Busby Junction: A grandstand view looking south from Busby Junction signal box on a fine Saturday morning in the early autumn of 1956. Storming through the junction heading for Glasgow is Stanier Coronation Pacific no 46230 Duchess of Buccleuch at the head of the Euston - St Enoch Sleeper.

Pollokshaws Viaduct: Black 5 44900 crossing Pollokshaws Viaduct over the River Cart with an up freight on 8 September 1956.

Kittybrewster Shed: Ex GNSR Class Z5 68192 with ex-NBR Class J36 65221 and 65247 at Kittybrewster shed in 1958.

Kittybrewster Shed: Ex LMSR 4F 0-6-0 44181 on the turntable at Kittybrewster shed (61A) in 1959. The 18 road roundhouse is behind. See image [[13889]] for a similar 1972 view.

Kittybrewster Shed: Class B1 61400 at Kittybrewster shed in 1959.

Milliken Park: 2P 4-4-0 no 40651 is about to pass Milliken Park SB on 8 September 1959 with a St Enoch - Kilmarnock train. [Ref query 31 January 2019]

Lyoncross: A view south over the site of the never opened Lyoncross station on 8 September 1960, with BR Standard tank 80107 passing on a Neilston High - Glasgow Central train. The junction was beyond the train on the other side of Aurs Road.

Patterton: BR Standard class 4 tank 80127 waits to leave Patterton on 8 September 1960 with a train for Glasgow. [Ref query 32665]

The Mound: The Mound station in September 1961 looking south along the main line towards Inverness. The station had closed the previous year along with the Dornoch branch, which can just be seen entering the station on the extreme left of the picture. See image [[9749]]

Forsinard: Photograph taken from the window of a train on the Far North line in September 1961. The train is northbound between Kinbrace and Forsinard. [Ref query 15210]

Wick Shed: Cowans Sheldon 15t crane RS 1057/15 in the yard at Wick on 8 September 1961. [Ref query 10053]

Wick Shed: Ex-Caledonian 4-4-0 no 54495 on shed at Wick in September 1961.

Wick Shed: Pickersgill 4-4-0 no 54495 photographed on shed at Wick in September 1961.

Wick Shed: Inverness based Pickersgill 4-4-0 no 54495 on shed at Wick in September 1961.

Wick Shed: Visiting Pickersill 4-4-0 no 54495 standing in front of Wick shed in September 1961. The Inverness based locomotive was eventually withdrawn from there 6 months later.

Wick Shed: D5321 and classmate on shed at Wick in September 1961.

Wick Shed: Looking towards the turntable at Wick shed on 8 September 1961 from the tender of Caley Bogie 54495, a visitor from Inverness. See image [[45646]]

Stratford Shed: J15 0-6-0 no 65460 on Stratford shed in September 1962.

Ardsley: Gresley J39 0-6-0 no 64796 stands in the shed yard at Ardsley in September 1962, three months before its withdrawal.

Doncaster: A down excursion train leaves Doncaster on 8 September 1962 behind Holbeck Jubilee no 45658 'Keyes'.

Doncaster: A trio of Doncaster shed's WD Austerity 2-8-0s clanking through the centre road at Doncaster station in September 1962. The trio comprises 90235, 90144 and 90551.

Rosewell and Hawthornden: Photograph taken at Rosewell and Hawthornden on 08 September 1962. This was the last day of passenger services at the station, which had retained a local DMU service to Waverley following closure of the Peebles Loop between Hawthornden Junction and Kilnknowe Junction, Galashiels, some 7 months earlier. The seat displays the name originally carried from the station's opening in 1855 until the change in 1928.

Doncaster: Gresley V2 2-6-2 no 60853 standing by, ready for duty, at Doncaster station in September 1962.

Doncaster: Gresley K3 2-6-0 61817 poses at Doncaster station on 8 September 1962. The visitor from March shed (31B) was withdrawn 8 days after the photograph was taken and cut up at the works of the Central Wagon Co, Wigan, the following June.

Rosewell and Hawthornden: Information. Last day of services at Rosewell, 8 September 1962. See image [[37320]]

Doncaster: Doncaster based A2 Pacific no 60520 'Owen Tudor' approaching its home station from the south on 8 September 1962. The train is the 9am Kings Cross - Edinburgh.

Rosewell and Hawthornden: Last day of passenger services at Rosewell on 8 September 1962 with a DMU for Waverley at the platform. The destination blind reads 'Edinburgh - Inner Circle'. See image [[37367]]

Doncaster: The summer Saturday 10.53am Skegness - York, photographed at Doncaster on 8 September 1962. At the head of the train is March (31B) based Britannia Pacific no 70012 John of Gaunt.

Doncaster: Calling at Doncaster on Saturday 8 September 1962 is the 5.10pm Newcastle Central - London Kings Cross. Locomotive in charge is A4 Pacific no 60034 Lord Faringdon.

Stratford Shed: B12 4-6-0 no 61572 stands alongside the works at Stratford in September of 1962 following withdrawal from 32A Norwich Thorpe the previous year. Thanks to a 17 year restoration project the locomotive is now preserved on the North Norfolk Railway at Sheringham. See image [[34636]]

Ardsley: Class O4 2-8-0 no 63584 on Ardsley shed in September 1962, a month after official withdrawal by BR.

Ardsley: Gresley J39 0-6-0 no 64749 photographed on Ardsley shed on 8 September 1962, two months prior to withdrawal.

Doncaster: Holbeck Jubilee no 45658 'Keyes' takes a down excursion train away from Doncaster in September 1962.

Ardsley South: The 3.43pm Leeds Central - Kings Cross at Ardsley South in September 1962 behind Copley Hill A1 no 60148 'Aboyeur'. East Ardsley Colliery is on the left with Ardsley locomotive shed (56B at that time) off picture to the right.

Carlisle Kingmoor Shed: Fowler 2-6-4T no 42304 stands on Kingmoor shed in September 1962.

Glasgow Central: Fairburn 2-6-4T 42262 leaves Glasgow Central with the 12.08pm service to Gourock on 8th September 1964. Note the Scammell Scarab on the platform, presumably belonging to the Royal Mail, with a suitably personalised registration 692 GPO.

Langholm: The (by then) thrice weekly freight to Langholm in September 1967 crossing the A7 road just to the south of the town. This was originally scheduled to be the last freight working, but the line was later reprieved for a further week. [Shortly after the photographer pocketed his camera, mounted his motorbike and headed back to Hawick, EE type 1 D8101 jumped the points, necessitating call-out of the steam crane from Carlisle....D'oh!]

Drumry: NBL 6130 takes a rake of mineral wagons west through Drumry towards Dumbarton in September 1971. The train is thought to be destined for Shipbreaking Industries at Faslane, where the empty wagons will be loaded with scrap.

Holyhead: Class 40s Nos 305 (left) and 315 bask in the late summer sunshine in front of the shed building at Holyhead on a pleasant Friday 8th September 1972.

Edinburgh Waverley: Skinhead BR Type 2 5015 and BRCW 5307 await departure from Edinburgh Waverley with the 'Scottish Steam Special No.3' on 8th September 1973. A4 60009 would take over from Inverkeithing.

Alloa: The 'Scottish Steam Special No.3', hauled at this stage by class 26 5307, enters Alloa (1st) on 8 September 1973, passing Alloa East signalbox which was probably switched out. The Devon Valley line joined from the right.

Kincardine: 5307 stops for a photo at Kincardine Station with the Dunfermline Lower - Perth leg of the Scottish Steam Special No.3 on 8 September 1973.

Izmir Poste B: Schwarzkopf 2-10-2 57017, works no 1039 of 1935, near Alsanak waiting to return to Basmane station Izmir running tender first in 1975.

Izmir Basmane: This was the last photo I took during a short stay in Izmir before leaving for Bandirma and the ferry back to Istanbul. The R Stephenson 2-8-2 46105, works no 4073 of 1932, was decorated with the Turkish Flag and other embellishments. I cannott find anything of significance on this date so it perhaps it was the driver's birthday or retirement. Basmane station, Izmir, on 8th September 1975.

Izmir Poste B: R.Stephenson built 2-8-2 46104 (works no 3996 of 1929) running Light Engine to Basmane station Izmir, seen at the flat crossing at Poste B in 1975. Like classmate 46103, this engine is preserved but at Usak rather than Camlik.

Izmir Poste B: R. Stephenson built 2-8-2 46101 (works no 3993 of 1929) on the flat crossing by the Poste B signal box, outside Basmane Station Izmir, going to Bornova in September 1975.

Izmir Poste B: R. Stephenson built 2-8-2 46105, works no 4073 of 1932, is heading tender first to Basmane station Izmir in 1975. No signs of anything different, yet.

Izmir Basmane: Schwartzkopf 2-10-0 56528 works no 12507 of 1943 with decorated R.Stephenson 2-8-2 46105 works no 4073 of 1932 to the side at Basmane station Izmir

Izmir Basmane: Schwartzkopf 2-10-0 56528, works No 12507 of 1943, without smoke deflectors but with Wannen tender, awaiting departure at Basmane station Izmir for Kars in 1975.

Izmir Poste B: R Stephenson built 2-8-2 46101, works no 3993 of 1929, running tender first at Poste B returning to Basmane station Izmir.

Izmir Poste B: An interesting point about the steam traction seen around Izmir in 1975 was the variety of manufacturers. Humboldt 2-8-0 45128 was seen on a train heading tender first to Basmane Station in Izmir. It was one of twelve built in 1912, works No 108.

Izmir Poste B: Krupp built 2-10-2 57024, works number 1598 of 1936, heads a mixed train to Denizli at Izmir Poste B flat crossing in September 1975.

Izmir Poste B: R. Stephenson built 2-8-2 46101, works no 3993 of 1929, passes the trackwork gang maintaining the flat crossing where two double-track lines met at Poste B. This image from 1975, and these crossings still exist today, but the Poste B signalbox has now gone.

Izmir Poste B: MT5500 DMU, Fiat built in 1961, at Poste B flat crossing outside Basmane Station, Izmir in 1975. It operated the service to Bandirma for the ferry to Istanbul Kadikoy.

Izmir Poste B: Krupp built 2-10-2 No.57021, works no 1595 of 1936, running light engine from Basmane Station Izmir to Halkapinar, approaches the flat crossing at Poste B in 1975.

Barnstaple Town: A forlorn Barnstaple Town station photographed from a rickety signal post on 8th September 1976. Although the line through here to Ilfracombe closed in 1970, its infrastructure remained in limbo as preservation attempts continued up until 1975. A final train was run that year, then the track was removed and the cause was lost. The station building remains in a restored form, as do part of the canopy and the signal box.

Barnstaple: The north end of Barnstaple (formerly Barnstaple Junction) station in September 1976. To the left is the then still open freight line to Torrington (closed 1982). To the right, the track of the disused Ilfracombe branch (closed 1970). The British Railways era name plate has been removed from the running in board on the right to reveal a much older version hidden underneath. See image [[33298]]

Ilfracombe: Looking as if it has received a direct hit from a missile, the terminus at Ilfracombe undergoing demolition on 8th September 1976. We might imagine a prophet of doom here on a summer Saturday in 1956, trying to convince station staff struggling with thousands of arriving and departing holidaymakers that, 20 years in the future, three men and a bulldozer would be busy wiping the premises off the map forever. The equivalent challenge in 2009 is to try this at a motorway services area on the M6...

Barnstaple Town: The former Barnstaple Town station was connected to Barnstaple Junction station via this sharply curved bridge over the River Taw. The view is from the Barnstaple Town side showing the end of the line from the junction as it was on 8th September 1976. The bridge fell into disuse in 1970 when the passenger service to Ilfracombe was withdrawn, but the last train ran over it in 1975. To the disappointment of local anglers, it was finally demolished in 1977.

James Watt Dock: Turning on a really big tap at the James Watt Dock. 26040 at the United Molasses depot in 1989. That's a TTA to the right and a TTB to the left.

Nuremberg Hbf: There seemed to be a few interesting features when the Paris-Prague train stopped here. On the right was a DB Class 218 diesel hydraulic loco waiting at the platform with a passenger train. In the left background was a Class V60 shunter and a goods wagon in the centre background seemed to be sitting on a track at platform level. In the foreground there were some pieces of equipment which looked like large microphones set up between the platforms. Maybe they were checking noise levels?

Crossroads, Michigan, USA: Crossroads Village is a museum village near Flint, so it's not far from Detroit. The village includes the Huckleberry Railroad, using part of the Pere Marquette Railroad trackbed. This 'depot' is the only station on the figure-of-8 system.

Crossroads, Michigan, USA: Crossroads Village is a museum village not far from Detroit. The village includes the Huckleberry Railroad, using part of the Pere Marquette Railroad trackbed. This was the locomotive when I visited: Baldwin 4-6-0 no. 53296.

Crossroads, Michigan, USA: Crossroads Village is a museum village not far from Detroit. The village includes the Huckleberry Railroad, using part of the Pere Marquette Railroad trackbed. They have open-sided coaches and a rather colourful caboose.

Crossroads, Michigan, USA: Crossroads Village is a museum village not far from Detroit. The village includes the Huckleberry Railroad, using part of the Pere Marquette Railroad trackbed. This is a view forward from the cab of their 4-6-0 no. 53296.

Crossroads, Michigan, USA: Crossroads Village is a museum village not far from Detroit. The village includes the Huckleberry Railroad, using part of the Pere Marquette Railroad trackbed. This was the locomotive when I visited: Baldwin 4-6-0 no. 53296.

Crossroads, Michigan, USA: Crossroads Village is a museum village not far from Detroit. The village includes the Huckleberry Railroad, using part of the Pere Marquette Railroad trackbed in a figure-of-8 system. Baldwin 53296 is seen rounding one of the two curves.

Somerleyton Swing Bridge: A DMU about to cross Somerleyton swing bridge in September 2004 on its way from Lowestoft to Norwich.

Culross [2nd]: A Longannet bound coal train heads past Culross on a late summer evening in 2004.

Hengoed Viaduct: Hengoed Viaduct on the (now closed) line that crossed the valleys from Pontypool to Neath, seen in 2006.

Edinburgh Waverley: A Newcraighall - Dunblane service undergoes a crew change at Waverley 'sub' platform 21 on 8 September 2006.

Edinburgh Waverley: The 0625 ex-Plymouth arrives at Waverley platform 11 on 8 Sept 2006 alongside ongoing works in connection with the second of the new through platforms. This one (Klondyke) opposite the current platforms 10&11, will be built hard against the south wall of the station.

Edinburgh Park: An eastbound service arriving at Edinburgh Park in September 2006. Taken through a window on the station overbridge.

Edinburgh Waverley: A Newcraighall - Dunblane train arrives at Waverley platform 21 on 8 September 2006 as a GNER London service makes final preparations before commencing its journey from platform 20.

Edinburgh Waverley: Progress on the new pedestrian bridge under construction between Waverley Steps (currently sealed off) and the western concourse. View east along platforms 1&19 on 8 September 2006. Beyond is a second bridge, linking with the cross-station walkway leading to the south side platforms and Market Street.

Edinburgh Waverley: Looking east along Waverley platform 1 on 8 September 2006, with the new Balmoral through platform on the left. The gap provides access for plant and equipment from the yard on Calton Road. The train is standing below the partially dismantled mailbag conveyor system.

Edinburgh Park: A train for Bathgate preparing to restart after calling at Edinburgh Park on a beautiful sunny day in September 2006.

Edinburgh Waverley: Ongoing works activities at Waverley in September 2006 result in regular departure platforms being shuffled. Here the 1424 to Glasgow Central via Shotts waits to depart from platform 10 at the east end of the station.

Abergavenny: Looking north along platform 1 at Abergavenny on 8 September 2007 as an Arriva Trains Wales service arrives at the station.

Rutherglen: 334 022 stands in the sunshine at Rutherglen on 8 September 2007 with a service to Motherwell.

Abergavenny: Arriva Trains Wales 175104 arrives at Abergavenny with a northbound service on 8 September 2007.

Pollokshaws West: 156 449 standing in the sunshine at Pollokshaws West on 8 September 2007 with a Glasgow Central - Barrhead service.

East Kilbride: Changeover at East Kilbride terminus for the crew of 156 446 on 8 September 2007.

Crossmyloof: A 156 on a Barrhead service arrives at Crossmyloof on 8 September.

Busby: An East Kilbride service arrives at Busby on 8 September.

Berlin Beusselstrasse: A diesel loco in a non standard livery in the Berlin suburbs.

Busby: Looking towards Busby station on 8 September 2007. In the foreground the line becomes single to East Kilbride.

Croftfoot: Train for Newton arriving at Croftfoot station on 8 September.

Exhibition Centre: 318 262 on a Dalmuir - Larkhall service at Exhibition Centre on 8 September.

North Queensferry: ScotRail 170461 takes a Fife Circle service away from North Queensferry towards The Forth Bridge on 8 September 2008. Subsequently used as the front cover of the October 2008 issue of Modern Railways magazine.

North Queensferry: The station building on the up side at North Queensferry, seen from Ferryhill Road on 8 September 2008.

Midland Hotel [Morecambe]: The entrance and staircase viewed from the east side of the building. The 1933 building is in 'Streamline Moderne' style, a type of Art Deco noted for its curved designs reminiscent of the striking streamlined designs being employed on high speed locomotives of the era.

Dalmeny: The 'deid cat squad' arrives, fully equipped, at Dalmeny station on 8 September 2008.

North Queensferry: The 0950 NXEC Aberdeen - London, Kings Cross HST has just run through North Queensferry station approximately 15 minutes behind schedule on 8 September 2008 as it climbs towards the Forth Bridge.

North Queensferry: First ScotRail 170396 emerges from North Queensferry Tunnel in September 2008 with a service for Edinburgh Waverley.

North Queensferry: A 158 pulls away from North Queensferry on 8 August with a service for Waverley.

North Queensferry: A Waverley bound train at North Queensferry in September 2008.

Midland Hotel [Morecambe]: The Midland as seen from the beach in 2008, not long after the superb restoration of the building was completed.

Midland Hotel [Morecambe]: The circular grand staircase of the Midland Hotel, Morecambe. This features the early use of bakelite on the handrails.

Dalmeny: Trains passing at the south end of The Forth Bridge in September 2008.

Dalmeny: Death of a cat part 2. Making the final arrangements at Dalmeny on 8 September 2008 see image [[20618]]. Standing at platform 1 is the 1254 Glenrothes with Thornton - Edinburgh, with the 1318 Edinburgh - Cowdenbeath alongside.

Kincardine: A consignment of coal from Hunterston Import Terminal approaching its destination on 8 September 2008. EWS 66083 is skirting the north shore of the Forth shortly after clearing Kincardine Bridge on the approach to Longannet power station.

Midland Hotel [Morecambe]: The frontage of the Midland Hotel seen from the south. The curved glazed area, a modern addition, is a restaurant designed to look west out across Morecambe Bay to the setting sun.

North Queensferry: The station building on the up side at North Queensferry, seen from the footbridge in September 2008. This was the second station to serve North Queensferry, having replaced the original (1877) station following the opening of the Forth Bridge in 1890. The building looks even better from the Ferryhill Road approach (see image [[20612]]).

Forth Bridge: A Cowdenbeath - Edinburgh DMU runs out onto the Forth Bridge shortly after restarting from North Queensferry on 8 September 2008.

Kinghorn Tunnel: A Fife Circle train skirting Pettycur Bay on 8 September 2008 is about to enter Kinghorn Tunnel. The 'scaffolding and bandages' adorning the Forth Bridge can be made out in the left background, despite the sea mist hanging over the Forth on this particular morning.

North Queensferry: An Edinburgh bound SPT liveried DMU calls at North Queensferry on the afternoon of 8 September 2008. The train will shortly depart and head out onto the Forth Bridge, much of which is bedecked in scaffolding and protective sheeting at this time. Beyond the bridge the Pentland Hills form the horizon approximately 11 miles to the south.

Morecambe Harbour: Morecambe Harbour station looking towards the recently reopened Midland Hotel where a conference dinner was about to begin. (Thanks to Mark Bartlett for alerting me with his photographs of the station).

Forth Bridge: Just another 3 years to go! The Forth Bridge, seen from Dalmeny in the summer of 2008, bedecked with the sheeting and scaffolding that had become a standard feature since the start of the millennium. This was all part of a major 10 year project aimed at significantly reducing future maintenance requirements on the iconic structure. For details see image [[81608]].

North Queensferry: 170458 about to disappear into the south portal of North Queensferry tunnel after calling at the station in September 2008.

Dalmeny: A returning Fife Circle service about to restart its journey south from Dalmeny on 8 September 2008. The train is formed by SPT liveried DMU 170473. The Pentland Hills stand in the background beyond the footbridge.

Saintes: The local SNCF maintenance depot at Saintes, with a large number of modern DMUs on site on 8 September 2009.

Scale Hall: Scale Hall was a modern but short lived station on the electrified Lancaster Green Ayre to Morecambe direct route, opening as late as 1957 but closing with the line in 1966. It was constructed of prefabricated concrete sections but most traces have been swept away. This view of Carlisle Bridge at Lancaster was taken just to the east end of the old station site from the cycle way that runs along the old line. 144002 is heading for Morecambe and Heysham Port crossing an incoming tide on the Lune Estuary.

Forth Viaduct [Gartmore]: The new Gartrenich Bridge over the Forth on the long closed Aberfoyle branch, photographed on 8 September 2009. The new bridge sits on the abutments of the original structure built for the opening of the line in 1882. The former branch is now a popular walking and cycling route.

Saintes: 167442 arrives at Saintes with a train for Niort on 8 September.

Carlisle: Driver Peter Kirk gazes thoughtfully from the cab of No. 5690 Leander on 8 September 2010 while waiting in the sidings at Carlisle for the return working of The Fellsman to Lancaster.

Preston: Thunderbird 57304 sits in the shaded bay at the north end of Platform 3 while 158791 leaves Platform 6 bathed in sunlight and heads for Blackpool North.

Farington Curve Junction: Jubilee 5690 Leander climbs round the long sweep of Farington Curve Junction heading towards Lostock Hall with The Fellsman railtour on 8 September 2010. The train was attempting to regain lost time following problems with the support coach prior to leaving the West Coast Railway yard at Carnforth.

Preston: 66414 James the Engine leads a container train into Preston station from the north on 8 September, as seen from the Thunderbird Bay looking under Fishergate Bridge.

Starr Gate: First of the newly delivered Blackpool Supertrams, photographed during an official ceremony in the new tram depot at Starr Gate on 8 September 2011.

Nuneaton: Like many stations on the WCML, Nuneaton has recently received a raised steel deck over part of its ground level car park. This has given a useful boost in capacity, as well as providing an improved view of the front of the station. Footnote 2020: the Rover 100 is now a very scarce car.

Spring Vale: On a wet September afternoon a Clitheroe to Manchester Victoria service climbs south from Darwen and passes the remains of Spring Vale station, closed in 1958, seen from a bridge overlooking the station site. Just round this bend 150140 will enter Sough tunnel from where it will begin the descent to Bolton. See image [[33698]] for a view from a steam special passing the same point in 1968.

Kilmaurs: Polmadie 'Thunderbird' 57302 Virgil Tracy runs through Kilmaurs on 8 September.

Leyland: The long straight (Euxton Jct to Farington Curve Jct) with 142054 travelling north from Leyland towards Preston on 8 September 2012.

Broadwater: Retired from the Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramway in 2011 Centenary car 643 found a new home at the entrance to Broadwater Caravan Park on the outskirts of Fleetwood to become the site reception/shop/cafe. It was later repainted in traditional green and cream livery but in February 2014 was removed from the site as surplus to requirements. See image [[36217]] for this tram in service just prior to withdrawal. Coincidentally, sister tram 644 is performing a similar role at Farmer Parrs Animal World about 200 yards away.

Leyland: Northern 142060 calls at Leyland on 8 September 2012 with a service to Manchester Victoria.

Broadwater: Blackpool Centenary tramcar 644 was retired in 2011,along with the rest of its classmates. Since 2002 it had advertised Farmer Parrs Animal World at Broadwater near Fleetwood and has gone there with a view to it becoming a gift shop and cafe. It is seen here on site awaiting conversion to its new role. See image [[31291]] for the same tram in service in 2010. Centenary 648 has been retained in the Blackpool and Fleetwood heritage fleet but the other seven tramcars in that class have all found new homes.

Bamber Bridge: An eastbound Blackpool - York service approaching Hospital Inn level crossing just to the east of Bamber Bridge station on 8 September 2012.

Blackpool (Gynn Square): It is many years since the Rocket Tram No.732 ran in Blackpool but for 2012 it has been cosmetically restored and put on static display on the Gynn Square roundabout as part of the Illuminations. See image [[40556]]

Lowther Avenue: With illuminations displays behind along the cliffs, southbound Flexity tram 012 departs from Lowther Avenue heading for Blackpool town centre on 8 September 2012. See image [[31101]] for the same location two years earlier.

Coventry: Coventry station is built just off East-West, leading to interesting lighting effects at dawn and dusk. A Pendolino for Birmingham prepares to leave the station at dusk on 8th September. see image [[34123]].

Inverkeithing: SPT-liveried 170478 calls at Inverkeithing with the 13.56 Edinburgh - Inverness on 8 September.

Territet Funicular: The Territet Funicular runs from Territet, a suburb of Montreux, on the shore of Lake Geneva up to Glion. Here it meets the Rochers de Naye rack railway, which can also be seen climbing across the hillside from the viaduct on the left of the picture. See image [[45142]] for the view from above.

Villette: Climbing through the Lavaux vineyards, overlooking Lake Geneva near Villette, is a SBB EMU heading for Fribourg from Lausanne. This view, taken from a lake steamer, also shows the other main line to Brig that hugs the lake shore. Unfortunately, despite frequent services, it wasn't possible on this trip to get a train on both lines in one shot.

St-Gingolph: St-Gingolph is a small village that actually straddles the Swiss French border on the south shore of Lake Geneva. It is the terminus of a long branch from St-Maurice that enjoys an hourly service. An SBB EMU is seen in the small station from one of the lake paddle steamers calling at the pier.

Montreux: At first glance these two MOB metre gauge single car units at Montreux look quite similar. However, 1001 (top), stabled on the depot, is a veteran built in 1955 - whereas 1007, seen between duties in the station platforms, is a comparative youngster dating from 1997 and recently repainted in this new orange Goldenpass livery.

Montreux: The Chocolate Train, comprising six renovated luxury coaches, arrives back in Montreux behind colourful metre gauge Ge 4/4 No. 8002 on 8 September 2013. The loco is one of four built in 1994 for the MOB to the same design as 641 to 652 on the Rhaetian Railway See image [[44871]]

Gorebridge: A Sunday morning view south over the ongoing works at Gorebridge on 8 September.

Beveridge Park: Kirkcaldy Model Engineering Society has operated a dual gauge (5in and 7 1/4in) railway in the town's Beveridge Park since 1991, with services every second Sunday in summer. Bob the Driver is in charge of an 0-4-0PH (petrol hydraulic) on 8 September.

Gorebridge: View north over the station site at Gorebridge on 8 September 2013.

Forder Viaduct: September morning view at Forder viaduct with a steam special crossing in 2014. The 1Z66 0902 Penzance to London Victoria. West Country 34046 'Braunton' pilots 5029 'Nunney Castle'. One does not get many steam excursions out of Cornwall in the morning when the sun is at its best for services on the up. Behind is Trematon Castle.

Newcraighall North Junction: DBS 66114 leads an empty autoballaster train from Nairn into Millerhill Yard on 8 September. 66103 was on the rear.

Williton: Scene at Williton on the West Somerset Railway on 8 September 2014. GWR 2-6-2T 4160 brings a train into the station en route to Minehead.

Williton: 'Good grief, have you seen the price of coal these days...' Marking time at Williton on 8 September as GWR 4-6-0 7828 Norton Manor waits to leave with a train for Bishops Lydeard.

Eskbank: Scene at Eskbank station during day 3 of live operations on the new Borders Railway. A Tuesday morning Tweedbank - Edinburgh service calls on 8 September 2015.

Shawfair: A quiet Sunday morning at Shawfair on 8 September 2015 as ScotRail 158782 arrives at platform 2 with the late running 1011 Edinburgh - Tweedbank. The 1024 Edinburgh Waverley - Tweedbank arrives at Shawfair on a grey and overcast September morning in 2015.

Coatbridge Sunnyside: NHS planters on the eastbound platform at Coatbridge Sunnyside on 8 September 2015, with the Lamberton Building in the background. The train arriving is the 0910 Helensburgh Central - Edinburgh Waverley.

Gorebridge: 158738 and 158712 call at Gorebridge on 8 September with the 11.59 from Tweedbank.

Shawfair: My first reaction on stepping out at Shawfair was 'where the...'. Not even the farmstead of Shawfair itself is visible. Never mind; I'm sure the 4000 houses will come: for now blessed peace. Afternoon trains for Tweedbank (this platform) and Waverley pass on day 3 of the new service.

St Germains Level Crossing: Royal train locomotives 60009 Union of South Africa and 60163 Tornado pass St Germains on their way north from Tyne Yard to Millerhill on 8 September.

Eskbank: Peaceful scene at Eskbank on 8 September 2015 as 158712+158738 approach the platform with a morning service to Tweedbank.

Shawfair: 158733 and 158732 pass at Shawfair on 8 September.

Newcraighall: Ahh, the novelty of boarding a train at Newcraighall - and going south. I'm just about to do so as a 4-car 158 pulls in heading for Tweedbank on 8 September 2015, the third day of Borders rail services.

Shawfair: An east coast haar is just starting to lift as a train from Tweedbank approaches Shawfair from the Sheriffhall direction on 8 September and is about to pass a service heading south.

Edinburgh Gateway: Waverley bound 170472 passes the well advanced platforms of Edinburgh Gateway train/tram interchange on 8 September 2015. Edinburgh Airport's control tower is visible in the left background.

Shawfair: Until housing development gets going in this planned new town we are going to have to get used to Shawfair station being not much of a draw. Here on opening week there are only 7 cars in the car park and one customer on the Edinburgh platform. Nobody at all is awaiting the 1608 to Tweedbank, just pulling in.

Portobello Junction: The CrossCountry 0820 Aberdeen - Penzance approaching Portobello East Junction on 8 September 2016. The building in the background houses the Craigentinny depot wheel lathe. The train is well into its 722 mile journey, with only another 32 stops to make before reaching its destination at 2143.

Barrow-in-Furness: DRS 37402 'Stephen Middlemore' heads a Preston to Carlisle service leaving Barrow on 8th September 2016.

Anseremme: SNCB EMU 08544 leads a six-car set calling at Anseremme station on 8th September 2017. The large number of passengers had just left the nearby River Lesse kayaking centre. Twenty years earlier, and prior to electrification, this train would have been a diesel loco and coaches in push-pull mode but the kayakers would still have been be waiting to board.

Anseremme: SNCB EMU 08574 comes off the single line section of the River Meuse bridge and approaches Anseremme station. The train is a local service heading from Dinant to Libramont on 8th September 2017.

Anseremme: SNCB EMU 08520 leaves Anseremme station and runs onto the River Meuse bridge with a stopping service from Libramont to Namur on 8th September 2017.

Anseremme: As in France there are many Belgian lines that have closed but the formations and trackwork are intact. This view from the closed Givey to Dinant line looks towards Dinant on 8th September 2017 with the still operational line from Libramont above coming in at high level from the River Meuse bridge at Anseremme. The two lines join a short distance further north.

Namur: A grab shot of SNCB Desiro EMU 08192 approaching Namur, taken from another Desiro also on final approach on 8th September 2017. These trains form a large class of units that now dominate Belgian local and intermediate services.

Anseremme: SNCB electric loco No. 1313 crosses the Meuse bridge at Anseremme heading southwards light engine on 8th September 2017. This is a picturesque spot with a lock, weir and also the confluence of the Meuse and Lesse rivers. The disused tracks of the line to Givey lie in front of the houses on the far bank.

Edinburgh Waverley: 66 743 brings The Royal Scotsman into Waverley on the morning of 8 September. Sister engine 66 739 is at the rear and will haul the train out whence it came.

Edinburgh Waverley: GBRf 66 739 Bluebell Railway, formerly at the tail of The Royal Scotsman, prepares to strike east at Waverley Platform 8.

Statfold Barn: 'MINAS de ALLER No 2', built by Corpet of Paris 439/1884, looking like it is ready to race with 'FIJI' (Laukota No 11 built by Hudswell-Clarke 972/1913) at Stafold in September 2018.

Nitshill: Nitshill's venerable hump-backed footbridge has an almost alarmingly low parapet. It is the only access to the Up platform (here helpfully labelled). Despite this there are notices on it saying 'wet paint' so even though there was no fresh paint the immediate plan seems to be to titivate it, rather than replace it with a costly (and ugly) accessible version. 8th September 2018

Statfold Barn: Seen from the top deck of a passing tram, No. 39 (Hudswell Clarke 1643/1930) and 'LIASSIC' (Peckett 0-6-0ST 1632/1923) double head a train at the Statfold Barn Railway on 8th September 2018.

Lenzie: A Glasgow service calls at Lenzie on 8 September 2018. The train was delayed because the Class 365 in front was brought to an emergency stop just west of the station by a faulty signal. This is the first time I have seen clouds of brake dust, and it must have been rather dramatic on board.

Hyndland: A Balloch to Airdrie service calls at Hyndland on 8 September 2018. Hyndland sees the same trains as Partick which means they are as near to nose to tail as you can get.

Argyle Street: Looking west along the platforms at Argyle Street on 8 September 2018. Colour schemes have come and gone, but the stations retains the yellow wall panels it has had since it opened in 1979. I imagine they are seen to cheer the place up.

Blantyre: A Larkhall service at Blantyre on 8 September 2018.

Statfold Barn: No. 303, a Hunslet 4-6-0T (Works No. 1215 of 1916) swinging round a curve during a gala event at the delightful Statfold Barn Railway on 8th September 2018.

Newton: A Larkhall to Dalmuir service at Newton on 8 September 2018. The long-disused signal box seems destined to lower over the western end of the station forever.

Blantyre: A Milngavie service enters Blantyre on 8 September 2018. Meanwhile a customer on the platform tries out a new hairstyle.

Carntyne: An Edinburgh to Milngavie service calls at Carntyne in the east end of Glasgow on 8 September 2018. The unlovely area around the station is nothing but industry, garages, haulage firms and the like.

Statfold Barn: No. 778, a Baldwin 4-6-0T No 44568 of 1917, operating at the Statfold Barn Railway on 8th September 2018.

Priesthill and Darnley: A Barrhead to Glasgow service calls at Priesthill on 8 September 2018, in charge of the comfortingly inevitable Class 156.

Statfold Barn: No 39, a Hudswell-Clarke 1643/1930, and 'LIASSIC', a Peckett 0-6-0ST 1632/1923 double heading on the racing straight at Statfold Barn on 8th September 2018.

Kennishead: A Barrhead service pulls into Kennishead on 8 September 2018. Anything but a Class 156 would seem unthinkable here, but they can't last forever.

Statfold Barn: No 1 HARROGATE, a Peckett 0-6-0ST 2050/1944, operating at Statfold on 8th September 2018. This was apparently built for the Harrogate Sewage Works and designed to run on sludge.

Haymarket Tunnels: The top of one of the two ventilation shafts on the southern bore of Haymarket Tunnel, situated in Dewar Place Lane. It rather blends in with the surroundings, but gives itself away with occasional train sounds from below.

Statfold Barn: 'HOWARD,' an 0-4-0VBT, seen haling a train at the Statfold Barn gala event on 8th September 2018.

Lenzie: A Dunblane service calls at Lenzie on 8 September 2018. The departure display was apologising that this train was shorter then usual. I'd say it was longer...

Nitshill: A Barrhead to Glasgow services is about to call at Nitshill on 8 September 2018. Looks like the lighting columns are being replaced.

Statfold Barn: An elevated view of ALPHA (Hudswell Clarke 1172/1922) and Ryam No 1 (Davenport 0-4-0 1586/1917) double heading a Statfold Barn Railway service on 8th September 2018.

West Bryans Siding: The site of the former exchange sidings at the east end of Newbattle Viaduct seen from the gated entrance off the B6482 Dalhousie Road in 2019. The sidings fell into disuse prior to WW1 following the introduction of improved facilities at the nearby Lady Victoria Pit. Apart from one or two old containers the area is almost clear. A fairly recent addition is the wooden fence along its south western edge. This appeared in 2015 during construction of the Borders Railway, which now runs just beyond. See image [[71036]]

Southwater: 'Southwater for butterflies' you might say, given the planters stocked with plants selected to attract said insects. The platforms and a road overbridge are all that remains of this station - I am told that the pub in the background was built in this century, so it was never the Station Hotel.

Kirkham and Wesham: A new footbridge and lifts lead from the booking hall to the new Platform 3 at Kirkham & Wesham. 319367 calls on a Blackpool North to Lime Street service on 8th September 2019. See image [[62596]] from January 2018.

Wallingford: During a very fleeting visit to the Cholsey & Wallingford Railway on 8th September 2019 No.12, a Sentinel 0-4-0 chain drive loco was in operation. It is privately owned but on loan from the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre and chatters and clatters quite well. This is the other end of the scale from 60163 or 92214!

Lytham: The majority of Northern Sprinters have been refurbished now but 150115 was still in the old purple livery as it passed the Witch Wood, a strip of community land alongside the railway in Lytham. This was a Sunday service from Colne on 8th September 2019. Sunday trains operate on the Blackpool South line until the Blackpool Illuminations finish in early November.

Shaw's Coal Depot: While little trace remains of the northern section of the Newbattle Collieries mineral line, which ran through woods and farmland, one notable survivor serves as a monument to the extensive mining activity once undertaken in the area. This circular red brick air shaft, standing to the east of the trackbed near Kippilaw, around 250 yards south of the former northern terminus at Shaws Coal Depot, once provided ventilation to one of the pits of the Newbattle Colliery. Photographed in September 2019 looking south east from the A6106.

Easthouses Extension Pit: View south from Mayfield Road along Broadhust Road in 2019, with the site of Easthouses Extension Pit behind the camera. The route here was used by both the mineral line and the later tramway running in parallel. The mineral line had crossed Mayfield Road via a level crossing off to the right, while the tramway passed below the road to emerge in a cutting. No trace remains of the level crossing, while the tramway bridge and cutting have since been infilled. Note the point where the pavement stops partway down Broadhurst Road and a fenced path runs off to the right. This was the site of a footbridge built to span the tramway and give access to a public park just beyond the wooden fence.

Dalmuir: 334032 is the rear set on a service that should have been going to Balloch but had just been terminated at Dalmuir on 7th September 2019. The disruption to services was announced as being due to a failed unit at Balloch. Certainly by the time I reached Dumbarton Central there was some congestion delaying services to Helensburgh as well.

Ansdell and Fairhaven: 156424 leads a four coach train running between St. Annes and Ansdell & Fairhaven on a Sunday Blackpool South to Colne service on 8th September 2019. Taken from the footpath alongside the line to the west of Ansdell station, with the Royal Lytham St. Annes golf course on the opposite side.

Southwater: Curious relics North of the station site see image [[71059]]. Houses have been built on an infilled cutting; but the four ends of the brick walls over a former bridge have survived. It's probably best not to ask why.

Hellifield: 35018 'British India Line' runs through Hellifield station to go on the front of the WCRC charter service to Carlisle that is sitting in the down loop on 8 September 2020. The loco had earlier been waiting in the up loop [See image 74396]

Long Preston: DBC 66102 passes Long Preston on 8 September 2020 with a New Biggin to Tees Dock gypsum train.

Long Preston: GBRF 66730 approaches Long Preston with empty wagons heading to Arcow Quarry from Hunslet on 8 September 2020.

Helwith Bridge Quarry Siding: The RCS 'North Pennine Staycation Express' is seen approaching Helwith Bridge with 47712 leading the 1035 service from Appleby to Skipton on 8 September 2020.

Hellifield: 35018 'British India Line' waits in the up loop at Hellifield with support coach to take over the 'Dalesman' tour from Chester to Carlisle on 8 September 2020.

Helwith Bridge Quarry Siding: 35018 °British India Line' can just be seen amongst the smoke, steam and north Pennine mist as it approaches Helwith Bridge on 8 September 2020. The loco had taken over the 'Dalesman' railtour from Chester to Carlisle at Hellifield.

Edinburgh Park: The Up Highland Chieftain whizzes through Edinburgh Park on 8 September 2021. The retreating Class 170 also sped through; as there are no diesel services on this line it must have been a stock movement.

Culloden Moor: In readiness for the 2021 RHTT starting, 67012 ran driver route learning trips between Inverness and Montrose. Pictured passing Blackhill near Culloden on the return working on 8th September 2021.

Grimsargh: The Preston and Longridge Railway was built as a horse drawn tramway taking stone from the Longridge quarries. Many of the significant public buildings in Preston are constructed from Longridge stone. The line was later connected to the rest of the rail network, steam worked and opened to passenger trains, although these ceased in 1930. The last goods train from Longridge departed in 1967 and the line has gradually disappeared but this embankment to the north of Grimsargh, climbing at 1:40, is a very visible survivor.

Fort William: Stanier Black 5 Class 4-6-0 no. 45212, named after Sir William Stanier (1876-1965), at Fort William station waiting to depart with the 12.50 service of 'The Jacobite' to Mallaig, on Thursday, 8th September 2022. This locomotive, originally no. 5212, was constructed by the firm of Armstrong Whitworth at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1935. The 4 was added by British Railways at Nationalisation in 1948 and the locomotive saw a further 20 years in regular service before being withdrawn in 1968. Going on the Jacobite had been on my bucket list since seemingly time began!

Fort William: 66746 bringing the empty stock of a chartered excursion into Fort William, at lunchtime on Thursday, 8th September 2022.

Morar: The neat and tidy waiting shelter at Morar, seen from 'The Jacobite' passing on its way to Mallaig, on the afternoon of Thursday, 8th September 2022.

Sheriffhall City Bypass Overbridge: The ScotRail 0915 Edinburgh Waverley - Tweedbank service heads south after passing below the Edinburgh City Bypass on an overcast morning on 8 September 2020. The train is about to run through Kings Gate points and onto the four and a half mile single line section as far as Fushiebridge Junction.

Mallaig: LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 no. 45212 just arrived at the terminus at Mallaig, with 'The Jacobite' from Fort William, on the afternoon of Thursday, 8th September 2022.

Glenfinnan: 'The Jacobite', behind Stanier Black 5 no. 45212, returning from Mallaig to Fort William passing Glenfinnan station, on the afternoon of Thursday, 8th September 2022. The train stopped here for half an hour or so on the outward journey.

Lochy Viaduct [Fort William]: Black 5 No.45407 hauls 'The Jacobite' over the Lochy Viaduct on the way to Mallaig on 8th September 2022. The remains of the 13th century Inverlochy Castle in the foreground.

Arienskill Bridge: Black 5 No.45407 rounds the curve at the west end of Loch Eilt on its way to Mallaig on 8th September 2022. The loch is just over three miles long.

Craigag No 62 Tunnel: Black 5 No.45212 builds up some speed at Torr Linne Dhughaill, ready for the long climb up to Glenfinnan, with 'The Jacobite' afternoon service on 8th September 2022.