Lock 10 [CC]: The crew of the 'M V Glenshira' have opened the Lock 10 lower gates as she passes through the Crinan Canal on 13th July 1959. Lock 11, with its rolling footbridge, is in the background. Photo by G H Robin

Bridge Street: Original Central bridge from south.

Eglinton Street: Jubilee 45703 Thunderer nearing journey's end as it passes Eglinton Street on 13 July 1962 with a Manchester - Glasgow train.

Eglinton Street: Jubilee 45688 Polyphemus runs through Eglinton Street, shortly after leaving Glasgow Central with the 6.58pm to Penzance on Glasgow Fair Friday 13 July 1962.

Barncluith Tunnel: 70090 climbing from tunnel to Hamilton (Central) with coal train.

Barncluith Viaduct: 77006 leaving Barncluith Tunnel with Buchanan Street - Hamilton train.

Hamilton West: Looking south. Hamilton (West) - originally a terminus.

Hamilton West: Looking north. Hamilton (West) - originally a terminus.

Eglinton Street: 46249 City of Sheffield runs south through Eglinton Street, early in the evening of 13 July 1962, shortly after leaving Glasgow Central with the 7.20pm to London Euston.

Carlisle: Gresley A4 Pacific 60012 Commonwealth of Australia, photographed shortly after arrival at Carlisle platform 1 on 13 July 1963. The train is the 9.30am London St Pancras - Glasgow St Enoch.

Carlisle: Rebuilt Patriot no 45526 Morecambe and Heysham about to take the 10.35am Glasgow Central - Blackpool out of Carlisle platform 4 on 13 July 1963.

Carlisle: Motherwell based Black 5 44786 leaves Carlisle on 13 July 1963 with the 1M28 summer Saturday Glasgow - Manchester relief service. The train will run via Hellifield.

Carlisle: The 1.40pm Stranraer Harbour - Newcastle Central pulls away from Carlisle on 13 July 1963 behind V2 2-6-2 60975.

Carlisle: Stanier Coronation Pacific 46235 City of Birmingham arrives at Carlisle from Glassgow Central on 13 July 1963 with a summer Saturday train for Blackpool.

Carlisle: Patriot class 4-6-0 no 45526 Morecambe and Heysham leaves Carlisle on 13 July 1963 after taking over the summer Saturday 10.35 am Glasgow Central - Blackpool.

Carlisle: Train 1S97, a Saturday relief London Euston - Glasgow St Enoch service, stands at Carlisle platform 1 on 13 July 1963 behind Camden shed's Stanier Pacific no 46240 City of Coventry.

Carlisle: V2 60975 ready to leave Carlisle on 13 July 1963 after taking over the 1.40pm Stranraer Harbour - Newcastle Central.

Carlisle: Rebuilt Patriot 4-6-0 no 45534 E Tootal Broadhurst passing Crown Street goods depot on the southern approach to Carlisle on 13 July 1963. The train is the 1S48 summer Saturday 9.20am Manchester Victoria - Glasgow Central which was routed via Hellifield and Kilmarnock.

Carlisle: 44786 at Carlisle on 13 July 1963 with a relief Glasgow Central - Manchester via Hellifield.

Carlisle: The 'London Midland & Scottish Goods Depot' sign is clearly visible on the front of Crown Street goods in July 1963 as Black 5 no 44886 is about to enter the station with the 3.40pm ex Bradford.

Carlisle: Kingmoor Black 5 no 44902 stands alongside Carlisle platform 4 on 13 July 1963, shortly after bringing in the noon arrival from St Enoch.

Carlisle: Fowler 2-6-4T no 42301 takes a break from station pilot duties in the west sidings at Carlisle on 13 July 1963.

Stirling North Junction: View from the three-hour Glasgow-Aberdeen express, leaving Stirling behind A3 60100 'Spearmint' on 13th July 1963. A surprise was in store at Perth where, for reasons unknown, the A3 was taken off the train and replaced by one of Perth's trusty Black Fives. Having left Perth eight minutes late, 44959 proved more than capable of keeping to Pacific timings reaching Aberdeen only four minutes down.

Carlisle: A Saturday evening at Carlisle in the summer of 1963 sees Fowler 2-6-4T no 42369 preparing to leave platform 4 with the 7.5pm stopping train to Appleby.

Hawick [2nd]: Black 5 no 45236 seen at Hawick in July 1964 with the 2.12pm Carlisle - Millerhill freight.

Hillington West: Standard 5MT 4-6-0 73009 passing Hillington West with the 12.50 Glasgow-Gourock on 13th July 1965.

St Erth: Milk tanks for Kensington Olympia awaiting collection at St Erth in July 1974.

Newburgh [2nd]: 40141 heads a special Down freight on the 13th of July 1978. Freight facilities at Newburgh were withdrawn in October 1979, with the signal box, loop and sidings being abolished during October 1980. But the station building was to remain standing for another 36 years.

York: 47425 takes a Newcastle Central - Kings Cross service south out of York on 21 July 1980, with York Minster dominating the background.

York: Looking south from the former excursion platform under Holgate Bridge, York, in July 1980. No 31309 has just left York station with a London bound parcels train and is about to pass an InterCity 125 HST on a Kings Cross - Edinburgh service which is slowing for the York stop.

York: A southbound HST calls at York in the summer of 1980.

York: A northbound excursion has just taken the York station avoiding line at Holgate Junction on 13 July 1980. One of York shed's own stud of class 47s no 47549 is at the head of the train. See image [[32251]]

Holgate Junction: 47549 brings a down special under Holgate Bridge and past the old racecourse excursion platform at York in July 1980. The train is about to take the York station avoiding line.

York: A DMU from Hull photographed shortly after arrival in bay platform 10 at York on 13 July 1980.

York: 31309 leaving York station for the south in July 1980 with a lengthy parcels train.

Byker: Looking back from a passing southbound train on the ECML towards Riverside Junction and the platforms of the closed Byker Station in the summer of 1985. The Riverside Branch was closed to passengers on 23 July 1973 but this end of the loop was retained to serve an industrial customer until 1988. [Ref query 4733]

Grimsby Town: Bay platform 3 at Grimsby Town on 13 July 1995. View is east towards Garden Street level crossing and signal box. The locking room of the listed box, which closed in September 1993, is encased in a blast wall, added as a wartime measure in 1940.

Redhill: View from a northbound service standing alongside platform 2 at Redhill station on 13 July 2002. A lengthy train of containers, ultimately destined for the Channel Tunnel, is approaching on the centre road, double headed by 66007 and 92008 Jules Verne.

Redhill: Looking south at Redhill on 13 July 2002 as a lengthy train of containers runs through the station on the centre road. Locomotives 66007 and 92008 Jules Verne are at the head of the train, which is signalled for the Channel Tunnel route via Ashford.

Perth: Looking north at the original Perth station, beyond the building to the right is the new portion from its massive enlargement.

St Leonards Bridge Junction: Inverness bound train approaches Perth from the south.

Perth: It's not unusual to see stations converted into carparks, on this occasion even when the station is still open. Cars sit in the cut-back northbound bay platforms.

Perth: Southbound 125 in Perths Dundee platforms. Note the out of use centre track partly lifted.

Perth: Perth inside the station extension in July 2003. This area was once the station forecourt and the station proper was beyond the building. The platform seen here is now the main Inverness platform.

Perth Glasgow Road: Steps down to the northern ticket platform 'Glasgow Road'. The Highland shed was to the left and the Earlsdyke Coal Depot was on the right. Looking north.

Perth Carriage Sidings: Perth carriage sidings looking a bit down at the mouth. A casualty of the change from locomotive haulage to DMUs. Note: now returned to use.

Perth: Ah! Feast your eyes on that glass ... the old trainshed of the original Perth station.

Perth: One time door to the SCR offices and now to the out of use carriage sidings. The line in the foreground now has a trainwasher. Prior to that it was used to store redundant wagons.

Perth: A very obscure location. The Dundee platforms are to the left and Inverness to the right. This is the enclosed space between the platforms looking to the junction.

Perth New Yard: Perth New Yard looking north. Redundant wagon storage, old turntable, grasslined sidings and the mainline to Inverness.

Pitlochry: Platforms not long enough? Extend in timber! Platform extensions at the south end of Pitlochry station.

Guay: A northbound 125 passing Guay in July 2003.

Greskine Signal Box: A northbound oil train climbing Beattock, photographed near Greskine in July 2006.

Harthope Viaduct: A northbound train crossing Harthope Viaduct, complete with its new deck, photographed looking south on 13 July 2006. Contractors are still on site and road traffic restrictions are still in place.

Harthope Viaduct: Northbound Voyager crossing Harthope Viaduct on 13 July 2006. The deck and other components of the viaduct had been replaced over the Easter holiday period.

Greskine Signal Box: An EWS 66 climbing Beattock Bank approaching Greskine in July 2006 with the Dalston - Grangemouth empty tanks.

Forteviot: Network Rail Measurement Train passing Forteviot on 13 July, heading for Craigentinny via Shotts.

Nethy Bridge: Remains of a bridge on the disused line between Craigellachie and Boat of Garten.

Nethy Bridge: The railway from Boat of Garten to Craigellachie once passed this way.

Nethy Bridge: A view of the trackbed looking towards Nethy Bridge.

Nethy Bridge: The piers of the viaduct that once carried the GNSR line over the River Spey.

Nethy Bridge: Closer view of one of the viaduct abutments

Nethy Bridge: Now on the other side of the Spey a timber replacement bridge has been added but not used for some time.Note the overgrown trackbed.

Nethy Bridge: Another view of the dodgy timber structure.

Broomhill: No. 17 is running at the maximum permissable speed as it passes the spot where the former GNSR line diverged.

Broomhill: Looking towards Boat of Garten with the embankment of the former GNSR line curving in from the left. Photo taken from an occupational crossing.

Spey Viaduct [Broomhill]: Another view of the old viaduct piers at Nethy Bridge, this time from the Boat of Garten side of the River Spey.

Crook of Devon: Looking east at the point where the Devon Valley Railway crossed the B9097 road near Tullivole Castle, east of Crook of Devon station. Does anyone know the old crossing name?

Bathgate LMD: Progress at Bathgate - view west on Sunday 13 July.

Bathgate STVA Aborted Siding: Sunday evening engineering activity east of Bathgate station on 13 July 2008. On the left is the aborted STVA siding.

Velines: Velines disused station building frontage and car park. Libourne - Bergerac - Sarlat branch.

Euston: Desiro unit 350 232 in London Midland livery departing London Euston in July 2009.

Velines: The heavily loaded 19.09 3-car DMU service to Sarlat, ex-Libourne, with car 2221 at the rear, offloads at Velines Station on 13 July 2009. Two reminders of home on the rear of and to the right of the last coach.

Velines: On time 18.49 departures from Velines; with modern Limoges based regional 2 car DMU on Bordeaux service arriving on left and local 2 car DMU on Bergerac service on right.

Forteviot: The 1114 Perth - Glasgow scuttles over the crossing at Forteviot on 13 July.

Armathwaite: With veteran ex-Carlisle Canal driver Gordon Hodgson at the regulator, 8F No. 48151 is doing a fair lick just north of Armathwaite Viaduct on 10 July 2013 with the northbound Fellsman.

Garsdale: Lights on in Garsdale signal box, late in the evening of 13 July 2010.

Garsdale: A Leeds - Carlisle service arriving at Garsdale on 13 July 2010.

Garsdale: A Leeds service approaches Garsdale from the north.

Garsdale: The memorial to Ruswarp on the up platform at Garsdale station. Photographed on 13 July 2010.

Garsdale: Night haul through Garsdale. A class 66 with a southbound coal train runs through Garsdale station on 13 July 2010.

Garsdale: A Leeds - Carlisle train arriving at Garsdale in July 2010.

Sanquhar: Overall view of progress on the station building at Sanquhar on 13 July 2010. See image [[7002]]

Sanquhar: View west over Sanquhar station on 13 July 2010 with the 12.19 service to Glasgow Central departing.

Clackmannan and Kennet: Freightliner 66510 passing through Clackmannan on 13 July with the 6G05 Ravenstruther - Longannet FHH coal train.

Alloa: Euro Cargo Rail badged 66071 passes Alloa Station on 13 July with the 4J06 empties to Hunterston.

Mallaig: The much reduced station at Mallaig on 13 July 2011. 156485 has just arrived from Fort William and Black 5 45231 wreathes the station (and observers) in smoke as it departs with the return working of 'The Jacobite'.

Alloa [1st]: 158871 leaves Alloa on 13 July with the 11.43 to Glasgow Queen Street.

Lochailort: Black 5 no 45231 The Sherwood Forester crosses the small causeway at the west end of Loch Eilt near Lochailort with the morning 'Jacobite' on 13 July 2011.

Brundall: DRS 47818 at the head of a Norwich - Great Yarmouth service arriving at Brundall, Norfolk, in July 2011 during a DMU shortage. DRS 47813 is bringing up the rear of the train.

Strathcarron: The 1757 Inverness to Kyle service runs alongside the A890 just west of Strathcarron station. 158707 was photographed in between courses at the (recommended) Carron Restaurant that overlooks the line at this point. The unit will stable overnight in Kyle and form the early morning service back to Inverness.

Strathcarron: There may not be much traction variety on the Kyle line but there are plenty of opportunities to get close to the lineside, not least around Strathcarron and Attadale. 158707 runs between the road and tidal Loch Carron as it heads for Kyle with the last train of the day, the 1757 from Inverness, on 13 July 2012.

Nuneaton: A down Pendolino about to pass Nuneaton platform 3 at full line speed. The damaged up end of the platform is clearly visible 38 years on from the crash see image [[41807]].

Wakefield Kirkgate: Canopy structures had been removed from much of platforms 2 and 3 at Wakefield Kirkgate by mid July 2012 as a precursor to the removal of most of the former overall roof supporting wall. See image [[39746]]

Carlisle: The area behind the stone screen wall at the south east corner of Carlisle station on the site of the former Collier Lane carriage sidings (and more recently the Motorail bay) is now a car park, with a remaining siding running alongside the wall. Northern unit 158816 was temporarily stabled there on 13 July before later moving into platform 6 from which it left with a scheduled service to Leeds.

Toddington: GWR 2807 in the cutting near Toddington Station on 13 July 2013.

Farringdon: Now withdrawn LUL C stock, on a clockwise Circle Line service, arriving at Farringdon station on a scorching hot 13th July 2013. This station was the original terminus of the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first Underground line, opened on 10th January 1863 as Farringdon Street and renamed Farringdon & High Holborn in 1923 before becoming simply Farringdon in 1936. The station is actually in the district of Clerkenwell and there have been many suggestions over the years that it should be renamed so, but so far to no avail.

Toddington: Pale blue Peak no 45149, undergoing restoration on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway on 13 July.

National Railway Museum York: The six surviving Gresley A4s lined up around the turntable in the Great Hall of the NRM on 13 July 2013 during The Great Gathering.

National Railway Museum York: Numbers 7, 8 and 9 lined up together in the Great Hall of the NRM on 13 July 2013 sporting suitable headboards to commemorate The Great Gathering. See image [[43776]]

Toddington: A green Southern Railway/BR(S) Scammell tractor and Trailer, in Toddington (GWR) Station Car Park on 13 July.

York: Merged images showing the crest of the North Eastern Railway on its former York Headquarters. The board below explains the origin of the three shields that form the crest.

Toddington: GWR Churchward 2-8-0 no 2807 with a train at Toddington station on 13 July 2013.

National Railway Museum [York]: A replica L&M coach buffered up to Class 40 D200 in the tent at the NRM on 13 July 2013. An interesting comparison in size between the two vehicles with the length of the coach about the length of one of the diesels bogies and the height of the coach only just matching the height of the locos nose.

Edinburgh Airport [Tram]: A quiet period at Edinburgh Airport tram terminus on Sunday 13 July 2014 in a picture featuring 4 ticket machines, 3 staff, 2 trams and no passengers.

Princes Street [Tram]: Tram drivers have their work cut out ensuring everyone's safety. This shot was taken on Princes Street en route to York Place on 13 July.

Brock: A pair of TransPennine Express EMUs, 350403/408, running through the Lancashire countryside between Garstang and Brock on 13 July 2014 with a Sunday Edinburgh to Manchester Airport service.

Ingliston Park and Ride [Tram]: 'Oh ...ballast!!!' Three fed up looking would-be passengers just miss a Sunday morning city bound tram leaving Ingliston Park and Ride on 13 July 2014.

Hartlepool Maritime Museum: The former LNER paddle steamer Wingfield Castle, one of a trio that once operated on the former Hull Corporation Pier to New Holland route over the River Humber, appeared rather run down when seen at its berth by the Maritime Museum at Hartlepool on 13 July. See image [[31915]]

Brock: The log empties from Chirk to Carlisle usually run overnight but on Sundays there is a day time train. Colas Rail 66847 is seen here heading north on 13 July with the bare looking wagons, between Brock and Garstang.

Hart: View south east from the A1086 road bridge, north of Hartlepool, along the old route from Castle Eden junction that met the Durham coast line here; and which is now part of the Three Rivers National Cycle Route 14 between Haswell & Hartlepool. The former station of Hart (1873-1953) stood just south of where the lines met. The coast line can just be seen running through the footbridge before, above the tree to its right, it can be seen continuing forward of view towards the Headland on the northern edge of Hartlepool; where it will again turn south towards the town centre.

Edinburgh Airport [Tram]: A city bound tram climbs away from Edinburgh Airport on the morning of Sunday 13 July 2014. Long lens shot taken from the platform at Ingliston Park and Ride, with one of the towers of the Forth Road Bridge visible in the background.

Gogar Tram Depot: An Edinburgh tram enters Gogar depot on 13 July from the east.

Edinburgh Airport [Tram]: A city bound Edinburgh tram about to pass over an internal airport level crossing shortly after leaving the terminus on 13 July. A second recently arrived tram stands at the platform in the left background.

Ingliston Park and Ride [Tram]: A city bound tram approaching Ingliston Park and Ride on 13 July 2014, shortly after commencing its journey from Edinburgh Airport.

Whittingham: Everyone has seen the Whittingham station rebuild on TV, but what about the coal drops? July 2015 view.

Croy: The western extension to the Edinburgh-bound platform at Croy, seen from a passing train on a wet 13 July 2015.

Hest Bank: A Classic Traction Quintet. DCR 31601 Devon Diesel Society leads four BKR diesels through the rain at Hest Bank on 13th July 2015, returning to Bo'ness after the ELR diesel gala. Dead in train are 37025, 20020, 47643 and 26038.

Glanton: This immaculate rail-over-road bridge, just South of Glanton station, was clearly built to last. View looks East in July 2015.

Hest Bank: Class 26 26038 Tom Clift 1954-2012 brings up the rear on a convoy of preserved diesels seen at Hest Bank on 13th July heading back to Bo'ness after the 2015 ELR Diesel Gala See image [[51953]]. The last time I had seen a BRCW Type 2 on the WCML was in 1987 when a convoy of four Class 27s heading for the Vic Berry scrapyard passed through Garstang.

Barrow-in-Furness: 37 401 at Barrow 13 July 2015.

Inverkeithing: 68007 passes Inverkeithing with empty stock from Cardenden to Mossend on 13 July.

Maldon East: From the late 1970s onwards, the former Maldon East station was largely hidden from view by the large industrial units that were built around it. By 2016, these units had served their time and been demolished, such that the station and its notable architecture stood revealed once more. All rail traffic had ceased in April 1966.

Walton: GBRf 66749 heads south, passing under the goods line section of Shay Lane bridge on the former four track Midland Main Line at Walton, near Wakefield. The trainload of silica sand is en route from Middleton Towers, Norfolk, to Monk Bretton glassworks near Barnsley. The view is taken from a footbridge I have not stood on for 50 years, from when I was a member of the Wakefield Railfans Club that rented the ticket office and waiting room, and had free rein of both platforms, at the former Sandal & Walton station. This was from the early 60s to mid 70s when still a fully operational line for many years with both express passenger and fast goods working through the platforms. [Ref query 12838]

Stirling: Stirling looking North on platform 5.

Wavertree Technology Park: Northern 319376 calls at Wavertree Technology Park with a Warrington Bank Quay to Lime Street service on 13th July 2016. The station opened in 2000 and the booking office on the bridge is at street level, connected on either side by footbridges.

Wavertree Technology Park: 319386 pulls away from the stop at Wavertree Technology Park, with an eastbound service, on 13th July 2016.

Walton: GBRf 66749 heads south along the former four track Midland Main line, shortly after passing the former Sandal & Walton station site, with a cargo of silica sand from Middleton Towers in Norfolk destined for the glassworks at Monk Bretton near Barnsley. The section of track forward of the loco originally ran through a tunnel, but was opened up when the line was increased from two tracks to four.

Stirling: Turbo star 170456, on the 12.23 service to Glasgow Queen Street HL, seen at Stirling on 13th July 2016.

Haigh: The abutments for the replacement of Haigh Lane arched overbridge are now fully complete, plus casting of the bridge deck has also been completed, as seen in this view of 13 July. The bridge is to be fully assembled before being transported the short distance into new position astride a multi-wheeled heavy lift vehicle during a 52 hour possession over the first weekend in August.

Haigh: The completed bridge deck for the replacement bridge across Haigh Lane is having holes drilled into the sides, prior to assembly onto the abutments as a further stage to creating a complete bridge unit ready to be moved to position and lowered onto solid concrete footings alongside the remaining lower section of the existing stone abutments.

Stirling: Gresley didn't get his mallard at King's Cross, but look what is on John Grierson's bust at Stirling! Grierson was a documentary maker of 'Night Mail', and many other films, fame and coined the term 'documentary' itself.

Stirling: Details of documentary maker John Grierson's life from the bust at Stirling station.

Olive Mount Junction: 185121, on a TPE Newcastle to Liverpool service, is nearing journey's end as it passes through the famous Olive Mount cutting and approaches the platforms of Wavertree Technology Park station. See image [[11892]] for an earlier view of this location, since when the junction with the line to the docks has been reinstated and the Liverpool and Manchester line has been electrified.

Edinburgh Waverley: A trio of arrivals at Waverley's platforms 8 & 9 presents something of a challenge for ticket inspection staff during the morning of 13 July 2017. (See image [[60130]]).

Edinburgh Waverley: Mass exodus from Waverley platform 8 on 13 July 2017, involving passengers off the busy 0927 service from North Berwick 8(E) and the 0824 from Milngavie 8(W). To add to the festivities, the 0900 Glasgow Central - Penzance CrossCountry Voyager has just arrived at platform 9(E). The mass ticket check became something of a challenge.

Edinburgh Waverley: Another bonus resulting from the platform 12 extension work at Waverley will be the relocation of the escalator linking the western concourse and the cross-station walkway alongside platform 11. Installed at the end of 2013 its position has always irked me in the same way as a crooked picture frame see image [[50992]]. The changes will see the escalator repositioned parallel with the walkway [see new station layout diagram]. The offending structure is seen here on 13 July 2017 looking east along platform 11.

Edinburgh Waverley: A Virgin Pendolino, forming the 0616 Birmingham New Street - Edinburgh Waverley, photographed shortly after arrival at platform 8 on 13 July 2017. The train will return south as the 1051 service to London Euston.

Edinburgh Waverley: The mid-morning Virgin Pendolino for London Euston emerges from sub platform 8 on the south side of Waverley on 13 July 2017 and heads for The Mound tunnel.

Edinburgh Waverley: The 0900 Glasgow Central – Penzance CrossCountry Voyager passes below the Waverley cross-station walkway before drawing to a halt alongside platform 9(E) on 13 July 2017.

Edinburgh Waverley: The west end of Waverley on the morning of 13 July 2017, looking towards the station concourse along platform 12. The building in the background will be removed to facilitate the platform extension see image [[59963]]. On the left alongside platform 13 is ScotRail 334022 with the recently arrived 0826 service from Helensburgh Central.

North Berwick: 380112 approaching North Berwick on the 13/07/2017.

North Berwick: 380112 arrives at North Berwick.

Edinburgh Waverley: Work in progress on extending platform 12 at Waverley, seen here on 13 July 2017 from the position previously occupied by the buffer stops. (Photographed through a gap in the safety barrier). Demolition of the platform buildings directly behind the camera position is due to commence shortly. See image [[59986]]

St Andrew Square [Tram]: An Edinburgh tram about to make a 'ninety right' from South St Andrew Street onto Princes Street on its way to the airport on 13 July 2017. In the background a Lothian 43 bus is about to complete a similar manoevre on St Andrew Square at the start of its journey to South Queensferry.

Millerhill EGIP Depot: An access break in the fence separating the Millerhill freight lines and the site of the new electric train depot, photographed on 13 July 2017 looking north towards Newcraighall station. Behind the fence is residual rubble from the demolition of the former MPD and, beyond that, the framework of the new train washing plant together with various new buildings under construction. The sign would be worth preserving!

Edinburgh Waverley: Serco sleeper locomotive no 92014 stabled between duties alongside the south wall at Waverley in the summer of 2017.

Edinburgh Waverley: A recently arrived service from Helensburgh Central stands at platform 13 under Waverley's south exit ramp in July 2017. View is north across the trackbed from platform 12, where the track has been lifted and platform extension work has recently got underway. For the view from the buffer stops see [[60024]].

Brunstane: A Borders Railway service makes its first stop at Brunstane on 13 July. Notice that for some reason (economy?) the platform is not taken back to the cutting which makes it rather narrow.

Niddrie North Junction: A Tweedbank to Edinburgh service approaches its penultimate stop of Brunstane on 13 July. The pier it is passing is acting as a monument to the grandiosely-named Lothian Lines, this portion being a not very long single track, which went over the top here carrying coal night and day.

Poulton-le-Fylde: 150273 leads a 4-coach Sprinter service from Blackpool North to Manchester Oxford Rd as it pulls away from the Poulton stop on 13th July 2018. See image [[58373]] for the same location in 2017, prior to wiring.

St Ives [Cornwall]: GWR notice at the entrance to St Ives station on 13th July 2018, showing that some trains will terminate at the Lelant Saltings Park & Ride facility and will not continue to the main line junction of St Erth.

Poulton-le-Fylde: 319381 approaches Poulton-le-Fylde with a Preston to Blackpool North service on 13th July 2018. See image [[58363]] for the same location in 2017.

Argyle Street: Mr Magoo about to board a Larkhall service at Argyle Street on 13 July 2019.

Garstang and Catterall: 195119, working from Windermere to Manchester Airport on 13th July 2019, passes the site of the divergence of the Knott End branch and runs alongside the old G&KER solum towards Garstang & Catterall. 2020 will see the 90th Anniversary of the end of passenger services to Garstang Town, Pilling and Knott End. I wonder what passengers on the Knott End steam railmotor See image [[60981]] would have thought about these new 100mph local trains?

Exhibition Centre: A service for Dalmuir via Yoker calls at Exhibition Centre on 13 July 2019. The track on the right is a siding (buffers behind me) used by the few trains terminating at or originating from Anderston.

Exhibition Centre: It is a good thing trains are passing this mural too quickly for passengers to take it in properly as at takes a rather imaginative view of the Argyle Line (which has no branches). Its colourful though. Situated to the east of Exhibition Centre station.

Milngavie: 320310 reaches journey's end at Milngavie on 13 July 2019. With hindsight the long-ago decision single the track to Hillfoot seems bonkers as it must compound delays; the subsequent doubling of services can't have been foreseen.

West Runton: The permanent way looks anything but permanent as 170203 pushes aside blooms and shrubbery to reach West Runton station on 13th July 2019. The train is heading west to Sheringham at a time when it should have been heading east to Cromer.

Milngavie: On 13 July anyway all trains are using Platform 2 at Milngavie with 1 being used for stabling; new to me but I am not here very often. The usefully retained bothy is used as staff accommodation.

Shettleston: An Airdrie to Balloch service calls at Shettleston on 13 July 2019. The curse of the mystery red barrier strikes again.

Paisley St James: A Gourock to Glasgow stopper calls at Paisley St James on 13 July 2019. This is rather a scary location even in broad daylight. In fact the whole of Paisley makes me want to cry.

Wallneuk Junction: A Glasgow to Gourock service passes Wallneuk Junction, immediately to the east of Paisley Gilmour Street station, on 13 July 2019.

Westerton: A Cumbernauld service calls at Westerton on 13 July 2019. The station waiting room has a Swiss cheese plant which seems perfectly in keeping with the 1970s architecture.

Lea Road Watertroughs: A new bridge, the Lea Viaduct, is taking shape between Lea Road and Salwick, to carry the new Preston Western Distributor road over the Blackpool railway and the Lancaster Canal. This evening view, of part of the work site on 13th July 2020, looks south from the diverted canal towpath as a Class 319 EMU passes heading for Blackpool North. The road is scheduled to open in 2023, by which time the old 319s will probably have finished on Northern services.

Slateford: The 0900 CrossCountry Trains Glasgow Central - Penzance about to pass through Slateford on 10 August 2017.

Maryhill: West Coast 37518, which appears to have recently had its 'An Gearasdan' nameplates fitted again, pilots Black 5 45212 and ECS for the 'Jacobite' through Maryhill on the way to Fort William on 13th July 2020.

Maryhill Park Junction: 66733 'Cambridge PSB' leads the 6E45 Fort William to North Blyth Alcan tanks through Maryhill station on 13th July 2020.

Meadowhead Paper Mill: At its south end, National Cycle Route 7 passes over the branch into the Caledonian Paper Mill, Irvine by this user operated gated crossing. There are gates at each side plus signs warning users to watch out for trains and cross at your own risk. Photograph taken 13th July 2021

Silvertown: Class 345 unit on Crossrail test run from Abbey Wood to Paddington speeding along the former North Woolwich branch that the line uses here, and about to descend to pass through the revamped Connaught Tunnel, on 13th July 2021. Test trains were supposed to be running at 15 minute intervals but they seemed to come along a good deal more frequently than that. Silvertown station, which was known as Silvertown & London City Airport in its last years and reduced to a single bi-directional platform, which was on the left, has been demolished with no provision for a Crossrail station. In North Woolwich days the line could be clearly seen from adjacent roads but new walls have been built on this open air section so that Crossrail trains will be almost completely obscured, visible only from this footbridge or the top deck of a number 473 bus (north side) or number 69 bus (south side).

Silvertown: Class 345 unit on a Crossrail test run to Abbey Wood emerging from the revamped Connaught Tunnel as it speeds along a section of the re-laid North Woolwich line, closed in 2006, on 13th July 2021. The line should have opened to passengers in December 2018. The viaduct in the background carries the DLR's Woolwich Arsenal branch. No provision has been made here for a Crossrail Silvertown station, it would not really be necessary with the DLR's London City Airport station nearby that already offers a service for this locality to Woolwich Arsenal and eventually the DLR will have an interchange with Crossrail at Custom House.

Cardross: A Class 37 hauled Network Rail Measurement Train heads west alongside the Clyde at Cardross on 13th July 2021.

Silvertown: Class 345 unit on Crossrail test run to Abbey Wood heading away from the camera past the site of Silvertown station, on 13th July 2021. The line uses part of the old North Woolwich branch at this location. That closed in 2006 and the train has just emerged from the revamped Connaught Tunnel. However, we Londoners are still waiting for the line to open, originally scheduled for December 2018. (For the same view in 2008 see image [[18429]]).

Troon: The 1202 Kilmarnock - Girvan train arrives at Troon on 13 July 2021. This was taken just days before the station fire of the 17th in which the building on the left was burned down.

London City Airport: DLR train from Bank to Woolwich Arsenal, approaching London City Airport station, on 13th July 2021. It was a sheer fluke that this happened to go across the viaduct just as I was sitting at the front upstairs windows of a TfL bus on route 473 about to pass under it.

East Ham: Eastbound platform at East Ham, seen from a District Line train to Upminster, on 13th July 2021. This station was opened by the LT&SR in 1858 and that Company's motif can still be seen in the canopy support brackets. The station lost its main line trains in 1962 with the electrification of the now C2C lines, leaving two disused platforms but the station and line remained in BR ownership until 1969 when LT took over and Eastern Region totem signs were replaced by LU roundels. (East Ham was the birthplace in 1917 of the great Dame Vera Lynn who passed away at the age of 103 shortly after the 75th anniversary of VE Day in 2020.)

Meadowhead Paper Mill: Midway along the branch into the Caledonian Paper Mill at Irvine is this sleeper crossing passing over the tracks diagonally. Gated on the north side it appears to provide a link between Auchengate Sawmill and the paper mill.

Plaistow: Despite the fact that Plaistow station in east London has had only London Underground services since 1962, when main line trains ceased to call following the electrification of the ex-LTSR, this British Railways Eastern Region Ticket Office sign was still inside the station 59 years later, seen here on 13th July 2021.

Horton-in-Ribblesdale: After watching 34046 'Braunton' in pouring rain [[77431]], three days later the weather was much better for a day in the Dales. At Horton-in-Ribblesdale 46115 'Scots Guardsman' made a very spirited ascent of the long drag with 'The Dalesman'. Not a hint of smoke or steam as the loco went past on this occasion though.

Shewalton Tip: You can't see the track for the trees. The former engineers' coup at Shewalton is now a nature reserve. As I recall from a visit many years ago, when it was still in use, there was only one long siding with two or three rusty MCVs at the far end. Once the coup closed and the siding was disconnected it would appear that no attempt was made to recover the track, most of which is still present and heavily overgrown with mature trees. There are gaps here and there where perhaps some illicit recovery has taken place.

Adlington [Lancashire]: TPE 397012 hurries through Adlington with a Manchester Airport to Glasgow Central service on 13th July 2022. The small ticket office seen here is still staffed at present. Most services through here start at the airport or Hazel Grove but, since electrification, there is now a once daily through train (at 0629) from Stoke-on-Trent to Blackpool, giving the opportunity to travel from Adlington (Cheshire) to Adlington (Lancashire) without changing trains - if that sort of thing floats your boat.

Buckshaw Parkway: TPE 802s now make a couple of trips a day from Edinburgh to Manchester Airport on the WCML. This breaks up the post electrification monotony of 331s and 397s between Euxton Junction and Bolton. Seen from the station footbridge, 802210 approaches Buckshaw Parkway heading north on 13th July 2022. The signal and the crossover behind the train allow services to reverse here when the line beyond Euxton Junction is closed for any reason, but in normal operations all trains run through to Preston and beyond.

Adlington Junction: This bridge carries the A6 in Adlington over the route of the old Lancashire Union line, which ran from here to Standish on the WCML. The junction with the surviving Euxton Junction to Bolton line was a hundred yards or so behind the camera. Just beyond the modern brick office block behind the parapet lies the surviving building from White Bear station [[76459]] and then the largely walkable trackbed continues through Red Rock towards Wigan.

Leyland: 390134 sweeps down from Euxton Junction to pass through Leyland on the Down Fast heading for Glasgow Central on 13th July 2022.

Reston: Not going anywhere fast from Reston at 1429, with the 1447 to Newcastle, 1552 to Berwick and 1626 to Edinburgh cancelled.