Langbank: Fairburn 2-6-4 tank no 42266 brings a Gourock semi-fast through Langbank station on 10 July 1962.

Paisley Gilmour Street: Standard 2-6-4T 80107 shunts the north side parcels/goods platform at the west end of Paisley Gilmour Street in July 1963, with Stoneybrae signal box visible in the left background.

Carlisle: Corkerhill standard class 5 4-6-0 no 73120 at Carlisle on 10 July 1965 with the 8.37am Glasgow Central - St Pancras.

Symington [2nd]: EE Type 4 D320 runs south through Symington station with an up WCML train in July 1965.

Beattock Summit: A Black 5 double header formed by 45473 (Perth South) and 44796 (Polmadie) working hard with a lengthy down summer Saturday service on Beattock Summit on 10 July 1965. The train is the 1100 Blackpool North - Dundee/Edinburgh Princes Street. See image [[50180]]

Crawford: Standard class 5 4-6-0 no 73064 approaching the A74 bridge south of Crawford on 10 July 1965 with a CTAC special heading for Leicester.

Crawford Viaduct: 70036 Boadicea crosses Crawford viaduct with a Crewe - Perth train in the summer of 1965.

Crawford: Looking north along the Clyde at Crawford under heavy skies in the summer of 1965. A Perth - Euston train has just crossed Crawford Viaduct hauled by EE Type 4 D337.

Lamington: Brush Type 4 diesel D1850 at the head of the 8.55am Newton-le-Willows to Stirling 'Motorail' service approaching Lamington on 10 July 1965. The 'Motorail' brand was officially launched by BR the following year coincident with the opening of the new Kensington Olympia Terminal see image [[4643]].

Symington [2nd]: An Edinburgh - Birmingham train approaching Symington station at speed on Saturday 10 July 1965 behind Brush Type 4 no D1634.

Carlisle: Polmadie Black 5 44796 stands patiently on the centre road at Carlisle station on 10 July 1965. The locomotive is awaiting the arrival of the 1100 Summer Saturday Blackpool North - Dundee / Edinburgh Princes Street. See image [[51660]]

Carlisle: Busy scene at the south end of Carlisle station on Saturday 10 July 1965. On the right is Holbeck Jubilee 45185 Newfoundland, which has just taken over the 12.40pm Gourock - Leicester. In the centre is Kingmoor Black 5 45185, which would later take out the 4.37pm stopping train to Bradford. Stabled on the left is a Derby Lightweight unit awaiting its next turn.

Abington: Black 5 45011 south of Abington on 10 July 1965 with an up ballast train.

Wandel Mill Signal Box: A southbound train photographed near Wandel Mill on 19 July 1965, hauled by Black 5 44887.

Crawford: Looking south through the remains of Crawford station on 10 July 1965, just 6 months after closure. The train approaching is a down CTAC special hauled by Black 5 no 44798.

Abington: Brush Type 4 D1841 approaches Abington station with train from Manchester in the summer of 1965.

Elvanfoot: A wet day at Elvanfoot on 10 July 1965, with Bank Hall Jubilee 45627 Sierra Leone approaching the station past a busy looking goods yard with a train for Liverpool and Manchester.

Carlisle: St Margarets V2 no 60816 has just drawn to a halt at Carlisle platform 4 on 10 July 1965 with the 9.50am Edinburgh Waverley - Leeds City. Kingmoor Black 5 no 45126 stands on the centre road.

Abington: Brush Type 4 D1633 near Abington on 10 July 1965 with a Manchester - Glasgow train.

Symington [2nd]: Kingmoor Black 5 45105 approaching Symington from the south on 10 July 1965. The train is a summer Saturday relief from Morecambe to Glasgow Central.

Carlisle Kingmoor Shed: BR 9F 2-10-0 no 92024 in the shed yard at Kingmoor on 10 July 1965. Originally built as a Crosti-boilered locomotive, no 92024 was converted to conventional operation in 1960 see image [[26943]].

Lamington: Brush Type 4 D1752 with a Perth to Euston train at speed south of Lamington in July 1965.

Thankerton: An EE Type 4 brings the up Royal Scot through Thankerton station on 10 July 1965.

Fraserburgh: Class 24 leaving Fraserburgh with 2 fish vans on a Saturday morning goods to Aberdeen in July 1971.

Aylesbury: At rest at Aylesbury in July 1978 is 25 205 with a short Express Parcels train. The brightly coloured stock in the background is the Safety Train, a rake of exhibition carriages that toured the country at the time promoting safety on the railways.

Liskeard: Clayhoods at Liskeard in July 1986.

Weyhill: Stanier 8F 2-8-0 no 48151 photographed crossing the bridge over the A303 at Weyhill station site on the MSWJR branch from Andover to Ludgershall on 10 July 1988.

Grateley: West Country Pacific no 34092 City of Wells in 'Golden Arrow' garb eastbound from Salisbury to Andover, passing through Grateley station on 10 July 1988.

Howth Junction: A DART service for Howth seen at Howth Junction in July 1993. The livery could not be said to be dynamic.

Dublin Heuston: In 1993 the Irish rail system seemed rather antiquated (and with a poor service frequency to boot) which made this LED departures board all the more noteworthy. These days there are rather more trains.

Edinburgh Waverley: 37 796 and an unidentified class 47 stand in the south loop at Waverley in July 1997. This is now a siding terminating just beyond the locomotives, following construction of the new platform 10. See image [[17598]]

Parkandillack Works: The weedkiller was late in 1999 as it normally came to Cornwall in April. 37671 has the spray train at Parkandillack. The field on the left is now a waste incinerator and no longer is this a rural view.

St Peters: After dropping off two passengers at St Peters, a Tyne and Wear Metro service heads south onto the bridge over the River Wear. The bridge was built in 1879 to bring the lines from the original terminus at Monkwearmouth into Sunderland. Wearmouth road bridge stands on the left of the picture.

Pelaw: A Tyne and Wear Metro service from South Shields bound for St James comes off Pelaw flyover in July 2004 and runs down the hill past the cleaning and stabling roads on the approach to Pelaw station.

Pelaw: A Newcastle - Sunderland service passing Pelaw in July 2004, seen from the Metro station platforms. The former station master's house (since demolished following a fire) stands in the background. [Ref query 50469]

Tynemouth: The rear end of a Metro service leaving Tynemouth destined for South Shields on a bright and sunny 10 July 2004. View is south east across the running lines towards the former excursion platforms. At this time the long abandoned part of the old station had become neglected and overgrown, with the area fenced off from the main concourse (see image [[5214]]).

Whitley Bay: A St James bound Tyne and Wear Metro service leaves platform 2 at Whitley Bay station in July 2004 and heads south east towards Cullercoats. Note the canopy and scrollwork.

Whitley Bay: The triptych mosaic Passing by Ian Patience, located in the main entrance hall at Whitley Bay station and seen here in the summer of 2004. The mosaic panels have replaced ticket windows within the arches, with the former booking office beyond now occupied by 'Coffee Central'.

Pelaw: A South Hylton - Newcastle Airport Metro service arrives at Pelaw in the summer of 2004. The former station master's house stands in the right background.

Pelaw: A 4-car 158 combination passing Pelaw heading east towards Sunderland on a bright and sunny 10 July 2004. 158737 is bringing up the rear of the train, with both units sporting the stylish 'Northern Spirit' claret/blue livery. Photographed from the South Shields platform of Pelaw Metro station. [Ref query 6 September 2017]

Tynemouth: A city bound Tyne & Wear Metro service, destination St James, runs into Tynemouth station on 10 July 2004 in bright sunshine.

Tynemouth: The south end of Tynemouth station in July 2004 with a Metro service departing. The abandoned and overgrown excursion platforms stand in the background.

St Peters: A Northern Hexham - Middlesbrough service runs through St Peters Metro station in 2004, shortly before crossing the River Wear to reach its next stop at Sunderland. St Peters opened in 2001, approximately 153 years after Monkwearmouth station, just visible in the background, which closed in 1967. See image [[17890]]

Cullercoats: A city bound Tyne and Wear Metro service leaves Cullercoats platform 2 for St James in the summer of 2004.

Tynemouth: Any old iron ... ??? The neglected and decaying canopies above the overgrown former excursion platforms at the south end of Tynemouth station in the summer of 2004. The area has been cordoned off from the main part of the station using metal barriers. See image [[38207]].

St Peters: A Carlisle - Middlesbrough train crossing the River Wear after passing through the platforms of St Peters station, Monkwearmouth, in July 2004. The station was built as part of the Tyne & Wear Metro development. The former Monkwearmouth station, now a museum, stands 100m behind the camera see image [[17890]].

Tynemouth: The old sliding metal ticket barrier gate, through which passengers once entered platform 1 at Tynemouth station, photographed in July 2004. Note the old destination board hangers incorporated in the scroll work.

Tynemouth: A city bound train entering Tynemouth on a bright and sunny day in the summer of 2004. The lad on the left has made his own private seating arrangements in order to continue the conversation with his friend on the opposite platform.

Monkseaton: The second (1915) station at Monkseaton, built to replace the 1860 Blyth & Tyne station (originally opened as Whitley). View south east along Norham Road in July 2004. Monkseaton is now served by trains on the Tyne & Wear Metro. See image [[1123]] [Ref query 5881]

North Shields: North Shields Metro 2004... 'nuff said.

Tynemouth: The 1882 NER Tynemouth station, seen in July 2004.

Whitley Bay: The impressive station frontage and clock tower at Whitley Bay, seen here in the summer of 2004 looking south east from Station Square. Opened in 1910 as a replacement for the original NER 1882 station, following realignment of the route, Whitley Bay is today served by the Tyne and Wear Metro. (The entrance hall is equally as impressive see image [[54999]].)

Monkseaton: A Tyne & Wear Metro train for St James arrives at Monkseaton station in July 2004.

South Shields: The Metro terminus at South Shields, opened on 24 March 1984. The station is seen here looking west along the platform in July 2004. The train about to depart is the 13.32 to St James via the coast. See image [[34027]]

Tynemouth: The imposing main entrance to Tynemouth station in July 2004 showing the distinctive double footbridge. The station is now part of the Tyne and Wear Metro system.

Monkseaton: View over Monkseaton station looking south east from Front Street road bridge on 10 July 2004. A Tyne & Wear Metro train is at platform 2 with a service for St James via the coast.

Tynemouth: View across the platforms below the double footbridge at Tynemouth in July 2004.

Pelaw: A city bound Metro service calls at Pelaw on 10 July 2004.

Monkwearmouth: A Tyne and Wear Metro service bound for Newcastle heads north shortly after leaving St Peters station on the north bank of the River Wear in 2004. The train is running through the abandoned platforms of the 1848 Monkwearmouth station and is about to pass an approaching service heading for South Hylton.

Tynemouth: The view south from the footbridge at Tynemouth in the summer of 2004, showing the sad state of the station's former excursion bays and canopies at that time. For the transformation 8 years later see image [[38207]].

Pelaw: A Tyne & Wear Metro service destined for South Shields arrives at Pelaw station in the summer of 2004.

Monkwearmouth: A Tyne & Wear Metro service, passes the closed station at Monkwearmouth in July 2004 on the northern approach to Sunderland. The 1848 station, originally built by the YN&B as a terminus, lost much of its importance in 1879 when the line crossed the River Wear to reach the centre of Sunderland. It closed in 1967 and is now an acclaimed museum.

Dumbarton Central: View west at Dumbarton Central in July 2005 with a Glasgow bound train standing at platform 1. The original platform 1, on the extreme right, is closed and the track lifted see image [[4659]].

Bishopbriggs: ScotRail 170424 speeds through Bishopbriggs in July 2005 with a Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh Waverley service.

Dumbarton Central: 320307 leaving Dumbarton Central with a service for Airdrie on 10 July 2005. The train is about to pass the redundant signal box located just east of the station.

Anderston: Platform scene at Anderston station, Glasgow, looking west in July 2005.

Bearsden: The road approach to Bearsden station on 10 July 2005. The former station building now houses The Inn.

Kelvin Bridge: The bridge over the River Kelvin used by the former Glasgow Central Railway, photographed looking south from the roadbridge carrying Great Western Road on 10 July 2005. The platforms of the GCRs Kelvin Bridge station stood on this structure. Eastbound trains arrived via the now bricked up section to the right of the bridge, having run in a tunnel below Great Western Road from Botanic Gardens. See image [[4695]]

Dumbarton Central: The abandoned through platform with track lifted on the north side of Dumbarton Central in July 2005 looking towards Glasgow. The adjacent platform to the right is currently platform 1.

Dumbarton East: Come on up! Entrance to Dumbarton East station from Glasgow Road on 10 July 2005. See image [[28713]]

Leven Viaduct [Dumbarton]: An early afternoon Balloch - Airdrie service crossing the viaduct over the River Leven on 10 July 2005 shortly after leaving Dalreoch on the short hop to Dumbarton Central.

Anniesland: A Glasgow bound train arriving at Anniesland on 10 July 2005 alongside the almost complete bay platform being built to handle trains arriving from Queen Street via the Maryhill curve (which veers to the north-east behind the train).

Kelvinside: The magnificent 1896 former Kelvinside station facing Great Western Road, photographed in July 2005. The building was designed by renowned Glasgow architect John James Burnet (1857-1938). Burnet studied architecture and engineering in Paris and, after eventually returning to Glasgow to join the family firm, became responsible for many prestigious works, include Glasgow University Chapel and the Extension to the British Museum. This building, which reflects his extensive travels in Italy and love of Italian architecture, has been beautifully restored following fire damage and is now in use as a bar/restaurant.

Anderston: A Lanark train entering Anderston in July 2005 on the Argyle Line via Glasgow Central low level.

Botanic Gardens: Looking down at the platforms of the Glasgow Central Railway station at Botanic Gardens in July 2005 - 66 years after the station closed.

Kelvin Bridge: Looking northwest across the River Kelvin over the platforms of Kelvin Bridge station on 10 July 2005. Straight ahead is the sealed entrance via which the city bound trains of the Glasgow Central Railway arrived after running in tunnel below Great Western Road from Botanic Gardens. See image [[57863]]

Anniesland: The bay platform recently completed and soon to be brought into use at Anniesland to handle trains arriving from Queen Street High Level via the new link from Maryhill Park Junction. The link is isolated from the main through route on the left where a Milngavie - Lanark train has recently arrived.

Kelvinside: Rear view of the restored former Kelvinside station on Great Western Road on 10 July 2005, here called the Lux/Stazione bar and restaurant. Note the sections of both platforms still in place below the building. Kelvinside station was closed to passenger traffic in July 1942.

Kelvinbridge [Subway]: Rear of Kelvinbridge Subway on Great Western Road in July 2005. This car park was once part of the goods yard associated with the GCRs Kelvin Bridge station which was located just off to the left of the picture. See image [[4695]]

Botanic Gardens: Sign above Botanic Gardens station, Glasgow, 2005.

Bearsden: A Milngavie train calls at Bearsden in the summer of 2005.

Dumbarton Central: An Airdrie - Helensburgh service arrives at Dumbarton Central station on a fine July morning in 2005.

Bromyard: The Bromyard and Linton Light Railway occupying the trackbed of the former Worcester Bromyard and Leominster Railway. View looks east from the terminus.

Bromyard: Bromyard, the terminus of the narrow gauge Bromyard and Linton Light Railway which uses a mile of the former Worcester-Leominster Railway.

Eardington Halt: Eardington station looking north. This is now a preserved station but in BR days must have been inconvenient as it is quite far south of the village of the same name.

Eardington Halt: Eardington looking south.

Bridgnorth: D1013 Western Ranger viewed from the station carpark at Bridgnorth in July 2006.

Shrewsbury: Shrewsbury viewed from the south.

Shrewsbury: Shrewsbury looking to Crewe Junction and box - the junction between the lines to Birmingham and Crewe.

Shrewsbury: Shrewsbury looking to Crewe Junction from platform 3.

Shrewsbury: Shrewsbury looking to Severn Bridge Junction. A train disgorges its many passengers.

Welshpool [1st]: Welshpool, twinned with Dunkeld, except in this case the station has been separated from the platforms by a main road rather than just the station from the town by a main road. View south.

Welshpool: Welshpool looking north. The station was moved slightly east to accomodate a new main road to a site approximates the former easternmost platform and sidings.

Welshpool: Welshpool looking south showing the railway and road for which the railway was moved east. However the station building (right) has been given a new lease of life now given over to other uses.

Bromyard: Looking south at the modified bridge which once crossed the Worcester-Leominster line at Bromyard. The Bromyard and Linton Light Railway terminus is off to the left as is the bus garage.

Welshpool [1st]: Looking south at the rather fine former Welshpool station building. The footbridge connects to the re-sited station.

Welshpool Raven Square: Welshpool Raven Square looking west. Today this is the eastern terminus of the line which used to continue two further stop east through the town to reach the mainline station.

Welshpool Raven Square: Welshpool Raven Square. The history of the station in two languages.

Welshpool Raven Square: Welshpool Raven Square looking west. Signalbox and signalling.

Sylfaen: Sylfaen looking west. A pretty minimal Gorsaf for this line and yet better than many that National Rail are offering ...

Castle Caereinion: Castle Caereinion looks for all the world like it has two signalboxes. But the building to the right is the waiting room. View looks east.

Castle Caereinion: Interior of Castle Caereinion signalbox.

Cyfronydd: Cyfronydd looking east from the level crossing.

Llanfair Caereinion: Llanfair Caereinion looking west.

Nantmawr: Theres track in them thar trees. Looking north up the Nantmawr Branch from Blodwell Junction.

Porthywaen: Porthywaen level crossing looking west. On the short section of connecting line between Blodwell and Llynclys Junction.

Oswestry: Oswestry station and former offices of the Cambrian Railways looking south. There was a similar but smaller building off to the left on the southbound platform.

Oswestry: Oswestry station is now a museum. View looks south towards the carefully restored Oswestry South signalbox.

Oswestry: The imposing Oswestry station building and Cambrian Railways offices. View looks north in July 2006.

Oswestry: Looking north at Oswestry at the footbridge over to the Cambrian Railways works. These were on the eastern side of the line.

Oswestry: Looking south to Oswestry station from the footbridge to the Cambrian Railways works.

Oswestry: Several locomotives form a static exhibit to the north of Oswestry station. These are to the west of the line and former Cambrian Railways works.

Gobowen: Coal loading from railway to trucks for local distribution in the goods yard at Gobowen station.

Hellifield: Leeds bound Sprinter approaches Hellifield from the west.

Blea Moor Tunnel: View looks south to the north Portal of the Dent Head Tunnel.

Garsdale: Looking north over the former Hawes Junction.

Belah: Belah cottages looking west to the signalbox and viaduct.

Belah Viaduct: Belah Viaduct, one of Bouchs greatest achievements, gone. View looks east.

Kirkby Stephen: Track panels for points await use at Kirkby Stephen.

Shrewsbury: A Sprinter leaving Shrewsbury in the summer of 2006 passes the box with the biggest lever frame left on Network Rail.

Gobowen: Gobowen Junction looking south. Shrewsbury line to left and Oswestry line to right.

Llangollen: The restored Llangollen station looking west in July 2006. See image [[32118]]

Dent Head Viaduct: What fun! One of two railway speeders just to the north of Dent on viaduct repairs.

Llanfair Caereinion: Brewing up at Llanfair Caereinion.

Horrocksford: The Horrocksford siding for the cement works by Clitheroe.

Dinmore: Heading north through the former Dinmore station heading for the twin tunnels.

Highley: Looking north at Highley on the Severn Valley.

Garsdale: Southbound Sprinter approaches Garsdale from the north.

Garsdale: Southbound Sprinter approaches Garsdale from the north.

Belah: Interior of Belah signalbox.

Garsdale: Hawes Junction. Southbound Sprinter on Carlisle line and closed line to Hawes in the foreground.

Gobowen: Gobowen looking north. Some canopies may have gone and the footbridge but this is still a fine station.

Garsdale: Garsdale station seen from the north east. The Network Rail vehicle sits in the former Hawes platform.

Blodwell: Blodwell / Llanblodwell / Blodwell Junction / Blodwel Junction / Llanddu Junction. View looks east to the junction between the lines to Oswestry and Nantmawr.

Highley: View looking south of works at Highley on the Severn Valley.

Kinghorn: Northerly view of Kinghorn station with North Sea beyond. The crumbling platform is being reinforced.

Kinghorn: Street view of Station Building at Kinghorn

Kinghorn: North view of Kinghorn station building railside.

Alloa: Secret station? Work in progress on the main entrance and car park at Alloa in July 2007. View is north east from the A907 roundabout. The station formed part of a major transformation in this area of the town, including new roads, housing, commercial and retail developments. Scheduled train services from the new station got underway ten months later on 19 May 2008.

Burntisland Junction: NBR 872 Auld Reekie has been re-railed after the fatal accident circa 1916. Photo courtesy A.Todd.

Curriehill: Freightliner 66527 heads east through Curriehill with a ballast train on 10 July.

Curriehill: Blue liveried EWS 60078 near Curriehill on 10 July with the Dalziel-Lackenby steel empties.

Alloa: Work in progress on the pedestrian entrance and steps up to the new station building and platform at Alloa on 10 July 2007.

Markinch: The Markinch lift is taking shape behind the screen on 10 July 2007.

Bathgate Shed: The old Bathgate shed on 10 July. The shed carried code 64F from construction in 1954 to closure in 1966. It will eventually make way for the new Bathgate station and car park.

Alloa: General view over the Alloa site on 10 July.

Corgnac-sur-Isle: A railcar sits at the old station at Corgnac-sur-Isle on 10 July 2008. The line is currently used for Velorail operations only between Corgnac and Thiviers and, in August only, various sections of track eastwards from Corgnac to Excidieuil.

Edinburgh Waverley: The first of the class to be turned out in full National Express East Coast livery, 91111 stands at Waverley on 10 July 2008 on a Glasgow Central - Kings Cross service.

Shankend Viaduct: Standing alongside Shankend Viaduct on 10 July 2009 looking north towards Stobs.

Whitrope Siding: The southern extent of the WRHA track at Whitrope, seen on 10 July 2009. The line stops just short of bridge 200 (the Golden Bridge) over the B6399 road to Newcastleton. A snow plough stands in the background alongside the trackbed which is about to enter a cutting as it runs south towards Riccarton Junction.

Whitrope Siding: Scene just south of the Waverley Route Heritage Association centre at Whitrope Siding in the summer of 2009. In the background the trackbed starts to veer south east towards the site of Riccarton Junction, approximately one and a half miles further on.

Whitrope Siding: Platform construction underway at Whitrope Siding, headquarters of the Waverley Route Heritage Association, on 10 July 2009. View is south towards Riccarton Junction, approximately 40 years after closure of the line. Whitrope Tunnel is behind the camera and the B6399 passes the site just off picture to the left.

Hawick [2nd]: The changing face of Hawick. When Bruce McCartney told me the location of the Robin Barbour image showing a southbound train shortly after leaving Hawick station in 1959, he added that '..today's viewpoint would probably be looking west from the front door of Morrison's Supermarket...' On 10 July 2009 the opportunity arose to take a photograph from that very spot. Much has changed in the elapsed forty plus years between the photographs, with Oliver's Auction Mart long gone, the railway embankment removed, the cattle pens replaced by the shoppers' car park and many of the taller structures on the horizon now a thing of the past. One reference point that remains is the tall building on Union Street in the centre of the 2009 photograph, the chimneys of which can be seen in the earlier picture protruding above the first coach of the train.

Royal Border Bridge: An Intercity 225 train crosses the Royal Border Bridge in National Express East Coast days.

St Philips Marsh Depot: Scene at the EWS depot at St Phillips Marsh, Bristol, on the morning of 10 July 2009 during the lighting up of A1 Pacific no 60163 Tornado.

St Philips Marsh Depot: Entrance to the EWS depot at St Phillips Marsh, Bristol, on 10 July, with 08516 standing just beyond the barrier.

Newburgh [2nd]: The derelict but mainly intact ticket office at the former station of Newburgh. This is another of the Fife stations where lobbying is ongoing with a view to possible future reopening.

Whitrope Summit: View south from Whitrope summit in July 2009, some 40 years after official closure of the line, along track subsequently laid by the Waverley Route Heritage Association. See image [[24659]]

Hawick [1st]: Railway remains at Hawick in July 2009 showing part of the original goods plaftform. The Teviotdale Leisure Centre can be seen in the left background.

Hawick [1st]: The old goods platform at Hawick, photographed looking east from the A7, Wilton Hill, in the summer of 2009. Hawick shed and yard once stood off to the right, with Hawick station just beyond see image [[25301]].

Whitrope Tunnel: Located approximately 12 miles south of Hawick, between Shankend and Riccarton Junction, is the 1,208 yard Whitrope Tunnel, the south portal of which is seen here on 10 July 2009. The tunnel, noted as Scotland's fourth longest, is currently a listed structure (Category B). The rails in the photograph represent the northern extent of the relaying undertaken by the Waverley Route Heritage Association, whose volunteers have carried out considerable work associated with the tunnel and the Whitrope site in general. The WRHA centre and car park is located alongside the B6399 road just to the south of this point. See image [[32810]]

Newburgh [2nd]: The old booking hall at Newburgh station on 10 July 2009. Opened by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway in 1848 (original station further east - Ed), the station closed to passenger traffic in September 1955. Along with a number of former stations in Fife, there have been calls to have train services reinstated here.

Whitrope Tunnel: The south portal of Whitrope Tunnel on the Waverley Route, 12 miles south of Hawick, photographed in the summer of 2009. Built in the 1860s and closed along with the line in 1969, the 1,200 yard tunnel is currently sealed for safety reasons following a partial collapse. For a view looking back from above the tunnel in BR days see [[34551]].

Whitrope Tunnel: Track level view looking north towards the fenced off entrance to Whitrope Tunnel in the summer of 2009. Located approximately two and a half miles north of Riccarton Junction, the 1200 yard long tunnel is a B listed structure. The track is courtesy of the Waverley Route Heritage Association, whose site is located just behind the camera.

Shankend Viaduct: Looking south west towards Shankend Viaduct from alongside the B6399 road on 10 July 2009.

Shankend Viaduct: The graceful Shankend Viaduct, located between Riccarton Junction and Stobs on the old Waverley route. View north towards the latter in July 2009 from the unclassified road passing below the structure

Berwick-upon-Tweed: A rather grimy 43299 at the rear of the Highland Chieftain waiting to depart in National Express East Coast days.

Whitrope Summit: Summit sign at Whitrope, just south of the tunnel. July 2009.

Leamington Spa: 6024 King Edward I passes Leamington Spa at the head of 'The Royal Oak' steam charter from London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill. The couple on the platform bench look decidedly uninterested!

Bridgeton [1st]: Looking back toward Dalmarnock Road from the location of Bridge No.5, Baltic Street. The arches have now been completely removed.

Inverkeithing: View south at Inverkeithing station on 10 July 2010 showing a Network Rail inspection unit standing at the platform. The unit has just arrived 'wrong line' from Inverkeithing South Junction after coming off the Rosyth Dockyard branch. The tail lights have just been switched on and a member of the crew is about to return the token to the padlocked box on the fence by the signal before heading off on the main line towards Edinburgh.

Inverkeithing South Junction: A Network Rail inspection unit on its way back to Inverkeithing along the Rosyth Dockyard branch on 10 July 2010, seen here shortly after passing the derelict Caldwells Paper Mill.

Inverkeithing South Junction: Network Rail inspection unit halted at a signal on the Rosyth Dockyard branch on the approach to Inverkeithing South Junction on 10 July 2010 waiting to proceed back onto the main line.

Kirknewton: Unit 156433 runs west into Kirknewton on Sunday 10 July 2011 with the 14.23 Edinburgh - West Calder service.

Leyland: With 37685 leading and 57001 on the rear, the Royal Scotsman Grand Tour of Great Britain 2011 heads south through Leyland en route to Chester on 10 July 2011.

Haymarket [Tram]: Edinburgh Trams poster alongside Haymarket station on 10 July 2011. Work has recently recommenced on the project, with track now laid just off to the right on the site of the new Haymarket interchange. The poster will require a slight amendment, with the current intention being to take trams only as far as St Andrew Square, rather than the original planned terminus at Newhaven, as shown here. [Update 25 August 2011 .... for St Andrew Square now read Haymarket!] [Further update 1 September .... it's St Andrew Square after all!] [Watch this space] [Latest - terminus will now be in York Place]

Haymarket [Tram]: Looking east towards Haymarket on Sunday 10 July 2011 with tram rails now in place alongside the station.

Haymarket [Tram]: Track now in place at the Haymarket tram interchange on 10 July 2011 between the station car park and Haymarket Terrace. The route ahead will turn south west between the two buildings on the left before continuing west towards the next stop at Murrayfield.

Duirinish: Duirinish station serves the village of the same name, but that's not immediately apparent. This is a view looking south from the station platform, through the entrance, with the narrow road to the village heading off across the moss.

Pickering: An afternoon DMU service leaves Pickering for Grosmont on 10 July 2012.

Goathland: Misty morning on the North York Moors south of Goathland on 10 July 2012. In the background class S15 4-6-0 no 825 climbs north, running tender first, with a through train for Whitby.

Duirinish: Last stop before Kyle of Lochalsh is Duirinish and this view looks west towards the terminus at the small request stop. Although the shelter has been around for some time both it and the station generally have recently enjoyed a light refurbishment. See image [[10590]] for the same location in 1994.

Goathland: BR Sulzer Type 2 no D5061, at the head of a Pickering bound train, crossing the moors just over two miles south of Goathland on the NYMR in the summer of 2012.

Pickering: An early afternoon NYMR service for Grosmont, formed by a DMU, preparing to leave Pickering on 10 July 2012.

Duirinish: Another picture of the tidy station at Duirinish, this time looking east towards Plockton. This is the first of nine surviving intermediate stations between Kyle and Dingwall and, like several others on the line, is a request stop where many trains pass through without calling.

Plockton: 158705 calls at Plockton, working from Kyle to Inverness on 10th July 2012. This is by far the busiest intermediate station on the Kyle line beyond Dingwall, averaging almost 12,000 passengers per annum.

Goathland: The road to Goathland, some two miles south of the village in 2012. Directly ahead is the abandoned bridge that carried the original Whitby and Pickering Railway prior to its rerouting in 1865. The photograph is taken from a point below the bridge that now carries the line. For the view from above showing the two bridges see image [[28461]].

Leyland: Yes, there are 4 of them! On 10 July 2012, the second day of testing class 92s between the yards at Warrington and Carlisle, 92019 does the hard work of hauling 92027, 92025 and 92011 plus a rake of bogie coal wagons south through Leyland.

Stromeferry: Stromeferry station, as seen across tidal Loch Carron, from Strome Castle on the north bank. 158705 has just called on its way to Inverness with the 1715hrs from Kyle. In front of the station is the slipway of the old car ferry, replaced by the A-road from Strathcarron in the 1960s.

Stromeferry: The 1715 from Kyle to Inverness approaches Stromeferry negotiating the sharp curves along the shore of Loch Carron. 158705 was photographed from the ruined Strome Castle on the opposite bank, near where the car ferry crossed the loch narrows until the new A road was built alongside the southern shore in the late 1960s.

Preston: Four different steam locomotives in five weeks. Fresh from a light overhaul 8F 2-8-0 48151 was turned out by West Coast for the Fellsman on 10th July, following 61994, 46115 and 45231. The outbound train is seen approaching Farington Curve Junction, viewed from Whitehouse West Junction on the former West Lancashire line, now a cycle path. 48151 has been on the main line in preservation for a long time now. See image [[33057]] taken on the same day exactly 25 years earlier. Unfortunately, the steam loco had problems on the return trip and arrived in Preston an hour late, from where it was assisted back to Carnforth by a West Coast Class 37.

Prestwick Town: The next underbridge south from that on Station Road see image [[43685]] is on Grangemuir Road, seen here looking west on 10 July. It has obviously had the misfortune to be hit by over-height vehicles.

Oban: View over Oban pier and station from McCaig's Tower on 10 July. The area of the pier adjacent to the station has become a mini-mall with shops, cafes and restaurants.

Haymarket: Haymarket station name in place on 10 July 2013.

Loch Awe: View over Loch Awe Station on a bright and sunny 10 July, looking towards Dalmally.

Connel Ferry Bridge: The cantilever Connel Ferry Bridge that once carried the Ballachulish branch with the Falls of Lora beneath. Originally railway only, it was adapted to accommodate both road and rail traffic in 1914. It was too narrow for simultaneous use so road traffic was stopped when trains crossed. The Branch closed in 1966 and the bridge given over to road traffic and pedestrians. See image [[33502]]

Benderloch: An overgrown gate and a small piece of platform is all the remains I could find of Benderloch Station on 10 July 2013, although beyond the platform part of a set of buffers survives. The view is towards Ballachulish and this part of the trackbed is now a cycle path/walkway.

Preston: The 6J37 Carlisle - Chirk loaded logs saw the debut of a Colas Rail Class 70 operating the train between Carlisle and Warrington on 10 July 2014. The train also included 66847 dead behind 70802 and is seen here heading south at Preston.

Forton: Brush Type 2 31233 propels a Network Rail test train from Derby to Carlisle north through the cutting at Forton, near Bay Horse, on a hot and sunny 10th July 2014.

Oubeck Loops: A single flask heads north from Crewe to Sellafield at the Oubeck Loops behind 57009 and 37218. The Type 3 sports the new Class 68 livery. It seems this view from beside the Ou Beck is to disappear as the rows of newly planted saplings in the foreground grow.

Amsterdam: Amsterdam BN 12G tram No. 841 passing through Dam Square on 10 July 2014.

Amsterdam Central: Snooty or what - ever feel looked-down on? Amsterdam Central, July 2014.

Kirkby Stephen: The up side platform buildings at Kirkby Stephen (West) seem to be glowing in the sunshine on the fine evening of 10th July 2014.

Kirkby Stephen: The down platform at Kirkby Stephen (West) is devoid of passengers on 10 July, despite the 19.52 to Carlisle being due. However, although the photographer was the only person to join the train here, there were healthy numbers of passengers alighting at every station as far as Carlisle.

Preston: Network Rail test train 3Q83 from Derby to Carlisle on 10 July 2014, with 31233 pushing and DBSO 9708 leading. The train was put into the Down Goods Loop at Preston for about 20 minutes to allow service trains to pass.

Saughtree: The old Saughtree station is accessed via a rough track off the B6357. I think we can define its location as being 'off the beaten track'.

Livingston North: 'Keira' the station cat commemorated at Livingston North.

Hardengreen Viaduct: A Borders Railway Tweedbank - Newcraighall crew training turn about to cross Hardengreen Viaduct on 10 July on the approach to Eskbank station.

Whitrope Summit: Leyland railbus RB004 at Whitrope shows its complex wiring, in a cupboard behind the central driver's seat see image [[54046]]. All this would probably fit on one chip today!

Braehead Viaduct: Another view of the Bargeddie bridge works taken from Tannochside Industrial estate on 10th July 2015. Note the original Cutty Sark bridge partially obscured by the new structure centre right see image [[14734]].

Saughtree: Both the hole in the wall, and the track leading into it, are definitely not original features of these railwaymen's cottages at Saughtree. see image [[53975]]

Corte [Corsica]: A train from Ajaccio arrives at Corte from the south on 10 July 2015. It is waiting for a southbound service to clear the single line before proceeding.

Saughtree: Railway workers' cottages at Saughtree, seen on a BLS visit. There seems to have been some tree clearance over the last 52 years see image [[41794]]

Eskbank: A deceptively rural looking scene at the new Eskbank station on 10 July 2015 with the crew of the 0959 Tweedbank - Newcraighall awaiting departure time for the next leg to Shawfair.

Saughtree: This would be a perfect view with a steam engine, but a diesel will do nicely see image [[38722]]. There is a permissive footpath from here to Riccarton Junction, but it is muddy and requires some fence climbing.

Whitrope Siding: I bet you didn't know they had a Leyland railbus on the Waverley route; nor that the Waverley was part of London Underground's Circle Line. Scene at the WRHA's Whitrope Heritage Centre on 10 July 2015.

Kielder Forest: It’s a lean-to gym, but not as we know it. Looking North towards Riccarton, we see that Kielder Forest station see image [[42061]] now serves the community in four ways: there are two houses in the former station building (right); a car service garage built on the trackbed (centre); and a gym in an annexe to the garage (left). Finally, the petrol pumps in the foreground are – unusually – operated by volunteer staff. There is a trackbed footpath South from here.

Fercalo Tunnel [Corsica]: South of Corte, the track makes two 180 degree turns to gain height in the mountains - the highest point on the railway is over 800 metres. Seen north from Vivario station on 10 July is the portal of the Fercalo tunnel through which the train passed 7 minutes earlier.

Whitrope Summit: All very 1960's - the driver's 'office' on the Leyland railbus see image [[52225]]. One of the compromises of the design is clear: the central driving position left very narrow passages for passenger entrance and exit on both left and right sides. There was also a risk of unpleasant interaction between passengers and driver, similar to the abuse occasionally received by bus drivers.

Dodworth: Former West Yorkshire PTE owned 3-car BREL Derby built, Walter Alexander bodied, Pacer 144020 exits Dodworth Station's single line platform (See image [[49536]]) on a service between Huddersfield and Sheffield via Penistone on 10 July 2015, and runs onto the adjacent level crossing heading to the next stop at Barnsley. Following withdrawal in 2020 this unit now resides on the Wensleydale Railway.

Scotsgap: Scotsgap station seen in summer 2015 see image [[53066]]. The building has been extended, the Rover has been replaced by a Golf - but history will out - part of the platform wall is still visible.

Morpeth: Looking south on the A197 at Morpeth in July 2015. The dip in the road and grassy embankment cut back on the right should ring bells for enthusiasts. The NBR line to Scotsgap (see image [[21165]]) used to cross the road here. Passenger services finished in 1952 and complete closure came in 1966.

Lakeside: Barclay 0-6-0T no 1245 pauses at the buffer stop at Lakeside station on 10 July 2016 whilst the fireman walks forward to unlock the groundframe.

Haverthwaite: A steamy departure from Haverthwaite on 10 July 2016 as a Barclay 0-6-0T heads for Lakeside with a well loaded train.

Cambridge North: I am reliably informed that in a city of 130,000 people, Cambridge has 55,000 'knowledge intensive employees', and 4,400 'knowledge intensive employers'. Which could explain, indirectly, why this new station, opened on 21 May 2017 close to Cambridge Science Park, practically smells of money. Speaking of computers, the disabled parking symbol in the foreground appears to be pixellated.

Cambridge North: Platform view at Cambridge North on 10 July 2017, approximately 7 weeks after opening. This photograph is probably deceptive - there may be few trains in the evening, but there are many during the day, when I'm sure the station is very busy. Still, it looks very smart when it's empty. View north towards Ely.

Breich: More famous than at any time in its 148-year history: a half page ad on the Breich station closure proposal shouts out from page 21 of the 7th July edition of the Guardian. One wonders how many of Breich's 2.6 passengers per week are readers of the illustrious London-published newspaper?

Llandudno Victoria: Setting off for the Great Orme up the gradient at Victoria Station, the terminus in Llandudno.

Maudlands Viaduct: Class 319s have become regular traction on the Blackpool line since electrification, and will take over even more services when they start using the Bolton line. Northern 319371 crosses Maudlands Viaduct with a Blackpool North to Preston service on 10th July 2018. See image [[61039]] for the same location the previous October.

South Gyle: This double arrow here refers to South Gyle station, but non-locals might be forgiven for thinking otherwise. Pinkhill staion closed on 1968, and Carrick Knowe ('rocky hillock') has never had one.

Maudlands Viaduct: Then and Now comparison of Blackpool to London trains at Maudlands Viaduct in Preston. 390039 comes off the viaduct and approaches Fylde Junction with 1A92, the 1302hrs from Blackpool North on 10th July 2018. See image [[19669]] for the same location in 1981. Vegetation has actually been recently cut back at this spot - hard to believe compared to the earlier view.

Edinburgh Gateway [Tram]: Having made a typically fruitless stop at Gateway a city-bound tram heads east on 10 July. The line to Gogar depot is in the foreground: it goes under the apex of the station building while swinging sharply west.

Letterkenny [SandLR]: The former County Donegal Railway terminal station building at Letterkenny, now very nicely restored and continuing in use as a bus station, which it has done since the railway closed at the end of 1959. After closure, the bus services were operated by the County Donegal Railway Joint Committee until that body was wound up in 1971 when services passed to CIE and now trade as their subsidiary, Bus Éireann.

Ingliston Park and Ride [Tram]: A York Place tram calls at Ingliston on 10th July 2018. The park and ride is to the left, while the airport is three quarters of a mile to the right. Some farmland manages to cling on here.

Fintown: View of Fintown station building, on the An Mhuc Dhubh Historic Railway, from the cab of County Donegal Railcar 18. Although closed completely in 1952 the building has survived, latterly as a health centre, but has now been donated to the Fintown Railway by the local council.

Fintown: View of Fintown station showing the water tower which has survived closure of the railway in 1952. Ex CDRJC Railcar 18 and part of the station building can also be seen in this view.

Maudlands Viaduct: Former Scotrail 158870, still with Saltire vinyls, has been used on Northern driver training for several months. Seen here at Maudlands Viaduct shuttling between Preston and Blackpool North on 10th July 2018.

Gogarburn [Tram]: A city-bound tram calls at Gogarburn on 10 July 2018, while one for the airport retreats. Gogarburn is the RBS headquarters and nothing else, so bank workers make up about 100 per cent of customers here. Just saying.

Letterkenny [SandLR]: Interior of the former County Donegal Railway station building at Letterkenny now very nicely restored in what appears to have been a recent refurbishment and continuing in use as a bus station, which it has done since the railway closed at the end of 1959. One disappointment is that there is no mention of the building's former use other than the 1908 date above the original entrance.

Letterkenny [SandLR]: Exterior of the former County Donegal Railway station building at Letterkenny now serving as the town's bus station and showing the modern extension which I think fits quite well with the rest of the building. This is the east side of the building where the platforms and track would have been (these ran off at 90 degrees to the building). There were two stations here, the other belonging to the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway which closed before the Donegal. They too continued to use their old railway station for their bus services but that one is now demolished. I think it stood quite near to the County Donegal but I believe that the Letterkenny branch of Tesco now occupies the L&LSR station site.

Letterkenny [SandLR]: SP 62, an Irizar bodied Scania of Bus Éireann, bound for Galway at the former County Donegal Railway station which now serves as Letterkenny bus station. The coach is sitting roughly where the platforms and track would have been for trains heading south east to Strabane. The station building is off to the left with another surviving railway building 'Railway House' in the distance.

Maudlands Viaduct: The Pacers are now almost gone from Lancashire rails but here is a flash back to the summer of 2018 and 142036 leads a trio of the four-wheelers over Maudlands Viaduct working ECS from Blackpool North to Newton Heath. 142036 is reportedly heading for preservation at the East Kent Railway - an area that has not previously seen these units.

Brock: Another tinder dry day and another diesel hauled Fellsman heads for Carlisle. The previous Fellsman had used two Class 37s but this train was entrusted to Hastings Gauge BRCW Type 3 33207, which maintained timings throughout the day. Seen approaching Brock on the morning of 10th July 2018.

Carlisle: Another pair of Class 365 EMUs are towed south from Glasgow to Crewe on 10 July 2019. The train was hauled by ROG 37800 and the rear of the train is seen at Carlisle, platform 4 during a brief stop. To the left is a Network Rail test train top and tailed with another two Class 37s.

Carlisle: BR Standard Class 7 pacific no.70000 'Britannia' receives a lot of attention from people on platform 3 at Carlisle as it waits to depart with the return trip of 'The Fellsman' railtour to Crewe on 10 July 2019.

Carlisle: ROG 37800 hauls two Class 365 sets south from Motherwell on 10 July 2019. The train, running as 5Q44 to Crewe South Yard contained 365519 and 365529 and is seen approaching Carlisle station. Thanks to Mark Bartlett for alerting me to this late running working.

Carlisle: Heritage traction at Carlisle on 10 July 2019 with 47593 'Galloway Princess' waiting to shunt the stock of the railtour behind which had arrived from Crewe.

Leyland: Saphos Trains railtour 'The Fellsman' from Crewe to Carlisle arrives at Leyland on 10 July 2019 hauled by BR Standard Class 7 pacific, no. 70000 'Britannia'.

Arcow Quarry: Seen from a passing train on the S&C, GBRF 66728 sits in the sidings at Arcow Quarry on 10 July 2019 as the wagons are loaded.

Rochester: Javelin 395 022 arrives at Rochester station on a St Pancras to Dover Priory service on Wednesday 10th July 2019. I caught the return and they 'trundle' at around 60-70mph until Ebsfleet and then its 150mph for a short time into St Pancras.

Bandon: A surviving 3/4 mile post on the former trackbed of the CB&SCR now laid out as a walkway between Bandon and the now removed Innishannon Viaduct.

Brock Water Troughs: Class 158s were briefly in regular use between Lancaster and Preston until the introduction of CAF 195s. However, one year on, 158756 made this evening ECS movement from Lancaster to Springs Branch passing Brock on 10th July 2020. With the introduction of an enhanced Northern corona virus timetable, trains have been reinstated on the Morecambe branch after several months of bustitution and the unit appears to have been used on the line that day. Tree clearance between the railway and motorway at Brock has changed the backdrop here.

Upton and Innishannon: Upton, the intermediate stop between Crossbarry and Bandon looking east back towards Crossbarry. The station building survives as an office along with the platform. The station was open from 1849 to 1961.

Upton and Innishannon: Upton station together with adjacent The Railway Bar. There was only a single platform here with a signal cabin at the western end of the platform. A goods shed was provided with a loop line running through it.

Ayr: The east side goods platforms at Ayr have been cleared as this is now a site for new accommodation buildings for staff. This was the scene on 10th July 2020.

Ayr: Most unusual - a Class 156 'parked' in Platform 2 at Ayr on 10th July 2020. Unfortunately, no progress on the Station Hotel was apparent on this visit.

Statfold Barn: 0-4-2T 'Isaac' in action at Statfold Barn in July 2021.

Statfold Barn: Hunslet Dinorwic Quarry 0-4-0ST on passenger duties at the Statfold Gala in July 2021.

Statfold Barn: Two Quarry Hunslets double head a passenger train at the 2021 Statfold Gala. The design was 50 years old in 2020, although celebrations were deferred until the following year. The last loco to this design was produced by Hunslet in 1932 but brand new replicas have been built for heritage lines in the 21st Century.

Statfold Barn: Two saddle tanks being prepared for duty at the Statfold Barn 2021 gala event.

Statfold Barn: Passengers waiting for yet another service during the intensive running at Statfold Barn's summer gala on 10th July 2021.

Galgate: WC 4-6-2 34046 'Braunton' hurries south along the WCML between Galgate and Bay Horse on a wet evening in July 2021. This was the return leg of a Rugby to Carlisle excursion, which the Pacific had hauled out from Crewe over Shap and returned via the Cumbrian Coast. It was scheduled to hand over to electric 90002 at Preston. (My thanks to George Robin for showing me the access route to this new (to me) vantage point)

Statfold Barn: Not in steam but Hunslet 0-4-0ST 'Jonathan' joined in with the gala fun on a flat wagon at Statfold Gala in July 2021.

Statfold Barn: Double-headed mixed train at the Statfold Gala event in July 2021.

Galashiels Gas Board Siding: This charming footbridge across the former Selkirk branch, at Boleside Road on the outskirts of Galashiels, is closed awaiting restoration by Highways England for Scottish Borders Council. This is just to the south of the site of the gasworks siding.

Statfold Barn: 'Isibutu', a 1945 Bagnall 4-4-0T that worked for a sugar company in Natal. The close coupled driving wheels compared to the very long frames are very noticeable.

Statfold Barn: An 0-6-0WT and an 0-4-0ST double head a passenger train at the Statfold 2021 gala.

Statfold Barn: A pristine Quarry Hunslet moves off the turntable at Statfold Barn in July 2021.

Edinburgh Gateway: Some neighbours for Edinburgh Gateway at last? I'm not sure whether that 'gateway' is influenced by the station name. For now at least the packaging factory, which is by the line next to the station, is still in production. It is one of the few real factories Edinburgh has left, though it was never a fully industrial city.

Statfold Barn: 0-4-2T 'Isaac', readying for its next turn at the Statfold Barn gala on 10th July 021

Statfold Barn: Garrett locomotive on display in the main shed at Statfold during a July 2021 gala day.

Pinkhill: A refuge in a bridge over nothing in particular, a little east of the site of Pinkhill station (for Zoological Park, as the signs said). Rather annoyingly the Corstorphine branch officially closed on 01/01/1968, a holiday when there were no services so the year of closure can be either given as 1967 or 1968.

Cullen Burn Viaduct: The Great North of Scotland Railway operated the Moray Coast Line between Elgin and Portsoy and onwards to Aberdeen. The line closed in 1968 but the trackbed between Cullen and Portknockie is now a public footpath/cycleway. The line curved round to the left in the picture, crossing three viaducts and a single arch bridge. The last viaduct is blocked off and a house has been built on the trackbed just beyond it.