Yoker Ferry: A Dalmuir Riverside - Rutherglen service arrives at Yoker Ferry station on 4 September 1958. The train is hauled by Dawsholm shed's Stanier 3P 2-6-2T 40189.

Gourock: A busy scene at Gourock on Friday 4 September 1959, with a pair of steamers berthed at the pier alongside the station and Caley Jumbo 0-6-0 no 57416 off Ladyburn shed moving a train of empty stock. Meantime, one of Polmadie's Standard class 4 2-6-4Ts no 80058 reverses towards the station, where it will take out the next train to Glasgow.

Gourock: BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T no 80058 leaves Gourock on 4 September 1959 with a train for Glasgow Central. The locomotive had been delivered to Polmadie from Derby Works new in January 1955 and remained there until withdrawal by BR in July 1966.

Gourock: Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42265 takes a Glasgow train away from Gourock on 4 September 1959.

Corkerhill Shed: LMS Fowler class 2P 4-4-0 no 40620 on Corkerhill shed in September 1960, a year before final withdrawal.

Parkhead Shed: View west towards Central Glasgow at Parkhead MPD (65C) on 4 September 1960, with the buildings and chimneys of the Parkhead Forge in the background. Parkhead shed was officially closed by BR by the end of 1965 and demolished the following year.

Parkhead Shed: Evening at the west end of Parkhead shed in September 1960, with a Gresley V3 (thought to be 67616) standing in the shadows of the Parkhead Forge and the historic name Beardmore dominating the background.

Glasgow Jamaica Street: The last tram procession through Glasgow, taken 50 years ago today in the gathering dusk, with 100 ASA film and no tripod, from scaffolding in Jamaica Street. Note the eejit climbing the crane jib alongside!

Glasgow, Jamaica Street: A Coronation Mark II tram, aka Cunarder photographed on 4 September 1962 passing along Jamaica Street during Glasgow's Last Tram Procession.

North Queensferry [1st]: All stand aside to make way for an MG Magnette coming off the ferry 'Robert the Bruce' at North Queensferry. Behind, an Austin Westminster is maneuvering to follow. The photograph was taken on 4th September 1964, the final day of operation of the ferry service, which became redundant with the opening of the Forth Road Bridge.

Whitehouse West Junction: Stanier 2-6-4T 42645 comes off the North to West chord at Whitehouse West Junction heading for Southport on 4th September 1964, two days before the last services ran on this rural line. The other chord here allowed direct running from Southport to the East Lancashire towns and was well used by excursions in summer months. This picture was taken from the bridge that still carries the WCML. The trackbeds around the Whitehouse triangular junctions are now greenways. See image [[71451]] for a present day view of this location.

Falkland Road: View of Falkland Road in 1964, taken from the rear of a southbound diesel unit. The station had closed six years earlier. See image [[78354]] for a 2021 view of the site.

North Queensferry [1st]: A motorcycle combination, and a well loaded Mini, follow a Humber Super Snipe onto the 'Mary Queen of Scots' at North Queensferry on 4th September 1964. The vessel has been dressed overall as it is about to be superseded by the Forth Road Bridge looming through the mist in the background, this being the last day of operation of the ferries.

Thornton Junction: DMU Central, otherwise known as Thornton Junction, on 4th September 1964.

Ladybank: Northbound DMU at Ladybank in 1964, seen from the back of a southbound service.

Thornton Junction: Thornton Junction station, photographed in 1964, with a Metro Cammell DMU in the southbound platform and a sister unit in the loop.

Markinch: Markinch, seen from the rear of a southbound DMU in 1964. A Hunslet 204hp DM (later Class 05) shunter can just be seen in the bay platform. A Royal Mail van is on the Up side behind the fence.

Burntisland: Burntisland, on an autumn morning in 1964, photographed from the back of a DMU bound for Dundee via the Fife Coast line. Note the spectral cranes faintly visible through the morning mist.

Kinghorn: Kinghorn station, seen from a departing Edinburgh-Dundee DMU on a misty autumn morning in 1964.

Kirkcaldy: Kirkcaldy station in 1964, viewed from a departing Edinburgh-Dundee DMU. The framework for a replacement station building can be seen on the down platform, and one would hazard a guess that the new version was unlikely to blend overly well with its surroundings.

Sinclairtown [2nd]: Sinclairtown station, seen from the back of a DMU bound for Dundee via the Fife Coast line, on 4th September 1964.

Cameron Bridge [1st]: A glimpse of Cameron Bridge station, as it was in 1964, taken from the back of a departing eastbound DMU.

Leven [2nd]: Leven, seen from a departing eastbound DMU in September 1964. The Levenmouth terminus of the line presently being (re)constructed will be on a different site and will doubtless offer something of a contrast in appearance to Leven station as it stood in 1964.

Lundin Links: Lundin Links station, photographed from a departing eastbound DMU, on a misty autumn morning in 1964.

St Monance: St Monance station, seen from a departing Edinburgh-Dundee DMU on a misty autumn morning in 1964.

Pittenweem: Pittenweem station, seen from an eastbound DMU in 1964.

Leuchars Junction [2nd]: Leuchars Junction, viewed in 1964 from a departing Edinburgh-Dundee DMU.

St Fort: St Fort station in 1964, seen from a departing Edinburgh-Dundee DMU.

North Queensferry [1st]: 'Mary Queen of Scots' and 'Queen Margaret' at North Queensferry, on their final day of operation, 4th September 1964.

Kingsbarns: View of the closed station at Kingsbarns, taken from a DMU operating the 14.42 service from Dundee to Edinburgh, via Crail, on 4th September 1965. The Fife Coast line closed to regular passenger traffic two days later.

Edinburgh Waverley: Gresley A3 Pacific no 60052 Prince Palatine waits to leave the west end of Waverley on 4 September 1965 with the LNER Society's 'LNER Pacific Tour' to Aberdeen. The train is standing alongside 'sub' platform 21, with its full length canopy and the direct stairway link to Waverley Bridge on the right see image [[66599]]. The special ran north via the east coast route, returning via Forfar and Glasgow Queen Street behind 60026 Miles Beevor. [Ref query 15 February 2018]

Tay Bridge: PS 'B L Nairn' heads across the Tay towards Newport, with the unmistakable outline of the railway bridge in the background. The ferry service finished in 1966 with opening of the Tay Road bridge.

Glasgow Central: 6P5F Jubilee 4-6-0 45721 'Impregnable' awaiting departure from Glasgow Central with the summer Saturday 2pm to Liverpool on 4th September 1965.

Tay Bridge [Station]: Nice engine - shame about the headboard! A3 60052 Prince Palatine takes on water alongside the east end signal box at Dundee Tay Bridge station on 4 September 1965. The Pacific was hauling the LNER Society's 'LNER Pacific Tour', which was en route to Aberdeen.

Crail: View from a westbound Fife Coast DMU approaching Crail on Saturday 4th September 1965, just two days before the line closed to regular passenger traffic. A summer Saturday service from Edinburgh has not long arrived in the other platform, and B1 61344 has uncoupled from it, ready to run round.

Tay Bridge: A 1965 view of a southbound Gloucester DMU (later Class 100) on the Tay Bridge, taken from a DMU heading for Dundee in September 1965.

Stirling: 60026 Miles Beevor pauses at Stirling on 4 September 1965 with the LNER Society 'LNER Pacific Tour' 1.20 pm Aberdeen - Glasgow Queen Street. Sadly, not one for the headboard connoisseur.

Anstruther [2nd]: The 2.42pm Dundee Tay Bridge to Edinburgh via the Fife Coast waits in Anstruther to cross an eastbound terminating service. The train appears to comprise a 2-car Gloucester DMU and a 3-car Met-Cam set. The photograph was taken on 4th September 1965, just two days before closure of the line to regular passenger traffic.

Aberdeen: 60052 Prince Palatine at Aberdeen on 4 September 1965 with the 9.2am ex-Edinburgh 'LNER Pacific Tour'.

Elie: View of Elie station, from an eastbound DMU, on Saturday 4th September 1965. The line closed to regular passenger traffic two days later.

St Monance: St Monance, taken from an eastbound DMU. The photograph dates from 4th September 1965, just two days before closure of the line to regular passenger traffic.

Anstruther [2nd]: View of Anstruther station, from an eastbound DMU. The photograph dates from 4th September 1965, just two days before closure of the line to regular passenger traffic.

Newport-on-Tay Ferry Terminal: PS 'B L Nairn' heads across the Tay from Dundee to Newport-on-Tay in 1965. The car ferry service across the Firth ceased in 1966 on the opening of the Tay Road Bridge.

Crail: View of Crail station, from an eastbound DMU, on Saturday 4th September 1965. This was the final weekend of regular passenger traffic on the line.

Edinburgh Princes Street: On the last weekend of operation of Edinburgh’s Princes Street station, in September 1965, Black 5 45478 awaits departure with the 17.33 service to Carstairs.

Tay Bridge [Station]: An Aberdeen to Edinburgh service, headed by an English Electric Type 4, pauses in Dundee Tay Bridge station on 4th September 1965. Metro-Cammell diesel units are in the adjacent bay platforms.

Anstruther [2nd]: The 2.42 pm Dundee Tay Bridge - Edinburgh at Anstruther, waiting to cross an eastbound terminating service at Anstruther. The photograph was taken on 4th September 1965, just two days before closure of the line to regular passenger traffic.

St Margarets Shed: 60024 Kingfisher at the west end of St Margarets shed in September 1966. St Margarets signal box stands in the background with the bridge carrying London Road over the ECML just beyond see image [[28704]].

St Margarets Shed: A4 Pacific no 60024 Kingfisher mixing with the rabble on St Margarets shed. Thought to have been photographed on 4 September 1966 following the 'Granite City' railtour.

St Margarets Shed: BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T no 80114 stands in the gloom of St Margarets shed in September 1966. The locomotive was withdrawn from here at the end of that year, age 12, and broken up at Shipbuilding Industries, Faslane, 4 months later.

St Margarets Shed: The changing scene at St Margarets shed in September of 1966, the year before official closure. Outside the now roofless section of the shed stands Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42128 which had been reallocated here from Hamilton three years earlier and would survive for a further six months or so before its final journey to Campbells of Airdrie at the end of November. Alongside on the left stands part of the 'new order' in the form of Type 2's D5062 and D5094, which had been moved north from Finsbury Park to Haymarket earlier that same year.

Haymarket Central Junction: The South & West Railway Society 'Granite City' special returning from Aberdeen to London on 4 September 1966. A4 Pacific no 60024 'Kingfisher' is approaching Haymarket station on the first leg of the journey and will shortly hand over to classmate no 60019 'Bittern' at Waverley.

Rottweil: After a none too strenuous morning spent on station pilot duties, the last active class 78 on DB metals, No. 78 246, runs onto Rottweil shed on 4 September 1974 to take water.

Rottweil: The shed at Rottweil in the Black Forrest possessed the last active ex KPEV T18 4-6-4T on the DB, No. 78 246 (the leading 0 and the final check digit have been painted out to give it back its pre-computerisation number).  On 4 September 1974 it was acting as Rottweil station pilot and is seen here at midday when it visited the shed for some refreshment.

Rottweil: The class 50 2-10-0 was a low axle loading design built in considerable numbers (over 3,000) between 1938 and 1944. DB No. 051 441 (pre computer No. 50 1441), seen stabled at the south end of Rottweil shed yard in 1974, was a later example incorporating some simplifications to the design made during the war years eg single square cornered sandbox between the domes, single cab side window and running plate cut short of the cylinders.

Rottweil: Heavy rain over the previous 24 hours has left a sheen on this class 078 Baltic tank parked at the north end of Rottweil shed on 4 September 1974. However the neatly stencilled 'Ausgemustert' (withdrawn) above the number on the cab-side leaves no doubt that its working days are over.

Rottweil: Following an early morning trip to Tuttlingen and back, veteran 4-6-0 No 038 772 waits to take the empty stock out of Rottweil station in September 1974.

Rottweil: The straight shed at Rottweil was accessed by means of a traverser, presumably as a space saving measure. A pair of class 50 2-10-0s, Nos. 051 681 and 051 430 photographed peeping out of the shed in September 1974.

Rottweil: After taking water on Rottweil shed on 4 September 1974, No. 78 246 is stabled on an open road off the shed turntable while the crew takes a lunch break.

Rottweil: Class 50 2-10-0 No. 051 630 is pictured in repose at Rottweil shed around mid-day on September 4th 1974. See image [[37618]]

Rottweil: The DB's last operational class 038 4-6-0, No. 038 772, approaches Rottweil station in September 1974 with the 06.47 stopping train from Tuttlingen, some 17 miles to the south. On the left a class 50 2-10-0 is standing at the south end of the shed yard.

Rottweil: Both of the locos featured here, class 50 No. 051 630 (pre computer No. 50 1630) and P8 No. 038 772, had worked in on early morning passenger turns on 4 September 1974 but spent the rest of this particular morning idle on Rottweil shed.

Rottweil: The Class 23 (from 1968 class 023) was a mixed-traffic 2-6-2 of post-war design intended to replace 4-6-0s of class P8 / 38 / 038 on the DB. In the event the last of the class would be withdrawn in 1975, less than a year after the last P8 had met the same fate. Here No. 023 067 is standing dead but serviceable inside the straight shed at Rottweil in September 1974.

Rottweil: Withdrawn class 50 No 050 383 stands in the shed yard at Rottweil on 4 September 1974. The photograph shows how the removal of the chimney extension has given the locomotive a much more imposing appearance than usual see image [[36869]].

Rottweil: The last ex-KPEV (Royal Prussian Railway) P8 4-6-0 working on the Deutsche Bundesbahn, No 038 772, stands alongside the half roundhouse at Rottweil Shed in the Black Forest in September 1974, a few months before it was finally withdrawn from service.  If I remember correctly the loco worked an early morning local passenger train to Tuttlingen and back and then spent the rest of the day sitting on shed. It may have worked an evening turn as well but my patience ran out before then!

Rottweil: DB 038 772 simmering on shed at Rottweil in September 1974.

Carlisle: On 4th September 1976 Carlisle Diesel Depot hosted an open day, although whether ex-works 47141 had been stabled in a prominent position for the benefit of enthusiasts arriving by train I cannot say. With the station clock showing just after 11.30, the morning Leeds to Glasgow train waits to continue its journey northwards.

Carlisle Kingmoor MPD: An open day at Carlisle Diesel Depot on 4th September 1976 finds BR Sulzer Type 2 No. 25304 stabled inside the shed adjacent to an unidentified class 40.

Carlisle Kingmoor MPD: 'Great, that's the 84s cleared off!' Carlisle Diesel Depot open day on Saturday 4th September 1976.

Doublebois: 1072 'Western Glory' near Doublebois with the 1V71 Bradford to Penzance Saturday 4th September 1976 1072. The diesel hydraulic came on at Plymouth.

Exeter St Davids: The Western China Clay Railtour at Exeter St Davids on 4 September 1976 behind D1023 Western Fusilier.

Felixstowe: By the 1970s, there was a major mismatch between the size of Felixstowe (formerly Felixstowe Town) station and the remaining passenger traffic on offer. This view of the station was taken on 4th September 1977 and shows how the facilities dwarfed the regular 2 car DMU that worked the service to Ipswich. In the 1980s, the station was effectively cut in half, so that trains could terminate short of the main building and allow it to be converted into a shopping centre. The island platform on the right and the goods shed were demolished completely.

Falkirk Grahamston: Welcoming committee, Falkirk Grahamston, September 1989.

Motherwell: A 6-car 303 with a service to Dalmuir stands at Motherwell platform 4 in September 1997.

Gaur Viaduct: Viaduct Over Garbh Ghaoir South of Rannoch Station.

Tulloch Viaduct: Crossing Spean Viaduct near Tulloch.

Arnabol Viaduct: Crossing Arnabol Viaduct heading east.

Lochailort: Eastbound near Lochailort. The severe curvature of the track on many parts of the Mallaig extension is clearly evident here.

Mallaig: Oops- better hurry or Ill miss my train... Jacobite preparing for departure

Upper Tyndrum: Crew change at Upper Tyndrum. View looks North

Errol: A late morning Edinburgh - Dundee service runs through the deserted platforms of Errol station (closed September 1985) in the Carse of Gowrie on 4 September 2006. Photograph taken leaning (carefully) over the verandah fence of the tea rooms occupying the 1847 station building on the right.

Errol: The listed station building at Errol, operating as a craft shop and tea room in September 2006.

Errol: Errol station looking south towards the level crossing in September 2006. As well as the internal coffee shop there are also tables located behind the fenced off area on the platform itself.

Errol: Looking west over the level crossing at Errol on 4 September 2006. A right turn after the signal box leads into the old yard and the former station itself. The old station building is currently operating as a craft shop and tea room.

Arrochar and Tarbet: Ex-Hastings line Slim Jim Class 33 brings Royal Scotsman into Arrochar. (Very) late running sleeper waits in the loop; we should have passed at Crianlarich...

Ardlui: Wonder why no-one was getting on... we were only 75 minutes late! View looks North.

Crianlarich: What a backdrop... Crianlarich looking South. Old locomotive shed on the left.

Crianlarich: No; there is definitely nobody waiting to get on here...

Errol: Looking across the platforms at Errol station in September 2006. The date on the building is 1847.

Fort William: 45157 running round at Fort William

Rannoch: Any sign of life out there?...
Caledonian Sleeper at Rannoch

Rannoch Viaduct: Rannoch Viaduct & Station looking south from northbound sleeper service

Arrochar and Tarbet: Rush hour at Arrochar & Tarbet- sleeper waits for southbound Royal Scotsman to clear the loop before proceeding

Tom-na-Faire Depot: Tom na Faire Depot looking West. WCRC stock and ex-LNER K1 loco in the yard

Glenfinnan Viaduct: Looking West across Glenfinnan Viaduct

Mallaig: Hive of activity at Mallaig. Sprinter has just arrived from Glasgow whilst Jacobite prepares to depart.

Glenfinnan Viaduct: Eastbound across Glenfinnan Viaduct

Horseshoe Viaduct: Crossing the larger of the Horseshoe Curve viaducts. View looks North

Bridge of Orchy: Looking back towards County March Summit. The railway can be seen hugging the north slope of Beinn Odhar

Gleann Viaduct: Looking back towards the smaller of the two Horseshoe Curve viaducts which crosses Glen Coralan. The slopes of Beinn Odhar rise prominently on the right.

Lillooet: 'The Rocky Mountaineer' leaving Lillooet in British Columbia for Jasper in September 2007.

Ballachulish Ferry: The platform at Ballachulish Ferry in September 2007 looking east towards Ballachulish terminus.

Edinburgh Waverley: View over the west end of Waverley on 4 September 2007 during major works at the station. New ballast is being spread in the foreground and various platform activities are in progress, including refurbishment work on the canopies.

Edinburgh Waverley: South side restrictions at Waverley during major station works in September 2007, with the through sub platform lines temporarily terminated at buffer stops. View is east from Waverley Bridge, with a GNER service to Kings Cross boarding at platform 8.

Arbroath: 170403 in the old ScotRail livery with an Aberdeen-Glasgow Queen Street train nearing Arbroath station on 4 September 2007.

Ladybank: Cross Country Trains class 221 Voyager with the 0730 Bournemouth to Aberdeen passing Sweetholm Farm on 4 September.

Comrie Colliery: The old locomotive shed at Comrie Colliery on 4 September 2008. Little else remains of the former colliery itself or the adjacent Rexco smokeless fuel plant, both of which were officially closed in 1986.

Comrie Colliery: A short surviving section of the former 2ft 8in gauge surface railway at Comrie Colliery, Fife, seen in September 2008. An old coal waste bing stands in the background.

Wakefield Kirkgate: A Sprinter pauses at Wakefield Kirkgate before reversing for Wakefield Westgate. This view looks east and towards Normanton (straight on) The lines for Doncaster or Pontefract (right) run behind the opposite platform.

Normanton: 66537 heads east towards Normanton, & Leeds Freightliner Terminal, passing the former Goose Hill Junction. The old Midland main line trackbed runs to the right of the existing line.

Preston: DRS 57012, on the 6J37 Carlisle to Chirk logs, pauses at Preston while waiting to follow a passenger service south. The trailing load on this occasion was thirteen PFA wagons, grossing around 700 tons. The return working of the empties to Carlisle runs overnight.

Wakefield Westgate: A classy looking Cross Country HST power car, 43366, is on the rear of a Penzance service at Wakefield as 91129 heads north on a Kings Cross to Leeds service. Just beyond the platforms is a turnback siding where DMUs can clear the mainline between services.

Preston: The very smart Virgin Trains Mk3 set at Platform 5, Preston, having arrived with the Friday night relief service from Euston on 4 September 2009.

Portimao: The 18.38 to Lagos arriving in Portimao, Portugal, on 4 September 2009.

Wakefield Westgate: A stopping service for Leeds, comprising Pacer 144002, calls at Platform 2 at Wakefield Westgate. The surviving through road is bi-directional and there is a turnback siding just beyond this platform so this busy station has a flexible track layout. View towards Leeds.

Huddersfield: The square in front of Huddersfield's imposing station has been undergoing refurbishment during the summer. These works are almost complete although Harold is still fenced off. Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson was born in the town and his statue is a well known local feature.

Preston: The 1846 hrs Fridays only Euston to Preston relief service stands at Platform 5 at Preston with 90020 heading up the refurbished Mk3 set nicknamed the Pretendolino. The set travels south back to Wembley as ecs. Arriving on Platform 4 is the 2030 hrs Euston to Preston real Pendolino service.

Huddersfield: Here we go again. The guard takes his bags to the other end of 155342 in the bay platform at Huddersfield. The unit is on a Leeds to Wakefield Westgate service via Bradford (reverse), Huddersfield (reverse) and Wakefield Kirkgate (reverse). At Westgate the train reversed again to return to Leeds by the same circuitous route.

Wakefield Westgate: As 91110 arrives at Wakefield Westgate in the Down platform 155346, newly arrived from Selby, waits on the Up side to shunt into the turnback siding clearing the platform for another service. The Leyland built DMU is one of seven West Yorkshire two-car sets that were never converted into Class 153 single car units.

Healey Mills Marshalling Yard: Grab shot, from a passing Wakefield to Huddersfield train, of three of the fifteen Class 56 locomotives still stored in Healey Mills yard in September 2009. They are a sorry looking bunch. Details of locomotives stored here and at other UK locations can be found at the excellent End of the Line website at www.wnxx.com (January 2010 update: The Class 56 locos stored in Healey Mills yard were removed this month for scrapping at various locations.)

Huddersfield: The Huddersfield to Sheffield line is in the news at the moment as Northern Rail plan to convert it to experimental Tram Train operation, although local rail users question the viability of the proposals. 142067 waits in the bay platform at Huddersfield on a siding that allows Sheffield trains to leave and arrive without conflicting with those on the main line to Manchester.

Wakefield Westgate: National Express liveried HST power car 43312 draws to a halt in the Up platform at Wakefield Westgate at the head of a Leeds to Kings Cross service on 4 September 2009. Although Westgate station has only two platforms they are signalled for traffic in both directions, as is the through road, with the station handling a frequent train service.

Balshaw Lane Junction: Royal Scot no 46115 Scots Guardsman approaches Balshaw Lane Junction on the WCML on 4 September 2010 as it heads south on the Up Fast with The Lune Rivers Trust private charter from Carnforth to Chester via Hellifield. The Up Slow line can be seen on the lower left of the picture as it joins the Up Fast.

Bo'ness: Class 303 set in the yards at Boness on 4 September. The SRPS has started an appeal with the aim of constructing a large carriage shed to accommodate vehicles like this awaiting attention. See image [[10753]]

Edinburgh Waverley: 156 and 170 units face to face at Edinburgh Waverley on 4 September 2010.

Merryfield Halt: Ex-GWR O-6-2T no 5637 (in its final lined out BR passenger green) banking a freight train up the 1:56 towards Merryfield Halt on the East Somerset Railway on 4 September 2010.

Haymarket [Tram]: Progress on the planned tram stop at Haymarket. View west on 4 September 2010.

Lochailort: Black 5 no 45231 Sherwood Forester skirts Loch Dubh, west of Lochailort, with the West Highlander Railtour on 4 September 2010.

Cranmore: Barclay 0-4-0ST no 1719 Lady Nan offering Driver for a Fiver trips at Cranmore on 4 September 2010.

Roy Bridge: K4 61994 The Great Marquess passing through the Monessie Gorge with the northbound West Highlander railtour on 4 September 2010.

Dunfermline Town: 170 475 stands at Dunfermline Town with a service for Edinburgh and Newcraighall on 4 September.  The station opened as plain Dunfermline, later gained the suffix 'Lower', lost that for 30 years then 'Town' was added in 2000 when Dunfermline Queen Margaret opened.  There was a proposal by the local MSP a couple of years ago to have the station renamed 'Dunfermline City'.  Among the arguments against this was the not unreasonable one that Dunfermline is not in fact a city and that it would require an act of Parliament to make it one.  If and when Dunfermline ever obtains city status the station will no doubt change its name again, but we could all be deid by then.

Cranmore: RSH 0-6-0ST no 47 Moorbarrow, currently on loan to the ESR. The locomotive, built in 1955 for the NCB (works no 7849), is seen here at Cranmore on 4 September.

Dunfermline Town: So long as the SPT livery survives (and two years on from the introduction of a unified livery no Class 170 has been painted out of it) the Fife Circle will continue to look some days like a detached portion of the SPT network, with maroon units forming train after train. On 4 September 170 472 pulls away from Dunfermline Town, on the climb to Townhill Junction, with a Cowdenbeath service.

Cranmore: Ex-GWR 0-6-2T no 5637, resplendent in its final lined-out BR passenger green livery, photographed at Cranmore on the East Somerset Railway on 4 September 2010.

St Rollox Works: The first 158 set to appear in Saltire livery stands in the yard at Railcare, Springburn, on 4 September 2010.

Cardenden: As with Ladybank, the name devised by the Edinburgh & Northern Railway for its new station gave the name to the settlement, not the other way round. Cardenden is a former mining village in the parish of Auchterderran, whose church must have been considered too far away to give the station its name. 170 471 pulls away from the staggered platforms with an Inner Circle service for Newcraighall on 4 September.

Aberdeen: 158719 waits at platform 7S at Aberdeen on 4 September with the well patronised 11.59 to Inverness.

Alloa West Junction: A fond farewell to Kodachrome slide film, the processing of which finally ceased in December 2010 after 75 years. This is one of the last rail images to pass through the sole remaining laboratory in Kansas USA. It shows 66512 heading past Alloa West en route to Longannet power station with its train of coal hoppers in September 2010.

County March Summit [West Highland]: County March Summit sees 61994 The Great Marquess take the West Highlander railtour towards Fort William in fine weather. Later in the day the tour experienced significant difficulties trying to climb the severe gradient out of Oban.

Coventry: Little and large: One of the ubiquitous 153s for Nuneaton crosses with a Cross-Country Voyager service on a wet day at Coventry station in September 2010.

Cardross: The 1155 hrs from Helensburgh Central to Edinburgh arrives at Cardross on 4 September 2011 to collect at least some of the passengers waiting on the platform.

Cardross: 320310 calls at Cardross on 4 September 2011 with a service for Helensburgh Central, with the raised up platform looking very tidy see image [[24085]]. I am still trying to work out the purpose of the woodwork around the mast support on the left as it is not within the public area, unlike the one on the right.

Bayeux: 76527 at Bayeux station on 4 September 2011 with a local to Coutance.

Bayeux: 526010 heading an express from Cherbourg to Paris arrives at Bayeux on 4 September 2011.

Grosmont: An afternoon train from Pickering arriving at Grosmont on 4 September 2012.

Goathland: BR Class 4MT 4-6-0 no 75029 'The Green Knight' approaching the platform at Goathland on 4 September 2012.

Pickering: BR Standard Class 4MT 4-6-0 no 75029 The Green Knight at Pickering on 4 September, waiting to run round its train in readiness for the return journey to Whitby.

Pickering: A trio of photographers perched on the overbridge concentrating on BR Standard class 9F 2-10-0 no 92214 Cock O' The North as it drifts into Pickering station on a bright and sunny September afternoon in 2012.

Levisham: 'Smile For The Camera!' The driver of 75029 The Green Knight ready for the off with a Whitby to Pickering service at Levisham on 4 September 2012.

Larpool Viaduct: A North Yorkshire Moors service heading for Whitby, hauled by 75029 The Green Knight, approaching Larpool Viaduct on 4 September see image [[23574]].

Pickering: Waiting for the train, Pickering, 4 September 2012.

Goathland: Miscellaneous goods vehicles in the siding at Goathland on 4 September.

Shepherd's Bush: 378209, with a London Overground service from Clapham Junction to Willesden Junction, arriving at Shepherd's Bush station on 4th September 2013. This section of the West London Line had closed to regular traffic in 1940 but remained open for freight and summer excursions to the south coast until fully reopened in 1994 with a service of diesel units between Clapham Junction and Willesden Junction. This was later electrified and became part of London Overground in 2007 with Shepherd's Bush station opening more or less on the site of Uxbridge Road station, that had closed in 1940, in 2008. Most London Overground trains now work through all the way from Clapham Junction to Stratford via Hampstead Heath and the station is also served by Southern services between Milton Keynes Central and East Croydon.

Shepherd's Bush: 377203, with a Southern service from Milton Keynes Central to East Croydon, arriving at Shepherd's Bush station on 4th September 2013. This station is owned by Transport for London who operate the London Overground service through here from Clapham Junction to Stratford. It sits more or less on the site of the former Uxbridge Road station that had closed with the line as a wartime economy in 1940 and never reopened after 1945. The line stayed open for freight and summer excursions to the south coast until fully reopened in 1994 with Shepherd's Bush station opening in 2008. Nothing now remains of Uxbridge Road station although its entrance, actually on Holland Park Avenue, survived until circa the early 1970s.

Cowdenbeath North Junction: 66100 nears the former Cowdenbeath North Junction with the 6G25 Earlseat - Hunterston coal train on 4 September.

Wakefield Westgate: Glazing has now been fitted to the platform face on the atrium section of the new Wakefield Westgate main station building located to the north end of the up platform.

Rosewell and Hawthornden: Looking east along the Peebles loop near the site of Rosewell & Hawthornden station (just behind camera) on 4 September 2013. The platforms survive here, though are now totally overgrown see image [[13813]]. This bridge over the trackbed links the east end of Rosewell with the A6094 that now bypasses the village. As indicated by the road sign, the view is towards Bonnyrigg.

Inverkeithing: 67011 brings the ex-Aberdeen sleeper for Euston into Inverkeithing on 4 September 2013.

Wakefield Westgate: Northern 322485 is leaving on the 09.54 to Leeds whilst 91113, still awaiting a repaint into silver grey livery, readies to propel the 09.56 East Coast service forward to Kings Cross. The large new shared station and general use car park can be seen to the upper right.

Wakefield Westgate: The new Wakefield Westgate main station building, to the north end of the up platform, is rapidly nearing completion. This view shows the platform side exterior on 4 September 2013.

Wakefield Westgate: The platform 2 staircase for the new footbridge running from the (under construction) replacement main station building at Wakefield Westgate on 4 September 2013.

Carstairs: DB Schenker 66119 passing south through Carstairs on 4 September 2014 with the 6E30 Dalzell steelworks to Tees Yard steel slabs and scrap.

Rufford: A Network Rail test train stands at Rufford late in the evening of 4 September 2014, held at the signal protecting the single line to Midge Hall. The wait was for the last service train to Ormskirk to arrive and surrender the single line electric key token. For the moment the signaller comes to collect the single line staff from the crew for the Ormskirk section.

Coatbridge Central: Train 4M11 Coatbridge to Daventry intermodal passing through Coatbridge Central on 4 September 2014 double headed by Freightliner locomotives 86604 + 86607.

Carstairs: DRS 68006 with a consignment of new conflats from Motherwell TMD to Carlisle heading south on the WCML through Carstairs on 4 September 2014. The train is about to traverse the Edinburgh line crossover see image [[15041]].

Carluke: Freightliner class 86s, 86613 + 86639 with 4M74 Coatbridge to Crewe Basford Hall intermodal passing south through Carluke station on 4 September 2014.

Carstairs: TransPennine 350401 on 1M96 Glasgow Central to Manchester Airport passing Carstairs on 4 September.

Carstairs: Scotrail EMU 380113 with the 1050 Ayr - Edinburgh Waverley calls at Carstairs on 4 September.

Carstairs: The Dalston - Grangemouth Ineos empties returning north through Carstairs on 4 September 2014 behind DBS 66124.

Carstairs: The 1151 Edinburgh Waverley - Ayr crosses the up WCML as it arrives at Carstairs on 4 September 2014.

Glasgow Central: Station tour poster at Glasgow Central on 4 September 2015 see image [[49665]].

Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal: Latest DIRFT developments north of the bridge over the A428 in early September 2015. see image [[52348]]. The Sainsbury's warehouse is visible on the left. Notice the stack of containers and the new container crane left of centre. A 'super shunter' like 37714 (centre) can be seen here most weekday afternoons. To the right, the embankment has been extended towards the proposed crossing of the A5.

Gore Glen Bridge: The morning run of the ScotRail 'Borders Line Steam Special' crosses Gore Glen Viaduct over a very quiet A7 as it approaches Gorebridge on Sunday 4 September 2016. The special is hauled by ex-LMS 4-6-0 no 46100 Royal Scot.

Grantown-on-Spey East: After nearly four decades hidden behind trees and vegetation, the granite brickwork of this bridge looks in remarkably good condition bearing in mind the harsh Highland winters of past.

Spui [Tram]: An eastbound route 2 Avenio type tram stops at the substantial underground Spui tram station in the centre of the Hague. In 2004, existing tram routes were relocated from street level into the 'tramtunnel' after many years of construction. The difficulties of construction are still spoken of, notably flooding, and the tunnel enjoyed various dubious names such as the 'Tramtanic'. Spui ('Lock') had been a harbour and meeting point of several canals. This is a very impressive and pleasant station to use.

Centruum [Tram]: A route 16 GTL type tram (right) sets out south from Centruum with a route 15 modern Avenio type tram in the background. Below is Spui station in the Tramtunnel. One of the entrances to the station below can be seen in front of the route 16 tram. Most route 16s turn round at the Stadhuis but some, such as this one, continue to the Grote Kerk to turn.

Shrubhill Tram Depot: After years as a gap site work is now finally underway to build housing on the former tram then bus depot on Leith Walk, The buildings in the foreground were at the back of the depot and are to be retained along with its chimney. The gap through which I am pointing has recently been opened up to allow plant access. It was the 'back door' giving single-track access to Dryden Street which still has two tram poles, now rather rusty. Leith Walk is in the background with Arthur's Seat beyond.

Gore Glen Bridge: ScotRail 158730 forming the 0911 Sunday service to Tweedbank passing Arniston and running into the Gore Glen on a bright and sunny September morning in 2016.

Grantown-on-Spey East: The first carriage to arrive at Grantown on Spey in nearly 48 years awaits refurbishment. Once complete this, along with its companion will be positioned at the new bay platform at Grantown East.

Edinburgh Waverley: Battle of Britain Flight 'Lest We Forget' livery on locomotive 91110.

Coventry Arena: In the absence of a ticket office at Coventry Arena, you may chat up the driver, or a passing rail photographer whose wife is shopping in M&S. Which will give you more reliable information is a moot point...

Grantown-on-Spey East: Currently sitting on temporary rails whilst being refurbished in a private yard at Grantown on Spey, these vehicles will be positioned in the new bay platform at Grantown East. (The location is not actually Grantown East, but in Grantown).

Grantown-on-Spey East: Interior view of the bridge which once carried the strathspey line. Note the remarkable condition of the granite stone work, along with a brick arch built to carry the earthworks and line above. See image [[56982]].

Grantown-on-Spey East: A large site has opened up around the old station and yard area. Visitor car parking along with a new access road is currently being prepared.

Gore Glen Bridge: A southbound ScotRail DMU on the Borders line about to run through the Gore Glen on a September morning in 2016. As luck would have it, captured passing through a convenient patch of autumn sunshine.

Whitley Bridge: Whitley Bridge station, on the Knottingley to Goole line, on 4th September 2017. Although the line is busy with freight the station is only served by one eastbound and two westbound trains per day. This view towards Goole. [Ref query 15 September 2017]

Galashiels [1st]: The Kinghorn/Squance photo overlooking Gala station taken from the south see image [[59883]] shows an UP passenger and steam engine on PW work. This is the view today. What a let-down!

Dalgety Bay: 68003 nears Dalgety Bay with empty stock from Cardenden on 4th September 2018.

Aberdour: 170 457 passes the refurbished former signalbox at Aberdour with a southbound service.

Inverness: 43274 'Spirit of Sunderland', newly arrived at Inverness on 4th September 2019. The stock of the Highland Sleeper service can be seen in the adjoining platform.

Dalmally: Scotrail 156457 departs Dalmally, with a Glasgow Queen Street to Oban early morning service, just before the rain resumed on 4th September 2019.

Inverness: Journey's end at Inverness for an LNER service from Kings Cross on 4th September 2019. The lead power-car was 43274 'Spirit of Sunderland'. It will not be long before this is replaced by a class 800 bi-mode.

Haymarket: 4th September 2019 saw HST 43149, part of a 7 cities set, at Haymarket going towards Waverley. I like how the pattern of the sleepers matches the roof of the awnings.

Turnhouse: An Aberdeen-bound HST seen just to the north of Turnhouse on 4 September 2021.

Turnhouse: The construction tentacles of the new West Craigs development reach as far west as the old station house at Turnhouse as seen in this view of 4 September 2021. The path to the right (with the bullhead rail post on the corner) led to the platforms.

Turnhouse: An Edinburgh-bound Class 158 approaches the site of Turnhouse station on 4 September 2021. Pretty rural for now but that digger is harbinger of the substantial development on its way between here and Edinburgh Gateway station. Note the neat series of signal aspects on the Down line, ready for an HST for Aberdeen.

Queens Park: 380106 nears Queens Park, with the 15.53 from Central to Neilston on 4 September 2022, passing under the Larkfield Curve, formerly the main line into St Enoch.

Alnwick (Lionheart): Hunslet 0-6-0ST No 60 (ex NCB) is about to depart from Alnwick Lionheart station on 4 September 2022. Note the 'Pacer' unit in the background.

Burnley Central: The 'Ribble Ranger' Branch Line Society Railtour, 1Z36 07:20 Blackpool North to Hellifield, crosses Burnley Viaduct outward bound to Colne with West Coast Railway Company's 37676 Loch Rannoch leading. 37516 'Loch Laidon', running as 37555, was on the rear out of the frame here.

Alnwick (Lionheart): 4 September 2022 and Hudswell Clarke loco No 9 'Richboro' is on display outside the loco shed at Alnwick Lionheart. Behind it is another Hudswell Clarke, No.20 'Jennifer'. Sent from my iPad

Brierfield: Loco hauled to Colne. 37676 'Loch Rannoch' is on the rear of 'The Ribble Ranger' Branch Line Society Railtour, passing Brierfield on its way back from Colne, on 4th September 2022. 37516 (running as 37555) 'Loch Laidon' was on the front out of the shot here. The only other time that I photographed a loco hauled passenger train here was on 23rd May 1993. That was Pathfinder Tours 1Z46 'Lancastrian Mini-Excursion' headed by 60084 'Cross Fell'. The trees were not quite as high then! I cannot recall any other loco hauled passenger trains to Colne in the meantime but the Network Rail measurement train has been there with 37s at either end.

Strathbungo: 156 467 passes the site of Strathbungo station and the demolished Nithsdale Road bridge with the 16.10 from Glasgow Central to Kilmarnock. The works are in connection with electrification of the route.