Princes Street Gardens Cutting: One of 64B's finest, A4 Pacific no 60012 Commonwealth of Australia, casts a shadow over Princes Street Gardens shortly after leaving The Mound tunnel in July 1955 en route to Aberdeen.

Dalry Junction: Fairburn tank 42697 passing Dalry Junction on 27 July 1955 with an Ayr - Glasgow St Enoch train.

Dalry Junction: A southbound train takes the Kilmarnock route at Dalry Junction on 27 July 1955. The locomotive is Hurlford based 2P 4-4-0 no 40688.

Glengarnock: Ardrossan based 2P 4-4-0 no 40578 calls at Glengarnock on 27 July 1955 with a Glasgow St Enoch - Largs service. [Ref query 19 March 2018]

Ibrox: Corkerhill 2P 4-4-0 no 40595 westbound through Ibrox station in July 1955 with a St Enoch - Largs train. The signals on the extreme left of the picture are on the Govan branch (closed to all traffic in 1966). See image [[60005]].

Hawick Shed: J36 no 65331 stands in the shed yard at Hawick in July 1958.

Polmont Shed: J72 O-6-0T no 69014 dumped in the sidings alongside Polmont shed in the summer of 1959.

Polmont Shed: 62693 Roderick Dhu 'stored' alongside Polmont shed in July 1959. The locomotive was later moved to the disposal sidings at Boness, wher e it was photographed in February 1962 see image [[37290]]. 62693 was eventually cut up at Connels yard, Coatbridge, in March 1963.

Polmont Shed: Robinson D11 no 62693 Roderick Dhu stands with other stored locomotives in the sidings at Polmont shed in September 1959. The locomotive was officially withdrawn from Haymarket more than 2 years later in November 1961 and eventually cut up at Connel's Yard, Calder, in March of 1963.

Polmont Shed: Locomotives 'stored' at Polmont in 1959 included C16 4-4-2T no 67492 and J72 0-6-0T no 69014. Both were ex-64A, with 67492 'officially withdrawn' the following March and cut up at Cowlairs the same month. As for 69014, withdrawal is recorded as February 1962 with disposal at Arnott Young, Carmyle, in August 1963.

Polmont Shed: Reid D30 'Scott' class 4-4-0 no 62421 'Laird o' Monkbarns' stored in a siding at the east end of Polmont shed yard on 27 July 1959. Polmont Junction signal box stands in the background on the other side of the E&G main line. The D30 was officially withdrawn from St Margarets almost a year later in June 1960 and cut up at Cowlairs Works the following August. See image [[37914]]

Polmont Shed: Holden J69 0-6-0T no 68524 'stored' in the sidings alongside Polmont shed in the summer of 1959. 68524 is recorded as being withdrawn from here in June 1959 and cut up at Kilmarnock 3 months later.

Niddry Castle Oilworks: The Winchburgh Tramway, not far north of the Niddry Castle Oilworks, with a class B1 4-6-0 passing with an eastbound train on its way from Winchburgh Junction to Dalmeny Junction. The tramway closed in the early part of 1961. [Ref query 25 September 2018]

Niddry Castle Oil Works: Shale oil railway, Niddry, with sheds.

Philpstoun Shale Mine No 6: The trackbed of the Winchburgh Tramway, looking west to Philpstoun Shale Mine Nos 1 and 6 from the B8020 bridge over the Philpstoun branch in 1961.

Parkhead Stadium: Opened in 1897, the Caledonian station at Parkhead had the word Stadium added for the 12 years up to final closure in 1964. Here a Kilbowie - Coatbridge Central train calls at the station on 27 July 1961, with the tenements of Whitby Street visible top right. In charge of the train is Motherwell's Standard class 4 2-6-0 no 76002. (See [[72797]])

Tollcross: Stanier 3P 2-6-2T 40176 leaving Tollcross eastbound on 27 July 1961. The train is a Dumbarton Central to Carmyle service.

Carlisle: Gresley V2 2-6-2 no 60964 about to take the 1.40pm Stranraer Harbour - Newcastle Central out of Carlisle platform 4 on Saturday 27 July 1963.

Germiston Junction High: A clear exhaust from A4 Pacific 60004 'William Whitelaw', accelerating the 5.30 pm three-hour Glasgow - Aberdeen express past Germiston High Junction in July 1963.

Carlisle: Black 5 44788 stands on the centre road at Carlisle on 27 July 1963 waiting to take forward an arrival from the south. The train in question is the 1X91 summer Saturday relief Llandudno - Glasgow Central. The locomotive is carrying a 65F (Grangemouth) shed plate, presumably having been pressed into service to help out on a busy summer Saturday.

Carlisle: A3 Pacific no 60080 Dick Turpin stands on the middle road at Carlisle in July 1963 waiting to take over the 8.35am Glasgow St Enoch - London St Pancras.

Balornock Shed: V2 60898 passing the Balornock shed overbridge, nearing the end of the journey from Aberdeen with the 13.30 to Glasgow Buchanan St. Balornock Shed is off to the left beyond the Broomfield Road overbridge.

Carlisle: Looking south into the sun from the north end of platform 1 at Carlisle on 27 July 1963. Alongside the platform is Gateshead V2 2-6-2 no 60964 The Durham Light Infantry (minus nameplates) at the head of the 9.32am (Saturday) Newcastle Central - Stranraer Harbour. Standing in the sidings is Black 5 4-6-0 no 44673 awaiting its next duty. The V2 also worked the afternoon return trip from Stranraer later that day see image [[35333]].

Carlisle: Gresley A3 60089 Felstead in the west sidings at Carlisle on 27 July 1963. The St Margarets based Pacific had recently arrived light engine from Kingmoor and was awaiting the call to take out the 1.40pm to Edinburgh Waverley.

Carlisle: Gateshead V2 2-6-2 no 60964 leaves Carlisle for Newcastle on 27 July 1963 with the 1.40pm ex-Stranraer Harbour.

Carlisle: Royal Scot 46114 Coldstream Guardsman waits at signals alongside Carlisle platform 4 on 27 July 1963. The locomotive had recently arrived with a train from the south and was awaiting the clear to run back to Upperby shed.

Carlisle: One of Kingmoor's Stanier Pacifics no 46255 City of Hereford stands at Carlisle in July 1963 having taken over the 10.00 ex-Euston bound for Perth.

Balornock Shed: Standard Caprotti 5 73146 passes the coaling line at Balornock depot with the 2pm Dundee - Glasgow express on 27th July 1963. Very unusually, and probably as a result of some last minute problem, the train has been made up of suburban non-corridor stock, probably making the two hour journey from Dundee an uncomfortable experience for some passengers!

Germiston Junction High: Standard Class 5 73098 heads towards Buchanan St with the 4.40 pm arrival from Inverness in July 1963. Waiting at Germiston High junction to follow the train into Buchanan Street are A4 60004 'William Whitelaw' and an unidentified BRCW Type 2.

Balornock Shed: A4 60004 'William Whitelaw' gets ready to leave St Rollox shed, to take charge of the 5.30pm Glasgow Buchanan St-Aberdeen three-hour express on 27th July 1963. Black 5 44923 is alongside.

Dunblane: B1 61099 hurries through Dunblane station on 27 July 1965 with a southbound freight.

Laigh Hill Tunnel: A-4 No 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley descends Kinbuck bank towards Dunblane in July 1965 with the 13.30 Aberdeen to Glasgow train. It has just passed over Barbush Viaduct and approaching Laigh Hill Viaduct.

Laigh Hill Tunnel: Britannia Pacific 70036 Boadicea climbs north from Dunblane with a Crewe to Perth express in the summer of 1965. A short tunnel in the background existed here at this time.

Dunblane: Standard Five number 73148 calls at Dunblane in July 1965 with the Glasgow portion of the Postal from Aberdeen.

Dunblane: Standard Class 5 4-6-0 73152 arriving at Dunblane on 27 July 1965 with a train from Glasgow.

Dunblane: 45168 pulls away from the platform at Dunblane on 27 July 1965 with a train for Callander.

Dunblane: BR Caprotti class 5 no 73149 runs into Dunblane on 27 July 1965 with a Glasgow - Inverness train.

Dunblane: Gresley A4 60019 Bittern hurries north through Dunblane station on 27 July 1965 with the 5.30pm Glasgow Buchanan Street - Aberdeen.

Stirling: St Rollox shed's Caprotti Standard class 5 4-6-0 no 73151 calls at Stirling on 27 July 1965 at the head of the 9.15am Glasgow Buchanan Street - Dundee.

Dunblane: A diesel hauled freight heads south through Dunblane in 1965 when the station was still a junction for the line to Callander.

Allanwater Viaduct: The 4.25pm train for Inverness getting underway from Dunblane on 27 July 1965. The locomotive is thought to be Black 5 no 45084. Note the siding at a lower level.

Laigh Hill Tunnel: Brush Type 4 no D1845, then a mere two months old, heads north near Dunblane at the head of the 10.15 Glasgow - Aberdeen express on 27 July 1965.

Laigh Hill Tunnel: The 10am Dundee - Glasgow Buchanan Street approaching Dunblane on 27 July 1965. Locomotive in charge is 73146, one of the St Rollox stud of Caprotti class 5 4-6-0s.

Galashiels [1st]: D22 pulling away from Galashiels on 27 July 1968 with the down Waverley.

Shanklin: Two ex-London Underground tube units are at Shanklin station on 24 July 1968, with unit numbered 033 approaching from the south. Railways on the Isle of Wight specialised in ancient vehicles, and electrification made no difference to this policy, as both units were 'Standard Stock', ie they were built before 1938! They had started work on island services the previous year and lasted until 1990.

Annan: 27041 arriving at Annan with a Glasgow Central - Carlisle service on 27 July 1983.

North Berwick: A Class 305 stands at North Berwick in July 1998.

Doncaster Works: The legendary Great Northern Atlantic no 990 Henry Oakley, looking impressive at the Doncaster Works open day on 27 July 2003.

Doncaster Works: Ex-LNER class D49 246 Morayshire, beautifully turned out for an open day at Doncaster in July 2003.

Doncaster Works: One of the highly successful ex-GCR Robinson class O4 freight locomotives, no 63601, on display at the Doncaster works open day on 27 July 2003.

Doncaster Works: An immaculate looking J21 no 65033 on display at the Doncaster Works open day on 27 July 2003.

Doncaster Works: Contrasting front ends at Doncaster Works open day on 27 July 2003, as Stirling Single no 1 poses in front of Gresley A4 Pacific no 60009 Union of South Africa.

Dumbarton Central: The former Dumbarton Central signal box looking east from the station in July 2005. Although not used for signalling purposes since the late 1980s the large structure on Bankend Road still sees use by Network Rail staff from time to time.

Cardross: A Helensburgh bound train skirts the north shore of the River Clyde near Cardross in July 2005.

Cardross: Passengers exit Cardross station via the footbridge on 27 July 2005, having recently disembarked from a Helensburgh bound train. The motor cyclist is forced to wait for the train to clear the level crossing before recommencing his journey. View north along Station Road towards the junction with the A814.

Cardross: An Airdrie - Helensburgh Central train running along the north bank of the Clyde near Cardross in July 2005.

Cardross: An SPT liveried class 320 EMU eastbound on the North Clyde line between Cardross and Dalreoch in the summer of 2005.

Cardross: Looking east over the platforms at Cardross from the level crossing in July 2005, with a train for Airdrie about to depart.

Dalmuir: Platform 1 at Dalmuir looking east on 27 July 2005 with a train for Balloch entering the station.

Craigendoran: A Glasgow bound train leaving the surviving operational platform at Craigendoran on 27 July 2005. Turning off to the right just beyond the fence is the trackbed of the line that ran onto the pier from which Clyde steamers once operated. (The paddle steamer Waverley was built to operate the Craigendoran - Arrochar route.)

Cardross: An early evening train from Helensburgh entering Cardross station over the level crossing on a warm summer evening in July 2005. Note the significant drop in the height of the eastbound platform beyond the station building. See image [[32216]]

Dalmuir: The west end of the busy Dalmuir station in July 2005, with a Balloch - Airdrie train approaching the station about to pass a recently terminated service from Motherwell standing in bay platform 5.

Dalmuir Park Junction: An early afternoon Airdrie - Balloch service departs westbound from Dalmuir station in July 2005. The train is about to pass what will become the next city bound service, currently in the holding siding waiting to run back into the station.

Cardross: Detail of the station building on the eastbound platform at Cardross in July 2005.

Reedham Swing Bridge: A special run in connection with the Lowestoft Air Show crosses Reedham Swing Bridge on 27 July 2006. See image [[44422]]

Caledonian Brewery: GNER Kings Cross - Glasgow Central service passing the renowned Caledonian Brewery (1869) in Slateford Road, Edinburgh, shortly after leaving Haymarket East Junction on 27 July 2006.

Caledonian Brewery: A GNER Kings Cross - Glasgow Central service photographed shortly after leaving the E&G main line at Haymarket East Junction in July 2006. The train is about to pass below Slateford Road heading south west towards Carstairs.

Seafield Harbour: A hovercraft approaches the beach at Kirkcaldy on 27 July 2007, during a two week demonstration of a potential commuter service to Edinburgh, sponsored by Stagecoach. Whilst popular, the trial was not progressed. A new proposal may come to fruition in 2023, using three craft. In the background to this picture are the shattered remains of Seafield Harbour, once meant to rival Burntisland for the export of coal but fatally damaged by storms before completion. It would have been served by a branch off the Kirkcaldy District Railway.

Blackford: Blackford freight yard could be used again by the Highland Spring Water company after a meeting between the MP, MSP and Transport Scotland. Dundee Courier 26/07/07

Blackford: 170406 passing Blackford Level Crossing and signal box.

Ashchurch for Tewkesbury: The old water tower at Ashchurch can be seen beyond the station platform but all other infrastructure associated with the Tewkesbury branch line that diverged west here has been built over. The Voyager has just passed the goods loop on its way from Birmingham towards Bristol.

Penkridge: Penkridge has not got many features but this Pendolino rattles the shutters on the disused station building as it heads for Wolverhampton. See 18690 for a view by Ewan of the outside of this structure.

Taminurie Tunnel: Between Aberlour and Craigellachie is Taminurie Tunnel,this was the only tunnel on the Speyside Line.This is the south portal with a bridge immediately in front of it.

Taminurie Tunnel: A view through Taminurie Tunnel looking south towards Aberlour.

Aberlour: Aberlour Station is now a tearoom run for the local community by volunteers during the summer.There is also an information office for the Speyside Way.The area round about has been landscaped into a park and has been very tastefully done.

Taminurie Tunnel: North portal of Taminurie Tunnel looking south towards Aberlour.

Aberlour: This milepost is still in place on the old trackbed half a mile north of Aberlour.

Toddington: A general view of the nicely restored and period feel Toddington station looking towards Winchcombe and Cheltenham. Compare with the earlier Ian Dinmore picture see image [[11878]].

Toddington: GW 2-6-2T 5542 has finished its work for the day and is serviced over the inspection pit at Toddington on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.

Swindon Railfreight Terminal: This junction on the Great Western main line just to the east of Swindon serves the rail terminal that opened in 2000.

Glasgow Central: Variety at Glasgow Central, with NXEC in Platform 1, Virgin in Platform 2 and FTPE in Platform 3 at just after 1330 hrs on 27 July 2009.

Craigellachie [2nd]: This platform and bridge are all that remains of the once busy junction station at Craigellachie. This was the Speyside Line platform with trains leaving here for Boat of Garten.

Craigellachie [2nd]: The trackbed from Craigellachie to Dufftown is now part of the Speyside Way and this viaduct over the River Fiddich is at the east end of the station site right at the start of the walk, a steady climb of about four miles. A small platform attached to the structure still has some surviving signal pulleys.

Craigellachie [2nd]: A view along Viaduct 240 looking towards Dufftown.

Craigellachie [2nd]: It is a steady climb from Craigellachie to Dufftown and, after about a mile and a half, the River Fiddich is crossed by this viaduct which is numbered 240.

Dufftown: This road bridge is about a mile from Dufftown Station, view looking west. The trackbed is still on a rising gradient here three miles out of Craigellachie.

Craigellachie [2nd]: The base of a distant signal still stands alongside the trackbed east of Craigellachie on the way to Dufftown in July 2009, some 38 years after closure of the line.

Hamilton Central: 334034 calls at Hamilton Central on 27 July 2009 with a Motherwell - Milngavie service.

Glasgow Central: 91102 waits at the buffers on platform 1 at Glasgow Central on 27 July 2009 with an east coast service during the National Express era.

Hyndland: 334020 enters Hyndland station at 1117 hrs with a Dalmuir to Larkhall service on a rather dreich 27 July 2009.

Glasgow Central: A service to Newton stands at platform 7 of Glasgow Central on 27 July 2009 with 314201 facing the buffers.

Preston: Having just combined with a 3 car set from Glasgow, 185123, which had formed the 1618 hrs service from Lancaster, now heads the 6-car train out of Preston on the final leg of a service to Manchester Airport.

Preston: The Northern Belle set headed by 67020 stops in platform 5 at Preston on 27 July 2009 on the return leg of the weekend break from London to Helensburgh Upper (for Cameron House on the banks of Loch Lomond).

Hamburg: Balloon over Hamburg station, July 2010.

Lancaster: The 6K27 Carlisle Yard to Crewe infrastructure train climbs the 1:92 bank south of Lancaster behind 66508. The train is just approaching the site of Lancaster Old Junction where the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway joined the original Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway. The branch to the original Lancaster Greaves terminus See image [[18309]] closed to passengers in 1849 but survived for goods traffic until 1967 although housing has now been built on the old formation, as seen to the left of the locomotive.

Barassie: The 11.05 Kilmarnock - Girvan passes Barassie on 27 July 2010. See image [[26338 for the same place forty-seven years earlier years earlier]]. The later viewpoint from the footbridge is necessary due to the subsequent addition of fencing.

Hamburg: ICE for Copenhagen awaits its 17.28 departure time from Hamburg on 27 July 2010.

Uphall: The new road layout at Uphall on 27 July 2010 lookng east towards Edinburgh with the M8 motorway on the left and Uphall station on the right. The photograph shows the new 'crossroads' created between the road and rail bridges allowing for future vehicle access from the B8046 to the now cleared area earmarked for future development along the north side of the station. See image [[30301]]

Blackridge: Work continues on Blackridge station and its notable footbridge, seen here looking south on 27 July 2010.

Lancaster: The 1640 Glasgow to Euston Pendolino leaves Lancaster on time at 1844 heading south. Lancaster's Priory Church is on the hill overlooking the station and the Lake District mountains can be seen behind. The low fence in the foreground is on the towpath of the Lancaster Canal.

Bathgate LMD: Looking east at the entrance to the new ScotRail light maintenance depot at Bathgate on 27 July with the cleaning roads in the right background on the south side of the line. The new station footbridge now dominates this view.

Ladybank: EWS 66100 hauls the 6X88 ex-Hartlepool pipe train through Ladybank on 27 July en route to Georgemas Junction.

Armadale: Hive of activity. Scene at Armadale on 27 July 2010 looking towards Bathgate.

Patchway: 66037 heading a PW train westbound through Patchway station in Bristol's outer suburbs on 27 July.

Barassie Junction: View south at Barassie on 27 July 2010 as the 11.07 Kilmarnock to Girvan negotiates the junction. Signal box to the left

Barassie: On 27th July 2010 the 10.30 Glasgow Central - Ayr train runs into Barassie station for its 11.10 scheduled stop. See image [[21465 for the same viewpoint forty seven years earlier]]

Caldercruix: Progress on the new station at Caldercruix - view east on 27 July 2010.

Caldercruix: Looking from Caldercruix towards Airdrie on 27 July. The original plan had been to build the new station to the west of the village in the middle distance but this was revised in favour of the current site in late 2008 see image [[21917]].

Drumgelloch: The new Drumgelloch, position at 27 July 2010. View towards the old station (now vanished) and Airdrie.

Hamburg: A Berlin bound ICE stops briefly on the bridge sandwiched between Kennedybruke to the rear, and Lombardsbruke, on the outskirts of Hamburg, on the afternoon of 27th July 2010, as a couple sit and relax alongside the Binnenalster.

Hamburg: A Metronom service awaits its late afternoon departure time from Hamburg on 27 July 2010.

Hamburg: Showing early signs of the graffiti artist, 474656-1 makes its way through the suburbs of Hamburg on the morning of July 27th 2010.

Caldercruix: Looking west over the station works from alongside the closed Main Street road bridge in Caldercruix on 27 July 2010.

Hamburg: A Berlin - Copenhagen ICE train, awaits departure from Hamburg on the evening of 27th July 2010.

Airdrie: Progress at Airdrie on 27 July 2010, with track now laid through the under-construction Bathgate platform. A Helensburgh train is leaving on the left with a following service to Balloch waiting in the bay.

Hamburg: Looking over the main platforms at Hamburg in July 2010. On the left a Metronom train awaits its departure time, in the centre of the photograph an ICE service snakes away westwards, while to the right two DB trains are departing in opposite directions.

Armadale [1st]: The view west from the road bridge at Armadale on 27 July 2010. Quite a change since the project got underway see image [[26594]].

Hamburg: A rather grubby looking DB401506-1 awaits its late morning departure slot from Hamburg in July 2010.

Hamburg: The start of the Hamburg evening rush hour on 27 July 2010. On the left of the photograph two local services are departing the station almost in unison, while in the centre a double decker service for Lubeck awaits its departure time, as does an ICE train on the right.

Hamburg: View across the Binnenalster, with one of the local Metronom services approaching Hamburg's main station on the afternoon of 27 July 2010.

Hamburg: Despite it being the start of the evening rush hour just a handful of passengers wait for the train on one of the outdoor platforms at Hamburg on 27 July 2010.

Hamburg: 246003-8 at the head of a Metronom service about to leave Hamburg in the late morning of 27 July 2010

Barassie: Freightliner 66506 runs south through Barassie station with coal empties on 27 July 2010.

Lubeck: A DB Regio double-deck service from Hamburg runs through the eastern suburbs of Lubeck in the summer of 2010.

Uphall: Following a significant period of closure, the former single-file B8046 at Uphall station has reopened as a two lane road. There is now a turn-off to the right between the railway and M8 bridges leading to the recently cleared area on the north side of the station, where further development work is pending. View north through the bridges on 27 July 2010. See image [[28761]]

Woodacre Crossing: A rare sight these days and very welcome on a fine summer evening in July 2011. DRS 20308 and 20309 head the 6K73 Sellafield to Crewe flasks south along the WCML. 20309 emerged from Robert Stephenson Hawthorn works as D8075 in the summer of 1961 and so has just celebrated its fiftieth birthday. 20308, as D8187, was from the later post Clayton batch built at Vulcan Foundry in 1967. The distinctive EE whistle from their engines' exhausts as they ambled past evoked many memories.

Glenfinnan: Scene at the east end of Glenfinnan station on a sunny 27th July 2011 as the returning Jacobite, hauled by Black 5 no 45231, meets its Mallaig-bound offspring behind 44871. The following day the latter carried The Cambrian headboard on its smokebox.

Farington Curve Junction: Working hard on the curving climb from Farington Curve Junction to Lostock Hall, 46115 Scots Guardsman approaches Coote Lane bridge on 27 July 2011 with the outward working of 'The Fellsman' from Lancaster to Carlisle.

Glenfinnan: Black 5 no 44871 loses her footing briefly on the climb out of Glenfinnan on 27 July with the afternoon train to Mallaig.

County March Summit [West Highland]: A Glasgow bound service north of Tyndrum, early in the afternoon of 27 July 2011.

Oban: First ScotRail's Station Maintenance Team transport, parked alongside the platform at Oban on 27th July 2011.

Flåm: The Flamsbana train (right) waits to leave platform 4 of Flåm station on the shore of the Sognefjorden. The true town of Flåm is further south, served by Hareina station. (Incidentally there are no platforms 1, 2 or 3 but there is a 5.)

Fort William: EWS 67009 photographed at Fort William on 27 July 2011 with the stock of the Caledonian Sleeper.

Bolstadøyri: Bolstadøyri Station on The Bergen Railway between Bergen and Voss on a beautiful July afternoon - about the only day during our trip to Norway during which it didn't rain!

Fort William: The stock of the Caledonian Sleeper stands in platform 2 at Fort William on 27 July 2011.

Woodacre Crossing: 66098 heads the thrice weekly 6V71 Hardendale (Shap) to Margam lime train south along the WCML at Woodacre on a sunny evening in July 2011.

Håreina: Climbing on the Flam Railway. This view is not far south of Håreina station and shows the Rjoandefossen Waterfall which has a free fall of 147 metres.

Woodacre Crossing: Problems with the second Fellsman of 2011 occurred on 27 July when 46115 Scots Guardsman failed at Carlisle with 'firebox problems'. WCRC 47760 was photographed at Woodacre having taken over the train for the return journey via the S&C with the 'Scot' in light steam. Despite the earlier problems the train was on time at this point.

Goswick: 221132 on a Northbound CrossCountry service approaching West Goswick Farm level crossing, Northumberland, in July 2011.

Largs: Photocall at Largs station featuring Poets and Planters [see adjacent news item]

Largs: One of the attractive plant arrangements now on display at Largs, with some of those involved in its creation - see 'Plants and Poetry at Largs station'.

Krakow: Abandoned tracks of the original narrow-gauge tram line that once served Krakow. This ran from the railway station to the River Wisla right through the Rynek Glowny (Main Square) but was superseded by the standard gauge route around the periphery of the Old Town.

Largs: The poem Left Luggage by Al Green, currently on display at Largs station.

Seascale: Looking north towards Sellafield on a summer evening at Seascale. A Harrington Hump can be seen at the far end of the platform from where it will afford level access to the front door of trains. Part of the huge nuclear complex is just visible in the cutting beyond the station.

The Green: R&ER diesel Perkins lifts a train for Dalegarth up the last few yards of incline before the level crossing at The Green station. View towards Ravenglass in July 2013.

Milngavie: Volunteers at Milngavie station alongside the Milngavie in Bloom poster currently on display there. A small exhibition to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of Milngavie station is to be held in the nearby Town Hall from 10th-14th September alongside displays showing the work of some of the Milngavie clubs and societies during that period. It will also be part of East Dunbartonshire Doors Open Day on 14th September.

The Green: R&ER diesel Perkins goes cautiously across the level crossing and in to Eskdale Green station with a train for Dalegarth. Although it appears under that name in some literature and on maps the name boards on the platform simply show The Green and the two names have both been used at various times over the railway's life.

Midland Hotel [Morecambe]: The restored art deco Midland Hotel, Morecambe, in July 2013, complete with Transport Trust plaque. See image [[26884]]

Kirkham and Wesham: 185112 heads west from Kirkham on 27 July 2013 on its way from Manchester Airport to Blackpool North. In the background 185117 on the reverse service has just crossed from the through line in order to call at Kirkham and Wesham station. Above the nearer 185 is a surviving abuttment of the flyover that once carried the line from Blackpool Central. Beyond that Kirkham signal box can just be seen.

Farington Junction: DRS 37607+37608 head south at Farington Junction with two 4 wheel flat wagons on 27 July 2013 on a Sellafield to Crewe working.

Seascale: Three items of interest in this view of Seascale's southbound platform. The old Furness Railway water tower is a prominent local landmark. To its right is the old goods shed, which is now the town's Sports Centre. On the platform itself is a Harrington Hump which provides level access to trains. These were pioneered at the station of the same name, just north of Whitehaven, and provide a cost effective alternative to raising low platforms along their full length. They are appearing at various Cumbrian Coast stations and elsewhere in the UK.

Farington Junction: DRS 47805 heads north at Farington Junction on 27 July with a Compass railtours special from Hereford to Blackpool. On the rear of the train are 37603 and 20312 which later operated a mini tour around Lancashire and West Yorkshire.

Drigg: 156426, on a Carlisle to Barrow service, calls at the Drigg request stop on the Cumbrian Coast line. The station building is now used as a craft and coffee shop. The rail served BNFL facility at Drigg lies alongside the station.

Leyland: The appearance of 45407 with support coach at Leyland on 27 July 2013 was only a surprise because it should have been accompanied by 44871 and hauled by a Class 37. The two locos had set off from Fort William the night before to attend the 45th anniversary of the 15 Guinea special on the East Lancs Railway. Unfortunately, problems with 44871 (one of the engines on the original special) resulted in 45407 making its own way on the last leg of the journey, at this stage around 90 minutes late.

Farington Curve Junction: 37603+20312 climb away from Farington Curve Jct on 27 July with a Compass Railtour from Blackpool. The tour of Lancashire and West Yorkshire included the Copy Pit climb from Burnley. Reports indicate that the train came to a stand on the climb and the assistance of 47805 on the rear was required.

Bootle: A pair of Class 153 single units calling at Bootle on a service from Barrow to Carlisle on 27 July. The station building is a private residence now but the signal box and its semaphores still control the block section and protect the level crossing.

Kirkham and Wesham: Northern 156464 on a Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service heads east towards Kirkham on 27 July. In the left background is the hazy outline of Blackpool Tower, which overlooks the site of the former Blackpool Central station. The direct line to Central was on the left here and ran through the hillside in front of the tower in a cutting. In the undergrowth on the left rails from the former engineers tip still survive.

Bootle: Bootle, on the Cumbrian Coast line, looking south over the level crossing. The small signal box still controls semaphores that protect the crossing.

Brock: The Cumbrian Mountain Express railtour from Liverpool to Carlisle on 27 July 2013 on the return leg with 46233 Duchess of Sutherland displaying the Royal Scot headboard heading south on the WCML at Brock.

Drigg: Looking south towards Ravenglass at Drigg station in July 2013. The mechanical signalbox controls colour light signals that protect the level crossing and form a block section between Sellafield and Bootle boxes. Note the steps on both low platforms to allow easier access to the trains. Presumably these will in due course be replaced by the new Harrington Humps as at Seascale, the next station north of here.

Vickers Gun Range Sidings [Eskmeals]: Looking west along the remains of the short Eskmeals (Vickers Gun Range Sidings) branch to the coastal ranges that are still in use today and can be seen in the distance. Opened by the Furness Railway in 1897 and still in regular use in-the 1980s but believed to have been lifted in mid 1990s. [With thanks to all who responded] See image [[44057]] for a view in the opposite direction. Level crossings map reference SD088925

Vickers Gun Range Sidings [Eskmeals]: Looking north east along the trackbed of the Eskmeals gun range branch towards the junction with the Cumbrian Coast line as a Carlisle to Barrow service passes on 27 July 2013. The Vickers Gun Range Sidings box that controlled the branch access closed in 1983. It had an unusual Ransomes and Rapier horse rake 11-lever frame that is now preserved at the NRM York. See image [[44051]] for a view in the opposite direction. Level crossings map reference SD088925

Alne: The extent of the rebuild of the former crossing keepers cottage at Alne in this updated view shows how the original structure (centre section) has been extended. See images [[43262]] & [[80523]]

Debden: LUL 1992 stock with a Central Line train from Epping to West Ruislip arriving at Debden station on 27th July 2014. This station, opened by the GER on 24th April 1865, was known as Chigwell Lane until tube trains arrived with the electrification of the former steam line beyond Loughton as far as Epping on 25th September 1949. The main station buildings on the eastbound side (left) were partially rebuilt in 1973 although the original Victorian station house survives. As late as 1946, when still known as Chigwell Lane and then part of the LNER, the station was lit at night by oil lamps which earned it the nickname 'Paraffin Junction'. I grew up in nearby Loughton so this station has been a very familiar sight for most of my life.

Snaresbrook: Snaresbrook, LUL Central Line, looking towards central London, on 27th July 2014. This station, the prettiest in east London, was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway on 22nd August 1856 and first served by tube trains on 14th December 1947 with the extension of electrification from Leytonstone to Woodford. A bay platform once existed on the down side but was closed in 1949 and is now part of the car park. When I still lived at home with my parents and first started work, I went through this station every day on my daily commute from Loughton to Holborn in the then LU 1962 tube stock for about five years until I flew the nest.

Snaresbrook: The splendid Eastern Counties Railway entrance building to Snaresbrook station in east London, now part of the LUL Central Line. View south east from Station Approach on 27th July 2014. [Ref query 18 January 2019]

Soller: Train and tram alongside at Soller.

Bunyola: Maintenance vehicle at Bunyola - even the RRVs are antiques on the Soller railway!

Wanstead: The rather plain exterior of Wanstead station, opened on 14th December 1947 with the Central Line extension from Leytonstone to Newbury Park, on 27th July 2014. The tunnels on this extension were complete before the start of World War Two and were converted into an underground factory for the manufacturing of aircraft components by the Plessey Company throughout the duration of the war.

Bunyola: Maintenance vehicle at Bunyola - even the RRVs are antiques on the Soller railway!

Bunyola: Bunyola - a service from Palma runs in.

Bunyola: Service from Palma waits at Bunyola to cross an incoming train from Soller.

Soller: A service awaiting its departure time from Soller in the summer of 2014, with various vehicles standing in sidings on the right outside the depot.

Carntyne: A fine display adorns the westbound entrance to Carntyne station for the benefit of visitors to the nearby Commonwealth Games swimming venue on 27 July 2014.

Glengonnar: Looking over Glengonnar station on the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway on 26 July 2014.

Carntyne: Platform scene at Carntyne on 27 July as 334010 arrives with more swimming fans heading for the Commonwealth Games events taking place at the nearby Tollcross International Swimming Centre.

Glengonnar: Hillend summit at Glengonnar on the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway - the highest point worked by adhesion on a UK railway - at 1498 ft above sea level. See image [[48153]]

Roding Valley: LUL 1992 stock with a Central Line service to Woodford via Hainault at Roding Valley station on 27th July 2014. This station, on the GER's 1903 Hainault Loop, was not opened until 1936 by the LNER as Roding Valley Halt and was upgraded and rebuilt as a station for tube trains which followed completion of electrification of the former steam line from Woodford to Hainault (and from Woodford to Loughton) on 21st November 1948.

Roding Valley: LUL 1992 stock with a Central Line service from Woodford to Ealing Broadway via Hainault arriving at Roding Valley station on 27th July 2014. The train has just diverged from the Epping branch of the Central Line, this station being within view of the junction from Epping-bound trains. Since the closure of Blake Hall station in November 1981 on the Epping to Ongar section of the Central Line (that has now been partially reopened as the heritage Epping Ongar Railway) Roding Valley station has taken on the mantle of the least-used London Underground station. This is somewhat surprising since, despite its rural-looking appearance, it is surrounded by 1930s housing, the very reason it was opened as Roding Valley Halt by the LNER in 1936. First served by LUL tube trains on 21st November 1948 following electrification of the ex-LNER line between Woodford and Hainault, which date also saw the electrification of the line between Woodford and Loughton, tube trains eventually reaching Epping on 25th September 1949.

Acton Bridge: Freightliner Heavy Haul 66957 working hard with 6X04, an engineers works train From Crewe, southbound through Acton Bridge on 27 July 2015 heading for Atherston. 66595 is bringing up the rear. [Ref query 6610]

Acton Bridge: The Northenden to Folly Lane (Runcorn) 'Binliner' containers, heading north through Acton Bridge on 27 July 2015 behind Freightliner 66551.

Braehead Viaduct: This improbable consist is actually the result of a telephoto shot of the 0624 Motherwell - Milngavie service crossing a Virgin Voyager Polmadie - Edinburgh empty stock movement on the new Bargeddie bridge on 27th July 2015, the first day of operations over the new bridge.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Work on installing the gateline and platform furniture at Queen Street. Seen on 27 July through one of the small unofficial viewing holes.

Lamington Viaduct: A TransPennine 350 heading for Manchester Airport approaching Lamington Viaduct on 27 July 2016. Photograph taken from the temporary access pathway created alongside a field between the B7055 and the north bank of the Clyde. The pathway had been used by Network Rail during the 7 week closure of the WCML earlier that year following damage to the Viaduct caused by storm Frank.

Lamington Viaduct: The 0843 London Euston - Edinburgh Waverley speeds north over Lamington Viaduct on 27 July 2016. Note the sizeable spoil heaps standing on the south bank of the Clyde, a leftover from the considerable excavation and construction work carried out on the viaduct during closure of the line in January and February following damage caused by storm Frank. See image [[54263]]

Hyndland: Seen from the Gartnavel Hospital footpath, the 0945 from Edinburgh via Falkirk High passes through Hyndland as it nears the end of its diversion during the period of closure of Queen Street High Level.

Wandel Mill Signal Box: The 1400 Glasgow Central - London Euston photographed south of Lamington on 27 July 2016 running past a Network Rail access point.

Lamington Viaduct: The 1309 Glasgow Central - Manchester Airport southbound across the Clyde over Lamington Viaduct on 27 July 2016. Note the rebuilt piers and other repairs carried out following damage caused by storm Frank at the beginning of the year, which resulted in closure of the west coast main line for more than seven weeks. The train was running at what appeared to be normal line speed - certainly a lot faster than its sister unit was on reopening day on 22 February. See image [[54263]]

Moffat: Remains of the railway bridge that once carried the Moffat branch over the A701 on its one and a half mile journey from the junction with the WCML north of Beattock. Moffat station closed to passengers in 1954, with the branch closing completely 10 years later. View is south towards Beattock on 27 July 2016. The last passenger train to cross the bridge was the SLS Easter Railtour of 29 March 1964 see image [[30082]].

Abington: A lonely looking Colas Rail 56087 runs south through the loops at Abington on 27 July 2016.

Didcot Railway Centre: The Didcot Railway Centre open day, the stars being 6023 King Edward 11 and a Barclay 0-4-0ST. Talk about little and large. however the Barclay made up for its size by the sound of its Stanier hooter. Here we see 5322 and 6023 front ends.

Lamington Viaduct: Close-up taken on 27 July 2016 showing the substantial rebuilding work carried out on the piers of Lamington Viaduct following closure due to storm damage earlier this year see image [[53760]].

Moffat: One of the few surviving physical reminders of the Moffat branch. The northern abutment of the bridge that once carried the line from Beattock over the A701 to the west of the town, photographed in the summer of 2016.

Bodsberry Level Crossing: Scene just to the south of Elvanfoot on 27 July 2016 as the 0739 London Euston - Glasgow Central via Birmingham hurries past on the 73 minute final leg from Carlisle to Glasgow.

Beattock: View north west across fields on the south side of Beattock on a fine July morning in 2016. In the background the 0900 Manchester Airport - Glasgow Central is about to pass a Pendolino forming the 1051 Edinburgh - Euston via Birmingham New Street.

Didcot Parkway: GWR Adelante 180106 eastbound for Paddington alongside the Didcot Railway Centre main line. GWR King 6023 was in steam on this day and I was hoping to photograph this and a modern train together but alas it was not to be.

Didcot Parkway: Barclay 0-4-0ST. (United Steel Companies; Ore Mining Branch; Cottesmore Branch) I suspect it is on loan from the Rutland Rly. (or whatever its new name is).

Aboyne: Former Aboyne Station.This is the platform side where trains would have stopped. View looking east. The building houses a variety of small businesses,and,in common with many closed stations,the area round the building is now a car park.

Dumfries: A rail movement, hauled by 66744, from Tyne coal terminal to Hunterston passing through Dumfries on 27th July 2016. 

Cambus o' May: A victim of the Beeching cuts,The Deeside Line closed in 1966. It ran from Aberdeen to Ballater and was used by Queen Victoria (God bless her!) and subsequent royals on their trips to Balmoral Castle.Cambus O' May was a small single platform station four miles east of Ballater. The picture shows the former station as it is today. The building is the original and is now privately owned. View looking west. John.

Wandel Mill Signal Box: The morning Euston - Edinburgh Pendolino heading for the Clyde Viaduct at Symington in the summer of 2016. The train is passing a Network Rail access and storage point alongside the A701, near the site of the former Wandel Mill signal box.

Didcot Parkway: 253 001 in original BR colours on the day of the Didcot Railway Centre open day.

Abington: DRS 66423+66303 northbound through Abington on 27 July 2016 with the 0616 Daventry - Mossend Tesco containers.

Didcot Parkway: HST 125 43005 at Didcot on 27 July 2016 in the new GWR Colours... unfortunately the rest of the train wasn't!

Troon: 1202 SX Ayr to Central rolls under the repainted footbridge. The whole station has had a makeover - if the station gets done up, the Open must be coming.

Crawford: The 1200 Glasgow Central - London Euston, having just passed Crawford and the country's largest ad for IT, is about to run below the A702, from which the photograph was taken. Less than 50 yards further on it will pass below the A74(M). In the foreground stand the remains of the bridge that once carried the original road.

Didcot Railway Centre: The Didcot Rly. Centre had an open day today (27 July), the stars being 6023 King Edward 11 and a Barclay 0-4-0ST. Talk about little and large! This view is of 6023 KE2.

Colinton Tunnel: The Edinburgh end of Colinton Tunnel on the Balerno branch in July 2017. Colinton station lay just beyond the other end of the tunnel see image [[20499]]. The line finally closed in 1967 and is now part of the Water of Leith Walkway. [Ref query 1659]

Ordsall Chord: The first track has now appeared on the new Ordsall Chord, seen here on 27 July 2017 from a train travelling between Castlefield and Ordsall Junctions. The new track is connected up to this line but at the moment only goes as far as the RRV before the bridge.

Colinton Tunnel: The south western portal of Colinton Tunnel on the Balerno branch. Photographed on 27 July 2017 from the site of Colinton station. The tunnel, which is on a contnuous south west to north curve throughout its 153 yard length, now forms part of the Water of Leith walkway. For a view of the north portal see image [[60150]].

Rhyl Miniature Railway: RMR 4-4-2 Michael sets off for another circuit of the Marine Lake at Rhyl with a fair complement of passengers on 27th July 2017. The 15 inch gauge line celebrated its centenary in 2011.

Aberdour: A window at the Aberdour Heritage Centre, flanked by hanging flower baskets.

Salford Crescent: A Freightliner Class 66 passes Salford Crescent with the empty binliner train heading to the loading point at Pendleton, Brindle Heath just over a mile away. [Ref query 1664]

Colinton: Plaque on a cairn alongside the remains of Colinton station, which might prove a little confusing to the casual visitor or passing walker. For the record, the station was opened by the Caledonian Railway on 1 August 1874 and closed to passengers on 1 November 1943. The Balerno branch closed completely in 1967 see image [[20499]].

Rhyl Miniature Railway: 15 inch gauge 4-4-2 steam loco Michael takes another train around the lake loop at the Rhyl Miniature Railway, the oldest in the United Kingdom having been operational since 1911. The Chester and Holyhead main line runs along the embankment behind the wall seen here.

Llandudno Junction: An Arriva Class 175/0 heads away from Llandudno Junction on a service for Chester and Manchester on 27th July 2017. This image was taken from the grounds of the Welsh Mountain Zoo near Colwyn Bay and behind the train the A55 road can be seen dropping down towards the Conwy Estuary, which it tunnels under.

Rhyl Miniature Railway: Built with the assistance of a Heritage Lottery grant, this is the impressive Central station (and associated depot) of the Rhyl Miniature Railway. 4-4-2 steam loco Michael is made ready for another trip on the large circuit around the marine lake.

Colinton: Remains of the goods platform at Colinton in July 2017, looking west below the B701 road bridge towards Balerno. See image [[56932]]

Rhyl: An Arriva Class 175 nears Rhyl station running along the embankment to the west of the station on 27th July 2017. The train is passing the Marine Lake and the Rhyl Miniature Railway runs between the lake and the embankment wall. See image [[60271]]

Armadale Pier: Armadale Pier, in the south west of the Isle of Skye, seen from the approaching Calmac ferry MV Loch Fyne, which had just crossed from Mallaig. 27th July, 2018

Uig Pier: MV Hebrides swings round the headland to approach Uig Pier on Skye after crossing from Lochmaddy (North Uist) on 27th August 2018. After a quick turnround it will be back across The Minch heading for Tarbert on the Isle of Harris.

Mallaig: Looking towards the buffer stops and station building at Mallaig on the morning of 27th July 2018. The 0603hrs to Glasgow had left on time after overnight stabling and it would be 0953hrs before the first arrival of the day.

Mallaig Pier: The other terminal building in Mallaig. These are the Calmac Ferry offices on the pier on the morning of 27th July 2018. Cars are beginning to queue for the next crossing to Armadale on Skye.

Mallaig Pier: Calmac ferry MV Loch Fyne arrives at the linkspan on Mallaig Pier after crossing from Armadale on Skye on 27th July 2018. This vessel was one of two originally built for the Kyle of Localsh to Skye service but made redundant by the bridge. Sister ship Loch Dunvegan is now the regular vessel on the short Kyles of Bute service.

Donibristle Platform: Colas 60002 leans into the curves with the Aberdeen Craiginches - Oxwellmains cement empties on 27 July. Probably the last use of this class on the service with the sale to GB Railfreight.

Uphall: An Edinburgh service calls at Uphall on 27th July 2018, to pick up what is obviously mainly daytripping custom. Note the proximity to the M8: an easterly version of Cardonald.

Mallaig Pier: Seen from a ferry departing for Armadale, Calmac MV Lord of the Isles arrives in Mallaig after crossing from Lochboisdale on South Uist in July 2018.

Grafton East Junction: 'Duchess of Sutherland' LMS 6233 running from Paddington to the WSR at Minehead on 27th July 2019. Seen here working hard and approaching Crofton Pumping Station on the GWR Berks and Hants line.

Grafton East Junction: GWR 802104 eastbound for London at 1030 hrs on 27th July 2019 passing Grafton East Junction. Next station Great Bedwyn.

Wigan North Western: 150125 waits at platform 1, Wigan North Western, on 27 July 2019 with the 1650 hrs service to Manchester Piccadilly via Bolton.

Cumbernauld: A Kingussie to Polmadie sleeper ECS, hauled by an unidentified Class 73, passes Cumbernauld in heavy rain on 27th July 2019. Mk2/3 stock is still in use due to delays introducing CAF Mk5 coaches.

Blunsdon: On 27th July 2019, 'Sir Herbert Walker' visited the Swindon and Cricklade Railway - cunningly disguised as a class 73 engine. Having misread the timetable, I missed this train - we had to settle for sausage and cider.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: With less than 48 hrs until the extended platforms 2 and 3 come in to use, there's no slacking at Queen Street on the last weekend in July 2019 as work to complete the railway infrastructure and resurface the platforms continues.

Blunsdon: Also available in red - a George VI post box, apparently in the original livery. Seen at Blunsdon, the principal station on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway, on 27th July 2019.

Haymarket: A new feature from the recent timetable change is the regular scheduling of services to start and terminate in Platform 0 at Haymarket. 170396 is seen on 27th July 2020.

Scorton [Lancashire] [1st]: The setting sun catches the side of a Class 158 as it runs alongside a swollen River Wyre at Scorton on 27th July 2020.

Haymarket: A new feature of the current (2020) timetable is trains permanently booked to terminate and start at Haymarket Platform 0. Here is the 1709hrs Haymarket-Kirkcaldy on 27th July 2020.

Pyle: D1935, passing through Pyle, on the return leg of a light engine movement between Bristol Temple Meads and Carmarthen on 27th July 2020.

Tyne Marshalling Yard: After some 15 years of visiting Tyne Yard, I finally noticed this rail-themed house name, about a kilometre to the South.

Oubeck Loops: On a misty July morning the 'Pendle Dalesman' topped the climb out of Lancaster with a Bullied Whuffle from the chimney rather than a Stanier Bark. 35018 'British India Line' took the train to Carlisle via Blackburn and the S&C. The Pacific was removed at Hellifield on the return journey and ran light engine to York to cover for a failed 46115 on the Scarborough Spa Express the following day.

Lostock Hall: Bulleid Merchant Navy 35018 'British India Line', with the WCRC 'Pendle Dalesman', passes Lostock Hall on 27 July 2021 heading to Carlisle via the S&C.

Galgate: 'Progress' Pendolino 390119 cannot be mistaken for any other train in the Avanti fleet. The multi-coloured set is seen approaching Hampson Lane bridge heading from Euston to Glasgow on 27th July 2021. The Pendolinos are approaching twenty years service and it was announced in July that 390125 had gone to Alstom at Widnes as the first of the intensively worked fleet to receive a planned overhaul. This £117m project will see them all fully modernised but also the 11-car sets are having a first class coach reclassified to create extra seats.

Beamish Open Air Museum: Very rare track: this narrow gauge line on a wooden viaduct is part of the rebuilt coal mine at Beamish. This picture was taken as I stood by a locked gate, so it is very likely that neither people nor wagons have recently travelled over this line, which represents a waste line (notice the absence of puns here) taking waste from the pit head to the nearest tip.

Oubeck Loops: After a succession of fine sunny evenings it was quite murky when I managed to venture out to Lancaster on 27th July 2021. TPE 397008 hurried through the loops at Oubeck on an Edinburgh to Manchester Airport service just as the rain started.

Lancaster: 90042 leads reliveried 90048 through Lancaster with an evening Coatbridge to Basford Hall intermodal service on 27th July 2021. 195112 is in Platform 3 bound for Barrow-in-Furness.

Beamish Open Air Museum: The replica of 'Puffing Billy' is Stephenson gauge, rather than the original five feet, to allow it to run on other preserved lines. It is seen here on the Pockerley Waggonway at Beamish in July 2021.

Lancaster: I had heard that the footbridge at Lancaster station was being refurbished but this bright white paintwork, and the white roof covering, took me by surprise. Contractors are still working as 156482 waits in Platform 5 in between evening shuttles on the Morecambe branch on 27th July 2021.

Beamish Open Air Museum: The trees have grown somewhat since Veronica Clibbery photographed this Harton Colliery Electric Railway locomotive (see image [[43656]]). Between the length of the rails and the absence of catenary, you wouldn't expect it to disturb anything.

Lancaster: 68003 'Astute', and unnamed 68033, take the Up Through line at Lancaster with two flasks from Sellafield to Crewe on 27th June 2021. These had run via Workington and over Shap.

Bay Horse: The National Rail Strike Day on 27th July 2022 again saw freight services on the WCML concentrated into a day time window, leading to some unusual sightings. GBRf 66731 'Capt. Tom Moore. A True British Inspiration', running in 'NHS' livery, was at the head of a long but fairly lightly loaded container train from Carlisle New Yard to Bescot, seen here in the cutting at Forton, just to the south of Bay Horse.

Gatehead: Track lifted following discovery of void at Gatehead. Excavations of the site uncovered an historic culvert lying underneath the railway which has now been replaced with a modern equivalent to allow the route to re-open safely. See image [[81811]].

Gatehead: Following discovery of a void alongside the track of the Kilmanock to Barassie line the railway was closed for investigations. While the line was closed, engineers also brought forward planned work on a bridge immediately west of the site, reducing the need for ongoing maintenance in the future. See image [[81812]].

Heathrow Terminal 4 [BAA]: If Gordon Steel started a competition (see image [[81760]]), I fear this is the last word - a free ticket from Terminal 2 to Terminal 4 at Heathrow. Just as well, as we had enough luggage to flatten the tyres on a taxi. It was a strike day, but the train ran.