Killin Junction: Killin Junction. East end. CR 0.4.4T 55145 collecting sundries for Killin train.

Glen Ogle Viaduct: 5P 4.6.0 45499 climbing Glen Ogle on Oban train.

Stirling Forth Viaduct [SandD]: Alloa - Stirling train crossing the Forth. NBR 0.6.0 (J.35) 64461. Stirling visit 26.8.50.

Stirling Middle Junction: Up Express passing Stirling LMS Sheds hauled by 5P 4.6.0 44706. Stirling visit 26.8.50.

Stirling Middle Junction: Down freight approaching Stirling hauled by LMS class 4F 0.6.0 44253. Stirling visit 26.8.50.

Stirling North Junction: Edinburgh via Dunfermline train leaving Stirling. V3 2.6.2T 67669. Stirling visit 26.8.50.

Stirling Shed [CR]: Great Northern Ivatt D1 4-4-0 no 2209 on shed at Stirling in 1950.

Stirling North Junction: A northbound train photographed shortly after leaving Stirling on 26 August 1950 behind V3 2-6-2T 67669. The train is en route to Edinburgh via Alloa and Dunfermline.
See query 2047

Shore Road Shed [NB]: Reid ex-NB C15 4-4-2T 67462 on shed at Shore Road, Stirling, on Saturday 26 August 1950. [Ref query 22 March 2019]

Stirling Forth Viaduct [SCR]: The 1.35pm Glasgow - Aberdeen train crossing the Forth after leaving Stirling on 26 August 1950. Black 5 45498 is piloting Jubilee 45727 Inflexible.

Stirling: The south end of Stirling station on a summer Saturday in August 1950. Perth based Jubilee 45644 Howe is standing at the platform with a train for Buchanan Street, while over on the right J35 0-6-0 64532 is at the head of a southbound freight.

Stirling Shed [CR]: Ex-Caledonian 0-6-0 no 17233 on shed at Stirling on 26 August 1950.

Stirling Shed [CR]: Ex-Caledonian Pickersgill 4-4-0 no 54475 on shed at Stirling in the summer of 1950.

Stirling North Junction: Ex-Caledonian 0-4-4T no 55126 approaching Stirling from the north with an up freight on 26 August 1950.
See query 2101

Shore Road Shed [NB]: Ex-Caledonian 0-6-0 no 57460 passing Stirling's Shore Road shed with a Dunfermline freight on 26 August 1951.
See query 2090

Sunnyside Junction: V1 67621 westbound at Sunnyside Junction on 26 August 1958, shortly after restarting an Airdrie - Partickhill train from Coatbridge Sunnyside station.

Airdrie: Gresley V3 67681 arriving at Airdrie on 26 August 1958 with a train from Hyndland.

Sunnyside Junction: Looking east towards Coatbridge Sunnyside station on 26 August 1958 as V1 67621 prepares to restart an Airdrie - Partickhill train. On the right the freight only line to Whifflet turns south.

Airdrie: NB J37 0-6-0 64584 brings a westbound freight through Aidrie station on 26 August 1958. For the scene fifty six years on see image [[47271]].

Bathgate Shed: J36 0-6-0 no 65346 stands at the end of a line of stored locomotives at Bathgate shed in August 1958.

Sunnyside Junction: Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0 43138 at Sunnyside Junction with a goods train on 26 August 1958, having arrived via the freight only line from Whifflet. The platforms of Coatbridge Sunnyside station are visible through the road bridge, above which stands the old booking office.

Blairhill: V3 67670 photographed at Blairhill and Gartsherrie in the summer of 1958 with a Hyndland to Airdrie service. The station was renamed plain Blairhill in 1966. See image [[20115]]

Bathgate Yard: A forlorn looking 62439 'Father Ambrose', one of the Scott class 4-4-0s, stands in the yard at Bathgate in August 1958. A long-time resident of 64F, the locomotive was not 'officially' withdrawn from here until October 1959, following which it was cut up at MMS Wishaw some 4 months later.

Airdrie: J37 0-6-0 64594 passing through Airdrie with an eastbound coal train on 26 August 1958.

Blairhill: K3 2-6-0 no 61928 brings a down goods train through Blairhill and Gartsherrie in the summer of 1958. Originally opened as Drumpellier and Gartsherrie in 1889, the station was given its current name in 1966.

Sunnyside Junction: A Hyndland - Airdrie train passing Sunnyside Junction, Coatbridge, on 26 August 1958 behind Gresley V1 2-6-2T no 67655.

Saughton Junction: B1 4-6-0 no 61357 takes a westbound freight through Saughton Junction in August 1959. From the setting of the junction signal the train is about to cross over to the Fife lines and head north.

Saughton Junction: A DMU bound for Larbert passes through Saughton Junction on 26 August 1959.

Saughton Junction: A locomotive associated more with the West Highland Line, Gresley K2 no 61789 Loch Laidon heads west approaching Saughton Junction with a freight in August 1959 on her way back to Eastfield.

Saughton Junction: BRCW Type 2 no D5321 photographed at Saughton Junction in August 1959 some 4 months after delivery. The locomotive spent an initial period at the newly converted diesel depot at Leith Central (64H) before being sent north to Inverness. Eventual withdrawal came in October 1991 as no 26021.

Saughton Junction: Freights passing at Saughton Junction on 26 August 1959 with A1 Pacific no 60147 North Eastern about to run past the signal box.

Polmadie Shed: A Saturday afternoon view of Polmadie shed in late September 1959. Home-based Stanier Pacific no 46201 Princess Elizabeth stands centre stage.

Glasgow St Enoch: Royal Scot 46113 Cameronian on the up Thames-Clyde Express preparing to leave St Enoch on 26 August 1960. Leading locomotive is 2P 4-4-0 no 40686. See image [[47951]]

Glasgow St Enoch: Noisy departure from St Enoch on Friday 26 August 1960, as Hulford 2P 40686 joins forces with Holbeck Royal Scot 46113 Cameronian to take out the Thames-Clyde Express.

Dumfries Shed: A visit to Dumfries on 26 August 1960. View north over the shed yard with the G&SW main line running past on the left. Locomotives on shed that day included Black 5s, 2P 4-4-0s and ex-Caledonian 0-6-0s. Dumfries shed finally closed in May 1966. See image [[3570]]

Aviemore Shed: 54466 stored alongside Aviemore shed in August 1960. The locomotive was officially withdrawn in 1962, the same year the shed was closed by BR.

Dumfries: 40686 waits in one of the bays at Dumfries with a Glasgow train on 26 August 1960. The 4-4-0 had earlier worked south as pilot to Royal Scot 46113 on the Thames-Clyde Express from St Enoch. See image [[47951]]

Dumfries Shed: McIntosh 3F 0-6-0T 56302 on shed at Dumfries on 26 August 1960. [Ref query 9418]

Mennock Sidings: Hurlford 2P 40686 pilots Holbeck Royal Scot 45113 Cameronian with the up Thames Clyde Express southbound between Mennock and Drumlanrig in August 1960. [Ref Query 15530]

Dumfries Shed: Crab 2-6-0 no 42913 passing Dumfries shed with a southbound goods on 26 August 1960.

Tweedmouth: B1 no 61263 takes a rest at Tweedmouth shed while its trainload of Wilson & Glenny millworkers on an outing from Hawick enjoy the fleshpots of Spittal on 26 August 1961. St Margarets shed must have borrowed this Dundee loco rather than send one of its own down to Hawick to work the train. [With thanks to Bill Lynn]

Gleneagles: Signals seen at Gleneagles in 1961. The view looks to the junction.

Gleneagles: Postal lineside equipment (pick-up) at Gleneagles in 1961.

Callander (Dreadnought): NBL D6122 and a classmate on an Oban to Glasgow service at Callander in August 1961. The lead locomotive reportedly ended its days in Barry scrapyard, but did it? See image [[59244]].

Gleneagles: Postal lineside equipment (drop-off) at Gleneagles on 26/08/61.

Perth: Class A3 60099 'Call Boy' arrives at Perth with a train from Edinburgh Waverley in August 1961.

Leith Docks: Labour-intensive shunting operations at Leith Docks in 1961 as North British Locomotive Company 0-4-0 diesel hydraulics D2731 and D2724 (successors to the steam J88s) haul a mixed freight eastwards towards Leith South yard.

Edinburgh Waverley: The booking hall at Edinburgh Waverley seen on 26/08/61.

Gleneagles: Railbus from Crieff approaching Gleneagles station in 1961.

Kings Cross: The unique A1/1 60113 'Great Northern' at the end of its days at Kings Cross shed on 26 August 1962. It was the pioneer of the highly successful A1 class, of which 60133 'Pommern' was partly hidden by 60113 in this photo.

Kentish Town: Gathered round the roundhouse at Kentish Town on 26 August 1962 are a motley crew of locos, namel Black 5 No 44688, 4F No 44210, BRCW Type 2 (later Class 27) diesel No D5379, Jubilee No 45620 'North Borneo', and another Black 5. It looks like a design for a commercial extolling the cleaning abilities of a new product called OZOO!

Elgin East: Elgin East in August 1963, with an NBL Type 2 on a Coast line service and a Cravens DMU bound for Cairnie Junction via Craigellachie.

West Wycombe: Jubilee 45661 Vernon drifts south through West Wycombe in the summer of 1964 with a Liverpool (Brunswick) - London parcels train.

West Wycombe: Stanier 8F 2-8-0 no 48611 off Woodford Halse shed brings a freight through West Wycombe in the summer of 1964.

West Wycombe: 6845 Parkland Grange passing West Wycombe in August 1964 with a freight from Oxford.

West Wycombe: GWR Grange 4-6-0 no 6847 Tidmarsh Grange passing West Wycombe in the summer of 1964 with a Paddington - Banbury train.

West Wycombe: Annesley based rebuilt Scot no 46122 Royal Ulster Rifleman passes through West Wycombe on 26 August 1964 with a parcels train from Nottingham.

Belfast Great Victoria Street: No 51 is station pilot at Belfast Great Victoria Street in August 1965.

Mayfields Sidings: GNR(I) UG class 0-6-0 no 47 awaiting its fate in the sidings alongside Mayfields goods yard, Belfast, on 26 August 1965. Belfast gas works stands in the background. [Ref query 5455]

Belfast York Road: Scene in the yards at Belfast York Road on 26 August 1965.

Adelaide Shed: No 49 photographed on Adelaide shed, South Belfast, in August 1965.

Langbank: Fairburn tank 42197 passes Langbank in 1965 with a Gourock to Glasgow Central express.

Langbank: Fairburn tank 42241 nears Langbank in August 1965 with the 5.43pm Glasgow to Gourock train.

Adelaide Shed: No 37 stands on Belfast's Adelaide shed on 26 August 1965.

Belfast York Road: The yards at York Road, Belfast, on 26 August 1965 with Jeep 2-6-4T No 4 nearest the camera.

Belfast York Road: No 6 stands on York Road shed, Belfast, in August 1965.

Belfast York Road: Scene in the yard at Belfast York Road on 26 August 1965.

Langbank: A Gourock - Glasgow Central semi-fast runs east alongside the Clyde at Langbank in August 1965. The locomotive is Polmadie Standard Class 5 4-6-0 no 73099.

Belfast York Road: Former Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway 0-6-4T No 26 Lough Melvin in a siding at Belfast York Road shed in the summer of 1965, the year of its withdrawal.

Normanton: Black 5 no 44694 with the Saturdays only 1H92 8.20am Bradford Exchange - Bridlington train at Normanton, on 26 August 1967. The locomotive was finally withdrawn by BR from Low Moor shed in October of that year.

Carlisle: Stanier Jubilee 4-6-0 no 45593 Kolhapur arriving at Carlisle off the S&C on 26 August 1967 at the head of the 9.20am St Pancras - Glasgow Central. For the actual name being carried see image [[34174]]

Airdrie: V3 2-6-2T 67660 arriving at Airdrie on 26 August 1958 with a terminating service from Milngavie.

Kelso: D2720 being placed on the line at Kelso on 26 August 1969 by private contractors involved in track lifting and recovery work on the former route between Kelso Junction and Tweedmouth.

Kelso: Looking north west across the platforms of the old station at Kelso in August 1969, around 5 years after closure. The surroundings here have changed considerably since that time, although the building in the left background still stands on the west side of Station Road. See image [[44208]]

Kelso: Contractors carrying out track lifting and recovery work between Kelso and Tweedmouth on 26 August 1969. NBL 0-4-0DH D2720 is in the process of being lifted onto the line near Kelso.

Linz MPD: Austrian Pacific tank No. 77 28 is seen in the shed yard at Linz in the summer of 1974. The locomotive is about to be turned see image [[36412]] in preparation for working the 14.35 stopping train from Linz Hbf to Summerau on the Czech border.

Linz: This pair of Krieglok 2-10-0s standing on Linz MPD show the difference in appearance brought about by the fitting of a Giesl ejector. 52 3816 on the left is so fitted while 52 4364 on the right has the original exhaust arrangement, albeit its 'face' has been altered by the fitting of a feedwater heater in the smokebox, the casing for which is visible in front of the chimney. It is also unusual in displaying the then current ÖBB logo on its smokebox door - the only loco so adorned which I photographed on this trip.

Linz MPD: Seen at Linz MPD in August 1974, Pacific tank No. 77.28 was one of the last of the breed still working in Western Europe. The locomotive saw employment on local passenger work towards Summerau on the then Czechoslovakian border but the line was in the process of being electrified, which meant 77.28 was living on borrowed time.

Kelvin Bridge: Looking out to the abandoned platforms of Kelvin Bridge station on 26 August 1974. Botanic Gardens behind the camera and the line to Stobcross ahead. The line crosses the River Kelvin here, the girder in the foreground being part of the bridge. Photograph by Tony Harden.

Springfield Yard: Ex-Wemyss Private Railway No.20 (Barclay 2068 0f 1939) at the SRPS Springfield Yard, Falkirk, on 26 August 1978. [Editor's note: Does anyone recognise the young lady in the picture many years later - BMcC tells me she became a TV regular?]

Shettleston Junction: Looking back towards Shettleston Junction signal box from the remains of the former NB route to Bothwell and Hamilton. The DMU is the BLS Lanarkshire and Ayrshire railtour which had originated from Glasgow Central. See image [[18031]]

Springfield Yard: Ex-Wemyss Private Railway no 20 (Barclay 2068 0f 1939) in action at Springfield Yard, Falkirk, during an SRPS open day on 26 August 1978.

Springfield Yard: J37 Maude in steam at Springfield Yard, Falkirk during an SRPS open day on 26 August 1978, when preserved locos could run over BR metals in the yard.

Manchester Victoria: Early days on the Manchester waste trains and the driver of 47289 opens the throttle though Victoria station to tackle Platting Bank with a train of refuse containers in August 1982. This was long before the complete rebuild of the station see image [[32874]]. 47289 lasted in service until 2003 and was only cut up in 2010 in Stockton.

Guide Bridge: Hadfield Set with power car 59402 at the rear leaves Guide Bridge for Manchester Piccadilly in 1982, passing the junction with the line to Denton and Stockport.

Guide Bridge: Hadfield 1500v DC EMU with trailer 59605 leading arrives in Guide Bridge from Glossop on a Manchester Piccadilly service on 26 August 1982. The train is passing the signal box controlling the junction with the Stalybridge line and access to the locomotive holding sidings. These platforms at Guide Bridge are now closed and the tracks lifted. Only two of the four original platforms survive although the signal box was still operational in 2012, albeit now some distance from the tracks.

Manchester Victoria: Whistle while you wait. An early EE Class 40, 40008, idles on the centre roads at Manchester Victoria between banking duties. When Victoria was rebuilt the trainshed was demolished and new platforms built. This view was taken from what is now Platform 3, the old through platform to Exchange station. The lines on which the loco is standing are now covered by the new Platforms 4 and 5, See image [[29761]] with the Manchester Arena above.

Manchester Victoria: A picture that at first glance doesn't do justice to the train engine, green Class 40 No. 40106. What appears to be a short parcels train is actually a passenger service for Bangor, the rear coach of which can just be seen to the left of the loco as it runs into Manchester Victoria off the now lifted line from Red Bank Carriage Sidings. Also to the left of the loco is the now demolished power signal box while Platting Bank climbs steeply away to the right of the train. The green celebrity loco was finally withdrawn the following year and is now owned by the Class 40 Preservation Society based on the East Lancashire Railway See image [[58581]].

Blackburn: 40073 and 40186 captured together at the east end of Blackburn station in the summer of 1982 when there was still a reasonable amount of freight through the station. 40186 was withdrawn the following December and had been cut up at Doncaster by March 1983. 40073 lasted until the following June and was cut up a year later at Crewe. See image [[22849]] for a Then and Now comparison.

Cardiff Central: 37501 on the Coedback to Severn Tunnel Junction Speedlink coal passing through Cardiff Central in 1986.

Blackfriars: Looking north along platform 4 at Blackfriars in August 1993 towards the station concourse. The dome of St Pauls Cathedral dominates the right background.

Aachen Hbf: DB freight diesel No. 225 012 pauses on the westbound centre road at Aachen Hbf with a double deck EMU of Type VIRM on its delivery run from the Talbot works in Aachen to Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways).

Berwick-upon-Tweed: An up GNER service calls at Berwick on 26 August 2004. A view no longer possible due to new fencing.

Glasgow Central: Class 156 approaching Glasgow Central

Peebles CR and NBR Junction: A 19th Century aperture in a (originally) 15th century structure. View west on the south bank of the Tweed in Peebles in August 2006 along the trackbed running from the former Tweed railway bridge see image [[6076]] towards the site of the Caledonian station.

Glasgow Central: GNER DVT being prepared for deaprture at Glasgow Central

Glasgow Central: GNER DVT being passed by departing Virgin Class 221 Voyager at Glasgow Central

Glasgow Central: Class 156 156494 at the head of four Class 156 units stabled at Glasgow Central Platform 9

Muirhouse Junction: Class 67 67019 hauling empty Caledonian Sleeper stock away to be cleaned and made ready for the return trip to London

Muirhouse Junction: Class 90 90034 being hauled away with the empty Caledonian Sleeper stock to be made ready for the return trip to London

Johnstone: Stranraer bound class 156 units race through Johnstone station

Peebles Tweed Viaduct: The walkway along the north bank of the Tweed in Peebles in the summer of 2006, showing part of the surviving abutment of the Caley - NB link bridge which crossed the river here.

Glasgow Central: Class 314 314202 at Glasgow Central waiting to depart with the service to Neilston. This is the last train still painted in SPT orange and black, and it will lose this as part of the Class 314 modernisation programme.

Glasgow Central: Two class 156s at Glasgow Central, one in SPT colours and one in First corporate colours

Peebles Tweed Viaduct: Low water on the Tweed at Peebles reveals the base of one of the piers of the former railway bridge that once carried the link-line from the Caledonian terminus on the south bank across the river to join the NB line on the north bank. The link-line and bridge were closed in 1959, nearly five years after abandonment of the Caledonian route west of Peebles and three years prior to closure of the NB station. View south across the Tweed in August 2006.

Glasgow Central: The rear of Virgin West Coast Class 390 Pendolino 390046 Virgin Soldiers and EWS Class 90 90034 with the terminated Caledonian Sleeper at Glasgow Central

Glasgow Central: The front of Virgin West Coast Class 390 Pendolino 390046 Virgin Soldiers and EWS Class 67 67019 which is ready to haul away the empty Caledonian Sleeper coaches at Glasgow Central

Glasgow Central: Class 334 Juniper departing Glasgow Central

Glasgow Central: Class 334 Juniper departing Glasgow Central passing by a Class 314 approaching the station with a southbound Virgin Voyager in the background.

Glasgow Central: First Scotrail liviried Class 156 156446 entering Glasgow Central

Kincardine: New overbridge across the SAK for the approach road to the new Upper Forth Crossing. 26.08.07. Looking west to Alloa.

Markinch: New lift with stairs complete on south platform. 26.08.07

Markinch: Lift tower, stairs and footbridge looking south. 26.08

Cameron Bridge [1st]: Leven branch line is a lovely walk. This view is east towards Leven. There is now(05/2008) a concerted effort with backing from Fife Council and local transport groups to reopen this short line between Thornton Junction and Leven.

Markinch: View north, the station house stands across the line from the new elevator. Markinch 26.08.07

Markinch: Station house and booking hall looking west. Will they survive?

Cameron Bridge [1st]: Cameron Bridge island platform. Modern distillery with the smell of mash in the air. This will soon be revitalised with a new tanker service.

Dalgety Bay: Virgin Voyager originating from Aberdeen passing Dalgety Bay.

Aberdour: 1142 HST ex Aberdeen glides south through Aberdour.

North Queensferry: Passengers enjoy the shade under the canopy waiting for an Edinburgh train.

Markinch: Ten bus routes are now visiting the newly open interchange at Markinch. 26.08.07

George Square [Glasgow]: Former South African Railways class 15F Lomotive 3007 on show in George Square, Glasgow, in August 2007. The locomotive was built at Queens Park Works, Polmadie, currently an exhibit at the Riverside Museum Glasgow. This particular shot is featured in a special Royal Mail presentation pack... Classic Locomotives of Scotland released 8th March 2012

George Square [Glasgow]: View of Footplate off 3007 amd tender 3079 (Built Springburn 1947-48)

George Square [Glasgow]: Front of Loco 3007. Built in 1944-45 for South African Railways. Taken out of service in 1988.

George Square [Glasgow]: Opposite side of Loco. It will go through extensive conservation before going on display at the new Glasgow Riverside Museum in 2010

George Square [Glasgow]: Full View of Loco 3007 amd tender 3079

Dornoch: The eye-catching former station building at Dornoch, looking north along Station Road in the summer of 2007. The signs read (from the left)... 'Station Takeaway : For Sale : Video Hire, Beers, Wines'. Dornoch station had closed along with the branch from The Mound in June 1960.

Rogart: Part of the accomodation available through Sleeperzzz.com at Rogart station, 26 August 2007.

Dalgety Bay: 170.395 calls at Dalgety Bay with an Inner Fife Circle service.

The Mound: View south at The Mound in August 2007, looking towards Rogart.

The Mound: Southeast entrance to the former station at The Mound in August 2007. The far north line runs past on the right while the old platform for the Dornoch branch runs beyond and below the wall on the left.

Tomatin: View across the Highland Main Line in 2007 showing the abandoned signal box on the northbound platform of the former Tomatin station.

Markinch: Markinch now. New road to college and mill to the left at new roundabout.

Embo: View north across Station Road, Embo, on 26 August 2007, showing the redeveloped level crossing and former station site. On the right Station House still stands.

Rogart: An Inverness bound train shortly after leaving Rogart on 26 August 2007.

Dornoch: The converted terminus at Dornoch, looking south along the platform in August 2007.

Dornoch: Station frontage at Dornoch from across Station Road. The brightly painted retail premises are currently for sale.

Skelbo: Standing on the trackbed of the Dornoch Light Railway in the summer of 2007 looking towards The Mound. The location is approximately one mile north west of Skelbo, with Loch Fleet on the right. The line had been closed for nearly 47 years by this time and the trackbed has almost disappeared here, although the abandoned 'lineside hut' still looks fairly robust.

Blair Atholl: View north from the footbridge at Blair Atholl on 26 August. Note the continuing encroachment of modern housing from the north - also the outline on the station wall showing the position of the former south wing of the building.

The Mound: The picnic area alongside the A9 on the south side of the River Fleet in 2007. The main road continues north on the right, while ahead is Telford's original bridge fitted with sluice gates to prevent seawater from flowing upstream. The keeper's cottage stands beyond. Behind the camera is the embankment known as The Mound, constructed in 1816 to carry the road north, with the railway added in 1902. The line turned north west away from the road here, crossing the river (visible lower left) to reach The Mound station, the roof of which can be seen through the trees. See image [[9211]]

Leyland: South end of Leyland on 26 August with a 156 departing for Liverpool passing a Blackpool North service arriving at the station.

The Mound: Former signal box standing at the east end of The Mound station in August 2007. Part of the old station building can be seen on the left while todays trains on the far north line now pass non-stop through the platform beyond the wire fence at the rear of the box.

Dalmeny Junction: A northbound train approaching Dalmeny Junction passes below the A90 on 26 August 2008.The line to Winchburgh Junction can be seen curving away to the west in the right background. Photograph taken from the path leading down to the walkway which now occupies the trackbed of the former South Queensferry branch.

Heysham Power Station: This is the actual nuclear flask used in the Old Dalby crash test in 1984, when Peak Class 46 No. 46009 and four coaches were deliberately crashed into the flask at 90mph. The loco and coaches were destroyed and cut up on site but the damage to the flask was limited to the bent cooling fins seen here and the sealed load area remained intact. The flask is now on display near the Visitor Centre at Heysham Power Station.

Lostock Hall: Ex-LMS Jubilee class 4-6-0 'Leander' is seen storming under Watkin Lane bridge and into Lostock Hall station as it heads east with 'The Fellsman' railtour on 26 August 2009. The weekly tours are evidently so popular that the promoters are now planning an extra tour later in September.

New Lane: A Southport to Manchester Airport 'express' service bounces across West Lancashire on the approach to New Lane on 26 August 2009. Pacer 142012 is in charge but is unlikely to come to the attention of the air traffic controllers on this 'flight'.

Bescar Lane: A stopping eastbound service from Southport to Manchester Victoria slows for Bescar Lane station in West Lancashire on 26 August 2009. The station has received a lot of attention from the station adoption group with very attractive and colourful display of flowers on both the Southport platform and, behind the camera, the Manchester platform on the other side of the level crossing.

Meols Cop: The last stop (for some services at least) before arriving at Southport on the line across West Lancashire from Wigan Wallgate is Meols Cop. The facilities are basic at this island platform with a small shelter and access is via a set of steps down from cross roads above. On 26 August 2009 142012 slows, not to stop here but to negotiate the severe curve just beyond the station which has a 20 mph psr.

New Lane: The staggered platforms, separated by a level crossing, is a common feature of West Lancashire stations on the Wigan to Southport line. Here at the very rural New Lane station a Southport bound service is seen passing the down platform on 26 August 2009.

Parbold: The beautifully restored station building and signalbox stand on the north side of the line at Parbold between Southport and Wigan on 26 August 2009. The end of the station building nearest the camera is still in use as ticket office, waiting room and toilets.

Hoscar: A very wet afternoon at Hoscar station as a Southport to Manchester service rushes through on 26 August 2009. The train is not stopping at this rural station and the level crossing barrier is already lifting to allow road traffic to move on Hoscar Moss Road. Just out of shot to the left of the photo is the Railway public house, a very useful place to retreat to on such a miserable day!

Wakefield Westgate: The remaining single storey building from the former Wakefield Westgate goods yard still standing alongside the path from the platform to the new multi-storey car park. It was once a stores / messroom facility when the yard was in intensive general goods use (before becoming a car storage and distribution facility). In my younger days my father and I off-loaded Coalite from rail wagons onto our lorry, to transport in bulk to tip in our coal storage yard.

Bare Lane: Four coaches, unusual for the Heysham Port to Leeds train, means a long trudge for the signalman back to the Bare Lane box with the single line staff and the point lock keys for the Heysham branch. 144007 and 142087 are the Northern Pacer units on this occasion.

Arbroath: DRS 57 007 passing through Arbroath station with the Grangemouth-Aberdeen intermodal on 26 August 2010.

Wakefield Westgate: Looking north from the down platform at Wakefield Westgate with the former steam era headshunt straight ahead still in regular use. Once used to hold steam locos that took forward Bradford via Morley coaches detached from Kings Cross - Leeds services it is now used for reversing services to & from Leeds, via Halifax, arriving and departing from platform 2. Those services arriving and/or departing from Platform 1 run forward to electrified run round sidings in the former Wrenthorpe Yard to the left beyond the crossover in the distance.

Wakefield Westgate: Infilled former down side north facing bay platforms at Wakefield Westgate. Latterly used for Bradford via Ossett & Dewsbury, and Castleford via Stanley & Methley, DMU services in the 1960's. See image [[29824]]

Wakefield Kirkgate: Retained section of the former overall roof support wall that ran along island platforms 2 & 3 at Wakefield Kirkgate, with new subway canopy supports in place alongside platform 2. See image [[40060]]

Portgordon: A minor overbridge, in very good condition, just west of Portgordon, looking east towards Buckie in August 2012. This part of the old trackbed between Spey Bay and Buckie makes for a very attractive walk, with the Moray Firth close by.

Normanton: View south west over Normanton station on 26 August 2012 showing the wide loop required for the westbound platform line compared to the eastbound. 158790 has just called with the 12.34 Leeds - Sheffield. See image [[34201]]

Buckpool: The old footbridge over the trackbed just east of the Buckpool station site. Still in use and load/deflecton tested by the photographer in August 2012 - although overdue some maintenance. Buckpool station itself closed in March 1960.

Wakefield Kirkgate: Canopy supports now in place over the subway ramp leading to island platforms 2 & 3 at Wakefield Kirkgate on 26 August 2012. The new part-glazed west end canopy on platform 1 can be seen across the tracks.

Normanton: Amongst all that steel is a station. The new footbridge at Normanton Station dominates the station proper in the southerly view across much 'rationalised' former railway land, with the new housing having replaced the former station hotel. See image [[38689]]

Wakefield Kirkgate: Looking east along a now lifeless platform 3 at Wakefield Kirkgate on 26 August 2012. This follows the removal of the bulk of the former overall roof support wall previously running almost the full length of the platform. The waiting shelter has been sited some distance from its final indicated position. See image [[34147]]

Newark Shipyard: MV Hallaig seen at Fergusons, Port Glasgow.

Tamworth High Level: The chap on the right is very focussed. Perhaps he has just worked out that if you remove the digits 70 from 170.509, you get 15.09, which just happens to be the departure time of this train from platform 3 at Tamworth High Level to Nottingham. Or perhaps not...

Stephenson Railway Museum: Kitson's long boiler 0-6-0PT 'A No.5' built for the Consett Iron Co in 1883, photographed in August 2013 in the Stephenson Railway Museum, North Shields.

Stephenson Railway Museum: The cab from the Blyth & Tyne Railway's 1875 locomotive Clio on display at the Stephenson Railway Museum, North Shields, on 26 August 2013.

Barbican: LUL S8 stock on a short Hammersmith & City Line working to Moorgate departing from its penultimate stop at Barbican on a hot and sultry 13th July 2013. This station opened as Aldersgate Street in 1865 with the first extension of the world's first Underground, the Metropolitan Railway, from Farringdon Street (now Farringdon) to Moorgate Street (now Moorgate). It was renamed Aldersgate & Barbican in 1923 (although it was only ever shown on the LU diagram as Aldersgate) before being renamed simply Barbican in 1968. It once boasted a fine all-weather protection glass roof which was destroyed during the London 'Blitz' of World War Two. The frame was taken down in 1955 but it is still possible to see the support brackets above the arches on the walls. On the right are the disused Widened Lines platforms. For many years, this station was closed on Sundays but is now open full time again.

Tonbridge: 375623, from London Charing Cross, terminating at Tonbridge station on 26th August 2013. At this time on this Sunday morning, services between here and Tunbridge Wells were replaced by buses but the full service through to Hastings was restored in the mid-afternoon.

Stephenson Railway Museum: Peckett 0-6-0ST Ashington no 5 built in 1939 (works no 1979) on display at the Stephenson Railway Museum, North Shields, in August 2013.

North Queensferry: Freightliner 66607 climbs through North Queensferry with the 6B32 Aberdeen (Craiginches) - Oxwellmains cement empties on 26 August.

Dalmeny: An Edinburgh-bound class 170 rushes through Dalmeny station on 26 August.

Dalmeny: Part of The Hawes Inn, situated under the Forth Bridge approach at South Queensferry, from whence Robert Louis Stevenson's David Balfour was once Kidnapped. Note the sign indicating the stairs to Dalmeny station.
On the right, the said stairs, which seemed near vertical, and verrrrry long.

Port Edgar Harbour: Remnants of the rail system that once served the former Royal Naval establishment at Port Edgar on the Firth of Forth, adjacent to South Queensferry.

Dalmeny: A 158 bound for Cowdenbeath arrives at Dalmeny on 26 August.

Ayr: ScotRail 380003 stands in the sunshine at Ayr station's platform 4 on 26 August 2014.

Inverkeithing South Junction: Looking north from King Street, Inverkeithing along the Rosyth Dockyard branch on 26 August 2014, with the track fast disappearing under weeds. The junction with the main line is by Boreland Road bridge in the left background. [Ref query 6753]

Highley: If it wasn't for the row of modern cars on the right, this could easily be fifty or more years ago. 4566 see image [[52476]] heads South for Kidderminster on 26th August.

Stranraer: Silk anemones by Louis Wall at Stranraer on 26 August 2015. See image [[52383]]

Georgemas Junction: No rural idyll these days. Georgemas Junction now features a mighty 110-tonne gantry crane for road-rail transfer of contaminated materials from the decommissioned Dounreay nuclear site. As seen here on 26th August 2015, the redundant former up platform has been lost to the new facility.

Bewdley: DMU stock - allegedly heading for New Holland - stabled alongside Bewdley station on 26th August 2015.

Highley (Engine House museum): This 1898 Hunslet was built for the Manchester Ship Canal Co., who called her St.Johns, then plain old No. 14. She moved to ICI Dyestuffs at Blackley, Manchester in 1963; they called her Lady Armaghdale. Apparently she has travelled abroad three times - you will notice that she always comes back.

Highley: Aerobics for signalmen - a Highley regarded art. The signalman holds the token for the line to Bridgnorth aloft on 26th August. See also image [[53092]].

Bitterley Yard: Few traces remain of the extensive railways which once served the Dhustone quarries at Clee Hill, Shropshire. However, two recycled rails can be seen in this view of a former elevated siding in August 2015. Dhustone Quarries Tramway.

Altnabreac: Hard to believe this is the same viewpoint as the shot taken 41 years ago see image [[29053]]. A 'Friends of the Far North Line' outing is about to escape the Altnabreac midges by jumping on the 13.55 departure for Thurso and Wick on 26th August 2015. In the left foreground is former Invergordon signalman Iain Macdonald (50 years’ service on the railway), on the far right is Mike Lunan (formerly Chair of the Rail Passengers Committee Scotland), while the man in the red anorak is leading Highland rail activist Richard Ardern.

Highley: Churchward ex-GWR small Prairie tank 4566 seems to be sending smoke signals as it leaves Highley for Kidderminster in August 2015. Notice the cattle loading pen to the left. For the same engine 36 years previously see image [[41529]].

Highley: What could be more strange than a railway trolley with a transversely mounted vee-twin engine? see image [[36329]] How about one with a longitudinal vee-twin? If that's an exhaust outlet by the right hand wheel, it could be handy for warming a pasty at break time...

Highley: A homely signal to the South of Highley station in August 2015. There must have been thousands of scenes much like this throughout the UK.

Highley: There is a fine view of railway and river from the balcony on the Engine House museum at Highley. Engine 34053, Sir Keith Park, is passing by on 26th August with a train for Kidderminster.

Highley (Engine House museum): Possibly a bit more glamorous than more recent TPO's see image [[53247]].

Bewdley: Steam services crossing at Bewdley on 26th August. The service on the left is for Bridgnorth, that on the right for Kidderminster. Despite taking a wrong turn, I had comfortably outpaced the latter in my car from Highley.

Highley: Something I thought I would never see - a parcel being delivered by a postman up the steps of a signal box. View towards Bridgnorth on 26 August 2015 see image [[9891]].

Bitterley Yard: View North West down Clee Hill towards Clee Hill Junction, where the mineral line joined the Shrewsbury to Hereford railway. The standard gauge adhesion worked line ran through the clump of trees in the background, along the darker section of field, and under the road on which the photographer is standing, to a terminus named Clee Hill. There were standard gauge sidings on the left of the main line, allowing interchange with both narrow and standard gauge rope worked inclines. see image [[52460]]

Highley (Engine House museum): Speaking of heavy loads see image [[52609]], there's quite a lot of luggage on this cart - though no doubt the cases are all empty. But it could have been loaded like this, and it doesn't seem to have any brakes...

Highley: So that's why they call it a branch line. The siding behind the signal box at Highley needs some vegetation clearance on 26th August. See image [[41609]] for the other end of the siding.

Stranraer: Seafaring relics at Stranraer Harbour Station, 26 August 2015.

Stranraer: Scene at Stranraer on 26 August 2015, with the 1443 service to Kilmarnock at the platform and silk flowers by Louis Wall enlivening the station.

Seaton [Tram]: The controls of one of the half scale trams at Seaton - an interesting mixture of old and new.

Cleland: 156462 on a limited stop service from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh via Shotts passes under the Biggar Road overbridge which is one of 10 bridges being modified prior to electrification. This bridge is currently (August 2016) closed to traffic to have its parapets and deck replaced. Work to demolish and replace another 17 bridges is also under way at various locations along the line.

Seaton Junction: Just to the right of my previous image see image [[56609]], there is another concrete footbridge; this one is open to public use, and leads to a footpath heading generally towards Seaton. I must go back in daylight sometime!

Edinburgh Waverley: 66 746 with the Royal Scotsman at Platform 11 at Waverley on 27/08/2016.

Cleland: Somewhat unusually, the Biggar Road overbridge at Cleland station is being kept open for pedestrians during work to replace the papapets and deck prior to electrification of the Shotts line.

Cleland Viaduct: A clear pre-electrification view from Cleland station as 156462 on a limited stop service from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh via Shotts crosses the Cleland Viaduct. Vegetation clearance has been carried out and work to modify and replace overbridges is in progress (August 2016).

Galgate: What a difference a summer makes. The recently upgraded cutting at Hampson Lane near Galgate is already looking less than pristine. 37059 and 37605 pass through heading for Sellafield on 26th August 2016. See image [[54677]] for the same location just four months earlier.

Colyton: Trams for Colyton (left) and Seaton (right) crossing on the delightfully rural Seaton Tramway in the summer of 2016. see image [[53409]]

Seaton Junction: A few years ago, if I recall correctly, you could walk through a passageway by the 'phone box, and cross the station footbridge. Now both the station building and the adjacent factory appear to be empty and disused. [Ref query 6358]

Seaton [Tram]: I am reliably informed that before World War 2, some cars only had brakes on two wheels. Those which had brakes on four wheels carried warning signs to tell following drivers they might stop rather suddenly. This sign on the end of a tram at Seaton is a humorous riff on this ancient tale.

Inverkeithing East Junction: Colas 60026 leads the Craiginches - Oxwellmains empty cement train, largely composed of new JPA tanks, past Inverkeithing East Junction on 26 August.

Seaton [Tram]: Trams empty and full at the seaside terminus. Getting from here to the beach was easy, but the return required coercion! Notice the well stocked station shop to the right.

Poulton-le-Fylde: Two Class 153 single units form a Preston to Blackpool North service seen approaching Poulton station on 26th August 2017. The semaphore on the down line is in its last year of operation and a new AWS ramp can be seen on the Up line although masts have not been erected at this location yet.

Cranmore: Ivatt 2-6-2T 41313, recently restored from Barry scrapyard condition to a working engine, is seen takking a passenger train through the greenery on the East Somerset Railway on 28th August 2017. It will soon leave the ESR and go back to the Isle of Wight Railway. Catch it whilst you can as they say.

Poulton-le-Fylde: A Preston to Blackpool North service passes the old junction for Fleetwood as it leaves Poulton on 26th Augst 2017. The signallers have put a board in the window of Poulton No.3 box displaying 1896 - 2017 for its final summer of operation.

Cranmore: BRCW Type 2 D5410 is undergoing bodywork repairs and a repaint at the East Somerset Railway carriage works, seen here on 26th August 2017.

Garstang Town: The old GKER engine shed from Garstang Town station seen in August 2017. It was dismantled in the late 1970s and removed a few hundred yards from its original site for re-use by a livestock haulier. Originally a two road shed it was modified when rebuilt with a single end door seen here and a new side entrance but uses the same frame, wall panels and roof. Photographed on private land with kind permission of the owner (who as a young man had helped with the shed removal from the old station). See image [[60594]] for a 1910 map showing the original shed location.

North Queensferry: 45407, running as 45157 Glasgow Highlander, enters North Queensferry after a signal check with the 'Fife Circle & Borders' excursion on 26 August 2018.

Aberdour: Colas 70809 nears Aberdour with a Newtonhill to Millerhill empty Rail Drop Train on 26 August 2018.

Aberdour: 45407, running as 45157 Glasgow Highlander, nears Aberdour with the 'Fife Circle & Borders' excursion on 26 August 2018.

Southend Pier [Pier Head]: 'Sir John Betjeman' now arrived at Pier Head station, Southend Pier Railway, on Bank Holiday Monday, 26th August 2019. Southend-on-Sea is the largest town in Essex although it is not really 'on sea' at all but on that part of the Thames Estuary where it widens out to meet the North Sea at Shoeburyness. It was the Directors of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway, which arrived in the town in 1856, that added the 'on Sea' suffix in an attempt to encourage day trippers to visit the town by train, not to mention bringing in extra revenue to the railway which was probably the first thing the Directors had in mind.

Cheltenham Racecourse: Cheltenham Racecourse station looking distinctly shipshape on 26th August 2019. The G&WR have done a fine job of restoring a very neglected station building. The tracks are below the road bridge in the background; but the building gives you something to aim for on the ten minute walk from the bus stop.

Bay Horse: A pair of Voyagers pick up speed again after a signal check at Bay Horse on 26th August 2019. This was a Euston to Edinburgh service and the train is running alongside, and crossing, the infant River Cocker.

Euxton Junction: DBC 66003 crosses from slow to fast lines at Euxton Jct on 26 August 2019 whilst on a Carlisle to Crewe light engine move. Behind the loco can just be seen the two tracks of the line to Manchester via Chorley & Bolton diverging to the left.

Southend-on-Sea [Upper]: The single car of the Southend-on-Sea Cliff Railway is seen at the Upper station on Bank Holiday Monday, 26th August 2019. At 33C (94F), it was the hottest August Bank Holiday on record. Because there is only one car the counter balance is a weight that slides underneath the tracks.

Southend Pier [Pier Head]: 'Sir John Betjeman' at the 2009 Pier Head station, Southend Pier Railway, Essex, on 26th August 2019. The original Pier Head station was destroyed by fire on 9th October 2005; a temporary terminus just to the south was used until the present Pier Head station opened, on the site of the old, on 9th February 2009.

Cheltenham Spa [GWR]: BTP have obviously decided that they shouldnt look too threatening.

Winchcombe: A class 47 hauled service crosses a DMU at Winchcombe in August 2019.

Barton Hill MPD: I am sure there was a perfectly good reason for a Tyne and Wear Metro train to be in Bristol in August 2019, but I can't remember it - something to do with planning for Metro West? Or a world record signal overrun?

Euxton Junction: A Pathfinders railtour from Didcot to Appleby on 26 August 2019 is seen on the return journey approaching Euxton Jct. 50049 and 50007 are seen on the Up Fast and the 13 carriages behind did not seem to be causing the pair too much of a problem!

Southend-on-Sea [Lower]: The cliff railway, or as it is sometimes known the Cliff Lift, at Southend-on-Sea, Essex, which opened on August Bank Holiday Monday in 1912, seen here 107 years later on the morning of Bank Holiday Monday, 26th August 2019. At 33C, this was the hottest ever recorded August Bank Holiday Monday in London and the south-east and it certainly felt like it.

Bristol Parkway: IETs can now be seen (compare to image [[55161]]) in the new Hitachi depot on the site of Filton Civil Engineers Tip. The yellow shunter in the foreground has clearly not eaten its Weetabix.

Euxton Junction: 70817 approaches Euxton Junction on 26th August 2019 with the Carlisle to Chirk log train.

Bay Horse: Stanier 8F 48151 hustles a long train of WCRC stock over the reinforced embankment at Bay Horse. A TPE 350 and Virgin Voyager were close on its heels and the train was looped at Oubeck to allow them to pass. This was an ECS working from Burton-on-Trent to Carnforth on 26th August 2019 and West Coast Railways clearly have a lot of confidence in the old 2-8-0 as it had worked south two days previously see image [[70105]], had then taken an excursion to Stratford-upon-Avon and back and was now returning to Carnforth, all without any diesel assistance.

Balshaw Lane Junction: 48151 with the empty stock from the previous days Burton to Stratford on Avon railtour is seen at Balshaw Lane, returning to Carnforth on 26 August 2019.

Styal: An unusual running in board at Styal on 26 August 2019. The station has regained an hourly all-day service in 2019.

Southend Pier [Shore]: 'Sir John Betjeman', one of two diesel trains built for the reopening of the Southend Pier Railway in Essex on 2nd May 1986, at Shore station, on the morning of Bank Holiday Monday, 26th August 2019. Construction of the present pier began in 1887 and by 1892 a narrow gauge 3ft. 6ins. electric railway was running from the Shore to the Pier Head. By 1930, there were four trains of seven cars running on a double track. In 1949, new rolling stock was introduced in green and cream livery, closely resembling single deck trams and designed by AC Cars of Thames Ditton, Surrey. I well remember travelling on these on frequent family summer Sunday visits to Southend when I was a boy. In 1975, a fire partly destroyed the Pier Head but the railway kept on going until 1978 when it was closed due to deterioration of the decking and the 1949 trains were retired. That could have been the end but the railway reopened on 2nd May 1986, de-electrified and re-gauged from 3ft. 6 ins. to 3 ft. with two new trains, again of seven cars, designed by Severn Lamb of Alcester, Warwickshire. A second fire on 9th October 2005, 30 years after the first, destroyed Pier Head station and a temporary stop was used until a new station on the site of the old Pier Head was opened on 9th February 2009.

Southend Pier [Shore]: Entrance to Southend Pier and the Pier Railway's Shore station, on the morning of Bank Holiday Monday, 26th August 2019.

Southend Pier [Pier Head]: 'Sir William Heygate', one of two trains built for the reopening of the Southend Pier Railway in 1986, re-gauged from 3ft 6 ins. to 3ft. and reduced from double to single track with a midway passing loop, just arrived at Pier Head station, on the sweltering morning of Bank Holiday Monday, 26th August 2019. A fire on 9th October 2005 destroyed the old Pier Head station; a temporary terminus just to the south was used until the station seen here opened on the original Pier Head station site on 9th February 2009.

Bristol Parkway: Bristol Parkway was built over a goods yard; so appropriately, it has sidings on the Down side. You can't always read the numbers of freight locos stabled there, but 66413 has a distinctive livery to help you, Lest you forget.

Southend Pier [Pier Head]: After my friends and I enjoyed some refreshing iced latte coffee at Southend Pier Head refreshment bar, we were back at Pier Head station in time to see 'Sir John Betjeman' arriving, on the sweltering Bank Holiday Monday of 26th August 2019. This train was standing 'Not in Service' at Shore station when we first arrived at the pier but had entered service by the time we left the Pier Head, passing 'Sir William Heygate' in the line's midway loop.

Balshaw Lane Junction: DBC 66054 proceeds south following a signal stop and is seen crossing Balshaw Lane Junction on 26 August 2020 with the Hardendale Quarry to Margam limestone boxes.

Brent Cross: Brent Cross, LUL Northern Line, looking north towards Edgware on 26th August 2020. On the left is the formation of the former loop (with a similar one on the southbound side) which in early days allowed semi-fast trains to overtake here. These semi-fasts ceased around the time the LPTB was formed in 1933 and the tracks were removed. Highfield Avenue bridge immediately south of the station still demonstrates the wider line at this location but then narrows down to a two-track railway.

Brent Cross: Exterior of Brent Cross, LUL Northern Line, on 26th August 2020. This station opened on 13th November 1923 as Brent with the first stage of the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway Edgware extension from Golders Green to Hendon Central, completed to Edgware the following year. The line then became known as the Morden-Edgware Line until 1937 when it was renamed Northern Line, even though a large section lies in south London! Brent was renamed Brent Cross on 20th July 1976, concurrent with the opening of the Brent Cross shopping centre, the first of its kind in the UK. The station is now a Grade II Listed Building.

Belsize Park: View from LUL 1995 stock train on a Northern Line service to Morden via Bank, calling at Belsize Park station on the Edgware branch, on 26th August 2020. An announcement made here informed passengers that the next station at Chalk Farm is currently still closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Hampstead: LUL 1995 stock with a Northern Line service to Kennington via Charing Cross calling at Hampstead on 26th August 2020. When the railway was being built this station was to be called Heath Street, and this was painted on the walls, but by the time it opened on 22nd June 1907 its name had been changed to Hampstead instead. For many years the originally-intended name was covered-up by hoardings but these have now been removed. Other Underground stations which did open with their intended names but were later renamed have similarly been treated, e.g. at Arsenal on the Piccadilly Line, the original name Gillespie Road which it bore from its opening in 1906 until 1932 has now been uncovered, and at Warren Street (Northern Line), which for less than a year between its opening in June 1907 and May 1908 was called Euston Road. (See my pics of Warren Street also published by Railscot.)

Lostock Hall Junction: Ex LMS Royal Scot class 4-6-0, 46100 'Royal Scot' heads the outbound leg of 'The Fellsman' railtour from Crewe to Carlisle at Lostock Hall Junction on 26 August 2020.

Craigag No 62 Tunnel: An area that is not often pictured. Black 5 No.45407 nears the top of the long climb from Torr Linne Dhughaill up to Glenfinnan Viaduct with the morning Jacobite service on 26th August 2021. [Note that No 62 Tunnel is the nearest location in our database, to the west of this point.]

Glenfinnan Viaduct: Watched by around two hundred people, Black 5 No.45407 takes the morning 'Jacobite' across Glenfinnan Viaduct on 26th August 2021.

Glenfinnan Viaduct: Black 5 No.45407 thrashes up the 1 in 50 gradient from Glenfinnan Viaduct to the station on 26th August 2021. There was no visible exhaust because of the hot weather.

Loanhead: Refurbishment work and modifications being carried out on the old Loanhead station building on 26 August 2021. The trackbed on the left (now known as the 'Rossiyn Chapel Way') runs north towards Millerhill.

Polnish No 107 Tunnel: Black 5 No.45407 is hard at work on the gradient at Polnish on 26th August 2021. The lack of exhaust is because the temperature is 25C. The white building on the lower right of the picture is the former Polnish Chapel. After looking forlorn for a good few years, it now has a new lease of life as a private house.

Polnish No 107 Tunnel: Black 5 45407 hauls 'The Jacobite' round the edge of Loch Dubh on 26th August 2021.

Mallaig: Black 5 No.45212 arrives at Mallaig with the afternoon 'Jacobite' service on 26th August 2021.

Levenmouth: Looking up river from the Bawbee Bridge on 26th August 2021, with old track finally lifted from the Methil branch. The new Levenmouth station will be below. See [[66505]] for the same location in 1992.

Morar Viaduct: Black 5 No.45407 crossing the viaduct over the River Morar with the return working of 'The Jacobite' from Mallaig on 26th August 2021.

Cameron Bridge [1st]: Patrick Harvie, Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants Rights, visits the cleared site of the original Cameron Bridge station.

Cameron Bridge [1st]: Debris being cleared following the demolition of the island platform at Cameron Bridge.

Chepstow: The forecourt side of Chepstow station - much of which is now a cafe - on 26th August. The railway's competition, in the form of the 2nd Severn road crossing, is visible from the platforms.

St Margarets Shed: View from London Road of the excavated turntable at St Margarets (64A) depot on 26 August 2022.