Harringay: A1 60156 'Great Central' on down train passing Harringay in July 1960.

Wigan [L&Y] Shed: WD Austerity 2-8-0 no 90381 and Ivatt 2MT no 41206 are amongst the locomotives on shed at Wigan (L&Y) on 9 July 1960. Latterly coded 27D this shed was closed in 1964 and demolished in 1966. Commercial developments now cover the site.

Carlisle: Holbeck A3 Pacific no 60092 Fairway stands at Carlisle on 9 July 1960, carrying the headboard of The Thames-Clyde Express, bound for St Pancras via the Settle & Carlisle and Midland routes.

Harringay: A3 60064 'Tagalie' at Harringay on up train in 1960. Although the station is still open the view from the down platform has dramatically changed. See image [[71836]]. 'Tagalie' was withdrawn the following year and cut up at Doncaster.

Carlisle Kingmoor Shed: Fowler 2-6-4T no 42313 stands on Kingmoor shed in July 1960.

Carlisle: A3 Pacific no 60095 Flamingo, displaying the famous headboard, waits on the centre road at Carlisle on Saturday 9 July 1960 to take over the down Waverley. The train has just arrived at platform 3 (right) behind a Royal Scot, which has brought it over the Settle & Carlisle line on the leg from Leeds.

Carlisle: Patriot 4-6-0 no 45509 The Derbyshire Yeomanry pulls into platform 4 at Carlisle in July 1960 with an up CTAC Scottish Tours Express.

Carlisle Upperby Shed: Jubilee 4-6-0 no 45596 Bahamas on shed at Upperby in the summer of 1960. See image [[38073]]

Carlisle: Waiting for 'The Waverley'. Canal shed's A3 no 60095 'Flamingo' stands on the centre road at Carlisle on 9 July 1960. The Pacific is awaiting the arrival of the down Waverley from St Pancras, which it will take over for the final section of its journey to Edinburgh. See image [[27531]]

Jedburgh: 64624 in the process of running round the RCTS Borders Railtour at Jedburgh on 9 July 1961. The J37 had brought the train from Hawick along wth NBR 256 Glen Douglas, following which the special visited various branches before the pair handed over to no 60143 at Tweedmouth see image [[27903]] for the journey south to Newcastle.

Jedburgh: Scene at Jedburgh on 9 July 1961 with St Margarets J37 0-6-0 no 64624 running round the RCTS (West Riding Branch) 'Borders Railtour'.

Petteril Bridge Junction: The RCTS (West Riding Branch) Borders Rail Tour from Leeds City stopped short of Petteril Bridge Junction, Carlisle, on 9 July 1961. Stanier Pacific 46247 'City of Liverpool' was relieved here by B1s 61242 + 61290 for the next leg of the journey to Hawick see image [[33252]].

Greenlaw: The RCTS 'Borders Railtour' of 9 July 1961 photographed during a stop at Greenlaw behind NBR no 256 Glen Douglas and J37 no 64624.

Garsdale: 46247 City of Liverpool with the RCTS 'Borders Railtour' crossing the A684 north of Garsdale station on the outward journey from Leeds on 9 July 1961. The Pacific handed over to a pair of B1s at Petteril Bridge Junction, Carlisle see image [[33252]].

St Boswells: View from a window of the RCTS Borders Railtour near St Boswells on 9 July 1961 behind ex-NBR no 256 Glen Douglas and J37 no 64624. See image [[31691]] [Ref query 6405]

Jedburgh: The RCTS (West Riding Branch) Borders Rail Tour from Leeds City, seen here at Jedburgh on 9 July 1961 with no 256 Glen Douglas in charge.

Roxburgh: Ex-NBR no 256 Glen Douglas and J37 no 64624 stand at Roxburgh on 9 July 1961 having run round the RCTS (West Riding Branch) 'Borders Railtour'. The train had just completed a visit to the Jedburgh branch see image [[22141]] and would shortly be heading east on the next leg to Tweedmouth. From there the special would return to Leeds City via the ECML and the Leeds Northern route.

St Boswells: The RCTS Borders Railtour stands at St Boswells on 9 July 1961 behind ex-NBR no 256 Glen Douglas and J37 no 64624. The train had recently arrived from Greenlaw and was about to visit the Jedburgh branch.

Jedburgh: The RCTS Borders Railtour photographed at Jedburgh on 9 July 1961 behind ex-NBR no 256 Glen Douglas and J37 no 64624.

Dent Head Viaduct: Northbound over Dent Head Viaduct on 9 July 1961. The train is the R.C.T.S. (West Riding Branch) 'Borders Rail Tour' behind 46247 City of Liverpool. The special will soon pass Dent Head signal box, which is partially obscured by the nearest telegraph pole.

Roxburgh: Scene at Roxburgh, the remote junction of the lines from Jedburgh and Kelso, on 9 July 1961. J37 0-6-0 no 64624 and D34 4-4-0 no 256 Glen Douglas are in the process of running round their train, the RCTS Borders Railtour from Leeds City, following a trip along the Jedburgh branch.

Coldstream: View from a carriage window of the RCTS (West Riding Branch) Borders Railtour near Coldstream on 9 July 1961. NBR 4-4-0 no 256 Glen Douglas + J37 0-6-0 no 64624 are taking the special as far as Tweedmouth, where A1 Pacific no 60143 Sir Walter Scott will take over for the journey south to Newcastle via the ECML. See image [[30192]]

Willowholme Junction: 61242 Alexander Reith Gray + 61290 head north out of Carlisle on 9 July 1961 with the RCTS Borders Rail Tour. The B1s took over from 46247 City of Liverpool which had brought the special into Petteril Bridge sidings on the first leg from Leeds. The train has just branched west off the Caledonian main line at Port Carlisle Branch Junction and is running parallel with the goods lines towards Willowholme Junction, with Willowholme power station (demolished 1988) in the background. The special will soon turn north at Canal Junction before crossing the Eden and heading for Hawick.

Penton: The RCTS 'Borders Railtour' of 9 July 1961 photographed approaching Penton station on the Waverley Route see image [[17983]]. Carlisle Canal based B1 locomotives 61242 Alexander Reith Gray and 61290 had taken over the special at Petteril Bridge sidings for the leg to Hawick.

Greenlaw: Preserved ex-NBR no 256 Glen Douglas, together with J37 no 64624 photographed at the head of the RCTS Borders Rail Tour which ran from Leeds City on Sunday 9 July 1961 and is seen here at Greenlaw, Berwickshire.

Moorcock Viaduct: Having just passed through Garsdale station on 9 July 1961, The Borders Rail Tour runs onto Moorcock Viaduct. On the front of the train is 46247 City of Liverpool, which took the special as far as Petterill Bridge Junction, Carlisle, before handing over to a pair of B1s for the next leg to Hawick. See image [[33252]]

Tweedmouth: Preserved ex-NBR 4-4-0 no 256 Glen Douglas + J37 no 64624 approaching Tweedmouth from the west with the RCTS (West Riding Branch) Borders Railtour of 9 July 1961. The pair had taken over the railtour at Hawick and, following visits to Greenlaw and Jedburgh, are standing at signals awaiting clearance to enter Tweedmouth station, where A1 Pacific no 60143 Sir Walter Scott would take over the train for the next leg to Newcastle. Shieldfield Terrace is on the right, with the rear of the train standing alongside Berwick Rangers football ground at Shieldfield Park. The white building beyond the signal gantry is Tweedmouth power box, then under construction.

Jedburgh: Although the branch was closed to passengers from August 1948, Jedburgh remained open for freight traffic until well into the 60s. The photograph shows J37 no 64624 at the terminus with The RCTS (West Riding Branch) Borders Rail Tour from Leeds City in July 1961.

Hawick [2nd]: NBR 256 'Glen Douglas' + J37 64624 with The Borders Railtour of 9 July 1961. The special is seen here shortly after passing Hawick North signal box on the trip to Greenlaw.

Earlston: The RCTS Borders Railtour of 9 July 1961, hauled by NBR 256 Glen Douglas and J37 64624, returning from a visit to Greenlaw. The photograph was taken just west of Earlston heading for St Boswells see image [[31691]], with the A68 road on the left.

Greenlaw: No 256 on manoeuvres at Greenlaw in July 1961 having arrived as part of the RCTS Borders Railtour.

Greenlaw: The RCTS (West Riding Branch) 'Borders Rail Tour' at Greenlaw on 9 July 1961, having recently arrived from Hawick behind no 256 Glen Douglas and J37 no 64624. The locomotives are in the process of carrying out run round manoeuvres prior to making the trip back to St Boswells. Greenlaw station building stands in the right background with the road bridge just beyond.

Dent: Passing the snow fences on the southern approach to Dent station. Photograph taken from the down RCTS 'Borders Railtour' ex-Leeds City on 9 July 1961. Locomotive 46247 City of Liverpool can just be seen at the head of the train.

Roxburgh: The RCTS Borders Railtour of 9 July 1961 from Leeds City, photographed near Roxburgh between visits to Jedburgh and Kelso. Locomotives used on this section of the tour were preserved ex-NBR no 256 Glen Douglas, together with J37 no 64624.

St Boswells: A photograph taken from a carriage window during 'The Borders Railtour' shortly after leaving St Boswells station on 9 July 1961 on the way to Greenlaw. The locomotives at the head of the train are Ex-NBR no 256 Glen Douglas and J37 no 64624.

Motherwell Shed: Ex-NER class J72 0-6-0T no 68733 photographed at Motherwell Shed on 9 July 1962.

Glasgow Central: Fairburn 2-6-4T 42131 brings the empty stock of a train from Liverpool out of Glasgow Central on a summer evening in 1965.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Eastfield B1 61342, awaiting departure from Glasgow Queen Street, with the 6.35pm service to Dunfermline on 9th July 1965.

Glasgow Central: Fairburn 2-6-4T 42195, silhouetted outside Glasgow Central, late on a summer evening in July 1965. TS 'Queen Mary II' can be glimpsed through the girders of the Clyde Bridge at the Broomielaw, back from her daily sailing 'doon the watter' to Rothesay and Tighnabruaich.

Buchanan Street: Just the thing for a fine summer evening. 'Number 9' runs smoothly into Glasgow's Buchanan St station a couple of minutes early with 'The Granite City' three-hour express from Aberdeen on 9th July 1965.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Having brought in the Friday/Saturday only 6.16pm arrival from Thornton Junction, B1 4-6-0 61261 assists the 18.35 return working to Dunfermline out of Queen St High Level on 9th July 1965. The train engine was also a B1, number 61342.

Glasgow Central: Bank Hall Jubilee 45627 Sierra Leone crossing the Clyde on the approach to Glasgow Central station on 9 July 1965 with a train from Liverpool Exchange.

Clyde Viaduct [Glasgow Central]: Jubilee 45627 'Sierra Leone' arrives punctually in Glasgow Central at 7.10pm on 9th July 1965, with a Fridays and Saturdays only Liverpool – Glasgow summer service.

Keppel Pier: MV 'Countess of Breadalbane' passing Millport Keppel pier, on a ferry service from Largs to Millport Old Pier, while DEPV 'Talisman' heads in the other direction towards Largs.

Kilmarnock: Standard 3MT 2-6-0 77007, one of only twenty of this class built, seen at Kilmarnock after arrival with the 10.35 (SO) from Ayr on 9th July 1966.

Glasgow Central: 44900, piloted by 80128, ready to leave Glasgow Central on the 11.05 to Blackpool on 9th July 1966.

Dumfries Shed: Black 5 44900 makes a vigorous restart from Dumfries with the summer Saturday 11.05 Glasgow to Blackpool on 9th July 1966.

Fraserburgh: Unidentified class 26 heads the rescue train from Aberdeen Ferryhill in Fraserburgh goods yard on a late summers evening in July 1975. Loco 24118, which had derailed earlier in the day, awaits attention.

Fraserburgh: Class 24 loco 24118 in the process of being re-railed in the yard at Fraserburgh on a late summers evening in July 1975.

Paignton Queens Road: 9 July 1975 and Great Western designed 7827 'Lydham Manor' is at the P&D shed at Paignton. This was a rest day for the Manor, as the Kingswear trains were being hauled by the capable 'Small Prairie' 2-6-2T No 4588.

Craigendoran Junction: The Royal Train passing Craigendoran Junction behind 87028 Lord President.

Helensburgh Central: 87028 has brought the Royal Train into Helensburgh Central.

Craigendoran Junction: 87028 Lord President waits on the sea wall at Craigendoran with the Royal Train. Princess Anne was on a visit to Helensburgh.

Helensburgh Central: Spotless Class 37 pulls the Royal Train out of Helensburgh Central.

Haworth: Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn 0-6-0ST No 63 Corby stands in Haworth Yard in July 1984, during the period when it was operating on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. As of July 2016 the loco, now painted apple green, is based at the Great Central Railway (Northern) base at Ruddington, Notts

Barnstaple: 50036 Victorious awaiting its departure time at Barnstaple in July 1990 with the 14.14 service to Exeter St Davids.

Grange-over-Sands: Railway semaphore signal on the main railway line in Grange-over-Sands. The line was formerly part of the Ulverston and Lancaster Railway.

Dinmore: Things to photograph while waiting for freights which never come. (1) The former Dinmore station.

Portobello Junction: A ScotRail Glasgow - Edinburgh shuttle heads past the old Freightliner depot at Portobello on 9 July 2006 on its way to Waverley, having been diverted around the sub due to line closure at Haymarket.

Kirklee: Part of the old platform looking towards Botanic Gardens.

Kirklee: Part of the old platform looking out of Kirklee.

Botanic Gardens Tunnel: Entrance to the tunnel leading to Botanic Gardens from Kirklee.

Botanic Gardens Tunnel: Signal Wire Runner.

Botanic Gardens Tunnel: I found this inscription on the tunnel wall going towards Botanic Gardens ...

Botanic Gardens Tunnel: A rather vamp looking candle holder at the forty metre point in the Tunnel.. around the base of this lay many used tea-lights... possibly linked to something ritual.

Haymarket MPD: The new sheds at Haymarket MPD almost ready for fitting out on 9 July 2006.

Botanic Gardens: Entrance gates to the Botanics Station.

Botanic Gardens: Botanics Gardens Station, Glasgow ... undergrowth a plenty.

Botanic Gardens: Glasgow bound stairwell.

Botanic Gardens: Botanic Gardens station on 9 July 2006. Although this station has been shut for nearly 70 years it is remarkable how well preserved it looks today!

Botanic Gardens: Exit stairwell from Glasgow bound platform.

Botanic Gardens: Void at top of stairwell on the kirklee platform side of Botanic Gardens Stn.

Botanic Gardens: Tunnel leading to Kelvinbridge Station. Not the coventional tunnel type. Notice the live Junction box complete with wire runner going to the roof.

Botanic Gardens: Base of old semaphore signal stantion, Glasgow bound platform.

Botanic Gardens: Daylight beginning to break through from above.

Botanic Gardens: Remains of the northbound platform stairwell.. notice the concrete infill blocking entrance/exit

Botanic Gardens Tunnel: The brickwork in this tunnel has certainly remained remarkable for the age of this tunnel, Cable supports remain also.

Botanic Gardens: Looking into the station from Kelvinbridge Tunnel.

Brunstane: A diverted HST about to run past Brunstane station on the curve round from Portobello on the single line section of the sub on Sunday 9 July 2006.

Botanic Gardens: Such an impressive station... just wishing that it be re-opened one day!!

Portobello Junction: A diverted Queen Street - Waverley service about to come off the sub at Portobello on 9 July 2006, just as a GNER train for Kings Cross passes southbound on the ECML.

Botanic Gardens: The ground from above giving way revealing oart of the station entrance

Botanic Gardens: On closer inspection... heavy rain reveals more each time.

Botanic Gardens: View from above as the ground slowly reveals its previous shape and image.... Mind the Gap

Botanic Gardens: Street Level... After peeling back the moss i was amazed to find the granite flooring of what was probably the old station booking office.

Botanic Gardens: Nothing like a bit of hard work to reveal the past.... The floor of the booking hall/waiting room.

Portobello Junction: Stranger on the sub. A Queen Street - Waverley service crossing from the sub onto the ECML at Portobello on 9 July 2006, having been diverted via the circular route due to engineering works at Haymarket.

Brunstane: A diverted GNER HST passes Brunstane on the Edinburgh sub and takes the line to Niddrie West Junction on 9 July 2006 during closure of the main Glasgow - Edinburgh line at Haymarket.

Craiglockhart: A diverted Edinburgh - Glasgow service approaching Craiglockhart on the Edinburgh sub on Sunday 9 July 2006. The steep cutting at Craiglockhart requires regular stabilisation and safety work on its walls, signs of which can be seen here, with the down platform currently being used as a base by engineering staff. Autumn also brings its own particular problem here... guess where all those leaves end up!

Botanic Gardens: The exit stairwell from the Glasgow bound platform at Botanic Gardens in July 2006.

Portobello Junction: A GNER Edinburgh - Kings Cross service southbound on the ECML at Portobello in July 2006.

Goathland: Ex-SR Schools class 4-4-0 no 30926 Repton drifts into Goathland in July 2007 with a train for Whitby.

Goathland: Gresley A4 Pacific no 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley waits at the platform at Goathland on the NYMR in the summer of 2007, ready to leave with a train for Pickering.

Seafield Level Crossing: An unfortunate red light near Seafield level crossing on 9 July 2007 - at least it was for road traffic running between Marine Esplanade and Seafield Road. The train is a departmental working returning from Leith South to Millerhill yard... eventually.

Newcraighall Junction: An EWS class 66 brings a returning PW train past Newcraighall station on 9 July 2007 heaing for Millerhill South Sidings.

Millerhill Yard: A departmental working from Leith South arrives at Millerhill behind 66125 on 9 July passing a Newcraighall terminated service about to leave the turnback siding.

Seafield Level Crossing: 66125 and train held at signals east of Seafield crossing on 9 July.

Seafield Level Crossing: A departmental working from Leith South to Millerhill on 9 July on Seafield LC.

Kinghorn: A circle train arriving at Kinghorn southbound.

Seafield Level Crossing: Leith South - Millerhill departmental service stopped at signals on 9 July 2007 stands alongside Seafield Road.

Kinghorn: The 1910 Edinburgh-Aberdeen (left) accelerates away from Kinghorn Tunnel past the arriving 1941 Outer Circle service.

Carrbridge: The Marco Polo special charter train approaching Carrbridge on 9 July taking passengers off the stricken cruise liner from Inverness to Kings Cross. [Bus links were organised from Invergordon Port to Inverness and from Kings Cross to Tilbury.]

Manchester Piccadilly: The through westbound platform at Manchester Piccadilly sees TPE 185144 calling on a Liverpool service. Across the road the closed Manchester Mayfield terminus building can be seen. See image [[30083]]

Reedham Swing Bridge: View from a Norfolk Wherry passing the opened Reedham Swing bridge, which carries the Norwich - Lowestoft line, in July 2010.

Paulmy: CFD d'Indre-et-Loire (reseau sud).  9 July 2010.  View west towards Paulmy station, now a private dwelling on the former Ligueil-le Grand Pressigny line which closed in 1949.  The tracks ran to the left of the station building.

Hindley: A thwarted attempt at a 2010 Then and Now comparison with a 1968 picture of Hindley, (See image [[27035]]) due to the lifted fast lines being fenced off and overgrown. The semaphore signals have been replaced by colour lights but these were controlled from the nearby Crow Nest Junction mechanical box until 2013. 142012 is on a Wigan to Manchester service in this view looking west towards Wigan.

Manchester Victoria: Southport and Liverpool services awaiting departure from Manchester Victoria station. 156490 for Liverpool is on Platform 3, the old through platform that linked to Manchester Exchange. 150136 is on Platform 4, a new structure built over the former through lines See image [[29762]]. This view looks east and Platting bank can be seen beyond the platforms. The columns on Platform 4 support the Manchester Arena above the station.

Hindley: Hindley, looking towards Manchester, sees 150136 call on a Southport service. The bridge in the distance marks Crow Nest Junction where the Bolton and Walkden lines split. To the right of the picture the overgrown area is the trackbed of the lifted lines on this former four track railway.

Reedham Swing Bridge: The end of the railway tracks of the Norwich to Lowestoft line on the open Reedham swing bridge, seen from a passing vessel on 9 July 2010.

Manchester Mayfield: The derelict but substantially intact Manchester Mayfield station, as seen from the Deansgate line island platform at Piccadilly. This picture shows the main station building, the approach ramp and the trainshed behind. Mayfield was seen as an extension of the then London Road (later Piccadilly) station but closed to passengers in 1960, following which it was for a long time used for parcels trains. Over the years there have been numerous proposals for this prime city centre site, including reopening to rail traffic, but nothing has yet transpired. See image [[30526]]

Piccadilly Gardens: The new order on Manchester's Metrolink as Tram 3006 climbs to Piccadilly Gardens on a Piccadilly station to Eccles service. The stations are steadily being improved and rebranded in this new corporate scheme of yellow and grey but the earlier 10xx and 20xx series trams are all still in the original turquoise, white and grey livery.

Manchester Mayfield: The long trainshed at Manchester Mayfield, and the vehicle access ramp that runs alongside, can clearly be seen from Platform 14 at Piccadilly as 156468 runs in on a Liverpool service. Mayfield was only open to passengers from 1910 to 1960, although it continued as a parcels depot for much longer.

Piccadilly Gardens: Piccadilly Gardens tram station has recently been rebuilt with a new full length canopy. In this view from nearby City Tower new 3000 series tram 3002 rolls in on an Eccles service as a sister unit heads for Piccadilly Station. See image [[22642]] for a similar view taken in early 2009

Bo'ness: Crew of 246 Morayshire at Boness on 6 July 2010 The first day of the summer service.

Hindley: 142012 leaves Hindley heading for Manchester via Bolton in July 2010. Ahead of the unit is Crow Nest Junction, then still controlled by a mechanical signalbox, where the direct line to Manchester via Atherton splits from the Westhoughton and Bolton line. The other rails on this former four track main line were to the right of the island platform from which this picture was taken.

Bogston: This station has probably never seen so many passengers!! The tall ships event at Greenock brings countless passengers to this normally quiet station. As a 6 car special waits to depart for Gourock, passengers Glasgow bound wait patiently in the late afternoon sun

Nelson: The creation of Nelson Interchange is something that has taken place since my last visit with a camera in November 2007. The station, seen on 9 July 2011, stands above the bus station, which was moved some 100 metres west so that it could be colocated here.

Burnley: A Blackpool South to Colne service has left Burnley Central en-route to Brierfield on 9 July 2011. This view north from Danes House Road bridge is almost unrecognisable from that of 50 years ago. At that time it was double track and ran all the way to Skipton, the area on the left was a reasonable sized goods yard and there would not have been many trees around except in the far distance beyond the gasometer.

Brierfield: A Class 142 unit calls at Brierfield station with a service to Blackpool South on 9 July 2011. The view is south and at the far end of the platform is the level crossing over the B6248 Clitheroe Road and the signalbox controlling the barriers.

Husthwaite Gate: Looking south west along the trackbed towards the former Husthwaite Gate station house. The station, closed in 1953, was sited between Coxwold and the junction with the East Coast Main Line south of Pilmoor on the route from Malton. What appears to be platform edge brickwork can be seen in the foreground.

Newton Abbot: 43285 at the head of a Cross Country HST about to leave Newton Abbot on its journey to Glasgow Central on 9 July 2011. The train is the 12.34 ex-Paignton.

Brierfield: A Colne to Blackpool South service, with Pacer 142016, approaches Brierfield on the afternoon of 09 July 2011.

Thirsk: TransPennine 185150 forms the 08.35 Manchester Airport - Middlesbrough preparing to restart its journey north on 9 July 2012 following the stop at Thirsk.

Kyle of Lochalsh: Kyle of Lochalsh station, and quayside, as seen from Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye in July 2012. Prior to the Skye bridge being completed Kyleakin was the slipway for the Calmac ferries to Kyle of Lochalsh.

Leeming Bar: The Wensleydale Railway's sidings at Leeming, looking north east towards the station on 9 July 2012. Stabled nearest the camera on the left is 20121 with 20166 beyond. On the right is D9516, with 03144 the locomotive in the background.

Leeming Bar: J72 0-6-0T no 69023 stands over the inspection pit in the Wensleydale Railway yard at Leeming on 9 July 2012.

Leeming Bar: Built at Swindon in 1961 as D2144, this 0-6-0DM spent several years based at Landore, where it became one of a number of the class to receive modified cabs to comply with the restricted loading gauge on the Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley line up to Cwm Mawr colliery see image [[54535]]. Later renumbered 03144, the locomotive is now preserved on the Wenslydale Railway, where it was photographed in the summer of 2012.

Leeming Bar: Preserved 47715 Poseidon stands in the yard at Leeming Bar on the Wensleydale Railway in July 2012.

Leeming Bar: BR Swindon built class 03 0-6-0DM no 03144 (originally D2144) photographed in the yard at Leeming on the Wensleydale Railway in 2012. This is one of a small number of the class modified to comply with the loading gauge on the Gwendraeth Valley line up to Cwm Mawr colliery when based at Landore shed.

Northallerton Town: View from Low Gates level crossing, Northallerton in July 2012 showing the short-lived Northallerton Town station opened by the Leeds Northern Railway in June 1852. The location became surplus to requirements following construction of a rail link running via the NE station in January 1856. The bulding is now a bathroom and kitchen showroom. For the view from the east side see image [[40834]].

Leeming Bar: A pair of EE Type 1s stabled in the sidings at the Wensleydale Railway's Leeming depot on 9 July 2012. Nearest the camera is green liveried 20166, with sister locomotive 20121 in BR blue beyond.

Leeming Bar: Class 20s in the sidings at Leeming on the Wensleydale Railway in July 2012. Nearest the camera is 20121 looking a little the worse for wear, with 20166 beyond.

Leeming Bar: The much travelled J72 0-6-0T no 69023, photographed in the Wensleydale Railway yard at Leeming on 9 July 2012. 69023 is owned by the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group. See image [[37923]]

Thirsk: MPV DR 98955 runs south through Thirsk station on the up slow line on 9 July 2012.

Northallerton: The 13.50 Middlesbrough - Manchester Airport First TransPennine service about to run over Low Gates level crossing on the approach to Northallerton station on 9 July 2012.

Leeming Bar: Preserved J72 no 69023 photographed during a spell on the Wensleydale Railway. The Worsdell 0-6-0T was photographed on a quiet Monday morning in the summer of 2012 stabled in the yard at Leeming.

Leeming Bar: Looking east back towards the station at Leeming Bar on 9 July 2012, with class 03 0-6-0 DM no 03144 (originally D2144) stabled in the yard.

Northallerton East Junction: A TransPennine Middlesbrough - Manchester Airport 185 heading south, shortly after passing over Low Gates level crossing, Northallerton, in July 2012. The sidings to the left of the train are all that remains of the Leeds Northern goods depot that stood here, alongside the passenger station. The latter still stands, now part of a retail development which today occupies most of the former LN railway land see image [[39796]]. The train has been routed left at Northallerton East Junction in order to reach the station and the up ECML.

Thirsk: Having run through Thirsk station on the up slow line on 9 July, MPV DR 98955 is about to pass below the A61 on its way south towards York.

Northallerton Town: The Leeds Northern Railway's Northallerton Town station was closed in 1856, a mere 4 years after opening. The building is seen here looking south west across the High Street in the summer of 2012, some 156 years after closure, being used as a showroom by 'Court Homemakers'. The direct line linking Northallerton and Tees-side still runs past the rear of the old building see image [[39796]].

Thirsk: The 09.30 Kings Cross - Edinburgh speeds through Thirsk on the down fast line on 9 July 2012. The train is on the straight 'race track' section between York and Darlington. This train has a scheduled start-stop time of 28 minutes for the 45 mile leg.

Northallerton Town: What was once Northallerton Town station, opened by the Leeds Northern Railway in June 1852 and closed less than 4 years later on 1 January 1856. Low Gates level crossing and signal box on the Northallerton - Teesside line can be seen on the north side of the A167 in the background, with the town's High Street off to the right. The refurbished and extended building, seen here in July 2012, is now a kitchen showroom.

Leeming Bar: 25313 (originally D7663) receiving attention in the yard at Leeming on the Wensleydale Railway in July 2012.

Northallerton: Grand Central Trains 11.23 Kings Cross - Sunderland HST service photographed on the approach to Low Gates level crossing on 9 July 2012, shortly after restarting from Northallerton station.

Leeming Bar: Preserved former BR Class 14 no D9516 in the sidings at Leeming on the Wensleydale Railway in July 2012. Built at Swindon in 1964, the locomotive was withdrawn from Hull Dairycoates in 1968 after three and a half years service.

Thirsk: A Manchester Airport - Middlesbrough train leaving Thirsk heading for its next stop at Northallerton on 9 July 2012. View north looking over the up platform, with the ECML fast lines running through the centre of the picture. [Ref query 5 July 2018]

Leeming Bar: Transrail liveried 37250 stands in the sidings at Leeming on 7 July 2012. See image [[31317]]

Northallerton Town: Shortly after leaving Northallerton station on 9 July, the 11.35 Manchester Airport - Middlesbrough has turned north east onto the former Leeds Northern route heading for Teesside. The train is about to run over Low Gates level crossing on the busy A167, with the town's High Street off to the left. The kitchen showroom on the up side was once Northallerton Town station, opened by the Leeds Northern Railway in June 1852 and closed less than 4 years later on 1 January 1856 when a spur was opened via the ECML station.

Leeming Bar: A 1964 product of the Vulcan Foundry, initially numbered D6950, 'Transrail' liveried 37250 stands out of service alongside the signal box at the west end of Leeming Bar station on the Wensleydale Railway in the summer of 2012. The locomotive had arrived here from the Eden Valley Railway a year earlier. It has since been restored to operational status.

Leeming Bar: Entrance to the 1848 station at Leeming Bar with its unique Italianate pillared portico. The station was closed to passengers by BR in April 1954, but is now the headquarters of the Wensleydale Railway. View west over the old A1 road on 9 July 2012 with the level crossing on the right.

Leeming Bar: The sidings at Leeming on the Wensleydale Railway in July 2012, containing preserved diesel locomotive no D9516. This was one of the short-lived class 14s built at Swindon in 1964 and withdrawn after only three and a half years operational service on BR.

Blankenstein: One of Zellstoff Rosenthal's two diesel shunters shifts finished cellulose product south past Blankenstein's town hall to the DB exchange sidings on 9th July 2013. Until the Cold War the line continued six kilometres beyond Blankenstein, joining the (still-surviving) Bavarian branch line from Bad Steben to Hof at Marxgruen.

Kingsway Tram Subway: The former southern portal of the Kingsway Tram Subway that opened out onto Victoria Embankment below Waterloo Bridge, seen here on 9th July 2013. This opened for single decker trams from Southampton Row in Bloomsbury to Aldwych in 1906 and extended to Victoria Embankment in 1908 to link the tramways north and south of the Thames though not actually passing under the river at all. Trams emerged onto the Embankment and then crossed the river on Westminster Bridge. In 1931 the Subway was reconstructed for double-decker trams but was closed in April 1952 as part of the London Tram Replacement Scheme, completed in July of the same year. The middle part of the Subway is now the Strand road underpass (one way northbound) that climbs up through the site of Aldwych station into Kingsway itself while at the northern end at Southampton Row the ramp down to the Subway remains, complete with tram tracks, a silent memorial to London's long lost original vast tramway network.

Kilbirnie [2nd]: A unique survivor, this mile post is situated in the gardens of the Bridgend Community Centre in Kilbirnie. Whilst it would have been situated in the environs of Kilbirnie Station, I'm not sure whether it would be either Glasgow & South Western or LMS vintage. Painted over at the base of the milepost on the left side it declares 35 miles to Grangemouth, and on the right hand side at the base it says Iron Works 35 miles (possibly Lugar or Muirkirk), again painted over.

Balgreen Halt: Tamper working on the Edinburgh tram route near Balgreen Road, seen from a passing train on 9 July.

Kilmaurs: On 4th February 1898 the Ayr-Glasgow 'Boat Goods' and the Kilmarnock-Ayr 'Mail' collided at Barassie with 7 fatalities. A James Stirling 0-6-0, No. 49, on the Goods was completely destroyed and the Mail engine, No.153, a Hugh Smellie 4-4-0, was damaged beyond repair. This is the grave of the unfortunate John Tennant, one of the dead, in Kilmaurs Churchyard.

Wakefield Westgate: The atrium section of the new station building being erected at the north end of the up platform at Wakefield Westgate, complete with steps leading up to the recently installed DDA compliant footbridge running across to the down platform.

Wakefield Westgate: Former ScotRail 322481 boards at Wakefield Westgate on 9 July before departure at 16.33 on the all stations service to Doncaster. The Class 322 fleet has never had Northern Rail livery applied, possibly due to a short lease term.

Wakefield Westgate: The footbridge from the new station building at the north end of the up platform at Wakefield Westgate on 9 July 2013, complete with down side lift tower but still to have steps put in place.

Brock: The evening DRS train from Sellafield to Crewe, and the morning run in the opposite direction, are often used to transfer locomotives as well as flasks. Backlit by the July evening sun, two DRS Class 37s head south between Garstang and Brock hauling a Class 20 and a single flask wagon.

Wakefield Westgate: The south side of the atrium section of the new station building being erected at the north end of the up platform at Wakefield Westgate, with work taking place to complete the lift shaft to the recently installed footbridge to the down platform.

Marktredwitz: A trainload of timber (almost certainly from the Czech Republic) heading south towards Nuremberg, passes a stationary DB mixed freight at Marktredwitz in eastern Bavaria on 9th July 2013. This is one of the largest swathes of Germany with no electrified routes.

Bad Steben: A single-unit railcar operated by agilis forms the 11.37 departure from Bad Steben on 9th July 2013 for the 27km journey to Hof in the far north east of Bavaria.

Eastleigh: 66046 at the platform at Eastleigh on 9 July with a Southampton bound freight. Note the Network Rail / South West Trains poster welcoming rail enthusiasts to this busy station, complete with normal guidelines.

Harlech: The 1215 arrival from Birmingham International prepares to depart Harlech as the 1226 return on 9th July 2014. The shuttle service is a result of the Cambrian Coast Line being currently closed from Harlech to Pwllheli. See image [[48008]]

Dawlish: The main line at Dawlish in July 2014, looking almost back to what it was prior to the major storm damage suffered earlier this year, though with work still taking place in a number of areas and further changes currently at the planning stage [see recent news item].

Newcastle Central: Class 67 no 67015 David J Lloyd in the sidings at the west end of Newcastle Central station on 9 July 2014.

Eastleigh: 450029 runs into Eastleigh station on 9 July 2014 forming the 13.39 South West Trains London Waterloo - Poole service.

Eastleigh: Appropriately named 60045 The Permanent Way Institution stands alongside the ballast dump at Eastleigh on 9 July.

Eastleigh: Freightliner 66517 passing through Eastleigh on 9 July with a northbound container train.

Eastleigh: Southern class 377 unit 377463 at Eastleigh on 9 July on its one daily visit from Brighton - soon to depart back home.

Cruden Bay: The magnificent Links at Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire, a course developed by the GNoSR and subsequently operated by the LNER until 1939. The station and Hotel are long gone, but a reminder of the course's railway parentage adorns this tee-side seat! See image [[40796]]

Eastleigh: Freightliner 66591 pulls up in Eastleigh station for a crew change on 9 July 2014 with yet another train bound for Southampton container port.

Newcastle Central: The 13.38 to Glasgow Central [06.25 ex-Plymouth] about to depart from Newcastle Central on 9 July 2014.

Newcastle Central: The west end bays at Newcastle Central on 9 July 2014. At platform 9 is a recently arrived TransPennine 185, while at 10 is the 14.30 Northern Trains service to Nunthorpe.

Eastleigh East Yard: 66206 with 60045 <I>The Permanent Way Institution</I> marshalling trains in the yard at Eastleigh on 9 July 2014.

Harlech: The limit of the service of the Cambrian Coast line at Harlech station in July 2014, where the rails turn rusty and the weeds begin. Gwynedd Council has announced that the line, currently closed from Harlech to Pwllheli because of problems with the rebuilding of the Pont Briwet, should reopen by 1st September.

Harlech: Currently the only way of getting from Harlech to Pwllheli by rail. Scene near Harlech station on 9 July 2014. The Cambrian Coast Line is currently closed from Harlech to Pwllheli because of problems with the rebuilding of the Pont Briwet but is expected to reopen by 1st September.

Eastleigh: Freightliner 70015 brings a container train through Eastleigh on 9 July heading for Southampton.

Eastleigh: Freightliner locomotives 70014 and 66598 bound for Southampton alongside the platform at Eastleigh on 9 July 2014.

Newcastle Central: The 11.00 Glasgow Central to Penzance CrossCountry service arriving at Newcastle Central on time on 9 July.

Talsarnau: An overgrown Talsarnau halt stands in the middle distance, on the currently closed Harlech - Pwllheli section of the Cambrian Coast line. Photographed on 9 July 2014 against the backdrop of Harlech Castle. [Ref query 11785]

Eastleigh: A Southampton bound container train approaching Eastleigh station on 9 July behind Freightliner 70014, with a second locomotive (66596) out of use.

Eastleigh: Freightliner 66564 and Colas Rail 66848 standing in the station sidings at Eastleigh on 9 July 2014.

Harlech: Harlech Castle looks down on the 12.26 to Birmingham International preparing to depart on 9th July 2014.

Eastleigh: Freightliner 70018 runs through Eastleigh on 9 July 2014 with a freight heading for Southampton container port.

Gorebridge: Train 2Z41, the 0959 Tweedbank - Newcraighall crew training trip, arriving at the south end of Gorebridge station on 9 July 2015. Note the new entrance coming in centre left. This will provide direct pedestrian access from Lady Brae and the new housing developments to the south of the station.

Livingston North: New posters at Livingston North from station adopter the Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry at Almond Valley Heritage evoke the transition from pits to trenches as the industry went to war. They recall workers who gave their lives for their country in the Great War, while others kept production going of the motor spirit, diesel oil and candles vital for the war effort. The shale-oil industry also produced heavy oil that fuelled much of the British Navy, while ammonium sulphate yielded as a by-product from shale was used in the production of explosives.

Fushiebridge [2nd]: ScotRail 158733 running south through the site of Fushiebridge station on 9 July 2015 on a driver training turn. The new footbridge in the background has recently been completed.

Gorebridge: Crew training stop at Gorebridge on 9 July 2015. The train is the 0959 Tweedbank - Newcraighall, formed by ScotRail DMU 158741.

Gorebridge: View south from Lady Brae Road as 158741 approaches Gorebridge on 9 July 2015 during a Tweedbank - Newcraighall crew training run. See image [[45126]].

Den Haag Centraal: Den Haag Centraal is probably my favourite station. It is usually frantically busy yet at the same time oddly relaxing. I like to grab a cheap and reliably high quality take away coffee from one of the many shops in the station and enjoy the music from the public piano which is in almost constant use by (generally surprisingly talented) passers by. On this particular July afternoon, the pianist was playing 'Primavera' by Einaudi (I know this because I asked) and it was actually quite magical.

Ile Rouse, Corsica: The line between Ile Rousse and Calvi on the island of Corsica operates a local shuttle with one of the older types of rolling stock. This is the view west from Ile Rousse on 9 July.

Kirkcaldy: 60026 leads empty cement tanks from Aberdeen to Oxwellmains into Kirkcaldy on 9 July.

Burton-upon-Trent: Another class 47/4 seen through the gates of Nemesis Rail at Burton-upon-Trent, along with a backhoe loader and an industrial shunter (just visible on the right).

Inverkeithing East Junction: 47832 and 47854 climb away from Inverkeithing East Junction and towards Dalgety Bay with SRPS empty stock to Aberdeen for the following day's excursion to Kyle of Lochalsh.

Hayes Knoll: 'Woodbine' a Fowler built 0-4-0DM, passed to run on the GWR in 1941. Named Woodbine after the cigarettes produced in Swindon at the Wills factory.

Edinburgh Waverley: The dead end siding alongside the south wall at Waverley on 9 July 2016. A gleaming Freightliner 90042 is stabled between sleeper duties.

Stretton and Clay Mills: Looking south west towards Burton-on-Trent town centre in July 2016. The hump in the road shows where the level crossing was located, with the former station master's house on the left. Although some sources state that the wooden station building was demolished in 1964, I remember a wooden structure adjacent to this crossing in the winter 1983. The Nemesis Rail site is behind the white buildings in the background.

Burton-upon-Trent: Peeking through the gates at Nemesis Rail out of hours on 9 July 2016, 47848 can be seen taking a rest, surrounded by all sorts of other things which could be useful one day.

Moy: In heavy rain,Intercity liveried 37254 leads the test train for Inverness over the moor at Moy with Colas Railfreight liveried 37175 bringing up the rear.

Inverkeithing East Junction: Day 1 of the Royal Scotsman 'Grand Tour of Great Britain' sees 66746 passing Inverkeithing East Junction on 9 July 2017 with the Dundee - Chester leg.

Fort Augustus: A surviving bridge in Fort Augustus, where the railway crossed the canal and this adjacent structure.

Euxton: GBRF 66744 'Crossrail' hauls the 1Z75 Royal Scotsman on the first day of the 'Grand Tour of Great Britain' towards Chester on 09 July 2017. 66746 which had led from Dundee to Edinburgh see image [[59935]] where 66744 was evidently added as a substitute for non-starter 66743.

Millerhill EGIP Depot: Construction of stabling roads and erection of catenary associated with the new Millerhill electric train depot well advanced on 9 July 2017. View south east over the freight-only lines, with the Borders Railway behind the camera.

Manningtree: Not the best of places to break down and have to climb out of the cab…… On 9th July 2017, this late and ailing London to Norwich service finally expired at around 13.00 while crossing the River Stour at Manningtree. Eventually, the train was reversed into Manningtree station where the passengers had to disembark and await a following service.

Lady Victoria Pit Signal Box: A 4-car DMU on a Tweedbank – Edinburgh service about to pass below the bridge carrying the B704 road as it approaches the Newtongrange stop on 9 July 2017. The photograph was taken from the roadside 100m west of the bridge. The wood in the background stands on the site of the loading area and sidings that once served Lady Victoria Pit. See image [[6116]] [Ref query 1096]

Hardengreen Viaduct: With 170405 leading and 158740 bringing up the rear, the ScotRail 0845 Tweedbank - Edinburgh comes off Hardengreen Viaduct on 9 July 2017.

Dalgety Bay: DRS 66304 nears Dalgety Bay with an Aberdeen - Millerhill empty CWR train on 9th July 2017. 66305 is just visible on the rear.

Ayr Harbour: PS Waverley has finally reached Ayr for the first time after no show on four scheduled calls. Arrived yesterday evening and now setting off 9/7 for Largs etc. and eventually Tarbert.

Newtongrange: View north towards Newtongrange station on 9 July 2017 with the ScotRail 1011 (Sundays) Edinburgh Waverley - Tweedbank alongside the platform.

East Wemyss Level Crossing: Mocked-up mine tubs painted to recall the Wemyss Private Railway, located where the Wemyss & Buckhaven (Thornton Junction - Methil) line passed under the A955. Beyond are a couple of salvaged mine cars. 9th July 2017.

Newtongrange: ScotRail 158740 seen shortly after leaving Newtongrange on 9 July 2017 with the 1011 Edinburgh - Tweedbank. The photograph is taken from the area on the west side of the line, opposite the National Mining Museum, that now forms Butlerfield Industrial Estate. During World War 2 this was the site of a large coal stocking area and disposal point, originally set up by the Ministry of Power in 1942 and eventually abandoned in the 1960s.

Eskbank: A ScotRail 5-car 170+158 combination approaching Eskbank on a murky 9 July 2017 with a northbound Borders Railway service.

Forth Bridge: Aerial view of the three Forth bridges, taken from a departing Edinburgh to Cardiff plane on the 9th July 2018. It is unusual to get such a clear view.

Forth Bridge: Aerial view of the three Forth bridges and a departing cruise liner on 9th July 2018.

Forth Bridge: An elevated and very clear view of the three Forth crossings taken after departure from Edinburgh Airport on 9th July 2018.

Coatbridge Central [NB]: 66532 and 66503 passing through Coatbridge Central with a light engine movement from Millerhill to Coatbridge FLT on 9th July 2018. Note the new junction signal.

Whitecraigs: The superbly preserved station building on the Glasgow bound platform at Whitecraigs in 2018.

Antrim: Antrim station, looking towards Belfast from the level crossing on 9th July 2018.

Shotts: A plaque at Shotts, unveiled by Alex Neil MSP on 09/07/2019.

Bay Horse: In its 21st year of UK main line service 66012, still in EWS livery, powers an almost full Seaforth to Mossend intermodal service northwards through Bay Horse on 9th July 2019.

Montrose: Colas 70813 hauls the 6S48 Workington Docks to Craiginches freight over the bridge at Montrose on 9th July 2020. The bridge looks as if it is sinking, if the 6th pier in is anything to go by.

Usan Signal Box: 66425 passing the site of Usan signal box (closed in 2010) with 4A13, Grangemouth to Craiginches, on 9th July 2020.

Woodacre Crossing: Taken during that short summer window when it is just possible to photograph trains that usually run in darkness. Two former Greater Anglia Class 90s passed Woodacre at 9.35pm on 9th July 2021 with the 1633hrs Coatbridge FLT to Daventry intermodal. 90010, newly repainted in Freightliner orange, was leading 90011, which still carries 'East Anglian Daily Times' nameplates.

Leith North Goods: This unglamorous building is a surprising survivor of late C20 redevelopment. A little digging shows that it was probably part of the CR's dockside goods station and fronted the street which was once at an angle here. The main goods station building was where the flats now are, with the shed-like passenger station just south of that.

Leith Walk [CR]: The set back walls on this viaduct show where the station buildings of Leith Walk (CR) station would have been, had the station ever opened to passengers. In 2021 businesses seem to thrive (or at least survive) in every arch. There's also evidence of the very disruptive tram extension work on Leith Walk, off to the right. Locals are delighted by this.

Bay Horse: I'm thinking that the risk assessment for operating the excavator, high above the reprofiled WCML cutting at Forton near Bay Horse, is more than a single sheet of A4. 390153, heading south, gets underway again having been halted at the signal at the far end of the cutting for some reason on 9th July 2021.

Romford: Romford was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway on 20th June 1839. On 7th June 1893, the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway opened its short branch from Upminster to a single platform terminus facing the Great Eastern Railway lines (as the ECR had become in 1862), on the opposite side of the bridge over the High Street. This had its own entrance facing the GER station at street level but closed in 1934 and, ever since, passengers have used the main entrance, seen here, and cross to the Upminster branch by a footbridge across the street from the east end of the main line up platform. For a major station serving a major town, Romford deserves a better entrance than this rather unspectacular one, beneath the bridge carrying the quadrupled ex-GER lines. This view is on 9th July 2021.

Dalgety Bay: GBRf 66746 nears Dalgety Bay, with the Edinburgh to Boat of Garten leg of the Royal Scotsman 'Highland' tour, on 9 July 2022.

Didcot Railway Centre: Broad gauge replica 'Fire Fly' inside the reconstructed transfer shed at Didcot Railway Centre in July 2022.

Didcot Railway Centre: 08604 (ex D3771) 'Phantom' with GWR numberplate 604, in the yard at Didcot Railway Centre in July 2022. This 08 worked out of Longsight, Manchester in the 1970s and certainly didn't sport cast plates in those days.

Didcot Railway Centre: Hunslet 0-6-0DM DL26 on Display in the Didcot yard, with a CWS small tank wagon, in July 2022. Fitted with a 264hp National engine the 1955 built loco worked for the National Coal Board at a variety of pits before purchase by the GWS in 1978 for use at Didcot. After many years service, the arrival of 08604 means it is now the reserve engine.

Didcot Railway Centre: Concern has been expressed on enthusiast forums about Brown Boveri Gas Turbine 18000. It is kept outside at Didcot and is starting to look slightly the worse for wear, as seen here on 9th July 2022.

Didcot Railway Centre: D9516 having a lunch break, between running trips on the Didcot demonstration line to Oxford Road station, on 9th July 2022.

Didcot Parkway: GWR EMU 387169 has just arrived at Didcot with the 12.57 from Paddington on 9th July 2022 and will form the 14.37 return

Didcot Railway Centre: Recently restored 4079 'Pendennis Castle' on display at Didcot Railway Centre on 9th July 2022.

Didcot Parkway: Busy Saturday afternoon at Didcot Parkway. GWR Turbo 165119 has arrived on the 14.07 from Oxford, and will form the 14.34 return on 9th July 2022.

Didcot Railway Centre: GWR 2-8-0T 5227, looking tidy but missing major items, in the yard at Didcot in July 2022. The boiler from this loco has been donated to the Churchward County Trust for their 'new build' 4-4-0 3840 'County of Montgomery'.

Didcot Railway Centre: Broad Gauge replica 4-2-2 'Iron Duke' by the reconstructed transfer shed on the demonstration line at Didcot. 9th July 2022

Bounds Green: Exterior of Bounds Green, Piccadilly Line, on the scorching morning of Saturday, 9th July 2022, two months short of the station's 90th birthday, seen from the upstairs side windows of a number 221 bus to Edgware. This station opened with the first stage of the Cockfosters extension from Finsbury Park to Arnos Grove on 19th September 1932. Like the other stations on the extension, which reached Cockfosters the following year, Bounds Green was designed by Dr. Charles Holden (1875-1960), the London Underground's Chief Architect between the two world wars. On the right, waiting at the traffic lights, is a single decker WVS bus on TfL route 299 from Cockfosters to Muswell Hill.