Abercynon Shed: Shed scene at Abercynon in August 1960. Ex-GWR 0-6-2T no 5699 centre stage.

Abercynon Shed: Collett ex-GWR 0-6-2T no 5647 stabled alongside Abercynon shed in the summer of 1960.

Abercynon Shed: Collett 0-6-0PT no 6431 standing alongside Abercynon shed in August 1960.

Tweedmouth: 60073 St Gatien is too fast for the camera shutter at Tweedmouth on 12 August 1960 as the A3 runs through the station with the up Queen of Scots Pullman.

Edinburgh Waverley: Train 1A35, the Deltic hauled up 'Flying Scotsman', powers out of Waverley at 10am on 12th August 1961.

Edinburgh Waverley: J37 goods pilot No. 64624 moves a train east towards the Calton Tunnel on 12th August 1961. Part of the long elevated walkway linking Jeffrey Street and Calton Road can be seen in the left background, while the condition of the station's end screens bears witness to the number of steam locomotives that have passed this way over the years.

Edinburgh Waverley: The original (and now-preserved) EE Type 4 no D200 heads towards Calton Tunnel on Saturday 12th August 1961, passing an arriving V2-hauled Starlight Special from London Marylebone.

Edinburgh Waverley: A Standard Class 4 2-6-0 heads a Class C train - either empty coaching stock or parcels - east out of Waverley on 12th August 1961.

Edinburgh Waverley: A3 Pacific 60093 Coronach about to enter the Calton Tunnel on 12 August 1961 with the 10.05 up Waverley for London St Pancras. The first stop will be Galashiels in 53 minutes time. Nowadays (February 2010), the 10.05 X95 bus from nearby Waterloo Place, will reach Gala in 1 hour 15 minutes - how's that for half a century of progress! When the line is re-opened to Tweedbank (5 minutes beyond Galashiels), there will be a maximum 55 minute journey time to the terminus, including eight intermediate stops.

Edinburgh Waverley: An A4-hauled ECML service moves away from the platform at Waverley and towards the Calton Tunnel on 12th August 1961.

Radyr: Tank engines in the yard at Cardiff Radyr shed in August 1962 include Collett 0-6-2T 6608 and Hawksworth 0-6-0PT 3400.

Farnley Shed: Bowen-Cooke LNW G2a Class 7F 0-8-0 49382 is seen in steam being moved around in the yard at 55C Farnley Shed, Leeds in August 1962.

Hurlford Shed: Withdrawn locomotives stored at Hurlford in August 1962 included Gresley class V3 2-6-2 67679, latterly a native of 65C Parkhead shed. Following the forced withdrawal of the recently introduced Blue Train electric fleet in December 1960, due to the discovery of a design fault in the switchgear, 67679 had been one of a number of redundant steam locomotives commandeered to work the emergency steam services put into operation pending remedial work and subsequent reintroduction of the new electric trains.

Cardiff Canton: Hawksworth ex-GWR County class locomotive no 1005 County of Devon manoeuvering in the yard at Cardiff Canton in August 1962. The 4-6-0 was eventually withdrawn from St Philips Marsh shed, Bristol, in June the following year.

Hurlford Shed: One of the early examples of Black 5s to be withdrawn, no 45266, stands at the head of a line of out of use locomotives, mainly ex-Caley 0-6-0s, at 67B Hurlford, its home shed, in August 1962.

Cardiff Canton: A typically busy scene in the shed yard at Cardiff Canton in August 1962. Locomotives nearest the camera are 4-6-0s 5961 Toynbee Hall and 6935 Browsholme Hall.

Abercynon Shed: 5630 and 3730 stand outside the former Taff Vale shed at Abercynon (88E) in the summer of 1962. See image [[31974]] for a modern day view of the shed.

Cardiff Canton: 6850 Cleeve Grange standing alongside the coaling stage at Cardiff Canton, in August 1962

Hurlford Shed: Stanier 2-6-2T 40151 stands abandoned amongst the various withdrawn locomotives at Hurlford shed in the summer of 1962.

Cardiff Canton: Churchward 2-8-0 no 3804 stands in the crowded shed yard at Cardiff Canton in the summer of 1962.

Cardiff Canton: 5914 'Ripon Hall' photographed on Cardiff Canton shed in August 1962.

Cardiff Canton: GWR 0-6-0PT no 9603 on Cardiff Canton shed in August 1962

Ferryhill Junction: A2 60535 'Hornet's Beauty' sets off from Aberdeen on the Sunday 12.15 service to Edinburgh. The train is seen passing Ferryhill junction on 12th August 1962.

Pollokshaws West: 44792 pilots 45535 south of Pollokshaws with car sleeper.

Blacksboat: In August of 1964 a railbus leaves Blacksboat station westbound. The view gives a good general view of the station's situation. The goods shed is off to the right. See image [[54234]]. The bridge in the background crosses the River Spey, today carrying the B9138.

Blacksboat: In 1964 the Great North of Scotland trespass sign remained on one of the station doors at Blacksboat, 41 years after the company was grouped into the London and North East Railway.

Blacksboat: A railbus, leaving Blacksboat station westbound, passes the goods shed in 1964. See image [[54204]].

Elgin East: A Cravens DMU ready for departure from Elgin East, with the 13.55 to Cairnie Junction via Craigellachie, on 12th August 1965.

Rothes: View of Rothes station from the north, taken from a DMU bound for Craigellachie and Cairnie Junction, on 12th August 1965.

Elgin West: A Swindon DMU at Elgin West in 1965, working an Aberdeen to Inverness service.

Aviemore: Two Sulzer Type 2 diesels in mid-manoeuvre at Aviemore in 1965. The BR built loco in the foreground brought in a one-coach afternoon service from Elgin via Craigellachie, and the BRCW (later) Class 26 at the far end is ready to shunt the coach into another platform to form the 16.50 to Craigellachie (see image [82323]). Just discernible in the further distance, another Class 26 is heading away with a northbound freight.

Aviemore: The 16.55 Inverness to Glasgow draws into Aviemore in August 1965, behind a Class 26 and 25 double header. A good contingent of passengers is waiting to board, and the wagons at the side of the station suggest that Speyside whisky distilleries were also doing good business.

Craigellachie [2nd]: A Cravens DMU calling at Craigellachie with an Elgin to Cairnie Junction service in 1965. The bridge over the Spey is visible in the background. The splendid notices on the footbridge read 'Platform for Elgin, Lossiemouth, Inverness and the North' on the left and 'Platform for Keith, Aberdeen, Dundee and the South' on the right.

Craigellachie [2nd]: A BR Sulzer Type 2, on an Elgin-Aviemore service, pictured halfway through shunting operations at Craigellachie in August 1965. The single coach train has been shunted from the Elgin line into the Speyside line platform, and the locomotive has uncoupled in order to run round and continue the journey to Aviemore (see also [[82404]] and [[81089]]).

Aviemore: A BRCW Type 2 ready to leave Aviemore with the 4.50pm Speyside line service to Craigellachie on 12th August 1965.

Aviemore: A BR Sulzer Type 2 at Aviemore, after arrival with the 2.45 service from Elgin via Craigellachie, on 12th August 1965. A BRCW Type 2 approaches to couple up at the other end of the single coach train, which it will shunt into another platform to form the 4.50pm service back along the Speyside line to Craigellachie (see [[82470]] and [[82323]]).

Craigellachie [2nd]: An NBL Type 2 brings an Elgin-line freight through Craigellachie in August 1965.

Craigellachie [2nd]: A Sulzer Type 2 diesel ready to leave Craigellachie with a Speyside line service for Aviemore on 12th August 1965.

Aviemore: Traffic at Aviemore in August 1965. The Sulzer Type 2 has uncoupled from the one-carriage Speyside line service it has brought in from Craigellachie and a BRCW Type 2 has coupled up at the far end. Meanwhile another BRCW Type 2 is about to move off with a northbound freight.

Craigellachie [2nd]: A Sulzer Type 2 diesel arrives at Craigellachie with the 2.45pm Elgin to Aviemore. The single coach train will be shunted on to the Speyside line platform, and the locomotive will then run round before continuing the journey (see [[81089]]).

Keith: A Swindon DMU calling at Keith, with the 11.45 Aberdeen to Inverness service, on 12th August 1965.

Marylebone: Black 5 no 44811 at Marylebone on what is thought to be a semi-fast for Nottingham in August 1966, (probably the 12th). The following month saw closure of the Great Central Railway London extension between Aylesbury and Rugby.

Barry Docks: Bulleid West Country light pacific 34101 'Hartland' looking almost ready to work stands between other Bulleid pacifics on Barry Dump awaiting its fate in 1967. The loco was eventually rescued and, as of early 2021, is undergoing a major overhaul on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. See image [[54110]] for a view of its tender at a site near York

Barry: Hughes <I>Crab</I> 2-6-0 no 42765, having been withdrawn from 6C, Birkenhead, 9 months earlier, stands on one of the reception roads at Barry scrapyard in August 1967 see image [[23481]]. The locomotive was subsequently rescued and restored by the East Lancs Railway.

Barry: 46428 on one of the reception lines at Barry on 12 Aug 1967 see image [[40332]]. The locomotive was rescued and subsequently spent time at Boat of Garten see image [[19072]] before becoming the object of a restoration project on the East Lancashire Railway.

Carlisle: Jubilee no 45562 Alberta stands with a train off the S&C route at Carlisle platform 3. The train is thought to be the 6.40am Birmingham New Street - Glasgow Central and the date 12 August 1967.

Carlisle: Jubilee 45562 'Alberta' has recently arrived at Carlisle platform 3 on 12 August 1967 with the 6.40am Birmingham - Glasgow via Leeds. The black 5 on the centre road displaying 1S52 on its smokebox door is waiting to take the train forward.

Carlisle: 5322 with a parcels train at Carlisle platform 1 in August 1969.

Carlisle: Come on, come on... D229 running late at Carlisle - 12 August 1969.

Pergern: In August 1970, an afternoon Steyrtalbahn train from Garsten to Molln arrives at Pergern behind 1898-built OBB tank 298.51. Although this 760mm gauge line closed in 1982, a 19km section of the railway remains open nowadays as a 'Museumsbahn', with Pergern as one of the intermediate stations.

Hull Dairycoates: A lunchtime class 20 sandwich at Hull Dairycoates shed on 12th August 1970. No. 8310 is flanked by class 08 shunters Nos. 3236 (left) and 3079.

Goole Shed: The abandoned steam shed at Goole, photographed on Wednesday 12th August 1970

Grunburg: OBB 0-6-2T 298.51 impatient to leave Grünburg with an afternoon service from Garsten to Molln. The 760mm gauge steam-operated Steyrtalbahn was still part of the OBB network when the photograph was taken in 1970. Although the line closed in 1982, the section from Steyr to Grünburg re-opened in 1985 as a 'Museumsbahn'.

Goole Docks: One of a plethora of diesel shunter types built for BR in small numbers and fated to a brief existence, D2865 had emerged from the works of the Yorkshire Engine Co. in late 1961 and had already been withdrawn for about five months when photographed languishing in the goods yard at Goole in August 1970.

Steyrleithen: On the 760mm gauge Steyrtalbahn in the summer of 1970, in the days when the railway was still part of the OBB network, 1898-built 0-6-2T 298.52 was pictured between Molln and Gruenburg with an afternoon service bound for Garsten. I cannot now remember the exact location, but think it was near Steyrleithen.

Grunburg: On the 760mm gauge Steyrtalbahn in the summer of 1970, 1898-built 0-6-2T 298.52 arrives at Grünburg with an afternoon service from Molln to Garsten. The railway was at that time part of the OBB network, and remained so until eventual closure in 1982. The section from Steyr to Grünburg was not lifted, however, and reopened in 1985 as a 'Museumsbahn', with a fine collection of vintage locomotives, including the one in this photograph.

Hull Dairycoates: Three EE Type 1s keep company at Hull Dairycoates shed in August 1970, with a Brush Type 4 lurking in the background. The leading class 20 is No. 8313, followed by 8312, with 8314 bringing up the rear.

Hull, Draper's Scrapyard: Black 5 No. 45305 photographed in Draper's scrapyard, Hull, on 12 August 1970. The diesel locomotive on the left is Clayton no D8605. The former Hull and Barnsley Railway Neptune Street yard eventually became the last port of call for in excess of 500 steam locomotives. Happily this particular example was rescued and later preserved see image [[38661]].

Dunaskin Shed: Driver Tom Bruce looks on as Barclay 0-4-0ST No 10 takes on water at Dunaskin on the NCB Waterside system, on 12 August 1975. The view looks to Ayr, the location is adjacent to the shed (above and to the right) and was on the approach to the Cutler Sidings.

Dunaskin Central Washer: Fireman's view of NCB 0-4-0ST No.10, taking a run at the gradient, leaving Waterside for the Cutler tip with tippler wagons of waste from the washer trailing behind in 1975.

Liverpool Street: Brush Type 4 no 47167 County of Essex stands in bright sunshine at Liverpool Street in 1975, having recently been released from the empty stock of a Norwich train. The locomotive is about to head for Stratford shed. 47167 began life in 1964 as D1762 and survives in preservation as 47580 see image [[38380]].

Boat of Garten: Ivatt 2-6-0 no.46464 back to back with Stanier Black 5 no.5025 at Boat of Garten in August 1975. The Ivatt was pretty much in ex BR condition having been stored in a shed at Dundee docks after withdrawal. In the distance between the signal post and the Black 5 is Barclay 0-4-0ST 'Dailuaine'

Tickets and labels: A military recreational travel permit issued on 20 December 1945 for use on the miltary railway between Cairnryan and Stranraer. See image [[13164]].

Boekelo: No 4 at Boekelo in August 1978. Located on the Burtspoorweg Museum Railway between Boekelo and Haarksbergen, northern Holland, close to the German border. [Locomotive 0-6-0wt, Hanomag 1925, Factory no 10431.]

Dundee: A Glasgow Queen Street - Aberdeen train arrives at Dundee on 12 August 1981. The locomotive is 47119.

Dundee: 'No, no, I insist... after you..!' Glasgow and Edinburgh bound trains preparing to leave the west end bays at Dundee station in the summer of 1981.

Dundee: 40148 arrives at Dundee with the 11.15 Aberdeen - Glasgow in August 1981.

Tyndrum Lower: A class 37 stops at Tyndrum Lower with a train for Oban in August 1984. In the centre distance Tyndrum Upper is visible.

Golspie: View southwest along the platform at Golspie in the direction of Inverness in August 1985.

Maryhill Park: Maryhill in August 1985 with buildings and plaforms gone though the sb still stands at the jct with the Anniesland line following the fire in Oct 1980. Modern day Maryhill station now occupies this site.

Winchcombe: 5080 Defiant running along the embankment into Winchcombe with a train on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway on 12 August 1990.

Toddington: Ex-GWR 6106 looking immaculate at the Gloucester Warwickshire Railway Open Day on 12 August 1990.

Winchcombe: GWR 2-6-2T 6106 double heads 0-6-0PT 7752 with a train near Winchcombe on 12 August 1990.

Greenloaning: A southbound 158 passes the remains of Greenloaning station in August 1994.

Dalnaspidal: A pair of Class 158s head north near Dalnaspidal in 1994

Cleethorpes: Wecome to Cleethorpes. Summer 1995.

Cleethorpes: Platform scene at Cleethorpes on the afternoon of 12 August 1995 with a class 153 railcar about to leave on a Saturdays only service to Barton-on-Humber.

Cleethorpes: The guard about to board a 153 unit at Cleethorpes station in August 1995 due to leave on a Saturday service to Barton on Humber.

Carstairs South Junction: 60061 Alexander Graham Bell in BR coal sector livery southbound on the WCML shortly after passing through Carstairs with a coal train on 12 August 1997.

Odenheim: Tram-trains Nos. 828 and 836 belonging to the Albtal Verkehrs Gesellschaft (AVG) stand in Odenheim station, terminus of the branch from Bruchsal, on a bright summer evening in August 2000. Set No. 828 is about to depart on an evening service to Karlsruhe, where it will terminate in the Hauptbahnhof, so there will be no need to go into tram mode.

Gorebridge: The former station building at Gorebridge, photographed looking south in the summer of 2002 The vacated railway premises were used for a time as a pub named 'Porters' (get it?). The low wall in the foreground separated the site from a housing development behind the camera, constructed following closure of the Waverley route. The houses, known as 'Harvieston Villas', were subsequently demolished to make way for the new Borders Railway (see image [[14418]]).

Tynehead: View south from the bridge over the trackbed at Tynehead in August 2002 showing the steep climb away from the platforms immediately below the bridge. The former station building and goods yard are on the left with the trackbed of the spur running north off the main line to reach the yard visible in the background.

Heriot: View south through Heriot station from the level crossing in August 2002. See image [[26182]]

Edinburgh Waverley: Looking east at Waverley and the North British Hotel (er or Balmoral these days) in the dark.

Edinburgh Waverley: Looking west at the works to build a new platform on the Balmoral side of Waverley on 12 August 2006.

Edinburgh Waverley: Looking east at the new Balmoral platform progress. And a few bikes.

Edinburgh Waverley: Looking north alongside the walkway which crosses the whole of Waverley at high level. The new foobridge (white) over platform 1 the new Balmoral platform is distant left. Its festival time thus kilts.

Edinburgh Waverley: Fife bound (and busy) service awaits departure. New Balmoral platform to right.

Edinburgh Waverley: Traditional view from The Mound. Voyager arrives at Waverley.

Edinburgh Waverley: Unusual view of a 125, Waverley's suburban platforms and the North Bridge.

Glasgow Central: Virgin Cross Country Class 221 Voyagers waiting to depart fom Glasgow Central.

Glasgow Central: Class 156 156494 at Glasgow Central.

Bridge Street: This view shows the offices at Bridge Street looking from Bridge Street itself.

Bridge Street: This view shows the offices at Bridge Street looking from Bridge Street itself. The inscription above the door gives a clue to the date of the construction of the offices and station.

Carnoustie: Southern approach to Carnoustie station in August 2006.

West Runton: Ploughing the old way. West Runton, Norfolk, summer 2006.

Gleneagles: The ramp up to the station is on the trackbed for the Crieff branch. Mrs Georgina Forbes eagerly strides for her train.

Carnoustie: The impressive Carnoustie signal box in August 2006, looking seaward over the level crossing.

Carnoustie: Looking north through the station from the level crossing at Carnoustie in August 2006.

Carnoustie: Looking south from the footbridge over the level crossing at Carnoustie in August 2006 towards the site of the goods yard.

Westentor: Westbound tram in one of the beautiful new tramway stations below the streets of Dortmund.

Didcot Parkway: An HST runs through Didcot on 12 August 2008

Didcot Parkway: A Cross Country Voyager speeds through Didcot on 12 August.

Didcot Parkway: EWS 66074 between containers at Didcot on 12 August 2008.

Salou: RS No 3, one of the locomotives used on the former narrow gauge 'tramway' linking Salou to Reus, seen on 12 August on display next to the old Salou station (now a nursery).

Lancaster: Jubilee 4-6-0 Leander slowly climbs the bank south of Lancaster station and crosses the Lancaster Canal at the start of another Fellsman excursion to Carlisle via Preston, Hellifield and the S&C.

Oaksey Halt: Black 5 no 44932 southbound at Oaksey (closed 1964) on 12 August 2010 with The Cathedrals Express on its way back from Gloucester to London Victoria. The special was running just over half an hour late having been held at Kemble see image [[30220]].

Oaksey Halt: Looking south over the disused Oaksey Station on the Swindon - Gloucester line on 12 August 2010. The line is single track from Swindon to Kemble and is treated as one long section, taking 20 minutes or more to traverse. The DMU is 150125 operating the 1754 Swindon - Gloucester service (and the reason for the southbound Cathedrals Express being held at Kemble see image [[30216]]).

Aviemore: Caley McIntosh 812 Class 0-6-0 828 waits with the packed 12.30 to Broomhill at Aviemore station on 12 August 2010.

Moreton-in-Marsh: Looking South at the end of a week's possession to restore double track at Moreton-in-Marsh. The goods shed is hidden behind the trees on the right; the last sidings have just been disconnected. The track machines which were recently stabled here have now been moved to Honeybourne. Notice the new crossover in the distance - and all that lovely double track.

Plates, signs, notices etc: You search in vain for an asterisk and footnote saying, Subject to the Co-Bos not breaking down... Sc R Condor outline timetable and pricing, 18th June 1962.

Fraserburgh: The railway goods offices at Fraserburgh, built in 1953, still survive in 2012 and are now under the ownership of the local authority social work department. My father rented the office at the bottom left for his business around 1963 and I spent a lot of time there with him as a schoolboy, which sort of explains my interest in railways!

Redmire: EE Type 1 20166 pulls in to Redmire station with a Wensleydale Railway service that originated at Leyburn and will now form the first departure, the 10.10hrs to Leeming Bar. The station building has been extended (or should that be restored) in recent years and now appears to be used as holiday acocmmodation or a hostel. See image [[37234]] for an earlier view of the same location.

Caldwell's Paper Mill: Above - a ScotRail 170 unit passes the doomed chimneys of the Caldwells/Inveresk paper mill at Inverkeithing on 12 August 2012.
Below - ten minutes later and the scene changes forever....

Kerne Bridge: When Kerne Bridge was built in the 1820's it was symmetrical. The eastern (far) end was raised in the 1870's when the Wye Valley Railway from Ross to Monmouth was being constructed. Kerne Bridge station (closed 1959) - visible on the right - is now a private house.

Redmire: English Electric Type 1 20166 whistles away from Redmire with the first train of the day for Leeming Bar. In the background is Wensleydale and hopefully it wont be too long before railway passengers can travel further west along the valley to Aysgarth and beyond.

Kirkby Stephen East: 47785, in very smart EWS red and gold livery, standing outside the trainshed at Kirkby Stephen East on 12 August 2012. The former D1909, withdrawn from Crewe in 2003, was one of a number of main line diesels at the Stainmore Railway site at that time but has since moved to the Wensleydale Railway. Train operations at Kirkby Stephen East use a short length of track running towards Warcop.

Inverkeithing East Junction: Freightliner 66617 passes Inverkeithing East Junction with the late-running 6B32 Aberdeen - Oxwellmains cement empties on 12 August.

Higham-on-the-Hill: Higham was the first stop out of Nuneaton on the line to Stoke Golding see image [[26632]], then either Ashby-de-la-Zouch or Loughborough Derby Road. Higham station has been completely demolished, the site being used as an industrial estate. Fortunately, the station masters house still stands, as seen here on 12 August 2014.

Kilnknowe Junction: ScotRail 158725 crossing Wheatlands Road bridge on the approach to Galashiels station on 12 August 2015 with a mid-morning Newcraighall - Tweedbank crew training turn.

Paterson's No 2 Siding: 158729 about to pass below the footbridge on low Buckholmside shortly after leaving Galashiels station on a driver training trip returning to Newcraighall on 12 August.

Ayr: The 09.38 Glasgow Central to Stranraer runs into Platform 4 at Ayr on 12 August 2015..

Bispham [Tram]: On a driver training run (note the L Plate in the smokebox window) illuminations tram 733 and its trailer 734 pause at Bispham station on 12 August. As they headed off to the turning circle at Little Bispham they passed Flexity 002, unusually parked in the turnback siding as it too was being used for driver training. See image [[49331]] for 733 on its more traditional duties.

Girvan: Platform scene at Girvan on 12 August 2015. The Conductor / Guard of the 09.38 Glasgow to Stranraer waits to give the right-away as the 10.10 Stranraer to Kilmarnock (change at Ayr for the 11.52 EMU to Glasgow Central) departs northward.

Kentish Town [LUL]: Exterior of Kentish Town, LUL Northern Line, on 12th August 2015. This station was opened on the Highgate branch of the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway on 22nd June 1907 and has a connection with the National Rail station on the Midland Main Line, out of view on the left. This is another of the many deep-level tube stations on the London Underground designed by Leslie W. Green who died in 1908 at the tragically early age of 34.

Bispham [Tram]: Running the gauntlet at Bispham. Flexity 016 slows for the Bispham stop as it passes a couple of sinister onlookers. The large illuminated tableaux start at this point and stretch down to the Cabin area of Blackpool.

Girvan: Down home signal at the start of the loop at Girvan in August 2015. Principal signal is for the down platform, subsidiary is for loop into main up platform.

Farington Curve Junction: Black 5 no 45231 brings the outward leg of The Fellsman railtour towards Farington Curve Jct on 12 August 2015. The loco has just passed the new 'lollipop' signal with LED lights.

Girvan: Down starters at Girvan on 12 August 2015. The tall signal refers to platform 2, the other to Platform 1. The main station building is located on platform 1, whereas platform 2 has nothing, not even a plastic shelter. Platform 1 appears to be used at all times other than when a crossing movement is required.

Brock: The thrice weekly Clitheroe to Mossend cement tanks will run via the WCML throughout 2016. 66099 powers north alongside the Lancaster Canal between Brock and Garstang & Catterall on the evening of 12th August 2016. The dome behind the tanks is the salt store of the Highways Agency depot for the nearby M6 motorway.

Brough: A Trans Pennine Class 185 DMU, photographed shortly after leaving Brough heading for Hull on 12th August 2018

Carstairs: LORAM rail grinder C2101/DR79231 stabled at Carstairs on 12 August. The former loco yard is covered by weeds.

Carstairs: 66100 passes Carstairs Station with a Tees Dock - Mossend intermodal.

Braidwood: DRS 68004 and 68017 with the Tesco Daventry - Mossend service at Fiddlers Gill, south of Braidwood.

Ferriby: Ferriby, where the station buildings are used as a tea room and gift shop. This view looks towards Hull on 12th August 2016.

Craigenhill Summit: DRS 37259 and 37069 near Craigenhill Summit with the Hunterston - Sellafield 'flasks'.

Melton Halt: Melton Lane signal box and crossing, between Brough and Hull, seen on a sunny 12th August 2018.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: An internal view of the temporary dividing wall of white panels being erected along the boundary of the building works along Platform 7 at Glasgow Queen St as the new phase of works gets under way.

Ardler West Level Crossing: Ardler West gates looking to Coupar Angus in 2017.

Ardler West Level Crossing: Remnants of a main line. Strathmore metals seen at Ardler West gates in 2017.

Edinburgh Gateway: 170455, on a Dundee service crosses 158706 on a Fife to Edinburgh train at Edinburgh Gateway on 12 August 2017

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: An external view of the temporary dividing wall of white panels being erected along the boundary of the building works along Platform 7 at Glasgow Queen St as the new phase of works gets under way.

Edinburgh Gateway [Tram]: A York Place tram pulls into Edinburgh Gateway, greeted by the usual hordes, on 12th August 2017.

Rossall Square: Most of the Blackpool Tramway runs alongside (or along) the road but the stretch between the Rossall School and Heathfield Road stops is on an independent alignment. Flexity 009, heading for Fleetwood, runs between the houses and across South Strand level crossing as it approaches the stop at Rossall Square on 12th August 2017.

Becconsall: Hunslet quartet plus two at the end of the first day of the West Lancashire Light Railway 'Nearly 50 Gala' on 12 August 2017. This year is the 50th anniversary of the start of the railway by 6 local schoolboys and as part of the summer celebration, the railway's Hunslet loco Irish Mail was joined by visitors Jack Lane, Statfold and Cloister. All 4 were in steam on both days but the line up at the end of day 1 had O&K Utrilas and Kerr Stuart Joffre from the 'home' fleet added for the photo.

Rossall Square: The modern tram stop at Rossall Square has been shoehorned in between the houses and there are no shelters or seating on the narrow platforms. Flexity 007, heading for Blackpool, slows to call on 12th August 2017.

Donibristle Platform: 44871 drops down Donibristle bank just short of its Dalgety Bay stop with the SRPS Fife Circle & Borders excursion on a damp 12 August. @srpsrailtours

Haymarket: SRPS Linlithgow-Tweedbank train. In low light, but here is the SRPS train leaving Haymarket for Fife.

Lower Edmonton (Low Level): More than two months after Angel Road station closed, replaced by the new Meridian Water, this sign pointing to the former station is still in place at the start of the footpath/cycle way to Montagu Road. This runs along the course of the former Eastern Counties Railway branch of 1849, closed to passengers in 1939 and freight in 1964, seen here on 12th August 2019.

Edinburgh Waverley: LNER DVTs 82223 and 82208 stand at Waverley platforms 6 and 5 on 12 August 2019.

Edmonton Green: Edmonton Green station, which retains its attractive Victorian platform canopies, looking south to Liverpool Street, on 12th August 2019. This station was opened by the Great Eastern Railway in 1872 and was known as Lower Edmonton for many years until renamed Edmonton Green in 1992. It is the junction for the lines to Enfield Town and Cheshunt which were transferred from Abellio Greater Anglia to Transport for London as part of London Overground in May 2015. The low level station on the original 1849 Eastern Counties Railway route to Enfield from Angel Road closed in 1939 and all trace of this has completely disappeared.

Glasgow Central: A second series of 'Inside Central Station' is in production by STV during the summer of 2019.

Lower Edmonton (Low Level): The site of Lower Edmonton (Low Level) station with the still open high level station, now known as Edmonton Green, in the background, on the afternoon of Monday, 12th August 2019. This has been part of London Overground since May 2015; to the right of the bridge the 1872 line curves sharply from north to north-west and originally made a connection with the original 1849 route from Angel Road, closed to passengers in 1939 and to freight in 1964, just beyond the station.

Stoke Newington: The rather unappealing rebuilt entrance to Stoke Newington station, dating from the early 1970s, about 100 years after the station opened in 1872, on the afternoon of Monday, 12th August 2019. The Victorian platform canopies, which like the old entrance I remember as a boy, disappeared about the same time, thanks - or rather no thanks - to the old BR regime's idea of 'improvements'. The station is on the line from London Liverpool Street to Enfield Town and Cheshunt which became part of London Overground in May 2015.

Edmonton Green: Exterior of the east side of Edmonton Green station, London Overground since 2015, on 12th August 2019. This station opened as Edmonton on 27th July 1872 when the line was extended from Stoke Newington to a connection with the Angel Road to Enfield Town line just north-west of the station and was renamed Lower Edmonton (High Level) on 1st July 1883. The original Edmonton station of 1849 on the line from Angel Road, which was to the left where the road roundabout now is, became Lower Edmonton (Low Level) at the same time; after this closed to passengers in 1939, the high level suffix was dropped from the surviving station. In 1992, the name Edmonton Green was chosen to define the area more correctly and this became the name of the station although my research has been unable to discover the exact date the station was renamed.

Edmonton Green: Edmonton Green station, opened by the GER in 1872 and known as Lower Edmonton until 1992, looking north-west towards Enfield Town and Cheshunt, on 12th August 2019. Just beyond the station, the 1872 route made a connection with the original Eastern Counties Railway route of 1849 from Angel Road while further north west at Bury Street Junction, the Southbury Loop of 1891 diverges to Cheshunt. This opened as the Churchbury Loop in 1891 but suffered from tramway competition and closed to passengers in 1909 but reopened during the First World War only to close again in 1919. It was fully reopened in November 1960 with the electrification of the north-east London routes from Liverpool Street with three reopened stations, Southbury (formerly Churchbury), Turkey Street (formerly Forty Hill) and Theobald's Grove, the only one to retain its original name.

Stoke Newington: 317729 with a London Overground service to Liverpool Street calling at Stoke Newington station, serving the north London suburb where I was born, looking south on 12th August 2019. This station opened on 27th May 1872 as the temporary terminus of the GER's 'cut-off' route to Lower Edmonton (now Edmonton Green), to which it was completed on 22nd July 1872 and where a connection was made with the original 1849 Eastern Counties line from Angel Road to Enfield Town. The new route shortened the journey to London for Enfield residents but a shuttle service on the original line survived between Angel Road and the low level station at Lower Edmonton, as the area was then called, until 1939.

Glasgow Central: Although the Class 314s have been steadily making their way to the scrapyard they could still be seen at Glasgow Central on 12th August 2019.

Blackhorse Road [LTPB]: A view down the escalator at the LUL Victoria Line station at Blackhorse Road, on 12th August 2019. This opened with the first stage of the line from Walthamstow Central to Highbury & Islington on 1st September 1968 and down which I travelled on that very first day. When opened, this was the only station on the new line that did not have a direct connection to a British Rail station. This was rectified when the separate 1894 station, across the road on the Gospel Oak to Barking line was closed and re-sited with new platforms on the west side of the road bridge, allowing direct interchange with the Victoria Line, on 14th December 1981.

Harringay Green Lanes: Brand new Aventra 710262 with a London Overground GOBLIN service from Gospel Oak to Barking arriving at Harringay Green Lanes station, in pouring rain, on 12th August 2019. This is the former Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway of 1868 but the station here, a wooden structure, did not open until 1st June 1880 as Green Lanes. It was renamed Harringay Park, Green Lanes in 1883 and further renamed simply Harringay Park in 1951. On 27th October 1958 - my 7th birthday, you can do the maths! - it became Harringay Stadium. The wooden platforms and shelters were replaced by concrete structures around the same time with extra long platforms to cater for visitors to the stadium but these were shortened in 2003 due to subsidence and the shelters were also replaced by structures offering less protection from the elements. After the stadium was demolished in 1990 the station was further renamed Harringay East, notwithstanding that it is more south than east of Harringay. This misnomer, however, was swept away a little over a year later on 8th July 1991 when the station became Harringay Green Lanes, almost the name it started out with in 1880.

Blackhorse Road: 66715 with a westbound freight about to pass through Blackhorse Road station on the London Overground GOBLIN line. 710262 is departing with a Gospel Oak to Barking service as a DW type bus crosses overhead, on the wet afternoon of 12th August 2019. Both trains are passing the site of the original 1894 Blackhorse Road station where only the weed-infested ramps to the now demolished platforms remain.

Blackhorse Road [LTPB]: LUL 2009 stock with a Victoria Line service from Walthamstow Central to Brixton arriving at its first port of call at Blackhorse Road station, on 12th August 2019. These trains were manufactured by Bombardier at their Litchurch Lane Works in Derby and entered service on the Victoria Line between July 2009 and June 2011, replacing the 1967 stock that had operated on the line since its initial first stage opening in 1968.

Paisley Canal: 318264 at Paisley Canal on 12th August 2019.

Blackhorse Road: 710262 with a London Overground GOBLIN service from Gospel Oak to Barking departing from the 1981 station at Blackhorse Road and about to pass the site of the 1894 station, beyond the bridge with a DW type bus crossing, in pouring rain on 12th August 2019. Since the station's re-siting in 1981 giving it a direct connection with the LUL Victoria Line, Blackhorse Road is now the busiest intermediate station on the GOBLIN line.

Blackhorse Road [LTPB]: One of the features of the new Victoria Line, as it was in 1968, (hard to believe its more than 50 years now since the first section opened) was a series of murals at each station, repeated the length of the platform, that had some kind of link, however tenuous, with the station name. This one at Blackhorse Road is fairly obvious and dates from the station's opening, looking towards Walthamstow Central on 12th August 2019.

Blackhorse Road: Brand new Aventra 710262 with a London Overground GOBLIN service from Gospel Oak to Barking calling at Blackhorse Road station. This view looks back west, in pouring rain on the afternoon of Monday, 12th August 2019. The original station here opened with the Tottenham & Forest Gate Railway on 9th July 1894 and was sited on the east side of the Walthamstow thoroughfare from which it took its name. On 1st September 1968, LUL's sparkling new Victoria Line, the first deep-level tube across London for more than 60 years, opened and had a separate station on the opposite side of the road to the BR station. Passengers had to trot between the two in all weathers, crossing the busy road on the level. The situation was rectified on 14th December 1981 when the Barking line station, which had fallen into an advanced state of decrepitude, was re-sited on the west side of Blackhorse Road with a direct interchange to the Victoria Line and this is the 1981 station seen in this view.

Paisley Canal: 320315 at Paisley Canal on 12th May 2019. These units were not used on the branch before the May timetable change.

Tottenham Hale: The always busy entrance to the National Rail station at Tottenham Hale, on the Lea Valley Line, on 12th August 2019. This station was opened as Tottenham by the Northern & Eastern Railway from Stratford to Broxbourne on 15th September 1840 which was leased to the Eastern Counties Railway in 1844 and became part of the Great Eastern Railway in 1862. It was renamed Tottenham Hale on 1st September 1968 when it became an interchange with the then new LUL Victoria Line.

Edmonton Green: 315810, with a London Overground service from Liverpool Street to Cheshunt, arriving at Edmonton Green (formerly Lower Edmonton), on 12th August 2019.

Meridian Water: Exterior of the new Meridian Water station on the Lea Valley Line in north London. Photograph taken through the window of a TfL bus on route 192 from Tottenham Hale to Enfield, on 12th August 2019, just over two months since the station opened on 3rd June after a series of delays. Its opening saw the demise of the nearby Angel Road station that had served the area since 1840.

Montagu Road Level Crossing: View along the former Lower Edmonton to Angel Road section of the old Enfield branch, looking towards the site of Montagu Road level crossing, on 12th August 2019. This section closed to passengers in 1939, and to freight in 1964, but Edmonton Green to Enfield Town is still served by London Overground trains via the 1872 line from Bethnal Green. Thus one part of the 1849 Enfield line is still intensively used as a commuter route while the other part, as seen here, has been completely abandoned.

Lower Edmonton (Low Level): Approaching Edmonton Green (formerly Lower Edmonton) at the north-west end of the footpath/cycle way along the former line from Angel Road, closed to passengers in 1939 and freight in 1964, on the afternoon of Monday, 12th August 2019. The line originally ran straight ahead through where the buildings of part of the Edmonton Green shopping centre now stand and then passed through the low level station at Lower Edmonton before joining the GER route from Bethnal Green (which had, as it still does, a separate high level station) just beyond the latter.

Eastleigh East Yard: GBRf liveried 50049 and 50007, together with two barrier coaches, in the sidings at Eastleigh on 12th August 2020.

Eastleigh: Freightliner 66519 static in the sidings at Eastleigh alongside Colas classmate 66847. 12th August 2020.

Eastleigh: GBRf 66774 resting in Platform 1 at Eastleigh before heading north on 12th August 2020.

Eastleigh: SWT liveried 158882, calling at Eastleigh, with a London South Western service for Romsey and Salisbury on 12th August 2020.

Eastleigh: London Southwestern 159102, in South West Trains livery, passes ECS through Eastleigh on 12th August 2020.

Eastleigh: GBRf 66753 'EMD Roberts Road', hammering through Eastleigh with a freight for Southampton, on 12th August 2020.

Eastleigh: Traction line up at Eastleigh sidings on 12th August 2020: Freightliner 66519, Colas 66846, Colas 66849 and GBRf 50007.

Haymarket: Poster showing service disruption today seen at Haymarket (12th August).

Carlisle: Poster promoting the Borders Line extension, seen at Carlisle Citadel in August 2020.

Eastleigh: Freightliner 70001, northbound from Southampton MCT to Trafford Park FLT, is framed by canopy stanchions as it passes through the platforms at Eastleigh on 12th August 2020.

Eastleigh: On a trip to Eastleigh on 12th August 2020 both 08511 and 08460 were shunting PWay wagons here there and everywhere. This image is of 08511 and there was plenty of grunting going on.

Little Bispham [Tram]: The tight turning circle at Little Bispham can make even a long Flexity tram look quite short. 009 sits on the loop, while the crew enjoy a short break, before resuming evening services on the core section of the tramway on 12th August 2021.

Levenshulme: Most of the TfW Class 175s have now been reliveried in white and red but 175106 was still in Arriva colours as it passed through Levenshulme at the start of the long journey to Camarthen on 9th August 2021. At this point the Up and Down lines are paired but at Slade Lane Junction, just beyond the station, they move to Down Up Down Up for the run into Piccadilly

Kings Cross: Azuma at Kings Cross waiting to depart with the 13.30 to Edinburgh Waverley, on 12th August 2021. Smart to look at from the outside but I was not impressed by the hard seats for the 393 miles journey and my reserved seat was rear facing, up against a panel so I couldn't see anything until I was able to change seats at Newcastle. The trolley service was also absent and, soon after departure, we were told the buffet was closing at Newcastle but it quickly ran out of refreshments and closed long before then. Not a good trip.

Burntisland: A1 60163 'Tornado' eases off Burntisland Viaduct with 'The Aberdonian' on 12 August 2021.

Dalmuir: An Airdrie to Balloch service arrives at Dalmuir on 12 August 2021.

Balloch Pier: Maid of the Loch on the slipway at Balloch Pier for inspection of the hull and perhaps a lick of paint to the area normally below the waterline. Photographed behind the railings next to the steam winch house on 12 August 2021.

Scotstounhill: 318263 on a Whifflet to Dalmuir service departs from Scotstounhill on 12 August 2021 as 320315 heads the other way with a Dalmuir to Whifflet service.

Jordanhill: 320306 departs from Jordanhill on 12 August 2021 with a Dalmuir to Cumbernauld via Motherwell service.

Yoker: A Helensburgh to Edinburgh service passes Yoker on 12 August 2021. Unusual for these services, 334020 was solo on this run and not paired with another set. The train is seen heading east passing under Mill Road

Clydebank: 334006 departs from Clydebank heading east on 12 August 2021. The train is believed to have been working between Dalmuir and Whifflet.

Manors: The north end of the remaining island platform at Manors, just north of Newcastle Central, seen looking back from the ex-13.30 Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley service, the rear of which can be seen in the background passing the obsolete weed-infested south end of the station, on 12th August 2021.

Garscadden: There is only one way in and one way out at Garscadden and this is it. A view east from the top of the steps to the island platform in August 2021.

Loanhead: The surfaced path between Roslin and Loanhead, built on the trackbed of the EL&R, was extended north beyond the former Loanhead station in 2011. This 2021 view shows the meeting point of the original path and the northern extension. The old Loanhead station building still stands alongside. Note the roundel on top of the signpost which refers to what is now The Rosslyn Chapel Way. (With thanks to Messrs Brown and da Vinci).

Burscough Bridge: At first glance an unremarkable picture, but it was snapped from a Sprinter heading for Ormskirk as it crossed the Wigan to Southport line on 10th August 2022. The nearer train is heading for Wigan, while in the distance another is calling at Burscough Bridge. There are recurring plans to divert the trains from Preston round a reopened north to west curve, and extend Ormskirk EMUs round a reopened south to west curve, to make Burscough Bridge a very good interchange point between the three lines. See image [[78118]]. It remains to be seen if this will come to fruition but it seems more logical than some other recent reopening proposals.

Wyre Viaduct: In fifty years of 'linesiding' I had not seen this before. Open Train Times was showing a signal fault at Bay Horse on 12th August 2022 and it was clearly affecting PN199 at Scorton too. I thought perhaps a remote reboot was applied as soon afterwards it illuminated normally and shortly after that a Pendolino passed at normal speed. I'm advised though that the signals are not computer based and this was more likely a power supply blip.