Symington [2nd]: A southbound train at Symington in August 1959 behind BR 'Clan' Light Pacific no 72008 Clan MacLeod.

Symington [2nd]: Stanier Coronation Pacific no 46223 Princess Alice glides through Symington on 29 August 1959 with an up Manchester train.

Symington [2nd]: Rebuilt 'Patriot' no 45514 Holyhead photographed calling at Symington with a down train on a fine summer Saturday in August 1959.

Symington [2nd]: Stanier Coronation Pacfic no 46243 City of Lancaster storms through Symington on 29 August 1959 at the head of the up Royal Scot.

Ballachulish Shed: The locomotive shed at Ballachulish in August 1960, with McIntosh 0-4-4T no 55224 receiving attention in the yard. The shed was officially closed in March 1962 with complete closure of the branch taking place in 1966. Note the Presflo alumina wagons in the yard which were for [[Kinlochleven Smelter]].

Cullen Burn Viaduct: An eastbound mixed freight and passenger train approaching Cullen on the former Great North of Scotland Moray Coast line on 29th August 1961 behind an NBL Type 2 locomotive. The town of Portnockie stands in the background.

Edinburgh Waverley: Class A3 60068 'Sir Visto' at Waverley station, east end, in 1961. The Pacific was withdrawn from service the following year.

Inverurie Works: Ex-works J38 no 65908 of Thornton Junction shed stands resplendent in the yard outside Inverurie Works on 29 August 1963. The locomotive was withdrawn by BR in September of the following year.

Eastfield Shed: BR Standard class 3 2-6-0 77007 in the yard at Eastfield on 29 August 1963 fresh from the paintshop.

Balornock Shed: EE Type 1 D8107 passing Balornock Shed on the original line in August 1963 with a consignment of stock for the works.

Forgandenny: Kingmoor Jubilee 45635 'Tobago' on a Carlisle-Perth parcels, photographed near Forgandenny in August 1964.

North Leith: J36 no 65234 stands at North Leith with a branch line railtour in 1964. The figure on the right is District Operating Inspector David G Kerr, a well known face on many such specials.

Hilton Junction: A grubby A4 60010 'Dominion of Canada' heads south from Hilton Junction with the 1.30pm Aberdeen to Glasgow on 29th August 1964. The loco was withdrawn the following May but in 1966 left the UK to be preserved in Montreal.

North Leith: Saturday 29 August 1964 was the day of the SLS/BLS J36 Railtour. The special, which was hauled throughout by 65234, visited selected branch lines in and around Edinburgh. The train is seen here at North Leith with participants returning to their seats prior to departure on the next leg of the tour to Penicuik see image [[23124]].

Dalry Road Shed: B1 4-6-0 no 61242 Alexander Reith Gray stands on Dalry Road shed in August 1964, a month after its official withdrawal by BR. After spending a short period in store at Bathgate see image [[45023]] the locomotive was eventually cut up at Darlington Works in November of that year.

Edinburgh Princes Street: One of Dalry Road's Black 5s no 45477 prepares to take the 2.5pm to Manchester out of Edinburgh Princes Street station in August 1964. The seven - platform terminus, with its 850 foot bayed roof, was opened by the Caledonian Railway on 2 May 1870 as a replacement for the temporary Lothian Road station that stood alongside. Princes Street station closed completely on 6 September 1965 and was largely demolished by 1970 see image [[1060]].

West Wycombe: Oxley shed's Grange class 4-6-0 no 6855 Saighton Grange nears West Wycombe on 29 August 1964 with an express bound for the south coast.

Edinburgh Waverley: J36 0-6-0 no 65234 stands in a bay platform at the east end of Waverley with a railtour on 29 August 1964. The train, made up of ex-Talisman coaching stock and carrying reporting code 100, visited various branch lines in and around Edinburgh and the Lothians including North Leith, Haddington and Penicuik. The tour had been jointly organised by the SLS/BLS with the objective of raising funds towards securing and preserving an example of the J36 class. The figure standing to the right of the locomotive is the late Bob Mitchell, Traction Inspector. [This image has been rerun with additional information kindly provided by David Kerr, whose late father David G Kerr accompanied this and many other railtours in the 1960s in his role as District Operating Inspector. Ed]

North Leith: J36 no 65234 stands at North Leith shortly after arrival with a branch line railtour in August 1964.

Hilton Junction: Kingmoor Jubilee 45588 'Kashmir', at the head of a fairly lightweight southbound parcels service, seen shortly after passing Hilton Junction. 29th August 1964

Penicuik [2nd]: 65234 on a railtour at Penicuik in August 1964. See image [[23124]]. District Operating Inspector Kerr stands in the 4 foot on the right, hands behind his back, keeping an eye on the proceedings.

Perth: Standard 2-6-4T 80092 on station pilot duty at Perth on 29th August 1964.

Perth: The 6pm Dundee to Glasgow service meets the opposite direction’s 5pm from Glasgow Buchanan St at Perth on 29th August 1964. The locos are Black 5 45293 and Standard Caprotti 5 73150.

Penicuik [2nd]: Holmes J36 0-6-0 no 65234 with a railtour at Penicuik terminus in 1964. The Penicuik branch had closed to passengers in 1951 but freight traffic generated by the paper mills along the Esk kept the line open until 1967, the same year the J36 was finally withdrawn from St Margarets.

Edinburgh Princes Street: Black 5 44952 stands at the buffer stops at platform 2 of Edinburgh's Princes Street station in the summer of 1964 having brought in the stock for the 2.5pm Manchester service.

Edinburgh Waverley: J36 no 65234 stands at the old platform 10 at Waverley with a railtour visiting local branch lines in Edinburgh and the Lothians on 29 August 1964.

Haddington: J36 no 65234 stands at Haddington with a branch line railtour on 29 August 1964.

Forgandenny: Pan shot of Standard Caprotti 5MT 4-6-0 73148, hurrying along near Forgandenny, on the 3.15pm Glasgow - Dundee on 29th August 1964.

Haddington: The SLS/BLS Railtour at Haddington on 29 August 1964. The tour, which ran from Waverley, was headed by J36 no 65234 throughout hauling ex-Talisman stock. See image [[2203]]

Portadown [3rd]: No 56 calls at Portadown station on 29 August 1965 with the 8.55am Belfast Great Victoria Street - Dublin service.

Belfast Great Victoria Street: No 56 prepares to leave Belfast, Great Victoria Street, in August 1965 with the 8.55am to Dublin.

Symington [2nd]: Jubilee 4-6-0 no 45578 United Provinces about to take a train south through Symington in August 1965.

Elderslie Fly Under: Crab 2-6-0 No 42861 is using the 'fly under' at Elderslie No.2 on 29 August 1965, in order to gain access to the Lochwinnoch Loop without hindering traffic on the main line between Elderslie and Johnstone High. This was also quite a regular manoeuvre for trains going to Kilmacolm.

Portadown [3rd]: No 56 takes water at Portadown in August 1965 with the 8.55am Belfast (Great Victoria Street) - Dublin train.

Summerau: Kriegloks 52 1098 (with conventional chimney) and 52 3816 (with Giesl ejector) plod uphill not far from their destination at Summerau on a heavy mixed freight which will eventually proceed into Czechoslovakia behind CSD diesel power. The photograph, taken on 29 August 1974, is thought to show the late running 11.17 departure from Linz.

Gmuend: The Czechoslovakian State Railways heavy freight locomotive of class 556.0 was a handsome machine, but slightly spoilt in my view by a front-heavy look thanks to the chimney being set in front of the cylinders. On 29 August 1974 556.0506 has just brought a transfer freight from Caske Velenice into Gmuend and is waiting to take over the return working.

Forres East Junction: 27008 departing from Forres with an eastbound train during the late morning of Friday 29 August 1980.

Farington Junction: A location that has hardly changed since the 1972 WCML electrification, but which made the national headlines in December 2011 when a large fire on the business park seen here closed the line completely for several hours [[36954]]. In August 1980 40030 (formerly Scythia) snakes across from the Down Slow to take a northbound freight onto the East Lancashire line to Blackburn, from where it will probably head for the S&C via Hellifield. 40030 lasted in service until withdrawn from Longsight in April 1983 being cut up one year later at Crewe Works.

Forsinard: A signalman climbs the steps of the south box at Forsinard in August 1985. Could it possibly be...??? See image [[16559]]

Penadlake Viaduct: 50043 working the 1030 Penzance to Edinburgh and Glasgow service has the power on for the clime up the Fowey Valley crossing Penadlake Viaduct. Tree growth has meant this view is well gone now. Beware of the bull who used to live here, but was not around on this day.

Carstairs: The old platform buildings at Carstairs in 1997 - looking back along the Up platform towards Glasgow.

Carstairs: The 08.02 service to Garscadden formed by 303 023 stands at Carstairs in August 1997.

Carstairs: The doomed, crumbling building at Carstairs with its odd gull-wing canopies, seen looking along the WCML towards Glasgow on 29 Aug 1997.

Carstairs: Looking along the platform at Carstairs towards Carlisle in August 1997.  The odd-looking post in the foreground once held an early, monochrome departures monitor.  The screens were removed when the line from Edinburgh was electrified in 1991.  With diesel-hauled trains no longer needing to call here to link up to an electric for the journey south (and vice-versa) the number of services calling here was greatly reduced.  Even now (2010) electronic information is not deemed necessary here.

Carstairs: The Down platform at Carstairs looking north in August 1997. The by-then oversized building was rather run down and was demolished 2 years later; it was presumably deemed too expensive to repair and maintain. The much more modest building which replaced it seems perfectly adequate.

Carstairs: The seemingly multi-level station that was Carstairs in August 1997

Carstairs: This study at Carstairs in August 1997 perhaps shows why demolition and a new start was the only realistic option. The extensive buildings were shortly to be replaced by a functional ticket office and all that remains from fomer times is the ironwork of this footbridge, with modern steps down to the platform. See image [[25404]]

Carstairs: Scene at the old Carstairs in August 1997 with the daily SPT service to Garscadden waiting in the down platform of the doomed station building.

Woodmill Viaduct: Coal empties from Longannet approaching Dunfermline Town off Woodmill Viaduct in the summer of 2002. The train is heading for Halbeath sidings, where EWS 66228 will run round before heading back to Hunterston via the Forth Bridge.

Dunfermline Town: A quiet afternoon at Dunfermline in August 1982, as an Edinburgh bound train arrives at platform 1.

Carlisle Upperby Holding Sidings: A Virgin Voyager heads south past a very quiet Upperby in August 2003, shortly after calling at Carlisle.

Summerlee Heritage Centre: NCB no 9, (Hudswell Clarke 895/1909) which spent its latter years at Bedlay Colliery, in the yard at Summerlee Heritage Centre in August 2006. Sunnyside station is just beyond the roadbridge in the background.

Coatbridge Central: EWS 66073 brings northbound coal empties over the A89 and the Monkland Canal basin on the approach to Coatbridge Central in August 2006. Note the sign for Summerlee Heritage Museum on the right.

Coatbridge Central: A Cumbernauld - Motherwell service, photographed shortly after leaving Coatbridge Central in August 2006 and crossing the plate girder bridge over the Monkland Canal basin.

Summerlee Heritage Centre: Preserved Blue Train exhibit, former unit 311103, photographed at Summerlee in August 2006. By this time DTS vehicle 977846 had been removed from the formation and scrapped, with the two remaining cars relocated here at the rear of the yard alongside the Whifflet line. See image [[53397]]

Summerlee Heritage Centre: Lanarkshire Tramways Co No. 53 at Summerlee in August 2006 - showing Larkhall on the destination panel.

Summerlee Heritage Centre: Photograph taken in the grounds of Summerlee Heritage Centre in 2006, looking north over the surviving section of the Gartsherrie Cut of the Monkland Canal. The abutment of the bridge that once carried the link from the M&K into the works, crossing over the original route of the canal, is on the far right. Coatbridge Sunnyside station lies beyond the trees in front of the Lamberton building in the left background.

Summerlee Heritage Centre: Scene at Summerlee Heritage Museum in August 2006 looking south east from the roadway alongside the main exhibition hall. On the left is the truncated southern end of the Gartsherrie Cut of the Monklands Canal, with a picnic area now occupying the area to the right. In the background is the fenced off north eastern abutment of the bridge that once brought the link from the M&K route over the canal and into the sidings at the south end of Summerlee Ironworks off to the right.

Summerlee Heritage Centre: Still takes your breath away... Beyer-Garratt 4112 of South African Railways stands at Summerlee Museum in August 2006, having been brought back to within a few miles of its birthplace at the North British Hyde Park Works, The locomotive has undergone refurbishment work since its arrival here see image [[3912]].

Summerlee Heritage Centre: Looking back towards the entrance to Summerlee Industrial Heritage Museum in the summer of 2006. A Marshall - Fleming steam crane stands alongside ex-Graz Tramways no 225, in use at that time on the museum's internal passenger service.

Parkhead North: Looking underneath the disused bridge at Duke Street, Glasgow ... is it me or does picture have movement??

Parkhead North: The disused railway bridge over Duke Street across from the Forge Shopping Centre.

Parkhead North: Inscription on the disused railway brigde over Duke Street.

Parkhead North: Between the Bridges ... old and new.

Parkhead Junction [NB]: Remains of overbridge to path below at Parkhead looking toward Haghill.

Parkhead Junction [NB]: Underneath the Parkhead branch line of the City of Glasgow Union Railway.

Parkhead Junction [NB]: British Rail Subsiduary marking on bridge... BRB site quote Glasgow: Former Haghill Branch from Todd Street to Cumbernauld Road G-HHB-577-1A.

Parkhead Junction [CR]: Looking up to Switchback Line...notice the plyon and flats in background.

Parkhead Stadium: The remains of an overbridge near to the Parkhead Bus Garage.

Parkhead Stadium: Little remains of this overbridge between Parkhead South and Tollcross.

Parkhead Stadium: Infill of this overbridge between Parkhead South and Tollcross at Ogilvie Street

Parkhead Stadium: Notice the old fencing of this line in Ogilvie Street which ran adjacent to the bus garage

Parkhead Stadium: The trackbed outline still exists.. Complete with path. This area has bad drainage and is well used by pigeon breeders

Parkhead Stadium: Notice the remains of the old Ballast...

Summerlee Heritage Centre: Gibb & Hogg 0-4-0ST no 16 of 1898 in the yard at Summerlee Heritage Museum, Coatbridge, in August 2006. Based at the Victoria Engine Works in nearby Airdrie, the firm of founders and engineers closed in 1912. No 16 is the last surviving example of the locomotives built there and ended its operational life at Cardowan Colliery, Stepps, in 1967. On retirement it spent some time on display in Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline, before being moved to Summerlee. It is now on display within the main hall of the Heritage Centre see image [[21128]].

Parkhead Stadium: Nothing remains of Parkhead Stadium Station!! maybe time-team will un-earth its secrets

Parkhead Junction [CR]: If you look across the right of the picture you will find the route taken by the switchback line in years gone by... a head for heights was not optional. This must have been an impressive sight!!!

Bellgrove Junction: The Dropper has come loose from the Contact Wire. This was noticed just East of Duke Street

Parkhead North: Looking west towards the disused bridge over Duke street

Summerlee Heritage Centre: Restored ex-Graz Tramways 225 of 1949 in use on the internal passenger service within the grounds of Summerlee Heritage Museum, Coatbridge in August 2006, alongside the main entrance.

Rogart: A train on the Far North Line between Rogart and Lairg in the summer of 2007. [Ref query 938]

The Mound: A southbound 158 with the afternoon service from the far north turns inland after skirting the shore of Loch Fleet on 29 August 2007. The train is approaching the former junction for Dornoch at The Mound (closed 1960).

Brora: The former station building at Brora with a definite left to rot look about it in August 2007. The circular stone inserts above the windows read HR and 1895 respectively.

Brora: The old goods shed alongside the down platform at Brora, still standing on 29 August 2007 see image [[27937]].

Brora: The road approach to Brora station, seen looking north on 29 August 2007. The surviving goods shed stands in the background.

Johnstone: 66008 passing through Johnstone with a coal service from Hunterston to Longannet

Maryhill: Maryhill Map of 1914 showing Maryhill, Dawsholm, Kirklee and Kelvinside Stations. Also showing are the former Maryhill Military Barracks.

Cowlairs: Cowlairs Map of 1914 showing NBR Cowlairs Works, CR Hyde Park Works and Atlas Works.

Botanic Gardens: Botanic Gardens. Map of 1914 showing Botanic Gardens and Kelvinbridge Stations.

Paisley West: Looking West to Elderslie from the location of the signal box at Paisley West, showing the remains of the up platform.

Paisley West: Looking West to Elderslie from the location of the signal box at Paisley West with the line curving away to the right. This was also the approximate location of Corsebar Junction where the line went to Barrhead, off to the left.

Paisley West: Looking East to Paisley Canal Street from the location of the signal box at Paisley West, the line curving away to the right.

Paisley Gilmour Street: 37248 at the rear of the Royal Scotsman as it heads for Wemyss Bay while passing through Paisley Gilmour Street

Paisley Gilmour Street: 47787 passing through Paisley Gilmour Street at the head of the Royal Scotsman as it heads for Wemyss Bay

Caton: Caton closed in 1961, six years before the line from Lancaster to Wennington. The station itself has been heavily modified as a private residence and the goods shed has been converted and is now Caton Catholic Church. Viewed from the site of the level crossing in August 2008, the old railway door on the side of the building is still visible and the trackbed cycle path runs across the front.

Errol: A one off. Old footbridge between the platforms at Errol (closed 1985) - only the metal framework survives.

Errol: The Eastbound platform at Errol in August 2008. The 1847 station house is now in use as an excellent cafe. Not open Monday & Tuesday.

Kinneil: The drivers are definitely getting younger! 37025 halts at Kinneil Halt (request stop) on 29 August 2009 during the SRPS diesel weekend.

Farington Junction: A southbound Pendolino catches the morning sun as it speeds by the extensive truck factory site on the west side of the WCML south of Farington Junction on 29 August 2009.

Burntisland: A 156 in Fife? It can only be a Sunday, when the stock is released from the Shotts line. 156 465 pulls into Burntisland station on 29 August, drowning out the competing bells of the Kirk and the Free Kirk. The Hill Street roadbridge is on quite a steep gradient for a bridge, creating a bit of an optical illusion: an impression of a skew which, on a closer look, isn't there.

Wemyss Bay: An aerial view of Wemyss Bay station on 29 August 2011, with M.V. Bute at the pier.

Craigendoran: Craigendoran pier, stations and junction. The pier and main station are on the 1882 deviation from the original route which ran parallel to the main road and has now largely disappeared (one bridge remains in a garden).

Helensburgh Central: An aerial view west over Helensburgh Central station in the summer of 2011. The area to the right of the station once contained the carriage sidings, goods yard and engine shed see image [[22362]]. There was a siding to the left for the gasworks.

Gourock: Alterations to Gourock station seen in an aerial view on 29 August 2011. The trainshed canopy has been cut back to the circulating area and the remaining section re-glazed. A new station building has been built by the trainshed.

Greenfoot: DRS 66424 heads a train of flats towards Grangemouth, just north of Greenfoot on 29 August 2011.

Motherwell MPD: A trio of 4-car 'postal' units, led by 325006, passing the disused Motherwell TRSMD on 29 August 2011. The vacant depot has recently been purchased by DRS.

Ramsgreave and Wilpshire: A pair of 153s heading north from Daisyfield Junction, Blackburn, just about to reach the summit close to Ramsgreave & Wilpshire station on 29 August 2012.

Farington: A Pair of WCRC Class 33s heading south on the WCML passed Farington on a dull and overcast 29 August 2012 with a single coach on a Carnforth to Southall working.

Ramsgreave and Wilpshire: A Clitheroe to Manchester Victoria service restarts from Ramsgreave & Wilpshire on 29 August 2012. The train is climbing Wilpshire bank, something it has been doing for over 4 miles since crossing Whalley viaduct.

Carlisle: 61994 The Great Marquess with 'The Fellsman' charter not long after arrival from Lancaster (via the S&C) at Carlisle's No. 3 platform on 29 August 2012.

Carlisle: Scene at Carlisle platform 3 on a cloudy but bright Wednesday 29th August 2012. The Great Marquess has not long arrived with The Fellsman charter from Lancaster.

Carlisle: On a fine afternoon during an otherwise dismal summer, The Great Marquess departs southwards from Carlisle with the last 'Fellsman' of the 2012 season.

Irvine: Welcome to Irvine - see adjacent news item.

Ramsgreave and Wilpshire: A 153/156 combination heading south to Manchester Victoria on 29 August 2012, having passed the site of the old Wilpshire station and now approaching the present day Ramsgreave & Wilpshire.

Carlisle: The Great Marquess propels the stock of 'The Fellsman' under Victoria Viaduct and into the stabling sidings on the west side of Carlisle station on a sunny 29 August 2012. After completing this manoeuvre the locomotive will run to Upperby for servicing and turning.

Carlisle: Front end in close-up. 61994 waits for a path to draw The Fellsman stock out of the sidings on the west side of Carlisle on 29 August 2012. The coaches will then be propelled back into platform No. 3 which seems, more often than not, to deal with both the arrival and departure of this working.

Sandown: A Ryde to Shanklin service approaching Sandown station on 29th August 2013.

Ryde Esplanade: A Class 483 vintage two car EMU, or 1938 stock tube train, forms an Isle of Wight Railways service approaching the tight curve at Ryde Esplanade on its way to the Pier on 29th August 2013.

Ryde Pier Head: Class 483 EMU, of 1938 vintage, departs Ryde Pier approaching Ryde Esplanade heading for Shanklin on 29th August 2013.

Sandown: Isle of Wight Railway EMU services pass in the loop at Sandown on 29th August 2013.

Shanklin: The Grade II listed station buildings at Shanklin opened in 1864. From 1966 to the present day this has been the terminus of the line from Ryde Pier. 29th August 2013.

Sandown: Sandown station buildings opened in 1864 and were extended in the 1870s. This was once a junction station serving trains from Newport and Cowes. 29th August 2013.

Shanklin: Shanklin station, with an ex-London Underground 1938 stock unit awaiting departure time for the 8 mile journey to Ryde Pier Head, on 29th August 2018.

Paddington: The motif now adorning the headrest of the new style first class leather seating being rolled out across the First Great Western HST fleet.

Euston: London Midland EMU 350267 about to leave platform 18 at Euston on 29 August 2014. The heavily loaded twelve coach train, running slightly late, is the 18.13 service to Birmingham New Street via Northampton.

Westbury: Colas Rail 70805 and 70809 stabled at Westbury during the late morning of 29 August 2014. Photographed looking west from the station platform.

Swindon: DBS 66129 performing a push-pull operation alongside Swindon platform 1 on 29 August in order to extract empty steel wagons from the nearby Hawksworth steel terminal, seen in the distance, for transfer to the yard beyond the east end of the station.

Swindon: First Great Western single unit 153372 stands in platform 2 at Swindon on 29 August after arrival with the 11.47 ex Westbury. This train is routed via the single track section between Trowbridge and Chippenham to serve Melksham, where a good number of local and longer distance travellers make use of the service.

St Pancras: The decorative and emblazoned screen over the entrance to the steps leading up from Pancras Road in August 2014. St Pancras station and hotel stand in the background.

Wakefield Westgate: In a change from the small ribbed paving flag normally added to the rear of the platform coping flags, lines of yellow plastic studs, glued to the tarmac, have been used at Wakefield Westgate. Early morning view along the platform on 29 August 2014.

Swindon: South West Trains 158886, which started life in the north as 158779, is currently on hire to First Great Western. The unit lays over in platform 2 at Swindon on 29 August before returning to Cheltenham Spa with the 15.38 shuttle. On the left DB 66129 is being uncoupled from the nearest rake of empty steel wagons, brought out of the Hawksworth steel terminal, before propelling the far rake further east to clear points.

Swindon: 66129 manoeuvering a rake of mixed BYA & continental steel wagons opposite platform 1 at Swindon station on 29 August 2014. See image [[48596]]

Westbury: View over Westbury Yard during the late morning of 29 August 2014. Present from left to right are a DB class 66 on a rake of lifting roof car carrier wagons, GBRF 66752 The Hoosier State with an infrastructure train, a DB class 08 shunter, a Freightliner class 66, and Colas Railfreight 70809. 66752 later ran through Swindon Station eastbound en route to Croft Quarry

Bo'ness: The Swindon Class 126, Britain's only surviving first-generation inter-city DMU, photographed on 29 August 2015 at SRPS Bo'ness.

Loughborough Central: Seen from a departing southbound service on 29 August 2015, a Metro-Cammell DMU slows for the Loughborough Central stop with a service from Rothley. The widening of the tracks for the stations' island platforms is a distinctive feature of the Great Central Railway.

Bo'ness: Interior of Bo'ness signal box on 29 August 2015, with an Austerity 0-6-0 tank passing.

Loughborough Central: A little bit of Before and After on display at the Great Central Railway. Nicely restored to BR Green livery, Class 08 D3690 stands next to classmate 08694, which is in a more as received condition of faded EWS maroon and gold. Seen from a train departing from Loughborough Central for Leicester North.

Barons Court: Refurbished LUL 1973 stock on a Piccadilly Line short working to Northfields, departing from Barons Court station on 29th August 2015. This is an interchange with the District Line; the line here was opened by the Metropolitan District Railway in 1874 but Barons Court station did not open until 15th December 1906, concurrently with the opening of the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway from Finsbury Park to Hammersmith, now part of the much-extended Piccadilly Line.

Caledonian Road: Refurbished LUL 1973 stock train on a Piccadilly Line service to Cockfosters at Caledonian Road station, north London, on 29th August 2015. This is one of the original GNPBR stations of 1906; for many years the large tiled wall sign was covered up by advertising hoarding which has now, thankfully, been removed to reveal the sign again.

Quorn and Woodhouse: BRC&W Type 2 stabled in a siding alongside the running line at Quorn and Woodhouse station on the Great Central Railway. The rather anonymous 26007 was in fact the class prototype, formerly numbered D5300. The loco is normally based at Barrow Hill but was at the GCR for the autumn diesel gala.

Earl's Court [GNPBR]: Refurbished LUL 1973 stock on a Piccadilly Line service to Heathrow Terminal 4 and Terminals 1,2,3 departing from Earl's Court station on 29th August 2015. Curiously, 'Earl's' is spelled with an apostrophe but the next station the train will call at, Barons Court, is not.

Quorn and Woodhouse: Looking back to the nicely restored island platform buildings at Quorn and Woodhouse, from a GCR service departing for Leicester North.

Leicester North: Loco hauled trains to Leicester North stop well down the platform to allow run round. Black 5 45305 draws to a halt with a train from Loughborough on 29th August 2015. The bricked up entrance to the old Belgrave and Birstall station, which Leicester North replaced, is visible on the bridge behind the train.

Westonzoyland: The WZLR is a functioning freight railway - it delivers timber from the gates of the museum to the wood store. Here is the proof. Revenue earning? Well, not exactly... notice the use of threaded steel pipes to make the exhaust system. see image [[56461]]

Wensley: The closed station at Wensley.

Hawes: 67345 on static display at the former Hawes station.

Westonzoyland: Definitely smaller than the average Quarry Hunslet. see image [[56461]]

Forres East Junction: The signalman at Forres with the beginnings of the new station's works beyond.

Barton and Broughton: An Edinburgh to Euston Pendolino heads towards Preston near Barton and Broughton on 29th August 2016. The signal on the left controls access to the Down Loop, which can just be seen under the bridge that carries a local water main. This stretch of the WCML had four tracks until around the time of electrification in the early 1970s. [Ref query 3350]

Slateford Viaduct: 46100 'Royal Scot' crosses Slateford Viaduct with an SRPS excursion from Edinburgh to Carlisle and return, on 29 August.

Slateford Viaduct: 46100 'Royal Scot' crosses Slateford Viaduct with an SRPS excursion from Edinburgh to Carlisle and return, on 29 August.

Dalmellington Iron Works: A photo of the head of a coal hammer/pick with the inscriptions DICo and 21, given to me by an engineman at Waterside many years ago. Per David L Smith's book, could have been provided to Grant Ritchie no.21, or unrelated ...

Westonzoyland: Another interesting little locomotive see image [[57229]] - this is a Lister Auto Truck. Despite appearances, the driver has not been skewered by the Stop sign.

Barton and Broughton: Freightliner 70005 and the Coatbridge to Daventry containers head south at Barton & Broughton on the August Bank Holiday, 2016. This image taken from the bridge that carries the Guild Wheel over the WCML. The Guild Wheel is a 21 mile circular cycle route around the City of Preston including alongside the Ribble Steam Railway. Its other WCML crossing is under the Ribble Viaduct immediately south of Preston Station.

Westonzoyland: Gentlemen, start your engine. I'm not sure whether the painters were thinking of traffic lights or a Lego set, but the Simplex loco' is certainly colourful.

Sheffield Modeller Association: A visit to the Sheffield model engineers on their open day. I've never been to an event like that before. One of the benefits of a grandson!

Forres: A view of the re-sited Forres station nearing completion taken from the new overbridge built to replace the Waterford Road level crossing on the east side of the station. View taken during an organised visit to the site.

Forres West Junction: View west from the recently constructed overbridge at the new Forres station showing the extended loop serving the new station and existing alignment curving off to the left. Due to be connected up properly in mid October 2017. Photograph taken during an organised visit.

Summerston: The 0939 Anniesland service departs from the very well tended Summerston station at the end of August 2017. A fine selection of plants adorns the platforms.

Kemble: The attractive glazed window at Kemble station.

Lancaster: The last Fellsman of the 2017 season was entrusted to 8F 2-8-0 48151, seen here making a very spirited climb of the bank out of Lancaster on 29th August 2017. The final league table of this shortened programme is: 48151 - 2 appearances, 45690 - 2 and 46115 - 1. The Fellsman didn't run in 2016 due to the S&C closure. See image [[52375]] for the 2015 league table.

Dunblane: The 13.04 from Edinburgh, arrival 14.08, leaves the loop platform at Dunblane to gain the crossover and return to form the 14.29 back to the capital.

Kemble: Kemble, showing the attractive garden and the glazed window.

London King's Cross: King's Cross on 29th August; my hotel was on York Way, with a great view of the Station.

Falkirk High: The 'Antnine' artwork and a Class 380 eye each other up at Falkirk High on 29th August 2018.

Darlington [Bank Top]: An LNER HST departs Darlington on 29 August 2019 whilst working the 0952 hrs Aberdeen to Kings Cross service. The departure from Darlington was around four and a half hours into the 7 hour journey.

Morecambe: 142024, Morecambe to Leeds service, awaits departure on 29th August 2019.

Grain: View west to the site of Grain station from BP 'B' Gate Level Crossing, Isle of Grain.

Langloan Junction: Langloan Jct looking towards Whifflet.

Rome Street Junction: Plate on a bridge in the Caldew area of Carlisle, looking towards Rome Street on 29th August 2019. There was still track under the bridge but it didn’t look well used.

Lancaster: 142011, service to Heysham Port, awaits its departure alongside 156482 at Lancaster on 29th August 2019.

Blaenau Ffestiniog: Blaenau Ffestiniog station. View through the canopy supports with the TFW standard gauge lines on the far right by the higher platform and the narrow gauge lines either side the lower platform. Photo taken prior to a trip on the steam railway 29th August 2019.

York: 43296 is the rear power car on a southbound HST as it arrives at York on 29 August 2019.

York: Passing some classic traction, LNER Azuma 800105 departs south from York on 29 August 2019 on another 'test' run.

Barton and Broughton: 397008, on test between Carlisle and Longsight, approaches the Lightfoot Lane bridge in the northern suburbs of Preston on 29th August 2019.

York: 35018 'British India Line' arrives in York station with the outward leg of The Scarborough Express on 29 August 2019.The loco had taken over from 37706 & 37669 in Holgate sidings to the south of the station.

Darlington [Bank Top]: The 1411 hrs departure from Bishop Auckland to Saltburn arrives at Darlington on 29 August 2019. During my short time waiting for my train to Manchester, I was unable to explain the sign on the platform restricting access to the north end of platform 1 as everything looks in perfect order.

Langloan: Colas Rail 56078 passing the site of the former station at Langloan with a Prestwick to Grangemouth empty tank movement. Langloan station closed in 1964. View is looking West towards Kirkwood station which effectivly replaced Langloan when the line was reopened to passenger traffic in 1993. Kirkwood station is visible above the rear of the train.

Langloan Junction: 320418, passing Langloan Junction with a Motherwell to Dalmuir service on 29th August 2019.

Didcot Parkway: A new sign on the Didcot platforms in August 2020.

Didcot Railway Centre: No1, 'Bonnie Prince Charlie', a 1949 RSH 0-4-0ST, was only twenty years old when it arrived at GWS Didcot after working on coal wharves on the south coast, but of course is now over seventy.

Didcot: Real Time Trains informed me there would be little or no freight through Didcot on Saturday 29th August 2020. As it turned out there was a fair amount and, amongst others, I managed to catch DB Schencker 66092 westbound, in for a crew change.

Brock: Black 5 45231, standing in for 46100 'Royal Scot', takes the outbound 'Lakelander' from Crewe to Carlisle alongside the Lancaster Canal between Brock and Garstang on 29th August 2020.

Didcot Railway Centre: GWR Collett King 4-6-0 6023 'King Edward II', and Churchward 2-6-0 5322, in the yard at Didcot on 29th August 2020. The unique arrangement of the King front bogie is clearly shown in this close up.

Port of Leith [Tram]: Looking north along Constitution Street towards the docks. The Edinburgh & Dalkeith Railway's Leith Station was at the far end of the wall on the right.

Brock: DRS 88005 heads a Daventry to Mossend container train at Brock on 29 August 2020.

Hampstead Heath: Hampstead Heath, looking east on 29th August 2020. This original Hampstead Junction Railway station opened with the line on 2nd January 1860. In 1953 it was rebuilt by the London Midland Region in rather doleful reinforced concrete and in 1963, when part of the Broad Street to Richmond line, was listed for closure in the Beeching Report. Protests came thick and fast and it was reprieved in 1966. Thirty years later, the line was converted from third rail to OLE and the 1953 buildings were replaced by these waiting areas with traditional style canopies, the only station on the line to have been so treated. Then in November 2007, after the depressing Silverlink era, the entire line was handed over to Transport for London and rechristened London Overground.

Didcot Railway Centre: Churchward GWR locos in the yard at Didcot on 29th August 2020. Saint 4-6-0 2999 'Lady of Legend' stands alongside 43xx 2-6-0 5322.

Port of Leith [Tram]: Looking north along Constitution Street towards the Bernard Street/Baltic Street junction which the Newhaven tramline will cross.

Brock: Black 5 45231 is seen on the Brock straight working Saphos Trains 'The Lakelander' tour on 29 August 2020. The tour had started diesel hauled at Dorridge with 45231 taking over at Crewe for the run to Carlisle via Shap.

Didcot Railway Centre: 'New build' GWR Saint 4-6-0, 2999 'Lady of Legend', was one of two locos starring at Didcot on the August Bank Holiday weekend, the other being King Class 6023. 2999 comes off the turntable.

Didcot Railway Centre: GWR 'Saint' 4-6-0 2999 'Lady of Legend' on a GWS passenger train in the Railway Centre station on 29th August 2020.

Brock: DRS 88008 passing Brock with the 4M27 Mossend to Daventry container service on 29 August 2020.

Brock: Tranquil scene on the Lancaster Canal, between Garstang and Brock, as West Coast Brush 4s 47804 and 47802 run alongside taking a rake of ECS south from Carnforth to Bristol on 29th August 2020. These coaches were to be used on a steam special the following day.

Didcot Parkway: DB Schencker 66175 'Rail Riders Express' is something of a celebrity locomotive, followed by members of the club as it travels around the country. It is seen here parked up in Didcot station sidings on 29th August 2020.

Didcot Railway Centre: GWR Collett King 4-6-0 6023 'King Edward II' is coming to the end of its current boiler certificate and was the star of the 2020 August Bank Holiday weekend event at Didcot.

Brock: WCRC 47804 and 47802 are seen at Brock on 29 August 2020 with an ecs move from Carnforth to Bristol in readiness for a railtour in the south-west the following day.

Haytor Quarries: Acting as 'Pointsman' during a walk on the granite Haytor Tramway on Dartmoor.

Southend Pier [Shore]: One of the new, 2021 delivered, Pier Railway trains, unfortunately not in service on this day, on left and 1986 train, 'Sir William Heygate' that provided the service on this day, seen here at Shore station looking towards Pier Head, on Bank Holiday Monday, 29th August 2022. The 1986 trains had been withdrawn from service but 'Sir William Heygate' was brought back when it was found that the new trains needed modifications.

Southend Pier [Shore]: One of the new Southend Pier Railway trains, delivered in 2021, at Shore station but unfortunately 'Not in Service', on the afternoon of Bank Holiday Monday, 29th August 2022. Southend is not a million miles from London but, having gone there specifically to ride one of the new trains, it was a big disappointment to have to make the journey in the surviving 1986 train, 'Sir William Heygate' instead. The new trains, however, are more akin to the old 1949 electric trains in their green and cream livery and which ran on the line until it closed in 1978 (reopened in 1986) and which I rode on many times during happy family day trips to Southend from the late 1950s onwards.

Southend-on-Sea [Lower]: View towards the Thames Estuary from the descending car on the Southend Cliff Railway, a.k.a. Southend Cliff Lift, on the afternoon of Bank Holiday Monday, 29th August 2022.

Southend-on-Sea [Upper]: Exterior of the attractive upper station of the Southend Cliff Railway, Essex, opposite Clifton Terrace, on the afternoon of Bank Holiday Monday, 29th August 2022. This funicular runs on the site of a pioneering moving walkway, a forerunner of today's escalators, constructed in 1901 by an American engineer named Jesse W. Reno. This soon proved noisy and unreliable and the current lift was constructed in 1912 by Waygood & Company which, two years later, became part of the Otis Elevator Company. It was modernised in 1930, 1959 and 1990 with the car being replaced each time. It closed in 2003 for a major refurbishment but new EU regulations, that designated the lift as a cable car, required modifications and it was not until 25th May 2010 that it finally reopened, the restoration costing three million pounds with 650k spent on the car alone.

Bo'ness: The Past, in the shape of a 1959-built 'Blue Train' is passed by the possible Future, hydrogen-fuelled 614 209 as it heads for Kinneil Halt on 29 August 2022.

Southend Central: 357326, seen through zoom lens, with a C2C service from Shoeburyness to Liverpool Street (diverted from Fenchurch Street), calling at Southend Central on the afternoon of Bank Holiday Monday, 29th August 2022.

Southend Pier [Shore]: One of the old 1986 Severn Lamb trains, 'Sir William Heygate', on the Southend Pier Railway heading across the Thames Estuary from Pier Head to Shore (right to left) on the world's longest pier, on Bank Holiday Monday, 29th August 2022. Despite brand new trains having been delivered a few months earlier, none were in service on this day which was a great disappointment.

Harringay Green Lanes: 710272, London Overground from Barking to Gospel Oak (services between Barking Riverside and Barking were suspended on the Bank Holiday) arriving at Harringay Green Lanes on 29th August 2022.

Southend Pier [Pier Head]: The now withdrawn of the two 1986 3ft. gauge Southend Pier Railway trains, 'Sir John Betjeman', was broken up but this driving car is on display at Pier Head station. Another part of this train stands further back along the pier, providing a place for visitors to sit while enjoying refreshments. The other 1986 train, 'Sir William Heygate' currently remains operational and provided the service on Bank Holiday Monday, 29th August 2022.

South Tottenham: South Tottenham signal box on the Gospel Oak platform, seen from 710267 departing for Barking, on 29th August 2022. This station was also served by the former Palace Gates to North Woolwich service until its withdrawal on 7th January 1963.

Southend Pier [Pier Head]: Southend Pier Railway train 'Sir William Heygate' at Pier Head station, on 29th August 2022. This is the survivor of the two 3ft. gauge diesel trains introduced when the line reopened in 1986 after an eight year closure and was running on this day, even though I was expecting to ride in one of the new trains delivered in 2021, one of which was alas standing 'Not in Service' at Shore station after it was discovered they needed modifications.