington: The Leamside line in July 2009, here viewed from a foot crossing, just seems to need a bit of pruning. Well, maybe a second track. View looks East.

Prestonpans: 322 484 pulls into Prestonpans with a North Berwick service 4 July 2009

Birtley: An American logging engine seems to be the inspiration for this North Eastern pub sign...

Penwortham: Immediately south of the River Ribble tram bridge See image [[29701]] the old Lancaster Canal Tramroad enters these woods and runs for around three quarters of a mile almost dead straight. It is a popular traffic free route into Preston and has survived the 150 years or so since closure remarkably well. View south at SD 542287.

Preston (Old Tram Bridge): What is known as the Old Tram Bridge in Preston is in fact a 1965 built replica of the original timber trestle bridge that it replaced. Immediately beyond the bridge lies the old rope worked inclined plane, now a steep driveway through Avenham Park. When the horse drawn tramway was closed around 1864 the timber bridge was gifted to Preston Corporation and used as a footbridge to cross the River Ribble for over 100 years before becoming delapidated. The replica was then constructed in concrete and steel to replace it but it has also become unsafe and is presently (2020) closed off. The old tramroad can be followed south from here for around a mile towards Bamber Bridge See image [[28468]].

Inverkeithing Central Junction: 47790 leads the 'Northern Belle' past Inverkeithing Central Junction. 47832 Solway Princess brought up the rear.

Daventry International Railfreight Terminal: Progress on the expansion at Daventry International Railfreight Terminal on 4 July 2011 looking towards Rugby. A lot more detail work since my last visit see image [[34184]]

Hunterston High Level Sidings: A train at the coal loaders at Hunterston High Level, as seen from Millport.

Inverkeithing Central Junction: 66548 with empties from Longannet to Leith Docks.

NRM Shildon: Scene in the yard at NRM Shildon in the summer of 2011. The coach undergoing restoration is Great Eastern Railway directors' saloon no. 63 of 1912 (any suggestions regarding the id of the locomotive would be welcome). [See query]

Loch Tay: Near the Loch Tay terminus of the Killin Branch, erosion has revealed the stone block construction of the railway embankment/trackbed where it runs very close to the loch. In this view from the beach the line runs from left (Killin) to right (Loch Tay) with the minor public road beyond.

Killin Viaduct: Although now closed for almost fifty years there are still several places on the Killin branch trackbed where the old sleepers can be seen, embedded in the ash ballast. This one is by the wicket gate just to the east of the bridge over the River Lochay. Killin station itself was just over the bridge.

Culloden Viaduct: The 0755 Inverness to Kings Cross HST crossing the Culloden visaduct over the River Nairn, shortly after leaving the Highland capital on its long journey south.

Ely: A Cross Country service from Birmingham to Stanstead Airport with 170519 calls at Ely on 4 July 2012.

Ely: An EMT Class 158 crosses the River Great Ouse at Ely on 4 July 2012. The station is to the left of the photo and the train will have reversed there while working between Liverpool and Norwich.

Ely: First Capital Connect service to Kings Lynn departs from Ely on 04 July 2012. Will this unit find itself on the Edinburgh-Glasgow route in 2018?

Culloden Moor: The tail lamp on the rearmost Caledonian Sleeper coach glows brightly as the train runs through the platforms of long closed Culloden station on the last leg of the overnight journey from London Euston.

Ely: A busy afternoon in the car park at Ely station on 04 July 2012 as passengers from a railtour to the cathedral city gather before their return journey.

Leicester: Approaching Leicester Midland station from the south on 04 July 2012 with the impressive station frontage visible above the bridge parapet.

Culloden Moor: Rise and Shine. The Inverness portion of the northbound Caledonian Sleeper comes off the viaduct over the River Nairn and runs through closed station of Culloden. 67017 is on the very last leg of the long journey and will soon be in Inverness.

Allt Coire Mheadhoin Viaduct: GBRf 66734 'The Eco Express' lying alongside Loch Treig on 4 July 2012 following derailment in the aftermath of a landslip on 28 June. The locomotive will be particularly difficult to recover from this inaccessible spot, although the tank wagons are due to be lifted clear fairly soon. See image [[44705]].

Tulloch: The operation to reopen the West Highland Line and recover GBRf 66734 see image [[39479]] is being managed from Tulloch and this ro-rail vehicle is seen there on 4 July 2012 about to take more workers to the site.

Allt Coire Mheadhoin Viaduct: The site of the landslip near Tulloch which led to the derailment on 28 June. View on 4 July looking down towards the railway with Loch Treig beyond. Almost all of the dislodged spoil has been cleared away by this stage.

Peterborough: On display at Railworld, Peterborough, is Tracked Hovercraft Ltd experimental vehicle RTV31 and a surviving section of guideway. The system was based on a combination of 2 British inventions, the Hovercraft and the linear induction motor but development work was abandoned in 1973 due to budget cuts. Photographed on 4 July 2012 from a passing train.

Ely: A Class 365 EMU arrives at Ely on 4 July 2012 with a Kings Lynn to London Kings Cross service as HGVs start to move over the level crossing at the north end of the station. Although there is an underpass for cars and small vans, larger vehicles have to use the crossing which can lead to significant delays as rail traffic at times can be fairly busy.

Ely: A Freightliner Class 66 waits with a container train at the north end of Ely station on 4 July 2012 for the road west towards Peterborough as a Class 365 at Platform 1 is about to depart for Kings Lynn.

Culloden Viaduct: The 0755 Inverness to Kings Cross through service powers round the curve at the south end of Culloden Viaduct and starts the climb towards Moy. 43317 was the leading HST power car with 43315 bringing up the rear.

Leicester: Looking south through Leicester station on 4 July 2012.

Nuneaton: A Turbostar coasts into Nuneaton's platform 6 on its way to Birmingham. Notice the rusty rails on the next track, which links the WCML to the Leicester line. It may be signalled, but I have never seen it used. Network Rail - reinstated Leicester-Birmingham flyover line

Goerlitz: Part of Germany's longest stone-arch viaduct, spanning the Lausitzer Neisse river at Goerlitz between Germany and Poland. Built between 1844 and 1847, the viaduct has 30 arches, is 35m high and 475m long, and was partly destroyed by bombing in the closing weeks of World War 2. Here the 06.35 Wroclaw (formerly Breslau) to Dresden Regional-Express inches past engineering work on 4th July 2013.

Goerlitz: Goerlitz in Sachsen has one of the best preserved town centres in central Europe, but here and there beautifully restored grandeur still sits cheek-by-jowl with decaying urban fabric. With a population of just 50,000, the town has no less than two tram routes (take note, Edinburgh), both of which pass the Hauptbahnhof forecourt, seen here on 4th July 2013.

Grenoble: It happens here too! Tramworks underway at Place Grenette, Grenoble, in July 2014. The trams of Lines A and B normally run through here at a high frequency.

Newtongrange: Site of the new station at Newtongrange on 4 July 2014, looking south towards Gorebridge.

Bardon Hill: Bardon Hill box (one of at least two mechanical boxes still working in the Coalville area) on the west side of Grange Road level crossing on a wet July day in 2014. The Freightliner 66 in the siding in the background is waiting to pick up loaded stone wagons for onward transit.

Grenoble: TAG Alstom Citadis 402 tram 6021 is one of a batch of 35 introduced to Grenoble in 2005. Here it is, dwarfed by a nearby Alp, and westward bound on a Line B service into Place Notre Dame in July 2014. It will head into the city centre and on to its terminus at the Palais de Justice. This line is currently being extended into the north west of the city to serve the scientific community centred on the European Synchotron Radiation Facility.

Coalville Town: Back in the 1960s, British councils and British Rail alike rushed to rid the country of scenes like this. Looking towards the railway bridge over Mantle Lane, Coalville, in July 2014. The roof of Mantle Lane signalbox (with the disused sidings beyond) can just be seen through the guard on the left. [Ref query 12450]

Coalville Town: Another old-fashioned view of Coalville in July 2014, showing Mantle Lane signal box see image [[48056]]. The Korean-made 4x4 passing under the bridge says as much about the changing distribution of industry and trade around the world as quite a few pictures of abandoned railways.

Eskbank: The new Eskbank station under construction on 4 July 2014, looking south towards Newtongrange.

Bristol Temple Meads: 150219 waiting to depart from Bristol Temple Meads for Cardiff Central, on the evening of Saturday, 4th July 2015.

Parkend: Ex-GWR class 45XX 2-6-2T 5541, just arrived at the current northern terminus of the Dean Forest Railway at Parkend, on 4th July 2015. Although steam operations on a few yards of track began here in 1971, these were relocated to Norchard in 1978 and it was not until 2005 that Parkend was fully reopened for the heritage railway, 76 years after the last passenger trains had called.

Kinghorn: Colas 56113 and 56078 enter Kinghorn station on 4 July 2015 with a Millerhill - Inverness ballast train.

Loch Ken Viaduct: Looking east over Loch Ken Viaduct towards Castle Douglas on 4 July 2015. The last train services over the former Port Road between Dumfries and Stranraer ran in June 1965. See image [[32258]]

Bristol Temple Meads: Return UK Railtours' excursion from Weston-Super-Mare, behind 67003, arriving at Bristol Temple Meads to pick up further passengers on 4th July 2015. Those boarding here, including myself, had spent a delightful afternoon at the Dean Forest Railway to which we were conveyed between Temple Meads and Norchard and back again by coach.

Forres: Forres site clearance begins for the new railway alignment.

Elgin: A token exchange at Elgin.

Haymarket [Tram]: An Edinburgh tram on its way from the airport to the city centre gets the right away ahead of an Airlink bus making the same journey. View west along Haymarket Terrace on 4 July 2016, with Haymarket station on the left.

Haymarket [Tram]: A westbound tram shortly after leaving Haymarket heading for its next stop at Murrayfield Stadium on 4 July 2016. The road on the left is Haymarket Yards, site of the former goods and coal depots, while on the right beyond the fence is the E&G main line. Haymarket station stands in the background.

Winwick Junction: An ATW Holyhead to Manchester service, led by DVT 82308 and propelled by silver 67012, approaches Winwick Junction on 4th July 2016. Here the train will take the line to Earlestown to join the Liverpool and Manchester line.

Thrumster: The delightfully restored Thrumster station on the former Lybster Light Railway.

Winwick Junction: Northern 319375 takes the Earlestown line at Winwick junction with a Warrington Bank Quay to Lime St stopping train on 4th July 2016. The direct WCML to Wigan curves right at this point. These local services were previously handled by two car Pacers so the recently cascaded EMUs are a big improvement.

Winwick Junction: 67012 takes the Earlestown line at Winwick Junction, propelling a Holyhead to Manchester Piccadilly service on 4th July 2016.

Elgin: Elgin station's new footbridge.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Queen Street High level on 4th July 2016 seen over the partition which separates the building site from the passengers. OHLE headspan masts now rise above the temporary metal safety fencing on the platforms.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Foundations for the south extensions to platforms 2-5 have now been laid in the excavated former concourse area. In the background some of the new masts for the overhead electrification can be seen.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Network Rail's contractors showing their mettle at Queen Street on 4th July 2016: on the left headspan masts, signalling support and an H-beam, and to the right of the new signal gantry, an OHLE cantilever support now gleam in the sunshine.

Dunblane: Dunblane: the new footbridge and planter at Dunblane.

Princes Street [Tram]: I know trams don't have a block system, but this is the smallest headway I've seen: a length. Two York Place trams photographed in Princes Street on 04/07/2017.

Dunblane: Dunblane station, as viewed from the new footbridge.

Aviemore: 66425 enters Aviemore station with the daily Inverness - Mossend service. 4th July 2017.

Corfe Castle: On 4th July 2017, the last train of the day (the 17.38 service from Wareham to Swanage) enters Corfe Castle station. The token exchange is taking place and the locomotive is Class 33 D6515. Once a ruin like the adjacent castle, this restored station is a glowing testament to enthusiasts who are determined not to sit back and let “history take its course”.

Alloa: Alloa with the planters looking fine.

Dunblane: The Ironing Station in Dunblane station, with an interesting variation on the totem for a logo. The Ironing Station.

Bridge of Allan: The Bridge of Allan station adopters have erected a plaque commemorating John Yellowlees' huge contribution to the station adoption programme. John is seen with the plaque in July 2017. The plaque reads:
Planted by Friends of Bridge of Allan to mark the retiral of John Yellowlees in appreciation of the contribution he made to 'Adopt a Station'.

Bridge of Allan: A new plaque erected at Bridge of Allan station today (4th of July 2017).
Planted by Friends of Bridge of Allan to Mark the retiral of John Yellowlees in appreciation of the contribution he made to 'Adopt a Station'.

Bridge of Allan: A lovely clematis on the southbound platform at Bridge of Allan.

Kilmarnock: Unusual view of the Kilmarnock station tower from a cafe below.

Forth Bridge: Looking south from Castleland Hill, Inverkeithing, on the 4th of July 2019. On the left, a class 170 heads for the Forth Bridge and Edinburgh. To the right is the Forth Road Bridge. Further to the right is the Queensferry Crossing whose approach road covers the course of the former North Queensferry (Old) branch.

Perth New Yard: New track panels at Muirton, photographed from a passing train on 4th July 2019. Long lengths of rails were also laid out.

Summerseat Viaduct: A grey loco on a grey day. The rain became especially heavy just before 33109 appeared on Summerseat Viaduct on 3rd July, the third day of the ELR Summer 2021 Diesel Gala. Several ELR diesels have recently been repainted into BR Blue but the BRCW Type 3 has sported this Railfreight Grey for several years now.

Lumphinnans Central Junction: Freightliner 66514 leads failed 66551 and the Thornton to Ravenstruther empty ballast away from the former Lumphinnans Central Junction on 4 July 2022.