Scotstoun West: Ex-Caledonian 0-6-0T 56167 shunting near Scotstoun West station on 9 August 1957. The sturdy Dock Tank was a resident of Dawsholm shed at that time. [Ref query 2334]

Eastleigh Shed: Drummond 0-4-4T 30251 stands behind Standard 2-6-2T 82015 in the shed yard at Eastleigh in the summer of 1960.

Branksome: SR 'Lord Nelson' Class 4-6-0 no 30854 Howard of Effingham photographed on Branksome shed, Dorset, in August 1960. The locomotive was withdrawn from nearby Bournemouth shed a year later.

Eastleigh Shed: The shed yard at Eastleigh in August 1960, with Beattie 2-4-0WT no 30585 in the sidings. The 1874 veteran was withdrawn from Wadebridge (72F) at the end of 1962. No 30585 is now preserved and operational at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Quainton Road see image [[59471]].

Bournemouth: Drummond 0-4-4T no 30040 and minder take five alongside Bournemouth shed in August 1960.

Templecombe: Maunsell 'Schools' class 4-4-0 no 30910 'Merchant Taylors' awaits the road at Templecombe in August 1960.

Salisbury: 'King Arthur' class 4-6-0 no 30798 Sir Hectimere stands alongside 'Battle of Britain' Pacific no 34051 Winston Churchill on Salisbury shed in August 1960.

Eastleigh Shed: Drummond T9 'Greyhound' 4-4-0 no 30120 in the sidings at Eastleigh in August 1960 - prior to its transformation. See image [[41020]]

Salisbury: Scene on Salisbury shed in August 1960, featuring Class S15 4-6-0 no 30509.

Eastleigh Shed: Lord Nelson class 4-6-0 no 30860 Lord Hawke stands on Eastleigh shed in August 1960.

Yeovil Town: Coming or going? Drummond M7 0-4-4T 30129 is the meat in the sandwich at Yeovil Town in the summer of 1960.

Salisbury: S15 4-6-0 no 30823 stands in the shed yard at Salisbury in August 1960.

Axminster: Built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn in 1885, Adams 4-4-2 Radial Tank no 30582 attracts attention while standing in the Lyme Regis bay platform at Axminster in the summer of 1960. The locomotive was withdrawn from Exmouth Junction shed less than a year later and cut up at Eastleigh Works in March 1962 see image [[41585]].

Grantshouse: Mishap at Grantshouse. A second photograph taken at Grantshouse station on 9 August 1961, the day after the crash involving D249. See image [[30150]]

Grantshouse: Mishap at Grantshouse. On 8 August 1961 EE Type 4 no D249 failed to stop after being routed into the up loop at Grantshouse, with the inevitable result shown here. The locomotive carried the scars for many years, including a different coloured front end. This may also have been the last occasion on which ECML trains were diverted via Kelso to Tweedmouth. Taken on 9 August, the day after the mishap.

St Margarets Shed: BR Standard, Ex-LMS and Ex-LNER types lined up alongside the north wall of St Margarets shed in 1964. From left to right stand 80122, 42691 and 61404.

Muirhouse Central Junction: The Saturday morning 9.56am Glasgow Central - London Euston via Kilmarnock approaching Muirhouse Junction on 8 August 1964. Locomotive in charge is Britannia Pacific no 70050 Firth of Forth.

Paris Gare du Nord: SNCF De Caso 2-8-2T 141TC7 at Paris Gare du Nord in 1968, about to leave with a rush-hour suburban service.

Paris Gare du Nord: Rush hour at Paris Gare du Nord in 1968. Four De Caso 2-8-2 tanks await departure on push-pull suburban services, from left to right 141TC1, 141TC26, 141TC46 and 141TC7.

Ayr Harbour: Evening view of Ayr Harbour, with 'TS Duchess of Hamilton' back from the days cruise. The photograph is thought to date from August 1968. View over the dismantled railway bridge.

Paris Gare du Nord: Two De Caso 2-8-2 tanks pictured in the summer of 1968 at Paris Gare du Nord, ready to leave on suburban push-pull services. The locomotives were 141TC13 and 141TC38.

Paris Gare du Nord: The front ends of two SNCF 2-8-2 tanks, 141TC54 and 141TC38, photographed in 1968 at Paris Gare du Nord. These locomotives, designed by Marc De Caso, were used for many years on suburban services from the station, generally in push-pull mode.

Hythe: A Class 309 EMU, forming an evening service from Clacton & Walton to Liverpool Street, approaches Hythe along the bank of the River Colne on 9th August 1976. A halt for local services was proposed near this location in the early 1960s to serve the nearby University of Essex, which was under construction at the time. The halt was intended for students obliged to live off campus in towns as far away as Clacton and Brightlingsea, as well as university staff. However, by the time the first students arrived in 1964, the Brightlingsea service had already become a casualty of the Beeching cuts and the plan was shelved after limited stop bus services took the potential trade.

Leyland: Loco hauled Club Trains to Kirkcaldy and the Fife Circle have been revived recently. Here is 47445 at Leyland on a Blackpool to Manchester Victoria Club Train in 1979, a service that started in Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway days and lasted until the 1990s.

Colchester Town (St Botolphs): A quiet Saturday at St Botolphs station, Colchester, in August 1980. A DMU for Sudbury is about to depart while shoppers wait for the following electric service down the line to Clacton and Walton. Amidst the harmony there is, by current standards, a discordant note, and that is the small boy in a driver's hat about to climb into the empty cab. The youngster was being treated to an unofficial cab ride from Sudbury and back, and no doubt he had a memorable day. The signalman remarked that lots of strange things happened at weekends 'because there were no [expletive deleted] inspectors about'.

Bridge of Dun: A view towards Kinnaber Jct from the end of the station area at Bridge of Dun in August 1992. Not quite how it once was with the Aberdeen to Glasgow expresses passing.

Bridge of Dun: The Carmyllie Pilot, aka Ivatt 2-6-0 no 46464, awaiting restoration at Bridge of Dun in August 1992. The sign reads 'Brechin Caledonian Railway, donations gratefully received'. See image [[19076]]

Bridge of Dun: Austerity 0-6-0ST No.6 departs from Bridge of Dun, heading back to Brechin on 09 August 1992. The Class 08 on the left is D3059 'Brechin City'

Bridge of Dun: Austerity 0-6-0ST No. 6 draws forward from the train that has just arrived at Bridge of Dun station in August 1992.

Bridge of Dun: D3059 0-6-0 DE shunter, named 'Brechin City', stabled at Bridge of Dun on the Caledonian Railway in August 1992.

Bridge of Dun: Two vehicles from the preserved Class 126 set at Bridge of Dun in the 1992.

Brechin: A quiet (and damp) afternoon at Brechin in August 1992, waiting for the train to arrive from Bridge of Dun.

Bridge of Dun: Looking south-west from the Up platform at Bridge of Dun in August 1992. The track curves to the right at the end of the platform heading to Brechin. 26 years earlier the main line to Forfar and Perth would have been in place with Gresley A4s thundering through on the 3 hour expresses between Glasgow and Aberdeen. See image [[6886]]

Bridge of Dun: Station approach at Bridge of Dun in August 1992.

Bridge of Dun: Bridge of Dun - August 1992.

Cheddleton: Jinty 47383, (a Severn Valley locomotive) with a train near Cheddleton Station on the Churnet Valley Railway on a glorious August afternoon in 1997. See image [[40849]]

Gargunnock: This shot was taken from a Network Rail helicopter returning from Fort William after a visual Earthworks and Drainage survey of the West Highland Line. There had been very heavy rain in July so it was decided to do a quick check viz. 2 hours feeling airsick. Some other lines had been badly affected by torrential downpours and massive local flooding that year and the previous year. The view is towards Stirling. In the foreground is descernible the alignment of the former Forth and Clyde Junction Railway running close to and at a tangent to the loops of the upper Forth. To the right is the distinctive outline of the Gargunnock Hills. These are composed of volcanic rocks of Carboniferous age, around 340 million years old. The lavas were most likely erupted from fissures rather than shield volcanoes. These lavas are interspersed with layers of volcanic ash. A summary of the geology can be found here: http://www.snh.org.uk/publications/on-line/geology/loch_lomond_stirling/view.asp

Medstead and Four Marks: Rebuilt Bulleid West Country Pacific 34016 Bodmin awaits the all-clear from the guard on 9 August 2005 before setting off from Medstead and Four Marks Station on the Mid Hants Railway.

Arbroath: Footbridge and side entrance to platform 1 at Arbroath Station. Summer 2006.

Arbroath: Platform view at Arbroath looking south in August 2006. The through platform on the right is disused as is the old goods yard and shed beyond.

Arbroath: A Glasgow Queen Street - Aberdeen train calls at Arbroath in August 2006.

Arbroath: The disused platform 3 at Arbroath in August 2006. View is south back towards the main station. The former shed standing alongside the disused goods yard on the right has since been demolished see image [[51795]].

Arbroath Goods: The disused goods yard, shed and crane on the west side of Arbroath station, seen looking north from Keptie Street in August 2006.

Arbroath Goods: View north along platform 3 at Arbroath in 2006 showing the former goods facilities to the west of the station.

Parkhead Stadium: Now infilled the location of Parkhead Stadium Station.

Arbroath: A mid-afternoon Aberdeen - Glasgow Queen Street 158 service arrives at Arbroath station in August 2006.

Arbroath: A ScotRail service leaves Arbroath in August 2006 heading for Aberdeen. The train is about to pass Arbroath North signal box.

Arbroath: An Edinburgh - Aberdeen DMU pulls away from platform 2 at Arbroath station in August 2006. Arbroath North signal box stands in the background.

Arbroath: Main entrance to Arbroath station in August 2006.

Derby: Two Class 20s seen at the head of The Jolly Fisherman railtour arriving in Derby on 9th August 2007. See image [[66720]] for a view of the same train at its Skegness destination.

Shoreditch High Street: More cranes have appeared in the background as work on the new connection from Bishopsgate goods yard to Kingsland viaduct continues apace as part of the East London Line extension. Note the ex Tube stock bottom right in use as part of an arts centre.

Whittingham: The old weigh house and coal drops at a pre-restoration Whittingham, Northumberland, in the summer of 2007. Photograph taken from the entrance road to the station off the A697, looking north towards Wooler.

Galashiels [1st]: Trackbed approaching Galashiels from Tweedbank seen from the Asda carpark on 9 August with the new bridge over Station Brae completed...which just leaves the problem of the building beyond - see image [[28730]].

Tweedbank: All quiet at Tweedbank on 9 August 2007 - looking north towards Galashiels.

Skegness: Not Quite Like It Was. 20.311 and 315 approach Skeggy with the HRT Jolly Fisherman railtour in summer 2007. This was a good opportunity to wind the clock back for those like me who had never been to Skegness on a service train behind a pair of 20's. I have, however, now done a similar trip on an HST; which is at least as nice. see image [[61823]]

Alnwick: Looking north towards the main entrance to Alnwick station (now occupied by Barter Books) on 9 August 2007. In the background stands the towns Tenantry Column topped by the Percy Lion. The 63 feet tall column, erected in 1816, pre-dates the station building (the town's second) by 71 years.

Dalmarnock: 334 022 stands at Dalmarnock on 9 August 2008 on a southbound service.

Langside: 314 208 calls at Langside on a service to Glasgow Central on 9 August 2008.

Ladybank: Edinburgh to Dundee class 170 unit heading north passing Sweetholm Crossing in a downpour.

Anderston: Looking east into the start of Anderston tunnel on 9 August 2008. One mile and 1100 yards to the former Glasgow Green station.

Milngavie: The temporary ticket office in use at Milngavie on a wet 9 August, pending completion of refurbishment work on the main building.

Charing Cross [GC and DR]: Balloch bound 320 315 gets wet in the brief gap between the tunnels at Charing Cross on 9 August.

Leyland: 45407 northbound with a support coach through Leyland on a positioning move from the East Lancs Railway to Carnforth on 9 August 2008.

Leyland: An ECS movement in connection with the 15 Guinea special railtour, with 48151 and 70013, together with their support coaches, heading south from Carnforth destined for an overnight stop in Manchester. The train is seen passing south through Leyland on 9 August 2008.

Milngavie: 334 022 runs into platform 1 at a wet Milngavie station on 9 August, thus clearing the single line section for the train on platform 2 to depart with a service for High Street.

Langside: 314 212 bound for Newton stops at Langside on 9 August 2008.

Glasgow Central Low Level: 318 261 stops at Glasgow Central Low Level on 9 August with a service for Lanark.

Maxwell Park: The driver of 314 208 bound for Newton on 9 August checks the doors on the monitors before leaving Maxwell Park.

Pollokshields West: Newton bound service at Pollokshields West on 9 August 2008, EMU 314 212.

Appleby: A sorry looking soul alongside Appleby Heritage Centre on 9 August 2009

Ashton Gate: Freightliner 70004 passing Ashton Gate with a loaded coal train from Portbury import terminal, where it would have commenced its journey shortly after 10am on the morning of 9 August. The train is heading for the main line at Parson Street Junction.

Attleborough Junction: This is the point at which the Trent Valley four tracking starts. The junction is so new that I don't know its name yet; but I do know that the houses on the left are built on the site of Sterling Metals, who used to have a private siding. 66178 followed this Pendolino with a container train; unlike the Pendo, it took the slow line.

Glasgow Central: Waiting to depart from Glasgow Central with the 0750 service to London Kings Cross on 9 August 2010, DVT 82202 shows off the new silver branding that is being applied to the fleet by East Coast Railways.

Stranraer: With a bow profile more reminiscent of an HST than the name suggests, Stena Voyager reverses into Stranraer Harbour in August 2010.

Stranraer: August 2010 view at the buffers at Stranraer Harbour with the sidings looking even more neglected than in the similar view from two years earlier see image [[20429]].

Ayr: Seen from a waiting train from Stranraer, a 156 departs from Ayr station in the happier days of 2010. Unseen off to the right however, all is far from well with the Station Hotel building.

Stranraer: August 2010 view over the headshunt buffers at Stranraer Harbour with the sidings looking even more neglected than in the similar view from a few years earlier see image [[34287]].

Johnstone: Platform extension work taking place at Johnstone to allow seven car trains to be accommodated at the station when the new Class 380 comes into service. This work is being repeated at a number of stations across the Inverclyde and Ayrshire routes where the Class 380 will operate.

Stranraer: A stern view of Stena Voyager as it reverses into Stranraer Harbour in August 2010.

Bay Horse: With the Shanks Freightliner liveried 66522 dead in train 70002 powers a rake of Network Rail mega-box ballast wagons south through the closed station of Bay Horse on 9 August. I had spotted this train, thought to be the 6U68 Carlisle Virtual Quarry to Mountsorrel, in Oubeck Up Loop waiting for a Voyager to overtake and just made it to Bay Horse in time to see it pass through.

Inverness: Class 158 DMUs sit at the Inverness platforms waiting to depart to Kyle of Lochalsh, Aberdeen and Glasgow on 9th August 2011. Unseen in front of the train on the left, another is about to depart for Wick. The middle train appears to have a door open on the wrong side.

Haymarket: First Transpennine 185 107 plunges into Haymarket South Tunnel with a service from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley on 9 August.

Inverness: 158722 about to leave Inverness for Wick on 9th August 2011. Behind it and on the same platform is another Class 158 which will leave later for Kyle of Lochalsh, and in the background is an Aberdeen train.

Winwick Junction: Arriva Trains Wales 175006 passes the site of Winwick Quay Sidings on 9 August 2011 while working a Manchester to Chester service. The sidings used to be to the right of the WCML with Winwick Quay (on the St Helens canal) behind the trees on the left. The M62 motorway crosses the railway in the background.

Haymarket: 334 020 leaves Haymarket Tunnel and pulls up at platform 4 on 9 August with a train for Milngavie.

National Museum of Scotland: A bracket signal on display at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, on 9 August 2011.

Winwick Junction: An Arriva Train Wales service from Chester to Manchester heads north at Winwick Jct on 09 August 2011. The Class 175 is taking the line to Earlestown. On the right is the WCML curving to the right to Golborne Jct

Inverness: Inverness Station from the shortened Platform 7 on 9 August 2011.

Kilmarnock: DRS class 66 no 66429 on 4Z28 conflats from Motherwell TMD to Barclay works for overhaul couples up after running around in the station prior to entering the works.

Kilmarnock: DRS class 37 no 37682 top and tailed with Network Rail's 97304 on 1Q14 radio test train from Carlisle to Derby RTC via Ayr, seen running through Kilmarnock station on 9 August 2012.

Haymarket: The 12.27 Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Central via Shotts emerges from Haymarket Tunnel and runs into platform 4 at the east end of Haymarket station on 9 August 2013.

Dunstable: Looking west towards the A5 at Dunstable along the pedestrian link to the guided busway in August 2013 see image [[44219]]. A very nice surface, good to have this part of the trackbed to Leighton Buzzard back in use; but a teensy bit sterile.

Latimer Road: View from the south end of Latimer Road station on 9th August 2013. The angle of the 1864 viaduct wall on the left is the only clue to the one-time Latimer Road spur which diverged here to descend to a junction with the West London Line north of Uxbridge Road station. This was used by a Metropolitan Line shuttle service from Edgware Road to Kensington (Addison Road) (now Kensington (Olympia)) which was withdrawn as a WWII economy in October 1940 and never reinstated. This also saw the closure of Uxbridge Road station while the rest of the Latimer Road spur was demolished in the 1970s to make way for a new north/south road. The remains of Uxbridge Road station entrance, which was actually situated on Holland Park Avenue, survived until demolition in the late 1960s. Today, the site of its platforms is more or less occupied by those of the London Overground's Shepherd's Bush station, which opened in 2008. The wide spacing of the tracks is a result of the removal of the broad gauge rails in 1869 when GWR trains ceased to run to Hammersmith after only five years, the line consisting of mixed gauge until then to accommodate both GWR and Metropolitan Railway trains.

Harpenden East: Yes, that's definitely a telegraph pole. Atmospheric detail on the cycle path to Luton see image [[44378]].

Harpenden: Looking South towards Harpenden, it is clear that the GNR (left) and the Midland (embankment on the right) kept quite close company see image [[44210]]. The train on the MR line is an 8-car FCC set heading for London.

Haymarket: The East Coast 09.52 Aberdeen - Kings Cross HST running into Haymarket platform 1 on 9 August 2013.

Haymarket [Tram]: New rules at Haymarket, 9 August 2013.

Paddington: Hammersmith and City line unit 5553 runs into the west bound H&C platform at Paddington station on 9 August, passing First Great Western Turbo DMU 165129 stabled at main line platform 14.

West End - Princes Street [Tram]: Looking towards the West End over Shandwick Place tram stop on 9 August 2013. Some additional remedial work has recently been identified on this stretch.

Paddington: A mid morning view across the blocks at Paddington on 9 August showing most platforms occupied. FGW 43094 and 43092 stand in the foreground, with two more HSTs, plus Heathrow Express, Heathrow Connect and FGW Turbo units also present.

Hawick [2nd]: The former loading bank on the north side of Hawick goods yard is still visible on 9th August 2013, photographed looking north west. Part of what is now the Teviotdale Leisure Centre stands on the right. See image [[26991]]

Luton Airport Parkway: I'm sure this station is very efficient; but it's hardly elegant. A train can just be seen above the parked car.

Harpenden East: The Southern end of the cyclepath from Luton at Leasey Bridge Lane in August 2013 see image [[44205]].

Haymarket: Changing face of Haymarket - scene on 9 August 2013 looking east. On the left is the East Coast 09.52 Aberdeen - Kings Cross, on the right the Virgin Trains 08.20 Birmingham New Street - Edinburgh Waverley.

Kings Cross Goods: A chance in how many million of ending with a shot of two crossing Eurostar sets in the right place together on the approach to St. Pancras when only one was initially seen from the 07.00 ex Leeds East Coast service running down into Kings Cross.

Paddington: The Great Western Railway War Memorial, located halfway along platform 1 at London's Paddington station. The lower inscription reads 3312 Men and Women of the Great Western Railway gave their lives for King and Country.

Luton Hoo: The former Luton Hoo station, on the GNR line from Luton to Welwyn, is now a well-kept family home. The cyclepath on its far side has an excellent tarmac surface. EMT and FCC services pass just a few hundred metres to the East of this station on the Midland Railway main line.

Craigentinny Depot: View from the window of a westbound train passing Craigentinny depot on 9 August 2013, just as an East Coast 225 set arrives in the sidings from Waverley

Niddrie South Junction: Grab shot from a Waverley - Newcraighall train crossing a bridge on the approach to Niddrie South Junction (100m to the left) on 9 August 2013. View is west, with the roof of the Premier Inn on Newcraighall Road visible top left. Below the bridge is the trackbed of the freight only line that ran from Niddrie West via Wanton Walls to reach the ECML at Monktonhall Junction (see image [[4546]]). The bridge is no more, the cutting has been partially infilled and the fields behind the camera now form part of the Newcraighall Village housing development (see image [[64993]]).

Wakefield Westgate: Power car 43302 is on the rear of the East Midlands Trains liveried HST rake with East Coast Trains markings, as it leaves Wakefield Westgate for Leeds on the late running 15.35 ex Kings Cross service on 9 August.

Edinburgh Waverley: Scene in the booking hall at Waverley, 9 August 2013.

Haymarket: A Waverley bound service leaves Haymarket platform 3 on 9 August 2013.

Haymarket: The east end of platform 1 at Haymarket on 9 August 2013, with the departing 11.00 Perth - Edinburgh Waverley about to enter Haymarket tunnel.

Luton Hoo: As the Great Northern trackbed curves away from the Midland line see image [[44268]], this neat modern bridge keeps cyclists and pedestrians away from the fast and frequent road traffic below. Luton Hoo station is less than a mile south of here.

Princes Street [Tram]: A quiet spot on Princes Street. The new tram stop looking east on a hot afternoon in August 2013, with more than 9 months still to go before launch date.

Haymarket: About to restart its journey at Haymarket platform 4 on 9 August is the TransPennine 12.11 Edinburgh Waverley - Manchester Airport. The train is signalled for the Carstairs route at Haymarket East Junction.

Harpenden East: This is what we want on a bikepath on a disused railway! An old crossing gatepost, lots of clear signposting, and, goodness me, a litter bin. Perhaps the council even arranged the gorgeous dappled sunlight through the trees? Location is Leasey Bridge Lane.

Kings Cross: East Coast 43317 stands at Kings Cross platform 7, with the ornate canopy supports rising above platform 8. The suburban platforms are beyond with the lower train shed roof running across platforms 9-11.

Harpenden East: The crossing keeper's cottage at Leasey Bridge Lane is now an attractive house. The car in the foreground (there are 2 or 3 parking spaces) appears to belong to a walker heading North on the railway trail - perhaps to the site of Harpenden East station, about a mile away see image [[44205]].

Luton Hoo: South of Luton Hoo station, this is where the GNR passed under the Midland Railway. View south east in August 2013. As you can see, the bike path has a very good surface.

Haymarket [Tram]: Remedial tram works, Haymarket, 9 August 2013.

Dunstable: Another trackbed lost. This view looks down the soon-to-be-opened Guided Busway from Dunstable towards Luton on 9 August 2013. The curve follows the branch into the former cement works (left); the main line to Leighton Buzzard continued to the right, over the photographer's shoulder see image [[43024]].

Edinburgh Waverley: I know that face... The East Coast 14.00 service to London Kings Cross awaiting its departure time at Waverley platform 11 on 9 August 2013.

Haymarket: Platform view east at Haymarket on 9 August 2013 with construction work in full swing. The train boarding at platform 3 is the ScotRail 1135 Dunblane - Waverley, while restarting from platform 4 is the TransPennine 1212 Edinburgh - Manchester Airport.

Luton Hoo: Looking North towards Luton Town along the GNR Trackbed. A nice bit of tarmac, with a slight corner installed to add interest. There is a large sewage works to the right here, but surprisingly little olfactory nuisance (smell) when I rode past.

Hitchin: The southern approach ramp to the recently opened Hitchin flyover in August 2013. The new flyover, just north of Hitchin station, allows northbound Cambridge and Kings Lynn services to cross over the ECML without impeding other train movements.

Earl's Court [Metro]: Now withdrawn LU C stock on a District Line service from Wimbledon to Edgware Road heading away from the camera as it departs from Earl's Court, on 9th August 2013. This station opened in 1878, replacing an earlier station of 1871, and since 1940 has been served exclusively by District Line trains but until then it was also served by LMS electric trains to and from Willesden Junction. Below are the deep-level Piccadilly Line platforms, opened in 1906. Note the arrow train indicator blind, once seen at stations all over the District Line system but now only seen here.

Newcraighall: The 10.21 ex-Cowdenbeath arrives at journey's end at Newcraighall on 9 August 2013 at 11.36. The train will depart north as the 11.47 for Glenrothes with Thornton.

Edinburgh Waverley: The Calton Road entrance to Waverley on 9 August 2013 following a makeover. Almost all traces of the former elevated walkway across to Jeffrey Street have now been removed. See image [[83420]]

Haymarket: The east end of Haymarket station on 9 August 2013. Passengers at platform 2 are awaiting the 12.32 to Inverurie, while the 11.28 Dunblane - Edinburgh Waverley has just pulled into platform 1.

Edinburgh Waverley: Duty sleeper locomotive DB 90029 stabled in the east end bay at Waverley on a bright and sunny August morning in 2013.

Edinburgh Waverley: A CrossCountry Voyager pulls away from platform 19 at Waverley on 9 August 2013 with the 1300 Glasgow Central - Plymouth. The train is using the north side crossover to exit the station via platform 1, due to an East Coast service for Kings Cross currently boarding at platform 2 behind the camera.

Haymarket: Not far now! The Virgin Trains 08.20 Birmingham New Street - Edinburgh Waverley about to undertake the short final leg of its journey at Haymarket platform 3 on 9 August. Work on the transformation of Haymarket station is in full swing in the background.

Edinburgh Princes Street: The exit from the Caledonian Railway's Princes Street station onto Rutland Street in August 2013. The framework and metal gates still survive, although nowadays the station and platforms that once stood behind the camera have given way to car parking and offices serving Edinburgh's financial district.

Luton Hoo: Looking South towards Luton Hoo station from the twin bridges see image [[27004]] in the summer of 2013. A sylvan scene on the former GNR, now a very acceptable cyclepath.

Edinburgh Waverley: Final briefing. DVT 82205, complete with Winged Thistle emblem, stands alongside platform 11 at Waverley on 9 August 2013 awaiting departure time with the East Coast Trains 1400 service to London Kings Cross.

Hassendean: One of the rare stretches of straight track on the Waverley Route, looking north towards the Minto Hills (by Hassendean) on 9th August 2013.

Edinburgh Waverley: The 14.00 Edinburgh Waverley - London Kings Cross pulls out of the station into bright sunshine on 9 August, passing DBS 90029 in the east end locomotive bay prior to entering the Calton Tunnel.

Haymarket East Junction: Please form an orderly queue... The late running Virgin Trains 08.20 ex Birmingham New Street gets the road from Haymarket East Junction into platform 3 on 9 August 2013. Meantime the 10.57 Milngavie - Waverley service waits patiently in the background to access the same platform.

Haymarket [Tram]: Looking south across Haymarket Terrace on 9 August 2013. Station redevelopment work continues in the background beyond the tram stop, with the 1842 E&G station building on the far left of the picture.

Harpenden East: Attractive colours and a 'tunnel' effect on the GNR trackbed north of the site of Harpenden East station in August 2013.

Hassendean: The section of the Waverley Route between Hawick and Hassendean is still eminently walkable and indeed capable of reinstatement as a railway. Looking back south towards Hawick on 9th August 2013.

Hassendean: A surprising survivor over partially infilled cutting at Hassendeanburn Farm is this wrought iron lattice footbridge, although the deck is missing and it can't have been usable for many years. View towards the adjacent road overbridge and Hawick on 9 August 2013, with DS taking an arty silhouette shot from the opposite side.

Hassendean: This substantial looking overbridge at Hassendeanburn Farm, just over a mile on the Hawick side of Hassendean station, only carries a minor road over the former Waverley Route. The cutting on the down side of the bridge has been partially infilled to allow vehicles access along the trackbed from the farm, which is adjacent on the left.

Standhill Siding: Much of the alignment of the Waverley Route between Hawick and St Boswells is relatively unobstructed, but at a number of locations the solum has been ploughed into adjacent fields, as here at Standhill farm between Hassendean and Belses. Photographed looking north on 9th August 2013.

Haymarket: Virgin, ScotRail and East Coast services meet at the west end of Haymarket in the summer of 2013.

Hammersmith [HC]: Metropolitan Locomotive no. 1 at Hammersmith station during the 150th Anniversary of the opening of this section of the London Underground, on 9th August 2014.

Hampstead Heath: The rebuilt entrance to Hampstead Heath station, now part of London Overground, looking more like a public convenience than a railway station, on 9th August 2014.

Goldhawk Road: Metropolitan Locomotive no. 1 passing the LUL's Goldhawk Road station on its way from Hammersmith to Moorgate during the 150th Anniversary of this section of the Underground between Paddington and Hammersmith, now part of the Hammersmith & City Line, on 9th August 2014. Seven of these E Class 0-4-4T locomotives were built between 1896 and 1901, three at the Metropolitan Railway's Neasden works, the others at Hawthorn Leslie & Co. in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.

Shepherd's Bush Market: Metropolitan-Vickers Bo-Bo locomotive No. 12 'Sarah Siddons' now at rear of special train passing Shepherd's Bush Market station, during the 150th Anniversary of the opening of this section of the Underground, now part of the Hammersmith & City Line, on 9th August 2014. 20 of these handsome electric locomotives were built in 1922/23; No. 12 was retired in 1962 following completion of Metropolitan Line electrification from Rickmansworth to Amersham and Chesham (which saw the abandonment of Met services from Amersham to Aylesbury which section was given over to BR and is now part of Chiltern Railways). No. 12 has been kept in working order, the only other preserved Bo-Bo is No. 5 'John Hampden' which is on static display in the London Transport Museum at Covent Garden.

Shepherd's Bush Market: Metropolitan Locomotive No. 1 passing Shepherd's Bush Market station during the 150th Anniversary of this section of the London Underground, on 9th August 2014. This was originally a joint railway from Westbourne Park to Hammersmith served at first by both GWR and Metropolitan Railway trains and was built with a mixed gauge to accomodate the wider GWR trains. These ceased after only five years in 1869 and the broad gauge rails were removed, resulting in the wide space between the tracks at this and the other stations between Hammersmith and Westbourne Park.

Wood Lane: Metropolitan-Vickers 'Bo-Bo' electric locomotive no. 12 'Sarah Siddons' approaching and about to pass non-stop through the new Wood Lane station (opened in 2008) during the 150th Anniversary of the opening of this section of the London Underground, now part of the Hammersmith & City Line, on 9th August 2014. (For details of this locomotive, see my pic of it at Shepherd's Bush Market.)

Hampstead Heath: 66106 passing Hampstead Heath, on the London Overground, on the glorious summer afternoon of 9th August 2014.

Creswell: 20107 and 20096 with a York to Crewe GBRf 'Noah's Ark' charity rail tour at Creswell on 9th August 2015. This one way trip ran with two 47s Glasgow to Carlisle, two 66s to Newcastle and York and then these two 20s covered various lines in the Midlands on the way to Crewe.

Easter Road Junction: The V between the Granton (now Powderhall) branch on the left and former curve to Abbeyhill, just beyond the site of Easter Road Junction, is being filled with more smart flats. Here's how things look in August 2015 while a view is still possible. The Junction was just behind the camera with the station behind that. See image [[17507]]

Conder Green: This cattle creep at Conder Green hasn't carried a train since 1964 but, following a rebuild, still performs a useful role in 2015 taking the Glasson Dock cycle path over an access point to the Lune estuary marshes. [Ref query 15049]

Woodacre Crossing: The Sunday log empties from Chirk to Carlisle run through Woodacre behind Colas 60087 on 9th August 2015. Following a recent fatality at this location contractors were mid-way through installing a green palisade fence along the east side of the line.

Massy, Paris: View from the adjacent A10 autoroute from the south of the DB Schenker Joyau road delivery hub at Massy south of Paris, sited near the west end of Orly Airport runway, whilst halted by heavy Sunday afternoon traffic

Melton Mowbray: 37608 on the rear of 3Z05, a Peterborough to Derby test train, passing Melton Mowbray in 2016.

Wemyss Bay: Cabin trunks this way! Former luggage ramp from the luggage platform down to the pier.

West End - Princes Street [Tram]: Edinburgh Tram frequencies during peak hours have been increased to every five minutes. Heading east along Shandwick Place away from the West End stop, on 9 August.

Gourock: The 14.54 fast to Glasgow at Gourock on 9th August 2016. At the time I was surprised to see this relic still in front line service but of course they continued through to 2019.

Ulnes Walton: A Preston to Ormskirk service crosses Pages LC as it approaches the camera on 09 August 2016. In the background a car crosses at Midge Hall LC and the semaphore signal protecting it can just be made out to the left of the rear of the train.

Euxton Junction: A Liverpool to Preston EMU on the down slow line passes over Pack Saddle Bridge on the A49 road (between Preston and Wigan) as road traffic heads south under the control of the traffic lights. While the original bridge supports two tracks (the slow lines) of the WCML, a newer bridge on the other side is now carrying three tracks, the fast lines and the up Chorley line.

Buckshaw Parkway: On the public side of the fence a short distance west of Buckshaw Parkway station I discovered what looks like the remains of the old ROF Chorley Up Platform. The road bridge in the background carries Central Drive over the railway, just as it did when ROF Chorley was operational. The position of these platform supports is consistent with what I have been able to see on air photos from the 1960s. Any attempt to do this from old mapping is futile as the Ordnance Survey did not mark up such sites. See image [[20909]]

Tom-na-Faire Depot: K1 and Ben Nevis at Tom Na Faire depot on 9/8/17.

Leachbhuidh No 79 Tunnel: Fireman's view of the climb up the side of Loch Eilt 9/8/17.

Fort William: NELPG chairman, railway photographer and author, looks chuffed to bits as he sets off with the Jacobite on his 72nd birthday (09/08/17).

I would be interesting if anyone has photograph of the morning Jacobite outbound on sat 12/08/17 or the morning return from Mallaig on sun 13/08/17, I’d love to see them as I fired outbound on the Saturday and inbound on the Sunday. The photos will probably include black smoke or the safety valves lifting!

Bolton: When I last photographed from Trinity Street road bridge along platform 5 at Bolton in mid July, the track had still to be replaced. On 09 August 2017 however not only has the track appeared but a track tamping machine was working it's way along. Further evidence of the progress being made on this station improvement project.

Ayr Harbour: After several 'no shows', Waverley is seen leaving Ayr on the 9th of August.

Clayhills Yard: Just taken at Clayhills; a large number of fire engines and firemen at the Caledonian Sleeper.

Heysham Port: On possibly its first revenue earning working a very clean DRS 68031, and class mate 68024 Centaur, has just arrived light engine at Heysham to collect a flask load for Sellafield. The guard has locked the train in to the power station siding and is making his way back to the rear loco. See image [[37885]] for the same location but different motive power five years earlier.

Bolton: The station improvement works at Bolton are progressing very well and this is before the closure from 12 to 27 August. The track has been re-instated through platform 5 and a new footbridge has appeared at the south end of the platform. It is understood that platform 5 will be brought into service at the end of August when platform 4 will close for alterations to be carried out in preparation for electrification. This view is from Orlando St bridge.

Bolton: A Northern service from Blackpool to Manchester Airport passes under the new covered walkway between the railway station (right) and the new bus interchange (left) at Bolton on 09 August 2017. The remains of the long trailing crossover can be seen between the running lines and the track for the new platform 5 is on the extreme right.

Budapest Castle Hill Funicular: The Budvari Siklo, or Castle Hill Funicular in Budapest, opened in 1870 and is the second oldest in the world. It was destroyed by bombing in WWII and only rebuilt in 1986 but is now a popular attraction. Two footbridges cross the tracks along the 312ft length, during which the standard gauge tracks rise 167ft. Photo by Mark Edwards

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The site of the ill fated and now demolished new staff accommodation block at the east side of Queen Street station on 9th August 2018 see image [[61779]]. Inset is the sign now covering what was to have been the North Hanover Street entrance. At least they waited until work was finished un-building the partly completed structure behind it before putting the sign up. It will be interesting to see who ends up paying for the multi-million pound change of plan.

Dalfaber Level Crossing: In a light rain shower, the Strathspey Railway's Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 46464 is pictured on the climb out of Aviemore with the 12:30 train for Broomhill on 9th August 2018.

Kingsknowe: A Waverley-bound stopping service calls at Kingsknowe on 9 August 2018. Kingsknowe was a Beeching closure, but reopened in 1971. This was quite an achievement for the time.

Craigendoran Junction: Northbound freight train and fluffy clouds at Craigendoran Junction in August 2018.

Baillieston: The new overbridge at Baillieston, opened for pedestrians on the previous weekend, is seen here on 9th August. 2018. It is now expected to open for traffic on the evening of the 15th August, 2 weeks ahead of the published schedule.

Kingsknowe: A Glasgow Central service calls at Kingsknowe on 9 August 2018 and the driver makes his way to operate the level crossing control.

Slateford: A Waverley-bound service calls at Slateford on 9 August 2018. It will be interesting to see whether electrification will bring a more frequent service; the present hourly interval provides rather poor competition with the many buses along adjacent Slateford Road.

Baillieston: The 1338 to Dalmuir passes under the new Muirhead Road overbridge, opened to pedestrians a few days earlier and due to open fully In less than a week.

Cromore Halt: The remains of Cromore Halt, formerly Portstewart station, on the Coleraine to Portrush branch. It had closed in 1963 as Portstewart and re-opened as Cromore Halt in 1969 when the branch was revitalised as a result of the new university campus near Coleraine. It closed again in 1988, this time permanently as the platform has been removed although one redundant modern lighting column remains as a reminder of its temporary reincarnation. Some distance from the town it purported to serve, the Portstewart Tramway provided a direct connection to the town until 1926. Photograph taken from the level crossing on 9th August 2019.

Dhu Varren: Dhu Varren is the first station out of Portrush on the way to Coleraine, pictured here on 9th August 2019. Opened on 10th February 1969 and originally to cater mainly for travel to the then new university campus at Coleraine. Prior to this development the Portrush branch had been reduced to a summer only service.

Gospel Oak: 66119, coming from the Barking line, during a signal stop at Gospel Oak on the afternoon of Friday, 9th August 2019.
See query 2139

Gospel Oak: 710266 heading away from the camera departing from Gospel Oak with the 14.50 London Overground GOBLIN service to Barking, on the afternoon of Friday, 9th August 2019.

Gospel Oak: 378210 with a London Overground service from Stratford to Richmond departing west from Gospel Oak station, on the afternoon of Friday, 9th August 2019. On the right behind the fence, and at a slightly higher level, 710266 waits in the bay platform before departing eastbound for Barking. Gospel Oak Junction is in the background.

Crouch Hill: 710262 with a London Overground GOBLIN service from Gospel Oak to Barking arriving at Crouch Hill station, on the afternoon of Friday, 9th August 2019.

Crouch Hill: 710262, with a London Overground GOBLIN service from Gospel Oak to Barking, just departed from Crouch Hill station on the afternoon of Friday, 9th August 2019.

Coppull [2nd]: The regular Sunday ECS move from Crewe to Appleby for 'The North Pennine Staycation Express' is seen approaching Coppull on 9th August 2020 with 47712 'Lady Diana Spencer' in ScotRail livery, from the days of the push-pull Class 47s in Scotland. 47593 is on the south end of the consist once again.

Levenshulme: Flex unit 769456 calls at Levenshulme on a Southport to Alderley Edge stopping service on 9th August 2021. It was around fifty years since I had previously been to this station, although around 1970 I regularly got a day return here from Piccadilly just to ride past Longsight Depot (on the old AM4 units).

Levenshulme: There are two primary routes from Manchester to Chester. Many services run via Earlestown and Warrington but these two Sprinters are taking the stopping route via Stockport and Altrincham, seen here passing Levenshulme on 9th August 2021 as 323229 runs non-stop through the down platform on a Stoke to Manchester service.

Levenshulme: Two interesting signs at Levenshulme on 9th August 2021. One has the once oh so common (and now so rare) pointing finger. Above that is a sign that someone has gone to the trouble of making and installing at the side street entrance (Shades of U2?). Part way up the stairs inside this entrance is a staffed ticket office, further stairs to the Manchester platform and a long subway to the southbound platform stairs.

Levenshulme: Close up of the power pack of Driving Trailer 77449 of Flex unit 769456, at Levenshulme on 9th August 2021. As a 319 EMU there would have been very little underframe equipment on this vehicle but now both DTs carry a MAN engine. The bogies are still unpowered though and the engines generate power that is transmitted to the traction motors on the motor coach through the cables that once carried power drawn from the third rail.

Troon: Not all the Troon station roof has survived. This section in particular hasn't although much has been salvaged. Work continuing on 9th August 2021

Troon: A shot through the Heras fencing at Troon on 9th August 2021. Sadly 'the venerable analogue clock' appears to be a fatal casualty of the fire but image [[70592]] shows it in happier times.

Troon: All services appeared to be running normally at Troon on 9th August 2021, despite the earlier disastrous fire. The 11.19 to Glasgow Central departs.

Bo'ness: BR Standard 4MT 2-6-4T 80105 under overhaul in the clean and airy Bo'ness workshop, seen from the fully accessible viewing gallery in August 2022. The boiler was being repaired outside.

Farington Junction: DRS 68025 in TPE livery with a TPE Mk 5 set heads the 5Q07 Walton Old Jct Sidings to Glasgow Central approaches Farington Jct on 09 August 2022. A return working to Walton Old Jct Sidings took place later on the same day.

Wyre Viaduct: GBRf 66731 shows off its special Thank you NHS livery as it passes over the River Wyre at Scorton with a lightly loaded Hams Hall to Mossend intermodal on 9th August 2022.

Bo'ness: The 'Blue Train' parked outside Bo'ness running shed in August 2022, with the new workshop in the background.

Strathbungo: The view north at the site of Strathbungo station towards the junction showing the removal of Suzie's Store and removed Nithsdale Road bridge.

Strathbungo: The view west over the site of Suzie's Store (the former ticket office of Strathbungo station) and removed Nithsdale Road bridge. The bridge replacement is to give more clearance for new overhead lines.

Littlewood Siding: A Northern service from Preston to Ormskirk with 150106 approaches the site of Littlewood Sidings, Ulnes Walton on 09 August 2022.

Bo'ness: Neilson & Co. 0-4-0ST 'Kelton Fell', No.2203 of 1876, on display in the Bo'ness museum building in August 2022. This loco may be heading for display in the Glasgow Central Low Level visitor experience attraction.

Bay Horse: DRS 37401 ventured out on the WCML on 9th August 2022, taking 66427 as a dead load from Crewe to Kingmoor, seen here passing Bay Horse.

Bo'ness: North British Loco built Stanier 8F 2-8-0, repatriated from Turkey, under overhaul in the new Bo'ness workshop on 9 August 2022.

Bo'ness: View from the footbridge over Bo'ness Yard on 9 August 2022, with the cab of the 'Blue Train' receiving attention.