Loch Lomond: The paddle steamer 'Maid of the Loch' photographed on Loch Lomond in September 1955 on one of her regular trips out from Balloch Pier.

Cowlairs Incline: A locomotive quartet on its way from Eastfield shed to Queen Street station descending Cowlairs Incline on 6 September 1955. Leading is N15 69179, followed by B1s 61396 and 61134. Bringing up the rear is D49 62716 Kincardineshire. The first three are residents of 65A, while the D49 is a visitor from Thornton Junction.

Cowlairs West Junction: Gresley V3 2-6-2T no 67600 with a Glasgow Queen Street - Kirkintilloch train passing Cowlairs West Junction on 6 September 1955.

Cowlairs West Junction: A class N2 0-6-2T passing Cowlairs West Junction with empty stock in September 1955.

Dunoon Pier: Photographed on the approach to Dunoon from the south on 6 September 1955 is TS Saint Columba.

Edinburgh Princes Street: St Margarets C16 4-4-2T no 67492 at Princes Street on 6 September 1958 in connection with the SLS (Edinburgh Section) Lothian Lines Tour. The 4-coach special covered various branches in Edinburgh and the Lothians, starting at Waverley and finishing at Princes Street station. Lothian Road goods depot stands in the background.

Ormiston: St Margarets C16 4-4-2T no 67492 stands at Ormiston on 6 September 1958 with the SLS Lothian Lines Tour. The special, consisting of 4 ex-LNER coaches, was returning from a visit to the terminus at Macmerry. Ormiston station closed to passengers in April 1933 although the branch remained open for freight as far as Saltoun until 1965.

St Margarets Shed: Scene on the up side of St Margarets shed, looking south across the ECML towards London Road on a Saturday morning in September 1958. Standing around the turntable is a North British 0-4-0 DH shunter, no D2723 of 1957, alongside a Reid ex-NBR N15 0-6-2T no 69152 of 1910. Even on a fine day it is questionable how much of a view was ever enjoyed by the nearby residents of London Road at that time, given the 200+ steam locomotives to whom St Margarets was home during much of the 1950s.

North Leith: C16 no 67492 with the the SLS Lothian Lines Tour, visiting locations in and around Edinburgh, stands at North Leith terminus on 6 September 1958. The train is about to undertake a circuitous route from here back to its final destination at Princes Street station.

St Margarets Shed: Fowler 0-6-0T no 47162 photographed on one of the turntable roads on the north side of the running lines at St Margarets shed in September 1958.

North Leith: C16 4-4-2T no 67492 stands at North Leith terminus on 6 September 1958 with the the SLS Lothian Lines Tour. The train will leave shortly for the remainder of the tour, finishing at Princes Street station.

St Margarets Shed: Holmes J88 0-6-0T no 68325 stands on the up side of St Margarets shed on 6 September 1958. The usual mixture of North Sea haar and 64A haze hangs over London Road in the background.

Macmerry: C16 no 67492 off St Margarets shed runs round an SLS Lothian lines railtour on 6 September 1958 in the goods yard at Macmerry. Passenger services on the branch had ceased in 1925.

Macmerry: St Margarets C16 4-4-2T no 67492 photographed at Macmerry on 6 September 1958 with the SLS Lothian Lines Tour. Passenger services on the branch had ceased in 1925 and the run round manoeuvre is taking place in the former goods yard. The railtour, which visited various branches in Edinburgh and the Lothians, started at Waverley and finished at Princes Street.

St Margarets Shed: Busy scene at St Margarets shed in the autumn of 1958 with class Y9 0-4-0ST no 68097, complete with wooden tender, moving slowly through the yard. The smoky atmosphere seems to have blotted out the tenements on London Road almost completely on this occasion.

North Leith: C16 no 67492 with the SLS Lothian lines railtour of 6 September 1958 seen here during the visit to North Leith terminus.

St Margarets Shed: C16 4-4-2T no 67492 in the shed yard at St Margarets on 6 September 1958. The locomotive took charge of that days SLS Lothian Lines Tour from Edinburgh Waverley, visiting various locations in Edinburgh and the Lothians.

Macmerry: All change! Scene in the goods yard at Macmerry on 6 September 1958, with St Margarets C16 4-4-2T no 67492 involved in run-round manoeuvres with the SLS (Edinburgh section) Lothian lines railtour from Waverley. The East Lothian station had lost its passenger service as long ago as 1925 although the branch remained open for goods traffic until 1960.

Kittybrewster [2nd]: B1 no 61242 Alexander Reith Gray running south wrong-line through Kittybrewster station in September 1960. The locomotive is thought to be on its way from Kittybrewster shed (the top of the coaling plant can be seen above the tender) to Aberdeen station to pick up a train. From the ground signal the locomotive appears to be clear to use the crossover behind the camera.

Kittybrewster Shed: 40650 on shed at 61A Kittybrewster in September 1960.

Corrour: Aftermath of a derailment photographed from a train crossing Rannoch Moor just south of Corrour station on 6 September 1961. The mishap had occurred several days earlier resulting in a large number of sleepers being torn up. The van had carried alumina. View looking north.

Corrour: Photograph taken from the 10.05 ex-Glasgow Queen Street running into Corrour in 1961. Standing at the platform waiting to cross with a southbound freight is B1 61278.

Glenfinnan Viaduct: A section of Glenfinnan Viaduct photographed in September 1961. 'Glen House' (now demolished) is seen at the base of the third pier from the left.

Glenfinnan: K1 2-6-0 62052 calls at Glenfinnan on 6 September 1961 with the 4.35pm Fort William - Mallaig.

Fort William Shed: View over a busy Fort William shed in September 1961.

Mallaig Shed: B1 61197 on the turntable at Mallaig on 6 September 1961.

Fort William Shed: Standard class 5 4-6-0 no 73077 shortly after arrival on Fort William shed in September 1961. The Eastfield locomotive had hauled the 10.5am train from Glasgow Queen Street.

Blair Atholl: Last days of steam on the Highland Main Line - a Black 5 hard at work hauling a Perth-Inverness goods north of Blair Atholl on 6th September 1961.

Edendon Signal Box: A short-lived traction combination on the Highland Main Line. A single Birmingham Type 2 heading an Inverness bound train battles up the gradient south of Dalnaspidal in September 1961, with a 2-6-4 tank banking in the rear.

Fort William Shed: K1 2-6-0 no 62052 receiving water on its home shed at Fort William in September 1961.

Crianlarich: Eastfield's BR Standard class 5 4-6-0 no 73077, photographed shortly after arrival at Crianlarich on 6 September 1961 with the 10.5am ex-Glasgow Queen Street.

Paterson's No 2 Siding: A1 Pacific 60131 Osprey at Galashiels in September 1963 with the down Waverley.

Hawick [2nd]: 60041 Salmon Trout photographed at Hawick in September 1965 at the head of the 2.10pm Carlisle - Millerhill freight. The Pacific was finally withdrawn from St Margarets shed at the end of that year.

Hawick [2nd]: The 2.10pm Carlisle Kingmoor - Millerhill goods passing north through Hawick station on 6 September 1963 behind St Margarets A3 Pacific no 60041 Salmon Trout.

Ayr Harbour: 'TS Duchess of Hamilton' at Ayr, on a charter sailing to Stranraer, in September 1969.

Elbergen: Late on the afternoon of 6th September 1974 oil-fired 2-8-2 042 364 heads south along the then single-track section of the Emsland line between Haneckenfaehre and Elbergen with a tank train from the oil refinery at Holthausen, near Lingen just a few miles to the north.

Rheine: Rheine-Emden 1974. Oil-fired Pacific 012 100 speeds through the woods at Leschede to the north-west of Rheine with train D735, the 08:25 Koeln Hbf to Norddeich Mole, which it will have taken over from electric traction at Rheine. 6th September 1974.

Elbergen: In September 1974 the Rheine - Emden line was single track over the River Ems (possibly due to wartime damage to the bridge) resulting in a significant bottleneck on a line which was very busy with freight. Here 3 cylinder 2-10-0 No. 044 569 on a southbound train of bogie hoppers approaches Elbergen, where double track resumed.

Izmir Poste B: Rattling over the flat crossing at Poste B is R. Stephenson built 2-8-2 46104 (works number 3996 of 1929) going to Ciyli from Izmir Basmane station in September 1975.

Präbichl: Beavering away at the rear of the 15.35 empties from Vordernberg to Erzberg on 6 September 1975, 0-6-2RT No. 97.209 gives 197.301 a good shove on the approach to the summit station at Präbichl see image [[41072]].

Präbichl: Could this be the most exotic steam type ever to feature on Railscot? 0-12-0RT No. 197.303 dating from 1912 waits to depart from the summit station at Präbichl on the rear of the combined 07.15 and 08.10 loaded workings from Erzberg in September 1975. 0-6-2RT No. 97.207 was at the front for the 8 km long descent to Vordernberg where electric power would take over for the remaining 13 km on easier grades to Donawitz steelworks.

Istanbul Haydarpasa: Steam locos were somewhat limited in Istanbul in 1975, only working in and back out again. One such train was the 16.35 to Apapzarri, which departed from Haydarpasa Station on the Asian side. Here one of the Henschel or Krupp built 460xx class 4-8-0s is waiting to attach to its train. Note the two Electric locos somewhat hidden behind it.

Glaslbremse: Scene on the 13 km long rack worked line through the Styrian Alps from Vordernberg to Erzberg, used to transport iron ore from the workings at Erzberg. Here 0-6-2RT No. 97.205 (with sister locomotive 97.204 at the rear) approaches Glaslbremse in September 1975 with the 14.10 empties from Vordernberg. The locos are about to enjoy a brief respite from climbing on the level section through Glaslbremse halt.

Präbichl: Usual motive power on the Erzbergbahn in the 1970s was a pair of class 97 0-6-2RTs, assisted by a rack fitted diesel. However if the latter was unavailable, there was a chance of one of the line's class 197 0-12-0RTs being pressed into service. This was the case on 6 September 1975 as 197.301 blasts uphill between Glaslbremse and Präbichl at the head of the 15.35 empties from Vordernberg. See image [[41155]]

Istanbul Haydarpasa: With the old 4-8-0 now coupled up to the coaches, the 16.35 to Apapzarri is ready to depart Istanbul Haydarpasa in September 1975.

Minehead: The Minehead terminus of the West Somerset Railway is pictured here in its first year of operation (1976) as a preserved line. In view is Hymek D7017 (still present and working on the line) and a Park Royal DMU set that was used on the first passenger services.

Sudbury [2nd]: A Tuesday afternoon service to Marks Tey draws out of Sudbury station on 6th September 1977. The tall starting signal was later replaced by a shorter version nearer the signal box.

Levisham: Maunsell S15 4-6-0 No 841 'Greene King', a development of a Urie LSWR design, waits in Levisham for our train to arrive before departing for Grosmont.

Pickering: Black 5 No (4)4767 George Stephenson about to run round its train at the North Yorkshire Railways terminus at Pickering. This engine had one of George Ivatt's experimental modifications with outside Stephenson link motion and at one time also had a double chimney.

Grosmont: Maunsell S15 4-6-0 841 'Greene King' waits to leave Grosmont for Pickering in 1980. Emerging from the tunnel is Lambton Tank 0-6-2T No 29.

Goathland: Lambton Tank, 0-6-2T No 29, pulls into Goathland with a train for Pickering in 1980.

Grosmont: Black 5 (4)4767 George Stephenson about to depart Grosmont for Pickering in 1980. This engine was one of George Ivatt's experimental modified Black 5s with outside Stephenson link motion and at one time also had a double chimney.

Treviscoe China Clay Works: 37671, running light loco on 6th September 1989, heads for the clay driers at Treviscoe to collect a rake of CDA wagons for Fowey Docks.

Lairg: A ScotRail service for Inverness pulls away from the staggered southbound platform at Lairg on a cold September morning in 2001.

Lairg: The guard of a morning service on the far north line reboards his train at Lairg on 6 September 2001 before recommencing the onward journey to Inverness.

Carstairs: A Virgin Trains London Euston - Glasgow Central service runs north through Carstairs on a wet and windy 6 September 2002 hauled by 90002. In 1998 this locomotive became the first to be turned out in Virgin Trains red and black livery. It was named 'Mission Impossible' to launch the challenge of upgrading passenger services on the WCML.

Edinburgh Waverley: An Edinburgh-Glasgow shuttle leaves Edinburgh Waverley on 06 September 2003. Photographed from the top of the Scott Monument

Schlitters-Bruck: Zillertalbahn No. 4 brews up at Schlitters-Bruck while working the 15:16 Jenbach to Mayrhofen steam service in September 2005. In reality, the grades going up the valley are not severe and the loco would not be over-taxed with the afternoon working, which was normally a shorter formation than the morning train, but the quality of the coal ensures an impressive exhaust whenever firing takes place.

Inchyra Level Crossing: A Dundee - Edinburgh service at speed on Inchyra level crossing in the Carse of Gowrie on 6 September 2006. The cottage nameboard a reminder of why it was originally built.

Bo'ness: D8020 in the yards at Boness on 6 September 2006.

Bo'ness: 08443 stands in the pouring rain in the SRPS yard at Boness in September 2006.

Bo'ness: 26004 in the yard at Boness in September 2006.

Bo'ness: A Milngavie train - at Boness! A hybrid 303 with 303032 (A end) standing in the yard on 6 September 2006 at a rain soaked SRPS, Boness. See image [[48497]]

Bo'ness: Crane in the rain, September 2006. Scene in the SRPS yard at Boness.

Elderslie: DRS Class 66 66403 at WH Malcolms Elderslie Freight Terminal offloading freight

Elderslie: DRS Class 66 66403 at WH Malcolms Elderslie Freight Terminal offloading freight. The freight trains are now using the new concreted part of the terminal.

Elderslie: DRS Class 66 66403 at WH Malcolms Elderslie Freight Terminal offloading freight. Here a mobile crane lifts an ISO box from a flat car for transfer to an articulated lorry.

Elderslie: EWS Class 66 66019 with a loaded coal train from Hunterston passes DRS Class 66 66403 which is offloading freight at WH Malcolms Freight Terminal.

Bo'ness: Who used all the paint..? Boness - type 2s. September 2006.

Elderslie: Class 318 318265 passes WH Malcolms Freight Terminal at Elderslie

Bo'ness: Preserved locomotives 47643 and 08443 stand in pouring rain in the yard at Bo'ness on 6 September 2006.

Bo'ness: Part of the wet yard at SRPS Boness on 6 September 2006.

Bo'ness: 303032 (B end) standing in the rain at Boness on 6 September 2006.

Edinburgh Waverley: The west end of Waverley looking towards The Mound Tunnels on 6 September 2007 with major station works in progress. The platform 13/14 canopy has been removed and the metal framework is undergoing refurbishment. Standing alongside 13 is a ScotRail DMU about to depart with a mid morning service to Dunblane.

Gospel Oak: 313101, in the last weeks of the old Silverlink regime, departing from Gospel Oak station with a train from Stratford to Richmond, on 6th September 2007. The line was taken over by Transport for London and re-christened London Overground the following November.

Edinburgh Waverley: The Mound tunnels viewed from Waverley in September 2007, with wires present only in the north portal. Preparatory work is underway to electrify the others. The 0915 DMU ex-Glasgow Queen Street is ambivalent about the whole thing.

Edinburgh Waverley: A mid-morning service from Glasgow Queen Street arrives at Waverley past the old west box during major works being carried out at the station in September 2007. Note the absence of catenary and associated clutter, with only the north tunnel under The Mound electrified at the time.

Haymarket: Built during 2006 to relieve pressure on Waverley during planned major engineering works, bay platform 0 at Haymarket sees only infrequent use nowadays. This scene in September 2007 shows a terminated service recently arrived in the bay, with the majority of passengers moving to the adjacent platform 1 to await the next connection for Waverley.

Edinburgh Waverley: Some of the autumn sunshine being enjoyed in Edinburgh on 6 September 2007 manages to filter through the old and discoloured glass panels in the station roof to reach a Virgin CrossCountry service for Plymouth boarding at platform 14. It would be another 3 years before the much talked about project to replace all 24,000 panels got underway (see [[36223]]).

Craigentinny Depot: Grab shot from a train passing Craigentinny TMD early in the afternoon of 6 September 2007, showing Wabtec 08472 with a GNER coach standing alongside one of the sheds.

Edinburgh Waverley: Major works in progress on the south side of Waverley on 6 September 2007. View is west along the under-construction 'Klondyke' through platform towards The Mound tunnels. The large two storey building on the right was demolished 10 years later to make room for an extended platform 12 (see image [[74160]]).

Hamburg Hauptbahnhof: A diesel locomotive hauled train waits departure from Hamburg Hbf.

Hamburg Hauptbahnhof: A busy lunchtime at Hamburg Central station.

Rostock: Local train arriving at Rostock in the former East Germany.

Rostock: Intercity service from Karlsruhe to Stralsund reverses at Rostock. The journey from end to end takes 10 hours but it is in loco-hauled comfort!

Edinburgh Waverley: Colourful scene at the west end of Waverley in September 2007, with a Virgin Voyager alongside a ScotRail 170 at the buffer stops.

Edinburgh Waverley: Sunshine filtering through the station roof picks out a pattern on the coaches of a Virgin Voyager at the east end of Waverley in September 2007. Above the train the full extent of the Calton Road footbridge can be seen, linking with the eastern concourse via a hole in the station's north wall.

Haymarket: A Fife service standing in the new platform 0 bay at Haymarket on 6 September 2007 with the original 1842 E&G building as a backdrop and the rear of the 1862 Caledonian Alehouse (formerly the Haymarket Station Bar) to the left... though not for much longer... see image [[20669]]

Haymarket: A light engine movement through platform 3 at Haymarket on 6 September 2007. EWS 67002 was on its way to Waverley to pick up a works train being used during electrification work on The Mound south tunnel.

Haymarket: A Dundee - Edinburgh service entering Haymarket tunnel after restarting from platform 1 on the final leg of its journey to Waverley. Photograph taken in September 2007, during the period when ScotRail unit 170421 carried a special livery promoting Scotland's 2014 Commonwealth Games bid.

Edinburgh Waverley: A Virgin Voyager service to Birmingham New Street prepares to leave Waverley on 6 September 2007, with the newly commissioned platform 1 on the right.

Haymarket: A Cowdenbeath - Edinburgh Waverley service calls at Haymarket patform 1 on 6 September 2007. ScotRail unit 170421 is sporting Commonwealth Games promotional livery. The games took place in Glasgow during July and August 2014.

Edinburgh Waverley: A GNER Kings Cross service boarding at sub platform 8 at Waverley on 6 September 2007. The sticker attached to the side of the train reads 'GNER welcomes the International Indian Film Academy Awards'.

Edinburgh Waverley: Splash of colour at Waverley platforms 14 and 15 on 6 September 2007.

Haymarket: A Commonwealth Games set heading for Waverley disappears into Haymarket tunnel on 6 September 2007.

Edinburgh Waverley: A Virgin Voyager for Manchester Piccadilly boards at Waverley platform 14 on 6 September 2007.

Edinburgh Waverley: Waverley western concourse in September 2007 showing the revised layout, including the newly commissioned escalators.

Edinburgh Waverley: The big issue. Waverley Steps, with proposed improvements still to be implemented. View from Princes Street down to the station in September 2007. See image [[35788]]

Haymarket: The recently published Haymarket redevelopment plan, aimed at accommodating the new tram interchange, included the proposed demolition of station local Ryries (1862). The hostelry was photographed on 6 September 2007 during an enjoyable visit for research purposes. Haymarket station stands beyond, with The Caledonian Alehouse on the far right. This latter watering hole, also dating from the 1860s and formerly known as the Haymarket Station Bar, is also under threat as part of the redevelopment proposal.

Haymarket: Proposals to demolish the 1842 A-listed Haymarket station as part of a redevelopment plan have been dropped after running into fierce opposition on all fronts. The station is shown here on 6 September 2007.

Edinburgh Waverley: Platforms 8 & 9 (previously 20 & 21) in September 2007 during a period when major works were taking place at the station. For several weeks the western end of the long through island platform was screened off and secured, with trains from the east terminating at temporary buffer stops. Photograph taken from the bricked up former entrance on Waverley Bridge that once served the sub platforms see image [[66599]].

Dalston Kingsland: In the last couple of months of the Silverlink regime, 313116 for Stratford departs from Dalston Kingsland station, on 6th September 2007. The line was taken over the following November by Transport for London and re-christened London Overground. This station was opened in 1985 on the site of the former Kingsland station that lasted only from 1850 to 1865, when it was replaced by Dalston Junction on the NLR's branch to its City terminus at Broad Street. This closed in 1986 but a new Dalston Junction on the same site was opened in April 2010 when the Broad Street branch was partially reopened as an extension of the London Overground and linked by a new section of track at Shoreditch to the former London Underground East London Line.

Euxton: Ex-LMS Royal Scot 4-6-0 no 46115 Scots Guardsman heads south on the Up Fast line at Euxton on 6 September 2008 with the outward leg of The Lune Habitat special from Carnforth to Chester (via Hellifield & Blackburn). The train had been held at Farington Junction due to a late running TPE service to Manchester Airport and the driver was obviously trying to make up time!

Markinch: Scene just north of Markinch station on 6 September 2008. Units 170396 and 170424, forming a southbound service from Inverness, passing 158741, having recently terminated at Markinch, standing on the down line waiting to cross over and become the 15.24 return service to Edinburgh.

Curriehill: Westbound 322 481 calls at Curriehill on 6 September with one of the 2 daily revenue earning trips to Shields depot.

Wilpshire Tunnel: Wilpshire Tunnel is near the summit of the line between Blackburn and Clitheroe. 156473, on a Clitheroe to Manchester Victoria service, leaves the tunnel and the Ribble Valley before starting the long descent to Daisyfield Junction near Blackburn.

Wallyford: 322 483 with a North Berwick - Edinburgh Waverley service at Wallyford on 6 September.

Wilpshire: The deep, tree lined cutting south of Wilpshire tunnel sees 156473 dropping down towards the closed station at Wilpshire, the white building just visible on the bend, before it calls at Ramsgreave and Wilpshire, some 400 yds further on.

Rochers de Nay: Train climbing near Rochers de Nay, Switzerland, on 6 September 2008.

Euxton: Travelling on the Up Slow line at Euxton on 6 September is 67027 with an Orient Express - Northern Belle charter.

Whalley Viaduct: Panoramic view of the 48 arch viaduct from Whalley Nab (Map ref SD 728354) as 156473, heading for Clitheroe, crosses the swollen River Calder on the approach to Whalley station at the far end of the bridge.

Martholme Viaduct: The east elevation of the 10 arch Martholme viaduct, striding across the River Calder near Great Harwood on the closed Padiham Loop.

Charlbury: A Worcester bound 125 sets off from Charlbury. The train is heading away from the camera.

Combe Halt: Combe Halt is fortunate indeed to have local support. Someone has gone to some bother to produce this handwritten timetable which was by the entry to the single platform station. The station's status as a sometime request halt is interesting.

Charlbury: The charming station at Charlbury looking towards Oxford. It's not only Scotland and Wales that see railway investment, the works on the right are associated with the Charlbury - Wolvercot Junction (Oxford) re-doubling.

Calvert: Looking south over the remains of former mainline station at Calvert. Beyond the island platform is the Shanks and McEwan rubbish unloading depot. The depot serves the nearby landfill site which was formerly a clay pit of the London Brick Company. This portion of the former Great Central Railway's London Extension continues north as far as Claydon Junction and remains intact south to Quainton Road although the out of use Princes Risborough route only reaches Akeman Street.

Verney Junction: Looking east to the former Verney Junction station in September 2009. Further east there was a junction between the Buckinghamshire Railway to Bletchley and the line to Quainton Road. To the west was the junction between the lines to Banbury and Oxford.

Bicester North: This was a Banbury bound service. Bicester North is a busy station given it was a Sunday; the two storey car park by the station was nearly full and there was a large number of buses leaving and arriving. Then again this was the day that London Midland ran out of train drivers.

Bicester Town: Platform view looking east from Bicester Town in September 2009. This is currently the end of the passenger service from Oxford. The line continues east to serve a rubbish compaction and landfill site at Calvert. Beyond there the track is disused through to Bletchley, with some short sections lifted. The reversing spur on the right is used to access a nearby MOD establishment.

Bicester Town: View towards Oxford at Bicester Town in ‎2009. The line to the left is a reversing spur providing access to Central Ordnance Depot.

Islip: Looking to Oxford at Islip, in 2009, showing the reverse curves just to the south west of the station. Generally this line is very straight, these are some of the few kinks along the route. This line has closed (February 2013) temporarily to allow upgrading. A new curve will be put in at Bicester providing a new route between London and Oxford via Bicester.

Shipton: Shipton station, at Shipton-under-Wychwood. The view looks towards Oxford. This station is on the double track Ascott-under-Wychwood to Moreton-in-Marsh section.

Villefranche-sur-Mer: SNCF Z26500 series DD EMU 407 leaving Villefranche-sur-Mer on 6 September with a train for Monaco.

Chipping Norton: North end of the Chipping Norton tunnel. The terminus of the Chipping Norton Railway was unfortunately located next to a gradual rise. When the line was extended by the Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway the terminus became a through station but a tunnel was required on the line to Banbury.

Scottish Industrial Railway Centre: The well restored Sentinel diesel locomotive (4WDH 10012/1959) at the ARPG centre, Waterside, on 6 September 2009. The locomotive was previously deployed at Killoch Colliery see image [[3527]]

Villefranche-sur-Mer: Old station building still in use at Villefranche-sur-Mer on 6 September 2009.

Ascott-under-Wychwood: Looking west at the signalbox by Ascott-under-Wychwood station. The view looks towards Worcester. Just past the signalbox the line doubles but over the level crossing, at the station itself and all the way to Wolvercot Junction, Oxford, it is presently single track. Note - the line has since been re-doubled.

Villefranche-sur-Mer: SNCF Z 26500 series DD EMU 409 arriving at Villefranche-sur-Mer on 6 September with a train for Marseilles.

Charlbury: Charlbury looking to Worcester. Some works can be seen on the left for the re-doubling of the line.

Claydon: Looking west to the level crossing by the remains of Claydon station on the Buckinghamshire Railway. Many of the rails going east from Shepherd's Furze have been lifted.

Blackhouse Junction: Jubilee no 5690 Leander on the returning RTC West Highlander (carrying the headboard of The Merseyside Express) photographed at Heathfield, Ayr, on 6 September 2010. The Ayr - Mauchline line is normally freight only.

Annbank Junction: Freightliner 66524 at Annbank Junction on 6 September waiting to join the Mauchline - Ayr line with 6M32 coal train from Killoch washery to Fiddlers Ferry. See image [[30606]]

Irvine: 5690 Leander photographed passing Western Gailes south of Irvine on 6 September with the RTC West Highlander railtour.

Annbank Junction: Freightliner 66524 moves slowly off the branch from Killoch washery and over Annbank Junction on 6 September as the 'second man' watches progress from alongside the ground frame. See image [[30591]]

Burscough Junction: After picking up passengers at Burscough Junction station on 6 September 2010, unit 153315 gets ready to continue on its journey from Ormskirk to Preston. On the disused platform on the right (the former Liverpool platform) work has been progressing following the tidy up and the construction of a number of raised beds by the Friends of Burscough stations voluntary group.

Meadowbank Stadium: 67007 passes the site of Meadowbank Stadium (1986-1988) with the 6B46 Oxwellmains - Powderhall empty 'Binliner' train on 6 September making its way back to Powderhall depot.

Hindley: 150143 departs east from Hindley on 6 September 2011 with a Kirkby to Manchester Victoria service.

Crawford: Possibly the only photograph on this site featuring a Pendolino and a large mushroom (left). A southbound service passes a wooded glade and approaches Crawford in the drizzle.

Poltross Burn Viaduct: Just to the west of the former Gilsland station the Newcastle - Carlisle line crosses the Poltross Burn on this impressive structure.

Gilsland: View north across the Newcastle & Carlisle line in September 2011 towards the former Gilsland station. Closed to passengers in 1967, the building is now a private residence. See image [[22045]]

Neville Hill Depot: Grab shot from a passing train showing two of the former ScotRail class 322 EMUs used on the North Berwick line (with 322483 at the far end) stabled on Neville Hill depot. The units are awaiting vinyls and other modifications prior to entering service with the Northern fleet.

Abbeyhill: All that remains of Abbeyhill Station, seen looking south from London Road on 6 September 2011, with the site now in use as a work compound. Track is still in place, but is largely buried by infill, while the up platform makes a useful storage area. See image [[22469]].

Wakefield Westgate: With rain clouds gathering overhead, DVT 82212 brings up the rear of a now rare all blue liveried East Coast Mk 4 working on 6 September 2011. The train is the 09.35 Kings Cross - Leeds, seen here leaving Wakefield Westgate.

Crow Nest Junction: With the line to Lostock Junction and Bolton on the left, 150143 takes the right hand fork and heads to Manchester Victoria via Atherton and Swinton on 6 September as it passes Crow Nest Junction signal box. The box is due to close in the first half of 2013 as part of a signalling rationalisation project.

Kingsway Tram Subway: View down the incline from Southampton Row to the northern portal of the Kingsway Tram Subway at Holborn, closed in April 1952 and seen here just over sixty years later on 6th September 2012. The tracks remain as a silent memorial to London's once-vast tramway network.

Northampton: There seems to be something missing from this crossing outside the Northampton Ironstone Railway Trust's secure compound on 6 September. Perhaps someone could enlighten me...

Vatnahalsen: Flåmsbana 172227 with a train at Vatnahalsen on Norway's Flåm Railway on 6 September 2013.

Northampton: As the NIRT is located in a park in Northampton town, most of its stock is located within a secure compound. I think we can forgive them for leaving this wagon outside.

Northampton: If you go down to the woods today, you may well find the NIRT loop line running round Hunsbury Hill park. Photographs like this are obviously safest on non-operating days.

Flåm: Old battery operated Flamsbana PW locomotive in the museum at Flåm in September 2013.

Blackford: 46233 Duchess of Sutherland nears Blackford with a 75th birthday special from Sheffield to Perth on 6 September 2013.

Gleneagles: Princess Coronation class 46233 Duchess of Sutherland negotiates the reverse curves south of Gleneagles station on 6 September 2013 with the PMR Tours 75th Anniversary special.

Arbroath Harbour Junction: View from the footbridge above Wellgate level crossing, Arbroath, on 6 September 2013 looking south towards the station. Arbroath North box looks to be in need of some TLC.

Abington: Duchess of Sutherland passing Abington on 6 September with the 75th Anniversary special from Sheffield to Perth.

Northampton: This attractive path runs parallel to the NIRT route see image [[44567]], and would appear to be the trackbed of another ironstone line.

Hampton Loade: The picturesque Hampton Loade station on the Severn Valley Railway, on 6th September 2014. Closed by BR in 1963, it was the original southern terminus of the first part of the line from Bridgnorth to be revived as a heritage railway in 1970. The line now, of course, extends all the way to Kidderminster Town although Bewdley to Kidderminster was never part of the original SVR which originally continued south to Hartlebury. Coincidentally, BR passenger services between Bewdley and Kidderminster and Bewdley and Hartlebury ceased in 1970, just as the first section of the revived SVR opened.

Lazonby and Kirkoswald: A Carlisle to Leeds service crosses the red sandstone viaduct at the south end of Lazonby & Kirkoswald station on 6 September 2014 with the Hotel on the left giving a clue to the railway company that built the line. [Ref query 6934]

Hampton Loade: Hampton Loade station, on the Severn Valley Railway, looking south on 6th September 2014. On the left 67010, which arrived at Bridgnorth earlier with UK Railtours' 'The Silver King' excursion from London Marylebone, is now at the rear of an extra SVR service to Kidderminster Town, led by DVT 82301 as BR Standard Class 5 73129 arrives with a service for Bridgnorth. 73129 emerged from Derby works in August 1956 and was first allocated to Shrewsbury shed before being transferred to Patricroft shed in 1958. There it was put into store in June 1967 and officially withdrawn on 2nd December that year. Rescued from Woodham's scrapyard at Barry by the Midland Railway Trust, Butterley in 1972, a full restoration did not begin until 1993 and it was not until 22nd February 2004 that the locomotive was steamed again.

Maybole: The 1304 Kilmarnock - Girvan service calls at Maybole on 6 September.

Lancaster: On reflection, there is no going back for the 19.57 to Birmingham New Street at Lancaster on 6th September.

Culgaith: Stanier pacific no. 46233 Duchess of Sutherland with the southbound Cumbrian Mountain Express on 6 September 2014 passing Culgaith, with the residents of the former station enjoying the spectacle from the adjacent fence.

Lancaster: Under the canopy on Lancaster's platform 5 see image [[24912]] on 6 September. Unit 153351 seems to have found a friend with whom to share its next journey.

Lazonby and Kirkoswald: A Carlisle to Leeds train has just departed from Lazonby & Kirkoswald station during the late afternoon of 6 September and is crossing the short viaduct approaching Lazonby tunnel.

Lancaster Green Ayre: View west along the River Lune at Lancaster - September 2014 see image [[44262]].

Hampton Loade: GWR class 1500 0-6-0PT no. 1501 arriving at Hampton Loade station with a Severn Valley Railway service from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster Town, on 6th September 2014. Although these locomotives were officially classed as GWR, that company had ceased to exist by the time they came off the production line at Swindon Works in 1949. 1501 was withdrawn from service in 1961 and sold to the National Coal Board for use at Coventry Colliery until 1969 and then purchased by the SVR for the start of heritage operations between Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade in 1970. It ran for many years before a full restoration became necessary, returning to steam in 2006.

Lazonby and Kirkoswald: A Carlisle to Leeds service calls at Lazonby & Kirkoswald on the afternoon of 6 September 2014.

Carlisle: 46233 Duchess of Sutherland brings the down Cumbrian Mountain Express from Crewe into Carlisle on Saturday 6th September 2014, another fine day in what had been a better than average summer.

Carlisle: 46233 Duchess of Sutherland has left the stock of the Cumbrian Mountain Express in the sidings at Carlisle on 6 September and is moving forward under Victoria Viaduct prior to reversing down to Upperby for servicing.

Oxenholme: The 19.29 for Euston rushes into Oxenholme on Saturday evening 6 September. The class 185 at platform 3 on the far left is about to depart for Windermere see image [[27663]].

Carlisle: Stanier Coronation Pacific 46233 Duchess of Sutherland is about to draw the ECS of the Cumbrian Mountain Express forward on 6 September before propelling the coaches into one of the sidings on the west side of Carlisle station.

Lancaster: Northern 156489 has just arrived at Lancaster platform 2 on 6 September. The moss encrusted tank in the foreground appears to be an air tank for pneumatic buffers.

Tweedbank: Sunday 6th September 2015 and first night on the Borders railway. At Tweedbank the 2045hrs departure for Edinburgh sits waiting its time.

Newtongrange: 'Hello there! It's good to be back!' The first scheduled passenger train on the Borders Railway calls at Newtongrange on 6 September 2015 on its way from Tweedbank to Edinburgh.

Edinburgh Waverley: The 0910 to Tweedbank at Waverley on 6 September with David Spaven alongside.

Edinburgh Waverley: Sunday morning, 6 September 2015 and the first scheduled departure to Midlothian and the Borders since 1969 is announced at Waverley. Pity she is pronouncing Stow incorrectly but I'm sure that will soon be fixed.

Edinburgh Waverley: Two former Waverley Route travellers and long-time advocates for the Borders Railway pose beside the first ScotRail train from Edinburgh to Tweedbank on Sunday 6th September. On the left is Allan McLean (ex Virgin Trains and now Scottish Parliamentary Officer of the Campaign for Borders Rail) and to the right is John Yellowlees (ScotRail External Relations Manager and unofficial ambassador for everything ‘railway’ in Scotland).

Cowdenbeath North Junction: The first SRPS 'Forth Circle' of the day passing the site of Cowdenbeath North Junction on 6 September 2015 behind Black 5 45407.

Edinburgh Princes Street: In a sort of irony the reintroduction of trains from Waverley to the borders happened on the 50th anniversary of the closure of Edinburgh's other main terminus, Princes Street. There's little to see at the site, but a few years after closure the trackbed was converted to a useful urban fastway. Scene from Morrison Street bridge looking towards the station site on 6 September 2015. A pink-topped No 22 bus is in shot. Visiting comedian Mark Steel's estimation of one every ten seconds is not far off target.

Galashiels: A message from ScotRail... Galashiels station, 6 September 2015.

Tweedbank: Tweedbank station and traincrew building on 6 September 2015.

Gorebridge: The first train south on Borders Railway reopening day, 6 September 2015, the 0911 Edinburgh Waverley - Tweedbank, about to arrive at the platform at Gorebridge station on a fine and sunny Sunday morning. Leading unit is, appropriately, ScotRail 170414 in Borders Railway promotional livery.

Dalgety Bay: SRPS Railtours 'Forth Circle' passing through Dalgety Bay on its first run of the day, appropriately passing 170 4-6-0 on a stopping train.

Tickets and labels: Return ticket from the opening day on the Borders Railway, 6 September 2015.

Tweedbank: Platform scene at Tweedbank station looking north on the first day... Sunday 6 September 2015. The gentleman on the right with Border Terrier Guthrie is Bruce McCartney. For a related picture one human generation and four doggy generations earlier see image [[50269]].

Newtongrange: The ScotRail 0845 ex-Tweedbank draws up at the platform at Newtongrange on 6 September 2015 on the first day of scheduled passenger services over the Borders Railway. See image [[52489]]

Edinburgh Waverley: Crowds pour off the (bang-on-time) 09.40 arrival of the first ScotRail train from Tweedbank at Waverley on Sunday 6th September.

Edinburgh Waverley: The first ScotRail train from Edinburgh to Tweedbank – the 09.11 departure on Sunday 6th September – threads its way towards Calton Tunnel. The shot continues a long Spaven family tradition of photography from this classic viewpoint see image [[27732]].

Galashiels: The crowds continue to enjoy the Borders Railway throughout the brilliantly sunny opening day as the 1404 from Edinburgh arrives at Galashiels on 6th September 2015.

Edinburgh Waverley: Tomorrow (06/09/2020) is the fifth anniversary of the Borders Railway commencing passenger-carrying, and here are David Spaven and Allan McLean at the front of the first train headed appropriately by then Borders-liveried 170414.

Tweedbank: 06/09/2020 was the fifth anniversary of the Borders Railway commencing passenger-carrying. At Tweedbank we see Lawrence Marshall, Paul Tetlaw, Allan McLean and Andrew Boyd.

Gorebridge: Sunday 6th September 2015 was the first day of revenue earning services on the newly reopened Borders Railway. The first train south that day was the 0911 Edinburgh - Tweedbank, seen here running below the bridge carrying Station Road on the approach to the Gorebridge stop. The inaugural southbound service was formed by ScotRail unit 170414 in Borders Railway promotional livery, with unit 170458 bringing up the rear.

Stow: A special occasion. The first train (0845 from Tweedbank) on the first day of service on the re-opened Borders Railway. Three Class 158 units are seen pulling away northwards from the stop at Stow heading for Edinburgh on 6th September 2015.

Gorebridge: The date is 6 September 2015, the place is Gorebridge and the morning sunshine is exceptionally bright. The train at the platform is the 0911 Edinburgh Waverley - Tweedbank, the first southbound service on the newly reopened Borders Railway. ScotRail unit 170458 is on the rear of the 6-car formation with 170414 leading (see image [[73899]]).

Galabank Junction: The first service train on the Borders Railway accelerates away from the stop at Stow towards Galabank Junction. This was the 0845 from Tweedbank, formed by 3x2 car 158 units, on 6th September 2015. Cribbilaw Hill (350m) dominates the background scenery.

Edinburgh Waverley: Passengers on the last two coaches on the 1311 to Tweedbank on 6th September (the first day of public services) had the bonus of being on unit 158701, the first of the class to be refurbished. Wifi and plentiful power sockets (inset) complemented the fresh decor.

Sheringham: 8572 B1 at Sheringham.

Edinburgh Waverley: The mystery of the phantom Platforms 5 and 6 (image 56376) is solved thanks to the help of Michael Laing and Colin McDonald. The rump bays between Platforms 4 and 7, currently used for stabling, are to be extended to accommodate lengthened East Coast configurations. The will need to be about quadrupled in length, so it will surely be necessary to extend out (eastwards) as well as towards me or the buffers will be inside the booking hall. Behind the buffers at the moment is the station waste compactor, which on a warm day like 06/09/2016 makes its presence felt.

Farington Junction: Freightliner 66605 takes a long rake of bright green open wagons along the Up Slow line at Farington Junction on 6th September 2016. This was a working from Hardendale Quarry at Shap to Guide Bridge CE sidings. The deviation of the fast lines behind the train marks the site of Farington station, closed in 1960.

Stewartby: A class 150 for Bedford leaves Stewartby, just after 3pm on 6th September 2017. There aren't nearly as many brickworks chimneys as there used to be, this photograph shows the 4 survivors - now listed structures. See image [[18291]]

Glasgow Central: A Class 350 'Desiro' for Manchester Airport seen at Glasgow Central on the 6th Sept.

Dinant: SNCB electric locomotive 1355 takes a lengthy freight northwards along the valley of the River Meuse approaching Dinant on 6th September 2017. This view taken from the ramparts of the Citadel that sits high above the town and is accessed by cable car.

Edinburgh Waverley: The next stage of the extension of Platform 12 has begun with the closure of the escalator which is being relocated to be out of the way of the new buffers. The building in the background, which will of course have to go, looks ready for demolition.

Arniston Colliery Emily Pit: Looking south east on 6 September 2017 along the embankment that once carried the mineral line from Engine Road south towards the Gore Pit and the exchange sidings on the north side of the Waverley route west of Gorebridge station. Part of the surrounding area had been cordoned off recently while work was carried out on a burning bing associated with the nearby Emily Pit. Happily the problem has now been resolved and the restrictions lifted see image [[54902]].

Glasgow Central: A Voyager heads south out of Glasgow Central.

Wigan North Western: 319374 seen at Preston on the 6th of Sept.

Dinant: There are some really nice old buildings in Dinant, but the flat roofed concrete station is not one of them. It does however have a good service of trains and is seen here from the ramparts of the Citadel, high above the old town, on 6th September 2017. A Class 08 EMU waits in a platform before proceeding north to Brussels Airport.

Paliseul: A SNCB freight, hauled by electric loco 1317, heading north towards Dinant passes through Paliseul station on 6th September 2017. Although it has a reasonable service of trains, unstaffed Paliseul had a BR 1970s feel about it with two basic shelters and a disused former railway building falling into disrepair.

Arniston Colliery Emily Pit: Looking rather incongruous amid the greenery at Arniston is the surviving north abutment of the bridge that once carried the spoil tramway from the Emily Pit across the Gore Pit access road, in order to reach the south bing. Photographed in September 2017 looking north east towards Engine Road from what is today a woodland pathway. For an old map of the area see [[61725]].

Dinant: A view from the ramparts of Dinant Citadel, towards another castle on the far bank. A SNCB Class 08 Desiro EMU runs alongside the River Meuse as it approaches Dinant from Namur on 6th September 2017. The Meuse carries a significant amount of commercial and pleasure traffic and there are a succession of locks and weirs like the one seen here.

Gore Glen Bridge: ScotRail 158715 forming the 1154 Edinburgh – Tweedbank on 6 September 2017, seen here shortly after crossing the Gore Glen bridge over the A7.

Newbattle Viaduct: A plaque will be displayed on the Sun Inn to celebrate the Newbattle Viaduct. The plaque reads 'National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark - Newbattle Viaduct - a 23 arch masonry viaduct designed by John Miller with brick arch rings characteristic of Miller's Practice. The easternmost arch over the A7 is a skewed arch. Opened in 1849. It replaced and earlier unique 24 span cast-iron pointed arch and timber structure of 1830 built by the Marquess of Lothian for horse-drawn waons of coal. It carried the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway, which from 1862 became the Waverley Line [Route] to Carlisle. Anglo-Scottish expresses went over here until closure in 1969, and after the last freight ceased in 1972 the viaduct was to be without rails until the coming of the Borders Railway, which opened in 2015. Presented 6 September 2018 in the 200th anniversary year of the Institution of Civil Engineers by Bam, Borders Railway Community Partnership, ICE.

Newbattle Viaduct: A plaque will be displayed on the Sun Inn to celebrate the Newbattle Viaduct. Here Stuart Mackay of BAM Nuttall and Institution of Civil Engineer Past President Gordon Masterton are seen holding the plaque with the viaduct beyond.

Newbattle Viaduct: Stuart Mackay of BAM Nuttall and ICE Past President Gordon Masterton show where the Newbattle Viaduct commemorative plaque will be mounted on the Sun Inn. 6th September 2018.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The new and the old Edinburgh trains - 385003 and 170402 side by side at Glasgow Queen Street platforms 4 & 5 in early September 2018.

Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The new exterior of Queen Street, looking good on 6th September 2019.

Shettleston: This Breakdown and Recovery truck, donated by DBCargoUK to the National College for High Speed Rail in October 2018, was photographed in the Tesco Extra car park next to Shettleston station. The location of the encounter may seem surprising but Shettleston has a rail access point and across the road are depots for Network Rail and Torrent Trackside. The vehicle is used as part of the Engineering Apprenticeships at the College.

Cairnhill Junction: A view of Cairnhill Junction in September 2019 where the line to Airdrie (CR) diverged to the left and the line to Calderbank and Newhouse turned to the right just after the overbridge of Cairnhill Road.

Cairnhill Junction: An evening walk along the Airdrie Branch included passing the site of Cairnhill Junction, here looking towards Whifflet with the junction to the Imperial Tube Works just past the next overbridge. 6th September 2019.

Clifden: Former Clifden engine shed, now the Clifden Station House Museum, on 7th March 2020. The tracks are a nice addition, although not original, and were added as part of the comprehensive redevelopment of the station site (See image [[21217]] of the shed in 1988.

Farington Junction: The empty stock move for the 'North Pennine Staycation Express' en route to Appleby is seen approaching Farington Junction on 6 September 2020 with D6851 (aka 37667) leading and 47712 on the rear. This Monday to Saturday service, with three return trips each day from Skipton to Appleby by Rail Charter Services, is due to finish on 12 September 2020.

Newhaven Junction: A very minor railway junction makes an odd entry in the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1885, my collection). What is even odder is that it surely didn't exist. Bangholm is where the CR Leith Line crossed the NBR Granton branch, which is what they must have meant, but there was never a chord between them. Nearby Trinity Junction was NBR only.

Eastleigh: Adding to the variety to be seen, Hanson liveried 59103 passes through Eastleigh running light engine to Westbury on 6th September 2021,

Eastleigh: GBRf 69001, one of the newly re-engineered ex-BR Class 56s, seen at Eastleigh on 6th September 2021 displaying a special GBRf Anglo-American livery.

Eastleigh: GBRf 69002, another re-engineered ex-BR Class 56, seen at Eastleigh on 6th September 2021. Unlike 69001, this loco has been turned out in a representation of the old BR Large Logo blue livery.

Eastleigh: GBRf 59003 passing light engine through Eastleigh to pick up its train on 6th September 2021. A few weeks later this loco was drafted in to assist with removing damaged coaches from the tunnel at Salisbury following the collision there.

Eastleigh: Modern Railfreight. DB/EWS 66068 bound for Southampton with the daily JLR car train, working from Morris Cowley M.A.T. to Southampton East Docks on 6th September 2021. It is not an understatement to say that this train has to be the longest on the network. #COP26

Eastleigh: GBRf 73201 'Broadlands' arriving in the Eastleigh station sidings to collect 69001 and 69002 on 6th September 2021. In the end all three departed under power.

Eastleigh: Freightliner 70016 heading for Southampton MCT at Eastleigh on 6th September 2021. Behind the plethora of signs and poles on the platform a second engine, 66501, can also be seen in the train.

Eastleigh: GBRf 66764 northbound from Southampton West Docks to East Midlands Gateway Terminal with 4M19 on 6th September 2021. On the 16th June 66764 was named 'Major John Poyntz - Engineer and Railwayman' after the former HM Railway Inspector who died at the age of 82 in 2020. He was the last Royal Engineer Officer to be appointed as an HM Railway Inspector, following thirty five years service with the Royal Engineers and Royal Corps of Transport.

Midsomer Norton South: That's where I live!

Eastleigh: GBRf 59003 with Colas 66847 and 70815 in Eastleigh station sidings on 6th September 2021. Note the cast cabside number on 59003.

Elgin East: The splendid former booking hall at Elgin East, in September 2021. The retained barriers by the ticket office windows are a nice touch.

Elgin East: These stained glass windows are in the old booking hall at Elgin East, now used as commercial office space but retaining superb features from railway days.

Eastleigh: GBRf 59003 and 66765 waiting the road to Westbury, via the Romsey line, hauling a long train of new flat bottom rail on 6th September 2021.

Exhibition Centre: 318258 at Exhibition Centre station, lost beneath ghastly concrete slip roads for the monstrous M8 motorway and seen from the open top Glasgow city sightseeing bus on the morning of Tuesday, 6th September 2022. I am not that familiar with Glasgow's suburban lines so I am unsure where this train is headed to but we were held at traffic lights long enough to see it depart and head away from the camera.