Carlisle: 73120 comes off the 8.35am Glasgow St Enoch - London St Pancras at Carlisle on 31 August 1963.

Motherwell Shed: Steam locomotives awaiting disposal on the scrap roads at Motherwell MPD in the summer of 1963.

Whinhill: Wemyss Bay - Glasgow train approaching west end in pouring rain. Cartsburn Twin Tunnels.

Carlisle: Stanier 'Coronation' Pacific no 46225 Duchess of Gloucester awaits her departure time from Carlisle's platform 3 on Saturday 31 August 1963. The locomotive has just taken charge of the 9am Perth - Euston train.

Carstairs Shed: Looking along a line of stored steam locomotives towards Carstairs shed on the last day of August 1963. Photographed from the tender of Stanier Pacific 46232 Duchess of Montrose with sister locomotive 46231 Duchess of Atholl next in line. Both had been withdrawn from 66A Polmadie the previous December.

West Wycombe: Ex-GWR Grange class 4-6-0 no 6866 Morfa Grange heading south through West Wycombe in August 1964 with a freight off the Oxford line.

West Wycombe: Castle class 4-6-0 no 7014 Caerhays Castle heading south through West Wycombe on 31 August 1964. The Tyseley based locomotive was substituting for a failed diesel on a Birmingham Snow Hill - London Paddington service.

Pollokshaws West: A Standard Mogul runs south through Pollokshaws on 31 August 1964 at the head of the 5.38pm St Enoch - Kilmarnock stopping train.

Cairnie Junction: On a beautiful summer afternoon in 1964, an NBL Type 2 approaches Cairnie Junction from the south with an Aberdeen-Elgin service via the 'Coast' route.

Hawick [2nd]: Scene at the north end of Hawick station in August 1964 as Gateshead A3 no 60091 Captain Cuttle prepares to restart the 6.30am Carlisle - Craiginches freight. The Pacific had only 6 weeks operational life remaining at this stage, being withdrawn from 52A on 12 October. In the background, Hawick's standard class 2 2-6-0 no 78047 can be seen in the shed yard.

Carlisle: Jubilee 45580 Burma manoeuvering empty stock at Carlisle station on 31 August 1964. The Warrington Dallam (8B) based locomotive had arrived earlier that day with the 6am Warrington - Carlisle train.

Cairnie Junction: A Cravens DMU after arrival at Cairnie Junction with a service from Elgin via Craigellachie in 1964. The destination blind has already been changed for the return trip.

Auchindachy: Auchindachy, viewed in 1964 from the rear of a DMU bound for Cairnie Junction.

Pollokshaws Viaduct: Royal Scot 46160 Queen Victoria's Rifleman crossing the viaduct over the White Cart at Pollokshaws on 31 August 1964 with the 5.30pm St Enoch - Carlisle.

Pitcaple: View of Pitcaple from the front of an Aberdeen to Inverness DMU in 1964.

Insch: View of Insch from the front of an Aberdeen to Inverness DMU in 1964.

Carlisle: Royal Scot 4-6-0 46128 The Lovat Scouts stands in the west sidings alongside Carlisle platform 1 on a bright and sunny 31 August 1964 with the 10.30am Perth parcels.

Keith Junction [Station]: Keith Junction station, seen in 1964 from a DMU arriving from the Craigellachie line.

Kennethmont: View of Kennethmont from the front of an Aberdeen to Inverness DMU in 1964.

Gartly: View of Gartly from the front of an Aberdeen to Inverness DMU in 1964.

Hawick [2nd]: A3 Pacific no 60091 Captain Cuttle at Hawick on 31 August 1964. The train is the 6.30am Carlisle - Craiginches express freight.

Cairnie Junction: An Elgin-Aberdeen train via the coast route, arriving at Cairnie Junction in 1964, behind an NBL Type 2. The train is about to cross to the main southbound line, where it will then reverse back into the station. This strange-looking procedure was perhaps a relic from earlier days, when trains via the 'Coast' route usually joined forces with trains from the 'Glen' route, the stock of the latter being left sitting in the platform waiting for the �Coast� portion to reverse on to it before the combined train carried on towards Aberdeen. A curiosity of the track layout at Cairnie was that there did not seem to be a crossover at the far end of the station that would have enabled the Type 2 to enter the station on the main platform line, so the reversal procedure was still having to be used even though there was no train to join up with!

Cairnie Junction: On the face of it, a quiet summer afternoon at Cairnie Junction in 1964. Not so, however. The Cravens DMU arrived a few minutes earlier from Elgin via the 'Glen' route (see [[82826]]) and has moved into the siding pending the imminent arrival of loco-hauled northbound and southbound 'Coast' route services. The first to come in, arriving at the left-hand side of the island platform, will be a train from Aberdeen with an NBL Type 2(see [[82781]]). The southbound train, also with an NBL Type 2, will come through the centre right-hand track before reversing back to the right-hand side of the platform to allow passengers to board or alight (see [[82919]]). A quirk of the track layout at Cairnie was that there seems not to have been direct access to the platform for trains arriving on the track being used by the Type 2. This may have been a legacy from earlier days, when Coast and Glen trains joined forces at Cairnie. The Coast train was perhaps always expected to reverse on to a Glen portion before the combined train went on towards Aberdeen. Going back now to the afternoon of the photograph, the final act in the intensive burst of activity will take place after both Type 2s have gone and will be the movement of the DMU out on to the southbound main line then back to the left-hand side of the platform, before it heads off along the 'Glen' route. This last departure will take place a mere sixteen minutes after the original arrival of the DMU, to conclude a very smartly-run piece of railway operation!

Pollokshaws West Goods: A very clean BR Standard 4MT tank, 80058, passing the yards at Pollokshaws West on 31 August 1964 with the 5.33pm St Enoch - East Kilbride.

Grange: View of Grange station in 1964, taken from the front of a DMU bound for Cairnie Junction.

Cumbernauld: WD 2-8-0 no 90199 passing Cumbernauld with a freight in August 1965.

Buchanan Street: A2 Pacific no 60530 Sayajirao gets ready to take the 6.15pm train to Dundee out of Glasgow's Buchanan Street station in August 1965.

Greenfaulds: Brush type 4 no D1842 heading north with a lightly loaded Motorail service in the summer of 1965. The train is approaching Cumbernauld near the site of the station that would be opened 24 years later as Greenfaulds. [Ref Query 4151]

Cumbernauld: The up Granite City photographed near Cumbernauld in the late summer of 1965. On this occasion Perth Black 5 no 45473 is standing in for a failed diesel locomotive.

Larbert: 60024 Kingfisher about to restart the 1.30pm Aberdeen - Glasgow Buchanan Street from Larbert in the summer of 1965.

Buchanan Street: At the end of August 1965, less than two months before its withdrawal, B1 no 61244 'Strang Steel' gets ready to leave Glasgow's Buchanan Street station with the 5.36pm train for Dunblane.

Buchanan Street: Scene at Buchanan Street in August 1965 with A4 Pacific no 60026 Miles Beevor about to reverse back from the buffer stops and head for St Rollox shed having brought in the 7.10am from Aberdeen.

Buchanan Street: B1 4-6-0 no 61244 'Strang Steel' prepares to leave Glasgow Buchanan Street station with the 5.36pm train for Dunblane on the last day of August 1965.

Stirling: A2 Pacific 60530 Sayajirao taking on water at the north end of Stirling station on 31 August 1965 after arriving with the 6.15pm Buchanan Street - Dundee.

Liverpool Street: All three of the regular diesel types for passenger haulage out of Liverpool Street in the 1970s are caught together on August 31st 1977. Centre stage is 47156.

Edinburgh Waverley: 40013 takes a southbound ECML service away from the east end of Waverley in August 1981.

Edinburgh Waverley: The prototype railbus 140001 undergoing trials on the Scottish Region, seen at Edinburgh Waverley on 31 August 1981.

Haymarket: Prototype 140001 passing through Haymarket Station on 31 August 1981 during trials. The unit is currently located on the Keith and Dufftown Railway. See image [[40453]]

Haymarket: 40135 heading towards Waverley light engine on 31 August 1981 through a distinctly run-down and neglected looking Haymarket station.

Haymarket: Deltic 55007 Pinza runs light engine through platform 3 at Haymarket on the last day of August 1981 on its way from 64B to take up ECML duties at Waverley.

Maxwelltown Goods Junction: View from a passing train, on 31st August 1985, showing the former 'Port Road' to Stranraer diverging from the GWSR main line north of Dumfries. By this time it was cut back to ICI Cargenbridge.

Byrehill Junction: The signal box at Byrehill Junction in August 1985, taken from the window of a special approaching from Dubbs Junction heading for Ayr. Signalman George Stewart is standing at the door of the box, which closed in 1986. [Ref query 6888]

Bogside: The surviving signal box at Bogside (formerly Bogside Race Course) in the summer of 1985. Photographed from a train passing the site of the station which closed in 1967. See image [[23519]].

Gartcosh Steelworks: BSC Gartcosh, seen from a passing train on 31 August 1985. A battered Ruston Hornsby diesel locomotive lies in the foreground.

Gartsherrie South Junction: Gartsherrie South Junction and the signal box with its distinct lean. The Coatbridge Freightliner Terminal is in the background. The junction has since been remodelled to give the terminal a headshunt. Taken on 31 August 1985 from a railtour from Edinburgh to Dumfries hauled by 44767 and diesel pilot 37188.

Irvine: View from a special passing Irvine signal box on 31 August 1985. The train was operating as part of an open day taking place at British Rail's Ayr depot.

Auchinleck: Looking south to Auchinleck goods, from an Ayr - Dumfries excursion hauled by 44767, on 31 August 1985. The former goods yard was in use as a permanent way depot at the time.

Ayr: 44767 at the south end of Ayr station, having arrived with a railtour from Edinburgh, on 31 August 1985.

Falkland Junction: A passing shot of Falkland Junction Signal Box on 31 August 1985. It had closed on 7 April that year as part of the Ayrshire electrification project. Taken on the occasion of a BR Ayr Open Day, with various specials laid on.

Dumfries: View from a passing train, on 31 August 1985, of the north end of Dumfries Station with the bay platform lines, since removed.

Gatehead: Approaching Gatehead level crossing and signal box on 31 August 1985 on a westbound special. See image [[24153]]

Barony Junction: Looking south from Barony Junction towards Barony Colliery with the branch and signals, seen from a passing excursion in 1985. Barony Power Station is to the right of the headgear of the colliery.

Hillhouse Quarry: View from a passing train of Hillhouse Quarry and its branch line off the Kilmarnock and Troon, on 31 August 1985. [Ref query 5336]

Holm Junction: The signal box at Holm Junction, photographed from a passing train on 31 August 1985. Ardrossan South Beach station is on the other side of the bridge carrying South Beach Road.

Sighthill Junction: Sighthill Junction signal box seen from a passing train approaching Springburn station in 1985. The box not longer stands and the junction was renamed Sighthill East Junction with the opening of the Cowlairs Chord in 1992, the second junction to have this name.

Gartcosh Junction: Gartcosh Junction and box in a view to the east. The Hayhill branch to Garnqueen North Junction curves off to the left and ahead is the route to Gartsherrie and Coatbridge. Taken on 31 August 1985 from a railtour from Edinburgh to Dumfries hauled by 44767 and diesel pilot 37188.

Tickets and labels: It was not unknown for ticket machines to run out of years, as here, but I know this was issued on 31 August 1985.  ScotRail took the opportunity during a steam special to Ayr to run it's own specials, a DMU to Ardrossan Harbour direct, ie via Byrehill and Dubbs Junctions.  £1 return was reasonable even then.

Thornhill: Thornhill, looking north from a passing train on the 31st of August, 1985.

Stevenston: View from a train passing Stevenston No.2 signal box on 31 August 1985. [Ref query 5252]

Ardrossan Harbour Junction: Approaching Ardrossan harbour. 31 August 1985.

Cardowan Signal Box: A view taken on the 31st of August 1985 from a railtour from Edinburgh to Dumfries hauled by 44767 and diesel pilot 37188. The train is eastbound at Cardowan Colliery, closed 1983. The cut back siding on the right led to the exchange sidings and the colliery was off to the right.

Ardrossan Winton Pier: Ardrossan Winton Pier station in August 1985. This once fine station was to close when the line was cut back to the new Ardrossan Harbour station in 1986.

Kirkconnel: View from an Ayr -Dumfries excursion hauled by Black Five 44767 passing Kirkconnel signal box on 31 August 1985. Little remains of the up loop.

Wemyss Bay: 303 034 stands at platform 2 of the restored Wemyss Bay station in August 1994.

Carstairs: Fit for the new millennium! Carstairs station in 2003. (See image [[52124]])

St Pancras: The grand old St Pancras station, well on its way to becoming St Pancras International in the summer of 2005. View is west along the Euston Road.

St Thiberry, Languedoc, France.: Former station building between St. Thiberry and Pezenas in the Languedoc.

Aviemore: City of Truro running round at Aviemore.

Broomhill: City of Truro running round at Broomhill.

Aviemore: City of Truro running round at Aviemore.

Aviemore: City of Truro waits with the 2.45pm to Broomhill at Aviemore.

Aviemore: City of Truro at Aviemore.

Aviemore: City of Truro at Aviemore.

Aviemore: A close look at City of Truro at Aviemore.

Aviemore: City of Truro getting ready for the off.

Aviemore: City of Truro getting ready for the off.

Aviemore: Off we go! City of Truro leaves Aviemore with the 2.45pm to Broomhill.

Aviemore: Off we go! City of Truro leaves Aviemore with the 2.45pm to Broomhill.

Kirriemuir: Paved over trackbed and grassed goods loading bank of Kirriemuir Station ... now landscaped as part of local housing path. Not much else remains. The passenger station was on the right, now the site of housing.

Kirriemuir: Loading bank at Kirriemuir ... well kept lawn.

Kirriemuir: Not much is left as you exit the station other than a single man path

Ballindarg Siding: Notice of Right of Way on the former Kirriemuir Branch.

Ballindarg Siding: Looking South under road bridge.... to the north of this nature has mostly obscured the the <BR/>old line

Ballindarg Siding: This single lined bridge remains in perfect condition... notice the smoke markings on the ceiling

Kirriemuir Junction: Looking from the Kirriemuir Branch to the Perth-Forfar route

Kirriemuir Junction: Looking from the old road bridge towards the Junction... The Kirriemuir Branch to the right

Kirriemuir Junction: Not much left of the old railway except this piece of evidence

Kirriemuir Junction: Not much left of the old railway except this piece of evidence

Kirriemuir Junction: To the left the station once stood ... The bridge ahead looking toward Forfar infilled to allow the Farmer wider machinery to cross. Little sign of the station to the left although on closer inspection you can see the brickwork.

Turfbeg Road Bridge: Bridge 200 on the old Scottish Midland Junction Railway from Kirriemuir to Forfar. This line now part of farmland.

Turfbeg Road Bridge: Bridge 200 on the old Scottish Midland Junction Railway from Kirriemuir to Forfar. Notice the old Tele-Communications post at Bridge 200.

Forfar North Junction: The Station is well gone... an industrial area covers the old station site. The Bridge has four spans. [Railscot note: this bridge has since been removed.]

Aviemore: 57601 stands at Aviemore with the Royal Scotsman.

Coatbridge Central: 107 years on and still watching....one of the Guardians of Coatbridge Central in August 2006.

Coatbridge Central: Looking west along the Monkland Canal basin at Coatbridge on a grey August afternoon in 2006. A class 90 is taking a northbound train of container flats across the bridge towards Coatbridge Central, just off picture to the right. The train is heading for Coatbridge Freightliner Terminal, a short distance to the north of the station on Gartsherrie Road.

Lairg Oil Depot: After reversing its train clear of the main line into Lairg Oil Depot an EWS class 66 awaits a change of points within the yard before positioning the tanks for unloading. Photographed in August 2007 looking south from the station.

The Mound: Road approach to the disused station at The Mound (closed 1960) from the south in the summer of 2007. Trains on the Far North line still run past platform remains to the right, while trains on the former Dornoch Light Railway, having crossed Loch Fleet Narrows, entered the station alongside a lower level platform just beyond the wall on the left.

Kincardine Power Station: Looking west over the former Kincardine Power Station sidings in August 2007. They had been adapted for use by the SAK revival project. The track panels would have been recovered from the old line. In 2023 the yard was being proposed for use by Tillicoultry Quarries, with one or two trains a week to distant sites.

The Mound: Amongst the trees on the north side of Loch Fleet on 31 August stands the northern abutment of the bridge that carried the Dornoch branch over the narrows and onto the causeway see image [[9211]]. The Mound station lies just beyond.

The Mound: On leaving The Mound the Dornoch branch turned sharply south, crossing upper Loch Fleet via a bridge onto the causeway See image [[9211]]. Looking north across the narrows from the causeway on 31 August the top of the surviving bridge abutment can just be seen amongst the trees.

Earn Viaduct [Forgandenny]: New look Strathearn Viaduct after refurbishmant. An Aberdeen express crossing.

Bogston: Looking south east to the west of Bogston station, this shows from top to bottom, the Weymss Bay line, the location of the Inchgreen branch (centre), the Glasgow - Gourock line, James Watt Dock connection and the Bogston goods yard line (foreground)

Bogston: Looking east to Bogston station, this is where the goods yard at Bogston connected to the mineral sidings and James Watt Dock connection at Ladyburn.//16472,16476,16474,16475,16455,16477

Bogston: Looking east to Bogston station. The Inchgreen branch crossed the line here from the right, and to the left is the James Watt Dock mainline connection.

Inchgreen Goods: Looking east along the remnants of the branch to Inchgreen, where the crane is in the distance. The branch crossed the main line at Bogston station, off to the left. The Weymss Bay line is on embankment at the right

Bogston Goods: Looking east, this was the point where the [[Greenock and Ayrshire Railway]]'s Inchgreen branch crossed the Glasgow - Gourock line at Bogston

Greenock Ladyburn Shed: Looking west towards to the site of Ladyburn Shed. The sheds and stores were at this location, the shed closing in 1966

Greenock Ladyburn Shed: Looking west towards to the site of Ladyburn Shed. The sheds and sidings were on the left, and the mineral sidings and connecting line to the James Watt Dock to the right.//16472,16476,16474,16475,16455,16477

Rogart: A mid afternoon service on the far north line heading for Inverness. Photographed in August 2007 running parallel with the A839 in Strathfleet shortly after leaving Rogart.
See query 2267

Paisley Gilmour Street: 318270 and 318253 at Paisley Gilmour Street.

Paisley Gilmour Street: 334005 waiting to depart from Platform 1 of Paisley Gilmour Street.

Paisley Gilmour Street: 314208 crossing Wallneuk Junction with a Gourock service about to pull into Platform 2 at Paisley Gilmour Street.

Paisley Gilmour Street: 334005 crossing Wallneuk Junction with a Glasgow Central service.

Rogart: Last northbound train of the day runs into Rogart on a drizzly 31 August 2007.

Rogart: A morning train from Inverness arriving at Rogart on 31 August 2007. First ScotRail 158740 is on its way to Wick and Thurso.

Lairg: Looking across the tracks towards the southbound (truncated) platform at Lairg on 31 August 2007, just prior to the downpour. The former station building, now in private ownership, stands beyond the large modern platform shelter, with one of the holding tanks of the rail-served Lairg oil terminal, located behind the station, visible just beyond in the background.

Bentham: Although Bentham is a typical large Dales village the 1950s station building and the huge Art Deco commercial premises behind give a completely different feel to the station area. 144006 calls with the Heysham Port to Leeds service during a welcome gap between very heavy showers.

Nateby: The remains of the bridge that, until 1963, carried the line to Pilling and Knott End over the Lancaster Canal, which can be seen to the right of the picture. The original height of the trackbed can be seen but in the field all trace of the line has been removed and only the boundary hedge remains. For a view of the bridge remains from the towpath See image [[19403]].

Tongland Viaduct: Riverside path alongside the Dee at Tongland, north of Kirkcudbright, in August 2009, with the remains of Tongland railway viaduct standing on the east bank of the river. The arches of the western approach to the viaduct now form the border of a private garden on the opposite shore. Note some of the rubble from the long demolished deck and piers of the old structure dumped in the field beyond the right hand arch. The Kirkcudbright branch closed in 1965.

Tongland Viaduct: Just over a mile to the north of Kirkcudbright the branch crossed the River Dee on a viaduct at Tongland. The south abutment of the long demolished viaduct is seen here on 31 August 2009 looking across the Dee towards the next station at Tarff.

Kirkcudbright: View west across the A711 St Mary's Street, Kirkcudbright on a rainy afternoon in August 2009. The stately old building is the 1864 terminus of the Kirkcudbright Railway. The main part of the old station (closed in 1965) now houses a Beauty and Fitness Studio, while the small structure on the corner of the block, once the station toilets, is now the home of the local bookies. (Subliminal message there perhaps?)

Carluke: A Lanark - Milngavie service formed by 318 261 approaches Carluke on 31 August 2009.

Carluke: A Glasgow Central - London Euston Pendolino approaching Carluke on 31 August 2009

Tongland Viaduct: The Kirkcudbright branch crossed the River Dee on Tongland Viaduct on its way to join the Port Road at Castle Douglas. The remains of the viaduct on the south bank are seen here looking west in August 2009. In the right background is part of the road bridge that carries the A711 across the river.

Bentham: Sunshine and showers at Bentham as 144006 pulls away towards Clapham after calling at the station on the 1315 Heysham Port to Leeds service on the August Bank Holiday.

Aberdour: First Scotrail 158 and 170 services pass at Aberdour on 31 August 2010.

Aberdour: Intermediate-liveried 158782 departs Aberdour on 31 August.

Arkleston Junction: The 15.00 service from Glasgow Central to Ayr westbound at Arkleston Junction on 31 August, passing the greenery on the left that marks the path of the old Renfrew Line. Track workers are at the ends of the goods loops perhaps preparing for the third track. The loops looked decidedly rusty today.

Mallaig: Class 47 47237, at the head of the Royal Scotsman in Mallaig on 31st August 2012. At that time West Coast Railways had the contract and an unidentified WCRC Class 37 was on the rear.

Mallaig: 47237, at the head of the Royal Scotsman, with an unidentified Class 37 at the rear on 31st August 2012.

Dalgety Bay: 57601 hauls the Compass Tours Forth & Tay Highlander from Ayr to Inverness away from Dalgety Bay on 31 August. 47825 was on the rear of the train.

Dalwhinnie: One of a series of striking posters produced by Jules Akel for Dalwhinnie Community Council which will be going on permanent display at Dalwhinnie Station as part of the Highland Main Line's 150th anniversary celebrations.

Kirkcaldy: Dunnikier Road, Kirkcaldy, looking south east on 31 August 2013. Above the camera is the modern concrete span carrying the Edinburgh - Dundee main line. Alongside is the steel bridge which carried the Kirkcaldy harbour branch until closure in 1984. Next week's road closure may mean removal of the structure.

Minster: Southeastern emu 375809 calls at Minster on the penultimate stop on its journey from London to Ramsgate, late in the evening of 31 August 2013.

Woolley Edge Services: What appears to be a part steps section for a railway station footbridge seen on a trailer parked at Woolley Edge M1 Services near Wakefield on 31 August.

Galashiels: A First Bus X62 service for Edinburgh via Peebles stands in front of the under-construction travel interchange on Stirling Street, Galashiels, on 31 August 2014. Bus stances will eventually be formed in front of the building, while the railway station platform will stand directly behind on the other side of the A7 see image [[48574]].

Tweedbank: Prefabricated track panel in place at Tweedbank terminus on 31 August 2014.

Galashiels [1st]: The X95 bus ...'which runs on the famous Waverley Route between Edinburgh and Carlisle via the Borders' (excerpt from First Group website) standing alongside one of the temporary bus stops on Stirling Street Galashiel on 31 August 2014. The temporary stops are being used during construction of the nearby transport interchange. View through the gates that once gave access to the forecourt of the 1849 Galashiels station. See image [[45247]]

Lynmouth: A car ascending on the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway in August 2014.

Galashiels: View north along the trackbed from Station Brae on 31 August 2014. The notable change to the Galashiels skyline on the left is the framework for the new transport interchange. See image [[48544]].

Lynton: The upper station on the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway on 31 August 2014.

Bridge No 95: The upgraded/refurbished railway bridge over the Gala Water immediately south of Kilnknowe Junction, photographed on 31 August looking north east from alongside the A72 King Street. See image [[38187]]

Torwoodlee South Viaduct: South end of the restored railway bridge over the Gala Water at Torwoodlee on the northern edge of Galashiels. View east along the river on 31 August 2014.

Redbridge Viaduct: The new bridge carrying Winston Road over the trackbed at Galashiels, looking north on 31 August 2014. According to the Scottish Borders Council website the road is sheduled to reopen by the end of October. See image [[42351]]

Kilnknowe Junction: The approach to Galashiels, seen looking south from Kilnknowe Place road bridge on 31 August 2014.

Kilmarnock: Kilmarnock Station Railway Heritage Trust - plaque unveiled at Kilmarnock station on 31 August 2015.

Kilmarnock: The Kilmarnock Station Community Village leaflet see image [[52423]].

Annan: Railway track at Annan Station in 2015, manufactured across The Solway at The British Steel works at Workington in 1976. Sadly the works are now demolished. My late father in law who worked there would not have believed it. See image [[11536]]

Kilmarnock Junction: View from Western Road bridge, Kilmarnock as Colas 60021 starts up with 6D61 Riccarton to Grangemouth empty tanks on 31 august 2016.

Kilmarnock Junction: Colas Rail 60021 working 6D61 empty tanks south from Riccarton to Grangemouth. Taken from Western Road Bridge, Kilmarnock, on 31 August 2016.

Lampits Junction: With the former Lampits Junction in the distance, a consignment of ECS Eurocontainers passes below the A70 road bridge on the Edinburgh line on 31 August 2016. The train is the 0422 Tees Dock - Mossend Euroterminal.

Lampits Junction: The 1052 Edinburgh Waverley - Birmingham New Street - London Euston approaching Carstairs East Junction on the last day of August 2016. In the right background is the entrance to the State Hospital on Lampits Road.

Carnwath: An Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Central - Ayr EMU has just passed through the site of Carnwath station (closed 1966) on the northern approach to Carstairs in the summer of 2016. The former goods yard on the down side is now occupied by the buildings of South Lanarkshire Council roads department.

Lampits Junction: The 0422 Tees Dock – Mossend Euroterminal approaching Carstairs East Junction off the Edinburgh line on 31 August 2016. The train is routed via Darlington South Junction, the ECML, Millerhill and the Edinburgh sub.

Carstairs South Junction: A TransPennine class 350 accelerates south with an Edinburgh - Manchester Airport service shortly after passing through Carstairs South Junction on 31 August 2016. The road haulage yard on the right was previously occupied by a PW depot, until closure by British Rail in the mid 1960s see image [[51942]].

Float Viaduct: The 1200 Glasgow Central - London Euston runs over Float Viaduct shortly after passing Carstairs on 31 August 2016.

Breich: On the way out? Breich Station may be closed to save the costs of replacing the footbridge which is incompatible with electrification work being carried out on the line. In the distance and seemingly within reach of the platform ends is the recently replaced overbridge carrying the A706 over the Shotts line. However, enhanced clearance standards for new overhead wiring would also necessitate relocating the platforms further east at additional cost should the station be retained.

Breich: Network rail has proposed that the little used station at Breich be closed. This would avoid the cost of replacing the footbridge to accommodate electrification work being carried out on the line. [See recent news item]

Shotts: 67008, running light engine from Mossend to Millerhill, passes under Station Road bridge on the last day of August 2016. Work to replace the bridge has now started, with the road due to close in September for 11 months.

Breich: A very short encounter with 156449 passing through the station at speed. In the background is the replacement A706 Road Bridge which was due to open later that day.

Carnwath: ScotRail 156442 has just passed the site of the former Carnwath station on the approach to Carstairs East Junction on 31 August 2016. The train is 1D53, the 1019 Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Central. [Ref query 16442]

Breich: Contractors put the finishing touches to the replacement A706 overbridge at Breich Station. The bridge was due to open later that day and is one of 17 to be replaced prior to electrification.

Shotts: The Station Road overbridge at Shotts which will be replaced as part of the pre-electrification works. 17 bridges are being replaced at various points on the line and another 10 have required modification.

Shotts: A Glasgow - Edinburgh service calls at Shotts in late August 2016. It is about to pass under the Station Road overbridge (left background) which will be replaced as part of the electrification works.

Breich: This overbridge just east of Breich station is one of 17 which have required replacement during the pre-electrification works. The main road bridge at Breich station is another.

Fauldhouse: Pre-electrification view from the new footbridge at Fauldhouse on 31st August 2016. The Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway passed under the tracks of the Cleland and Midcalder Line just about the point where the line disappears behind the trees in the distance.

Carnwath: The 1051 Edinburgh Waverley - London Euston via Birmingham New Street approaching Carstairs East Junction on 31 August 2016. The train is passing a large works depot occupied by South Lanarkshire Council roads department. The depot stands on the site once occupied by Carnwath station (closed 1966).

Float Viaduct: The 0710 London Euston - Glasgow Central crosses Float Viaduct on the southern approach to Carstairs in the late summer of 2016.

Shotts: The new overbridge at Benhar Road in Shotts - one of 17 structures being replaced as part of the pre-electrification work.

Carstairs South Junction: TransPennine 350404 comes off the Carstairs avoiding line at Carstairs South Junction on 31 August 2016 and joins the WCML. The train is the 1212 Edinburgh Waverley - Manchester Airport.

Shotts: The 1019 to Glasgow Central arrives at Shotts on an overcast day in August 2016. Despite the absence in this view of any obvious signs of the pre-electrification work, preparations are well in hand. Behind the camera at the end of platform one there is now a sizeable contractor's compound with an access point for the bridge replacement work.

Shotts: Seen looking west from the corner of the SPT car park at Shotts on 31 August 2016, a Glasgow bound Class 158 DMU passes the rail access point recently constructed as part of the large contractor's compound for the works at Shotts station.

Heysham Port: 150119 leaves Heysham Port with the daily boat train to Leeds via Lancaster on 31st August 2016. The Sprinter has just connected with the IOMSP MV Ben-my-Chree from Douglas, moored alongside the station. See image [[20421]] taken from the same spot almost eight years to the day previously, since when freight traffic through Heysham has grown considerably.

Lampits Junction: Heavy looking rain clouds approaching Carstairs from the north on a grey 31 August 2016, as the ScotRail 1133 Edinburgh - Ayr service crosses Lampits Road heading for Carstairs East Junction and a scheduled 16 minute stopover in Carstairs station.

Float Viaduct: The 0832 Dalston - Grangemouth empties crossing Float Viaduct on 31 August 2016 behind Colas Rail 60087.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: No moonlighting here - the current works at Glasgow Queen Street, seen here at dusk, are not '24/7' as was the work during last year's closure for track replacement in the tunnel.

High Morlaggan Railway Cottage: On its way north to Arrochar and Tarbet alongside Loch Long this Sprinter is dwarfed by its surroundings. The Cobber is off to the top left and Ardgarten is by the lochside below.

Lochwinnoch: 380014 calls at Lochwinnoch, with a service to Glasgow from the Ayrshire coast, on the evening of 31 August 2018.

Stewarton: A quiet half hour at Stewarton on 31 August 2018, with only the barrels on the platform. The view is towards Glasgow.

Glen Douglas Halt: A southbound train squirms its way through the reverse curves at Glen Douglas. To the left is the exchange yard for DM Glen Douglas

Sanquhar: A view north over Sanquhar station on 31 August 2018.

Kirkconnel: Scotrail 156508 calls at Kirkconnel on 31 August 2018 whilst working the 1013hrs service from Glasgow Central to Carlisle.

Woodford Halse: Looking South from Preston Road, Eydon, a concrete signal post can be seen standing perfectly upright by the down line near the skyline. There are two ways to look at this picture. Logically, rationally, and objectively, concrete signal posts are heavy, so they must be securely planted; and have no scrap value, so there is little point in removing them in open country. A more romantic analysis admires the stoicism of this post in waiting patiently for 50 years for common sense to return to British transport policy. I know which view I prefer. See also image [[33960]].

Auchinleck: The 1112 hrs Carlisle to Glasgow Central gets ready to depart from Auchinleck on 31 August 2018 as the guard starts the door closure sequence.

Blakesley: A little known station on the little known S&MJ (known as the 'Nibble' according to Richard Hardy, a former Woodford Halse shedmaster), Blakesley has been heavily extended and modernized. The high level platform in the tree on the right looks scary. View looks towards Towcester.

Newton-on-Ayr: 380103 calls at Newton-on-Ayr on 31 August 2018, while working the 1506hrs Ayr to Glasgow Central stopping service.

Ayr: The main line is blocked and scaffold bridge from Platform 1 to 2 (seen here) thence 3 and 4. Surprisingly the main footbridge is still open. the hotel is on the right.

Ayr: The main line south through Ayr station is now blocked and there is a scaffold bridge from Platform 1 to 2 thence 3 and 4. Surprisingly the main footbridge is still open. View south on 31 August 2018 with the hotel on the right.

Monkton: A Glasgow to Ayr service passes the fuel unloading point, a short distance to the north of Prestwick Airport station, on 31 August 2018.

Barassie: A view northwards of Barassie station, from the footbridge, on 31st August 2018. The single track to Kilmarnock can just be seen on the right.

Dunblane: On a sunny Friday 31st August 2018, exactly one hunded years after his Victoria Cross was awarded, a memorial to James Palmer Huffam VC was unveiled in front of a gathering at Dunblane station.

Dunblane: A close up of the memorial plaque for James Palmer Huffam VC, on the forecourt at Dunblane station. It faces Inchallan House, where he was born on 31st March 1897.

Lochwinnoch: 380010 hurries through Lochwinnoch with a Glasgow Central to Ardrossan Harbour service in the evening of 31 August 2018. The photo was taken from a similar spot to a recent mystery image. See image [[65413]].

Barassie: The line from Kilmarnock swings south towards the junction (behind the camera) with the Kilwinning to Ayr line (out of shot to the left). The former platform for the Kilmarnock has gone but see image see image [[26338]] for how it used to be.

Newton-on-Ayr: One of the few services operating out of Ayr on 31 August 2018 due to the structural issues with the Station Hotel in Ayr, is seen approaching Newton-on-Ayr station.

Kirkconnel: The 1013 hrs from Glasgow Central to Carlisle heads south from Kirkconnel on 31st August 2018.

Tower Burn Viaduct: Looking east along Buffie's Brae, Dunfermline, in August 2019, showing part of the surviving section of the viaduct that once carried the S&D just west of Dunfermline Upper station.

Bruce Grove: Bruce Grove station in the Tottenham area of north London, on the Liverpool Street to Enfield Town and Cheshunt line, part of London Overground since 31st May 2015, looking south on 31st August 2019. The station opened on 22nd July 1872 with the extension of the line from Stoke Newington to Lower Edmonton (now Edmonton Green). The waiting rooms here are boarded-up and obsolete.

London Fields: Entrance to London Fields station, built into one of the arches of the GER viaduct of 1872 that extends from Bethnal Green to Hackney Downs, seen here on 31st August 2019. The station is served by trains to Enfield Town and Cheshunt which, along with the line to Chingford, became part of London Overground on 31st May 2015. Chingford trains do not normally call here, passing by on the fast tracks on the east side of the viaduct which are without platforms as is the case at Cambridge Heath station, the next stop south towards Liverpool Street. Greater Anglia trains to Cambridge and the Stansted Express trains also serve these tracks.

Rectory Road: Rectory Road station, with replacement waiting shelters for the original Victorian structures, looking north on 31st August 2019. This station serves an area of residential streets in the southern part of the north London district of Stoke Newington, where I was born, and opened on 27th May 1872 with the first stage of the GER's new line from Bethnal Green as far as Stoke Newington and which was extended to Lower Edmonton (now Edmonton Green) and a junction with the ex-Eastern Counties Angel Road to Enfield line, on 27th July 1872.

Tower Burn Viaduct: The eastern extent of the surviving section of Tower Burn Viaduct, Dunfermline, which now terminates alongside Winterthur Lane. View is north on 31 August 2019.

Leyland: Freightliner Class 86s are becoming less common on WCML container trains as the Class 90s that had been on hire for Caledonian Sleeper duties have returned. On 31 August 2019 86639 and 86614 pass Leyland with a rare daylight service from Coatbridge to Crewe.

Muchalls Mill Viaduct: After waiting at Muchall's Mill for about 3/4 hour I was getting worried as 'Tornado' was well past its 13:23 Stonehaven passing. I was busy checking checking NR Enquires on my iPhone to find there had been a signal failure at Dundee and trains to Aberdeen were running late then round the bend it comes! It was a quick grab to get the camera and this shot resulted. 31st August 2019.

Donibristle Platform: A1 60163 Tornado makes light work of Donibristle bank unaided with the 'Aberdonian' on 31 August 2019.

Rectory Road: Southbound platform at Rectory Road station, north London, originally opened by the GER in 1872 and part of London Overground since 2015, with the rather ghastly buildings on both the platform and road overbridge that replaced the original Victorian structures in the mid-1980s, on the afternoon of Saturday, 31st August 2019. The station entrance/exit building is not on Rectory Road at all, being actually round the corner on Evering Road.
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Alness: Alness 31 August 2019.

Dunfermline Upper: View west over the site of Dunfermline Upper station on a wet 31 August 2019 - with one or two changes having taken place over the past 30 years or so.... see image [[19630]]. For trackbed now read roadway, for platforms read parking bays and for goods shed read B&Q store.

Lancaster: Most of the Avanti Voyagers are still in Virgin red and silver but 221101, which briefly carried a revised Virgin scheme, has been completely deliveried. It is seen here, with a class mate, crossing the Acre Moss Lane bridge as it departs from Lancaster heading south on 31st August 2020.

Dalmeny: LNER Azuma 800105 enters Dalmeny on 31 August. Nothing unusual in 2020, but this is the 0755 from Inverness to Kings Cross, diverted through Fife because of the Polmont washout. LNER services to and from Aberdeen are suspended because of the Carmont landslip.

Lancaster: 397007 pauses at Lancaster with a TPE Liverpool to Glasgow service on 31st August 2020. This was my first visit to Lancaster station since the March lockdown - a few people travelling but nothing like a 'normal' Bank Holiday Monday.

Cambridge Heath: The Great Eastern Railway viaduct of 1872 crossing the Regents Canal, just to the north of Cambridge Heath station, looking east on 31st August 2020. This viaduct carries London Overground trains from Liverpool Street to Chingford, Enfield Town and Cheshunt as well as Stansted Express and Cambridge services. The Regents Canal is celebrating its bi-centenary in 2020, having opened in 1820 to link the Grand Junction Canal at Paddington with the Thames at Limehouse. Both canals were amalgamated in 1929 to form the Grand Union Canal but the Regents Canal is still known colloquially by its original name.

Earlseat Loading Pad: The westernmost section of the former Methil, future Levenmouth, line is still in good order thanks to use from 2012 to around 2015 by coal trains from the Earlseat opencast site. This view looks towards Thornton North Junction from Double Dykes level crossing on 31st August 2021. The Earlseat Loading Pad was just behind the camera and the survival of this track should assist with relaying the branch.

Earlseat Loading Pad: Looking east from the Double Dykes level crossing towards the site of the Earlseat coal loading pad in August 2021. This was in use between 2012 and around 2015 [[40284]]. Track and landscape have reverted to their former state. The first mile (at least) of the Methil branch remains in place.

Aberdeen Waterloo: Some sort of heavy maintenance was taking place at Aberdeen Waterloo on 31st August 2021, but I couldn't figure out what and I didn't have time to hang around to find out.

Tullybreck Level Crossing: The level crossing at Tullybreck, about a kilometre east of Double Dykes crossing, seen in August 2021. Amazingly the up line remained in place. It has been announced that all level crossings on the re-opening Levenmouth line will be stopped up.

Oakamoor: Now that is one classy crossing keeper's cottage. The tunnel behind it, however, was reputed to be the wettest on the North Staffordshire Railway.

Lancaster Old Junction: 45699 'Galatea' is still running on mixed identities but makes a splendid sight and sound leaving Lancaster with 'The Dalesman' on a Tuesday morning. West Coast Railways have used all four of their currently operational locos on this service in 2021 with 35018, 45690 and 46115 also taking their turns.

Blackford: A plaque which was unveiled to commemorate completion of the Blackford Rail Freight Facility development.

Cameron Bridge: Looking east from the A915 bridge towards the compound, and site of the new Cameron Bridge station, on 31 August 2022. See image [[78918]] from November 2021.

Cameron Bridge [1st]: Looking west from Station Road bridge down to the now cleared site of Cameron Bridge station on 31st August 2022. The loading bank has been removed but the yard track remains for the time being.

Stoke Mandeville: HS2 Construction. There is a vast swathe being cut across Buckinghamshire for HS2. This is where it crosses Risborough Road near Stoke Mandeville, seen on 31st August 2022. I counted 180 paces fence to fence.

Heysham Port: 'Seatruck Precision' leaves Heysham heading for Warren Point with a load of semi-trailers on 31st August 2022. In the foreground of this picture, taken from the Bowland Fells, is another iconic transport landmark, namely the tower of the M6 services at Forton. Heysham Power Stations loom large by the coast and the Furness peninsula lies beyond.

Stroud: What a lovely station! I must go there when a train is due. (I tried, but my satnav was ridiculously optimistic about the journey time.) View looks West, so the platform on the right is for London.