Dalmeny: V2 2-6-2 no 60805 comes off the Forth Bridge with a freight in August 1959 and runs south through Dalmeny station.

Dalmeny: Stirling shed's BR Standard 2-6-4T no 80125 brings an Edinburgh bound train off the Forth Bridge and into Dalmeny station in the summer of 1959.

Joppa [2nd]: 60004 William Whitelaw accelerates 'The Talisman' through Joppa in August 1959 shortly after leaving Waverley.

Joppa [2nd]: A2 Pacific no 60534 Irish Elegance brings a southbound train through Joppa in August 1959.

Joppa [2nd]: Haymarket A4 Pacific no 60012 Commonwealth of Australia starts to pick up the pace with a southbound train as it passes the well tended platforms of Joppa station in the summer of 1959.

Dalmeny: One of St Margarets shed's J37 0-6-0s no 64576 brings a freight off the Forth Bridge on a pleasant August afternoon in 1959 as it drifts south through Dalmeny station.

Dalmeny: A DMU from Fife arrives at Dalmeny in August 1959 off the Forth Bridge.

Dalmeny: Thornton Junction's B1 4-6-0 no 61118 runs into Dalmeny with a Fife - Edinburgh Waverley service in the summer of 1959.

Ballater: The BMU entering Ballater station (probably on the 15:25 service from Aberdeen).

Joppa [2nd]: Haymarket A4 no 60027 Merlin makes a fine sight passing through Joppa on 8 August 1959 shortly after leaving Waverley.

Dalmeny: Looking north from the down platform at Dalmeny station in August 1959 as 76114+45115 double head an approaching train off the Forth Bridge.

Dalmeny: A2 Pacific 60527 Sun Chariot brings the 12.40 Aberdeen - Edinburgh train off the Forth Bridge and through Dalmeny station in the summer of 1959.

Dalmeny: K3 2-6-0 no 61923 photographed with a northbound train at Dalmeny in August 1959.

Joppa [2nd]: Gresley V2 2-6-2 no 60882 about to pass through Joppa station with an ECML train bound for Waverley on 8 August 1959, as somebody's kid brother looks on in admiration.

Dalmeny: Gresley V2 2-6-2 no 60972 photographed on a northbound train at Dalmeny in August 1959.

Dalmeny: J37 0-6-0 no 64543 brings a southbound freight off the Forth Bridge through Dalmeny station in August 1959.

Dalmeny: A2 Pacific no 60535 Hornet's Beauty takes a northbound train through Dalmeny in August 1959.

Hawick [2nd]: J37 0-6-0 no 64539 stands in the shed yard at Hawick in August 1959.

Dalmeny: The unique A3 with full size smoke deflectors no 60097 Humorist leaves the Forth Bridge in August 1959 and runs south through Dalmeny heading for Waverley.

Hawick [2nd]: Class A2 Pacific no 60510 Robert The Bruce prepares to take the 2.36pm Edinburgh - Carlisle train out of Hawick in August 1959. The Pacific was eventually withdrawn from St Margarets shed in November of 1960 and cut up at Doncaster Works later the same month.

Kings Cross: Nearly new D6106 backing out of Kings Cross having brought in a train from Hitchin on 8th August 1959. Another NBL Type 2 can be seen in the background buffered up to an English Electric Type 4.

Dalmeny: A newish looking DMU comes south off The Forth Bridge on 8 August 1959.

Dalmeny: A3 Pacific no 60035 Windsor Lad with a northbound train at Dalmeny in the summer of 1959. The Pacific spent the whole of the post-nationalisation period at Haymarket until withdrawal by BR in September 1961.

Joppa [2nd]: With only three miles to go, the non-stop London - Edinburgh 'Elizabethan' passes through Joppa on a fine summer's day in August 1959. The locomotive is one of Kings Cross shed's corridor-tender A4 Pacifics, no 60028 Walter K Whigham.

Kings Cross: D5331 leaving Kings Cross on 8th August 1959. The BRCW Type 2 was on loan to Hornsey from the Scottish Region to cover for troublesome Baby Deltics.

Dalmeny: A newish-looking DMU set calls at Dalmeny station in the summer of 1959, having just arrived off the Forth Bridge. Note the splitting distant signal for Dalmeny Junction at clear just visible through the footbridge lattice, indicating routing westward to Winchburgh Junction.

Dalmeny: B1 4-6-0 no 61401 with a Fife bound train about to restart from Dalmeny in August 1959.

Dalmeny: One of Thornton Junction's stud of B1s, no 61403, brings an Edinburgh bound train off the Forth Bridge and into Dalmeny station on 8 August 1959.

Dalmeny: Peppercorn A2 Pacific no 60528 Tudor Minstrel brings a southbound train off the Forth Bridge and through Dalmeny station in August 1959 en route to Waverley.

Oswestry: A pair of Collett 22xx class 0-6-0s standing on the scrap road alongside Oswestry shed in the summer of 1960, with locomotive 2232 nearest the camera.

Oswestry: Busy scene in the shed yard at 89A Oswestry on 8 August 1960. The locomotive on the turntable is one of the depot's Ivatt 2-6-0s no 46514.

Gloucester Horton Road Shed: Ex-GWR Castle class 4-6-0 no 7000 Viscount Portal stands on Gloucester's Horton Road shed (85B) in the summer of 1960.

Neilston High: 80107 leaving Neilston High on 8 August 1960 with a Glasgow Central - Uplawmoor train.

Oswestry: A stopping train leaving Oswestry on the Whitchurch line in August 1960 behind 7822 Foxcote Manor. Photographed from Oswestry shed yard, with the Cambrian Railway works in the background see image [[30900]]. [Ref query 9460]

Oswestry: Ex-GWR 57xx class 0-6-0PT no 3770 photographed alongside Oswestry shed on 8 August 1960.

Oswestry: GWR 1400 class 0-4-2T no 1458 on shed at Oswestry in August 1960. See image [[27622]]

Glasgow Central: EE Type 4 no D269 takes a Liverpool train out of Glasgow Central in August 1962.

Langside Junction: Standard class 5 4-6-0 73060 brings a Carlisle - St Enoch train through Langside Junction on 8 August 1964. [Ref query 29 August 2017]

Larkfield Junction: Passing Larkfield Junction. 73109 takes the original Polloc and Govan route with C.T.A.C. Leicester-Gourock train.

Larkfield Junction: D213 with a Liverpool-Glasgow express passing Larkfield Junction on 8 August 1964.

Polmadie Signal Box: A down express from Liverpool passing [[Queens Park Locomotive Works]] on 8 August 1964. The locomotive is Stanier Pacific no 46244 King George VI.

Worcester: The Ian Allan Railtour of 8 August 1965 ran from Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill via Oxford behind preserved GWR Castle class 4-6-0 no 4079 'Pendennis Castle'. The locomotive is seen here at Worcester before taking the special back to Paddington via Swindon. See image [[21931]]

Worcester Shrub Hill: Scene at Worcester Shrub Hill on 8 August 1965. The 'Ian Allan Railtour' special had arrived earlier behind no 4079 Pendennis Castle. The 4-6-0 was preparing to set off on the return journey to Paddington via Swindon.

Swindon: 4079 Pendennis Castle at Swindon on 8 August 1965 with train 1Z40, an Ian Allan Railtour from Paddington. The railtour had arrived at Swindon via Worcester Shrub Hill see image [[21931]] and took the direct route home.

Heads of Ayr [2nd]: 6233 Duchess of Sutherland on display at Butlins Camp, Heads of Ayr, in August 1965.

Worcester Shrub Hill: A gleaming 4079 Pendennis Castle at Worcester Shrub Hill on 8 August 1965 with an Ian Allan Railtour. The special had arrived from Paddington via Oxford and returned home via Swindon and the GWR main line.

Worcester Shrub Hill: An Ian Allan Railtour stands at platform 2 at Worcester Shrub Hill on 8 August 1965. The special had arrived from Paddington via Oxford and returned via Swindon and the GWR main line, hauled by preserved 4079 Pendennis Castle throughout.

Worcester: Preserved ex-GWR Castle class 4-6-0 no 4079 Pendennis Castle at Worcester in August 1965 preparing to take an Ian Allan railtour back to Paddington via Swindon.

Ayr Shed [2nd]: Locally based Crab 2-6-0 no 42789 standing alongside the shed at Ayr in the summer of 1965.

Ayr Shed [2nd]: Crab 2-6-0 no 42789 heading south past its home shed at Ayr in August 1965 with mineral wagons.

Ayr Shed [2nd]: Known as Horwich Moguls or Crabs, three of these Hughes/Fowler engines are seen at Ayr MPD in August 1965. Right to left are 42740, 42909 and 42801.

Worcester: Ex-GWR Grange class 4-6-0 no 6815 Frilford Grange, minus nameplate and other removables, photographed on shed at 85A Worcester in August 1965 alongside a pair of GWR pannier tanks. The locomotive was withdrawn from Severn Tunnel Junction (86E) some 3 months later and cut up at Buttigiegs, Newport, in January of 1966.

Ayr Shed [2nd]: Standard mogul 76096 passing Ayr MPD in 1965 with coal train for [[Falkland Yard]].

Swindon: An Ian Allan Railtour from Paddington headed by 4079 Pendennis Castle stands at the east end of Swindon station in August 1965 prior to commencing the journey home. The railtour had arrived at Swindon via Worcester Shrub Hill see image [[21931]].

Barry: Having been withdrawn from 82F Bath (Green Park) in March 1964, ex-S&DR 7f 2-8-0 no 53808 stands on one of the Woodham Brothers scraplines at Barry in the Summer of 1966. Happily the locomotive was rescued from here 4 years later and had been fully restored by 1987. No 53808 can now be seen on the West Somerset Railway. See image [[59376]]

Valdaora: In 1974, there was still some regular steam hauled traffic on the Italian section of the picturesque line from Fortezza (Italy) to Lienz (Austria). A couple of passenger services and most freight services were usually hauled by FS Class 741 2-8-0 locomotives. There was also a Friday night/Saturday morning 'Touropa' charter train from Dortmund that brought German holidaymakers to the area and this required double-heading over the steep grades from Fortezza to Dobbiaco. The train is seen here in the Saturday morning sunshine waiting to cross a westbound train at Valdaora-Anterselva station. The double-header on this occasion had a 741 piloting a Class 740.

Kensington Olympia: Hardly surprising to see 4472 on display at Kensington Olympia in 1974 - but slightly disappointing to see it playing second fiddle to a car show!

Valdaora: Early morning mist is lifting from the South Tyrolean hills after overnight rain, but the cloud effects are being added to by an Italian Class 741 2-8-0 climbing through the Pusteria valley with the 07.28 service from Fortezza to San Candido. The houses in the foreground are those of lower part of the village of Valdaora. The photograph dates from 1974.

Valdaora: An Italian Class 741 2-8-0 seen above the roofs of the lower part of the village of Valdaora, as it heads along the Val Pusteria line on the northern fringe of the Italian Dolomites. The train is the 07.28 service from Fortezza to San Candido, and it will shortly reach Valdaora-Anterselva station, located near the 'upper' village of Valdaora.

Valdaora: A 2-8-0 of the Italian 741 class on the climb towards Valdaora with the 10.28 Fortezza-San Candido service in the summer of 1974. Most passenger trains on this beautiful line in the South Tyrol were diesel units, but this was one of the two daily return services that remained steam hauled at the time.

Valdaora: A 2-8-0 of the Italian 741 class climbs towards the station at Valdaora-Anterselva with the 10.28 Fortezza-San Candido service in the summer of 1974. Most passenger trains on this beautiful line in the Italian South Tyrol were diesel units, but this was one of the two daily return services that remained steam hauled at the time.

Valdaora: A 1974 photograph of a 2-8-0 of the Italian 741 class climbing towards the station at Valdaora-Anterselva, on the Val Pusteria route, with an eastbound freight from Fortezza. Valdaora's Church of St Mary of the Assumption is prominent, typical of the fine architecture to be seen in the towns and villages along this very scenic route in the South Tyrol. Class 741 was a rebuild from the rather more conventional-looking Class 740, with the chimney placed at the right-hand side of the Franco-Crosti boiler. The design was a precursor to the ten similarly-fitted BR Standard 9F locomotives.

Valdaora: In 1974, there was still some regular steam hauled traffic on the Italian section of the picturesque line from Fortezza (Italy) to Lienz (Austria). A couple of passenger services and most freight services were usually hauled by FS Class 741 2-8-0 locomotives. There was also a Friday night/Saturday morning 'Touropa' charter train from Dortmund that bought German holidaymakers to the Italian South Tyrol and this required double-heading over the steep grades between Fortezza and Dobbiaco. The double-header on this occasion had a 741 piloting a Class 740, and the train is seen here near Valdaora.

Blackford Hill: 26024 heads a ballast train clockwise round the Edinburgh suburban line past the site of Blackford Hill signalbox on 8 August 1986. The connection to Newington Goods diverged to the left.

Elgin: Class 37 37260 Radio Highland approaches Elgin West bos with an afternoon train on the most 8th day of the 8th month, 1988.

Parkeston Quay: 1989 visit of the annual Weedkiller finds 20904 with 20901 passing Parkeston Quay, later Harwich International, station. Class 20s were never common here but did occasionally vist Parkeston yard when worked out and back by March men from Whitemoor.

Stirling: Waiting for an Edinburgh train at Stirling on the evening of 8th August 2002, the collection of semaphore signals at the south end of the station is perfectly illuminated by the lowering sun.

Carstairs: 90031 draws to a halt well beyond the platform at Carstairs with the 15 coach Lowland Sleeper from Euston in preparation for the removal of the Edinburgh portion.

Carstairs: In an eerie combination of bright morning sunshine and a thin mist, the Rosebay Willowherb around Carstairs station almost seems to glow as EWS 90031 pulls up well beyond the platform with the 15 coaches of the Edinburgh / Glasgow Sleeper from Euston at 06.15 on 8 August 2006. Once the rear 7 coaches have been uncoupled, 90031 will continue on its journey to Glasgow Central.

Hedgeley: Part of the former station building at Hedgeley, Northumberland, photographed in August 2007 looking north towards Wooler.

Alnwick: Main entrance to the former station at Alnwick in August 2007. Closed to passengers in 1968, the station building now houses one of the largest second hand bookshops in Europe.

Wooperton: Entrance to the former Wooperton station, Northumberland, seen here looking east from the A697 in the summer of 2007. The station closed in 1930 and is now a private residence.

Glanton: The country station at Glanton, Northumberland (closed 1930), looking north along the platform side towards Wooler on 8 August 2007.

Wooperton: Part of the forecourt and main building of the converted station at Wooperton on the Cornhill branch, seen from the main road on 8 August 2007.

Alnwick: Between the bookshelves - one of the original railway fittings still to be found in the bookshop that now occupies much of the old Alnwick station building. 8 August 2007.

Alnwick: The former station at Alnwick on 8 August 2007.

Hedgeley: View east on 8 August showing part of the now privately owned Hedgeley station on the Cornhill Branch.

Glanton: Approach to the long closed Glanton station on 8 August. View north towards Wooler.

Whittingham: The station site at Whittingam in Northumberland, seen looking south east towards Edlingham on 8 August 2007. The site incorporates the old station building, a sizeable yard, goods shed, station master's house and 5 terraced railway cottages.

Whittingham: The remarkably well preserved station, goods shed and yard at Whittingham, Northumberland, looking north towards Wooler on 8 August 2007.

Morecambe: Did they run out of track? 142035 stands a little short of the station entrance at Morecambe waiting to leave for Leeds via Lancaster in August 2008.

Hyndland: 318 257 at Hyndland with a westbound service from the Argyle Line on 8 August 2009 (318s and 334s serve Argyle Line, 320s are North Clyde only).

Clydebank: A six car 320 formation arrives at Clydebank on 8 August 2009, destination Springburn. The named sets are High Road 20th Anniversary 2000 followed by Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Pollokshaws West: 156 476 calls at Pollokshaws West with a train for East Kilbride on 8 August 2009.

Westerton: 320 312 arrives at Westerton with a service to Balloch on 8 August 2009

Motherwell: Standing under the particularly temporary-looking temporary footbridge at Murraw'll is 156 439, waiting to return to Cumbernauld with the hourly shuttle on Saturday 8 August 2009. The new bridge connecting Hamilton Circle platforms 3 and 4 nears completion in the background. This will be at least the fourth architectural style at this station with the only antique bit left being the stairway down to Platform 1 on the extreme left of the photograph.

Shawlands: Photograph taken at Shawlands station on 8 August 2009 showing the orange image before last, and in front of it, the pre-Strathclyde branding image before that.

Ashfield: Calling at Ashfield station on 8 August 2009 is unit 156 445 with a service on the short Glasgow Queen Street to Anniesland route, with an end to end journey time of just 14 minutes.

Hyndland: Juniper 007 pulls into Hyndland with a Dalmuir service on Saturday 8 August 2009. To my knowledge no EMU has yet been painted in the 'Scotland's Railway' livery (nor has a Class 158) but surely a 334 would look the most striking, so used are we to it's predominantly pale colouring (the only one it has had). Livery change seems to be a slow process: it took nine years from the first appearance of the SPT maroon and cream in 1997 to repainting of the last orange and black unit. On that basis maroon and cream will be around for another eight years. Exactly a year on since its first sighting station signage rebranding seems to be the priority at present. See image [[20385]]. (Incidentally, does anyone know if the superseded signs are for sale?)

Crossmyloof: 156 509 picks up custom on a Barrhead to Glasgow service at Crossmyloof on Saturday 8 August 2009.

Thornliebank: A 4-car 156 pulls into Thornliebank with an East Kilbride - Glasgow service on Saturday 8 August 2009. Now for a mad dash so I can catch it...

Bearsden: Looking across the tracks towards the northbound platform at Bearsden on 8 August as 318 259 arrives on a service for Milngavie.

Rowantree Lineside Cottage: The Royal Scotsman heads south from Gorton. It is being led by a 47 with a 37 in the rear. The train is skirting Beinn a Chreachain with Beinn Achaladair beyond.

Glasgow Museum of Transport: Class 380 mock-up inside Glasgow Transport Museum on 8 August 2009.

Drumgelloch [1st]: View west at the site of Crowwood Drive road bridge on 8th August 2009. The former Drumgelloch station can just be seen in the background.

Bearsden: The former station building at Bearsden (opened 1863) - now houses a stylish pub/restaurant known as The Inn. Photographed on 8 August 2009, with its modern day replacement standing alongside on the right and the platform entrance between the two.

Glasgow Central Low Level: 318 260 waits a few minutes at Glasgow Central Low Level station on 8 August 2009 before continuing its journey west with a Milngavie service.

Clydebank: 334 036 at Clydebank on 8 August 2009, with its next and final stop Dalmuir, as is the pattern 4 times an hour for most of the day.

Rutherglen: On Saturday 8 August 318 259 calls at Rutherglen with a Milngavie service. The M74 extension to the M8 is under construction adjacent to the station and, in two years time, the predominant sound here will be of road traffic rather than the regular trains.

Durham: A (distant) view from Durham Cathedral on 8 August of a southbound train on the viaduct, having just left Durham station.

Shawlands: 314 214 picks up speed as it approaches the end of the long platforn at Shawlands with a Circle train back to Glasgow Central on 8 August 2009.

Hillfoot: Scene at Hillfoot on 8 August 2009, with 320 310 on a High Street service.

Peebles Gasworks [Eshiels]: Remains of a former railway bridge that once carried the Peebles - Galashiels line over a minor road linking the old gas works (now a recycling depot) and a sewage treatment plant at Eshiels, approximately one mile south east of Peebles NB station. Photograph taken looking north towards the sewage plant entrance in the summer of 2010. The old abutments were modified to carry the footbridge when this part of the route was reopened as a public walkway. See image [[10812]]

Peebles Gasworks [Eshiels]: Standing inside the main shed at Eshiels on 8 August 2010 looking towards the bricked-up arch once used by the coke trains supplying the gasworks. See image [[30292.]] The coke-hoppers that once lined the west wall have now gone, as have the rest of the original internal structures, with the now largely open area currently used to store various types of waste and recyclable items. [With thanks to the staff at Eshiels depot, Scottish Borders Council]

Peebles Gasworks [Eshiels]: The empty wagon run-out at the rear of the coke discharge shed at Eshiels on 8 August 2010. The photograph is taken looking east from the trackbed of the Peebles - Galashiels line.

Peebles Gasworks [Eshiels]: View north west from 'Gasworks Junction' at Eshiels on the Peebles - Galashiels line on 8 August 2010. On the left the trackbed veers towards the A702 and the recently reopened tunnel under the road see image [[30347]]. On the right the line into the gasworks ran towards the now bricked-up arched entrance to the coke discharge shed.

Cardrona: The old station at Cardrona in 2010, looking north west along the platform towards Peebles with the signal box nearest the camera. The sign above the old station building reads Cardrona Village Store. Cardrona station closed to all traffic along with the Peebles Loop in 1962. The permanent bus replacement service uses the facility on the right.

Horsbrugh Viaduct: Two young girls pause on a bridge over a river on their Sunday morning walk to share a can of ginger beer and a Wispa chocolate bar (I was behind them in the shop) on 8 August 2010. The river is the Tweed and the bridge once carried the line north west from Cardrona station (just off picture to the left) towards Peebles.

Peebles Gasworks [Eshiels]: The rear of the coke discharge shed at the former Peebles Gasworks at Eshiels in August 2010. After discharging their load into the shed's coke drops, the leading wagons would be propelled through the now bricked up arch onto the empties run-out at the north western end of the building. The embankment visible on the right carried the Peebles - Galashiels line see image [[30353]]. The old gasworks site is now a large waste collection and recycling centre.

Horsbrugh Viaduct: The former railway bridge over the Tweed at Cardrona looking north towards Peebles on a Sunday morning in August 2010. Nowadays the bridge is used by walkers and golfers.

Peebles Gasworks [Eshiels]: The large Scottish Borders Council depot at Eshiels on the eastern edge of Peebles, built on the site of the town's former gasworks. The large sheds, now grade B listed buildings, were originally built to handle deliveries of the large volumes of coke used by the gasworks. Trainloads of coke arrived via the Peebles - Galashiels line, which ran past the rear of the site, with wagons being propelled back from the main line into the works. The wagons continued into the far away shed, through the now bricked-up arch on the upper level, where the coke was discharged into hoppers. View west from the main entrance to the depot on Sunday 8 August 2010

Cardrona: The village store at Cardrona on Sunday morning 8 August 2010. The converted former station is now a combined grocer, newsagent (the old signal box), coffee shop, and purveyor of various other goodies, including the much sought after Wispa chocolate bar see image [[30173]]. View platform side looking towards Galashiels.

Horsbrugh Viaduct: Do you know Gladys, for some reason I suddenly fancy a 'Wispa'. A strange-looking 0-4-0 crossing the Tweed southbound at Cardrona on Sunday 8 August 2010 with one of the occupants showing signs of post-hypnotic suggestion see image [[30173]].

Peebles Gasworks [Eshiels]: Entrance to the sheds of the former Peebles gasworks at Eshiels on 8 August. The now sealed arch on the upper level gave access to the coke trains that supplied the works. The original office building on the right of the photograph is also 'B listed' along with the sheds. This part of the site is now a Scottish Borders Council recycling point. See image [[30276]]

Brock: Black 5 no.45305 heads south at Brock on the evening of 08 August 2011 with the return leg of a railtour from Carlisle. The outward leg had traversed the S&C but the return leg took the faster WCML to get back to Preston.

Farington Curve Junction: The Preston Docks to Lindsey Oil Terminal empty tar wagons take the East Lancs line at Farington Curve Junction on 8 August 2011. The loco is EWS 60015 in two tone grey livery. The WCML is in the background and the single line to Ormskirk is on the left.

Brock: On the long straight through the site of the former Brock station, an Edinburgh to Manchester Airport service is approaching the foot crossing on the evening of 8 August 2011.

Brock: A Class 221 five car Virgin Voyager heads south in the evening sunshine at Brock on 8 August 2011. The view is south-east, with the River Brock just out of sight at the bottom of the photo, the M6 motorway to the left and A6 road to the right.

Carlisle: Ex LNER no 61994 The Great Marquess after arrival at Carlisle with the Fellsman tour via the S&C.

Farington Curve Junction: Climbing away from Farington Curve Junction on 8 August, ex-LNER K4 no 61994 The Great Marquess hauls the 12 coach 'Fellsman' railtour round the long curve before heading east towards Blackburn and on to Carlisle.

Brock: With the evening sun glinting on the smokebox (and turning her exhaust pink) 61994 heads north at Brock on 8th August 2012 on the last leg of the returning Fellsman excursion. The K4 2-6-0 has acquitted itself very well with the 12 coach train over the S&C. The previous week at the same location the train had passed in monsoon conditions but on both runs was on time to the minute.

Whalley: 61994 The Great Marquess digs in at the start of the climb from Whalley to Ramsgreave & Wilpshire at Billington foot crossing with the returning 'Fellsman' from Carlisle to Lancaster on 8 August 2012.

Scarborough: After spending the last 24 years gathering dust in my garage roof, I thought it was about time for it to have a ride to the the seaside. West Coast Railway Company Mk1 FO 3058 Florence with an original 1986 'Scarborough Spa Express' carriage board at Scarborough Station on Wednesday 8 August 2012.

Whalley: 156486 is seen just after it has crossed the Whalley Viaduct, with a Clitheroe to Manchester Victoria service, in August 2012. It is already on the long climb up Wilpshire bank but with stops at first Langho then Ramsgreave and Wilpshire before reaching the summit.

Beauly: DRS 37218 and 37423 top and tail 5 autoballasters past Beauly on their way to Strathcarron on 8 August in preparation for overnight engineering works.

Rugby: DRS 57302 Chad Varah awaits its next turn of duty in the South end bays at Rugby station on a hazy Thursday evening.

Rugby: The old station building at Rugby contrasts with the new entrance, which is particularly convenient for platform 1 (left). The concrete spheres by the kerb could be borrowed from somewhere, but make surprisingly comfortable seats.

Harome Siding: The repainted road sign directs motorists to Harome Sidings on the Pickering to Gilling line in August 2013. Harome did not have a station, only a single line railway, with a 41 yard siding, which last saw use about 55 years ago. The line was closed completely in May 1964 and the track lifted in 1965.

Inverurie: Part of the restored waiting room at Inverurie station in August 2014, complete with GNSR coat of arms hanging above the fireplace.

Clayhills Yard: A quiet daytime scene looking east over Clayhills carriage sidings, Aberdeen, on 8 August 2014. The Aberdeen portion of the Caledonian Sleeper will be moved into the station for boarding from 21.15, with a scheduled deparure time of 21.43.

Inverurie: The 13.33 service for Aberdeen waiting to leave Inverurie on 8 August 2014.

Inverurie: The restored waiting room at Inverurie in August 2014 see image [[48292]].

Inverurie: View south at Inverurie station on 8 August 2014 as the 13.33 service for Aberdeen preares to depart.

Pezenas : Looking in an easterly direction from the disused level crossing on Avenue Camille Guerin, showing the transition of the extant but overgrown former branch line, running north from near Adge, from a single track into a long passing loop to serve the station sited some 500m behind view. See image [[52923]] for view in opposite direction

Pezenas : Looking west from Avenue Camille Guerin level crossing in Pezenas, along the mothballed branch line from Adge, showing the twin track section of line that runs from east of the crossing through the former station; the building of which can be seen in the near distance. The building is now in community use. See image [[52653]] for view in opposite direction.

Alloway: Memorial window in Alloway Parish Church to [[William Smith Dixon]] of 'Dixon's Blazes', which once lit up the sky on the south side of Glasgow... as those of a certain age will remember seeing from passing trains. See image [[27098]].

Pezenas : Looking north west along Avenue Camille Guerin near the centre of Pezenas across the non operational automatic level crossing on the mothballed single track branch line running from near Adge that continued north towards Chateau d'Herault. A passing loop runs from the right of the crossing passing the former station building located some 500 metres to left of the crossing.

Becconsall: 20 hp Motorail 4w DM loco no 31 'Mill Reef' waits in the yard at Becconsall on the WLLR during the Gala Weekend on 8 August 2015. With another 4w DM loco on the other end of a short 'engineers' train, the pair worked in between the normal passenger operation.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: A view from the concourse through the relocated gates to the new catenary at High Level Queen Street.

Cowlairs Incline: Sighthill in the summer sunshine as a Dunblane bound Class 156 DMU approaches the location of the demolished Fountainwells footbridge. See image [[54412]]. Photograph taken on the day the full service resumed at Queen Street High Level after the successful completion of the High Level Tunnel works.

Kirkby Viaduct: 37403 takes the 1437hrs Barrow to Carlisle train over the tidal inlet at Kirkby Pool, near Kirkby-in-Furness, on 8th August 2016.

Hest Bank: 45699 Galatea setting out on an engine and coach movement from Carnforth to Southall on 8th August 2016, prior to working The Dorset Coast Express from London to Weymouth. The LMS Jubilee appears to have been fourth choice for a special previously listed for haulage by 34067, 35018 and 70013.

Edinburgh Waverley: 170432 leads a Glasgow Queen Street service out of Edinburgh Waverley on 8th August 2017. In the middle background can be seen groundworks for the extension to Platform 12.

Princes Street [Tram]: Trams 254 and 272 pass at the foot of The Mound, a little to the east of Princes Street stop on 8th August 2017.

St Annes-on-the-Sea: Steam outline 2-8-0 Harry's Dream leans into a curve at the St Annes Miniature Railway, which encircles a pitch and putt course on the promenade. The tender is considerably bigger than the locomotive as it houses the diesel engine and the driving seat and controls. Duties on the railway are shared between this loco and a Western outline diesel. See image [[50977]].

Hodos: At Hodos the through trains from Slovenia to Hungary change locomotives before crossing the border. The red Slovenian electric loco has been detached and is running back through the station before (viewed through the corridor connection) a blue and yellow MAV electric draws up to take the train on to Budapest. Photo by Mark Edwards.

Glenfinnan Viaduct: The mad rush to get a photo on the Glenfinnan Viaduct!

Princes Street [Tram]: Tram 261, in Edinburgh Festival promotional branding, at the Princes Street stop on 8th August 2017.

Glenfinnan: Drivers view at Glenfinnan looking to Mallaig.

Hornsea: Hornsea (East Yorkshire) Railway station in August 2018. The branch line from Hull closed in 1964 but the station building is now residential and kept in good order.

Hornsea: A LNER poster seen on Hornsea seafront in 2018.

Tayport: View from the Bell Rock Hotel, across the level crossing and Tayport station site on 8th August 2018. Broughty Ferry is in the distance.

Dundee: Impressive architecture and new display equipment in Dundee station on 8th August 2018.

Tom-na-Faire Depot: On a dull, wet morning K1 2-6-0 62005 is pictured passing Tom-na-Faire Depot Yard with the morning 'Jacobite' for Mallaig. 8th August 2018.

Tom-na-Faire Depot: An elevated view of Tom-na-Faire depot yard on 8th August 2018 with three Black 5s in view along with two Class 37 diesels.The Black 5s are 45212, 45407 (as 45157) and, in the shed without a roof, 44871.

Ã…re: The original 1880 station building has been converted into a cafe; it is a bit surprising to see it called Bahnhof Cafe as the use of German words is not a common sight in Sweden. They are trying to simulate an Alpine resort and, indeed, Ã…re does look rather alpine from a distance with lots of ski-lifts and chalet-type housing see image [[70048]] and a funicular railway up to the first hotel built on the side of Ã…reskutan. The mainline platforms are off to the left of picture and the old station is more 'on street' nowadays; it does also house a 'left luggage' office whose door is visible to the right of the car.

Shawfair: New railway meets realigned road. View south towards Sheriffhall on 8 August 2019, with a northbound train on the Borders Railway running parallel with the A6106 at this point. Shawfair station is approximately half a mile behind the camera. For the view from the same spot 5 years earlier see [[48457]].

Åreskutan: This funicular railway was opened in 1910 for the development of skiing in Jämtland and was closely connected to the arrival of the railway in the village of Åre. It was originally owned and operated by the Swedish national railway company SJ. It rises 156m to a hotel, Fjällgården, on the mountainside with an intermediate stop where the two cars pass. It is currently operated jointly by the hotel management in summertime and the local development company Skistar in the winter. In the picture the car has just passed under the main road to Norway and is approaching the lower terminal station Åre Torg which is right in the middle of the village.

Shawfair: Trains crossing on the Borders Railway on 8 August 2019. The location is the Network Rail double track Millerhill Deviation between Niddrie North and Kings Gate, with Shawfair station just visible in the background. The footbridge links the village of Newton (off to the left) with housing at Harelaw on the east side of the line.

Newcraighall North Junction: Platform view south from Newcraighall station on 8 August 2019. At the south end of the platform is signal EM26 with its warning plate regarding access to the Borders Line. Just beyond this the points are set for the said line, with a train from Tweedbank due within a few minutes. Further south an EMU has just left Millerhill Depot ECS and is in the process of joining the 'main line' to head for Waverley.

Carmont: 60163 'Tornado' passing Carmont on 8th August 2019.

Carmont: A northbound HST passes Carmont signal box.

Newcraighall North Junction: A 6-car EMU about to pass north through Newcraighall station on 8 August 2019 on an ecs move from Millerhill Depot to Waverley.

Portrush: Interior of the new station building at Portrush opened in time for the 148th Open Golf Championship held at Royal Portrush. Photo taken by kind permission of the member of staff on duty on 8th August 2019.

Portrush: Exterior of the new station building at Portrush opened in time for the 148th Open Golf Championship held at Royal Portrush. The old station building had been out of use for many years and the booking office was in the form of a Portakabin. A great transformation for a station which almost closed in the 1960s and was at one point reduced to a summer only service.

Millerhill EGIP Depot: The 0947 empty stock movement to Waverley leaving Millerhill EMU depot on 8 August 2019. Units 385005+385046 were rostered to form the 1021 ScotRail service to Glasgow Central via Carstairs.

Woodacre Crossing: 88005 'Minerva' and 88002 'Prometheus' approach the Lingarts Farm footbridge, just south of Woodacre, with two flasks heading from Sellafield to Crewe on the evening of 8th August 2019. Two nights earlier there had been seven flasks in the consist.

Farington Curve Junction: The early evening Mail Train from Shieldmuir to Warrington approaches Farington Curve Jct on the Up Fast as a Class 319 follows on the Slow with a Blackpool to Manchester Airport stopping service on 08 August 2019.

Shawfair: The 0955 Edinburgh - Tweedbank photographed shortly after restarting from Shawfair on 8 August 2019. The train is heading south along the Millerhill deviation and will soon pass below the bridge carrying the Edinburgh City bypass, with passengers blissfully unaware of the usual snarl-up at the Sheriffhall roundabout above them.

Braeside Junction: Crombie straight ahead, and Elbowend Junction to the right, in August 2020. Braeside Junction is hardly recognizable these days although the track is still there. The line to the right through Braeside Halt and up to Aberlyn Level Crossing is no longer passable - at least in summer.

Braeside Junction: Approaching Braeside Junction from Charlestown in August 2020. Crombie Depot just visible in the top left. The track is still there on the right but heavily overgrown.

Braeside Junction: Track and sleepers remain visible on the section from Braeside Junction to RNAD Crombie. In the late 1980s the track on the MOD section from around here down into RNAD Crombie was replaced with concrete sleepers and flat bottomed rail which suggested a longer life for the branch was in prospect. Given the last train ran in 1993, in retrospect the investment seems an unwarranted waste of taxpayers' money!

Greenhill Lower Junction: 37419 and 37402 Mossend - Inverness - Aberdeen - Inverness test train passing Broomhill, east of Greenhill, on Saturday 8th August 2020.

Hissmofors: Located beside a waterfall (fors) on the river Indalsälven where a hydro-electric plant was built in the 1890s is this relatively small sawmill (production <200,000 m3 per year). Timber and wood products are transported along this branch line off the West Jämtland mainline (Mittbanan) near the town of Krokom; at the time of my visit the mill was in summer shutdown.

Burton and Holme: Heading for those hills. Having just taken over from the electric locomotive at Carnforth, 46115 'Scots Guardsman' makes a spirited climb past Cinderbarrow, near Burton and Holme, with the northbound 'Cumbrian Mountain Express' on 8th August 2020. The 4-6-0 was gleaming but the support coach a little less pristine.

Gregson Lane Crossing: RTCs southbound 'Cumbrian Mountain Express' approaches Gregson Lane Crossing with 46115 'Scots Guardsman' on 8th August 2020. Photographed from outside the lineside fence at a foot crossing.

Burton and Holme: Part Avanti liveried 390125 is seen from Yealand Road bridge on 8th August 2020 as it hurries towards Oxenholme with a Euston to Glasgow service.

Burton and Holme: A southbound TPE 397 passes the engineers' access point at Yealand Road bridge, near Burton and Holme, on 8th August 2020.

Edinburgh Waverley: 27001 heads light engine through Waverley's platforms in 1985. The former D5347, first of the uprated BRC&W Type 2s, was preserved after withdrawal and is now on the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway.

Donibristle Platform: LNER Azuma 800111 climbs away from the site of Donibristle Platform, with the 10.00 from Kings Cross to Aberdeen, on 8 August 2022.