Hawick [1st]: Locally based J36 0-6-0 65331 with a freight just north of Hawick station in August 1958.

Hawick Shed: Another view of WD Austerity 2-8-0 no 90004, stabled alongside the south wall of Hawick shed on Sunday 24 August 1958 see image [[62589]].

Hawick Shed: Gresley V3 2-6-2T no 67617 in the shed yard at Hawick in August 1958.

Ardrossan North: View over Ardrossan North station in August 1960, looking towards the harbour. The station had closed to passengers in 1932. See image [[51717]]

Dumfries Shed: Dumfries station pilot favourite, Fowler design LMS 2P 4-4-0 40670, is seen on the stored loco lines at 68B Dumfries Shed on 24 August 1963. The loco is minus a shed plate, having been withdrawn 8 months earlier in December 1962.

Carlisle: A grey Saturday morning at Carlisle on 24 August 1963. Standing alongside platform 1 is A1 Pacific no 60118 Archibald Sturrock after bringing in the 6.29am Birmingham New Street - Gourock via Leeds City. The locomotive worked back to Leeds later that day see image [[50658]].

Carlisle: Upperby shed's Ivatt 2-6-0 43004 alongside platform 4 at Carlisle on 24 August 1963 with an unidentified working.

Carlisle: A1 60118 Archibald Sturrock heads south out of Carlisle on 24 August 1963 after taking over the Summer Saturday 1.57pm Gourock - Birmingham New Street. The Neville Hill Pacific will take the train as far as Leeds City. See image [[42833]]

St Boswells: A Standard Class 2MT 2-6-0, with a St Boswells-Kelso service, in the bay platform at St Boswells on 24th August 1963.

Carlisle: Wigan based Black 5 45449 stands alongside Carlisle's platform 4 on 24 August 1963. The locomotive has recently taken over train 1M21, the 10.35am summer Saturday Glasgow Central - Blackpool.

Carlisle: The 1.40pm Stranraer Harbour - Newcastle Central stands at Carlisle platform 4 on Saturday 24 August 1963. V2 2-6-2 no 60805 has just taken over the train for the final leg of the journey.

Carlisle: Britannia Pacific 70022 Tornado at Carlisle in the summer of 1963.

Carlisle: A1 Pacific no 60118 Archibald Sturrock gets ready to leave Carlisle on 24 August 1963 having just taken over the summer Saturday 1.57pm Gourock - Birmingham New Street.

Carlisle: The 4.37pm Carlisle - Bradford prepares to commence its journey on 24 August 1963. At the head of the train is Black 5 no 44671.

Carlisle: The 9.30am ex-London St Pancras stands in the shadows at Carlisle's platform 3 on a sunny Saturday afternoon in August 1963. Jubilee 4-6-0 45562 Alberta had taken over the train at Leeds City and is now preparing to set off on the final stage of the journey north to Glasgow St Enoch.

Carlisle: The 8.50am Blackpool - Glasgow Central has recently arrived at Carlisle platform 1 on 24 August 1963. Jubilee no 45703 Thunderer off Blackpool Central shed (24E) is taking on water while mail and parcels are being trans-shipped.

Carlisle: Waiting patiently on the centre road at the south end of Carlisle on 24 August 1963 is A1 Pacific no 60118 Archibald Sturrock. The locomotive is rostered to take over the summer Saturday 1.57pm Gourock - Birmingham New Street via Leeds City.

Carlisle: Stanier Pacific no 46244 King George VI stands at platform 1 at Carlisle on 24 August 1963. The locomotive has just taken over the 10am ex-Euston which it will shortly take forward on its journey to Perth.

Carlisle: Black 5 no 44776 stands at Carlisle platform 5 on 24 August 1963, shortly after arriving with the 11.55am ex-Hellifield.

Carlisle: A military special on its way from Newcastle to RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire, arriving at Carlisle on 24 August 1963. The locomotive is Britannia Pacific no 70011 Hotspur.

Aberdeen: 44931 ready to leave Aberdeen with the Postal for Glasgow.

Aberdeen: 60036 enters Aberdeen from the south.

Carlisle: Carlisle's west side station pilot Jinty 0-6-0T no 47471 looks to be at a bit of a loose end on 24 August 1963.

Carlisle: Royal Scot 46118 Royal Welch Fusilier stands with a train at Carlisle platform 1 in August 1963. A 'Jinty' on station pilot duty takes a break in the background.

Carlisle: Ivatt 2-6-0 no 43103 runs into Carlisle Station on Saturday 24 August 1963 with the 12.40pm train from Langholm.

Basingstoke: West Country Pacific no 34095 Brentor runs west non-stop through Basingstoke on 24 August 1964.

Basingstoke: Southern steam at Basingstoke in the summer of 1964. Rebuilt Bulleid Merchant Navy Pacific 35017 Belgian Marine with an express for London Waterloo stands alongside Maunsell 'N' class 2-6-0 31858 with a stopping train for the same destination.

Kirkbride: View of Kirkbride station in 1964, taken from a Carlisle-Silloth train.

Basingstoke: Maunsell U class 2-6-0 no 31639 calls at Basingstoke in August 1964 with a local train.

Reading Southern: Maunsell U class 2-6-0 no 31809 awaits its departure time from Reading Southern station in the summer of 1964. Reading GWR station stands in the right background.

Basingstoke: Battle of Britain Pacific 34051 Winston Churchill about to enter Basingstoke in the summer of 1964 with a Waterloo - Bournemouth West train.

Silloth: Ivatt Class 4 2-6-0 43027 running round its train at Silloth in 1964.

Basingstoke: 7906 Fron Hall takes a westbound parcels through Basingstoke in August 1964.

Basingstoke: A ballast train clatters westbound through Basingstoke station on 24 August 1964. The train is hauled by Guildford shed's Maunsell Q class 0-6-0 no 30542.

Basingstoke: S15 4-6-0 no 30823 runs through Basingstoke station on 24 August 1964 with empty mineral wagons.

Silloth: Ivatt Class 4 2-6-0 43027 about to run round its train after arrival at Silloth in August 1964.

Silloth: Ivatt Class 4 2-6-0 43027 after arrival at Silloth in August 1964.

Basingstoke: West Country Pacific no 34102 Lapford with a train at Basingstoke on a rainy day in August 1964.

Balloch Pier: [[PS Maid of the Loch]] alongside Balloch Pier on 24 August 1965. Note the catenary on the Pier and the oil tank. Balloch Pier station closed in September 1986. See image [[16428]]

Forres [2nd]: HR 103 stands at Forres in pouring rain in August 1965 waiting to return to Inverness. The shuttle service operated that week as part of the celebrations surrounding the Highland Railway centenary.

Inverness: A wet day at Inverness station on 24 August 1965 sees ex-Highland Railway Jones Goods no 103 carrying out manoeuvres. The locomotive was involved in the operation of special trains being run at that time in connection with the Highland Railway centenary celebrations.

Carlisle: A wet August evening at Carlisle station in 1965 see Black 5 44681 preparing to leave platform 5 with the 1945 stopping service to Carnforth.

Abram Disposal Point: The LCGB (North West Branch) Makerfield Miner railtour during a photostop on 24 August 1968. Having previously made a stop at Abram North exchange sidings, see image [[23980]], the DMU is seen here around half a mile further south at Abram disposal point.

Abram North Colliery: The LCGB Makerfield Miner DMU railtour of 24 August 1968 during a photostop in Bickershaw Colliery exchange sidings at Abram North, south east of Wigan.

Ashton-in-Makerfield: The LCGB Makerfield Miner special calls at Ashton-in-Makerfield on a photostop in August 1968. The station had been closed to scheduled passenger services since 1952 although it continued to be used as late as 1975 to handle excursion traffic in connection with the nearby Haydock Park racecourse. This section of the line closed completely in 1991 and the station site has since been cleared and landscaped. The area now forms part of a business park.

Old Kilpatrick: This is the BLS tour of 24/08/1974 at the east end of the former goods yard at Old Kilpatrick station. By this date the sidings here served a scrapyard and the Dalnottar Oil Terminal (in the background). The line west had been closed and the remaining part singled. The DMU is sitting on the westbound line, the eastbound has been lifted.

Carstairs: The old station and shed at Carstairs in August 1975 looking south east from the road bridge. The train about to pull into a busy platform 2 will be picking up passengers recently arrived off a connecting service from Edinburgh Waverley.

Coatbridge Central: Coatbridge Central looking south in August 1981.

Coatbridge Central: Southbound tanks through Coatbridge Central behind 56104 in August 1981.

Coatbridge Central: Come on down! The passenger exit from Coatbridge Central in 1981 See image [[3916]]

Coatbridge Central: A class 47 southbound through Coatbridge Central in August 1981. The train is the 10.18 Perth - Motherwell with vans attached destined for Manchester.

Haymarket MPD: Haymarket Depot Open Day, 24 August 1985, saw ECML stalwarts 9000 'Royal Scots Grey' and 60009 'Union of South Africa' on display.

Haymarket MPD: AL1 electric 81008 was an exhibit at the Haymarket Depot Open Day on 24 August 1985. At this time it was still in main line service but subsequently withdrawn and scrapped. Sister 81002 is the sole survivor of this class.

Haymarket MPD: Ethel 97250 was an exhibit at Haymarket Depot Open Day on 24 August 1985. The three 'Electric Train Heating Ex Locomotives' were converted from withdrawn Class 25s around 1982 to be hauled by steam heat Class 37s while providing power for air-conditioned sleeper services until the ETH Class 37/4s became available. They became redundant, and were scrapped, in the early 1990s.

Haymarket MPD: ETH fitted 31438 would have been an unusual visitor to the Haymarket Depot Open Day on 24 August 1985.

Ratho: 44767 'George Stephenson' and 'Maude' head west through Ratho, having appeared at the Haymarket Depot Open Day in August 1985. They are returning to the SRPS yard at Falkirk Springfield.

Haymarket MPD: Haymarket MPD open day, 24 August 1985, with 31 438 on display.

Haymarket MPD: 40 122 (formerly D200) at the Haymarket MPD open day on 24 August 1985.

Haymarket MPD: 47715 is named 'Haymarket' by Robbie Coltrane, watched by ScotRail MD Chris Green. Haymarket Depot Open Day, 24 August 1985.

Haymarket MPD: A class 26 stands at Haymarket MPD during an open day on 24 August 1985.

Haymarket MPD: Deltics D9000 Royal Scots Grey and 55019 Royal Highland Fusilier on display at the Haymarket MPD open day on 24 August 1985.

Scottish Industrial Railway Centre [1st]: Industrial Locomotives awaiting restoration by Ayrshire railway preservation society at Minnivey, pictured in 1989.

Scottish Industrial Railway Centre [1st]: N.C.B Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST 'No.10 Ayrshire Area' giving short brake van rides at a Scottish Industrial Railway Centre open day in 1989.

Carlisle: 86618+86638 double head a southbound Intermodal working through Carlisle Station in August 1992.

Carlisle: Metro Cammell diesel multiple units 101652 & 101657 depart from the south end of Carlisle Station on 24 August 1992.

Carlisle: 37685+37422 head north through Carlisle Station on 24 August 1992 with a train of cement tanks.

Carlisle: 90025 in BR Railfreight Distribution livery sets out from the west side of Carlisle Station on 24 August 1992 with a northbound Intermodal service bound for Mossend Yard.

Johnstone: In August 1997 a Glasgow-bound Class 318 calls at Johnstone. These days the station looks a little more welcoming as the blanked-off part of the main building has been brought back into use.

Halberstadt: Dumped in the shed yard at Halberstadt in the summer of 2002, was class 219 C-C diesel hydraulic no 219122, still in its old East German DR livery. This warranted a photograph of the locomotive on its own - not every other machine in the line of fifteen was so privileged! See image [[41347]]

Brighton: Bicycles at Brighton. Evening scene looking out along platforms 3 & 4 of Brighton station on 24 August 2002, with the time just after 8pm and a long rake of slam door stock at the platform.

Brighton: Evening platform scene at Brighton looking back towards the station concourse in the summer of 2002.

Halberstadt: Halberstadt, on the western side of the former DDR, was a class 219 stronghold into the 21st century, albeit by the summer of 2002 class 218s from the west had made big inroads into their numbers. A long line of 219s stands in the shed yard in August 2002 in a variety of liveries - the first two in DB 'Orient red', followed by a number in the current (2012) DB 'traffic red', with an example further down the line still in DR burgundy with cream stripes see image [[41353]].

Whifflet North Junction: A Whifflet - Glasgow Central train at Whifflet North Junction in August 2006. The line to Coatbridge Central is on the right and the bridge that once carried the Caledonian High Level line is in the right background.

Whifflet North Junction: Scene at Whifflet North Junction on 24 August 2006 as SPT liveried DMU 156501 prepares to turn west with a service to Glasgow Central. View is north from the A725 road bridge, with Whifflet station behind the camera.

Aberdour: Northbound 125 passing Aberdour. Note the new flatscreen customer information system.

Whifflet: Train stabled on the Whifflet South - Sunnyside Junction line behind Whifflet station in August 2006 about to move back into the station to form the next service to Glasgow Central.

Whifflet: EWS 66112 takes a train of coal empties north through a pink-looking Whifflet station in August 2006.

Whifflet: NO, NO, NO!.... you put your left leg OUT!... One of the many quiet periods on the section between Whifflet South and Sunnyside Junctions, thus its use on this occasion for much needed staff dancing practice. The bridge once supported the platforms of Whifflet Upper station see image [[10716]].

Whifflet North Junction: Photograph taken looking north west from the footbridge at Whifflet station in August 2006. A train for Glasgow Central has just left the platform and passed under the bridge carrying Whifflet Street (A725). The train is turning west at Whifflet North Junction heading for its next stop at Kirkwood.

Whifflet Upper: End of the line at Whifflet, looking west in August 2006. The lattice-girder bridge brought the Rutherglen & Coatbridge line over the Monkland & Kirkintilloch's Whifflet South - Sunnyside Junction route. The remains of the Caledonian High Level station platforms (Whifflet Upper) still hide up there somewhere amongst the greenery.

Whifflet: Freightliner 90049 brings the 14.08 Coatbridge - Crewe Basford Hall containers under the A725 and through Whifflet station on 24 August 2006.

Whifflet: The next train for Glasgow Central draws into the northbound platform at Whifflet after reversal on 24 August 2006.

Whifflet: Notice at Whifflet station in August 2006, some 13 years after the line reopened to scheduled passenger services.

Whifflet: ScotRail 156513, still in National Express livery, arrives at Whifflet on 24 August 2006 with a mid-afternoon Cumbernauld - Motherwell train. Stabled on the right behind the platform on the Whifflet South - Sunnyside Junction line is 156513, which will form the next service to Glasgow Central.

Dundee: Virgin 221 getting ready to head back to Edinburgh, having just arrived from the South in August 2006.

Linlithgow: A class 170 leaves Linlithgow with a Dunblane - Edinburgh service on 24 August 2007

Helensburgh Central: 40.145 with SRPS tour at Helensburgh Central

Helensburgh Central: Deltic 55.022 in Helensburgh Central with SRPS tour

Helensburgh Central: Deltic 55.022 dwarfs Helensburgh Central station after arrival with SRPS tour

Elderslie Junction: 55022 Royal Scots Grey with the throttle open wide at Elderslie during the SRPS Routes & Branches tour on 24 August 2008.

Johnstone Junction: 40145 East Lancashire Railway bringing up the rear of the SRPS Routes & Branches tour passing Elderslie on 24th August as it heads south

Paisley Canal: 55022 Royal Scots Grey at the buffer stops at Paisley Canal during the SRPS Routes & Branches tour on 24 August 2008.

Thornton Junction: In a field near Thornton, several van bodies have been used for storage purposes. LNER, BR and LMS examples are pictured here on 24 August 2009, with a gunpowder van and SR type located nearby. [Site cleared and van bodies burned 25/02/2016.]

Edinburgh Waverley: View east from Edinburgh's North Bridge on a sunny 24 August 2009 with the 1220 from North Berwick running into Waverley platform 4. The green patch in the centre is the grass roof of the Edinburgh Council HQ, complete with grazing fibreglass cow. In the foreground is the Edinburgh signalling centre with the 2006 IECC extension nearest the camera. The Firth of Forth is in the background with two of the floodlights of Meadowbank stadium breaking the horizon to the left and the twin chimneys of Cockenzie power station on the right.

Thornton Junction: The 07.10 Leeds-Aberdeen NXEC service passes Thornton Junction on 24 August with power car 43206 on the rear. On the right is the junction for the Methil branch. Local news reports suggest Network Rail is to officially cease maintenance on the line (although there appears to be little evidence of any such work in recent years) despite current hopes of passenger and freight revivals.

Kents Bank: A little to the east of Kents Bank station is a level crossing affording tractors access to the foreshore. The crossing cottage still stands but these days the barriers are 'user operated'. 156444 heads for Lancaster on a Northern coastal service.

Lumphinnans Central Junction: Northbound 47 804 passing the site of Lumphinnans Central Junction with The Royal Scotsman on 24 August. The Cowdenbeath (Old) branch diverged to the left here.

Poplar: DLR No 89 at Poplar Station. It really is quite spooky being on a driverless train!

Haverthwaite: What a pity only three LMS 2-6-4Ts were preserved. 42073 looks impressive even at rest in the LHR shed (stablemate 42085 away on loan to the GCR). Alongside is BRCW Class 27 Bo-Bo 27024 on loan from the Caledonian Railway at Brechin.

Haverthwaite: EE Type 1 20214, the former D8314, was built in 1967, withdrawn in 1993 from Thornaby and passed into preservation on the LHR. These days it is resplendent in BR Green paintwork and seen here in Haverthwaite shed, with visiting BRCW Type 2 27024 behind.

Cromer: A dog ponders its bodily needs while passengers and crew wait patiently. Such was the sense of urgency on the Bittern Line at Cromer on 24th August 2010.

East Loch Tarbert Pier: On 24th August 2010 PS Waverley draws astern from the pier at Tarbert to undertake a short cruise on Loch Fyne as MV Isle of Cumbrae heads for the ferry slip on a service from Portavadie.

Kilmarnock: 156442 arrives at Kilmarnock on 24 August with a Newcastle - Glasgow Central service.

Lancaster: With Scots Guardsman currently out of action 8F 48151 has become the regular motive power for the weekly Fellsman excursions from Lancaster. Here the 2-8-0, with its steam sanders on and maintaining around 10mph on the tight and greasy curve, digs in to the climb of Lancaster bank but as the line straightened out the exhaust beat picked up and the train accelerated up the hill. See image [[35374]]

Lancaster: With signals at Caution because of the preceeding 8F hauled train (How often can you write that in a caption these days?) DRS 66424 maintains a slow but steady climb up the bank from Lancaster station on 24 August with a long southbound container train. See image [[35365]]

Torosay Castle: Scene at Torosay on the Isle of Mull Railway on a wet 24 August 2011, with 'Victoria' at the platform.

Craignure: Platform view from a rainswept Craignure on 24 August 2011 with a departing ferry in the background.

Craignure: The downpour of rain has ended and the sun is threatening to break through at Craignure in August 2011 as 2-6-2T locomotive Victoria prepares to run round her train. She had just been turned following arrival from Torosay. The driver that day was from Statfold Barn.

Craignure: 'Victoria' with a train near Craignure on the Isle of Mull Railway on 24 August 2011.

Daventry International Railfreight Terminal: Looking North-West on 24th August 2011, we can see that this part of DIRFT is now well and truly tidied up see image [[34827]]. Notice the pile of containers on the left side of the TESCO concrete apron, and the tracks disappearing into the distance and round the corner

Arrochar and Tarbet: 66736 approaches Arrochar and Tarbet from the south with a train for the Lochaber Smelter in 2013. The Loch Long is in the background.

Panteg and Griffithstown: The recently revealed station building at Panteg and Griffithstown seen here in August 2014 following removal of trees and shrubbery. The roof and walls look good, even the awning - let's hope they do something with it. [update April 2019 - the building has now been removed] Panteg stainless steel works has now been demolished and replaced with housing. [Ref query 6950]

Torpantau: Looking southwards over the engine from the caboose on the Brecon Mountain Railway in 2014.

British Ironworks: Slightly South and East of the former Abersychan and Talywain signalbox see image [[41491]], the Eastern Valley line passed behind the top of the impressive retaining wall on the left. Just West of Pentrepiod halt, a branch dropped down to the North of the main line, and passed through this short wide tunnel - known locally as Big Arch, latterly used by road vehicles as well as rail. The branch served the British Iron Works, which closed in 1889; and Blaenserchan Colliery, which closed in 1985. View looks East.

Varteg Hill Colliery: A short walk South from Blaenavon High Level station gives you a choice: steadily down to Newport, or up a once-notorious 1 in 22 to Varteg Hill colliery. This is where the colliery line crossed the B4246 Varteg Road, between Blaenavon and Abersychan. The steep rise of the Eastern Valley is shown by the view of the Mendip Hills above the approaching cars - the Mendips are 40 miles away, across the Bristol Channel. View looks South.

Pontiscill: The business end of 4-6-2 locomotive No 2, seen from the caboose in August 2014. see image [[48358]]. This engine was built in Philadelphia in 1930, and exported to a South African cement works, where it suffered a serious accident in 1974. It was rebuilt in the BMR workshops at Pant, and went back into service in 1997 after a four year rebuild.

Pant: Is that a smokebox in your workshop, or are you just pleased to see me? The BMR workshop at Pant in August 2014. Full of interesting machines and components, it looks well capable of repairing a bent Baldwin see image [[48644]].

Panteg and Griffithstown: The converted former goods shed at Panteg and Griffithstown in August 2014. It must be very practical to use such a building as a nursery see image [[10016]] - even the most distraught toddler would find it hard to break a window. Notice the bus stop equivalent of the 'Harrington Hump' on the left.

Pant: Baldwin no 2 being coaled by hydraulic grab outside Pant on the Brecon Mountain Railway. See image [[48358]]

Blaenavon: A plastic dragon and a collection of slag heaps - we could, perhaps, be West of the Severn. 'Mechanical Navvies Limited' prepares to take the 3pm down train away from Whistle Inn halt in August 2014. There is a tramway tunnel under the hill in the background.

Dolygaer: Number 2 see image [[48358]] marks its passing on the way to Torpantau. View looks South; taken from the caboose.

Shawfair: The Borders Railway trackbed running south from Shawfair towards the bridge carrying the City Bypass, with Sheriffhall roundabout just off picture to the right. Photograph taken on Sunday 24 August 2014 from part of the realigned A6106 road. For the view 5 years later see [[72513]].

Newcraighall South Junction: Progress on the new road and bridge being built over the Borders Railway route at Millerhill which will give access from Whitehill Road to the planned recycling plant to be used by Edinburgh and Midlothian Councils. Photographed on 24 August 2014. See image [[48264]]

Shawfair: The platforms of Shawfair station on Sunday 24 August 2014 looking south, with ballast now laid along the formation and levelling of the car park area underway on the left.

Sheriffhall [2nd]: Neat looking trackbed running south from the A6106 road bridge towards Eskbank on 24 August 2014, photographed from the wall alongside the recently raised bridge parapet.

Aix-en-Provence: SNCF 72534 departing from Aix-en-Provence on 24 August 2015.

Aix-en-Provence: 81637 waiting to depart Aix-en-Provence on 25 August 2015, with 81785 stabled in the background. The condition of the track here left a lot to be desired. Broken sleepers, missing track screws and vegetation all over the place.

Aix-en-Provence: Close-up of 81637 showing the Regional badge. See image [[52426]].

Edinburgh Waverley: Service alteration notice at Waverley on 24 August 2015.

Edinburgh Waverley: It's not so long since there was no escalator - or even stair - between the the platform 11 area and the upper walkway at Waverley. Sometimes it's hard to see how people managed as this view during the Edinburgh Festival shows. I suppose it's a bit like building roads...

Largs: This was the monthly poem on the platform at Largs Station supported by ScotRail's Cultural and Arts Programme in August 2016.

Corpach: Just before the train arrived the water was a flat calm and then a light breeze started and ruined any chance of a reflection shot, but, at least the sun is shining as Black 5 No.44871 leaves Corpach on the way to Mallaig with the morning 'Jacobite'.

Glenfinnan: Both 'The Jacobite' trains pass each other at Glenfinnan. Black 5 No.44871 is hidden by the trees heading back to Fort William, and, sister engine 45407 has just arrived with the afternoon train to Mallaig.

James Watt Dock: TSS Queen Mary [II] in Greenock's James Watt Dock. Awaiting her future …

Waverley Mall: The food court at Waverley Mall has this useful and comprehensive display of public transport information. A pickier man than I though might query the priorities here with only 22 minutes worth of rail departures as against 90 minutes of tram and airport bus which each have, let's face it, less varied destinations ...

James Watt Dock: TSS Queen Mary [II] in Greenock's James Watt Dock on the 24th of August 2016. The view looks east.

Greenock: Ceramic tile montage of TSS Queen Mary II in the pedestrian underpass to the car-park of the Oak Mall Shopping Centre in Greenock : 24th August 2016. This is one of twelve.

Bilston Glen Viaduct: When Bilston Glen Viaduct was restored in the 1990s the four bearings which supported the 1.500 tonne structure were replaced. Two of the old bearings now stand at the north side of the bridge with information plaques attached. The words along the bottom of this one, seen here on 24 August 2017, read 'Glencorse - Roslin - Loanhead - Gilmerton - Millerhill'.

Loanhead: The route of the former Edinburgh, Loanhead & Roslin Railway passing below the crossroads in Loanhead at the start of the climb south towards Roslin in August 2017. The last section of the route, serving Bilston Glen Colliery, was officially closed in 1989 (although it was used intermittently until early 1991 for the removal of materials and coal stocks). The approaching cyclist is enjoying the downhill run towards the former Loanhead station, located 100m behind the camera.

Bilston Glen Viaduct: The underside of the 1892 Bilston Glen Viaduct looking north through its 135m lattice girder span towards Loanhead in August 2017. The category A listed structure underwent major refurbishment in the 1990s during which the four main bearings (two of which can be seen in the picture) were replaced. The viaduct now carries The Rosslyn Chapel Way with two of the old bearings now on display alongside the pathway at its north end (see image [[60627]]).

Loanhead: Following closure of Loanhead station in 1965 the old goods yard was taken over as a works compound by Midlothian Council. As part of recent changes within the yard the original wooden goods shed (see image [[13631]]) has been replaced by a larger, more modern structure, seen here on 24 August 2017. The pleasant surprise is that the short length of surviving track terminating at a buffer stop within the compound has been left in situ.

Newcraighall South Junction: A morning service on the Borders line approaching Newcraighall station from the Shawfair direction in the summer of 2017. The train has just entered the single line section at Newcraighall South Junction and is about to pass the recently lifted turnback siding, once used by trains terminating at Newcraighall. In the background is the Biogen Recycling plant and, beyond that, construction work is underway on the new Recycling and Energy Recovery Centre.

Abington: A northbound TPE Class 350 between Abington and Lamington, on the afternoon of 24 August 2018, with the River Clyde in the foreground.

Dundee: 170456 heads out of Dundee on an Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen St service on 24th August 2018.

Craigtoun Country Park: A Severn-Lamb steam outline 2-8-0DH works the miniature railway in Craigtoun Country Park near St. Andrews. This forms a 600yd circuit around the lake. Unfortunately, on 24th August 2018 the loco was proving reluctant to operate and services were cancelled. The loco dates from 1976 and it and the rolling stock are maintained in excellent condition as seen here.

Invergowrie: Ex-GWR Power car 43135 brings up the rear of a Scotrail HST set departing from Invergowrie after calling briefly during a training run from Stirling to Dundee on 24th August 2018. 43036 in the new livery was on the front of this train.

Newport-on-Tay Ferry Terminal: The old ferry terminal in Newport-on-Tay closed after the 'MV Scotscraig' departed on 18th August 1966, the same day that the Tay Road Bridge opened. Fifty two years later the building and slipways are now used by a boat repairer but a display board on the wall (see inset) records the history of the Tay Ferries. 24th August 2018.

Tay Bridge South Junction: Turbostar 170395 approaches Tay Bridge South signal box with a Scotrail service for Edinburgh on 24th August 2018.

Tay Bridge: The Tay Bridge, seen from Wormit, as an Aberdeen to Kings Cross LNER HST makes its way south on 24th August 2018.

Guard Bridge Viaduct: The riverside scene at Guard Bridge has changed considerably in the last ten years See image [[10871]]. Whilst the old railway viaduct piers are still in place new buildings can be seen alongside. If the railway to St. Andrews is reopened it is likely to follow an entirely new route near Guard Bridge.

Dundee: 43033 sits at the head of a Scotrail HST set in Dundee West sidings as 43316 leads a LNER Kings Cross to Aberdeen service down the gradient into Dundee station on 24th August 2018.

Invergowrie: A Scotrail HST runs alongside the Tay as it leaves Invergowrie heading for Dundee during a training run from Stirling. 24th August 2018.

Dundee: The new side entrance to Dundee station, seen from the Discovery Point attraction across the road where the RRS Discovery is the main exhibit in a dry dock there.

Tay Bridge: An Aberdeen to Kings Cross HST on the north side of the Tay Bridge about to make the five minute crossing on 24th August 2018. This view taken from B946 Riverside Road in Wormit.

Guard Bridge Viaduct: The east abutment of the Guard Bridge viaduct is still visible from the old road bridge although becoming quite overgrown. The last DMUs to St Andrews ran in 1969 with the tracks skirting the rear of the Guard Bridge Inn seen here. 24th August 2018.

Wormit: The blocked west portal of the bridge under Riverside Road which carried the original east curve approach to the first Tay Bridge. When the bridge was replaced a new alignment was opened further to the right with a short length of tunnel.

Wolfclyde Viaduct: Looking west towards Symington at the remains of the viaduct over the River Clyde at Coulter station on 24 August 2018. The station was across a minor road behind the camera and part of the platform was just visible through some thick vegetation. The village of Coulter is about 2 miles away to the south.

Dairsie: 66743, on a Royal Scotsman ECS working from Dundee to Edinburgh, has just passed the site of Dairsie station on 24th August 2018. The station closed to passengers in 1954.

Invergowrie: 43036 leads a HST set calling at Invergowrie during a crew training run from Stirling to Dundee on 24th August 2018.

Tay Bridge: Taken from Wormit, a close up of world record holding LNER power car 43302 (148.5mph) as it heads south across the Tay Bridge in August 2018. The former 43102 subsequently moved to East Midland Railway when replaced by the LNER Azuma fleet.

Kirbymoorside: Looking west from the former Kirbymoorside station site, in August 2019, towards the partially infilled bridge HMY19 carrying Ings Lane over the former line between Helmsley & Pickering. The old station building was demolished to accommodate a Tesco store, but they then pulled out after the accounting fiasco and the station site sat empty for many years. The east end now contains housing, on Weighbridge Close, and a new veterinary practice building has recently been erected by the former station entrance at the north west corner of the site by the A170 road.

Cambuslang: A Dalmuir service approaches Cambuslang on 24 August 2019.

Invergowrie: 43036, on a crew training run from Perth to Dundee, slows to call at Invergowrie on 24th August 2018.

Uddingston: An Edinburgh to Glasgow Central stopping service pulls in Uddingston on 24 August 2019.

Garscadden: 334s at Garscadden will either be passing through with a service to or from Edinburgh, or will be stopping Springburn to Dumbarton Central workings. Here is an example of the latter, photographed on 24 August 2019.

Yoker Depot: It's been 10 years since I expressed incredulity on RailScot that this period piece was still around, and, well, it's still around. Most people involved with the Yoker project will have either retired or died. Photographed on 24 August 2019.

Duke Street: A service for Springburn calls at Duke Street in Glasgow's East End on 24 August 2019. Up on the street and out of shot there is a windowless bar which calls itself 'The Best Pub in the World' and 'Scotland's Most Famous Pub.' I had never heard of it.

Uddingston: A Manchester Airport (probably) TPE service speeds through Uddingston on 24 August 2019.

Springburn: A service from Dumbarton Central approaches the buffers at Springburn's Platform 3 on 24 August 2019. The far end of Platforms 2 and 3 seem to be a de facto nature reserve, though the lighting is maintained. Platform 4 is still usable in all its generous length, though I've never seen a train on it

Chinley: Stanier 8F 48151 works hard on the climb between Chinley station and Chinley North Jct on 24 August 2019. The loco was taking empty stock from Carnforth to Burton (5Z49) in preparation for a railtour to Stratford upon Avon the following day.

Chetwynd Viaduct: Chetwynd Viaduct, Cork Bandon & South Coast Railway. This impressive relic, about 3km southwest of Cork, was designed by one of Brunel's pupils, Charles Nixon and built 1849-1851. It was seriously damaged in the Civil War in 1922 but restored and remained in use until the system closed under CIE on 1 April 1961, although it continued to be used by recovery trains until 1965. The decking was lifted around 1970 and the embankment end on the Cork side was also removed. 24th August 2019

Singer: A Larkhall service calls at Singer on 24 August 2019. If Singer station had a geographical name (as opposed to being named after a factory) it would probably be Kilbowie.

Hyndland: Photographing a train at Hyndland does not need a great deal of patience as, during the day at least, they are pretty much as frequent as they can possibly be. Only about ninety seconds of my life was wasted waiting for this Motherwell service to appear on 24 August 2019.

High Street: A Springburn to Dumbarton Central service calls at High Street on 24 August 2019.

Clydebank: A Dumbarton Central service calls at the onetime Clydebank Central on 24 August 2019.

Halfway Viaduct: Halfway Viaduct on 24th August 2019. Halfway to where you may ask? The village of Halfway is roughly halfway to Bandon from Cork so that may have been where it got its name. The Cork, Bandon & South Coast Railway (originally the Cork and Bandon Railway) was a standard Irish gauge system opened in stages from 1849, reaching Bandon by 1851, a branch to Kinsale (1863), Dunmanway (1866), Dunmanway to Skibbereen (1877), Bantry (1881), a branch to Clonakilty (1886) and Skibbereen to Baltimore (1893). Most of the extensions and branches were originally independent companies but were gradually taken over by the CB&SCR. In 1924 the CB&SCR became part of the Great Southern Railway which in turn became part of CIE in 1945. Closure, in the face of considerable public anger, came on 1st April 1961. There were plans a few years ago to turn much of the route into a Greenway cycle and walkway (there are a number of highly successful such routes on disused Irish lines) but so far these have come to nothing.

Glasgow Central: A Cross-Country service for Plymouth boards at Glasgow Central on 24 August 2019. As an Edinburgensian I'm reluctant to say it but trains photograph better here than at Waverley in its gloomy valley. When the sun does shine there it always manages to be in the wrong place.

Uddingston: A Lanark service calls at Uddingston on 24 August 2019. Uddingston is the home of the Tunnock's factory. Their products are popular surely only for sentimental reasons. This can only be haggis's appeal too. Controversial?

Clydebank: The Whifflet to Motherwell stretch was closed for engineering works on Saturday 24 August 2019 so this eastbound train at Clydebank will terminate at Kirkwood. I would imagine many Clydebankers must have been wondering where the heck Kirkwood is and were waiting for more familiar names to scroll by on the whizzy new white LED screen.

Burscough Bridge: Flex unit 769431, working from Southport to Alderley Edge, is on diesel power as it passes over the Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal on 24th August 2021. This view looks north towards Tarleton and it appears that the bridge has had a new deck installed fairly recently.

Aberdeen: Caledonian Sleeper waiting to depart Aberdeen behind 73967 on 24th August 2021.

Croston: We enjoyed a tour of the 'Friends of Croston Station' allotment and garden, hosted by the Railscot South Lancashire Correspondent, and it coincided with 156461 calling at the operational platform on its way to Ormskirk.

Burscough Bridge: A Northern Sprinter, substituting for a Flex unit, heads for Southport with a service from Alderley Edge on 24th August 2021. After a long level stretch of track near Hoscar the train has just climbed to cross the Rufford Branch of the Leeds Liverpool Canal and is now descending to go under the Preston to Ormskirk railway line (See image [[30748]]).

Alne: The former goods shed by the ECML at Alne Station is no more. The old goods yard has been cleared to allow construction of modular build based residential units across the entire site, as in this view looking north east in August 2021. The former Station House for Alne station, that sat by the Easingwold branch platform that was only on the up side, can be seen on the other side of the main line. See image [[60445]] from early 2010 for a view in the same direction of the goods shed in post-railway use.

Burscough Junction: Looking west as 158906 crosses the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Burscough, while working on the Ormskirk branch from Preston, on 24th August 2021. On the other side of the bridge the old Burscough Corn Mill towers above the the canal and is now in residential use. A nearby towpath milestone advised that we were 103 and one quarter miles from Leeds.

Plym Bridge Halt: It doesn't take long to walk the length of today's Plym Valley Railway, but I am sure things will continue to develop here at Plym Bridge Halt and beyond. View from the buffers towards the halt and the line to Marsh Mills on 24th August 2021.

Plym Bridge Halt: Plym Bridge Station with an ancient BTC sign. It doesn't take long to walk the length of today's Plym Valley Railway!

Hoscar Watertroughs: A Northern 769 Flex unit, from Southport to Alderley Edge, is running east between Burscough Bridge and Hoscar on 24th August 2021. Just ahead of the train is Shaw's Crossing, still with gates operated by users, and a large crossing keeper's house alongside, which is in a similar style to surviving railway station buildings on this line. Another crossing immediately beyond Shaw's, now with automatic barriers, has a similar house alongside. Hoscar water troughs were sited that crossing and the station.

Alne: The former goods shed by the ECML at Alne Station is no more. The old goods yard has been cleared to allow construction of modular build based residential units across the entire site, as in this view looking south east in August 2021. See image [[71192]] from early 2010 for a view in the same direction of the goods shed in use.

Leyland: Two Scots on the mainline in Lancashire and Cumbria on consecutive days in August 2022. After 46115 ran from Lancaster to Carlisle via the S&C, on a driech 24 August 2022, 46100 'Royal Scot' hauls the Saphos Trains Fellsman tour from Crewe to Carlisle via Chester and the S&C to the north of Leyland. The train is travelling slowly as it approaches Farington Jct where it crossed the ladder to access the line to Blackburn.

Dunardy Boat House [CC]: From 1866 until 1929 passengers arriving at Ardrishaig on one of the Clyde steamers were transported through the Crinan Canal for onward passage north on a steamer called the TSS 'Linnet'. With a capacity of 270 passengers the vessel only operated for four months during the summer. Out of season the 'Linnet' was kept in a boathouse adjacent to Lock 9. The roofless shell remains as a monument to the days when the canal was used for passage of passengers and goods rather than just leisure craft like those seen in Lock 9 behind the building. The 'Linnet' was sold to the Glasgow Motor Boat Racing Club who moored her as a clubhouse at Shandon in the Gareloch where she met a sad end, wrecked in a storm in January 1932. See image [[70724]] for a photograph of the 'Linnet'.

Eastleigh: Freightliner 66418, in their fairly short lived yellow and green livery, running from Southampton Up Yard to the Whatley Quarries passing Eastleigh on 24th August 2022, Rep. No 6V62. This loco originally ran with Direct Rail Services.

Ach-na-Cloich: A view up Loch Etive with an eastbound Sprinter about to round Rubha nan Càrn. Ben Cruachan is top right.

Eastleigh: London Southwestern 450044 departing Eastleigh for Winchester on 24th August 2022.

Orchy Viaduct: A southbound Highland Explorer crosses the Orchy Viaduct in a view looking north east. The road bridge dates from about 1940 and cut out the long drive round via Stronmilchan.

Inverkeithing East Junction: With much smoke, 47815 nears Inverkeithing East Junction with the 'Northern Belle' from Glasgow Central to Dundee on 24 August 2022. 47746 is on the rear.

Dalmally: A view north over Dalmally where an Oban bound Sprinter has called. Recent tree felling has opened out the view. The locomotive shed stood closer to the camera.

Eastleigh: DB Schenker 66021 departing north from Eastleigh after a driver change on 24th August 2022. Train Rep No 6M45, Southampton Docks to Halewood with empty car transporters.

Ben Cruachan Quarry: A section of rail remains in place at Ben Cruachan Quarry. This came as quite a surprise as the line closed in 1916.

Eastleigh: Freightliner 70014 restarting its train from Platform 3 at Eastleigh following a driver change. This was train 4O14, from Garston FLT to Southampton MCT, on 24th August 2022. To the right a 153 single unit, in Stagecoach livery but debranded, is stabled in the sidings presumably awaiting a visit to the works.

Glengarry Lead Smelter: Nothing grows here. This area of desolation is just east of Tyndrum. There was a crushing mill for the Clifton lead mines here, with a tramway running west to the mines. There are the remains of some timber structures and a chimney(?). When the Tyndrum extension of the C&O opened it crossed the former tramway alignment. The C&O is out of view off to the left and WHR up above out of shot to the right. The view is to the west. The path of the West Highland Way can be seen in bottom left.

Drishaig Junction: A view south overlooking Kilchurn Castle and Drishaig Junction, where the Ben Cruachan Quarry line met the Callander and Oban Railway. The quarry line came in from the bottom centre and met the Oban line centre right.

Drishaig Junction: Looking down the quite steep Ben Cruachan Quarry branch to Drishaig Junction. With views of mountains, Kilchurn Castle and Loch Awe it must have been one of the most attractive quarry lines to work, albeit hard going. The trackbed is now a dirt road.

Östersund Central: ASEA RC4 loco Elektra in overall red livery of Inlandståg in the goods yard at Östersund Central. Most of the wagons behind and around this train of tank wagons are filled with timber from the Jämtland forests. The bridge over the tracks is a new pedestrian and cycle bridge giving access to a new area of the city being developed next to Storsjön just visible to the left of the loco. Perhaps Östersund should be twinned with Inverness as both have a mysterious creature living in the nearby loch-in this case Storsie, a cousin of Nessie?

Ben Cruachan Quarry: This photograph shows the lowest of the Ben Cruachan Quarries. The railway came from Drishaig (the dirt road centre distance) and ran to the bottom left in the first of a series of zig-zags to reach the higher quarries. The first reversing location is out of shot bottom left with the higher section then running from bottom left to the quarry (it is quite hard to see). There was another reversing place at the quarry with the line then following the dirt road from the centre of the view to the bottom centre. Behind me are the remains of further zig-zags.

Bridge of Orchy: An evening view of Bridge of Orchy. There is a northbound Sprinter at the platform but its difficult to see - theres been a lot of tree growth at the station. The West Highland Way is in the view, running from centre bottom to the station, the main road is off to the left and Loch Tulla is in the distance.

Ach-na-Cloich: An eastbound Sprinter passing Ach-na-Cloich. The pier can be seen and the station was in the trees.

Eastleigh: Colas Rail Freight 70803, static/dead in the station sidings at Eastleigh on 24 Augst 2022.

Eastleigh: GBRf 66730 'WHITEMOOR' coupled to a rail carrier train set alongside Eastleigh station on 24th August 2022. PW trains were being assembled ready for a project somewhere.

Eastleigh: DBC 66082, southbound to Southampton MCT from Wakefield Europort, has the road through Eastleigh and is signalled to swing across the tracks. Rep No 4O43. on 24th August 2022