Buchanan Street: The 10.15am to Inverness leaves Buchanan Street on 11 July 1955 behind B1 4-6-0 61180.

Buchanan Street Tunnel West Signal Box: The 'Granite City' leaving Glasgow's Buchanan Street station for Aberdeen on 11 July 1955 behind Standard class 5 4-6-0 73006.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: A fine Monday morning at Queen Street station in the summer of 1955 sees Eastfield B1 no 61197 preparing for departure with the up 'Queen of Scots'. The Pullman service ran every weekday between Glasgow and Kings Cross via Edinburgh, Newcastle, Darlington, Harrogate and Leeds (see [[5341]]).

Annan: Looking over Annan station towards Dumfries in the summer of 1955.

Buchanan Street: Scene at Glasgow's Buchanan Street station on 11 July 1955, with B1 4-6-0 61180 about to get underway with the 10.15am service to Inverness.

Buchanan Street: Station pilot at work. Scene at Buchanan Street station, Glasgow, on 11 July 1955. The locomotive is Pickersgill ex-Caledonian 4-4-0 no 54474.

Glasgow St Enoch: BR Standard class 3 2-6-0 no 77015 stands in the shadows at St Enoch on 11 July 1955 awaiting departure time with a train for Kilmarnock. The locomotive had been delivered new to Hurlford shed from Swindon Works the previous year.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: One of Eastfield shed's N15 0-6-2Ts, No. 69127, banks the 'Queen of Scots' Pullman out of Queen Street on 11th July 1955. Note the release wire for the slip-coupling running diagonally across the smokebox (see [[22691]]). The locomotive in charge of the train for the first leg of the journey was B1 61197 (see [[73335]]).

Waulkmill Glen Viaduct: The 5.12pm Glasgow Central - Uplawmoor train crossing Waulkmill Glen Viaduct near Patterton on 11 July 1956. At the head of the train is Fairburn 2-6-4 tank 42238.

Caldwell: Hurlford 2P 4-4-0 no 40617 calls at Caldwell on 11 July 1956 with a St Enoch - Kilmarnock train. The station, which opened with the line in 1871, was briefly renamed Uplawmoor on closure of the L&A station of the same name in 1962, but eventually closed in November 1966. [Ref query 92]

Uplawmoor [1st]: BR Standard class 4 2-6-4T 80113 reaches the end of its journey as it runs into Uplawmoor station on 11 July 1956 with the 5.42pm train from Glasgow Central.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: On 11th July 1957 the 3.45pm to Fort William is double headed out of Glasgow Queen Street by 2 x 5MT 4-6-0s. BR Standard 73078 (65A) and LMS 44975 (65J). If you were that young train spotter please let us know.

Mallaig: This is a BR Publicity photographs designed to be handed out and used for promotional purposes. The wording on the back says roughly PR&PO British Railways Please Acknowledge. This photograph is particularly unique in that it shows Class 31 D5511 at Mallaig on 11th July 1958 when on trial in Scotland. See image [[24644]]

Cricklewood: 9F 2-10-0 92110 at Cricklewood on 11th July 1958, at which time these locos were still being built and would be until the last one left Swindon Works in early 1960. 92110 was less than two years old at this time and remained in service until the last day of 1967.

Willesden Shed: A nearly new D8019 at Willesden shed on 11th July 1958. This last of the twenty pilot scheme EE Type 1s was quickly followed by a large batch of production locos. It was withdrawn in 1991 and cut up by MC Metals in Glasgow three years later.

Vauxhall: West Country Bullied Pacific 34102 'Lapford' passing Vauxhall on a down train on 11th July 1958. Constructed by BR in 1950, this was one of the last two unrebuilt Bullieds in service. The other, 34023 'Blackmore Vale', was preserved on withdrawal in 1967 but 'Lapford' was scrapped.

Kentish Town: View of Kentish Town roundhouse on 11th July 1958.

Liverpool Street: 70009 'Alfred the Great' at Liverpool Street on train to a Walton-on-the-Naze, in July 1958.

Kentish Town: 70015 'Apollo' at Kentish Town Shed on 11th July 1958.

Kentish Town: Midland compound 4-4-0 41173 at Kentish Town shed on 11th July 1958.

Joppa [2nd]: 60012 Commonwealth of Australia takes a southbound express through Joppa in the summer of 1959.

Joppa [2nd]: Looking east into the sun at Joppa station on 11 July 1959 as V3 2-6-2T no 67670 brings a Waverley bound train into the platform. A pedestrian footbridge still links Morton Street and South Morton Street in the background - but today's version looks nothing like this one!

Joppa [2nd]: The peace is temporarily disturbed at Joppa station on 11 July 1959 as 60023 'Golden Eagle' passes through with a southbound train on the ECML.

Hawick [2nd]: J36 0-6-0 no 65317 stands alongside Hawick shed in the summer of 1959.

Hawick [2nd]: Another photograph showing A1 Pacific no 60152 Holyrood with the summer Saturday 0950 Edinburgh - Sheffield (on this occasion extended to St Pancras) heading south from Hawick in July 1959. The train has just crossed the River Teviot after leaving the station, emerging from behind the west end of Duke Street on the extreme right and passing the abandoned pens of Oliver's Auction Mart. The spire of St Andrews Church on North Bridge Street stands in the left background. See image [[23300]]

Joppa [2nd]: Haymarket V2 no 60827 photographed passing through Joppa station in July 1959 at the head of an up ECML service.

Joppa [2nd]: A3 Pacific no 60087 Blenheim is about to run through Joppa station with an ECML service heading for Waverley on 11 July 1959. The Pacific was based in Edinburgh from BR nationalisation through to eventual withdrawal in October 1963, with spells at both Haymarket and St Margarets sheds.

Hawick [2nd]: Gresley N2 0-6-2T no 69510 photographed in the shed yard at Hawick in the summer of 1959. In steam!

Hawick [2nd]: One of Canal shed's A3 Pacifics no 60079 Bayardo stands at Hawick on 11 July 1959 preparing to leave for home with the 2.30pm ex-Edinburgh Waverley.

Joppa [2nd]: V2 2-6-2 no 60813 runs through Joppa station on 11 July 1959 with a southbound ECML service.

Joppa [2nd]: A2 Pacific no 60529 'Pearl Diver' picks up speed through Joppa with an up ECML train a few minutes after leaving Waverley in the summer of 1959.

Corkerhill Shed: Class 2P 4-4-0 40615 stands on the scrap road at Corkerhill shed in July 1962.

Hawkhead [1st]: The up side building at the former Hawkhead station in 1962, seen from the loading bank. See image [[19244]].

Corkerhill Shed: Black 5s being coaled and watered at Corkerhill shed in July 1962.

Hawkhead [1st]: 72002 Clan Campbell runs light engine through Hawkhead station towards Glasgow in July 1962.

Hawkhead [1st]: Entrance to the old Hawkhead station from the overbridge on the east side of Hawkhead Road in July 1962. The current single platform station was built on the west side of the bridge.

Hawkhead [1st]: The building and covered stairway on the Paisley Canal bound platform at Hawkhead in July 1962. In the background stands the substantial Bells Laundry which, like the station buildings, is long gone. The current single platform station stands on the other side of the roadbridge.

Carlisle: Britannia 70044 Earl Haig at Carlisle platform 4 on 11 July 1964. The Pacific has just taken over the 10.35am summer Saturday Glasgow Central - Blackpool Central.

Carlisle: Jubilee 4-6-0 no 45736 Phoenix passing Crown Street goods depot on the southern approach to Carlisle in the 1960s with the 3.40pm ex-Bradford. No 45736 was one of the pair of specially rebuilt versions of the class, along with 45735 Comet see image [[23555]]. This particular example was withdrawn from Kingmoor in September 1964 and cut up at Hughes Bolckows, North Blyth, the following January.

Carlisle: A2 60524 Herringbone held at signals alongside Carlisle platform 4 on 11 July 1964. The Polmadie Pacific had just brought in the 10.35am summer Saturday Glasgow Central - Blackpool Central. The train would continue its journey south behind Crewe North Britannia Pacific 70044 Earl Haig see image [[57749]].

Carlisle: One of Blackpool's batch of Jubilees, no 45584 North West Frontier, stands alongside platform 4 at a misty Carlisle station on 11 July 1964. The locomotive had arrived on the 8.50am summer Saturday working from Blackpool Central, with through coaches for Perth and Edinburgh Princes Street and was awaiting the signal to head for Upperby.

Montreux: A 1964 photograph of a Lausanne to Brig stopping service at Montreux, hauled by an SBB Ae 3/5 electric. By that date these locomotives were already some forty years old.

Carlisle Kingmoor Shed: A2 no 60522 Straight Deal spent her final years up to withdrawal in mid 1965 as a resident of 66A Polmadie. The Pacific is seen here on Kingmoor shed in July 1964, having worked into Carlisle earlier that day on the noon train from Glasgow St Enoch.

Edinburgh Waverley: Waverley station pilot, class 08 shunter D3878, rests between duties at the east end in the summer of 1969.

Ryde St John's Road: A pair of Seaspeed tickets for the return crossing from Portsmouth to Ryde and a pair of Island Line tickets for the journey from Ryde St. John's Road to Shanklin & return on 11 July 1969. It was an extremely hot and pleasing day, with the sand at Shanklin burning your bare feet as you walked around, but that ended when I found a £2 parking ticket on the car on return to Portsmouth. It was about the only street that didn't have 24 hour parking, no doubt to catch out ferry users, and no visible signs to indicate that it was only 3 hours. It was one of the days out, East, West & South with my girlfriend of 20 months whilst we were holidaying for two weeks in Southsea near her brother and his family. She was very forgiving of my rail visits during the trip, as we went on to be together for 50 years.

Dalnaspidal: Freights about to cross at Dalnaspidal in the summer of 1970 - looking north.

Kirby Cross: The down platform at Kirby Cross, looking east towards Frinton and Walton-on-Naze on 11th July 1976. Passenger business on the branch was very good that summer as many sought to escape the exceptional inland heat and drought with days at the seaside. The already parched vegetation on the platform would not see normal rainfall for another two months.

Brighton: Electro-diesel 73001 is released from its arrival platform to await its next turn of duty at Brighton on July 11th 1978. These versatile locomotives have proved very useful since their introduction in 1962 and several remain in active service. This particular example, however, is now preserved at the Dean Forest Railway.

Ayr: A pair of class 20s with a coal train held at Ayr platform 3 in July 1978 as the station pilot manoeuvres a rake of parcels vans at the north end of the station.

Brighton Goods: A trip freight on the Brighton Lower Goods line, recorded on a hot and hazy 11th July 1978. The brick pillars once supported an extension of the Brighton Locomotive works which closed around 1960. The lower yard closed in October 1980 and the track bed to it was later transformed into the Brighton Greenway.

Stranraer Harbour: Scene at Stranraer Harbour in July 1979.

Newcastle Central: Deltic 55007 Pinza stands at Newcastle Central on 11 July 1981 with the last leg of 1S27 Plymouth - Edinburgh Waverley.

Newcastle Central: Deltic 55010 (minus nameplate on one side), alongside Newcastle Central station on 11 July 1981.

Caldew Viaduct [Dentonholme South]: A northbound cement train crosses the doomed bridge over the River Caldew on the Carlisle goods lines shortly after passing through Rome Street Junction in July 1981. The Rome Street gasometer dominates the left background. Damage caused to this bridge by runaway Freightliner vehicles on 1 May 1984 led to final closure of the goods lines.

Newcastle Central: Sir Gordon Richards 1953 Epsom Derby winner Pinza lends its name to Deltic 55007, photographed on the last leg of 1S27 Plymouth - Edinburgh at Newcastle Central on 11 July 1981.

Dalmeny: 101 318 at Dalmeny with a Fife bound train in July 1985.

Radley: DMU L400 northbound in Radley station at 1542 hours on 11 July 1985.

Radley: BR Class 58 58021, southbound with a coal train for Didcot Power Station, passing Radley at 1530 hours on 11 July 1985.

Dunblane Junction: The line from Dunblane to Callander closed entirely on 1st November 1965, save for a stub to serve Springbank mill being retained at the Dunblane end. The stub was cut back further when the mill closed in the 1970s, leaving only a very short section of the original branch. However, this has not prevented the odd passenger train from making an attempt to reach Doune and Callander. Shown here is a Class 101 DMU that, in July 1986, has given this tough challenge its best shot.

Earl's Court [Metro]: District Line platforms, Earls Court, July 1986.

Goathland: Austerity 2-10-0 Dame Vera Lynn climbs into Goathland up the 1 in 49 with a train for Pickering in July 1989.

Clachnaharry: 37408 Loch Rannoch crossing Clachnaharry Swing Bridge in July 1991 with a service to Wick and Thurso.

Glengonnar: The driver of Hunslet 0-4-0ST no 823 'Irish Mail' has a rest as his fireman takes a few pictures while the train waits at the halt on the Leadhills 2 ft gauge railway in July 1993.

Wicklow: The station nameboard at Wicklow in July 1993 - its Irish name means church of the toothless one.

Cranmore: The Zambezi Sawmills 3' 6' gauge 4-8-0 on the East Somerset Railway in July 1993. The locomotive was later moved to the NRM at Shildon.

Leadhills: Hunslet NG no 823 'Irish Mail' waiting with the next train at Leadhills station on the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway in July 1993. The locomotive was visiting from the West Lancashire Light Railway.

Largs: View from the north end of Crawford Street, Largs, following the unscheduled demolition of part of the station by the 06.15 from Glasgow Central on 11 July 1995 see image [[19774]]. The western section of the building along the side of what was platform 4 (latterly platform 2) is clearly shown. To the right was a small car park. The glazed roof, which rested on that part of the building, is precariously balanced. All was swept away in the subsequent demolition.

Largs: Late aftermath of the Largs station crash on 11 July 1995, involving that morning's 0615 service from Glasgow Central. See image [[21760]]

Largs: The damaged front end of the train which demolished Largs station can be seen between the two G&D Cunningham vehicles.

Largs: Accident at Largs on 11 July 1995 involving the 0615 service from Glasgow Central. The trains brakes failed, it hit the buffers, jumped 3 feet in the air, ran on through the station, then through the shops on Main Street. [Witness statement at the time]. Remarkably there were no serious injuries...but Largs station was never the same again!

Largs: The Largs crash of 11 July 1995 - the front portion of the 0615 from Glasgow Central stands in Main Street.

Largs: View towards the ex-buffer stops at Largs following the accident on 11 July 1995. Taken not long after the crash and just before being told by the police to leave the station due to its dangerous condition.

Largs: The Largs crash of 11 July 1995 - the rear portion of the 0615 from Glasgow Central stands at platform 1.

Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll: 153313 makes for Holyhead at the unpronounceable Llanfair PG on 11th July 1996.

Dalmuir: 314 216 on a service to Motherwell via Singer stands under the well known platform Portakabins at Dalmuir in July 1997. The Portakabins survive 11 years on.

Markinch: The pre-interchange era Markinch station in July 1998 with 158 723 on a service to Waverley.

Kingsley and Froghall: Kingsley and Froghall station under (re)construction. The new building is different from the original but a fine addition. View looks to Oakamoor.

Ipstones: Ipstones, on the Staffordshire Railway, looking west away from Caldon Low. There is track under that foliage ... somewhere.

Whitmore: Looking north towards Crewe over the site of the former Whitmore station in 2003.

Wavertree Technology Park: Looking west to Liverpool at Wavertree Technology Park station in 2003. There is a lift down to the platform - or one can brave the 58 steps.

Liverpool Riverside: Looking south towards the site of Liverpool Riverside station in July 2003. The Cammell Laird shipyard can be seen across the Mersey in Birkenhead and Princes Dock stands on the left. See image [[24714]]

Powderhall Loop: Looking west towards Leith Walk from Broughton Road in July 2004. The land on the left, once part of Brown Bros Rosebank Engineering Works, was being prepared for a planned housing development. In the left background, beyond Dryden Street footbridge, is the former Shrubhill Tram Depot, also standing on land scheduled for redevelopment. [Addendum: The Powderhall branch has since closed, with Powderhall depot ceasing operations in 2016 and that site also earmarked for future housing.]

Carstairs: Lowland Sleeper arriving at Carstairs on 11 July 2006 behind EWS 90022. Here the 16 coach train will be split into Glasgow and Edinburgh portions.

Carstairs South Junction: Coal empties approaching Carstairs from the south in the summer of 2006 behind EWS 66203.

Carstairs: Coal empties about to draw to a halt after being routed into the down loop at Carstairs station to allow passage of the sleeper on the morning of 11 July 2006.

Carstairs: Scene at Carstairs at 6.25am on a pleasant Tuesday morning in the Summer of 2006. The 16 coach Caledonian Sleeper from Euston arrived 11 minutes earlier behind EWS 90022. The train has been split and 90022 is about to continue its journey to Glasgow Central with what is now an 8 coach train. Meantime 37405 has been coupled up to the other end and is preparing to depart with the rear 8 coaches for Edinburgh Waverley.

Ravenstruther: The Glasgow portion of the Lowland Sleeper passing Ravenstruther early on 11 July 2006. EWS 90022 brought the train north from Euston and has recently dropped the rear 8 coaches at Carstairs. See image [[49805]].

Belah: Belah box looking to the former viaduct.

Lampits Junction: 37405 takes the Edinburgh portion of the Caledonian Sleeper northeast away from Carstairs on 11 July 2006.

Carstairs: The early morning sun has just appeared on 11 July 2006 as EWS 37405, sporting a 40B (Immingham) shed plate, prepares to leave with the Edinburgh portion of the Lowland Caledonian Sleeper. EWS 90022 has just left with the Glasgow portion see image [[49805]].

Carstairs: EWS 66203 held in the down loop at Carstairs station on the morning of 11 July 2006 with coal empties.

Carstairs: EWS 66203 is held in Carstairs station down loop with a train of coal empties, early on 11 July 2006. Above the wall on Strawfrank Road the Station Hotel is displaying a 'for sale' sign.

Ravenstruther: Glasgow portion of the Lowland Sleeper passing Ravenstruther on 11 July 2006. Locomotive is 90022.

Carstairs: Early one morning. EWS 90022 'Freight Connection' stands well beyond the down platform at Carstairs at 0620 on 11 July 2006, having just brought in the 16 coach Caledonian Sleeper from Euston. Back in the station the train is being divided between coaches 8 and 9, following which 90022 will continue to Glasgow Central and the rear portion will head for Edinburgh Waverley behind EWS 37405 see image [[9871]].

Carstairs: 90022 pulls up well north of the platform at Carstairs with the 16 coach Caledonian Sleeper from Euston. The rear 7 coaches will be uncoupled to form the Edinburgh portion following which 90022 will take the remaining 8 on to Glasgow Central. July 2006.

Raith's Farm Sidings: View north showing progress on the EWS Raiths Farm development on 11 July.

Bridge of Earn: National emblems about to bloom.

Bo'ness: LNER class D49 No 246 Morayshire at Boness on 11 July 2008.

Birkhill: Preserved ex-LNER D49 4-4-0 no 246 Morayshire runs round at Birkhill on 11 July 2008.

Transport Scotland: Press Release Image

Carlisle Kingmoor TMD: Preserved class 50 no 50049 Defiance on display at the DRS Kingmoor TMD open day on 11 July.

Rosyth: 170 402 runs into Rosyth station on a service direct from Dalgety Bay on the other side of the circle during diversions caused by engineering work on 11 July 2009.

Carlisle Kingmoor TMD: DRS class 37 locomotive no 37229 on display during the open day at the Kingmoor DRS depot, Carlisle, on 11 July 2009.

Carlisle Kingmoor TMD: Looking through the DRS shed at Kingmoor during the open day on 11 July 2009, with 66431 standing at the head of the line.

Carlisle Kingmoor TMD: 37087 on display at the DRS Kingmoor Open Day in Carlisle on 11 July 2009.

Carlisle Kingmoor TMD: Mr Stobart's eponymous engine no 66411 at the DRS Open Day at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD on 11 July 2009.

Rosyth: Next stop Dalgety Bay instead of the otherwise inevitable Inverkeithing. The little-used north to east curve at Inverkeithing sees two weekends of glory during the seemingly now annual closure of the Forth Bridge. With Inverkeithing station closed trains are diverted to curve round going back North, some going to Dundee (as here) some forming a true Fife Circle service. 11 July 2009.

Dunfermline Town: 158 726, having arrived at the up platform at Dunfermline Town on a diversion caused by the Bridge closure, waits to depart on a true Fife Circle service on 11 July 2009

Carlisle Kingmoor TMD: Scene inside the DRS Depot at Kingmoor during the open day on 11 July 2009.

Pollokshields West: In order to turn the set so that the class 87 would be leading heading back south, the 'Electric Scot' railtour did a spin around the Cathcart Circle headed by Class 47 no 47786 'Roy Castle OBE'. 87002 was dead in tow at the rear.

Queens Park: 87002 heads the return leg of the 'Electric Scot' railtour through Queens Park on 11th July. When was the last time a class 87 passed through here?

Carlisle Kingmoor TMD: DRS 47593 looking smart for the Kingmoor TMD open day on 11 July 2009.

Le Grand-Pressigny: CFD d'Indre-et-Loire (reseau sud).  11 July 2010.  Former railway bridge now put to alternative use across the River Claise just outside le Grand-Pressigny station near the end of the former Ligueil - le Grand Pressigny line.

Le Grand-Pressigny: SNCF/CFD d'Indre-et-Loire (reseau sud). 11 July 2010. The sadly now derelict building at le Grand-Pressigny station, former terminus of the metre gauge line from Ligeuil which closed in 1949 and on the SNCF branch from Port-de-Piles on the main Tours-Poitiers line just north of Chatellerault to Tournon-St Martin which is no longer in use beyond Descartes.

Strand Road Level Crossing: The Lindsey to Preston Docks loaded bitumen tank train was significantly delayed on 11 July 2011 after 66061 failed during the journey and had to be rescued by 59205. The train is seen crossing Strand Road and about to enter the docks network.

Maidens: View north along the trackbed at the site of Maidens station on 11 July. The island platform was to the right. The subway was located below the wooden fence on the left see image [[34813]]. While the usual reference sources show the station name as 'Maidens', a photograph of the platform nameboard in the 1930s shows it as 'Maidens for Kirkoswald'. [See 'Rails to Turnberry and Heads of Ayr' by David McConnell & Stuart Rankin (Oakwood Press 2010)].

Salcey Forest: A sopping wet day on the Slow, Mouldy and Jolting. View looks East at Quinton, about a mile East of the M1, in July 2011.

Burntisland: DBS 67001 enters Burntisland on 11 July with the 17.08 Edinburgh - Fife - Edinburgh commuter train.

Waterloo East: Blazer spotting by the stairway that leads from Waterloo to Waterloo East, in July 2011.

Leyland: A Freightliner hauled Network Rail engineers train passes south through Leyland on 11 July 2011 with 70005 leading and dead 66511 tucked inside.

Burntisland: 170 456 and 158 786 pass at Burntisland on 11 July.

Maidens: The subway leading to the island platform at Maidens station from the west in July 2011. See image [[34856]]

Williton: GWR Collett 2-8-0 No 3850 about to take a train away from Williton Station on the West Somerset Railway on 11 July 2012, destination Bishops Lydeard.

New Bridge Level Crossing: Immaculate looking BR Standard class 9F 2-10-0 no 92214 about to run tender first over the level crossing at New Bridge, Pickering, on 11 July 2012 with a train for Grosmont.

Glaisdale: View north west over Glaisdale station on the Whitby line on 11 July 2012. The passing loop is still in use here although Glaisdale signal box is long closed see image [[18784]].

Strathcarron: Strathcarron station, a lovely spot, sees trains cross twice a day. This view in July 2012 shows 158715 heading for Kyle with 158719 eastbound for Inverness.

Avalanche Shelter: A Kyle to Inverness service heading east alongside Loch Carron in July 2012. 158715 enters the avalanche shelter at Attadale, with the station of the same name in the inlet just around the next headland.

Kyle of Lochalsh: With the Isle of Skye in the background 158719 stands at Kyle of Lochalsh terminus on 11 July 2012. The prominent Not to be Moved sign on the front cab does not indicate a faulty set but that the train's water tanks are being replenished by station staff before it leaves as the 1203hrs departure for Inverness.

Attadale: The small request stop at Attadale, near the shore of Loch Carron, often sees trains passing straight through but on this occasion 158707 has stopped to allow passengers to alight. The Class 158 is on an Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh service.

Strathcarron: Inverness based 158715 crosses the A890 main road as it leaves Strathcarron heading for Kyle of Lochalsh. From here the road runs alongside the railway almost all the way to Stromeferry with a number of vantage points.

Avalanche Shelter: Loch Carron is mill pond smooth at high tide as 158715 approaches the avalanche shelter near Attadale. The train is running on the reclaimed land which pushed the railway further out into the loch when the road was built between it and the cliff face in the 1960s.

St Mard: Ligne Marans - St Jean d'Angely. This metre gauge line operated between 1896 and 1950. St Mard station, now a private dwelling, looking east.

Glaisdale: Three men and a trolley. PW team heading north west from Glaisdale along the Esk Valley line in the direction of Battersby in July 2012.

Kyle of Lochalsh: Looking north from the station approach bridge at Kyle in July 2012 it appeared at first as if the signal box was surrounded by scaffolding. In fact there was just an empty space inside the poles and planks as it has been removed by the Friends of the Kyle Line for restoration. See image [[26328]]

Lochailort: Beyond Fort William, the Mallaig Extension Railway is known for its steep gradients and tight curvature as well as impressive scenery. All three are illustrated in this photograph taken on 11 July 2012, which shows Black 5 No 45407 climbing the tightly curved 1 in 50 gradient out of Lochailort with 'The Jacobite' steam service to Mallaig. Loch Ailort dominates the background.

Minehead: Ex-GWR Churchward 2-8-0 no 3850 on the turntable alongside Minehead station on 11 July 2012.

Kyle of Lochalsh: Newly arrived 158719 stands at the quayside station in Kyle of Lochalsh on 11 July 2012, with the Skye Bridge in the background.

Egton: Platform scene at Egton on the Esk Valley line in July 2012. View is west in the general direction of Middlesbrough.

Williton: 'Isn't that a... certainly not... well I'm sure it was at one time!' The unique 9351, photographed at Williton on the West Somerset Railway on 11 July 2012. This locomotive, now a 2-6-0, was rebuilt from GWR 'Large Prairie' 2-6-2T No 5193.

Attadale: Kyle of Lochalsh bound 158707 heads away from the camera after calling at Attadale Halt with an afternoon service from Inverness in July 2012. Taken from the north (sea loch) side, with the A890 road on the other side of the line.

Strathcarron: 158715 and 158719 meet at Strathcarron on the Kyle of Lochalsh line on 11th July 2012.

Williton: 7828 'Norton Manor', newly named to commemorate the Royal Marines of 40 Commando, photographed at Williton on the West Somerset Railway on 11 July 2012.

Glaisdale: The closed and shuttered signal box on the westbound platform at Glaisdale in July 2012. View east towards Whitby.

Greenock Central: HMP Greenock in partnership with New College Lanarkshire has adopted Greenock Central Station with this display of colourful artwork.

Chapelthorpe: Looking north east along Stoney Lane, towards Chapelthorpe, with the full width lower section of the blue brick abutment to the former overbridge, on the Middlestown Junction to Notton Junction line (closed 1968), still in situ on the right. The bridge spanned the road just before the Bay Horse public house on the left, and acted as the boundary between Chapelthorpe village and Hall Green which is located at this side.

Forton: 20304 leads the morning Crewe to Sellafield flask train through the cutting at Forton on 11 July. Tucked in behind the Type 1 is 57008 followed by a single flask. The Class 57 led the pair on the return to Crewe with the evening service.

Heatherslaw Mill: End of the day on the Heatherslaw Light Railway on 11 July 2015.

Bargeddie: Contractors dismantling OHLE equipment on 11th July 2015, the first day of the 2 week line closure for the installation of the new viaduct.

Norham: Road entrance to the old station at Norham on the Tweedmouth - Kelso line, which closed to all traffic in 1965.

Toddington: Freightliner 47376 on passenger duties at Toddington on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway on 11 July 2015.

Bargeddie: View from just beyond Bargeddie station on 11 July, showing road/rail vehicles in use by contractors preparing to remove the track. This was the first day of the 2 week line closure for the installation of the new viaduct.

Toddington: A 3 car DMU set arriving at Toddington on 11 July 2015.

Toddington: Ex-GWR Collett 2-6-2T 5542 about to go on shed at Toddington on 11 July 2015. In the background Freightliner 47376 stands at the platform with a train.

Toddington: Freightliner 47376 on passenger duties at Toddington on 11 July 2015.

Tannochside Viaduct: The piers of the viaduct that once carried the Caledonian Railway Tannochside (Nackerty) branch line across the North Calder water, seen on a dull 11th July 2015.

Sunniside: If you go down to the woods today, you will find a coal wagon acting as a 'gate guardian' at the North end of the Tanfield Railway. For a little more steam see image [[42633]].

Birkhead Gardens: The Birkhead Gardens, near the Tanfield Railway, claims to have a Railway Theme. I can't help feeling that these flanged wheels never actually ran on rails.

Tyne Marshalling Yard: Tyne Yard has excellent photographic viewpoints from the long road over rail bridge, and there's always something new to see. There is an 08, a 66, and a 67 in the background of this shot; but pride of place goes to the Loram rail grinding train, which has echoes of 1950's Packard cars in its styling. View looks southwards in July 2015.

Kingston Park: There's something rather Continental about some sections of the Tyne and Wear Metro. Trams for South Hylton (left) and Airport (right) are shown crossing in this evening view at Kingston Park in July 2015.

Cardiff Central: View west of the new Cardiff Central Platform 8 under construction.

Cardiff Central: The new platform 8 is currently taking shape at Cardiff Central. This is the view on 11 July 2016 looking back from the west end of platform 7.

Edinburgh Waverley: Jings, crivvens, help ma' boab, it's Rugby Willie at Waverley.

Furness Abbey: A Class 185 unit heads away from the camera towards Barrow-in-Furness as it passes the site of Furness Abbey station on 11 July 2016. The station closed to passengers in 1950 and all traces of it have gone.

Hayes Knoll: This shot of the garden train is the SCR's contribution to the GWML electrification program!

Helensburgh Central: The station frontage on East Princes Street.

Woodacre Crossing: The first Fellsman since 2015, and one of only five planned for the limited 2017 season, set off in atrocious weather on 11th July behind 45690 Leander, seen passing Woodacre on the outward leg. Thankfully it was much sunnier for the return trip.

Edinburgh Waverley: Layout at Waverley following platform extension work currently in progress. Platform 12 is due for completion by the end of the year, followed by 5 and 6 by July 2018.

Wemyss Bay: PS Waverley at speed off Wemyss Bay on 11 July 2017. Unfortunately she has been off service for several days now due to repairs to her air-pump. Not ideal at the height of the Clyde season.

Baillieston: The new Muirhead Road overbridge, due to open in September 2018, awaits surfacing on the carriageway and pavement. The services are now carried in ducts on the east (right) side of the bridge.

Thirsk: The Down side waiting shelter at Thirsk Station, with the first northbound Grand Central working of the day to Sunderland standing at platform 2 on 11th July 2018. The shelter previously also served a main line face of the downside platform, as witnessed by the bricked up doorway seen at the right hand end of the front wall. Both up and down main line platform faces were removed some years ago.

York: Scotrail liveried Turbostar 170477 sits in platform 11 ready to form the 1010hrs Northern Rail service to Burley Park via Harrogate in July 2018. The train actually terminates at Leeds but, to avoid anyone mistaking it for a fast service to Leeds, it is announced as a service to Harrogate that then goes forward calling at all stations to Burley Park. Not very easy for tourists who want to go to Leeds via the scenic route to know that it does go through to Leeds after calling at the last station indicated. The 170 Scotrail interior was so impressive that a lady with her daughter, and grandchild in a pushchair, asked if they were allowed to use the leading carriage I was in with a standard class ticket.

Trumpington Street [Tram]: This view North along Trumpington Street (reproduced on a screen inside a bank) is very little changed today, apart from modern street furniture, and tarmac where 4-foot gauge tram rails used to be. see image [[41164]]

Baillieston: Looking northwest across the carriageway of the new overbridge at Baillieston. I can see two very good reasons why this is unlikely to continue as a vantage point for taking photographs of trains passing through Baillieston see image [[15768]].

Bay Horse: DB 66167 runs south along the WCML at Forton, just south of Bay Horse, on the evening of 11th July 2018 hauling the Carlisle (and Hardendale Quarry) to Margam limestone train. This is the view from Stony Lane bridge.

Niddrie North Junction: Ordnance Survey circa 1947 marked with main junction names for the central section of the Lothian Lines.

York: DRS owned large logo 37401 Mary Queen of Scots sits in the DRS stabling siding between York station and the new NR signalling centre. This loco was the first of the two Class 37s, both now in operation with DRS on Cumbrian Coast passenger services, that were extensively rebuilt at Bo'ness by volunteers of the Scottish Railway Preservation Society diesel group. The second, 37403, is SPRS owned and on hire to DRS, whilst a further SRPS loco, 37025, is on hire to Colas for use hauling NR test trains around the UK network. Didn't they do well.

Sunnyside Junction: 37059 passing Summerlee with the Network Rail test train on 11th July 2019. A preserved West German tram is in the background, although the destination blind does say Airdrie.

Crimple Valley Viaduct: View looking in a south easterly direction, from the Great Yorkshire Showground at Harrogate in July 2019, showing the extant Crimple Valley Viaduct on the section of line between Starbeck station and Pannel station that previously formed a loop through Harrogate with the Wetherby line. The section of trackbed to left of the viaduct forms the access road to the showground from Wetherby road. There is also a taller Crimple Valley Viaduct nearby, on the present line between Pannel and Harrogate that uses the former Wetherby line into Harrogate, and crossed the line from Starbeck.

Oxford: DB Schenker 60017, westbound through Didcot, enroute to Robeston with oil tanks from Theale on 11th July 2019.

Penrith: Platform furniture, and the new footbridge, on the up side at Penrith in July 2019.

Didcot Parkway: Colas 70816's manufacturer's details.

Penrith: Colas Rail track machine stabled in the down sidings at Penrith on 11th July 2019.

Oxford: DB Schenker 66047, in Maritime Blue, with a northbound freight through Oxford on 11th July 2019.

Blairhill: The Network Rail Test train, running through Blairhill late in the evening of 11th July 2019, heading eastwards after its tour round the West.

Penrith: The comunity garden on the down platform at Penrith in July 2019.

Penrith: 350407 waits departure from Penrith North Lakes with a Glasgow Central to Manchester Airport service on 11th July 2019.

Leadhills: Essential track maintenance being undertaken at Leadhills station on 11th July 2019, with diesel shunter 'Luce' shunting the ballast.

Sunnyside Junction: 37059 leads the Network Rail Test train out of Whifflet Loops at Sunnyside Junction on 11th July 2019. The train was heading for a tour of the West with 37218 bringing up the rear.
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Leadhills: The leverframe inside the signal box at Leadhills on 11th July 2019, which I was informed came from Arrochar and Tarbet box.

Leadhills: Different types of upper and lower quadrent signals at Leadhills looking towards Wanlockhead in July 2019.

Kimberley Park: In 2019, the Mid Norfolk Railway did good business storing brand new Stadler rolling stock on behalf of Abellio Greater Anglia during the phased replacement of all of the passenger stock operated by the franchise. This photo shows the stock (Classes 745 and 755, including Stanstead Express and regional/intercity bi-mode) stabled on specially laid sidings north of Kimberley Park station on 11th July 2019 pending testing and commissioning. In service, their home became Crown Point.

Leadhills: Signal box and array of signals at Leadhills on 11th July 2019.

Tay Bridge: An unidentified Class 170 crosses the Tay Bridge into Dundee on the 11th July 2019. Taken from the V&A viewing balcony, which may offer a good photo of the bridge if you have a long lens!

Princes Risborough: Princes Risborough North Signal box seen from a passing train in July 2019. The box is on the west side at the north end of the station.

Didcot Parkway: Freightliner 66590 standing at signals in Didcot Station, waiting to depart for Southampton MCT on 11th July 2019.

Belmont Junction [Harrogate]: View south to the level crossing and small Belmont crossing box on Forest Lane, Starbeck, between Starbeck and Knaresborough stations. The level crossing is a short distance from the location of the east junction for the triangle that connected with the former line that ran between Starbeck station and Pannel station on the Harrogate to Leeds line. The present line runs on the north to east chord of the triangle, although old maps indicate the northern junction was known as South Junction.

Belmont Junction [Harrogate]: View north west of the small Belmont crossing box on Forest Lane, Starbeck, between Starbeck and Knaresborough stations. The level crossing is a short distance from the location of the east junction for the triangle that connected with the former line that ran between Starbeck station and Pannel station on the Harrogate to Leeds line. The present line runs on the north to east chord of the triangle, although old maps indicate the northern junction was known as South Junction.

Didcot Parkway: Colas 70816, heading an infrastructure train at Didcot, running from Hinksey near Oxford to Eastleigh on 11th July 2019.

Belmont Junction [Harrogate]: Ex-Scotrail Turbostar DMU 170477, now in Northern Rail latest livery, speeds across Belmont level crossing mid morning, after leaving Starbeck station on a working between Leeds and York via Harrogate in July 2019. See image [[65544]] at York on same date a year before, when still in Scotrail livery

Oxford: EWS/DB Schenker 59202, southbound through Oxford heading for Whatley Quarry with empties on 11th July 2019.

Radstock [S and DR]: This rather nice pub sign in Radstock appears to have been copied from a colourised photograph. The irony is that the pub is some distance uphill from either the GWR or S&D stations; it may actually be nearer to Midsomer Norton South.

Aughaville: The single platform at Aughaville survives together with the original corrugated iron waiting room as part of the garden of a new house constructed adjacent. View looks east towards Drimoleague, from a former level crossing immediately to the west of the station, in July 2020. The station opened here in 1886 as part of the development of the Bantry line but closure came in 1961.

Wellow: Just when I thought I had tracked down every relic of the S&D in the Bath area, I took a wrong turn in July 2020 and found this viaduct just north of Wellow station. Notice that the up side (to the right) is built of stone, but the down side is a later addition in brick as at Shepton Mallet: see image [[26159]].

Ballineen and Enniskean: The former edge of the up (Cork) platform at Ballineen and Enniskeane is visible running up to the wall of the playpark with the now abandoned station building and station master's house to the left. The car appears to be sitting partly on the former down platform and partly on the filled-in trackbed. Aside from the passing loop there was a small engine shed located at the western end of the down platform, a ballast pit and sidings to the south and west (now woodland), a goods store and loading bank (which survive on private land belonging to a pitch and putt course) and a cattle pen and loading area to the west of the station.

Bandon: View of the former up (Cork) side of the island platform and station buildings at Bandon. The trackbed has been removed, presumably to facilitate the adjacent road construction. The original low-level station was opened in 1849 and was a terminus until the line was completed westwards by 1866. The new high-level station was opened in 1894 and served until closure in 1961 with the low-level station remaining as the goods station. The high-level station pictured now serves as Cork County Council offices.

Aughaville: View westwards in Bantry direction across the former level crossing to the west of the surviving station at Aughaville. The trackbed entered a cutting here but it has been filled in and no trace of the line survives for some distance westwards from here.

Lochailort: The West Highland line will fully re-open for passengers tomorrow (Monday, July 13) following the successful completion of repair works between Fort William and Mallaig. The line had been closed by damaged tracks at Lochailort after extreme rainfall caused a nearby stream to overflow and wash-away a section of the railway embankment beneath the line. Engineers have worked around-the-clock to replace more than 1,600 tons of material washed away by the flash-flood on June 25 and to install new under-track drainage systems and relay over 80 metres of track.

Ballineen and Enniskean: The substantial former station building, and station master's house, at Ballineen & Enniskean between Clonakilty Junction and Dunmanway. The building is now abandoned although it seems to have seen service as a community facility. This station opened in 1891 to replace previous separate stations in Enniskean and Ballineen villages which were open from 1866 to 1891. This consolidation with a reasonably centrally located station certainly made sense given the two villages have expanded to join each other, but closure came on 31 March 1961. View looks in the Cork direction in 2020.

Bow Road: A short distance west of the disused ex-GER Bow Road station is the still open LUL District and Hammersmith & City Lines station, seen here on 8th July 2021. This was opened on 2nd June 1902 by the Whitechapel & Bow Railway that extended District trains east from Whitechapel to a connection with the LT&SR at Cambell Road Junction, west of Bromley-by-Bow. This station entrance is now a Grade 1 Listed Structure, identical almost to Stepney Green station on the same line, but which is not listed.

Brock Water Troughs: Unusual working on the WCML on 11th July 2022. Royal liveried 67005 hauls Bellmond Pullman coaches north at Brock in an empty stock move from Stewarts Lane to Bo'ness where they were scheduled to stable overnight, ahead of an excursion back to London via York the following day.