Knightswood South Junction: V1 67631 approaching Knightswood South Junction with a Helensburgh - Bridgeton train on 1 August 1957. Turning off to the west is the freight only Cowdenhill Branch, which served various industrial locations in the area.

Saughton Junction: A Swindon InterCity DMU passes Saughton Junction in August 1957 with a Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh Waverley shuttle service. Note the goods yard (left) and carriage sidings (right) are still in use.

Saughton Junction: Haymarket A2 Pacific no 60519 Honeyway is about to take a train past Saughton Junction on the first day of August 1957 and will soon start to turn north towards the Forth Bridge.

Saughton Junction: An Edinburgh - Glasgow InterCity DMU runs through Saughton Junction on 1 August 1957 passing a K3 2-6-0 with empty stock from Saughton carriage sidings heading for Waverley.

Saughton Junction: Gresley A3 no 60099 'Call Boy' brings a train off the Forth Bridge line through Saughton Junction on the first day of August 1957. The Pacific will soon be passing its home shed at Haymarket.

Saughton Junction: One of the first batch of newly delivered Swindon InterCity DMUs runs through Saughton Junction on 1 August 1957 on an Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Queen Street service.

Saughton Junction: Haymarket A3 Pacific no 60089 Felstead speeds west through Saughton Junction on Thursday 1 August 1957 at the head of the Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Queen Street leg of the down North Briton ex Leeds City.

Knightswood North Junction: Parkhead based V3 2-6-2T 67628 passing through Knightswood North Junction on 1 August 1957 with a Milngavie - Bridgeton train.

Carlisle Kingmoor Shed: Scene in the yard at Kingmoor on 1 August 1959, with McIntosh ex-Caledonian 0-4-4T no 55234 and BR Standard class 9F 2-10-0 no 92152 amongst the locomotives on shed.

Symington [2nd]: Stanier Pacific no 46241 City of Edinburgh photographed at Symington with a down train in the summer of 1959.

Symington [2nd]: Black 5 no 45163 with a down train at Symington in August 1959.

Symington [2nd]: Black 5 no 45311 about to run south through Symington with a 13-coach CTAC Scottish Tours Express on Saturday 1 August 1959. (CTAC = Creative Tourist Agencies Conference)

Symington [2nd]: Stanier Coronation Pacific no 46239 City of Chester brings the down Royal Scot through Symington on a bright and sunny Saturday 1 August 1959.

Symington [2nd]: Black 5 no 45491 with a northbound train at Symington in August 1959.

Symington [2nd]: Stanier Pacific no 46243 City of Lancaster, in Crimson Lake livery, about to run through Symington at speed on the first day of August 1959 with the up Glasgow Central - London Euston 'Mid-day Scot'.

Carlisle Kingmoor Shed: WD165 photographed in the yard at Kingmoor on 1 August 1959. The ex-WD 0-6-0ST (AB 2183 of 1943) was on its way north to Steeles of Hamilton, from where it was eventually acquired by the Wemyss Private Railway and renumbered 15 see image [[6246]]. Several years later, following a spell in Muir's yard in Thornton, the locomotive was purchased for preservation. It is currently undergoing a scheduled overhaul on the East Lancashire Railway, where it carries the name Earl David.

Symington [2nd]: 46241 City of Edinburgh stands at Symington with a northbound train in August 1959.

Symington [2nd]: A WCML service calls at Symington on the first day of August 1959. The driver of Polmadie Coronation Pacific no 46230 Duchess of Buccleuch looks back along the platform prior to resuming the journey north.

Carlisle Kingmoor Shed: McIntosh ex-Caledonian 0-4-4T no 55234 simmers in the yard at Kingmoor in the summer of 1959.

Symington [2nd]: Stanier Pacific 46201 Princess Elizabeth photographed at Symington in August 1959 with a down WCML train.

Symington [2nd]: Carlisle Kingmoor's Crab 2-6-0 no 42905 is heading for home with an up freight on the WCML approaching Symington station on the first day of August 1959.

Symington [2nd]: Jubilee no 45621 'Northern Rhodesia' with a down train at Symington on Saturday 1 August 1959.

Crewe: Crab 2-6-0 no 42934 photographed at Crewe station in the summer of 1960.

Hartford: Edge Hill Black 5 45421 southbound at Hartford, Cheshire, in the summer of 1960. [Ref query 4427]

Langloan: Platform view from Langloan station on 1 August 1961 looking east towards Langloan West Junction see image [[36882]]. [Ref query 4429]

Sunnyside Junction: 67675 about to run through Sunnyside Junction in August 1961 with a North Clyde service for Airdrie. The train is about to pass below Gartsherrie Road to reach its next stop at Coatbridge Sunnyside station. [Editor's note: The area occupied by the lifted sidings on the left is now part of Summerlee Industrial Heritage Museum] See image [[26202]]

Whifflet Upper: Platform view east at Whifflet Upper station on 1 August 1961 with a train recently arrived from Maryhill Central. The locomotive is Motherwell shed's Standard class 4 2-6-0 no 76000.

Tollcross: Looking east towards Tollcross on 1 August 1961. The station closed to passengers on 5 October 1964.

Glasgow St Enoch: Platform scene at St Enoch on 1 August 1961. Over to the left are station pilots 40620 and 55225, while on the right Peak D19 is preparing to leave with the 4pm to Leeds City.

Langloan: A Maryhill - Whifflet train approaching the platfom at Langloan on 1 August 1961. In charge is Motherwell based Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42203.

Whifflet Upper: Motherwell based Standard Mogul 76000, recently arrived at Whifflet Upper station on 1 August 1961 at the head of a train from Maryhill Central.

Whifflet Upper: 42203 with empty stock at Whifflet Upper station in August 1961. See image [[32680]]

Langloan: A Dalmuir - Coatbridge Central service arriving at Langloan station on 1 August 1961. At the head of the train is Dawsholm based Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42694.

Coatbridge Junction: BR Standard class 4 2-6-0 no 76091 approaching Coatbridge Junction in the summer of 1961 with a Balloch - Coatbridge train. [Ref query 38460]

Gourock Pier: TS 'Duchess of Montrose' arrives at Gourock on a fine summer morning in 1964.

Den of Cowie Viaduct: Ferryhill stalwart, Black 5 44703, crosses Den of Cowie viaduct with what I think was the summer Saturday 11.00am from Glasgow Buchanan St to Aberdeen on 1st August 1964. This service took an unusual route for its time, running via Dundee. A sign of things to come, perhaps.

Carlisle: Summer holiday traffic about to leave Carlisle on the first day of August 1964, with Black 5 no 45228 having just taken over train 1S36, the 08.15 Newcastle Central - Heads of Ayr.

Carlisle: Britannia Pacific no 70039 Sir Christopher Wren stands alongside the west wall at the north end of Carlisle station in August 1964. One of several of the class to spend its final operational days at Carlisle, no 70039 was eventually withdrawn from Kingmoor shed in September 1967 and said its final goodbyes from the yard of Messrs McWilliams at Shettleston in January 1968.

Carlisle: The 8.35am Glasgow St Enoch - London St Pancras prepares to leave Carlisle platform 4 on the first day of August 1964. Holbeck Jubilee 45626 Seychelles has just taken over the train for the next leg of the journey to Leeds.

Stonehaven: It would have been difficult to concentrate on your drive at Stonehaven golf course's sixteenth, with Ferryhill Black 5 45162 blasting past on the final leg of its run to Aberdeen. This was a summer Saturday relief from Glasgow on 1st August 1964.

Carlisle: The 8.35am Glasgow St Enoch - London St Pancras standing at a grey and overcast Carlisle station on 1 August 1964. Locomotives are Kingmoor's Britannia Pacific 70003 John Bunyan and Holbeck Jubilee 45626 Seychelles.

Rothesay Pier: TS Queen Mary II arriving at Rothesay in August 1965.

Rothesay Bay: 'MV Bute' being followed out of Rothesay Bay by a vessel of earlier vintage, the paddle steamer 'Caledonia'. The car ferry was on course for Wemyss Bay on 1st August 1965, but the 'Caledonia' would shortly turn to port to head for Dunoon.

Rothesay Bay: A short-lived experiment in the mid-sixties was the introduction (in 1965) of a hovercraft on the Clyde by a company called Clyde Hover Ferries Ltd, aimed at competing with the traditional steamer and ferry services. The venture wasn't a great success and the service ceased at the end of the 1966 summer season. The photograph shows the hovercraft setting off from the beach at Rothesay for the mainland.

Aviemore: 47546 takes an Inverness train north out of Aviemore on 1 August 1980.

Aviemore: 40184 with a southbound train approaching Aviemore on 1 August 1980.

Carlisle Kingmoor MPD: 81007 at Kingmoor on 1 August 1982.

Oban: Oban station frontage on 1 August 1984.

Lenzie: George Orwell was wrong! 1984 Summer train for Glasgow.

Gourock: It's August 1985 and the blue enamel platform number signs at Gourock are already an anachronism compared with with the 'Strathclyde Red' (orange to you and me) of 303038. That notice about loading also belonged to a vanished era when the loading of goods at a passenger station was likely. To be pedantic (oh, let's) the order doesn't preclude loading or unloading without passing the notice, though the porters would have to be unusually strong and have a good aim.

Aberdour: Hunslet Barclay 20904 leads the Chipmans weedkiller train through Aberdour station on 1 August 1989. 20901 is out of sight at the rear of the train.

Coombe: 37674 comes under the bridge near the halt at Coombe in August 1989 taking clay from Moorswater in CDA wagons for export via Fowey Carne Point. Note the body of the hood wagon which derailed here a few years previously still parked alongside the line.

Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Works: Looking south over the closed portion of the Motherwell Bridge and Engineering works from the Logan Road footbridge. The WCML passes to the left. See image [[4468]]

Ravenscraig No 4 Yard: Looking north over the east side of British Steel Ravenscraig post closure. This was the iron ore unloading yard with the stockyard to the right and the sinter plant in the distant left. The Wishaw Deviation of the WCML is to the left.

Middlesbrough: View from Middlesbrough platform 1 in August 1997, as a Transrail class 60 passes eastbound with a trainload of empty steel flats heading for Lackenby. In the background is part of Middlesbrough FC's 35,000 capacity Riverside Stadium, opened 2 years earlier.

Cranmore: LMS Jinty 3F 0-6-0T 47493, formerly a resident of Woodham's Barry scrapyard, seen on the East Somerset Railway at Cranmore on 1st August 1998.

Blackford Hill: Freight on the sub. Coal empties westbound between Blackford Hill and Morningside Road on a warm and sunny day in the summer of 2006.
See query 2044

Hamilton West: A Larkhall - Dalmuir train boarding at Hamilton West in August 2006. SPT liveried EMU 318260.

Kelvinbridge [Subway]: Oh dear...! Pondering the descent into Kelvinbridge Subway from Great Western Road on a Monday morning in August 2006. See image [[4714]]

Newcraighall Junction: The siding destined to become the start of the Borders Railway route to Tweedbank see image [[33891]]. View north on 1 August 2006 as a DMU leaves the turnback siding at the north end of Millerhill yard to run back to the platform at Newcraighall station on the other side of the bridge. 158740 had arrived there from Bathgate some 15 minutes earlier and would depart shortly as the next service to Dunblane.

Blackford Hill: Westbound coal at Blackford Hill.

Hamilton West: A train for Dalmuir runs into Hamilton West in the summer of 2006.

Leadburn: No notices posted - view north across the platforms at Leadburn station on 1 August 2007.

Leadburn: View east at Leadburn towards Pomathorn on 1 August 2007 with the island platform on the right.

Maryport: Former Clyde Shipping tug/tender 'Flying Buzzard' (perhaps the last steam tug built for use on the Clyde), built by Fergusons at Port Glasgow, 1951, ingloriously run down and sunk by her tow (a tanker) in the river off Dumbarton, 1952. Raised and repaired, she carried on working on the Clyde then at Dundee thereafter. She arrived at Maryport in Cumbria during 1983 and was part of the maritime museum there for 20 years, but when that closed she was purchased by Julie Jessop and Mike Nelder, who had visions of sailing her to Vancouver (why there I never found out!) and set about converting her for that voyage, bearing in mind her boilers had been removed so 'new' main engine and gearbox had to be fitted. Vessel photographed in the outer harbour at Maryport, 01 August, 2007, having been moved out from the wet basin to allow yours truly to visually survey the hull (which was in excellent overall condition due to all those years in almost fresh water in the Clyde and Tay estuaries). She eventually sailed from Maryport in December, 2008 and was seen, again by yours truly, in Trinidad, 15 November, 2009, the extension of the voyage to Vancouver having been temporarily put on hold. As far as is known, at the start of 2016 she was still in the Caribbean, having never gone any further (we can only surmise that Mike and Julie liked the Caribbean and decided to stay – why ever not!).

Bangour Junction: Looking east at the site of Bangour Junction in August 2007. The overbridge which now carries the A899 over the railway is the location of a signalbox associated with the branch which diverged in a north westerly direction immediately to the east of the overbridge, before it looped back on itself then once again reversed at the village of Dechmont before following a westerly route to it's terminus. A short lived private line, it existed to serve the hospital of the same name. The scrubland to the left contained a set of sidings associated with the branch, and a sizeable headshunt existed extending almost to the overbridge at Nettlehill. Most of the remains of the Bangour branch were obliterated with the A899 and M8 construction in this area.

Glasgow Central: By Royal Appointment.... Class 67005 in Royal Train livery at Glasgow Central!

Glasgow Central: 67005 Royal Train locomotive having hauled the Caledonian Sleeper empties into Glasgow Central. Photgraphers note.... I stumbled upon the loco by chance.

Ribble Junction (WLR): Ribble Junction, on the embankment just south of the River Ribble bridge, was only a junction until 1900 when the curve to Middleforth Jcn closed and that to Preston E.L. opened, allowing passenger trains to be diverted and Preston Fishergate Hill to be closed to passengers. SD 530283

Ribble Junction (WLR): Few traces remain of the West Lancashire Railway around Preston but these bridge piers, which carried their last train in 1965, look as if they will be around a while. On the far, Preston, side of the river the line turned west for a short run into Preston Fishergate Hill station. This closed to passengers in 1900 and goods in 1965 and the site has been built over. SD 530283

Farington Curve Junction: The pointwork around Farington Curve Junction can be clearly seen in this view south from Bee Lane bridge in August 2008 as a Pendolino heads north towards Preston. The Ormskirk route curves off to the far right while, in the centre, the line to Blackburn starts to climb before eventually turning east and crossing over the WCML.

Farington Curve Junction: 92015 on 6L30 Carlisle New Yard to Crewe infrastructure train, comprised entirely of ballast wagons, on the Up Fast line at Farington Curve Junction. The fast and slow lines diverge slightly here and the mechanical signal box once stood between them, up against Bee Lane bridge from which this picture was taken looking towards Preston.

Stranraer: Looking back through Stranraer Harbour station from the buffer stops on 1 August 2008. The station signal box now appears to be permanently switched out with only the platform line in use.

Stranraer: View along the platform line at Staranraer Harbour station towards the buffer stops on 1 August 2008. See image [[34557]]

Stranraer: Platform view at Stranraer Harbour station looking towards the town on 1 August 2008. See image [[20451]]

Muirhouse Central Junction: View from the open door of a Cathcart Circle line train during a stop at Pollokshields East station in August 2008. Standing beyond the retaining wall on the west side of the higher level lines is the redundant Muirhouse Junction signal box

Inverness: 170395, 158713 & 158717 stand at Inverness ready for their next turn of duty on 1st August.

Inverness MPD: 08788 standing in the yard at Inverness Depot on 1st August

Needlefield Carriage Sidings: A sleeping car sitting at Inverness Depot on 1st August being readied for use on the Highland Sleeper later that evening.

Barton and Broughton: On the roll again after waiting in the goods loop just south of the closed Barton and Broughton station. 66419 accelerates a lengthy Tesco container northwards past the old station building on a very wet Saturday morning.

Barton and Broughton: Having waited in Barton down goods loop for a Voyager to pass 66419 gets the Tesco containers under way again and draws forward onto the main line to continue its northwards journey. Originally there were four tracks from Preston to this point but they were reduced to two in the late 1960s, apart from an up loop just outside Preston and this one.

Levisham: 45212 departing a wet Levisham on 1 August 2009.

Farington Curve Junction: A Blackpool to York service climbs away from Farington Curve Jct and sweeps around the curve, before crossing the WCML and heading east through Lostock Hall on 1 August 2009. The Ormskirk line which also leaves the WCML at Farington Curve Jct is behind the camera to the right.

Farington Curve Junction: An Ormskirk to Preston service starts the descent to Farington Curve Jct. The Class 153 will pass under the road bridge seen on the left of the unit. The photo is taken from the site of the former junction which forked to the right and led to Lostock Hall.

Levisham: 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley arriving at a very wet Levisham station on 1 August with a southbound train... the chime whistle still sends a tingle down the spine.

Farington Junction: Stanier Princess Royal class pacific no.6201 'Princess Elizabeth' heads a northbound railtour at Farington Jct on 01 August 2009. Missing from the mainline in recent years, the loco has recently had a mailine test run from Carnforth so hopefully 'Lizzie' will be back on charters during 2019.

Eshiels Tunnel: The south portal of Eshiels tunnel, on the eastern edge of Peebles, seen here on 1 August 2010. The curved single-track tunnel, brought the Peebles Railway east out of the town and under the A72 road on its way to Galashiels. The tunnel was sealed and the cutting forming the western approach infilled following closure of the line by BR in 1962. It was recently reopened (spring 2010) as part of a walkway / cycleway between Peebles and Innerleithen, with the project jointly funded by Sustrans and Scottish Borders Council.

Wells-next-the-Sea: The former station at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, closed in 1964.

Weybourne: Hunslet 1982 of 1940 'Ring Haw' with a train at Weybourne on the North Norfolk Railway on 1 August 2010

Eshiels Tunnel: Bikers on the A72 a mile east of Peebles town centre passing the modified north portal of Eshiels Tunnel on the former Peebles Railway. The 66 yard long tunnel was sealed following closure of the rail route in 1962 but reopened in early 2010 as part of a walkway. Photograph taken on 1 August 2010 looking south east in the general direction of Galashiels. For a view of the south portal see image [[30347]].

Sheringham: Hunslet 0-6-0ST 'Ring Haw' (No 1982 of 1940) stands alongside D2063 at Sheringham on 1st August 2010.

Neidpath Viaduct: Manor road bridge seen looking west along the Tweed, west of Neidpath Viaduct on 1 August 2010. To the right of the river, above the level of the flood plain, the trackbed of the former Caledonian route from Peebles starts to curve to the right towards Lyne station. It will eventually meet up with the WCML at Symington.

Portobello West Junction: One of the recently delivered ScotRail class 380 EMUs passing the site of Portobello West Junction with a North Berwick - Waverley service on 1 August 2011. Introduced on the route some 7 weeks earlier as an eventual replacement for the 322s, the new class would take over these services completely the following day. (See image [[35083]]).

Edinburgh Gateway: Fife-bound 158870 passes the site of the proposed tram/train interchange at Gogar on 1 August 2011.

Gogar Tram Depot: The east end of the Edinburgh Tram depot at Gogar on 1 August, with tracklaying in progress.

Portobello West Junction: A class 322 runs west past Portobello Junction on 1 August 2011 with the 10.36 North Berwick - Edinburgh Waverley service. The train has just passed an eastbound 158 forming the 10.51 Waverley - Newcraighall, which can be seen in the left background. Hard to believe that tomorrow morning's 07.56 North Berwick - Glasgow Central is scheduled to be the last revenue-earning journey undertaken by a 322 in Scotland. (See image [[77853]]).

Gogar Tram Depot: West end of the tram depot at Gogar on 1 August 2011, with the 'main line' to the airport being prepared.

Portobello West Junction: The Monday morning 'Binliner' crossing Baileyfield Road on the ECML through Portobello on 1 August 2011. DBS 67027 is hauling a full complement of compacted household waste containers en route from Edinburgh Council's Powderhall Depot to the Viridor landfill site at Oxwellmains.

Barton and Broughton: The 12-car 1M44 Shieldmuir - Warrington Royal Mail service, led by 325008, photographed at speed on the WCML near Barton and Broughton, Lancashire, on 1 August 2011.

Portobello West Junction: A complete load of rubbish. A full complement of compacted refuse containers from Powderhall eastbound through Portobello in August 2011 en route to Oxwellmains. A little to the left of the road junction is the site of a former railway junction (Leith South), where coal trains on the Lothian Lines once took the same route now followed by Sir Harry Lauder Road, skirting the north side of what was Portobello Yard, before turning south to cross bridges spanning both the ECML and the former Waverley Route. For a map see image [[1404]].

Gourock: VIPs gathered at Gourock on 1 August 2012 for the official opening of the new station.

Lostock Hall: K4 no 61994 made a surprise appearance on the weekly 'Fellsman' trip from Lancaster to Carlisle via the S&C on 1 August 2012, not that you would have guessed it was the first of August as it was duller than many a winters day! The outward trip is seen here moving swiftly through Lostock Hall station.

Westway Sidings: GBRf 66702 stands in the Crossrail loading terminal at Royal Oak on 1 August whilst its wagons are bucket loaded with tunnelling spoil.

Northam: Grab shot showing the South end of Northam train maintenance depot, between Southampton and Eastleigh, in August 2013. The depot maintains South West Trains Desiro Class 444 and 450 EMUs.

Paddington: First production build HST power car 43002 at the town end of Paddington platform 4 in August 2013. Sister unit 43180, built towards the end of the HST programme, is standing over in platform 2.

Llandovery: View south from Llandovery Station over the end of the station loop in August 2013. Bagged ballast and a stack of new wooden sleepers with chairs stand alongside the engineers siding accessed off the northbound platform line. [Ref query 9186]

Eastleigh: The 16.24 Basingstoke - Portsmouth Harbour snakes across to platform 3 on the northern approach to Eastleigh station on 1st August 2013. The line to the left passes through Chandlers Ford to Romsey see image [[34131]], and was reopened to passengers in the late 1980's if I recall correctly.

Eastleigh: Ten cars of South West Trains class 444 stock head South at Eastleigh on the through lines in August 2013.

Eastleigh: 31190 was so ashamed of its matt and faded BR green paintwork at Eastleigh on 1st August, that it tried to hide behind a lamp post. But railway photographers are observant folk.

Eastleigh: An open, but incomplete, invitation (right) at Eastleigh on 1st August could possibly distract the eye from classes 08, 56, and 66 visible in the background - let alone the virtual quarry beyond the ballast wagons.

Redbridge: If you look at a railway map, Redbridge (West of Southampton) may look like a good place to watch both freight and passenger operations. In practice, a rake of empty container flats was the only sign of freight and most passenger trains passed through without stopping. There was also little shade from the sun. Lesson learned!

Eastleigh: The SWT 17.01 to Waterloo makes a colourful sight at Eastleigh on a nice warm August afternoon in 2013.

Cowdenbeath: Edinburgh train waiting to leave Cowdenbeath on 1 August, alongside an impressive floral display maintained by the local Rotary Club.

Haymarket: Looking west through the windows of the footbridge at Haymarket on 1 August 2013.

Didcot Parkway: Direct Rail Services 66418 approaching Didcot eastbound on 1 August with a train of empty container flats.

Edinburgh Waverley: Work continues on the southernmost platforms at Waverley Station on 1 August, with 91009 and 334036 awaiting departure.

Eastleigh: BR Class 73 electro-diesels 73207 and 73208 bask in the sun at Eastleigh on 1st August 2013. Both locomotives were built at the nearby works in the 1960s.

Swansea Victoria: Running in board from the former Swansea Victoria station that was located near what is now the Waterfront and Victoria Quay. The board is now on display at the Swansea Museum Tramway Centre. Only a retaining wall, underpass, and partial earthworks remain as a physical indication that a railway existed in the area.

Princes Street Gardens Cutting: 156432 runs through Princes Street Gardens with a Glasgow Central service on 1 August as two 170s are about to pass.

Didcot Parkway: Locomotives 08752, 66054, 66134 and 66116 stand in the yard in front of Didcot A Power Station on 1 August 2013. The coal-fired power station ceased generating in March 2013 after 43 years. The decommissioning process is scheduled for completion by the end of the year, following which the station's six iconic cooling towers will be demolished, removing a notable landmark from the Oxfordshire skyline.

Swansea: The truncated former railway swing bridge, sited next to The Pumphouse at the end of Gloucester Place, Swansea, in August 2013. The bridge once extended across the entrance channel to the large dock alongside the National Waterfront Museum's former Coast Lines transit shed.

Swansea: The remaining landward section of the former railway swing bridge, located next to The Pumphouse at the end of Gloucester Place, Swansea. See image [[44055]]

Llandovery: The driver of 153323 reaches out from his cab to operate the crossing barriers in order to enter Llandovery station with the 16.37 Heart of Wales line service forward to Swansea

Reading TMD: First Great Western DMU 165121 in a siding alongside the newly opened replacement Reading TMD on 1 August 2013. The new depot is sited on the up side of the main line just west of Reading station.

Oubeck Loops: A single flask on the morning train from Crewe to Sellafield was an easy task for DRS EE Type 3s 37610 and 37402 on 1st August 2014. The train is approaching the Oubeck loops south of Lancaster, the trickle of water in the foreground being the Ou Beck from which the location gets its name.

Moy: 66114 passes Dalmagarry, near Moy, with the southbound Lairg tank empties on 1st August 2014.

Largs: The current Poetry on the Platform at Largs station on 1 August 2014 see image [[3908]].

Seaton [Tram]: Two half scale replica tramcars meet at a passing loop just north of the Seaton Tramway depot. The loop is one of several on the three mile line, allowing a frequent service at peak times. Tram No.2 is seen heading north for Colyton along the old railway formation.

Hessay: The closed station at Hessay, now a private residence but with a signaller's office, on the York to Harrogate line, as seen from passing UK Railtours' excursion from King's Cross to Harrogate (with onwards coach connection to the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway), on Saturday, 1st August 2015.

Tighnabruaich Pier: The paddle steamer Waverley calls at Tighnabruaich on 1 August 2015 whilst on a cruise from Glasgow. Behind the ex LNER steamer is the Island of Bute. In the building at the entrance to the pier were poster boards still displaying 'British Railways' in Scottish Region colours.

Much Natter: The finest miniature railway in the country? I wouldn't argue with that description of the Beer Heights Light Railway at Pecorama on the hills overlooking Beer and the Devon coastline. The line is now thirty years old and this is Much Natter station with a two train service operating on 1st August 2015. The scenic round trip takes around fifteen minutes to complete.

St-Jean-Pla-de-Corts: Looking east over the former goods yard at St-Jean-Pla-de-Corts, beyond Le Boulou, on the now freight only branch from Elnes that continues, albeit abandoned from approx 750m beyond the yard, to Ceret station site. The yard contains two rakes of piggyback wagons stabled either side of the through line. Those on the left carry the Lorry Rail legend, whilst those on the right are brand new LOHR Industries wagons, still with the transit label attached. In the distance, beyond the yard, is a further rake of mixed bogie wagons stabled up to a large concrete stop block on the remaining section of operational line. See image [[53120]] for view in opposite direction.

St-Jean-Pla-de-Corts: The end vehicle in a line of new articulated LOHR Industries piggyback wagons stabled in the former small yard at St-Jean-Pla-de-Corts in the Pyrenees-Oriental region on the branch line to Ceret.

Colyton: A half scale replica tram waits at Colyton, Devon, to leave on the three mile journey to Seaton. Colyton station, once one of two intermediate stops on the Seaton branch line, can be seen behind. The branch closed to trains in 1966 but was reopened for the narrow gauge trams between Colyton and Seaton in 1971.

Much Natter: An outbound train on the Beer Heights Light Railway passes the Motive Power Depot. The substantial shed is actually one of three similar buildings alongside the line. The train will loop round at the bottom end of the site before running along the line in the foreground towards the tunnel and panoramic hill side beyond.

Ceret: The impressive 1885 Pont ferroviaire de Ceret viaduct, across the Le Tech river at the eastern side of Ceret, on the remaining section of the branch line that originally ran from Elne to Arles-sur-Tech; but no longer exists beyond the former Ceret station sited some 700 metres to the left. Most of the final section between St-Jean-Pla-de-Corts yard and Ceret station is now mothballed and overgrown.

Colyton: Seaton Tramway No.12, a replica of a London Transport original, arrives at the Colyton terminus after the three mile run from Seaton on 1st August 2015.

Seaton [Tram]: A Glasgow liveried miniature tram runs through a passing loop near Seaton heading for Colyton on the Seaton Tramway, which has now been operating on part of the old L&SWR Seaton branch line for fifty years, the first tram running (initially on battery power) in 1970.

Much Natter: A train on the miniature Beer Heights railway emerges from the tunnel on its way back to the main station. Trains pass through the long tunnel twice while making a scenic circuit of the line and on the far side emerge onto a headland with panoramic views.

Seaton [Tram]: Although the narrow gauge Seaton Tramway follows the old LSWR branch formation (the Seaton Railway) for most of its length it performs a sharp turn outside Seaton and heads for the town centre. No.12, based on a London tram, stands at the purpose built tram terminus before returning to Colyton.

Much Natter: Beer Heights Light Railway 0-4-0ST (with tender) No.4 Thomas II is turned at the Much Natter terminus, on the hillside high above Beer Village, Devon, and the English Channel.

Colintraive: The ferry 'Loch Dunvegan' at Colintraive slipway on 01 August 2015 preparing to make the short crossing to Rhubodach on the Isle of Bute.

St-Jean-Pla-de-Corts: The pointwork at the east end of St-Jean-Pla-de-Corts yard with the through line from Ceret running straight ahead to cross Route de Vives level crossing en route towards Le Boulou and branch to main line connection at Elne. A loading siding alongside a large storage pad is on the south side of the through line, with a stabling siding on the north side. See image [[52438]] for view in opposite direction

Bridge of Allan: A Class 170 DMU approaches the 1985 Bridge of Allan station from Dunblane. There is a currently a TACTRAN proposal in development to relocate to station further south, nearer to Cornton and Causewayhead.

Burnton Loop: NCB No 24 climbs through Burnton loop with coal from Pennyvenie. Minnivey mine in the background. May 1974.

Cornton Level Crossing: The level crossing at Cornton on 1st August 2016. Network Rail is seeking to close the existing vehicle and foot crossings at Cornton and replace them with a road bridge incorporating pedestrian and cycle access before the railway through Stirling is electrified in 2019. Plans were unveiled at two local public meetings in June 2016.

Cornton Level Crossing: A quick grabshot taken while walking (briskly) across the line at Cornton on 1st August 2016. Before the railway through Stirling is electrified in 2019, Network Rail plans to close the existing vehicle and foot crossings at Cornton and replace them with a road bridge with pedestrian and cycle access.

Lochailort: Black 5 No.45407 puts in some effort on the climb out of Lochailort with the morning * Jacobite * for Mallaig.

Polnish No 106 Tunnel: Black 5 No.44871 on the climb up to Polnish with 'The Jacobite' for Mallaig. In the background * Camas Driseach * and on the extreme right of the picture is part of Inverailort House, the grounds of which,were used for training by Commandos and SOE Operatives in WWII.

Glasgow Central: 350405 TranPennine Express at Glasgow Central on 1st August.

Carlisle: Despite being surrounded by overhead electrification, 46115 'Scots Guardsman' looks right at home at the North end of Citadel, waiting to carry on hauling 'The Fellsman' at 13.20 on 1st August 2017.

Garelochhead: A glimpse of 156485 as it passes over the entrance subway, on departure from Garelochhead, with the morning service from Oban to Glasgow on 1st August 2017.

Garelochhead: 0730 at Garelochhead and Scotrail Sprinter 156500 leads the 0521 from Oban to Glasgow into the station. In the yard a Road-Rail maintenance truck sits alongside the engineers siding.

Lindisfarne Street Tram Depot: There is something ironic about parking a 21st century electric car outside a 19th century tramshed. Notice the extension to the right (South East) end of the shed, which was located adjacent to the London Road railway goods station - then on the Southern edge of the city.

Carlisle: Carlisle station is currently almost unrecognizable, being clad in scaffolding to allow refurbishment of the glass roof.

London Road [Carlisle]: It may have lost its informal awning see image [[38289]]; but against all the odds, the goods depot at London Road (formerly the original terminus of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway) is still standing between the Newcastle and Carlisle line (right) and the old tram shed (left).

Lostock Hall: Royal Scot 4-6-0 46115 'Scots Guardsman' charges through Lostock Hall station on 1 August 2017 with the northbound leg of 'The Fellsman' railtour.

Grangemouth: Colas 60095 nears its destination with the Dalston - Ineos empty tanks. Note the electrification masts. 1 August.

Garelochhead: GBRf 73971 slows to call at Garelochhead with the Fort William bound sleeper service on 1st August 2017.

Fouldubs Junction Yard: DRS 66432 leaves Fouldubs sidings with the 4A13 Grangemouth - Aberdeen intermodal service. 1 August.

Wemyss Bay: The concourse at Wemyss Bay with the flowers in full bloom.

Bo'ness: NCB no.19 (Hunslet 3818 of 1954) leaves Bo'ness with the 12.10 to Manuel, on 1 August.

Garelochhead: GBRf 73971 waits for the radioed signal to leave Garelochhead with the Fort William portion of the northbound sleeper service on 1st August 2017.

Heworth Viaduct: Looking north to the lengthy steel bridge on the former York Foss Island branch that still crosses both Huntington Road and the River Foss under its new use as part of a foot and cycle track that runs from Wiggington Road, passing the nearby Rowntree branch junction, through to York Layerthorpe, and then continuing along the former Derwent Valley Light Railway trackbed to Osbaldwick on the eastern outskirts of York.

Whalley: Approaching the foot crossing west of the Whalley Viaduct, 46115 'Scots Guardsman' is working hard on the 1 in 82 climb for much of the way to the summit at Ramsgreave on 01 August 2017.

Grangemouth No 1 Signal Box: Colas 60095 nears its destination with the Dalston - Ineos empty tanks. Note the electrification masts. 1 August.

Balloch Pier: [[PS Maid of the Loch]], still berthed alongside Balloch Pier in August 2017and acting as a cafe while awaiting operational restoration. The station finally closed in 1986 but the line of the old platform, minus its canopy, is shown by the white railings.

Fouldubs Junction: Fouldubs Junction 'box on 1 August with a catenary mast intruding on the scene. A portent of doom for the signalbox?

Lochmaddy Pier: The water tight doors of MV Hebrides are opening for the Lochmaddy linkspan on arrival from Uig on 1st August 2018. HGV drivers are waiting to unload trucks from the vessel.

Morar: The 1815hrs from Mallaig leaves Morar on 1st August 2018 heading for Fort William. Tree growth in the area prevented a direct Then and Now comparison with Ewan's earlier postcard See image [[53483]]. Although the Morar Hotel can still be seen, the station is now hidden from this viewpoint at the Morar Cross but it is still worth the climb.

Morar: Black 5 45212 leaves Morar heading for Arisaig with the evening Jacobite service from Mallaig to Fort William on 1st August 2018. This view from the Morar Cross looks towards the famous silver sands of the Morar estuary.

Pitlochry: The main station building on the southbound platform at Pitlochry.

Armadale Pier: Calmac's MV Lord of the Isles reverses up to the linkspan at Armadale on Skye after making the crossing from Mallaig on 1st August 2018.

Lochmaddy Pier: Calmac MV Hebrides comes alongside Lochmaddy Pier and slowly approaches the linkspan after crossing from Skye to North Uist on 1st August 2018.

Pitlochry: 66301 'Kingmoor TMD' races south through Pitlochry with the returning Inverness empties for Mossend on 1st August 2018.

Donegal: Donegal Railway Museum, housed at the former Donegal Town station on the one-time narrow gauge County Donegal Joint Railways, closed on the very last day of the 1950s and seen here nearly 59 years later on 1st August 2018.

Morar: Morar station from the level crossing in August 2018. Unlike some of the Mallaig line stations this one serves a significant centre of population. The road through here is much quieter since the Morar bypass was completed.

Lochmaddy Pier: The neat Calmac terminal building at Lochmaddy on North Uist, which has been built on stilts out over the water. The regular scheduled service from here is to Uig on the Isle of Skye. 1st August 2018.

Sconser Pier: Diesel-electric Hybrid ferry MV Hallaigh nears the slipway at Sconser on Skye after crossing from the Isle of Raasay, its regular Calmac route. The green buoy marks a sandbank that it has to sail around as it nears the landing point. 1st August 2018.

Uig Pier: The view over the stern of MV Hebrides as she arrived in Uig from Lochmaddy on 1st August 2018. The linkspan is at the end of a long pier that for most of its length is only wide enough for a single vehicle so strict marshalling of traffic is in place.

Pitlochry: The ornate, but no longer working, water fountain on the southbound platform of Pitlochry Railway Station in August 2018.

Edinburgh Waverley: Repositioned escalators nearing completion on 1st August 2018 at Waverley, just in time for the Festival.

Donegal: Approach to the former Donegal Town station on the one-time narrow gauge County Donegal Joint Railways in the Republic of Ireland, closed on 31st December 1959 and now the Donegal Railway Heritage Centre. Seen here on the very wet afternoon of 1st August 2018.

Morar Viaduct: 45212 heads away from Morar tender first with the evening Jacobite returning to Fort William. The train is approaching the viaduct over the River Morar and the loch of the same name can just be glimpsed on the left.

Mallaig: A long way from the Worth Valley, which is where 45212 spent most of its preservation career, the Black 5 runs round the stock of the afternoon Jacobite at Mallaig on 1st August 2018.

Dunblane: The new down inner home at Dunblane awaiting, literally, erection.

Ballater: Almost burnt to the ground in May 2015, Ballater Railway Station has been rebuilt at at cost of around £3,000,000. Due to reopen soon and painted in the original colours. It was known as the Royal Station, as it was used by royalty from Queen Victoria (God bless Her!) onwards, when they stayed at Balmoral Castle. The line closed to passengers in February 1966.

Ballater: Ballater Station as rebuilt,looking towards Aberdeen.

Ballater: Ballater Station,platform side with the replica Royal Coach alongside.This was saved by firefighters in 2015.

Wickham Market: The fine restoration of Wickham Market station building in 2017 is commemorated by a plaque under the reinstated canopy. This view looks south towards Woodbridge and Ipswich on 1st August 2019.

Livingston South: This braille-imprinted sign is all of 15cm square and must be the smallest station name sign ever produced. I find it hard to see how the braille would be of any use, but I suppose it is a box ticked.

Livingston South: A stopping service for Edinburgh calls at Livi South on 1 August. The distance to the town centre from here (as from Livingston North) is an indication of the regard in which railways were held when New Towns were planned. Mind you, once you get to the town centre you wonder why you bothered.

Edinburgh Waverley: An on time arrival for the first 'Azuma' service into Waverley on 1st August 2019.

Ninian Park: Transport For Wales 153367, on a Raydr to Coryton service, departs Ninian Park station on 1st August 2019. The single unit is taking the junction at Penarth South curve towards Cardiff Central passing Canton Carriage sidings.

Dunbar: The 1730 from Kings Cross on 1st August 2019 used an 'Azuma' for the first time and a few locals out to see this first call at Dunbar station.

Cardiff Central: 70813 brings a train load of cement tanks from Moorswater Tarmac, on the Looe branch in Cornwall, through Cardiff Central heading to Aberthaw Tarmac on 1st August 2019.
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Wickham Market: Looking south from the surviving platform at Wickham Market as 170273 approaches heading for Lowestoft on 1st August 2019. Alongside the train the remains of the staggered Up Platform can be seen. This was actually an island and trains for the long closed Framlingham branch would depart from the far side.

Wickham Market: A view towards Lowestoft along the surviving platform at now singled Wickham market station in July 2019. Big changes here since Mark Dufton photographed the station in 1976 See image [[35159]] but the building itself survives in good order as a community cafe and meeting rooms and the canopy has been restored. 170273 calls on the way to Lowestoft.

Cardiff Canton Depots: Cardiff Canton Carriage sidings on 1st August 2019 with 67012 and an unidentified EMU in attendance. The latter is possibly 769002, the first of the Class 319 bi-mode conversions for Transport for Wales, which was reported delivered to Canton in March 2019.

Purton: A 'Steam Dreams' excursion ran from Paddington to Cardiff via Slough, Swindon, Kemble, Gloucester and Newport on 1st August 2019. Two locomotives were involved, namely LNER 4-6-0 B1 61306 'Mayflower' (The original Mayflower was 61379 of Boston shed) and LMSR Black 5 44871. The two 4-6-0s are seen heading north on the south side of Purton on the GWR Swindon to Gloucester line.

Livingston South: Livingston South - and its Mini-Me. The smaller sign is embossed with Braille. Why hasn't anyone thought of this before? Well, I can think of a number of reasons but I leave it to you to come up with your own - then you too can censure yourself for being disablist.

Edinburgh Waverley: Anticipating Azuma. Platforms 5 and 6 at Waverley on 1st August 2019.

Edinburgh Waverley: A welcome banner for the first Azuma service to Waverley on 1st August 2019.

Cardiff Central: A long lens shot of 61307 and 44871, and their 'Steam Dreams' stock, leaving Cardiff for servicing at the Barry Tourist Railway on 1st August 2019. This was an excursion from Paddington.

Ninian Park: 153367 approaching Ninian Park station, with a Radyr to Coryton service, shortly after passing Leckwith South Junction on 1st August 2019.

Cardiff Central: 61307 'Mayflower' and Black Five 44871 departing Cardiff on the rear of the 'Steam Dreams' ECS proceeding to the Barry Tourist Railway for servicing. 1st August 2019.

Cardiff Central: A 'Steam Dreams' excursion visited Cardiff on 1st August 2019. B1 61307 'Mayflower,' and Black Five 44871, brought the train as far as Maindee Jct from Paddington where the train reversed on the triangle. This was to get the steam at the front for the return. 47802 brings the train into Cardiff alongside a Valley Lines Sprinter.

Marlesford: Marlesford, an intermediate station on the long closed Framlington Branch, sits alongside the busy A12 road rather than in the village itself. The last passengers used its platforms in 1952 although goods trains passed through for a further eleven years. The station building is now a private home. If any other relics of railway days exist they are hidden behind fencing and hedges. 1st August 2019.

Cardiff Central: 47802 leaves Cardiff Central with the stock of a 'Steam Dreams' special from Paddington that was heading to the Barry Railway for servicing on 1st August 2019. 61307 and 44871 were on the rear for this short leg.

Bay Horse: The green fencing is in, the cutting is stable and the contractors have moved on. An Edinburgh to Manchester Airport TPE 397 flashes past the newly completed cutting works at Forton on 1st August 2020. There is a notable contrast now between the Up and Down sides. See image [[73511]] for the same location just six weeks earlier.

Bay Horse: Avanti liveried 390039 hurries south through the newly completed cutting works at Forton on 1st August 2020. See image [[69465]] from this spot during the previous summer.

Farranfore: Substantial surviving water tower base at Farranfore, viewed from the station footbridge in August 2021, to the west of the existing station on the Killarney - Tralee line. This would have served locomotives working the Valencia Harbour branch, which terminated here until 1960.

Rowantree Lineside Cottage: The site of Rowantree Lineside Cottage, west of Gorton Crossing, seen in 2021. All that remained was the pile of bricks in the foreground.

Bristol Temple Meads: These graceful arched structures at Temple Meads are presumably something to do with roof renovation, but strike me as being more attractive than a lot of so-called works of modern art. View looks substantially East.

Farranfore: Farranfore station looking in the direction of Tralee on 1st August 2021. This was the junction for the Valencia Harbour branch, which used the left hand side of the former island platform on the left. The branch closed in 1960.

Farranfore: Farranfore, former junction for the branch to Valencia Harbour which made use of the right hand side of the former island platform. View looks towards Killarney on 1st August 2021. The branch diverged westwards to the right immediately south of the station.

Farranfore: View northwards from the footbridge at Farranfore, in the direction of Tralee, in August 2021.

Bristol Temple Meads: First or second jab? These cabins at Temple Meads have a certain resemblance to temporary structures for administering COVID vaccines, but are actually related to reroofing work in the summer of 2021. View looks east.

Norham: The former Norham station, on the Kelso Branch, closed in 1964 and seen here in August 2022.

Norham: Information board at the Norham station 'Time capsule'.

Norham: This postbox, set in the wall at the former Norham station, must be at least 120 years old but is still in use by Royal Mail.

Roxburgh Viaduct: Close up of recently restored public footbridge, carried on the pillars of the Teviot Viaduct near Roxburgh. The viaduct itself carried the St Boswells to Kelso branch of the North British Railway until 1964.

Norham: Surviving bridge abutments at Norham station in August 2022.

Girvan Harbour: For the first time in a long time, 'PS Waverley' calls at Girvan on 1st August 2022. She then departed for a fully-booked voyage round Ailsa Craig.

Roxburgh Viaduct: The Teviot Viaduct at Roxburgh, that once carried the St Boswells to Kelso branch of the North British Railway, showing the low-level footbridge newly reinstated by National Highways. See: https://nationalhighways.co.uk/about-us/rare-victorian-footbridge-reinstalled-after-extensive-renovation/